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On the second day of the PingxingGuan Victory, the 115th Division held a meeting to wish the victory on the earthen platform next to the big willow tree behind the East Great Wall Village Theatre.
Near the earthen platform is a field of reeds. The dense reed forest is like a row of guards standing guard for the assembly, the yellow reed leaves make a fluttering sound under the autumn wind, and the sweet fragrance of the reeds drifts around in the surrounding air.
The podium of the venue was temporarily set up with door panels. The soldiers of the unit sat on the ground in front of the rostrum, and the people of the nearby villages also participated, and the atmosphere of the venue was very warm.
Division commander Lin Biao did not attend the meeting for some reason.
Deputy Division Commander Nie Rongzhen spoke at the meeting. He first affirmed the first great victory won by the 115th Division in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, briefly recounted the course of the PingxingGuan Victory, counted the names and deeds of comrades-in-arms who heroically killed the enemy and died gloriously in the battle, and called on all officers and men to learn from the spirit of the martyrs, go deep behind the enemy's lines, and strike hard at the enemy. At the meeting, Nie Rongxiang also fully affirmed and highly praised the more than 60 stretcher teams organized by more than 200 ordinary people in Baiyatai, Guangou, Puxi, Paochi, Xinzhuang, and other villages during this battle, as well as the major contributions made by the rescuers, guides, and delivery of public grain. When Nie Rongzhen spoke, his voice was very high, suppressing the sound of the swaying reeds, he kept gesturing, and the soldiers below also applauded from time to time. At the end of the meeting, the officers and men shouted slogans for a long time.
The Battle of Pingxingguan was the Eighth Route Army and the first victorious battle fought by the Chinese army in the War of Resistance Against Japan, and the news immediately spread throughout the country and the world. Telegrams and letters congratulating Pingshi Guan's great victory flew like snowflakes from all over the country and even some places abroad to the headquarters of the 115th Division, to the headquarters of the Wutai Eighth Route Army, and to Yan'an, the seat of the CPC Central Committee.
The day after the pingxing guan dajie, Mao Zedong, chairman of the Central Military Commission of the CPC Central Committee, sent a telegram to Zhu De, Peng Dehuai, Ren Bishi, and others:
Celebrate the first victory of our army.
10 words of congratulations, like gold, seems to have hidden pain.
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On September 26, Chiang Kai-shek, chairman of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government, sent a telegram to Zhu De and Peng Dehuai:
Commander-in-Chief Zhu and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng Xunjian:
In the Battle of Yuri, the enemy was annihilated like a hemp, which proved that the officers and men used their lives and commanded Yin. The good news came to the south, and the good was deeply comforted. Shang Xi Yili's department continues to work hard, which is what we hope for.
Medium frugality. Samurai. capital city.
In the Battle of Pingshiguan, the Losses of the Japanese Communists were enormous, and chiang Kai-shek's "Japanese communists fighting, the Japanese communists are dead, they can get rid of troubles, and if the communist army dies, they can never worry about internal worries", but his telegram is properly worded, implicit but not revealed. After the telegram was sent, Chiang Kai-shek seemed to feel that the telegram could not yet show the mind and spirit of a supreme commander of the whole country, so he sent a supplementary telegram to Zhu De:
Brother Yu Jie, Commander-in-Chief Zhu:
Telegrams, recitation of the good news, no relief, immediately passed on the commendation.
Zhongzheng
Chairman Wuhan Xingying sent a congratulatory message to the Eighth Route Army Staff Office:
Eighth Route Army Staff Office:
The army conquered the Pingxing Pass all the way, killed the enemy all over the field, captured a lot, and was loyal and courageous, and the enemy was cold. Special telegram Chi Congratulations, Continuing to Wait for Jieyin.
Chairman Wuhan Camp. Frugal noon. division. Samadhi.
Chen Zhaoying, commissioner of the Fujian Provincial Party Department of the Kuomintang, sent a congratulatory telegram:
Zhu Commander-in-Chief peng of the Eighth Route Army Deputy Commander-in-Chief Xun Jian:
Glad to learn of the Battle of Pingxingguan, our army was invincible and won countless victories. Deacon Gu Pei is well-commanded, and the soldiers are loyal and invincible. Shang Xi rebuked the army to advance and destroy this pilgrimage. Special telegram to wish jie, praise Rong Qi.
General Yang Hucheng sent a congratulatory telegram to Commander Zhu of the Eighth Route Army:
Commander Zhu of the Eighth Route Army:
Yu Dian is informed. Fierce battles annihilate the enemy, and the whole country is united. Congratulations.
Brother Yang Hucheng knocked. frugal.
Long Yun, Chairman of the Yunnan Provincial Government and Commander of the Second Reserve Army of the Kuomintang, sent a congratulatory message to the General Staff Office of the First/Na Army:
The telegram was triumphant, and the joy of smelling it was gratifying. If my brother's command is certain, the odds of victory are assured, the military is mighty, and the enemy is afraid. At this time, when the people's hearts were not yet solidified, they overheard my brother's good news, not only to show the troops, but also to show the stubbornness and cowardice of the troops, but also to show the armies and the newly departed departments, and the arms were angry and the morale was a hundred times greater. It was my brother who took a big picture of the battle. I hope that I will work hard to destroy this pilgrimage, and the blessing of the country will also be desired by the people of the country.
Dragon Cloud Knock. (India)
The Fujian Provincial Government sent a congratulatory message to the Eighth Route Army Staff Office:
The good news is far away, the strong enemy is invincible, the other is fierce, and the country is powerful. Special congratulations.
Fujian Provincial Government. frugal.
The Hubei Provincial Party Department of the Kuomintang sent a congratulatory message to the General Staff of the Eighth Route Army and all the officers and men:
The Eighth Route Army Staff Headquarters transferred all the officers and soldiers to the generals:
Yu Dian is informed. Your army resisted the Jin Dynasty and killed the enemy to achieve results. When the good news came, Yu Sheng was overjoyed. Shang Xunxun annihilated Wu Kou and took Zhang Guowei. Congratulations.
Hubei Provincial Party Department Knock.
The Jiangxi Provincial Party Department of the Kuomintang sent a congratulatory telegram to Zhu Deji, commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, and all the officers and men:
Zhu Ji, commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, and all the generals and soldiers:
When the good news came, the whole country was excited. Special telegraph Chi He, still hoping to take advantage of the victory to chase, to extinguish this pilgrimage.
Kuomintang of China in Jiangxi Province
The Jiangsu Appeasement Office sent a congratulatory message to the Eighth Route Army Staff Office:
Yu Dian respectfully. The sound of the shortcut came, and the whole country was excited. Specially restored.
Jiangsu Appeasement Office
The Shanghai Professional Salvation Association sent a congratulatory message to the Staff Office of the Eighth Route Army:
The Staff Office of the Eighth Route Army transferred all the officers and men to the generals:
Your army was ordered to resist the enemy, perform miracles, save the dying situation on the western front, and break the flame of the Japanese Kou Fangchang. When the good news came, the crowd rejoiced and congratulated.
The Shanghai Professional Salvation Association sent congratulatory messages to Zhu De and Peng Dehuai:
Zhu and Peng commanders of the Eighth Route Army, Jun Jian:
According to the daily news, the Eighth Route Army attacked the Kou army in the area of Lingqiu-Pingxingguan and eliminated five thousand, and when the good news came, the whole overseas Chinese jumped and danced, and unanimously believed that the reason for the eighth route army's unprecedented victory was indeed due to the high political consciousness, strong combat effectiveness, and iron discipline of the eighth route army officers and men, and close ties with the people. I hope that all the armies of the War of Resistance will learn from the exemplary merits of the Eighth Route Army, and I hope that all our officers and men will unite more solidly, drive out the Japanese and kosovo together, and all the people will swear to back them up.
Paris", the Newspaper of the National Salvation Times
The provincial party departments and governments of the Kuomintang in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Guizhou, Anhui, Shaanxi and other provinces have sent congratulatory calls one after another.
Fu Zuoyi, commander-in-chief of the Seventh Army, Ma Hongkui, commander-in-chief of the Seventeenth Army, Sun Weiru, commander-in-chief of the Thirty-eighth Army, and Liu Xiang, commander-in-chief of the Second Reserve Army, also called Zhu Jie separately.
Also calling to wish for success were the "Shanghai Ta Kung Pao," the "Hankou Ta Kung Pao," the Hankou City Anti-Enemy Support Association, and the Chilean-Chinese Branch of the American Anti-Imperialist Grand Alliance.
News media at home and abroad also rushed to report and evaluate the brilliant victory of the Eighth Route Army at Pingxingguan.
For the first time, the Nanjing Kuomintang Central News Agency reported positively the news of the eighth route army's victory in the War of Resistance:
The Fifth Division of banyuan, which attacked from Lingqiu in northern Jin to Pingshiguan, was completely wiped out by the Eighth Route Army on the 25th, and the results of the battle are being investigated...
A reporter from the British "Daily Herald" commented:
Some of the attacking Japanese suffered a crushing defeat at Pingxingguan. It was a kind of sports warfare on the mountain, but it opened up a new situation in the Chinese War of Resistance, where the defending army adopted for the first time active tactics and answered the Japanese army with active offensive actions...
The National Salvation Times in Paris, France, commented:
The battle of Pingxingguan was personally commanded by General Lin, who succeeded and won the first major victory since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, which was not only meritorious to the nation, but also well-known in the world.
After receiving the news of the victory of Pingxingguan, Major Ivan Carlson, an intelligence officer of the United States Marine Corps, felt confused and went to the front line of the Chinese anti-Japanese war despite the long distance, and he wanted to see with his own eyes what kind of divine army was capable of defeating the elite divisions of the Japanese army.
PingshiGuan Dajie was written into the military song of the Eighth Route Army and sang everywhere in the army:
Twenty-five thousand miles of iron flow,
Straight in a firm direction!
Ten years of hard fighting have tempered into an invincible force.
Once the frontier is strong,
Generous and mournful songs run to the battlefield.
The first draw of the level,
Fame is all over the world.
The Pingshi Guan Dajie was a stroke of Lin Biao's military career, so not only was his name well-known at home and abroad, but his nickname was also increased from the original "Changsheng General" to "Anti-Japanese Hero", "National Hero" and "Invincible Marshal".
The "disease of fear of the sun" and the "theory of national subjugation" that were once very loud in society have been temporarily converged.
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The citizens of Shijiazhuang were extremely excited to hear the news of the Pingxingguan Victory, and people gathered in the streets, cheered and cheered, lit fireworks, shouted slogans, and left behind the air raids of enemy aircraft that came at any time.
The people of Wutai Mountain, where the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army is located, spontaneously organized gongs and drums to celebrate warmly, and even the monks in the monasteries automatically came out to participate in the celebrations.
Yan'an is boiling! Taiyuan is boiling! Workers, students, and citizens of major cities across the country took to the streets with bunting flags, set off firecrackers, assembled and marched, and warmly celebrated the Eighth Route Army's victory in Pingxingguan.
People from all walks of life also made remarks one after another, and even sent representatives to the eighth route army's garrison or office to congratulate them, hoping to "raise the mighty division again, fight bravely to kill the enemy, and drive the Japanese out of China at an early date!" "
Various art groups of the Kuomintang government also came to the Eighth Route Army station to offer condolence performances. Immediately after that, the photographer came, and so did the filmmaker.
Reporters from the Kuomintang's "Sweeping Newspaper" heard the news, and they took their cameras and planned to make a news documentary. Lin Biao was disgusted by the newspaper that had viciously cursed the Communist Party and did not want to accept it.
Nie Rongzhen advised him: "In the current united front environment, it is also a good thing for the Kuomintang to publicize the victory of the Eighth Route Army. "
Lin Biao reluctantly sent Wang Bingzhang, chief of the division's operations section, who had dealt with the Kuomintang, to receive him.
In the style of Roman Kalman, those reporters let Lin Biao and Nie Rongzhen and others go to the position of the division's command post on the day of the war, and according to the scene at that time, they recorded some shots of Ping-type Guan Dajie like a movie, and Lin Biao patiently cooperated.
General Wei Lihuang of the Kuomintang sent tens of thousands of yuan of condolences to the Eighth Route Army from Shijiazhuang, where he was stationed.
Some troops in Yan Xishan also beat gongs and drums, carrying pigs, sheep, and other food products to the Eighth Route Army garrison to offer condolences.
For a time, the ping-type Guan Dajie became the central topic of discussion among the Chinese people, and also became the proud capital of the Chinese people.
With the prestige of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army spread far and wide, Pingxingguan, the inner Great Wall Pass, which has an ancient history but not a great reputation, has temporarily shocked the world and become famous overseas, becoming a great symbol of the Chinese nation's indomitable might.
The victory of the Ping-type Guan, the victory is brilliant, but the losses caused to themselves are also very huge, which is exactly in line with the old saying of the common people: "Wound the enemy a thousand, lose yourself eight hundred."
The casualties of the 115th Division in the Battle of Pingxingguan have been preliminarily ascertained:
The 65th Regiment suffered 206 casualties.
The 686th Regiment suffered 286 casualties, and deputy regimental commander Yang Yong was wounded.
The number of casualties of the 687th Regiment is unclear.
The Independent Regiment also suffered heavy casualties.
Later, after statistics, the total casualties of the whole division totaled more than 600 people, including 1 at the regimental level and 5 at the battalion level.
Before the war, Gu Guangshan, director of the division's health department, asked Lin Biao for instructions: "How many wounded people should be prepared for this battle?" "
Lin Biao replied, "There may be one or two hundred casualties." "
As a result, the number of casualties was three times that of Lin Biao's expectations.
Due to the limited preparations for the treatment of the wounded before the war, hundreds of wounded people, eating and drinking, became a problem. Some of the wounded shouted, "If you don't eat it, slaughter Gu Guangshan and eat it!" "
Gu Guangshan was very humorous, and he said to the wounded: "Comrades, my face is numb, my flesh is sour, not delicious!" "
Gu Guangshan's words made the wounded laugh. They said, "Don't give us sour meat." Hurry up and move us away! "
More than 600 people! What a casualty figure! At the expense of blood, the entire 115th Division was thrown into battle!
This is also where the hidden pain in Mao Zedong's heart lies.