In 1937, a fierce battle occurred in Yuanping, 5,000 soldiers and the enemy died after 10 days and nights of heroic sacrifice, brigade commander Jiang Yuzhen's head was cut off by the enemy, after the end of the war, the Japanese army was impressed by the spirit of our army, for the heroes who died in battle to set up a wordless monument, then how tragic was the Battle of Yuanping? Interested friends like and follow comments.
Before the Battle of Yuanping began, Jiang Yuzhen's men asked him: "The Japanese army has 70,000 people, while we only have 5,000 people.
Battle of Hara binh
In 1937, before Jiang Yuzhen and his subordinates stationed in the Yuanping area began the Battle of Yuanping, Jiang Yuzhen's men asked him: "The Japanese army has 70,000 people, but we only have 5,000 people," that is to say, 5,000 people of our army will confront the 70,000 japanese army.
Before the Battle of Yuanping began, the policy of non-resistance issued by the Kuomintang government led to the Japanese army occupying a large amount of land on the mainland, which also made the Japanese think that China did not dare to fight with them, and even arrogantly said: "The words of destroying China within three months."
Then the Japanese army began to approach the northeast region, but slowly the Japanese appetite grew, they tried to occupy the entire north China region, the Japanese army divided into three roads, in three different directions, especially after the capture of Beiping and Tianjin, the Japanese army began to approach the Hebei region, and their other army, through the Pu Railway to Shanxi.
Datong, Shanxi, Weixian and other places had fallen, and the Japanese army encountered the Eighth Route Army in the area of Pingxingguan
By September 1937, Shanxi Datong, Weixian and other places had fallen, and the Japanese army encountered the Eighth Route Army in the Pingxingguan area, which ended in defeat, but at the same time, the Battle of Pingxingguan also told the Japanese that they were not invincible. Although Pingxingguan was victorious in the Battle of Pingxingguan, it still failed to stop the japanese advance, and the Eighth Route Army was forced to withdraw because of the situation, and the Japanese army made a comeback after the Eighth Route Army left, and broke through the defense line of Yan Xishan in one fell swoop, at this time Taiyuan was in danger.
Shanxi has been a place of contention since ancient times, and both the Kuomintang and the Eighth Route Army understand that once Shanxi is lost, then the entire north China region will face a dangerous situation of total fall, so they immediately explained the situation to Yan Xishan and asked him to be ready for battle and to defend Shanxi.
Taiyuan became the top priority, and if taiyuan was not invaded by the Japanese, then it was necessary to guard Xinkou
For a while, Taiyuan became the top priority, if you want Taiyuan not to be invaded by the Japanese, then you must hold Xinkou, because Xinkou is the only way to enter Taiyuan, that is to say, Xinkou became the most important place at that time, in order to have time for the Chinese army to enter the Battle of Shanxi, Wang Jingguo, commander of the 19th Army under Yan Xishan, formulated a relevant battle plan and sent troops to block the Japanese in the plain area.
This important task was handed over to the 196th Brigade, Wang Jingguo told Jiang Yuzhen, even if there is only one person left, he will hold Yuanping for 7 days, Jiang Yuzhen understands the importance of this mission, and also knows that this mission is likely to die, but he did not hesitate to take on this arduous task, but how can 5,000 people block the tens of thousands of elite troops of the Japanese army?
How can 5,000 people stop the tens of thousands of elite troops of the Japanese army?
Bloody battle plain
On October 1, at this time, 70,000 Japanese people with 250 guns and other heavy weapons traveled to Harahei, and the command of the Japanese army this time was the mastermind of the 918 Incident, "Itagaki Seishiro", who had been engaged in espionage operations in China for many years and knew the geography of China very well, and this Japanese officer had the blood of Chinese on his hands, because the northeast army's non-resistance made it difficult for itagaki Seishiro and a Chinese soldier to all be vulnerable.
When the Japanese army came to Yuanping, they immediately ordered the surrounding of Yuanping, and Jiang Yuzhen saw that he was not afraid at all, and issued a death order to the soldiers: We must hold on to it for seven days and not let any Japanese ghosts pass.
At this time, the Japanese army also sent reconnaissance planes to survey the Chinese army, they did not bomb, but in order to find out the number of Chinese troops, Jiang Yuzhen had long expected the idea of the Japanese, so he let all the fighters hide. And let the people evacuate beforehand, so the Japanese reconnaissance planes did not bring back useful information.
How fierce the Battle of Yuanping was
If according to the normal situation, many people will wonder if this will be an empty city plan set by the enemy army, but the Japanese commander thinks that this is because the Chinese army saw the Japanese army coming, all of them were scared away, I have to say that the Japanese are really confident enough, so many people in big China, how can they be afraid of a small country?
Therefore, what Itagaki Seishiro did not expect was that Jiang Yuzhen planned to fight with him hard, so when a Japanese squadron entered the city with a big swing, it was shelled by the 196th Brigade, and the Japanese army that had not yet reacted was instantly confused, and finally only a few people in the squadron escaped.
After the Japanese fled, Jiang Yuzhen immediately ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, pick up all the useful things, and prepare to take on the hard battle. Sure enough, before long, Itagaki Seishiro, who had suffered a loss, ordered the Japanese artillery to shell the Chinese army. For a while, the 196th Brigade suffered heavy casualties.
The 196th Brigade suffered heavy casualties
In the face of the Japanese artillery attack, Jiang Yuzhen reassured the soldiers to avoid this shelling first, at this time the Japanese and a Chinese army had almost been killed, but when they stopped shelling, the soldiers of the 196th Brigade immediately launched a counterattack, many Japanese were killed at the city gate, Jiang Yuzhen's way of fighting extinguished a lot of the arrogance of the Japanese army.
Then Jiang Yuzhen in order to encourage the soldiers to fight bravely, promised that as long as someone killed the Japanese officers, then they would get a reward, either a monetary reward, or a knighthood, the 196th Brigade heard Jiang Yuzhen's words, and did everything in its power to launch a counterattack against the Japanese, the soldiers were not for the so-called reward, but this remark did inspire the soldiers of our army.
In order to encourage the soldiers to fight bravely, Jiang Yuzhen promised that if anyone killed a Japanese officer, he would be rewarded
So when the Japanese came, the soldiers one by one like chicken blood, the Japanese army saw this and decided to crush them with tanks, in the face of the menacing Japanese army, Jiang Yuzhen's people directly took grenades and threw them at the tanks, in an instant, the tanks lost their combat effectiveness, and when it came to the night, the Japanese army was blocked outside the city, but the casualties of the same 196 brigade were also very heavy.
When Jiang Yuzhen was cleaning up the battlefield, he looked at his dead brothers with a very heavy heart, and after a little rest, he said to the remaining soldiers: "The devils did not attack Yuanping today, then they will definitely gather more troops to attack Yuanping tomorrow." ”
The devil erects a monument to the hero
Indeed, as Jiang Yuzhen had guessed, the next morning, the devils increased their strength, twice as many as yesterday, and this time they put away their previous contempt for the Chinese army, and were cautious in each step forward, first bombing the city with aircraft, and then using artillery 196 brigades to bomb, so our soldiers suffered countless casualties.
Nearly half of the soldiers of the 196th Brigade died
Jiang Yuzhen originally planned to let the wounded soldiers evacuate first, but before they could leave the city gate, they were stopped by the Japanese army, the wounded were directly killed by the Japanese, and the female nurse was also humiliated to death by the Japanese.
Although our army suffered heavy casualties, none of them chose to retreat, and many times before our soldiers could react, they were hit by Japanese artillery fire, so more and more wounded. On the fifth day, a Japanese squad rushed in, and seeing that Plain City was about to fall, a squad leader led people to attract Japanese fire and give the rest of the people a chance to eliminate the Japanese.
By the seventh day, nearly half of the soldiers of the 196th Brigade had been killed, and the Japanese had run out of patience, so they decided to send a death squad, under the cover of fire, and sneaked into the city. At this time, a death squad arranged by Jiang Yuzhen also planned to go out of the city secretly, and as a result, the two teams collided together, and after the soldiers of our army saw the Japanese, they remembered the wounded they had killed, so they decided to start a battle with the Japanese army in the city, and in the end of the battle, no one on both sides survived.
Cities under war
By this time, the 196th Brigade had completed the task of defending the city, and just when they were evacuating, they received another notice, hoping that they could defend for 3 days, this notice undoubtedly forced the 196th Brigade to die, but the duty of the soldiers was to obey the order, so Jiang Yuzhen issued an order to live and die with The Plain City.
At this time, the 196th Brigade only had 2,000 men left, Jiang Yuzhen and others were quickly forced to the East City Gate, even so no one chose to retreat, they fought a deadly duel with the Japanese, and finally the Japanese completely lost patience, and they used poison gas bombs on the battlefield.
At the end of the fight, there were only a few hundred men left in our army, and at this time the 196th Brigade had been on guard for 10 days, completing the task assigned by their superiors, and just as they were about to evacuate, one soldier was captured by the Japanese, and he did not carry the torture of the Japanese, and told the traces of the soldiers.
Almost all of the 5,000 men were killed
The Japanese who received the news quickly caught up, jiang Yuzhen watched his comrades in front of him fall one by one, in order to cover the rest of the people to leave, he did not stop the bullet, and finally only more than 600 soldiers survived. After Jiang Yuzhen was caught by the enemy, he was hacked to death by the enemy, cut off his head, and brought back to ask for credit.
This battle left an indelible shadow on the Japanese, and in 1939, the Japanese army erected a monument to the Chinese soldiers who died in the war to comfort the martyrs who died. This battle was so fierce that almost all 5,000 people were killed, so it is said that only when the motherland is strong, the enemy does not dare to attack. This issue of the video ends here, if you have different opinions welcome in the following message area, comment message, and finally don't forget to like and pay attention, we will not see the next issue.