Changde is a city with a long history, with a history of more than two thousand years. It was called Wuling and Langzhou in ancient times, also known as "Liucheng". Changde, as an important town in western Hunan, is the gateway of Sichuan and Guizhou, and has always been a battleground for military strategists. 1939 after the fall of Wuhan, the Japanese invaders went all the way south to Hunan, creating a very tense war atmosphere for Hunan. At this time, Changde is the only point of Chongqing's material supply, and Changde's decisive battle is becoming increasingly obvious.
1943165438+1At the beginning of October, an order was issued to the 57th Division of the 74th Army of the National Revolutionary Army stationed in Changde, ordering them to hold Changde, and the soldiers stationed in Changde must live and die with the city. In order to defend Changde, the 57th Division fought bloody battles here to defend Chengwei-Changde Defence War. At the beginning of the war, in order to protect the safety of the masses, the 57th Division cooperated with the local government to mobilize and force all the people inside and outside the city to evacuate, and no one could stay in Changde City.
In order to make people leave the city quickly, the 57th Division also sent soldiers to help people carry all kinds of materials, so as to speed up the evacuation of people, and issued a disciplinary notice, forbidding any soldier to receive remuneration from the people, and warning all soldiers to strictly abide by military discipline, and any soldier who violated military orders would be shot on the spot. With the help of soldiers from the 57th Division, 165438+ 10/5, everyone finally left Changde. When all personnel were evacuated, on June 165438+ 10/8, the Japanese invaders launched an attack on Xujiahu, and the 3rd Battalion of the 57th Division 169 Regiment fought for dozens of miles, killing more than 200 Japanese aggressors, thus officially starting the first battle of Changde Campaign.
After the battle of Changde started, the Japanese army attacked Changde in three ways. Yu Chengwan, the then teacher, ordered the soldiers of the 57th Division of the National Army stationed in Changde to step up the timing, evacuate the people urgently and defend Changde to the death. During the battle of Changde, there was a soldier named Ma Jinggang, who was responsible for supplying arms and ammunition, food, bedding and other military supplies to various armies. Although he didn't witness the war with his own eyes, he still remembers what he saw with his own eyes. Later, he recalled this past, but he could not calm down for a long time.
What is human purgatory? The battle of Changde is. The Japanese invaders killed everyone they saw and were cruel and bloodthirsty. At that time, various reinforcements were scattered outside the city. At that time, the city of Changde was full of bodies and bloody scenes everywhere. In his eyes, the soldiers of our country dare to sacrifice themselves, fight bloody battles and stubbornly resist the enemy. They repeatedly told us that the soldiers of the 57th Division who died defending Changde defended Changde with their lives and blood. In his mind, the soldiers of the 57th Division are heroes of the people and the motherland.
1943165438+1On October 20th, under the cover of three Japanese planes, 100 Japanese infantry and cavalry fought a protracted war with Changde defenders. During this period, the Japanese aggressors launched seven attacks, which not only lost their troops, but also made no progress. On the 22nd, the Japanese army once again increased its strength, set up various artillery pieces, and carried out continuous intensive bombing of Changde garrison troops, followed by intensive operational plans, and continued to take an extremely strong offensive against our position.
The officers and men of the garrison fought to the death with the Japanese aggressors, and nearly half of the soldiers were killed or injured. On the 23rd, the Japanese aggressors continued to launch a large-scale attack on Changde, sending more than a dozen planes to participate in the war. Finally, under the continuous and powerful onslaught of the Japanese army, Xu fell. At this time, Yuan, the battalion commander of the 2nd battalion of the Guard Army, died in battle, and more than 500 defenders of the whole battalion were killed. Only a few people escaped from the position alive, and the Japanese army was dead everywhere, with heavy losses.
1943165438+1On October 25th, Sun Lianzhong's chief of staff and Guo Chan's chief of staff agreed that the Japanese army might concentrate on capturing Changde, so they decided to turn to the defensive, hoping to resist the Japanese attack and wait for military assistance. However, Chief Sun decided to completely turn all departments of the first-line corps in the sixth theater into offensives, and decided to attack the 39th Division and 13 Division with all his troops to break the enemy's offensive front, concentrate the main Japanese forces on the suburbs of Changde, and try to firmly surround them, annihilate the main Japanese forces in one fell swoop and save Changde.
Although the main military forces of the Japanese army are concentrated in the suburbs of Changde, it is difficult to break through. Because the Japanese offensive is too fierce, the situation of soldiers stationed in Changde is not optimistic At this time, the Japanese army attacked Changde again, and all kinds of artillery, rifles and shells of the national army had been used up to deal with the Japanese army without any supply weapons.
However, our soldiers did not give in, and still used light weapons to fight against the Japanese aggressors. However, the Japanese army still advanced to Changde with the strong fighting capacity of infantry and artillery units, with the intention of trying to break through the defense line of the 57th Division and break through Changde with absolute superiority. However, although we ran out of ammunition and food at this time, our soldiers did not retreat at this time. Among them, the first group is 169. Battalion commander Guo JiaHe Zhang soldiers * * * killed each other and died for their country.
Hong Jun, the battalion commander of 170 Regiment, swore to the death on the wall and eventually died for his country. In the end, Changde Chengxiang's position fell, so the guards had to retreat into the city and fight with the enemy in the street. Although the battalions and rows were scattered, they were still waiting in all the streets and alleys, fighting to the death with the Japanese army and never giving in half a step, and finally expelling a Japanese legion that invaded the North Gate from the city.
Under the bloody battle of the soldiers, good news followed at this time. 165438+1On October 25th, Mr. Yu, the 57th Division, was informed that 10 Army was ordered to help and was scheduled to arrive in Deshan on 26th. Yu was overjoyed when he heard that reinforcements had arrived, so he sent orders to comfort Sun and all the soldiers. Originally a little slack soldiers, at this time is also a great morale, have requested to participate in the war, want to fight with the Japanese.
Even the wounded soldiers scrambled to take part in the battle, and then Mr. Wang called Sun back. The content is as follows: Although the 57th Division is now under attack from all sides, and there are heavy casualties in a bloody battle for seven days and seven nights, all the soldiers are willing to join the battle to defend Changde. At this time, morale is high, all officers and men will keep in mind the military orders, and our officers and men are willing to fight with Changde.
With the extension of Changde front and the constant change of war situation, the dawn of victory finally looms on February 7, 65438. On February 7, 65438, the new 1 1 army began to March on Changde. Originally thought that another fierce battle was going to be fought, Ou Zhen led the new 1 1 army as a striker and went straight for Changde, only to find that there was only one Japanese squadron left in Changde. At this time, the Japanese army had already retreated and disappeared, and Changde was recovered. On February 25th, 1943, 1943, our army finally recovered all the lost positions, and everything returned to the state before the battle. The battle of Changde officially ended, and our army finally won the fierce battle.
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Although we are now living comfortably and the country is prosperous, which shows the prosperity of the country and people, we must never forget that every battle, every soldier, because of their hard struggle, because of their self-sacrifice, because of their sacrifice for the country, will have our today, the today of our Chinese nation. This battle is an important one of these battles, and it is the general battle between the Kuomintang army and the Japanese aggressors. In this battle, our soldiers fought bloody battles. They defended Changde with every inch of blood, the people and every inch of our land. The battle broke the rumor that China's army was vulnerable; This campaign, the scale of the war, the number of troops and the length of the front are of great significance to the victory of China's struggle.