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After the Japanese invading forces occupied Nanjing and Jinan one after another, in order to connect the north and south battlefields and quickly realize the plan of leading China, they decided to attack Xuzhou along the Jinpu Railway from the north and south ends. Thus achieving strategic objectives.
In the spring of 1938, in order to crush the tactical intentions of the Japanese army, the Japanese army was blocked. A fierce battle took place between China and Japan at Taierzhuang in Xuzhou, known historically as the Battle of Taierzhuang. In the fierce battle that lasted for one month, about 290,000 Chinese troops participated in the battle, and the number of Japanese troops participated in the battle was about 50,000. The Chinese suffered more than 30,000 casualties and more than 10,000 Japanese casualties.
This is another victory won by Chinese the Chinese people since the All-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, following the Battle of the Great Wall and the Great Victory of Pingxingguan, and other battles, and is the greatest victory won since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, which has strengthened the confidence of the military and people of the whole country in the victory of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and boosted the morale of the anti-Japanese army. But for the Japanese, this was not only a battle failure, but more importantly a mental setback. Such a large casualty loss is the first time since the Japanese invasion of China. But the victory in this battle was very difficult to win. The fighting was very fierce.
The battle was commanded by Li Zongren of the Fifth Theater of Operations, and was attended by generals such as Sun Zhonglian, Wang Mingzhang, Pang Bingxun, Zhang Zizhong, and Tang Enbo. This war was not passive, the key was to defend the Hanfu Canal north of the Jinpu Line, in order to preserve its strength, it abandoned the Yellow River's natural danger jinan without authorization, causing the gate of the Jinpu Line to open, and thus the prelude to the Battle of Taierzhuang began.
Han Fuyu's self-retreat without a fight not only caused the Chinese army to lose the natural danger of the Yellow River, but also surrendered Jinan, Tai'an and other places to the enemy, causing the Japanese army to drive straight in and cause the fall of the Shandong Peninsula. To the north section of Jinpu Road front gate hole. It has caused a crisis for Xuzhou. The consequences are indescribable. In January 1938, Chiang Kai-shek, in order to straighten out military discipline, detained Han Fuqu in the name of a meeting and took him to Wuchang for execution. This was the first senior general to be executed during the War of Resistance.
The devastated walls of Taierzhuang
On March 16, the elite Isaya Division of the Japanese Army, with the Seto-hub detachment as the main force, under the cover of aircraft and artillery, launched a strong attack on Tengxian in three ways. At this time, the nationalist troops stationed in Teng County were Wang Mingzhang's 122nd Division. This was a Sichuan army that participated in the anti-Japanese war in the early days but was not willing to ask for it in the war zone, and was considered a miscellaneous army (the prestige of the Sichuan army was very loud in the subsequent War of Resistance Against Japan). In the end, it was Li Zongren, who was also from the south, who recruited these Sichuan troops to his subordinates, distributed them with military equipment, and put them in the Fifth Theater of Operations, just hoping that Wang Mingzhang would be able to hold Fuji County until spring. However, the Sichuan generals of the 122nd Division did not flinch, and in the case of isolation and helplessness, Wang Mingzhang and the Sichuan army generals still stuck to the city. Fuji County could not be attacked for a long time, the Japanese commander Isoya immediately integrated elite troops, formed a death squad with the cooperation of dozens of tanks and more than thirty cannons to launch a crazy attack on Fuji County, the entire Fuji County was surrounded by artillery fire, and the city wall was immediately bombed into hell everywhere. "The enemy army will not retreat for a day, and the Sichuan army will not pay back for a day" stubbornly held out for 2 days. By March 19, under the powerful fire attack of the Isoya Division, the Sichuan army had lost all its fighting strength, and the county seat of Tengxian had been lost. Some wounded officers and men did not want to be taken prisoner during this battle, gathered together and pulled grenades, and died heroically. Wang Mingzhang was also seriously wounded, and in order to avoid being captured, he died before he could be captured. In this battle, the 122th division under the chief of staff suffered more than 2,000 casualties, almost completely destroyed. The Sichuan Army is mighty. salute. I have the opportunity to share with you the first phase of the Fuji County Defense War.
Wang Mingzhang
Although Fujian County was lost, the sacrificial spirit of Wang Mingzhang and the generals of the Sichuan Army greatly shocked Li Zongren. A solemn funeral was held for Wang Mingzhang, and Wang Mingzhang was set up as an example for the soldiers to learn.
According to common sense, the Japanese Sesaki detachment should not go deep into Taierzhuang alone, at least he must wait for Tian Jun's sixth army to approach Xuzhou and Banyuan's troops to occupy Linyi, so that they can take care of each other. At this moment, in Se's eyes, the Chinese army was vulnerable, and it did not expect the dangerous situation of going deep alone, but just wanted to conquer Taierzhuang with one blow and then march into Xuzhou. But what Seyi did not expect was that Itagaki's troops were severely attacked by Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun from the Chinese army when they captured Linyi.
After Pang Bingxun received the news that banheng division was attacking Linyi, he immediately led his troops to the original defenders, with a total of more than 13,000 soldiers stationed in Linyi, fighting against the Banheng division.
Linyi was in danger, and at this time, the closest troops to Linyi could only be reinforced by Zhang Zizhong's army.
However, during the Battle of Taiyuan, there were some minor grudges between them.
At that time, they agreed to return to Jiang together, and in the end Pang Bingxun did not take action, and also slandered Zhang Zizhong, causing Zhang Zizhong to be snubbed.
At this moment of crisis in the country's survival, Zhang Zizhong put aside his personal grievances and resolutely led the 59th Army to reinforce Pang Bingxun. In order to give support more quickly, Zhang Zizhong ordered a day and night march, poking Ban Heng in the back. However, while crossing the river, he encountered Japanese troops, and then the two sides engaged in a fierce battle, killing each other for a day and night, and both the enemy and us caused great damage.
After Li Zongren saw it, he wanted Zhang Zizhong to withdraw from the battlefield, but Zhang Zizhong said: "The situation on both sides is not optimistic, that is, who can survive to the end and who will go first." ”
After another day and night, we will definitely be able to repel the Banheng Division.
Zhang Zizhong's sincerity and determination enabled him to be recognized by his superiors.
After Zhang Zizhong received approval, he immediately adjusted his strategic deployment and led his troops to the front line to attack the Banheng Division.
On the other side, Pang Bingxun suffered heavy casualties, and just as he was about to give up, the good news of the signal soldiers rekindled his hopes.
Zhang Zizhong led his troops to launch a fierce attack from the rear of the Banheng Division and successfully defeated the Banheng Division.
The Japanese army had begun to retreat to the town of Tangtou, and Pang Bingxun was momentarily moved and deeply remorseful. When the two met, Zhang Zizhong's "big brother" made the two of them disappear.
The Seto detachment, which had previously captured Fuji County, had been going south to the north of Xuzhou, and Taierzhuang was the gateway to Xuzhou. If you want to attack Xuzhou, you must pass through Taierzhuang.
Li Zongren decided to fight a decisive battle against the Japanese army at Taierzhuang.
On March 19, 1938, the 31st Division led the initiative to attack. After fighting the Japanese as bait, it fought and retreated, drawing the main Japanese force to the Taierzhuang defense line.
The Isoya Division bombarded Taierzhuang with aircraft, tanks, and artillery in an attempt to replicate the experience of Tengxian's victory.
But Sun Lianzhong, who was good at defensive warfare, did not directly confront him. Instead, they let the Japanese army enter the city and started a brutal street battle.
As the highest commander of the theater, Li Zongren realized that in order to fight a good offensive and defensive war, it was necessary to bomb the Japanese front airfield of Dawenkou and cut off the Japanese air force.
With the strong offensive of the Japanese army, the defensive line north of Taierzhuang was about to fall. Under great pressure, chi fengcheng, the commander of the 31st Division, ordered to block the attack at all costs.
The three battalions of the 181st Regiment held the northern front and engaged in a bloody battle with the Japanese army.
After a night of fierce fighting, the Japanese were finally defeated, but only six wounded remnants of the three battalions remained.
After that, the Japanese concentrated all their tanks and stormed the city walls. In the face of the airtight tanks, the soldiers chose to embrace the bomb and the tank together, which made people tear up.
The remaining soldiers of the 31st Division desperately blocked the Japanese in the gap. In order to quickly occupy Taierzhuang, the crazy Japanese army threw poison gas bombs. Under the onslaught of poison gas bombs, the 31st Division suffered too many casualties. Chi Fengcheng asked for instructions to withdraw first, so as not to destroy the entire army. However, if the withdrawal of the army was equivalent to handing over Taierzhuang to the enemy, Li Zongren did not agree and ordered to hold firm and wait for reinforcements.
The 31st Division, which continued to hold its position, after seven days of hard work, rapidly reduced its numbers, but the Japanese offensive continued unabated. At this time, Sun Lianzhong organized a death squad at his own expense, did not give any instructions, but only expressed his determination to coexist and die with Taierzhuang, the soldiers threw the ocean to the ground after listening, I did not want the ocean, keep the money, after the victory of the War of Resistance, do not forget to erect a monument for us. Salute them.
Tombaugh
The time for a counterattack finally came, and on April 6, Tang Enbo led the 20th Regiment to Taierzhuang and immediately launched a surprise attack on the Isoya Division, catching the Isoya troops by surprise.
The defenders of the Taierzhuang front launched a counterattack at the same time, and the reinforcements echoed inside and outside to form a pinch attack, and the Japanese army fell into the encirclement of the defenders before they could retreat, and were killed.
After the defenders drove the Japanese troops out of Paerzhuang, they folded down the Japanese plaster flag and threw it on the ground.
Isoya's armored forces were unable to fight any longer, leaving only corpses and tablets on the ground.
At this point, the Battle of Taierzhuang ended.
Taierzhuang's victory was also caused by the sacrificial spirit of the Chinese army. Let us always remember their exploits.