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Events from the year 1929 in China.
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The Battle of Huizhou was fought between the 4th Army of Miao Peinan and the 11th Army of Chen Mingshu. Miao retreated to Huizhou after his defeat by Li Jishen at the Battle of Guangzhou. After his defeat, Miao retreated to his hometown of Wuhua, Guangdong. It was one of many internal conflicts within the Kuomintang in the aftermath of Chiang Kai-shek's successes in the Northern Expedition.
The Battle of Nanning was between the invading Guangdong Army and the defending forces of the New Guangxi clique. The defenders, led by Yu Zuobai, Gong Hao and Zhang Yiyun retreated to Baise and Fuzhou in Nandan County.
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The First Battle of Guilin took place on May 15, 1929, in the northern part of Guangxi, China. It was one of the civil war battles that took place inside the National Revolutionary Army. The warring parties in Guilin battle, one side is the Fourth Army of the Xiang Army, and the other is the Army of the New Guangxi Clique. On the same day, the New Guangxi clique attacked the Guangdong Army at Huizhou in eastern Guangdong.
The northern Henan battle took place on May 27, 1929, and the location was in northern Henan, China. It was one of the civil war battles that took place inside the National Revolutionary Army. The two warring sides of the division were Han Fuju Army supported by Chiang Kaishek and Pang Bingxun Army supported by Feng Yuxiang. Han was a former subordinate of Feng while Pang had once been a commander of the Zhili clique's Wu Peifu before joining Feng.
The Battle of Guiping took place on June 21, 1929, and was located in the western part of Guangxi, China. It was one of the civil war battles that took place inside the National Revolutionary Army. The warring sides of Guiping's battle, one was the Li Mingrui Division of the 15th Division of the National Army, and the other was the Wei Yunsong Brigade of the New Guangxi clique.
The Battle of Heishiguan took place from October 26 to November 30, 1929. The location was in the northern part of Henan, China. It was one of the civil war battles that took place inside the National Revolutionary Army. The warring sides of the battle at Heishiguan, one side was Liu Xing and Ji Hao's Division of the 51 Division of Chiang Kai-shek, and the other was Peng Bingxun's army, which supported the Northwest Army by Feng Yuxiang. The battle triggered a fierce battle between the Northwest Army and the Chinese Central Army. Participants included Northwest Army Zhang Zizhong, Sun Liangcheng, Liang Guanying, and Cheng Xinming.
The Battle of Wuzhou took place from January 25 to January 30, 1930. The location was in the eastern part of Guangxi, China. It was one of the civil war battles that took place inside the National Revolutionary Army. The battle was the reinvention of Li Zongren after the defeat of the Chiang-Gui War and the prelude to the middle of the Central Plains War. Of the two warring parties in the Battle of Wuzhou, one was the Guangdong Army Chen Jitang Division, which was converted into the Central Army Eighth Route Army, and the other was the Army of the New Guangxi clique commanded by Li Zongren.