What is Jiangyin Fortress?

Jiangyin is a riverside port garden city, a fortress (military facility), which refers to the special reinforcement of fixed military facilities. Jiangyin fortress refers to: when defending the natural barrier of the Yangtze River, the Kuomintang attempted to take the Yangtze River as the boundary, co-manage the Yangtze River with the * * * production party, and set up several strongholds along the coast of Jiangsu to defend the Yangtze River. Jiangyin is one of them, which is customarily called Jiangyin Fortress.

1, jiangyin fortress uprising

Jiangyin is located on the south bank of the Yangtze River, between Nanjing and Shanghai, with a river width of only1.500m.. It has a very important strategic position. Known as the "lock navigation fortress", it is known as the "river gate". It is not only the throat from the sea to the river, but also the channel for north-south traffic. Has always been a battleground for military strategists. Jiangyin Fortress Uprising refers to 2 1,1On April 26th, 949, more than 7,000 officers and men of the Kuomintang army in Jiangyin Fortress, headed by Wu Ming, Tang and others, held an anti-Chiang uprising near Jiangyin, Jiangsu.

2, Jiangyin fortress defense.

Jiangyin fortress faces the Yangtze River in the north and Taihu Lake in the south, which has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. After the Battle of Songhu in Zhong Song, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, it became the main battlefield of the Sino-Japanese War as the traffic artery and the throat of the Yangtze River on the Shanghai-Nanjing line in the south of the Yangtze River. Jiangyin is an important base of China Navy and the throat of the Yangtze River. After five years of operation by the General Staff, it is known as the Oriental Maqidun.

The battle of Jiangyin began on1August 6, 937, and ended on1February 2, 937, when Jiangyin's defense line fell, which lasted 108. Jiangyin Defence War is a rare amphibious operation in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and it is also the only naval battle during the Anti-Japanese War.

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A brief description of the battle-

/kloc-in July of 0/9, the Japanese army attacked Jiangyin County and threw bombs at the southeast township of Jiangyin, which opened the prelude to the defense of Jiangyin.

1937 August 65438+ June, Jiangyin naval battle kicked off.

On September 22nd,1937 (September 22nd Battle), the most cruel part of Jiangyin Battle began.

On the night of September 25th, four famous China ships, such as Ninghai and Pinghai, made their last voyage. After the blockade line was assembled, four warships opened the submarine door in the bleak whistle and quietly sank into the Yangtze River. That night, China's navy lost its fleet.

165438+1October13rd, Shanghai fell, and the Battle of Songhu ended. The Japanese heavy rattan detachment and 16 division landed in Baikou, Changshu.

165438+1October14th, the 13th Japanese division captured Liuhe town, and Taicang fell.

1 19 10 19, the Japanese army occupied Changshu, Suzhou and Jiaxing, and all the defense lines in Five Blessingg fell. The war in southern Jiangsu has deteriorated sharply. On the same day, the Japanese Central China Army decided to expand the detailed area of military operations to Wuxi and Huzhou.

On February 2, 65438, Liyang fell, and at the same time 18 division occupied Danyang and 9 division occupied Jintan. At this point, all the troops of the "Huazhong Army" occupied the forward stronghold for attacking Nanjing as scheduled, and the troops of the third and seventh war zones in China also successively withdrew from Xicheng Line, Yixing and Guangde, and the China Army fully turned to defend Nanjing.

On February 3, 65438, Jiangyin Fort fell.

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