The Archive · 1938

Encirclement Tactics

"In the Taierchwang cement," the spokesman continued.

Chinese employed encirclement tact using he wings to close in gr on the Japanese forces surrounded in the Taierchwang area. The Chinese succeeded in the campaign because:

l—Taierchwang is a small limited evea, making encirclement possible. destruction of Japanese us in the rear made further arrivals of reinforcements and supplies impossible. forces outnumbered g it po to concen tegic points and, thereby, king it very difficult ior the aness to break through the Chine cordon.

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