On August 15, 1945, the Japanese Emperor announced his surrender by broadcast, which meant that China won the victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan, and during the 14-year War of Resistance, the Chinese military and civilians paid huge casualties, but the Japanese Emperor's announcement of surrender did not mean the end of the war against Japan.
As the saying goes, "There will be no fate on the part of the king!" In fact, most Japanese officers, influenced by the spirit of Bushido and militarism, were very active in invading China and did not believe that Japan would be defeated.
So that after the emperor announced his surrender, the Japanese army entrenched in China, many of which were still in a hurry, for which the Japanese imperial family sent a large number of personnel to convey the emperor's orders everywhere, but even so, there were still a small number of Japanese troops who were unwilling to surrender their weapons.
The commander of the Japanese army stationed in Gaoyoucheng, Jiangsu Province, China, Iwasaki Daisa, was a die-hard element, and this Iwasaki Daisaku was very stubborn, and he also cleverly exploited a loophole, when Chiang Kai-shek, in order to limit the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, ordered the Japanese army to surrender only to the Kuomintang troops.
However, in the base areas of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, the Kuomintang troops were withdrawn, and if the Kuomintang troops wanted to surrender, they had to wait for the troops to be airlifted from the rear, so that there must be a gap period, and the Japanese army could continue to occupy Chinese cities.
The strategic location of the Gaoyou area is very important, on the east bank of the Grand Canal, it can suppress the two Huai, the Japanese army occupied the area for 6 years, the city was occupied by more than 2,000 Japanese troops, and the puppet army was as many as 8,000 people, so occupying the important place, the New Fourth Army naturally could not let the Japanese continue to occupy.
On December 19, 1945, the Central China Field Army, which was reorganized by the New Fourth Army, officially launched a campaign against the Japanese army in Gaoyou City, considering that the Gaoyou City Pool was strong, the height of the city was 9 meters wide and 7 meters wide, and there was a moat around, plus the Japanese army built a bunker on the city wall, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack.
At that time, the Central China Field Army lacked heavy weapons, and it was very difficult to fight this kind of offensive battle, so Commander Su formulated a position of "encircling three and lacking one" to force the Japanese army out of the city and then eliminate it, which was better than a strong attack and could reduce losses, but the Japanese puppet army could not leave the city alive.
On December 21, the 7th Column conquered the japanese puppet army strongholds on the outskirts, completely cutting off the retreat of the Japanese puppet army in Gaoyou City, which had been surrounded by the Central China Field Army like an iron pass, but the Japanese puppet army in the city was still stubbornly resisting, and Commander Su ordered a political offensive.
Fighters of the "Anti-War Alliance" formed by Japanese prisoners were drawn from various armies, and they were asked to shout at the Japanese troops in the city, sing Japanese songs, and distribute propaganda teams.
A large number of Japanese Kou were still stubbornly resisting, and finally commander Su decided to attack strongly, and on December 25, it rained heavily on the night of the day, and the total attack time was set for tonight, three signal bombs were launched, and the soldiers of the 8th Column and 6 independent regiments in the Gaoyou area launched an attack on Gaoyou City from three directions.
In the early morning of the 26th, the Japanese puppet army surrendered their weapons one after another, this battle killed more than 1100 Japanese troops in Gaoyou City, captured nearly 900 people, killed more than 5,000 puppet troops, captured more than 3,500 people, captured countless ammunition, held a surrender ceremony in Gaoyou City, the Japanese army sacrificed their sabers, and won a complete victory in the last battle of the anti-Japanese war.