In the course of the War of Resistance Against Japan, there were too many armies that stood out, such as the Sichuan Army, which could be described as a world war success when they fought against the Japanese army, and many people who mentioned this unit would think of the phrase "no river is not an army." However, what we are going to talk about today is the famous battle of the Sichuan Army, the Battle of Taierzhuang.
This battle was won by the mainland since the War of Resistance Against Japan
The biggest victory on the frontal battlefield
To a large extent, the soldiers' belief in fighting bravely was stimulated, and the morale of the enemy was frustrated by our army, but while winning the victory, the losses of our army were also very heavy. In just half a month of war, the soldiers of our army were sacrificed
Nearly fifty thousand people. It was five times as large as the Japanese army.
As you can imagine, this battle
How tragic it is
。 How much effort the warriors have put into reversing the situation, so today let me lead you to review the battle of that year, interested friends can like and support it, so as to watch more wonderful content at any time.
Soldiers on the march
Background to the war
August 1938, continental
Shanghai, Nanjing
And other places fell one after another, and the Japanese army drove straight in, ready to be general
Nanjing and Jinan used as their bases
In order to completely open up the battlefield between the north and south of the mainland, they decided to divide their forces into three parts, the commander of the Japanese East China Front
Shunroku Hata
He was ordered to lead the army north along the Jinpu Road.
At the same time, another Japanese commander led the Tenth Division south from the northern section of Jinpu Road, and another unit was responsible for landing in the direction of Qingdao, and then went to Xuzhou to meet the Japanese Fifth Division of the Japanese Army, and tried to attack Xuzhou along the direction of the railway.
The geographical location of Xuzhou is very important
He was the top priority of the north-south communication line, and as long as Xuzhou could be taken, the purpose of the Japanese army would be achieved.
The strategic hub of the eastern part of the continent will be completely lost, and more
It is also possible to directly destroy Wuhan on the mainland
It has never further destroyed the enthusiasm of our soldiers for resistance. In fact, after the end of the Battle of Songhu, the mainland was already aware of the importance of this Gimpo Railway.
Battle of Songhu
The contradiction between Li Zongren and lao Jiang
Later in
October 1937
At that time, Lao Jiang ordered the establishment of a fifth theater, and its headquarters was directly set up in Xuzhou, requiring them to make defensive arrangements near Jinpu Road and appoint them
Li Zongren
For the commander of this force. All along, the relationship between Li Zongren and Lao Jiang has not been very good.
But why was Lao Jiang still willing to leave this position to him? In fact, their contradictions come from
Li Zongren was previously the leader of the Gui warlords
Later, due to the Northern Expedition period, there were very large differences between the various group armies, which led to the continuous intensification of contradictions between the old Chiang Kai-shek and the Gui clan.
Later, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi also led the army to fight with Lao Jiang's army, and finally after the defeat, they could only flee back to Guangxi, in 1930, Yan Xishan and others launched an action against Lao Jiang, and Li Zongren could not wait to participate in it and constantly support Yan Xishan, which also led to worsening the contradictions between the two sides.
It was not until after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan that Chiang Kai-shek told the people of the whole country that the whole country should unite and cooperate, and only in this way could the Japanese aggressors be driven out of the mountains of our territory. At this time
Li Zongren put aside all his previous grievances and promised to obey Lao Jiang's command
In the course of the Battle of Songhu, the Gui ace army in his hands was also unstoppable on the battlefield, fighting heroically, causing a lot of blows to the Japanese army, and the enemy paid a painful price.
This time, his army was also praised by the common people. It was precisely because of their excellent performance in the War of Resistance Against Japan that Old Chiang became more and more trusting of these Officers of the Gui Clan, and they gradually became the pillars of support. Therefore, Old Jiang would be relieved to hand over his Fifth Theater of Operations to Li Zongren.
Soon, the Xuzhou battlefield was about to rain, and at the most critical moment, the commander of the Fifth Theater of our army
General Li Zongren immediately rushed to the Xuzhou battlefield to take command
In the face of the rapid progress of the Japanese army, General Li Zongren carried not only the victory of this war, but more importantly, the ultimate destiny of the entire Chinese nation.
After receiving the task, General Li's heart was very heavy, he was well aware of the heavy burden behind this, and at that time, the disparity between the enemy and us in all aspects was too large, in order to better defend Xuzhou, Li Zongren also tried all kinds of ways. At this time, Tang Enbo did not want to obey Li Zongren's command, his reason was
I didn't want to watch the concubine troops under Old Chiang Kai-shek all die in battle.
After listening to his words, Old Jiang's heart also began to waver, and finally heeded Tang Enbo's advice, in addition, he also transferred a heavy artillery brigade to Tang Enbo's men. This makes it on the front lines
Han Fuyu
He was furious, because this unit was originally going to be transferred to him, and he thought that Old Jiang was looking down on his own miscellaneous army, which was simply deceiving people too much.
Han Fuyu took the initiative to retreat
His heart was full of complaints, and when Sun Lianzhong made a request to him to encircle the Japanese army, he resolutely refused the matter. Not only that,
He also retreated directly with his troops to the Jinan area
It should be known that Han Fuyu has 100,000 troops, and there is also the Yellow River as his natural fortification.
But he still chose to abandon the city and flee under such favorable conditions, and after Han Fuyu's withdrawal, the Japanese also seized this excellent opportunity.
Directly cross the banks of the Yellow River and directly approach Jinan
The people wanted to rise up and resist, but to no avail, and eventually Tai'an and Yanzhou and other areas were occupied by the Japanese army, and when Li Zongren saw the news, he was furious, so he directly ordered that no one could mobilize the troops of the Fifth Theater at will.
At this time, Lao Jiang immediately gave an order to Li Zongren, asking him to bring Han Fuyu to the meeting, which was undoubtedly a trap set for Han Fuyu. In the face of Han Fuyu's inquiry, Li Zongren did not tell him about this matter.
Han Fuyu finally came to Kaifeng to attend the meeting with trepidation.
I thought that if I apologized to Old Jiang and solved this matter, I never expected that this trip would completely end my life.
Chiang Kai-shek
Li Zongren took in the Sichuan army
Later, Old Jiang was troubled by another thing for a long time, that is
The Sichuan army led by Wang Mingzhang,
This Sichuan army unit came from afar, but no war zone was willing to take this unit under its command. At this time, Bai Chongxi made a proposal to Old Jiang, that is, to give this unit to Li Zongren.
After Li Zongren learned of this, he did not have any objections, but unexpectedly accepted the Sichuan army, in his eyes, these people are not useless talents, no matter how bad it is, they are much better than those who have no combat experience. The name Sichuan Army was actually not very good at the beginning of the war, because many people would call them Yes
"Two Gunners"
Why is it called that? The reason is that each of them has a smoking gun.
In the long run, their serious impression in other armies is not very good. Coupled with the fact that their equipment at that time was very poor, many soldiers wore very rough rags and grass shoes on their feet. Once, they also took advantage of the gap between warlords and warlords,
He seized the opportunity to rob the arsenals of other units to replenish his own forces.
In addition to this Sichuan army, Li Zongren was also interested in Zhang Zizhong's Fifty-ninth Army, but because Zhang Zizhong had been framed by others before, his position was revoked. thereupon
Li Zongren tried his best to defy the public opinion and repeatedly applied with the old Jiang to restore Zhang Zizhong's post to normal
At this point, he had one more general under his command.
Zhang Zizhong
December 1937
The enemy's army came to Hukou on the Jinpu Line, and immediately launched a fierce attack, facing such a severe battle situation, Li Zongren was very anxious, so he gathered all the generals to discuss the current situation. After everyone's whimsical thinking, our army finally determined the battle plan for this time.
They were ready to leave a small number of troops in Xuzhou, and
Most of the troops were placed on the flank of the Tsu-Pu Railway
When the enemy arrives, our army begins to use guerrilla tactics to fight the enemy and block the enemy's advance speed in this way. In their vision, the first battlefield was located on the southern section of Jinpu Road.
At the same time, our army could block the Japanese troops on the eastern road in the Linyi area and the Japanese troops on the western road in the Jiayu area, so that the enemy's idea of meeting at Taierzhuang could be broken.
In January 1938, the Japanese 13th Division began to move north, and after Li Zongren learned of this,
The Eleventh Army was sent to the Mingguang area in the southern section of Jinpu, where a defensive line was formed.
And sent the 26th Group Army and the fighters of the Huainan Corps to be responsible for the blockade operation. When the Japanese army launched an attack on Mingguang, it found that it had entered the encirclement of our army, and our army launched a fierce attack.
Tombaugh
In addition, the local terrain has the inherent advantage of being easy to defend and difficult to attack, so
The enemy's advanced mechanized equipment is of no use
。 In the end, this Japanese unit had no way to continue to advance. The next day, the Japanese army was still unwilling, directly mobilized a lot of heavy weapons, and finally under the fierce artillery attack, successfully occupied the Mingguang area.
Our army has suffered repeated defeats and many lands have fallen
The soldiers of our army had no choice but to retreat temporarily to the Chihe River, and this battle lasted for many days, and the enemy continued to use his artillery superiority to keep advancing, and even sent planes to bomb our army's positions wildly, after that
Bengbu, Dingyang
And so on fell one after another, and finally our army retreated all the way to the north bank of the Huai River.
In order not to prevent the enemy from attacking again, our army desperately resisted. Subsequently, the two sides fought fiercely here, and the 51st Army led by our general Yu Xuezhong was responsible for blocking the enemy on the north bank, and later the enemy repeatedly prepared to forcibly cross the river.
They were all completely repelled by the fighters of the 51st Army
So they found a place where the river was narrow and convenient for crossing the river, and first sent more than twenty fighters to bombard the positions, taking the opportunity to cross the river as soon as possible.
But this idea of theirs was soon discovered by our army, and the soldiers desperately blocked it, and eventually the enemy's several large-scale river crossings were unsuccessful. Even if the fortifications were destroyed, the warriors would never take a step back, and when the weapons in their hands were exhausted, they engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, and finally
After several changes of hands, the position eventually fell into the hands of the Japanese
Although the warriors preferred to die and persevered until the last moment, they could not withstand the attack of enemy aircraft and artillery.
After the end of this battle, the Japanese First Division was unstoppable on the northern front, many areas fell into the hands of the enemy, seeing that the enemy was about to successfully meet, Li Zongren began to be a little embarrassed, not knowing which unit to support. It was at this critical moment that he received a letter of intelligence that was made up of him before
Eyeliner planted inside the Japanese army came out
。 The content inside represents
The Japanese forces on the southern front will move, and the northern ones will not move for the time being
。 This message instantly made him take a reassuring pill.
Yan Xishan
Soon, Li Zongren directly sent Zhang Zizhong to lead his army to the north bank of the Huai River to help the 51st Army. As expected, Zhang Zizhong arrived at the position and joined forces with the 51st Army to completely defeat the Japanese army. When the Japanese general heard the news, he was very angry.
In order to wipe out our army on the north bank of the Huai River, the Japanese army directly dispatched a large number of support troops from the direction of Nanjing at all costs, including their various heavy weapons, although the other side's offensive was fierce, but
Our army had preemptively occupied the embankment on the north bank before their reinforcements arrived
, and also destroyed all the enemy fortifications. For a time, the battle between the two sides reached a stalemate.
In order to end the battle as soon as possible, Li Zongren sent another force to support. This force penetrated directly into the rear of the enemy army, and cooperated with the other two units to attack back and forth,
The Japanese army collapsed in an instant,
In the end, he had to withdraw his main force from the north bank of the Huai River. Subsequently, our army took advantage of the victory to pursue and snatched back all the lost positions.
At this point, the enemy's plan was all disappointed, and the morale of our soldiers was instantly high, although the enemy army was not completely annihilated, but it also caused a blow to the enemy troops on the southern front, and they did not dare to attack at will, but turned to defense.
Soldiers of our army
Pang Bingxun fought the Japanese army in Linyi
In the face of the current war situation, the Japanese army's offensive made no progress, so it had to change its combat deployment, and the two ace armies of the Japanese army began to move south, then first captured Taierzhuang, and finally took Xuzhou directly. At the end of January 1938, the Japanese army of Ryosuke Isoya had reached the Lunan area of our army.
At that time, Pang Bingxun did not dare to delay even a little after receiving the news, and immediately sent out more than 13,000 of his men
, stationed in the Linyi area.
As the Japanese army continued to attack, Pang Bingxun's troops began a counterattack, they desperately resisted, but in the face of the enemy's powerful weapons, it was simply a small witch.
The Battle of Taierzhuang was officially launched,
The war situation entered the most tense stage, the soldiers were overwhelmed, and Linyi was about to be occupied by the enemy.
Li Zongren hurriedly dispatched Zhang Zizhong's Fifty-ninth Army to immediately provide support. Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun also had some contradictions before, when the two discussed the anti-Jiang plan together during the Battle of Taiyuan, but
In the end, Pang Bingxun did not act according to the established plan, resulting in Zhang Zizhong being framed.
But this time, Zhang Zizhong did not consider personal grievances, but put the national crisis in the forefront, and directly sent troops to support without saying a word.
In order to buy time, he ordered the soldiers to cross directly from the Yishui River, but they never expected that in the process of crossing the river, they accidentally encountered the Japanese army. The two sides began to fight, this fight is a day and a night, each has paid a big price, just at this time,
Zhang Zizhong received news from Li Zongren and hoped that he would withdraw from the battlefield as soon as possible.
Battle of Taierzhuang
He immediately told Li Zongren that the current situation in our army is indeed not optimistic, but the other side has also suffered heavy casualties, and the situation on both sides is actually comparable
The most important thing is to see who can hold out until the last moment, and who will win. I believe that in less than a day, I will destroy all the enemies.
Seeing that Zhang Zizhong was so determined, Li Zongren was not good at saying anything, so he approved his plan.
Immediately afterward, Zhang Zizhong began to adjust the combat deployment and made a final attack on the enemy army. At this time, our army was almost unable to resist, and just when he wanted to give up, the correspondent reported to him
Zhang Zizhong had already defeated the success of the Banyuan troops,
His heart instantly lit up with hope, and when Zhang Zizhong rushed to the battlefield, the two turned into jade and completely resolved their previous grievances.
Wang Mingzhang led the Sichuan army to hold its position
On March 16, 1938, the Japanese Isoya unit did not wait for other units to arrive, and directly launched an attack on Fuji Prefecture.
At this time, it was Wang Mingzhang's Sichuan army that was ordered to garrison in Fujian County
In order to ensure the smooth progress of the campaign, Li Zongren specially prepared a large number of weapons, equipment and materials for the Sichuan army.
When Wang Mingzhang received the order, he was very touched and swore an oath to Li Zongren.
As long as the Sichuan army is there, it will certainly not let The Vine County fall, even if the Sichuan Army dies, the Vine County cannot die.
The soldiers of the Sichuan Army have been disliked by other troops for a long time, so this time, they are determined to justify the name of the Sichuan Army, as long as there is a breath, they will inevitably fight with the Japanese to the end.
Japanese Army
At that time, the Japanese army first launched more than 30 fighters to launch a comprehensive bombardment over Fujian County, and Wang Mingzhang was not afraid and ordered the fighters to carry out a comprehensive counterattack. The battle went on for a long time, the Japanese army was still unable to attack for a long time, and Isoya was also anxious, and he quickly sent all his elite troops to the battlefield.
In addition, there are dozens of cannons and dozens of tanks, and even 3 regiments of death squads have been formed, and After their bombardment, Fuji County is chaotic, it is simply a purgatory on earth. However, the Sichuan army led by Wang Mingzhang was still swearing to resist to the death, and never let the enemy step into Teng County. They used to swear,
If the enemy is not removed, they will not return to their homeland,
This determination is enough to prove everything, and the spirit of the sichuan soldiers infects everyone.
It was precisely because of their persistence that our army won the final victory. At that time, Li Zongren also knew Wang Mingzhang's situation, so he sent Tang Enbo to send troops to help, but
In the short distance of 3 miles, Tang Enbo has always hesitated, always looking for various reasons to stop. After three days of fighting with the enemy, the warriors suffered complete casualties.
At this time, the position was already occupied by the enemy on three sides, and Wang Mingzhang had not waited for reinforcements, knowing that he had no way to retreat, and finally had to choose to commit suicide and martyrdom. After this battle, the Sichuan army directly became a model for all the armies on the mainland, and they were no longer the objects of rejection by others.
Battle of Xuzhou
The Japanese captured Fuji County
After the Japanese captured Fuji County, they quickly marched south,
Our army also decided to fight a decisive battle with the enemy at Taierzhuang. On March 19, in the process of engaging the enemy, our troops drew the enemy into the defensive line of our army, and the enemy wanted to attack Taierzhuang with the same move as to attack Tengxian, but the defending Sun Lianzhong did not choose to attack, he has always been good at defensive battles, so he sent two regiments to start street battles with the enemy.
meantime
Our army directly blew up the enemy's airfield,
They have no military strength in the air, so they have to fight with our army to the death.
With the gradual loss of the northern part of Taierzhuang
The soldiers of the three battalions of the 181st Regiment of our army stuck here, fought closely with the enemy, and finally successfully annihilated the enemy, after which the enemy began to use tanks to attack our army, and many soldiers jumped directly on the tanks with shells, and finally died together.
The enemy's artillery fire was too fierce, or attacked the city, at this time only the remnants of the 31st Division can fight, the soldiers stubbornly stuck in the gap, come in and destroy one. In desperation,
The Japanese actually used poison gas bombs,
Our army did not choose to retreat, but organized a death squad, Sun Lianzhong expressed to everyone his determination to coexist and die with Taierzhuang, and the morale of the soldiers was high.
Chi Fengcheng ordered the warriors to cut off the enemy's rear road, more than two hundred warriors and the enemy to resist to the death, at this time Tang Enbo was forced by Li Zongren to send troops, otherwise it would be dealt with by military law, Tang Enbo was forced by pressure, had to choose to send troops.
Battle of Fujin County
April 6,
He led his troops to the outskirts of Taierzhuang and gave the enemy a sneak attack.
With the support of reinforcements, the soldiers in the city cheered up and joined forces with the reinforcements, and the Japanese army was defenseless, and directly began to throw away their armor and abscond. In the end, it was completely defeated, and the Battle of Taierzhuang ended in the victory of our army.
This battle
The number of casualties of our army reached more than 30,000, while the enemy army had more than 17,000
Although the losses of our army are relatively serious, the good thing is that the results are good. He made us more firm in our belief in resisting Japan to the end. whereas
The performance of the Sichuan army in this battle is also remarkable.
They exchanged this battle for the respect of future generations. We should remember these revolutionary fighters and remember history. What do you think about this? You can leave a message in the comment area, if you like it, you can pay attention to it a little, forward it, and the next issue of the content will be more exciting.
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