Brief introduction of Pingxingguan triumph

Brief introduction of Pingxingguan triumph

The Battle of Pingxingguan took place in mid-September of 1937. It was a battle in Taiyuan during the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, which lasted for a month. In order to cooperate with friendly forces, defend Shanxi, and stimulate the military strength of the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army 1 15 Division successfully carried out an ambush battle and won the first battle with great victory.

In early September, 1937, according to the operational plan, the Eighth Route Army 1 15 Division set out near Pingxingguan. Pingxingguan, located in the northeast of Shanxi Province, is the throat artery in the northeast of Shanxi Province. On both sides, the peaks and peaks are overlapping, steep and steep. On the left, there are commanding heights such as East Fort and Laoye Temple, and on the right, there are mountains such as Baiyatai. In front of the pass is a narrow passage extending from southwest to northeast, which is an ideal place to ambush and annihilate the enemy. On the 2nd, the 2nd1Brigade of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army attacked Pingxingguan from Lingqiu, occupying the Dongpochi area. On the 23rd, 1 15 Division was determined to seize the weakness of Japanese arrogance and neglect of defense, ambush the enemy by using the favorable terrain in the northeast of Pingxingguan, and hold a meeting of cadres above the company level for in-depth combat mobilization.

Late at night on 24th, 1 15 division secretly entered the preset battle positions such as Baiyatai by night and heavy rain. At dawn on the 25th, the follow-up troops of the 2nd1Brigade of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army took more than 100 cars and attached more than 200 carts and marched from east to west along the Lingqiu-Pingxingguan Highway. At about 7 o'clock, all the troops entered the ambush position of 1 15 division. 1 15 division captured the fighter plane, and after fierce fighting, it wiped out the besieged Japanese army and won the first great victory of China army since the beginning of the national anti-Japanese war.

The victory of Pingxingguan wiped out more than 65,438+10,000 Japanese troops, destroyed nearly 100 cars and seized hundreds of light and heavy weapons. It shows that the people's army led by the * * * production party is a force that cannot be ignored in the Anti-Japanese War.