Chapter 39 39. Battle of Sorrow and Indignation in Taierzhuang

In December 1937, after the Japanese army captured Nanjing, the capital of the country, it was extremely arrogant. Its follow-up operation plan was to open up the Jinpu line and connect Pingjin to the area north of the Yangtze River. Five theaters. In the face of the Japanese army's north-south attack, Li Zongren had very few troops under his command, and most of them were some miscellaneous troops, "third or fourth-class goods", such as Pang Bingxun's Third Army, who was born in the former Northwest Army. It is actually a "legion", which is actually only five infantry regiments, and its combat capabilities are very limited; Yu Xuezhong's 51st Army and Miao Liliu's 57th Army, which originally belonged to the Northeast Army, have acceptable equipment, but they are not It is not a strong force; Han Deqin's 89th Army was originally reorganized from the Jiangsu Security Force, and it was an irregular army with weak combat effectiveness; Han Fuju's 12th Army (commander Sun Tongxuan) and the 55th Army (commander Cao Fulin), although the training and equipment are okay, but Chiang Kai-shek can't command him, let alone Li Zongren?

The only reliable one was the 31st Army transferred from Guangxi (Army Commander Liu Shiyi, with three divisions under its jurisdiction), because this army was recruited and established by Li Zongren himself in his hometown, and most of the cadres at all levels were veterans from the Northern Expedition. Although the newly recruited soldiers have insufficient training and no combat experience, they are ultimately better commanded than other troops. After Li Zongren served as the commander-in-chief of the fifth theater, the headquarters was located in Xuzhou.From a military point of view, Xuzhou belongs to the area of ​​the Fourth World War, and has always been a battleground for military strategists. In the Central Plains War in 1930 (including the later Huaihai Battle), Xuzhou was the focus of all parties' efforts, because after controlling Xuzhou, they could go north to Jinan and Pingjin, and go south to Bengbu and Nanjing. Its strategic significance goes without saying.

After the Japanese captured Nanjing, they immediately marched northward with eight divisions from Zhenjiang, Wuhu, and Nanjing Roads. Three divisions attacked the front of Jinpu Road alone.In this regard, Li Zongren ordered the 31st Army to carry out an attack in the Mingguang area. The Japanese army was greatly surprised after encountering tenacious resistance, so they had to dispatch field artillery and tanks from Nanjing for support.But after the Japanese reinforcements arrived, the 31st Army suddenly gave way to Kaijinpu Road. After the Japanese army occupied Bengbu, Yu Xuezhong's 51st Army came to defend the banks of the Huaihe River, while the 31st Army that had retreated before turned to Bengbu. Attacking from the side and rear, the Jinpu Road was cut into several sections, and Liao Lei's 21st Army (also the Guangxi army) that had withdrawn from the Songhu battlefield also reinforced Hefei. , caught in a stalemate.

But in the northern section of Jinpu Road, the situation is not optimistic.As soon as the Shandong army and the Japanese army fought, they lost three regiments. Knowing that they were invincible, Han Fuju ordered his two armies to withdraw to the northwest of Shandong in order to preserve his strength. After going to Jinan, they quickly went south to Tai'an, Jining, and Yanzhou, and they were less than 200 kilometers away from Xuzhou, where the Fifth Theater Command is located. Han Fuju also paid a heavy price for this.According to Li Zongren's recollection, Chiang Kai-shek then called a military meeting. After the meeting was adjourned, just as everyone was leaving, Liu Zhi suddenly stood up and shouted: "Commander Han, please go slowly, the chairman has something to say to you!" Han Fuju heard They said, "Han Fuju is terrible, Han Fuju is terrible!" According to Li Zongren, when the meeting was over, he walked at the end, "I saw the chairman's plainclothes guards in the meeting place. Four or five people. Liu Zhi pointed at the guards and said to Han Fuju, "Commander Han, you can go with them." Han's face turned blue immediately, he bowed his head, and staggered to follow the guards."In the end, Han Fuju was shot and executed without a military court trial. His death was disgraceful, but it also shocked the army and served as an example to others.

Han Fuju was killed, and the war continued.At that time, it was the 10th Division of the Japanese army Rensuke Isoya who went south along Jinpu Road to attack Xuzhou, and the 5th Division (led by Itagaki Seishiro who planned the "September 18th Incident") westward from Qingdao and Weifang. ).Rensuke Isoya, Seishiro Itagaki and Kenji Doihara were known as Japan's three "China Hands" at that time. , Matsui Iwane, Abe Nobuyuki and others are all graduates of the 16th term of the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy (joint classes with Cai E, Jiang Baili, Xu Chongzhi, Qu Tongfeng and others in the third term of Chinese non-commissioned officers studying in Japan, and graduated at the same time).

Both the Isoya Division and Itagaki Division were the most elite mechanized units in the Japanese army, and their strength and firepower far exceeded that of the Chinese army.From the point of view of organization, Japanese divisions, brigades, regiments, brigades, squadrons, and squads can correspond to Chinese divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, companies, and platoons, but at that time the strength of a standard division in China was about 10,000. In terms of firepower, the Japanese army far surpassed the Chinese army in terms of weapon configuration such as light and heavy machine guns and grenade cannons, while the Japanese army possessed aircraft, tanks and the degree of mechanization They are also incomparable to the Chinese army. Therefore, in terms of combat effectiveness, a Japanese Class A division may be stronger than an ace army in the Chinese army.

The Japanese army's battle plan was that the Isoya Division would go from north to south, and the Itagaki Division would go from east to west, echoing each other with the Japanese troops going north, and finally encircling Xuzhou and annihilating the Chinese troops in the theater in one fell swoop. On March 12, 1938, the Banyuan Division stormed Linyi, two hundred miles northeast of Xuzhou. At that time, the defending troops were the Pang Bingxun Army with only five regiments.Pang Bingxun has been in the army for many years. He was over 50 years old at the time. He was injured in the leg in the previous civil war and his foot was a little crooked. , To be able to share joys and sorrows with the soldiers, so although Pang Bingxun was defeated several times in the previous wars, the team was still able to stay together.

In terms of age and seniority, Li Zongren may not be able to compare with Pang Bingxun, but Li Zongren is good at observing words, knowing people and making good use of them. He also treats this old man with courtesy, and says with all his heart, we people have fought civil wars for more than 20 years , Now that I think about that life carefully, it is really meaningless.Black and white are unclear, right and wrong are not distinguished, defeat is not shameful, and victory is not enough force. Fortunately, now there is an opportunity to fight against the Japanese, and you can fight to the death for the country and the nation, and you can truly die well. Its life.

Pang Bingxun has always been known for preserving his strength. After hearing this, he immediately stated that in order to resist the Japanese, "I will never preserve my strength again, and I will fight the enemy to the end."When Li Zongren asked them what difficulties they had, Pang Bingxun sighed and said that the central government would abolish their secret service regiment and merge five regiments into four regiments, but their troop numbers are all full, and if they cannot be merged, only What about the brothers?But if it is not merged, the central government will stop paying the entire army. What should I do?After hearing this, Li Zongren immediately expressed that he would solve the matter for them, and finally the Pang Bingxun Corps was able to retain the original organizational structure;

After the Japanese army attacked Linyi, Pang Bingxun really did not save his strength but fought against the enemy. The so-called elite Itagaki division was unable to succeed within a few days.Itagaki Seishiro was frustrated by a little-known "no-name army". Fortunately, at this time a new unit arrived in the fifth theater, this is Zhang Zizhong's fifty-ninth army.Zhang Zizhong was also from the Northwest Army, but he was reluctant to rescue Pang Bingxun because the two had personal grievances in the previous civil war. Zhang Zizhong was attacked by Pang Jun and almost lost his life.Under Li Zongren's persuasion, Zhang Zizhong finally obeyed the order and immediately drove to the front line of Linyi.

Speaking of which, there is another episode.After Feng Yuxiang’s defeat in the Central Plains War, the Northwest Army fell apart. Han Fuju, Shi Yousan and others established their own branches in Shandong and other places. land.During the period when the Japanese army planned to "specialize North China", Zhang Zizhong was appointed by Song Zheyuan as the mayor of Peiping. Accused of "leaving his post without authorization and not resisting", he himself came to Beijing to plead guilty, but some public opinion actually demanded a military court trial for him. After Li Zongren learned of the situation, he personally invited Zhang Zizhong to persuade him not to lose heart, and to atone for his crimes in the future, and expressed his willingness to speak to Chiang Kai-shek to let him go back and still take his 59th Army (someone wanted to carve up Zhang Zizhong at the time) troops).Zhang Zizhong was very moved after hearing this, and said that if the central government can forgive his crimes, he will surely make meritorious deeds.With Li Zongren's efforts, Chiang Kai-shek agreed to put Zhang Zizhong back. Before returning, Zhang Zizhong went to Li Zongren to thank him. He said excitedly: "If it weren't for Mr. Li's promise, even if I, Mr. Zhang, were not shot, I would still be imprisoned and a national sinner. Today in Mongolia The chief is complete, the kindness is reborn, I, Zhang, will live with my blood to repay the country and my friends." (Later Zhang Zizhong died for the country, I am afraid it was also out of "solitary anger" to clear his innocence. ) Because of this opportunity, under the persuasion of Li Zongren to "abandon the past", Zhang Zizhong marched to the front line of Linyi without saying a word.Zhang Zizhong's troops were well equipped and their morale was high. Each soldier was also equipped with a big sword according to the old tradition of the Northwest Army.After meeting the enemy, Zhang Zizhong's vanguard rushed into the enemy's formation unexpectedly, and used broadswords and grenades to engage in hand-to-hand combat, directly killing the Japanese army, and exclaimed: "Feng Yuxiang's broadsword team is here!" As a result, Zhang Zizhong not only rescued Pang Bingxun's army, but also won a big victory, forcing the Japanese army to withdraw from the siege of Linyi, and the plan to join forces in Taierzhuang came to naught.After this battle, Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun reunited and became close friends, which is also a good story in the history of the War of Resistance. At the same time as the battle of Linyi, the Isoya Division of the Japanese army also went south from Yanzhou. After conquering Zouxian County, it went straight to Teng County, which is only a hundred miles away from Xuzhou.At this time, the Deng Xihou Department of the Sichuan Army rushed to Xuzhou for reinforcements along the Longhai Road. Li Zongren urgently dispatched the 122nd Division (division commander Wang Mingzhang) and the 124th Division (division commander Shui Tiqing) of the 41st Army (commander Sun Zhen) Going to intercept, because the Japanese army has occupied Zou County, the Second Division of the Sichuan Army deployed defenses inside and outside Teng County respectively. Wang Mingzhang led the 122nd Division to station in Teng County, and the 124th Division responded outside the city. The Isoya Division is a highly mechanized heavy artillery unit in the Japanese army. Its artillery force to attack Teng County is even stronger. It includes a field artillery regiment, a field heavy artillery regiment, a howitzer battalion and two mountain artillery squadrons. A machine gun brigade and two squadrons of light armored vehicles, while the Sichuan Army's 122nd Division and 124th Division have less than 7,000 troops.Under the heavy artillery bombardment and tank charge of the Japanese army, Wang Mingzhang led the officers and soldiers of the whole division to fight against the powerful enemy for three days and nights. Master Wang was hit by seven bullets, and more than 2,000 of his subordinates died heroically. On March 17, Teng County fell.The Battle of Teng County was also the most heroic scene in the Battle of Taierzhuang. Seventy-two years later, Ye Guangwen, an 89-year-old veteran and the only survivor of the Battle of Teng County, gazed at the statue on the "Monument to the Fallen Soldiers of the Sichuan Army" in Chengdu and said, "That's how we went out to fight against Japan. We stepped on it like this." Looking at the corpses of comrades-in-arms, charging forward with the determination to die..." On the monument stands a sculpture of an unknown soldier, who is wearing a pair of tattered straw sandals, wearing a worn-out military uniform, and carrying an old pole on his shoulder. A rifle, wearing a bamboo hat, and a big knife.This is the image of the Sichuan Army back then. Since the founding of the Republic of China, Sichuan has never been quiet. Warlords from all walks of life compete for each other, and the war continues. Sichuan is almost a microcosm of China's continuous civil war.This time, the Sichuan army was motivated by national righteousness and volunteered to fight. However, due to the remote location of the Sichuan army and the years of civil war, its equipment was extremely poor. It is simply made by the earth workshop. What is even more depressing is that because these Sichuan troops set off in a hurry and had no food and grass supplies during the long journey, it was inevitable that there would be some disputes about forced buying and selling.After marching to the Taiyuan battlefield, the Sichuan army retreated in embarrassment under the sway of the defeated army before going into battle. There was no supplies in the chaos, so the Sichuan army encountered the armory of the Jin army and supplied it by itself, which angered its master Yan Xishan. He telegraphed to the command headquarters saying that "the Sichuan army is a group of 'bandit troops' who have 'insufficient resistance to Japan and more than disturbing the people'." , you want to give it to me? I don't want this kind of bad army!" At this time, Nanjing fell, and Chiang Kai-shek was angry. He said angrily: "If no one wants to transfer them back, let them go back to Sichuan and rule the king!" Zhi Huanjiao: "They don't want it, why don't you ask Commander Li of the fifth theater to see how they are doing?" After Li Zongren received a call from Bai Chongxi, he said: "It's very good, we are short of people here, you can transfer them to Xuzhou!" Bai Chongxi said, "The combat effectiveness of these troops may be a little worse." People are suspicious soldiers, they are better than straw people, right?" So the Sichuan army was transferred to the fifth war zone, and most of the generals of the Sichuan army knew the whole story, but anyone with a little patriotism and self-esteem felt ashamed of it.Yes, the world is so big that there is nowhere to live; if you want to kill the enemy, there is no way to serve the country!But who can blame this? ! After seeing Commander-in-Chief Deng Xihou and Commander Sun Zhen, Li Zongren comforted them and said: "We have fought in the Chinese civil war for more than 20 years, and it is meaningless in retrospect. Now there is finally a chance for the soldiers of our provinces to stop the civil war and let us all fight together. The enemy serves the country. I hope everyone will forget the past, and from now on, everyone will work hard with the enemy." Because the equipment of the Sichuan Army was really poor, Li Zongren immediately allocated some new guns, mortars and a large amount of ammunition from the inventory of the Fifth Theater In the battle of Teng County, the soldiers of the Sichuan Army bravely killed the enemy and died without regret, writing the most glorious and glorious page in the history of the Sichuan Army's Anti-Japanese War. Teng County's sacrifice was by no means unnecessary, because it bought time and space for other troops to reinforce Taierzhuang.After the Japanese army in the north was trapped in the Huaihe River and the Banyuan Division was blocked in Linyi, the Isogu Division was still very arrogant. After capturing Teng County, it continued to go south, trying to join the Banyuan Division in Taierzhuang, and finally attacked Xuzhou. King's arrogance. However, it was precisely because of this arrogant attitude that the foreshadowing of the defeat of the Japanese army was laid. After the fall of Teng County, two strong troops in the Fifth War Zone were also transferred. An elite division with two armies (Guan Linzheng's 52nd Army and Wang Zhonglian's 81st Army) and five divisions (Zheng Dongguo's 2nd Division, Zhang Yaoming's 25th Division, Chen Daqing's 4th Division, and Zhang Xuezhong's 1st Division) 89th Division, Zhang Zhen 110th Division), this regiment is well equipped, the infantry is equipped with Czech rifles, heavy machine guns, cannons and other heavy weapons are also very complete, there is also a German heavy artillery battalion, the strength should not be underestimated .It is particularly worth mentioning that after graduating from the Whampoa Military Academy, Tang Enbo was sent to the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy and graduated the following year (1926). Another force was Sun Lianzhong's Second Army, which was originally part of Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army. Although it was not as powerful as Tang Enbo's 20th Army, it could at least be included in the "Second Class".The Second Army had two armies in name (the 30th Army of Tian Zhennan and the 42nd Army of Feng Anbang), but because they had just participated in the Battle of Shanxi, there were actually only three divisions (the 27th Division of Huang Qiaosong) that could participate in the battle at that time. , Zhang Jinzhao's 30th Division, Chi Fengcheng's 31st Division). Because of the arrogance of the Japanese army, Li Zongren was determined to fight a "small victory". In his plan, Sun Lianzhong, who was good at defense, was sent to Taierzhuang to lure the main force of the Japanese army there and attack it. When the Japanese army was exhausted, Tang Enbo's troops and other peripheral troops attacked and surrounded and wiped out.Later, the development of the battle situation was as he expected, but the hardships and sacrifices involved, and the opportunity for victory was not far away, so it was hard to come by. Taierzhuang is a strategic place sixty miles northeast of Xuzhou. It is connected to Jinpu Road in the north, Longhai Road in the south, and the Grand Canal in the west. , when the Jigu Division captured Teng County, it planned to join forces with the Banyuan Division, which bypassed the Taiwei Highway, and finally jointly attacked Xuzhou.Therefore, Taierzhuang has also become the last gateway to defend Xuzhou. After learning that the Chinese army was fortifying Taierzhuang, the Jigu Division broke into Zaozhuang along Jinpu Road, and then occupied Yi County along the Linzao Branch Line. There are no less than a hundred mountain artillery, field artillery, and heavy artillery, with aircraft covering them, 70 to 80 tanks and armored vehicles below to open the way, and cavalry troops to search on the two wings. At this time, the 31st Division of Chifeng City under Sun Lianzhong had crossed the canal on March 21 and deployed defenses at Taierzhuang. Hidden in the mountains, ready to move. On March 23, the Seya Detachment of the Isoya Division had already moved outside Taierzhuang, and launched an attack with more than one brigade. The sound of the artillery almost spread to Xuzhou, which was 60 miles away (according to Li Zongren). The Japanese army thought that they had strong artillery support and could destroy any obstacles on the way forward, but they encountered a hard stone wall in Taierzhuang, because there are a lot of stones in Taierzhuang, and most houses are built of stacked stones, so every house is a stone wall. It is a strong fortress. Although the Japanese army bombarded with artillery fire and cleared the way with tanks, the progress was far from smooth as they imagined.The officers and soldiers of Chifeng City showed their fearless spirit. They had no powerful artillery cover, no tanks, and no air support. , launched a desperate struggle with the Japanese army with flesh and blood.In the small Taierzhuang Village, one side relies on powerful artillery fire and sophisticated equipment, the other side relies on tenacious spirit and strong barriers, supplemented by fierce tactics such as night attack and counter-charge, the two sides have launched repeated see-saw battles here. The battle was extremely brutal. The "Battle Detailed Report" of the 10th Infantry Regiment of the Isoya Division of the Japanese Army stated, "The enemy's fighting spirit since yesterday, and his courage to fight to the death, are worthy of Chiang Kai-shek's great trust. The soldiers resisted tenaciously until the end. The enemy was in such a narrow skirmish trench, overlapping pillows, and fighting to death. Even though he was an enemy, he was amazed by his heroism. The translator once persuaded him to surrender, but there was no one who responded. Mountains of corpses and rivers of blood are not unique to the Japanese army." Here, it is the battle of Huang Qiaosong's 27th Division on the outskirts of Taierzhuang on April 2. The old man De Hou, who was the commander of the third battalion of the 176th Regiment of the 88th Brigade of the 30th Division, later mentioned this tragic battle, saying, "In the Death Squadron, out of eight people in our battalion, five people were killed. The head fell into my arms, and the intestines hung on the hat. There was blood in the mouth, face, and hands. That's it, we put the head down, and fought the enemy again with the machine gun. The Japanese are not very tenacious, as long as We are not afraid of the enemy, but the enemy is afraid of us." After several days and nights of bloody fighting, Sun Lianzhong's Second Army suffered heavy casualties. Chifeng City's troops in the city had all suffered casualties, and two-thirds of Taierzhuang had been captured by the Japanese army. The situation was very critical.At this time, a regiment of the 30th Division was thrown into the city, and Tian Zhennan, commander of the 30th Army, and Feng Anbang, commander of the 42nd Army, also went to the left and right wings to supervise the battle.At this time, the Sakamoto Detachment of the Itagaki Division, which was reinforced from the direction of Linyi, had already arrived at Taierzhuang under multiple blocking, and was determined to win it in one fell swoop. At the most critical juncture, Chi Fengcheng asked Sun Lianzhong if he could move his position and temporarily retreat to the south bank of the canal. After Sun Lianzhong connected the phone, he called Li Zongren directly: "Report sir, the Second Army has suffered seven-tenths of casualties, and the enemy's firepower is too strong." Strong, the offensive is too fierce, but we have almost exhausted the enemy. Can you ask the commander to agree to retreat to the south bank of the canal temporarily, so that the Second Army can save some seeds, which is also a great kindness of the commander!" Our army suffered heavy casualties, and the Japanese army's consumption was not small. Li Zongren had already issued an attack order to Tang Enbo's troops at this time, and expected to reach the northern part of Taierzhuang at noon the next day, so he sternly said to Sun Lianzhong: "The enemy and we have fought bloody battles in Taierzhuang for a week. The outcome is decided in the last five minutes. Reinforcements will arrive at noon tomorrow, and I will personally come to Taierzhuang to supervise the battle tomorrow morning! You must stay until dawn tomorrow, this is my order, and if you disobey the order, it will be treated as a military law!" After hearing this, Sun Lianzhong had no choice but to say: "Okay, sir, I will absolutely obey the order until the entire group army is finished fighting!" You just go forward and fill it in yourself! After you fill it in, I will fill it in! Anyone who dares to retreat across the canal will be killed!" Not only to defend, Sun Lianzhong also followed Li Zongren's instructions and asked Chi Fengcheng to organize a death squad to use the night to attack the canal. The Japanese launched a night attack.The Japanese army never expected that the Chinese defenders who were close to desperation could still launch an attack, and they themselves were exhausted, so three quarters of Taierzhuang was recaptured that night. The final victory often depends on persistence in the last five minutes.At midnight that night, Li Zongren personally led the headquarters to Taierzhuang to direct the final general offensive.After dawn, the sound of artillery in the north of Taierzhuang became stronger, and Tang Enbo's corps had arrived and surrounded the exhausted Japanese army.Under such circumstances, the Japanese army was unable to retreat in time and fell into heavy siege, and the time to gather and annihilate has come! On April 6, under the order of Li Zongren, the defenders in Taierzhuang and the surrounding area attacked across the board and launched a counterattack against the enemy.The glorious moment has come, the battle is loud and loud, and the Japanese army is at the end of its strength, and its ammunition and gasoline are exhausted. Finally, it has to rely on the remaining armored vehicles to force a breakout. After being severely hit, the remnants retreated to the Yi County in the north is lingering.By the early morning of April 7, the Battle of Taierzhuang had achieved a decisive victory. Counting from the outlying Linyi Defense Battle and the Battle of Teng County, the Taierzhuang Battle lasted nearly a month.In this battle, the Chinese army invested about 120,000 troops in more than 20 divisions, basically destroying the main force of the two elite divisions of Isoya and Itagaki. More than 700 people were captured, more than 10,000 rifles, 930 light and heavy machine guns, 77 infantry artillery, 40 chariots, and 50 heavy artillery were captured.This is China's biggest victory since the Anti-Japanese War, and it is also the first big victory between China and Japan after the Sino-Japanese War.The Japanese army, relying on the remaining prestige of the Battle of Nanjing, was extremely arrogant. Unexpectedly, in Taierzhuang, they were beaten up by the Chinese army, which was mostly a motley army (according to the data compiled by the Japanese North China Front Army Staff Headquarters in June 1938, the Fifth Division and the No. The casualties of the Tenth Division were as follows: the Fifth Division killed 1,281 and injured 5,478; the Tenth Division killed 1,088 and injured 4,137. The total casualties of the two divisions were around 12,000. not much). "The 27th Division made bloody battles and bravely wiped out the enemy east of the canal. Attacked the enemy's side and captured the front and back sheds. Mai Qingqing by the Weishan Lake, and bloody on the Taierzhuang. Destroyed Liujia Lake in Banyuan and killed Swallow King in Daban. , Taierzhuang built miraculous achievements in ten days. Shattered the enemy's dream, washed away the national shame. Completed the unfulfilled ambitions of the martyrs, and vowed to avenge the country with great victory. Restoring the old China, the heroic spirit will be strong for the future!" Every inch of rivers and mountains and blood, apart from victory, this heroic song The "Taierzhuang Battle Victory Song" is even more soul-stirring. "Laozi" said in Chapter 69: "There is no calamity greater than underestimating the enemy, and underestimating the enemy will lose my treasure, so the resistance and the army will add up, and the mourner will win." The so-called "those who mourn must cherish each other, and do not seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, so they must win", so the side that is oppressed and mourned will surely be able to defeat the enemy and win.In the Battle of Nanjing, the Japanese army slaughtered hundreds of thousands of our soldiers and civilians. All Chinese men were filled with righteous indignation and vowed to eradicate the powerful enemy. Fighting, it is with this spirit that the motley army has become a powerful force on the battlefield. The country is broken by mountains and rivers, and the city is full of spring vegetation. Taierzhuang in early April is still bright and beautiful in spring, but on the battlefield where the gunpowder smoke cleared, the villages along the way were empty of people. The closer you get to Taierzhuang, the more tragic the scene you see.According to the description of eyewitnesses: "Almost all the houses in the villages have been destroyed, some embers have not been extinguished, and the corpses of soldiers and civilians can be seen everywhere. Mountain artillery, mortars, heavy and light machine guns, shell boxes, ammunition boxes, and grenade boxes are all there. It was the wheat yellow period. Looking along the wheat ridges, as long as there is a corpse, there is a rifle with bullets attached. Some wheat fields are only half a foot high after being shot by machine guns. The houses at Taierzhuang station are all destroyed. , the broken wall is full of bullet marks. Entering the north gate of Taierzhuang, there is a piece of rubble. This is the place where the enemy and the enemy fight back and forth, and the street fighting is fierce. The grenade fragments on the street are three or four inches thick. The enemy and our army are fighting house by house. The shooting hole where the two armies confronted each other. Some shooting holes protruded from a rifle barrel, and when the gun was pulled out with the hand, a bullet was fired with a whirring sound. .There are dead soldiers in almost every house..." They did not die in vain, and history will forever remember these brave patriots and true fighters.