Chinese Long March

Every Chinese person knows what the Long March was, because it was an important part of Chinese history. Most Chinese people think that the Long March was successful during the second Chinese Civil War. In my opinion, I think the Long March was also unsuccessful. It was successful, because the Red Army of the Communist Party of China was not eliminated by the army of the Chinese Nationalist Party. It was unsuccessful, because it was the war between the Red Army and the National Revolutionary Army. They were both Chinese national defence capability. After the Long March, the Red Army lost heavily. Because of the Chinese Civil War, they gave the Japanese army the chance to invade China. The war should not happen, just because there were different thoughts between two regimes. The Long March did not solve the problem between these two regimes, then as we all know that Taiwan has their own government.
The Long March was unbelievable, because of its long distance and the difficult environment.“The Reds themselves generally spoke of it as the ‘25,000-li March,’ but actually “from the farthest point in Fukien to the end of the road in far northwest Shensi, some sections of the marchers undoubtedly did that much or more. An accurate stage-by-stage itinerary prepared by the First Army Corps showed that its route covered a total of 18,088 li” (The Long March (1934-1936) | Asia for Educators | Columbia University). That is about 6,000 miles, which is about a round trip from New York city to Seattle. Because the National Revolutionary Army almost controlled most of China at that time, the Red Army was encompassed. They had to break out of the encirclement, but they could only go across the paths and mountains to keep more soldiers alive. “The Communist marchers crossed 24 rivers and 18 mountain ranges, mostly snow-capped ” (The History Channel website).
Aside from the really bad environment, food was another problem for the Red Army. The Chinese Nationalist Party bought