Long March (1934-1935) In oct 1933, the Kominang goemment mobized one mllon men to conduct the fifh "encirclement and suppression" campaign against the Red Bases, owing to the mistakes made by leaders of the Red Amy and a much superior enemy, after one year fght they found themselves in passive position and in danger and suffered a heavy casualties and had to leave the Red Bases in south of Cha for a strategc shift to north of China in Oct. 1934. After breakng through four rings of blockade and hardships as well as feroe s the Red Amy amved in northern Shaanxi in oct. 1935.The unprecedented Long March, 12.500 Kilometers in distance, was finally completed. Only one out of ten Red Army men surived. e) The war of Resistance Against Japan (1937-1945) (1) Japanese Aggression While the Kuomintang govemment was devoting all his energy to prosecuting the civil war, the Japanese, on Sep.18,1931. used troops to occupy Shenyang city, the capital of Liaoning province, thus precipitating the September Eighteenth Incident. Kuomintang government's order that under no circumstances should the