Coffin mountain

Coffin mountain

Coffin mountain is a mountain in Wuning County, Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, also known as Xingfu mountain and sijiaojian. During the Anti Japanese War, it was an important military area for the enemy and ourselves. Xingfu mountain life park covers an area of nearly 400 mu. Adhering to the concept of green environmental protection and the life concept of harmony between man and nature, it is committed to building a first-class ecological cemetery in China. Different from the traditional cemetery with numerous white fossil steles, Xingfu mountain life park is more like a back garden of life with birds singing and flowers fragrant. It perfectly integrates the environment of the cemetery area with that of the public area, unifies the planning and construction, and makes every corner have beautiful scenery covered by flowers and trees. It is an ecological cemetery for people to enjoy the scenery.

History of Anti Japanese War

Li Yutang sticks to the position of coffin mountain

Coffin mountain became an important military stronghold in northern Jiangxi because of its special geographical location. To the south of the mountain is Xiuhe, with roads from Nanchang to Wuning, Xiushui to Changsha, Hunan. To the north of the mountain is the highway from Nanchang to Hubei. There are three ancient towns along Xiuhe at the foot of the mountain, Ruoxi in the East, Wuning in the West and Jinkou in the middle. Although the mountain is not very high, it stands in the Xiujiang plain and hilly area. There is a slope of more than 10 Li from the top of the mountain to the highway, so it is relatively high. After the battle of Nanxun began in August 1938, the 27th division of the Japanese army moved southward along the ruiwu line to occupy Ruoxi in order to cope with the fall into the 101st and 106th divisions of Wanjialing. At the same time, in order to protect the great Wuhan, we must stop the Japanese army from entering Hubei. It was Li Yutang, the Eighth Army of the Kuomintang, and Wang LINGJI, the 30th army that blocked the enemy here. The war was very fierce. It started under the archway of Guanlian Township in the north of coffin mountain and around wangpingao, and then gradually moved to coffin mountain. The fierce battle continued and the struggle was very fierce. At that time, a regiment was surrounded by Japanese troops. The enemy first fired with steel guns, then swept with machine guns. The Chinese army was fearless in the face of danger and vowed to resist to the death. Finally, they fought hand to hand, and the whole regiment was martyred. In the 1950s, local people found a large number of dead bones here. When they collected them, they piled them up like mountains and burned them. Japanese casualties are also very heavy, according to local people, in the north of coffin mountain, there is a big cellar to bury Japanese bodies. Li Yutang's army blocked the enemy's coffin mountain with huge casualties, which hit the arrogance of the Japanese army.

In March 1939, in order to cooperate with the 101st and 106th divisions in attacking Nanchang, the 6th Division of the Japanese army attacked Wuning from Ruoxi and carried out containment operations. Li Yutang's 8th Army and Peng Weiren's 73rd army were the main garrisons stationed in coffin mountain and Luopan mountain. Under the cover of the aircraft, the 6th Division of the Japanese army and the 11th army of gangcunningci directly under the control of the artillery, chariots and cavalry launched a fierce attack on coffin mountain. From the dawn of March 20, the Japanese army first fired more than 400 shells at luopanshan and coffin mountain with dozens of steel guns, and at 9 o'clock more than 30 planes were dispatched to bombard the Chinese defensive positions. Under the cover of artillery fire, two regiments of Inaba's division charged to the south of coffin mountain, and the defenders fought back. The position was filled with smoke and war. Since the 21st, the Japanese army began to release poisonous gas, especially on the 26th. They successively released heavy poisonous gas four times. The garrison officers and soldiers prepared white cloth masks soaked in soapy water in advance, covered their mouths and noses, and risked their lives. Every hilltop and every position will never give up until the last one hits. It was not until March 28 that the battle lasted nine days and nights, with heavy casualties on both sides. The 47th regiment of the 6th Division of the Japanese army was completely annihilated. In the large-scale hand-to-hand battle in coffin mountain, there were only 5 survivors in the 89th regiment of the garrison, and the rest died bravely! In this battle for coffin mountain, only the 3rd Division of the 8th Army sacrificed three battalion commanders, more than 50 company and platoon leaders, and four regiments' fighters. Less than one regiment was left, and vice commander Xu Min was shot and killed.

The Eighth Army of Li Yutang resisted the Japanese army in coffin mountain and defended its position. The whole army made great achievements. The Anti Japanese headquarters of the Republic of China government awarded the army the title of "Taishan army", and Li Yutang became a famous Anti Japanese general. Later, the Ministry was ordered to take part in the battle in Changsha, and Wuning, Xiushui and other places were garrisoned by the 30th army of wanglingji.

From the north of coffin mountain, lianhuahan (now Guanlian township) overlooks Baiyin mountain, where the bodies of Japanese soldiers are buried. Li Yutang's army blocked the enemy's coffin mountain with huge casualties, which hit the arrogance of the Japanese army.

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