Battle of Dawan Cheng

Battle of Dawan Cheng
Part of the Soviet Invasion of Xinjiang
Date1934
Location
Dawan Cheng, Xinjiang
Result Chinese tactical victory
Chinese withdrawal
Belligerents
Taiwan China Soviet Union Soviet Union
Russian Empire White Russian forces
Commanders and leaders
Taiwan Gen. Ma Zhongying Soviet Union Gen. Volgin
Russian Empire Gen. Bekteev
Strength
500 soldiers Dozens of armored cars and hundreds of soldiers
Casualties and losses
Unknown Heavy, entire column nearly wiped out

The Battle of Dawan Cheng (Chinese: 達坂城之戰) of 1934 occurred when Gen. Ma Zhongying's Chinese Muslim New 36th Division encountered a Soviet Russian Army armoured car column. The New 36th Division was withdrawing, chased by White Russian and Mongol troops and Chinese forces allied with them. The New 36th Division wiped out nearly the entire column, after engaging the Russians in fierce, sometimes hand-to-hand combat, and knocked the wrecked Russian armored cars down the mountain. When a White Russian force showed up, Ma Zhongying withdrew.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Christian Tyler (2004). Wild West China: The Taming of Xinjiang. New Brunswick (NJ): Rutgers University Press. p. 112. ISBN 0-8135-3533-6. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  2. ^ Andrew D. W. Forbes (1986). Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia: A Political History of Republican Sinkiang 1911–1949. Cambridge, England: CUP Archive. p. 121. ISBN 0-521-25514-7. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  3. ^ Ai-ch'ên Wu, Aichen Wu (1940). Turkistan Tumult. Methuen: Methuen. pp. 89, 234. Retrieved 2010-06-28.