On this day, 94 years ago, July 1, 1931 (May 16, 1931, the lunar calendar), Chiang Kai-shek launched the third "encirclement and suppression" campaign. Chiang Kai-shek, who personally commanded the "encirclement and suppression" in Nanchang. On July 1, 1931, Chiang Kai-shek and He Yingqin were in Nanchang, commanding the 23rd Division and 3 Brigade with a total of 300,000 troops, and launched the third "encirclement and suppression" campaign against the Central Revolutionary Base Area and the First Red Army. Chiang Kai-shek personally served as the commander and hired military advisers from Germany, Japan, Britain and other countries. With five divisions of his direct troops as the main force, he adopted the tactics of "driving straight in" and "advancing and attacking separately". He divided his troops into two groups to launch a pincer-shaped offensive to attack the Red Army base areas in southern Jiangxi and western Fujian in an attempt to destroy the Red Army on the east bank of the Ganjiang River.