Second Battle of Guilin

Significance

The Second Battle of Guilin was fought on July 17, 1930, during the Central Plains War, pitting the Hunan Army — operating in alliance with Chiang Kai-shek — against the New Guangxi clique under the personal command of Li Zongren. The engagement compelled Li Zongren to withdraw his forces from Guilin, surrendering the city to the advancing Hunan Army. The battle unfolded against a broader operational crisis for the Guangxi clique: Li was simultaneously contending with a separate Yunnan Army invasion directed at Nanning. The loss of Guilin, one of the clique's principal centers, compounded the strategic pressure on the Guangxi leadership and reflected the mounting difficulty of defending on multiple fronts against Chiang's allied coalition during this phase of the Central Plains War.

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