Soviet Fourth encirclement campaign against the Honghu Soviet = 2nd stage of the encirclement campaign against the Hunan-Western Hubei Soviet Fourth encirclement campaign against the Jiangxi Soviet Fifth encirclement campaigns Fifth encirclement campaign against the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet Fifth encirclement campaign against the Jiangxi Soviet Consequences The first four Encirclement campaigns of the Chinese Nationalists military were unsuccessful. However, with the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany in 1933, and the subsequent close cooperation between Nazi Germany and the Republic of China, the nationalists succeeded in the final 5th campaign which led directly to the famous Long March of the Communist Red Armies. See also List of battles of the Chinese Civil War National Revolutionary Army People's Liberation Army Chinese Red Army History of the People's Liberation Army References Campaigns of the Chinese Civil War 1930 in China 1931 in China 1932 in China 1933 in China 1934 in China