Alias: Hengyang Defence War

Hengyang Campaign, also known as Hengyang Defence War and Hengyang Offensive and Defensive War, was the most tragic battle for cities in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in the later period, which took place between1June 22, 944 and1August 8, 944.

Casualties:

National Army: The total number of people is about 1.76 million, including 1.5 million casualties, 7,600 killed and 2,600 captured.

Japanese army: The total number of people is nearly 654.38+10,000, with casualties of about 19380 (official figures of the Japanese Ministry of War: 12, 186), among which 390 senior generals were killed and 520 were injured.

Civilians in China: 3 174.

1944, Jiang Zhongzheng ordered the national army to pay tribute to the defenders who died in Hengyang in various defense zones on August 20th.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the National Government designated Hengyang as a memorial city for the Anti-Japanese War. On August 1947, when the foundation laying ceremony of Hengyang Anti-Japanese War Memorial City was held at the top of Yueping Mountain, President Chiang Kai-shek issued a motto: "I am the remnant of the 10th Army, and wyndell dichinson fought for this isolated city for 48 days. This is a rare miracle in the world and a manifestation and development of China's inherent morality.

"In the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War, there were at least hundreds of thousands of heroic martyrs who died in the battlefield; There are not a few people who defend their homes and die indomitable; However, those who have made significant contributions to the country and have a decisive role in the overall victory or defeat should be Hengyang Shoujiang. "

Due to the record of defending Hengyang, all the commanders of the 10 Army led by Fang Xianjue were awarded the Right Sky and White Day Medal, making the 10 Army the only corps with more than four generals in the history of the Republic of China.