MAO’S RED CHINA

The Jiangxi Soviet & the Extermination Campaigns

The Jianxi Soviet

• Jianxi Province Out of Kuomintang Control

• CCP Retreats to Jiangxi Province

• Establishment of Chinese Soviet Republic – The Jiangxi Soviet

• Gain Favor of the Peasantry – Land Law 1930

The Jiangxi Soviet

• Gaining Support with the Red Army

• The Red Army’s Rules of Discipline:

The Red Army’s Rules of Disicpline

1) Replace all doors when you leave a house

2) Return and roll up the straw matting on which you sleep

3) Be courteous and polite to the people, help them when you can

4) Return all borrowed articles

5) Replace all damaged articles

6) Be honest in all transactions with the peasants

7) Pay for all articles purchased

8) Be sanitary and, especially, establish latrines a safe distance from people’s homes

The Extermination Campaigns, 1930-1934

• Jiangxi Soviet Great Threat to Kuomintang

• Chiang Kaishek Organizes Extermination Campaigns

• Kuomintang Fails…at first – CCP use of guerilla tactics

The Extermination Campaigns, 1930-1934

Mao’s 4 Combat Slogans:1) When the enemy advances, we retreat!2) When the enemy halts and encamps, we trouble them!3) When the enemy seeks to avoid battles, we attack!4) When the enemy retreats, we pursue!

The 5th Extermination Campaign, 1933-1934

• Chiang Kaishek Launches 5th Campaign

• Influenced by German Tactics

• Hans Van Seekt’s blockhouse strategy a major success

The CCP’s New Tactics and Otto Braun

• CCP Adopts New Tactics

• Russian Agent, Otto Braun

• Red Army Should Defend the Province

• Mao Expelled from Party Central Committee

The Long March, 1934-35

The Long March

The Long March, 1934-35

• Red Army Commanders Blame Braun

• The Zunyi Conference – Mao and Zhu De Regain Leadership

• New Destination – Shaanxi Province

The Long March, 1934-35

• The Toll of the Long March

• Red Army Restores its Strength by October 1935