Collection of books - Defeat Japanese imperialism
The Anti-Japanese War was the first war of national liberation in which the Chinese people completely defeated imperialist aggression in more than a hundred years. It was an important part of the anti-fascist World War II. It occupies an important position in the historical process of China and the world. The victory of the Anti-Japanese War was achieved under the banner of the Anti-Japanese National United Front advocated by the Communist Party of China and based on the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. and the enthusiastic support of peace-loving forces around the world. The Eighth Route Army, New Fourth Army, , guerrillas and the Kuomintang's patriotic soldiers led by the Communist Party fought bloody battles and sacrificed heroically on the front line of the Anti-Japanese War, making immortal contributions to the country and the nation. In order to comprehensively reflect the general situation of the Anti-Japanese War, conduct patriotic education to the broad masses of the people, provide research materials for historians, and cooperate with relevant parties in the publication of historical materials on the Anti-Japanese War behind enemy lines, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the local CPPCC h Articles written by former Kuomintang generals recalling the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression collected by tml2 were carefully selected and verified and compiled into the series "The Personal Experiences of Former Kuomintang Generals in the War of Resistance Against Japan", including "From September 18th to the July 7th Incident", "The July 7th Incident" ", "Songhu Anti-Japanese War on August 13", " Battle of Nanjing ", " Battle of Xuzhou ", "Sino-Suiyuan War of Resistance", "Central Plains War of Resistance", " Battle of Wuhan ", "Four Great Battles of Hunan", "Anti-Japanese War of Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi", "Guangdong, Guangxi and Guizhou" "Dian Anti-Japanese War", "Expedition to the Indo-Burmese Anti-Japanese War" "Twelve volumes,
After the Anti-Japanese War in Songhu on August 13, 1937, the Japanese army continued to invade the West, trying to use force superiority to completely destroy our army's will to fight, forcing me to make peace on the most humiliating terms and "resolve the incident as soon as possible" ". On December 1, the Japanese headquarters issued Order No. 8: "The commander of the Central China Front Army must coordinate with the navy to capture Nanjing, the enemy's capital." The Chinese sons and daughters guarding Nanjing faced powerful enemies in the rich and beautiful Yangtze River Delta. launched a short but heroic national self-defense war - the Battle of Nanjing.
On November 8, the Japanese troops were divided into two groups and approached Nanjing: along the way, the main force of the 9th, 13th, and 6th Divisions of the Shanghai Expeditionary Army followed the left wing of our army and marched westward along the Shanghai-Nanjing Line; On the way, the 6th, 18th and 114th Divisions of the Tenth Army and the Guozaki Detachment all assembled along the south bank of Taihu Lake to Huzhou in an attempt to cut off our army's retreat.
In mid-November, five divisions and two independent brigades of our 23rd Group Army Liu Xiang were ordered to rush all the way from Sichuan to the front lines of Guangde, Si'an, and Changxing to meet the invading army. At the same time, the Miao Jiliu Division of the 57th Army went straight from Henan to the front line. The 112th Division of the unit and the 103rd Division that was withdrawn from Shanghai were ordered to stick to Jiangyin and rely on the Jiangyin Fortress to block the enemy. Continue westward.
On November 30, Guangde fell, and the Japanese army circled back to the right side of Nanjing, forming an siege from the southeast to the southwest of Nanjing. On December 1, Jiangyin Fortress fell. On the 4th, the Japanese army completed the siege of the east of Nanjing. In this way, Nanjing's first line of defense - the lines between Jiangning, Niushoushan , Chunhua, Tangshan and Longtan - were exposed to the enemy.
After our army decided to stick to Nanjing, it will transfer the training corps in Ning, the capital police force, the 74th, 66th, and 83rd armies, as well as the 87th and 8th armies that were transferred back to Nanjing from the Shanghai battlefield and are being replenished. The 18th and 36th divisions were organized into the battle sequence of Wei Chengjun, and at the same time, Xu Yuanquan of the Second Army was ordered to march from Hubei to Nanjing at night. The total strength of our army invested in the Southern Cold Defense War was more than 100,000. After the battle began at the front line in Nanjing, the Japanese army continued to increase its troops and pounced on us, firing tens of thousands of artillery shells and bombs at our position. Our army will fight to the death to resist and inflict heavy losses on the enemy. Even the "History of China's Zero-Border Army Operations" compiled by the War History Office of the Japanese Defense Agency also recorded such words as "the enemy resisted tenaciously" and "the battle made no progress".
On the evening of December 8, Tang Shengzhi, the commander-in-chief of Wei Cheng, ordered the first-line defenders to retreat to the Fukuo and city wall positions to continue resisting. At the same time, they took measures and were determined to fight the last battle. Starting from the 9th, the enemy used the main force of the 16th Division to attack the key points of Zijin Mountain; the Yamada Detachment of the 13th Division attacked the line between Qixia Mountain and Wulong Mountain; the 9th Division Division attacked Guanghua Gate and Tongji Gate ; one division each of the Sixth and 114th Divisions attacked the front lines of Yuhuatai, Zhonghua Gate and Shuiximen. The Guanghuamen city wall was the first to panic. Enemy troops broke in twice, but were eliminated by the Xie Chengrui Regiment of the Teaching Corps, the First Division of the 87th Division, and the 156th Division Death Squadron stationed there. Yi Anhua, commander of the 259th Brigade of our 87th Division, died for his country. The enemy was frustrated at Guanghua Gate, so on the 11th they concentrated their main force on Yuhuatai and Zhonghua Gate, and bombed the area day and night. The officers and soldiers of our 88th Division resisted bravely. Brigadier Zhu Chi, Gao Zhisong and regiment commanders Han Xianyuan, Li Jie, Hua Pinzhang and others took the lead and died heroically. Commanders above the regiment level who died in the battle to defend Nanjing include: Xiao Shanling, Rao Guohua, Luo Cequn, Yao Zhongying, Situ Fei, Li Shaoxia, Cheng Zhi, Luo Yibin, Xie Chengrui, etc. By the evening of the twelfth day of the war, the second peak of Zijin Mountain and all the city gates were lost. Tang Shengzhi, based on Chiang Kai-shek 's instructions, issued breakout and retreat orders to the troops defending the city. At that time, the city of Nanjing was in a state of chaos, and there was no preparation in advance. There was a severe shortage of ships crossing the Yangtze River to the north. In addition, communications were interrupted and communication was difficult. Except for a few troops of the 66th and 83rd armies who broke through, most of them rushed in. disables , causing serious out-of-control and extreme congestion.
On the 13th, the Japanese army invaded Nanjing and began a two-month inhumane campaign against our innocent people and unarmed officers and soldiers. The brutal killings, with as many as 350,000 victims, resulted in the Nanjing Massacre that shocked China and the rest of the world! This eight-day battle unfolded in Nanjing, which is dozens of miles around. Both the enemy and ourselves invested hundreds of thousands of troops. The gate and nearby city walls were razed to the ground, which shows how fierce the battle was. Most of our guard troops were new recruits who had recently joined the army. Although they were poorly equipped and of poor quality, they were not intimidated by the brutal and powerful enemy. They fought bloody battles for the survival of the motherland and nation, and wrote in the history of the eight-year war of resistance. Got off A tragic page!
This book is a collection of reminiscence articles written by the Kuomintang generals who participated in the battle to defend Nanjing. The content is detailed and reflects the heroic spirit of the Chinese nation in opposing aggression and saving the nation, thereby stimulating people's patriotic enthusiasm and contributing to the revitalization of China.
