The+Nationalists+Army+Strategies+and+Tactics

Please look at this map first: [|http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/atlases/chinese%20civil%20war/chinese%20civil%20war%20pages/chinese%20civil%20war%20map%2006.htm] I can't paste it on here as it is too big and if a make it smaller it becomes really pixelated.
 * The Nationalists Army Strategies and Tactics **

Just a small point: *The Nationalist Army were also known as the Chinese Revolutionary Army. 

To begin, After the end of the Japanese war, the Nationalist army were not up to a full scale war, but Chiang still planned out his military campaigns. His army fought from June 1947 to October 1949.  This was the result:  Chaing didn't even listen to any American advice and instead sent a large mass of troops to Manchuria in October, 1948. 470,000 of them were slaughtered or captured. The deciding battle was in Xuzhou were Chiang committed over 500,000 troops. A battle then commenced at Huaihai b/w Nov 1948 to Jan 1949. He then decided to sent troops to the mountainous north west, and this only drained another 400,000 troops. B/w Sep 1948 & Jan 1949, well over 1,000,000 Nationalists soldiers were lost.

The maps of three important battles b/w the communists & the nationalists are shown on this website: [|**www.worldstatesmen.org/ China.html**] (underneath the headings of 6, 7 & 8)  Chiang Kai - Sheik’s strategies and tactics were unsuccessful for numerous reasons. Firstly, came a poor choice for Nationalist Army officials. Chiang could not control his officers but he did also criticise them. “They draw up plans with an air of indifference and casually issue orders. " The Nationalist Army officials were also more concerned with own personal interests then warfare of the army. For example, General Chen Chong gave imp posts to only his followers even though many were incompetent and many renowned generals had no commands. “Because our army defended points and protected lines, our military forces were stuck; mobility was lost and assuming the initiative was difficult.” Lloyd E Eastman. Secondly, while creating strategies for battles, Chiang did not take into consideration any of the American advice, which would've been successful due to the large American support of a non - communist government. For example, Chiang se troops to the mountainous north west, and this only drained another 400,000 troops, near Communists grounds. The new supply of men from the People's Liberation Army and the successful new tactic from the communists to cease guerrilla tactics crushed this part of the army.

B/w Sep 1948 & Jan 1949, well over 1,000,000 Nationalists soldiers were lost. "The heart of their army was destroyed" - Hsu Consequently, Chiang even agreed that: “Discipline of our troops [is] so lax and morale is so low… absolutely no way .. we can avoid defeat” By the time they the communists had gained official government power, the People’s Liberation Army took nearly 3 million prisoners. Even General David Barr of Washington reported (Nov 1948) .. "There is a complete ineptness (lack of skill) of high military leaders, widespread corruption and dishonesty throughout the armed forces"

Many of the strategies failed for reasons beyond their control, and this included the people who were secret spies for the Communists, and gave the Communists an easy advantage. For instance, ‘the head of military operations at the Battle of Jinan gave the entire Nationalist battle plan to the Communists.’

Example of weaponry used by the Nationalists Army:   ·    ·  <span style="COLOR: #548dd4; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153">Submachine Guns <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #548dd4; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153"> ·  <span style="COLOR: #548dd4; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153">Machine Guns <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #548dd4; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153"> ·  <span style="COLOR: #548dd4; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153">Heavy Machine Guns <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #548dd4; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153"> ·  <span style="COLOR: #548dd4; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153">Anti-Tank Weapons <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #548dd4; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153"> ·  <span style="COLOR: #548dd4; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153">Grenades <span style="COLOR: #5f497a; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191">References:
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #548dd4; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153"> ·  <span style="COLOR: #548dd4; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #548dd4; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153">[|**www.worldstatesmen.org/ China.html**] - Civil War Map <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #548dd4; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153"> ·  <span style="COLOR: #548dd4; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153">The Civil War, 1945 - 1949 - Immanuel Hsu [holiday booklet] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #548dd4; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153"> ·  <span style="COLOR: #548dd4; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153">The Civil War [booklet] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #548dd4; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153"> ·  <span style="COLOR: #548dd4; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153">HTA Modern History Study Guide p 122