Battle of Shuangqiaozhen

Battle of Shuangqiaozhen
Part of the Chinese Civil War
DateMarch 6–12, 1931
LocationXinyang, Henan Province
Result Communist victory
Belligerents
 Republic of China National Revolutionary Army Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
Commanders and leaders
Major General Yue (POW)
Strength
~8,000 30,000

The Battle of Shuangqiaozhen (Chinese: 雙橋鎮戰鬥) was fought from March 6 to March 12, 1931 between the 34th Division of the Army of the Kuomintang Nationalist Government and the Red Army of the Communist Party of China. The commander of the 34th Division, Major General Yue (a descendant of Song Dynasty general Yue Fei) was captured by the communists. In August 1932, Yue was executed by firing squad on the orders of Zhang Guotao and posthumously promoted to full general.

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