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| 1927 | En-Lai, Chou |  |
| Divides the 28,000 communist soldiers into 2 army corps, they only have 9,000 rifles |
| 1934 | Chen, Yun | |
| 16th Oct Ruijing 80,000 communists troops are pursued by 400,000 strong army of nationalists |
| 16th Oct Ruijing The Ruijing base is abandoned & the Long March begins |
| 1934 | Chuh, Teh | |
| Leads the First Front Army in the Long March |
| 1934 | Peng, Dehuai | |
| Jan Appointed Commander during the Long March |
| 1934 | Piao, Lin | |
| Commander of a Communist Army Corps during the Long March |
| 1934 | Teh, Chu | |
| Kiangsi 4,000 communist soldiers are killed during the communist withdrawal from Kiangsi |
| Shensi Teh's 1st Front Army marches 6,000 miles over 13 months from Kiangsi to Shensi |
| 16th Oct Shensi Commander-in-Chief of the Communist forces |
| 1934 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Kiangsi 4,000 communist soldiers are killed during the communist withdrawal from Kiangsi |
| The alliance between Soviet backed Kuomintang & the Chinese Communist Party breaks up |
| 16th Oct Shensi Begins a withdrawal after defeats by the Nationalists to the province of Shensi |
| 16th Oct Yennan Mao begins a 12 month long march to establish a new base in northern China at Yennan |
| 1935 | Kang, Kao | |
| 30th Oct Shensi Mao reaches the nth Shensi Soviet area supervised by Kao Kang |
| 1935 | Kuo-t'ao, Chang | |
| 12th June Mouking The Communist 4th Front Army joins up with Mao, Chu Teh & the 1st Front Army |
| Aug Mouking The Red Army begins its march across eastern Tibet at Mao's suggestion |
| Sep Mouking Takes a different route to Mao across the eastern Tibetan grasslands |
| 1935 | Lung, Ho | |
| Nov Leads the 1st Front Army on its Long March route |
| 1935 | Teh, Chu | |
| 12th June Mouking The Communist 4th Front Army joins up with Mao, Chu Teh & the 1st Front Army |
| 1935 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Leads the Red Army against Nationalists led by Chiang Kai-Shek |
| 30th May River Tatu The Red Army crosses the Tatu River |
| 12th June Moukung The Communist 4th Front Army joins up with Mao, Chu Teh & the 1st Front Army |
| 12th June Great Snow Mnts The Red Army crosses the Great Snow Mountains |
| Aug Moukung The Red Army begins its march across eastern Tibet at Mao's suggestion |
| 18th Sep Kansu Province Defeats nationalist troops in Kansu Province |
| 30th Oct Shensi Mao reaches the nth Shensi Soviet area supervised by Kao Kang |
| 30th Oct Shensi The end of the Long March for the 1st Front Army |
| 1936 | En-Lai, Chou | |
| Dec Xian Reaches Xian where Chiang Kaisek's forces are defeated |
| 1936 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Oct Yenan The Red Army gathers forces of about 100,000 during the Long March at Yenan |
| 1936 | Kuo-t'ao, Chang | |
| May Succeeds in crossing the eastern Tibetan grasslands at the 3rd attempt |
| 1936 | Lung, Ho | |
| May Chuten Reaches Chuten |
| Oct Ssuuchuan Joins forces with the nth Shensi 1st Front Army |
| 1937 | Kuo-t'ao, Chang | |
| May Shensi Frced to seek safety with Mao in nth Shensi |
