The sacrifices of the Chinese people in the War of Resistance Against Japan are difficult to describe in numbers, for example, in order to block the pace of the Japanese-Kou offensive, the old Chiang Kai-shek actually blew up the Yellow River, and the purpose was indeed achieved, and the Japanese-Kou retreated, but China's losses were extremely tragic. And how many Japanese Kou drowned in this dam bombing operation?
In June 1938, the Japanese invasion was high, because they had only recently captured Lanfeng, followed by the capture of Kaifeng, and the revolutionary troops suffered heavy losses on the frontal battlefield, and the Japanese army watched as it occupied so much territory in Henan and planned to march to Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan. For the nationalist army, Zhengzhou is in jeopardy at this moment, and once Zhengzhou is lost, then the Japanese Kou can go south along Zhengzhou to Wuhan, and they can take Wuhan in two weeks. At first, the Japanese Kou planned to attack Hunan and go straight to Wuhan, but Hunan could not be attacked for a long time, so they had to change their roads.
At this moment, the Nationalist army was exhausted, and the frontal confrontation of the Nationalist army used a lot of attrition to reluctantly delay the pace of the Japanese army, and Zhengzhou was about to lose. The Japanese army gathered a large number of troops and planned to attack Wuhan, on the other hand, there was a gathering of troops near Wuhan. In order to cut off the supply of the nationalist army and take Wuhan in one fell swoop, the Japanese army was very energetic, in addition to the strength of the troops in these two directions, they also launched a battle in Guangzhou, so that the people of Guangzhou could not transmit supplies to other areas. By this time, Wuhan had stationed nearly a million troops.
Wuhan cannot be lost, this is the consensus of everyone. However, the Japanese army also adhered to the idea of taking Wuhan, and they gathered artillery, infantry, and communications troops, with more than 300,000 troops, complete combat readiness, abundant materials, advanced weapons, aircraft and artillery. It is conceivable that once the two teams of the Japanese army converge, then Wuhan will definitely fall. And China's million-strong army was given to them like dumplings. Under such circumstances, Old Jiang moved the idea of blowing up the Yellow River. After all, this army went all the way down the Yellow River to Wuhan, and if it blew up the levee at the mouth of the garden, then the mighty flood would stop the Pace of the Japanese Army.
But there are also many people living here, and how many people should be displaced when the floods break out. However, the Japanese army is already pressing forward step by step, and once Wuhan loses a million troops, where can the whole of China resist the aggression of the Japanese army. Finally, Old Jiang gave the order to blow up the dam. And many telegrams urged the Nationalist army to carry out his orders even if they could not bear it, and the mouth of the Yellow River Garden was exploded, and the river water poured out for thousands of miles. Faced with such a situation, the Japanese army had to give up the idea of advancing along this road. They briefly retreated to Xuzhou, intending to launch an attack from the north bank of the Yangtze River, which was bound to take Wuhan. But this delay gave the revolutionary ranks precious time to counterattack.
How many Japanese koku were drowned in this operation? Unfortunately, the agents installed by the Japanese army in the national army passed the news back early, and the Japanese army chose to retreat early, so this time the dam bombed, but drowned more than 1,000 Japanese Kou responsible for the break, and most of them all retreated, drowning more ordinary people in our country, and 890,000 people lost their lives in this incident. They were not not notified in advance, and many lost their homes and died of starvation because the Yellow River burst its banks.
And the damage caused by the flood is continuous. Whenever the Yellow River floods, the surrounding farmland is easily annihilated, and the subsequent locust plague leaves the people with no food at all. Tens of millions of people starved to death as a result of the desertification of local farmland.