Dongtiaoshan incident

After frantically sweeping the base area of the Eighth Route Army in Taihang Mountain, the Japanese army in North China quickly turned around and concentrated the forces of seven divisions to attack Zhongtiaoshan, Chiang Kai-shek's last site north of the Yellow River. Zhongtiao Mountain, backed by the Yellow River, spans the southwest of the mountain range, connects the vast Taihang Mountain in the east and the towering Jishan Mountain in the west. It is more than 300 li long and 100 li wide, and is a strategic place to protect Henan and Shaanxi and defend the northwest. 1938, General Wei, Commander-in-Chief of Jicha Theater, led his troops into the mountains and divided them into three sections, which were guarded by three group armies under his command.

The eastern section from Jiangxian to Henglingguan was stationed by Liu Maoen 14 Army.

Middle section: Wenxi and Xiaxian areas where the Fifth Army was stationed.

Western section: Pinglu area, guarded by the Fourth Army of Sun.

Wei led 260,000 troops and built a strong fortress under Zhongtiao Mountain, turning Nuoda Zhongtiao Mountain into a strong castle. During the four years from 1938 to 194 1, the Japanese army attacked Zhongtiaoshan eight times in an attempt to open the defense line on the north bank of the Yellow River and invade south of the Yellow River. Eight Japanese attacks were black and blue, and they were all defeated. Wei Li Huang once proudly called Zhongtiaoshan the "maginot line" of China.

However, the Japanese army believed that the China army of about 26 divisions in Zhongtiaoshan, which was commanded by Wei Li Huang, became the main source of disturbing North China, especially Sanjin, and was the "appendicitis" in the abdomen of the Japanese army in North China.

May 5

Determined to cut off this "cecum", the Japanese army attacked Zhongtiaoshan from the east, west and north with the strength of seven divisions, which was extremely fierce. Prior to this, Chiang Kai-shek personally inspected the front line of Zhongtiaoshan, and called senior generals to give lectures at the headquarters of Wei Li Huang. After Chiang Kai-shek's speech, he asked the generals to express their opinions in person and vowed to defend Zhongtiaoshan. The officers of all armies were excited and solemnly swore: to be loyal to their duties and to die together with Zhongtiaoshan.

General sun, commander-in-chief of the fourth army, rode to check the position of the troops. Judging from all aspects, he said: The Japanese army's attack is intended to completely destroy the defenders of Zhongtiaoshan, knowing that this battle is a matter of life and death, and is determined to command the whole army to fight the enemy, turn the tide and save the country and the people. At that time, he was full of emotion and poetry, holding a horse, standing on the bank of the surging Yellow River, and casually wrote a poem "Man Jiang Hong":

Then in the middle of the article, Changfeng rises, and Yuanyuan replaces the drum. Anger is divisive, Island Clown, Huang Chi Wu Yao. The splendid Jiangshan was destroyed once, and the people in Huangzhou were miserable. Don't wander to the battlefield to protect the territory. Lack of gold, only hands to make up; Love the new and hate the old, count from the beginning and turn the tide. Eliminate arrogance, uphold justice, and sweep away those who violate Clear The Demon. It's noon now, and the big fellow is very lucky. Enemy planes flew over Zhongtiaoshan in groups and dropped bombs; With the support of a large number of tanks, chariots and cavalry, the Japanese ground troops rushed to the garrison positions like a flood, and soon broke through the frontier positions and surrounded the defenders. The Japanese army retreated all the way to the bank of the Yellow River on the side of Zhongtiaoshan, occupied the Yellow River ferry in Pinglu and other places, and cut off the retreat of the defenders of Zhongtiaoshan. The defenders of Zhongtiaoshan launched an unprecedented bitter and deadly struggle with the enemy. Many hilltop positions were razed by enemy planes. Three hundred miles on Zhongtiao Mountain, every inch of land is burning, roaring and bleeding! A week of bloody battle, tens of thousands of people were killed or injured in China's army! General officers at all levels below the commander-in-chief of each group army fought bloody battles with the enemy with guns in the front trenches. The encirclement is getting tighter. Every part of the garrison is facing a situation of running out of ammunition and food. Some troops only kill war horses to satisfy their hunger, while others eat up all the war horses and can only eat wild vegetables and weeds in the mountains to satisfy their hunger. All the troops still cling to Zhongtiaoshan, and no one retreats without authorization.

The towering Zhongtiao Mountain will pay tribute to the brave men who died heroically to defend her from generation to generation! The surging Yellow River is always running, and she is singing a sad song, calling for the loyal soul of the anti-Japanese hero!

Looking at the north from afar, Mr. Yu Youren expressed his grief loudly: "The snow in the central part of the country is very heavy, the ice in Huang Helang hisses, and the general's war history is covered with blood ..."