After World War I in northern Guangdong, the Japanese army retreated to Guangzhou and Zengcheng for training and consolidation. 1In early May, 940, under the command of Japanese commander Ando Rikichi, about 20,000 divisions, dozens of chariots and more than 30 planes of the 2nd1Independent Flying Team invaded northern Guangdong again. Relying on fortifications, China defenders stopped the Japanese army at the front line and concentrated their forces to panic in the enemy's depth. After a month of tug-of-war, the Japanese army retreated.

The campaign is divided into three stages: May 13 ~ 23 is the defensive stage, May 24 ~ 3 1 is the contention stage, and June 1 ~ 12 is the pursuit stage. In a short period of one month, after many tug-of-war, 152 division held pomegranate mountain, the commanding height of Liangkou. 12, the Japanese army retreated to Guangzhou and resumed their original positions before the war.

The Battle of Northern Guangdong was a large-scale battle between the China army and the Japanese invaders in the mountainous areas of central and northern Guangdong during the period of China and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. In order to seize Shaoguan, the wartime government residence of Guangdong Province at that time, and open the Guangdong-Han railway, the Japanese army launched three large-scale offensive campaigns against northern Guangdong in1939+February, 1940,1944+1October. The first two times ended in a total victory for China's army. In the third battle of northern Guangdong, the Japanese army captured Shaoguan and opened the Guangdong-Han Railway, and the Guangdong National Government was forced to move to the western mountainous areas.