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In just one morning, three officers were martialed, and a group leader was court-martialed, a sudden incident that plunged the Japanese army into a deep predicament in Henan. This battle was supposed to be a victory for the Japanese army, but in the end, they not only did not complete the combat goal, but suffered heavy casualties, and tens of thousands of soldiers died in battle. In the early days of the War of Resistance, the quality of equipment and soldiers of the Japanese army far exceeded that of the Chinese army, and Chinese soldiers often had to destroy a Japanese soldier at a cost of four to one. But history tells us that there is no absolute victory, just as a fierce battle broke out in Henan in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, known as the "Fujin Mountain Blockade".
After the Battle of Xuzhou, the goal of the Japanese army was to completely eliminate the main force of the Chinese army, so they launched the Battle of Wuhan. However, the Battle of Xuzhou in the first half of 1938 did not go as planned, but caused serious setbacks to the two main divisions. The Chinese army successfully withdrew from Xuzhou and eventually deployed in Wuhan, a city known as the "thoroughfare of nine provinces" that became the center of gravity of China's war of resistance.
The Japanese army tried to force the Nationalist government down, but the results were not as expected. The Nationalist government's move of the capital to Wuhan strengthened its belief in the War of Resistance. To this end, the Japanese army base camp decided to mobilize the southern troops, divide the troops into multiple routes, and make every effort to solve the main forces of the Chinese army.
On July 4, 1938, the Japanese decided to attack along the west of the Yangtze River with Okamura Ninji's 11th Army as the main offensive force, while the 2nd Army assisted in attacking along the Dabie Mountain. On August 22, the Japanese army in the north and south captured the cities of Lu'an and Huoshan, and approached the pass "Fujin Mountain" of Dabie Mountain.
Fujin Mountain is located in the eastern part of Lu'an and Hefei, and is connected to Xinchuan and Xinyang. Crossing the Fujin Mountains would allow the Japanese army to move south to Wuhan, so this strategic location was crucial. The Chinese army deployed a large number of troops here, and the area was defended by the 71st Army of Song Xilian who had retreated after the Battle of Nanjing.
This army, which had three German armament divisions and was one of the most elite units of the Nationalist government, held on to Fujin Mountain for the final battle despite suffering heavy casualties in the previous Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing.
The battle became a contest between the elite and the elite, and the two most elite troops of China and Japan met at Fujinshan, Henan, and the war was on the verge of breaking out.
The Chinese troops held their positions, and the Japanese launched a fierce attack. At noon on September 2, the Japanese aviation units carried out a large-scale air attack on the positions of the 36th Division, and although the officers and men of the 36th Division built bunkers in advance, they still paid a heavy price in the face of large-caliber Japanese bombs.
Subsequently, the Japanese mobilized heavy artillery for two rounds of bombing, which lasted a full hour, and the forward positions of the 36th Division were almost razed to the ground. The Chinese artillery was placed on the hill, unable to effectively threaten the Japanese below, and the Japanese took the opportunity to launch a large-scale infantry charge.
The Chinese troops waited in the forward position, and when the Japanese entered range, various machine guns and grenades were fired at the Japanese, and the advancing Japanese troops were beaten to the ground, looking for cover. Then, the officers and men of the 36th Division rushed into the enemy position and engaged in fierce close combat with the Japanese, bayonets were bloody, each knife hit the chest of the Japanese invaders, and not a single soldier took a step back.
Soon, a Japanese squadron was beaten to just over 30 people and fled in embarrassment. Immediately afterwards, the Japanese army sent two infantry brigades to attack in turn, but in the face of these Chinese officers and soldiers who were not afraid of life and death in front of them, they were repulsed one after another, embarrassed.
The next day, the 13th Division joined the 10th Division and tried to break through the positions of the Chinese troops. In the early morning, the Japanese army under the mountain launched another attack, and a steady stream of people poured up from the bottom of the mountain. The positions under the mountain were lost many times, but they were all recaptured by the death squads of the 36th Division, and all the officers and men of a battalion in this mountain town died heroically.
At the same time, the 10th Division also stormed Gushi County from the north, trying
Break through the defenses of the Chinese army and join the 13th Division. However, the Japanese underestimated the resolute Chinese army in front of them, an iron-blooded division whose only goal was to completely eliminate the aggressor. The Japanese army was eager to cross the Fujin Mountain, but they could only pay a heavy price, and the mountains of corpses became a witness to this bloody battle.
The fighting became increasingly fierce, and the most elite troops of both China and Japan fought brutally on this mountain. After two days of fierce fighting, the officers and men of the 36th Division still held their forward positions, while the Japanese 13th Division paid tens of thousands of casualties and killed more than 4,000 soldiers, but they still failed to achieve their strategic objectives. Japan's Tokyo Daily lamented: "This battle was fiercely resisted by the enemy's main force Song Xilian, and suffered heavy casualties, our army encountered a strong enemy, and the battle situation made no progress!" ”
The fierce battle lasted ten days, and the 36th Division stopped the Japanese at the foot of Mount Fujin at the cost of almost total annihilation, preventing their advance. However, with the Nationalist government's announcement of the severance of diplomatic relations with Germany, Germany stopped providing military assistance to China, and the German armament division also suffered heavy losses in this battle, and finally collapsed. Nevertheless, their heroic sacrifice won valuable time, weakened the main force of the Japanese army, and wrote a glorious page for China's war of resistance.
To sum up, the Battle of Fujinshan was an important battle in the War of Resistance Against Japan, demonstrating the tenacious will and firm determination of the Chinese army, as well as the heroic struggle of the elite against the elite. Although the Chinese army eventually lost Fujinshan, they made great sacrifices to stop the Japanese attack and buy valuable time for the cause of the War of Resistance. The battle also revealed the brutality and unscrupulousness of the Japanese army, as well as the tenacity and bravery of the Chinese military and civilians. This history teaches us that justice and perseverance will ultimately triumph over aggression and barbarism.
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