In the fourteen years of arduous War of Resistance Against Japan
The tragedy of the Nanjing Massacre shocked China and other countries
More than 300,000 innocent people died under the butcher's knife of the Japanese army
But in 1938 there was also a tragic incident
The death toll is about three times that of the Nanjing Massacre
The occurrence of this tragedy is also closely related to China's "mother river" Yellow River
This incident is the Yellow River Garden Mouth case
The Chinese people suffered so much in this incident, so how many Japanese troops drowned?
The occurrence of this tragic case must start from Chiang Kai-shek's bombing of the Yellow River embankment
On July 7, 1937, the Japanese army launched a full-scale invasion of China
A large area of China was occupied by the Japanese army in a very short time
In May 1938, the Japanese army occupied Xuzhou
And there have been many inhumane massacres in this area
And at the same time, an army of 60,000 men advanced in the direction of Henan
Zhengzhou, Kaifeng and other places have been in a hurry
Henan is located in the central region of China
Because its important geographical location has always been a place where soldiers must fight
It is an extremely important strategic place
The focus of contention between the Chinese and Japanese armies was Lanfeng
Lanfeng is less than 50 kilometers away from Kaifeng
The loss of Lanfeng means that Kaifeng is also in danger
Once Kaifeng fell, it was Zhengzhou's turn
Zhengzhou is followed by Wuhan
It was also the rear area of the War of Resistance at that time
No one can afford this series of consequences
Therefore, the Lanfeng area must be defended
The Kuomintang sent 250,000 troops to guard the Central Plains
Chiang Kai-shek also personally flew to Zhengzhou to conduct command and supervision
The battle started out very smoothly
But in late May
There was civil unrest within the Kuomintang army
Gui Yongqing's troops stationed in Lanfeng
He evacuated Lanfeng without the permission of his superiors
The Japanese army was overjoyed
Directly without spending a single soldier, he occupied the strategic area of Lanfeng
Less than a week
Huang Jielin's troops stationed in Shangqiu also withdrew from Shangqiu privately like Gui Yongqing's troops
With the help of these two pig teammates
The Japanese successfully occupied Kaifeng
The war situation in the entire Central Plains region changed drastically in an instant
Chiang Kai-shek's troops also changed from being superior at the beginning to being inferior on the battlefield
Defeated by the Japanese army, the Japanese army directly approached the north bank of the Yellow River
About the Battle of Lanfeng
Chiang Kai-shek was still obsessed with it in his later years
He angrily said that the Battle of Lanfeng was a big laughing stock in the history of war
At this time, the Japanese army had already occupied Kaifeng, Zhongmu and other places
The Yellow River has become the last natural barrier in northern China
There was also a lot of debate within the Kuomintang about how to stop the Japanese army
Finally, a plan was negotiated
It was when the Japanese army continued to move south
Blowing up the levee of the Yellow River uses the method of "flooding the Seventh Army"
To quote the water of the Yellow River to block the pace of the Japanese attack
The Yellow River is the mother river of the Chinese nation
On both sides of the Yellow River, a splendid Chinese civilization was born
Because the Yellow River passes through the Loess Plateau
Also because of its special geographical factors
The Yellow River has been constantly diverted for thousands of years
While nurturing Chinese civilization
It has also brought the flood disaster that the people on both sides of the strait remember deeply
But before that, no one thought that the Yellow River would have military uses
It can dig the Yellow River levee to block the Japanese attack
A plan to blow up the levees of the Yellow River
The Kuomintang general Chen Guofu reported to Chiang Kai-shek
According to the topographic analysis of Zhengzhou, the terrain is low in the north and high in the south
Blowing up the levee here would have been able to stop the Japanese from attacking from the north
And The Japanese rioters are well known
They were also possible before the Kuomintang army
Blow up levees to flood North China
In the beginning, Chiang Kai-shek had not yet agreed to this plan
Because the risk is too great
However, with the defeat of the Kuomintang army on the battlefield
Chiang Kai-shek also agreed to this plan
With chiang kai-shek's orders issued
The Yellow River embankment in the Huayuankou area
The gap was blown open with the loud noise of the explosives
The untethered waters of the Yellow River carry a large amount of sediment rolling down
Countless cultivated lands were submerged
Countless civilians have been displaced
Statistics are based on relevant information
As many as 44 counties and cities were affected after the huayuankou embankment was broken
Nearly 20 million acres of arable land were submerged
Nearly 5 million people's homes were destroyed, affecting 12 million people
890,000 people died in this man-made disaster
Nearly 4 million people fled, and the losses are not severe
Chiang Kai-shek blowing up the Garden Mouth embankment
It is not that the consequences have not been considered
He ordered the early evacuation of people near Huayuankou
Settlement fees were also paid
It also demanded that the people in the lower reaches of the Yellow River also evacuate as soon as possible
But at that time, the Kuomintang was corrupt
Only a small part of Chiang Kai-shek's orders were well executed
And because of the blowing up of the levee, the Yellow River flooded every year
The amount of land that can be cultivated in the Central Plains is decreasing
It also led to the Great Famine in the Central Plains in 1942
This is another unspeakable tragedy
This decision was made to stop the Japanese army from moving south
It has brought such a big disaster to the Chinese people
So how many Japanese troops drowned?
Incredibly, the Japanese lost very little
Because long before the garden mouth was fried
The Japanese had already learned of this information through agents within the Kuomintang
Avoidance in advance results in very little loss to yourself
There was only a part of the Broken Japanese Army
Faced with the turbulent Yellow River, it was too late to retreat and was drowned
This result is really unacceptable
The Yellow River burst its banks, which brought such a tragic disaster to the people of the Chinese
But it did not cause too much damage to the Japanese army
And in the face of such serious consequences
Chiang Kai-shek, the supreme commander of the Kuomintang, should bear the main responsibility
Because the Kuomintang camp under his leadership was corrupt and incompetent
Not much has been done to reunify the War of Resistance and save the people from fire and water
On the contrary, tens of millions of people directly faced a terrible flood
And then in the Great Famine of 1942
What Chiang Kai-shek's government did
The people of the Central Plains lost confidence
The defeat of the Kuomintang was already doomed
But to a certain extent, the Yellow River flooded
It also disrupted the original offensive route of the Japanese army
Zhengzhou did not fall until 1944
But this is only for the Henan region
Gained a breathing space
Wuhan, which was originally intended to be protected, fell in 1938
The results are beyond words
The ancients said, "Wound the enemy one thousand and lose eight hundred."
But this operation of the Kuomintang
It's almost a thousand wounds to the enemy and a million self-inflicted wounds
I don't know how many innocent people have been displaced in this flood
Forced to leave the land where their ancestors lived
Lost his life on the way to escape
Nearly tens of millions of people suffered
It was also a huge disaster whenever it came to view
It's been 83 years
After the vigorous treatment of the Yellow River by new China, the harm is decreasing day by day
The garden mouth has also become lively
It's hard to imagine more than 80 years ago
Such a big disaster has happened here
But we cannot forget history
We must not forget the three words that symbolize disaster in the history books, "Yellow Pan Area".
Well, this issue ends here
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