Brief introduction of Taierzhuang triumph

Brief introduction of Taierzhuang triumph

The Battle of Taierzhuang took place in mid-March, 1938, and lasted for one month. This is the biggest victory of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression after the Battle of the Great Wall and the Battle of Pingxingguan, and it is also a major victory of the Japanese army in the battle of Xuzhou.

After the Japanese invaders occupied Nanjing and Jinan on February 3 and February 27, in order to connect the north and south battlefields, occupy Wuhan, the central city of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, China, and quickly realize the invasion plan of destroying China, they decided to mobilize the so-called "Iron Army" divisions of Ji Gu and Banyuan to attack Xuzhou from the southern section and the northern section of the Jinpu line respectively. General Li Zongren, commander of the fifth war zone in Xuzhou, formulated the campaign plan of Taierzhuang, and the armed forces led by China's * * * production party also actively marched behind enemy lines, opened up guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines, established anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines, and closely cooperated with frontal battlefield operations.

On March 22nd, in order to defend Xuzhou, Li Zongren ordered Sun Lianzhong, commander-in-chief of the 2nd Army, to lead his troops to Taierzhuang, and the Japanese army attacked crazily under the cover of planes, artillery and tanks. The fierce tug-of-war turned Taierzhuang into a sea of fire, with corpses everywhere, and even the canal water was dyed red. On April 3rd, General Li Zongren commanded the 20th Corps to join forces with Tang and Sun Lianzhong, and launched an all-out attack on Taierzhuang. On April 7, deus ex, the garrison of China in Taierzhuang, went hand in hand with the peripheral forces, pursued northward and beat the enemy all the way. After more than 20 days of bloody fighting, China's army finally achieved a "great victory in Taierzhuang" that shocked China and foreign countries!

This campaign wiped out more than 20,000 elite Japanese troops, dealt a blow to the arrogance of the Japanese aggressors, strengthened the confidence of the military and civilians throughout the country in persisting in the war of resistance, and inspired the morale of the whole nation. Taierzhuang is therefore known as "the unyielding land of the Chinese nation". ?