Communist Insurgency in Jindou

The **Communist Insurgency in Jindou (共产党叛乱)** is an internal conflict fought in Jindou, now modern day Nanhan, on Huu Island and mainland Jindou. The conflict lasted for 30 years between 1923 to 1953 and cost hundreds of thousands of lives. This conflict was the result of a fear of communist take over in Jindou by the ruling conservative party and the monarch.

The communist normally fights in dense jungles of the Chuan plateau and engaging in guerrilla warfare. After the 30 years of fighting, the war came to an end with the government claiming victory.

## Background

The Communist Party of Jindou or CPJ for short is a communist political party in Jindou founded in 1910 which then was under Cynedrycan controlled Jindou. Later in 1919 after the start of the Cynedrycan Civil War, it became popular among the peasant population of Jindou and many ethnic groups.

### 1923 Election

In 1920, most of Jindou's warlord have surrendered to the Wulin Clique and created Jindou. Communist Party was offered a chance to take part in the political system of Jindou. The communist party originally declined and even allying themselves with the Konungur Republic. However, due to this, the communists were losing support from people in their territory. By 1921, it became apparent that the Konungur Republic would lose. The leader then offered that until the Konungur Republic have been defeated, they will keep hold of their territory. The emperor accepted the offer.

In 1923 when the Konungur Republic was finally defeated, they participated in the Parliamentary election that year and won 24.9% of popular votes as compared to Democratic Monarchist Party's 47.3%.

### DMP-CPJ Split

After the 1923 election, the Democratic Monarchist Party, which was the ruling party, advised Emperor Kangli to ban the Communist Party from participating in further elections. Fearful of a communist takeover, the Emperor banned the party from the political system. In response to the ban, the Communist Party and their supporters began a widespread protest across major cities in the country.

### Kana Bombings

On the 10th of June 1923, the Imperial Bank of Jindou's headquarters was bombed by the communists as well as other buildings including the Customs House, Kana Art Museum and the Riverside Tower. The total death toll was estimated to be over 100 including the President of the Bank, Minister of Finance, Qi Manyuan. It was very evident that the communists did the bombing with the large amount of the party's flag around the place.

## Communist Insurgency (1923 - 1942)

In June 1923, the communist insurgency has officially started with the bombing of the Imperial Bank of Jindou in Kana. The Communist Party of Jindou still held areas in parts of southern Gan Province and Hu Province. As the Jindou military did not expect such a quick response from the communist, the communist forces took over much of central Jindou. They once again managed to threaten Hancheng, Hanglin and even taking over Fangjiang and Zhongchuan and many villages in between.

### Huu Island Campaign

Later on 21 of June, the communist and the Jindou military started a massive battle in Nanzhou. It lasted for a week. Although the Jindou military outnumbers the communists, there were week and running out of supplies. At the end of the battle, out of the 30,000 men that were in the city, only 2,000 had managed to retreat safely to the mainland while the rest were captured or killed. The battle ended on the 27 of June. Following the battle of Nanzhou, Jindou decided to launch an offensive in the northern part of the island with more men and supplies going to Fuxing. On the 30, the Jindou army attacked into the communist-controlled territory. As the Jindounese army have also experienced similar tactic to the communists, bloody war in the Huu Island jungle occurred. The fighting came to a halt by January next year due to the slow progress by the Jindounese military. In the end, Nanzhou was recaptured by the government forces. Communist forces had to retreat to the southern part and the mountains.

### Chuan Region Campaign

With their partial victory in the Huu Island, the Jindou military turned on the communists in the Chuan region in the Northeastern part of the country. The communist took over Zhongchuan and Fangjiang however, the mountain region north of Fangjiang are still under the control of the government forces.

Using this as an advantage, the Jindou army managed to bring up artillery to the mountain surrounding the two cities and started shelling the city. Most of today's Zhongchuan is built after the insurgency ended. By March 1924, the communist forces in the cities were forced to retreat from the city into the mountains as Jindounese forces attempt to surround the city.

## Ceasefire (1942 - 1949)

In 1942 after the Radhkivka declaration of war on Jindou, Ceacefire was declared between the government forces and the communist temperorily ending the war to focus on the Radhivkans.