The Battle of Songhu1August morning of 937 to1June of 3, the Japanese army shelled Zhabei area based on Japanese colonies in the public concession and warships on the Huangpu River. Our army fought back and ended its westward March on1October1kloc-0/2.
In this campaign, the Japanese army, with General Matsui Shigen as the commander in chief, has invested nearly 300,000 people in land, sea, air and special forces, used more than 30 ships/kloc-0, more than 400 planes and more than 300 chariots, and arrogantly claimed to occupy Shanghai within 1 month. At that time, the National Government was first commanded by Feng Yuxiang, and then Jiang Zhongzheng (concurrently) served as the commander of the Third Theater.
The troops of the Central Army, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan, the tax police corps, the teaching corps of the Central Military Academy and the guard corps of some provinces and cities have been mobilized, with a total strength of about 700,000 divisions to fight bravely.
2. Battle of Shanggao
The "Battle of Shanggao" is famous at home and abroad, also known as the "Battle of Jinjiang". In the Battle of Shanggao, China army killed the Japanese Major General Commander Yan Yonghe and Colonel Hamada, killed more than 6,000 Japanese soldiers 1 frame, shot down enemy planes1frame, and seized more than 2,800 Japanese war horses, with countless treasures. He, chief of staff of the Central Military Commission, called this war "the most wonderful war since the Anti-Japanese War".
Chiang Kai-shek was very satisfied with the main attack force, the 74th Army. In the name of the Military Commission, he awarded the Flying Tiger Flag to the 74th Army, which was the highest award among the National Revolutionary Army.
3. Nanjing Defence War
Nanjing Battle, also known as Nanjing Battle, was a battle launched by China's army to defend the capital Nanjing and the Japanese invaders after the defeat of the Battle of Songhu.
In the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937), 12, 1, the Japanese army base camp issued the "Mainland No.8 Order", ordering the Central China Army to cooperate with the navy and capture Nanjing in three ways. Chiang Kai-shek appointed Tang Shengzhi as Commander-in-Chief of the Capital Garrison to deploy the Nanjing Defence War. Due to the disparity between the enemy and ourselves, the gate of Nanjing was successively captured by the Japanese army, and the defenders resisted and sacrificed countless times.
12, Tang Shengzhi orders from Chiang Kai-shek to order the defenders to retreat. Due to the chaotic retreat, most of the defenders were stranded in the city and slaughtered by the Japanese army, resulting in heavy losses. 65438+February 65438+March, Nanjing fell, and the Japanese army began the terrible Nanjing Massacre.
4. Battle of Taiyuan
The Battle of Taiyuan (65438+September 0937-65438+1October 065438) was a large-scale strategic defensive battle between the troops of the 2nd Theater of China and the Japanese North China Army in the northern, eastern and central parts of Shanxi Province after the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. This is the first large-scale battle between China and Japan in North China. Taiyuan campaign mainly includes Pingxingguan Campaign, Xinkou Campaign, Niangziguan Campaign, Taiyuan Defence Campaign, etc.
The battle of Taiyuan, which lasted for two months, was the largest, fiercest, longest-lasting and most striking battle in North China at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War.
The total strength of Japanese troops participating in the war was about 6.5438+0.4 million in four and a half divisions, with nearly 30,000 casualties. The total strength of China's troops participating in the war was 6 group armies and 52 divisions (brigades), with a total of more than 280,000 people, with more than 654.38+10,000 casualties. The final battle ended in the defeat of China, and the regular war of the National Revolutionary Army in North China came to an end.
5. Xuzhou Battle
Xuzhou Battle was a large-scale defensive battle between China and Japan in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, centering on Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, in the railway areas of Tianjin-Pukou and Longhai (Baoji-Lianyungang). The Taierzhuang War between March and April of 65438 and 0938 was the most famous, and it was called the Taierzhuang victory in history because it surrounded more than 10,000 Japanese troops.
Xuzhou Battle dealt a great blow to the Japanese army, greatly delayed the pace of Japanese attack, and bought time for China to deploy Wuhan Battle.