Pingxingguan battle is a typical ambush battle. The Eighth Route Army occupied an absolutely favorable terrain, but it still made great sacrifices in the battle.
The Pingxingguan War was the first great victory of the Eighth Route Army in advancing into North China.
The influence of Pingxingguan's victory:
The Pingxingguan victory was the first victory after the Eighth Route Army left the anti-Japanese battlefield in North China, and it was also the first great victory of the China army since the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. At the same time, Xing Ping Guan Dajie further unified the strategic thinking within the Party.
First, it dealt a blow to the arrogance of the Japanese aggressors and initially stabilized the chaos and rout in North China.
The victory of Pingxingguan broke the myth that the Japanese army was invincible, shattered some people's "fear of Japan" and anti-Japanese "theory of national subjugation", greatly inspired people's hearts and enhanced the confidence and determination of the people and patriotic armed forces throughout the country to persist in the war of resistance. At the same time, it improved the prestige of China's * * * production party and the Eighth Route Army, created favorable conditions for the Eighth Route Army to create anti-Japanese base areas in North China and launch guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines, and laid a broad mass base.
Second, it inspired people's hearts, boosted morale and promoted the climax of the national war of resistance.
Good news came from Pingxingguan, and the whole country was "excited". People have hope from the good news that the Eighth Route Army "defeated the enemy and showed its talents". The congratulatory message flew like snowflakes to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army. In just a few days, Deputy Commander Zhu and he received more than 100 congratulatory messages.
Among them, Kuomintang officials from the party, government and army below Chiang Kai-shek, people's organizations and patriotic Democrats, as well as overseas Chinese living in Europe and America sent them, which can be described as "cheering for joy." This alone is enough to show that the victory of Pingxingguan has greatly aroused the people's anti-Japanese war sentiment.
Third, it further unified the strategic thinking within the party.
According to the People's Liberation Army newspaper Pingxingguan: First Victory in the Anti-Japanese War: "The significance of Pingxingguan's great victory lies in further unifying the strategic thinking within the party." Li Biao said.
After the war, Lin Biao, the division commander of 1 15, wrote in "Experience of Pingxingguan Campaign": Under the current military strength and technical conditions, our army should basically attack the enemy's rear, and cutting off the enemy's rear line is the best way for our army to stop the enemy from advancing and strive for lasting results. This understanding is in line with Mao Zedong's strategic policy of "persisting in independent mountain guerrilla warfare". Ideological unity has laid a foundation for the various units led by the * * * production party to mobilize the masses in depth and establish anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines in the future.