The Battle of Huangqiao took place from October 4 to October 7, 1940, in which the New Fourth Army's North Jiangsu Command*** annihilated more than 11,000 people from the Kuomintang's intransigent Han Deqin's department, capturing more than 3,800 prisoners***. The Battle of Huangqiao was a famous battle between the two sides of the country **** fewer than many, weak than strong, the battle ended in a comprehensive victory of the New Fourth Army North Jiangsu Command, the battle laid a solid foundation of the New Fourth Army base, opened up a new situation in the war of resistance in central China.

In the spring of 1940, after the first high tide of opposition had been beaten back, the Kuomintang hardliners, who insisted on a policy of passive anti-Japanese resistance and active opposition, secretly ordered the troops in the 3rd and 5th war zones and the Russo-Soviet war zone to attack the New Fourth Army in Central China in a big way.

In early September 1940, the Han section attacked south in two directions. The New Fourth Army was forced to counterattack in self-defense, the first battle Yingxi, wipe out its advance security 1st Brigade 2 regiments, and then attacked Jiangyan, wipe out the defenders more than a thousand people, and continue to Han Deqin appealed for a cessation of the civil war, unity and anti-Japanese.

On October 10th, the front of the 2nd column under the New Fourth Army's North Jiangsu Command and the vanguard of the Eighth Route Army's 5th column met victoriously in Baiju Town, north of Dongtai. During the Battle of Huangqiao, the local people, under the leadership of the Central ****Su Bei District Committee, actively supported the New Fourth Army in combat, which played an important role in ensuring the victory of the battle.