On March 30, 1945, the Sixth Independent Garrison, composed of six infantry squadrons drawn from the 115th Division as the backbone, was formed in Xinxiang and incorporated into the 12th Army, and was stationed in Ji County and Qi County in northern Henan. Its main task is to guard and maintain the safe operation of the Pinghan, Daoqing and Xinbei railways in northern Henan, centered on Xinxiang.
The Sixth Independent Guard (generally titled 'Zhiyi') was not equipped with heavy weapons and had less field combat capability than independent infantry brigades. Under its jurisdiction the 31st Independent Guard Infantry Brigade (Captain Hori Genmei, stationed in Kaifeng), the 32nd Independent Guard Infantry Brigade (Captain Hiroo Nagasaki, stationed in Xinxiang), the 33rd Independent Guard Infantry Brigade (Captain Toshio Sawada, stationed in Lanfeng), the 34th Independent Police Brigade (Captain Shirakawa Yoshiharu Shōsa, stationed in Xiuwu), the 35th Independent Guard Infantry Brigade (Captain Takahashi Kano, stationed in Zhengzhou), the 36th Independent Guard Infantry Brigade (Captain Kakumitsu Shōsaku). , stationed in Jiaozuo), the operation team (captain Lieutenant Takashi Shimada, stationed in Jixian County). The commander, Major General Masao Iida (inaugurated on 9 March 1945), was headquartered in the courtyard of the 116th Factory in Present-day Shingo, adjacent to the Tongfeng Flour Mill.
Immediately after the end of the "Laohekou Operation", the Japanese army immediately launched the "Battle of Zhijiang" (known to the Chinese side as the "Battle of Xiangxi" and "Battle of Xuefengshan") aimed at capturing the Zhijiang Air Base of the Sino-US Joint Air Force on April 9, which was a rare Sino-Japanese offensive battle in the 22 large-scale battles of the Chinese Revolutionary Army during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. From April 9 to June 7, 1945, the two sides fought fiercely for two months, ending in a crushing defeat of 100,000 Japanese troops, commanded by Kazuyoshi Sakanishi of the 14th Division of Toihara who invaded Xinxiang.
"The good news of zhijiang's victory can be seen as a hint of a turning point in the war against Japan." (The New York Times) is also the Japanese army digging its own grave, and the Chinese army has sounded the death knell for them!
At this time, the Japanese army stationed in Xinxiang was still fighting, and the 32nd Independent Guard Infantry Brigade carried out a "crusade" against Huaxian, Hebi, and Huixian counties from May 3 to 7, May 28 to June 2, and July 6 to 8 respectively to ensure the safety of the areas under its jurisdiction and along the railway line, so that the railway could operate normally, but the "Daoqing Campaign" launched by the Taihang Military Region of the Communist Party of China from January to April had gradually shrunk the japanese occupation area, and its so-called "purging" battle was like a grasshopper in the autumn. Feeling tormented became a nightmare that the beasts could not get rid of.
The anxiety and pessimism of the Japanese army were manifested by the development of the current war situation. According to the post-war memoirs of Harris (Hirayagi, Japanese) who used to be on duty at The Shingo Airport: "At first I felt very relieved to see more than a dozen fighter jets resting neatly on their wings. However, on closer inspection, there are only two of those dozen planes that are really ... Indeed, from a distance it looks exactly like the real thing, it is actually a huge toy, which nails wooden planks to the skeleton of bamboo and then colores ... Then Japan will not be able to win. The more surprised I became, the more ruthless I felt..."
On August 8, the Soviet government declared war on Japan, sending troops to northeast China and northern Korea, and after 00:00 on the 9th, the Soviet Red Army launched a total offensive against the Japanese Kwantung Army on a front of more than 4,000 kilometers. On the 9th, on behalf of the CPC Central Committee, Mao Zedong issued a statement on "the last battle against the Japanese Kou." On the same day, the U.S. military dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki. On the 10th, the Japanese government, through the neutral country of Switzerland, sent a beggar note to the four countries of China, the United States, britain, and the Soviet Union. From 00:00 to 6:00 p.m. on the 11th, Commander-in-Chief Zhu De issued seven consecutive orders on surrendering and cooperating with the Soviet army.
According to the instructions issued by the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China on August 10, 1945, "the main camera of the Jiluyu Military Region should seize Kaifeng, Xinxiang, Guide and the cities along the line", "all troops along the Pinghan, Jinpu, Longhai, and Daoqing lines should actively sabotage the railway..."
The Daoqing detachment, composed of 8 regiments of the Seventh and Eighth Military Divisions of the Taihang Military Region, attacked the Xinxiang to Boai section of the Daoqing Railway, occupied the county seat of Bo'ai on the 17th, and conquered Hui County on the 19th, cutting off the western section of Daoqing Road. On August 20, the first column of the Jiluyu Military Region conquered Yanjin and completely annihilated more than 1,500 puppet troops defending the city. The next day, the ministry took advantage of the victory to conquer Yangwu and cut off the newly opened railway. The second column captured fengqiu county on the 22nd, and more than 2,000 puppet troops and 1 small detachment of the Japanese army were completely annihilated. On September 1, the first column liberated the county seat of Changyuan County, on the 3rd, it captured the pseudo-stronghold of Jinglou in the south of Xinxiang, and on the 5th, it captured the eastern and western Yang villages of Xinxiang.
On August 15, 1945, the Emperor of Japan announced his unconditional surrender. On the same day, Chiang Kai-shek immediately sent a telegram in the name of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in the Chinese Theater to order Okamura Ningji, commander-in-chief of the Japanese invasion of China, to immediately "order the Japanese army under his command to stop all military operations and send representatives to Yushan to accept the orders of He Yingqin, commander-in-chief of the Chinese army." ”
"The Japanese army may temporarily retain its armament and equipment, maintain its current situation, and maintain order and traffic in its location", this order is tantamount to playing a trick for the tiger! On the one hand, Okamura Ninji ordered his subordinates to immediately stop military operations, and at the same time instructed the army to "take combat actions for self-defense if the enemy attacks before the armistice negotiations have been taken." ”
"When the Japanese army surrendered, in order to cover up its criminal activities, the Nine Chinese workers (servants, cooks, etc.) who served them were secretly executed, and the method of execution was extremely cruel, and the Japanese first forced the workers to dig a large pit and jump into it, and then buried them alive. Before the Japanese withdrew, they burned all the documents. ("Wei Hui Wenshi Materials, Records of Crimes committed by Rikou in JiXian County")
History can't hide it! The dying struggle will eventually be crushed by the wheel of righteous victory.
At 9 a.m. on September 2, Japan held a signing ceremony for surrender to the Allies aboard the USS Missouri moored in Tokyo Bay. At this point, the war of resistance against Japanese aggression Chinese people ended in victory, and the world anti-fascist war also ended in victory.
At 9 o'clock on September 9, Okamura Ninji officially signed at the surrender ceremony of the Japanese army in Nanjing. On the same day, Chiang Kai-shek divided the Chinese theater into 16 surrendered areas, arranged for the surrender of all the Kuomintang generals and their subordinate troops, and appointed the surrendered commanders to accept the surrender of the Japanese army.
The Xinxiang area belongs to the Eleventh SurrenderEd Zone (First Theater). The Communiqué of the General Headquarters of the Chinese Army (No. 8), issued on September 11, 1945, stated: "Hu Zongnan, commander of the First Theater of Operations, was the chief officer who was demoted. The surrendered units of the Japanese army were: the 110th Division (Regiment), the 10th Garrison, concentrated in Zhengzhou, the 4th Security Force concentrated in Kaifeng, and the 6th Security Force concentrated in Xinxiang. The japanese representative surrendered to the commander of the Twelfth Army, Takashi Takamori. The place of surrender was in Zhengzhou. "The 6th Independent Guard Corps concentrated in Xinxiang served as the city defense and the Fenxin Road Garrison. According to the "Showa Twenty Years of The Chinese Dispatch Army" (written by the War History Office of the Defense Research Institute of the Japanese Defense Agency), "the troops and personnel gathered in the Henan area included the headquarters of the Twelfth Army, the 110th Division, the 115th Division, the 4th Cavalry Brigade, the 92nd Independent Mixed Brigade, the 6th, 10th, 13th, and 14th Independent Guards, and others, totaling 72,740 people (about 2,460 patients inside) and about 760 overseas Chinese. In early September, troops from the region assembled near Luoyang, Zhengzhou, Xinxiang, Kaifeng, Chencheng, and Xuchang.