(Landmarks in August, the ninth day), September 13, 1937, the day Xinkou war.






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Xinkou the Taiyuan Battle is Pingjin the fall, after the start of the Battle of Shanghai, the KMT frontal battlefield theater organization once the General Assembly for the purpose of defending Taiyuan war, this battle from September 13, 1937 - November 8, which lasted nearly two months. In the battle - fifteen main divisions in the leadership of the Communist Party of the Eighth Route Army and the 129th Division one has achieved the Pingxingguan victory and night raids the fighting in yangmingbu victory with front battle. History TodayOnHistory.com KMT conductor side, fighting ineffective, and finally lost Xinkou, Taiyuan. Since then, the barriers no longer exist in North China. North China frontal battlefield war, the leadership of the Communist Party of the Eighth Route Army deep behind enemy lines, open up the base to carry out guerrilla war, has gradually become the main body of the North China Anti-Japanese War. The
xinkou for portal the northern Shanxi leading Taiyuan, is the last line of defense to defense of Taiyuan. To defend Taiyuan, the the Kuomintang second theater headquarters centralized corps, 31 divisions, 13 brigades, about 280,000 people Executive Wei Lihuang any Front commander, deputy commander of the second theater, organized by Xin mouth battle. Specific deployment of troops; composed ninth, fifteen, seventeen, nineteen Army and fourteenth Group Army and other Department of the Central Corps, by Wei Lihuang Deputy Commander Command, responsible for guarding the the Caijiaying post, Lingshan, South Huaihua, yangmingbu Ministry of front-line positions; Eighteenth Group Army (in addition to one hundred twenty divisions), 73 Division, the first and one division composed of right-wing Corps, commanded by the 18th Group Army Commander-in-Chief Zhu De, guards the the Wutaishan front-line positions; to Sixty-eight, 61, one hundred and twenty divisions and independent Seventh Brigade composed of leftist Corps, by the command of the Sixth Army commander-in-chief Yang Aiyuan, the defensive black Yucun until Yang exit first-line positions; thirty-fourth Army, 15 Army and the sixty-sixth Division part of the reserve, by the command of the Commander-in-Chief of the Seventh Army Fu Zuoyi parties coordinate Dingxiang, Xin County area. The Japanese troops participate in xinkou Battle of about three divisions, more than 70,000 people, with more than 350 artillery pieces, over 150 combat vehicles and 300 aircraft.
10 thousand Japanese troops sunny Ming Fort attack one clashed with China XIX Army, invasive yangmingbu. 2, 2009, with the aircraft, artillery, attack Guo Mountain County. 4, the Japanese portmanteau 15th brigade circuitous original Pingchen onslaught from the west of Guo County. , The transferred to Wei Lihuang from Pinghan Road Shijiazhuang Ministry has not yet arrived, the Wutaishan transferred to xinkou Sui Army two days later to arrive, the situation is very critical. Main forces sufficient time to build up xinkou enemy battle, the second theater headquarters command Chinese defenders clinging Guo County Yuanping, pending follow-up units arrived, 5,6 two days, the Japanese concentrated gunfire Guo County heavy bombardment of the garrison, the position is almost completely bombed. Nineteenth Army regiment fourth 2007 very heavy casualties. 7, the siege of the Japanese army of Guo County increased to five or six thousand people. The Japanese aircraft more than 20 aircraft, wild heavy artillery more than 30 gates on county indiscriminate bombing six hours north wall was destroyed, forty-first regiment casualties exhausted, broke into the enemy opportunity. The east and west walls of defenders courageously attack, street fighting hand-to-hand with the enemy. At nightfall, the Chinese garrison officers at all levels personally led his army to intercept and attack enemy, the Japanese unabated, the situation is irreparable. The 8th, Wangjing Guo army commander had rates of remnants breakout fall of Guo County. (History TodayOnHistory.com)
original Pingjhen defenders Jiang Yuzhen the first ninety-six trip. The second theater for the main force to complete the build-in Xinkou Executive Ministry ordered him "although the left one soldier have Yuanping clinging to seven days (from October 1)". Way transfer of forces on behalf of the county to the original level, the Japanese have been in the behind to catch up. From the original level, there are 20 in place, ginger brigade with the fifteenth mixed brigades of the enemy, energize, and war and back. In outside the original Pingjhen, Jiang Yuzhen command his troops to build fortifications, clinging to the rail and road. The Japanese With superior weaponry, aircraft, heavy artillery, tanks with the original flat blitzed. Jiang Yuzhen commanding person, the enemy repeated attacks were repulsed, the ginger trip casualties increasingly heavy positions gradually reduced, the Japanese formed Yuanping surrounded trend the ginger brigade had to retreat into the city. To seven days, the Japanese northeast corner of the inrush from the city, occupying the eastern half of the city, with ginger trip across the street proposition. At this time, Jiang Yuzhen they received the order, and ordered him to keep 3 days. He immediately said: "absolute war of resistance, not so separated Sishi. Guo County fell in October 8, a large number of Japanese troops surrounded aid Yuanping, north-west of the city was captured. The ginger brigade of five thousand people, there are only two or three hundred people besieged the northeast corner of the city, but the soldiers were unafraid Jiang Yuzhen led to street fighting, hand to hand by hospital compete with the enemy commenced. Has been insisting to midnight October 10 to complete the task of guarding the city. After Jiang Yuzhen rate remnants breakout Unexpectedly, the enemy shells hit outside the city, was martyred. The fighting, Jiang Yuzhen brigade with the enemy bloody 10 days, to the disadvantage of the military to fight Jiangkou, almost all heroic martyred. On the 11th, the Japanese occupation of the original level. the Yuanping
Guo County, after the fall, Xinkou completely in the Japanese under direct attack. Xinkou in Tongpu Road location north of Xin County, right by the pulse of Wutai Mountain, the left according to Ningwu Mountains, between two mountains, a valley, the valley soil a few tens of meters high mountain, hill built a semi-permanent defense fortifications. October 12, the second Command theater re-adjust the deployment of tune Fu Zuoyi preparatory Corps joined the Central Corps combat with the enemy continue in Xinkou front line combat. 13, 2009, the Japanese army to mobilize five thousand troops, under the cover of the aircraft, artillery and tanks to a central position Xinkou - South Huaihua onslaught, trying to implement a central breakthrough. Under fierce attack of the Japanese, South Huaihua positions almost razed to the ground. The Chinese defenders caught scorched earth still's fighting, fighting until late at night, 13 positions changed hands, finally surrounded by the enemy broke into the South Huaihua annihilated. 14, 2009, the Japanese army to send more troops to thousands of South Huaihua once again stormed positions, the Chinese defenders start a more intense battle with the Japanese. The right-wing Chinese garrison 15th Army and the enemy's battle to evening, the Japanese one, he rushed to the Mountain at the foot; 10th Division will be the enemy of the left-wing a rout to recapture the old practice Chuang and other places, but the main front in South Huaihua trapped rival line of defense on the break, the tug of war is even more tragic.
10, 15, China's second-theater headquarters in order to further build on, wiping out the enemy, regained a central position, adjusting Ministry about five brigades of troops of the 9th Army, twenty-first division in Central Corps commander , under the command of the Ninth Army commander Hao Meng-ling, a counter-offensive to the Japanese occupation of positions. Chinese army attack from the front, from the three sides to lay siege to the enemy. , Hao Meng-ling commander of the soldiers in the position before the speech: "Previously, we keep a group of this position, the rest of us now more than a hundred, compiled into a company, or keep this position. Is the rest of a person should keep this position. Day we die, the responsibility of the anti-Japanese is not finished. Before departure, I have to write a will at home, not to defeat the Japanese invaders never survived. Now adhere to this position along with you, and never before retirement. If I retire, whether you anyone can shoot me. You no matter who, as long as it is a step back, I immediately shot him. We dare to accompany me to stick to their positions in this? "All the soldiers answered in unison:" vow to stick to their positions! "He was pleased to say:" Well, there will be Bisizhixin disabilities Wutan Health intended. Then swipes illness book: "standing dead where" eight characters Speak to the army officers and men. At 2:00 on the 16th, the counterattack began. Chinese army under the command of Hao dream age of connected grams a few hills to 5 o'clock, the sky micro-Ming Hao Meng-ling eager rushed to the 5th Brigade of the frontier positions directing operations, the officers and men told him, in front of a road by enemy fire blocked very danger, and advised him to write a written order sent sent commander Hao said: "crock separated from the wellhead broken, generals sounding of inevitable death. Words, he decided to forward positions ran through the positions of only two hundred meters away from the enemy, and, unfortunately, was shot in the heroic sacrifice, at age 39. Sacrifice fifty-four Division Commander Jia-Qi Liu, Then the independent fifth brigade Zheng Lianzhen also killed martyred. Hao Meng-ling commander original led his troops stationed Guiyang, national crisis, volunteered northward. Prior to this, he said to his wife: "I am a soldier, half-light civil war, and no interest to the country, the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, the people are all filled with righteous indignation. Now the Japanese invaders to subjugate China, our country has been to the last moment of life and death, I should go to the War of Resistance Against Japan, should fight with the enemy. "When he led his troops passing through Wuhan farewell with his family, sons and daughters, says:" I love you, but love our country. Enemy every day in the massacre of our fellow citizens, we should kill the enemy, if the death of the country, you also had a good day. "He could not bear to see the family crying before they quietly write a suicide note, children in the future be vetted. He wrote: the north against Japan clung to sacrifice. Killed in case, you should listen to mother taught stressed filial Ru grandmother boss. As you wait to go to school, I personally have no money. The future national overcome you into the family of the deceased school. (L $ dj��.��r��) ......
in forefront of xinkou position, he mobilized prior to officers combat, he said: "The war, the war for national survival, the only sacrifice; such retreat to the Yellow River, the soldiers that no longer exist, how can there be Executive? What we called the country to live, I die I die country living. "
In the decisive battle on the eve of his letter to the wife said:" The War of Resistance Against Japan of the nation, the last moment of national survival, clung to sacrifice determination or-break. For the final victory, the Chinese nation forever the world, so the success does not require me, my first sacrifice. I both sacrifice, as long as the state exists, and all their children's education course is not a problem ... I sacrifice also Wing. For the military, for the national war dead, the dead can be described well spent now! Hao Meng-ling was martyred on October 16, to achieve the long-cherished wish of his fight for the country and the nation. Hao Meng-ling sacrifice, the National Government of a state funeral was held for him, posthumously awarded him the Army General, to show the compliment. March 12, 1938, Comrade Mao Zedong in Yan'an memorial against the enemy Memorial Conference praised Hao Meng age of the Chinese people "greatest model" prove "the Chinese nation is by no means a flock of sheep, but full of national pride human justice, the heart of a great nation. " in
due to Xinkou defenders bravely in China, the Japanese army since October 13, offensive central positions of Xinkou, by the end of October, the two sides battle a half years, the Japanese army has been unable to fully occupy these areas. (? V history today?? Com)
positive garrison tenacious fight against the enemy at the same time, the left and right wings Corps in Wutai Mountain and Ningwu mountain behind the Japanese constantly harassing. On October 14, the Eighteenth Group Army division one hundred twenty independent seventh trip with one fell swoop recovered Ningwu county. 15, 2009, the Army and annihilating hundreds Guangling, Lingqiu area and recovered Guangling. 19, the 129th Division of the Eighteenth Group Army a night attack airfield the Japanese yangmingbu, and destroy the enemy over a hundred people, blow up the aircraft over 20 aircraft, loss of air superiority in the xinkou battle the rampant Japanese. Around the two wings of the forces of the enemy harassing, Eighteenth Group Army advance behind enemy lines, guerrilla war, forcing the Japanese to keep the rear back with considerable force, and support a Xinkou positive fighting, It is this cooperation, Before the end of October, the Japanese launched many offensive but xinkou position never managed to be compromised, and the Chinese military also counter-offensive on several occasions, to annihilate the enemy. The tenacious resistance
the Japanese near in Xinkou, by the Chinese army, made little progress, so in mid-October to send troops along Zhengtai Road to Taiyuan offensive. The Chinese defenders is stationed in the Zhengtai Road Niangziguan Pass is the KMT the second theater deputy commander Executive Peter Wong Shiu? His troops. Since October 11, the Japanese and the Chinese garrison in the Zhengtai Road and Niangziguan, around region battle. 14, the Chinese defenders Niangziguan near Sun Lianzhong his troops the reinforcements, to invade the enemy counterattack immediately, the same day that hundreds of enemy to death. 15, 2009, in turn invasive wiped out of the more than 1,500 people most of the ditch off the enemy and to launch a line of attack on the next day at dawn, with the enemy bloody hand-to-hand, the pain and destroy the enemy army. 19, a large number of Japanese troops reinforcements, and to get the aircraft artillery powerful with the Chinese armed forces continue to courageously fighting to the end result of the disparity in strength, is turning into a disadvantage. 26, Niangziguan then fell to the Japanese. Niangziguan fall, Xinkou Chinese garrison in the Passing of the situation. On November 2, the second theater headquarters last resort ordered Xinkou defenders retreat to defend Taiyuan. Bathed in the blood of the Chinese Admiral Xinkou on the same day the Japanese occupation, the war turned to Taiyuan.
xinkou frontline Chinese garrison commander was directing the combat
xinkou Battle the Japanese weapons
seized Hao Meng the age / Zheng Tingzhen
Liu Jialin / Jiang Yuzhen