Southern Guerrilla War

The Southern Guerrilla War (Chinese: 南方三年游击战争), or Three-Year Guerrilla War in Southern China, denotes the interval from autumn 1934 to winter 1937, during which remnants of the Chinese Red Army and guerrilla factions, following the main forces' initiation of the Long March, sustained armed resistance in 15 regions across eight southern provinces: Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hunan, Hubei, Henan, and Guangdong. Under the auspices of the Chinese Communist Party, they conducted a prolonged guerrilla campaign against the Nationalist government.