One of the biggest practices seen in the Chinese Civil war is Guerilla Warfare. Mao had "Four Slogans" in regards to this practice. They were basially, retreat when the Nationalists attack, trouble the nationalists when they would halt or make camp, attack the Nationalists when they tried to avoid battle, and when the Nationalists retreated, attack.
In response to the Communist use of Guerilla Warfare, Chiang Kai-Shek set up his own practice. His was the Blockhouse Strategy. The response to the communist practice was to surround the Jiangxi Soviet with about 500,000 troups, slowly advance and set up concrete shelters, trenhes, and barbed fences. They starved the communists slowly, depleted them of food, fuel, and weapons. The communists lost 60,000 troops and over half their territory because of this practice.
In the Air, the nationalist had support from the US. The US provided the Chinese with air lifts, C-54 planes to fly their troops to Nanjing, Shanghai and Beijing.
The Communists also attacked major railways and destroyed communications throughout Northern China. This guerilla practice was seen in the Hundred Regiments battle and also in others throughout the war.
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