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Battle of Eastern Henan

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Battle of Eastern Henan
Part of the Central Plains War
DateAugust 14, 1930
Location
Longhai, eastern Henan
Result Central Army victory
Belligerents
National Revolutionary Army Central Army anti-Chiang forces
Commanders and leaders
Gu Zhutong
Shangguan Yunxiang
Wang Jun
Sun Dianying

The Battle of Eastern Henan was between the Central Army of Chiang Kai-shek and those of Sun Dianying, a Henan native and ally of Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan. Sun's forces attacked the Longhai railway line, a stronghold on the eastern provincial border of Henan. The railway linked the cities of Kaifeng, Zhengzhou and Luoyang.

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