Monument to the hundred regiments

Monument to the hundred regiments

The hundred regiments war monument stands on the main peak of Shinao mountain, 6 kilometers south of Yangquan City, 1160 meters above sea level. This is one of the main battlefields in the first stage of the hundred regiment war, which was famous both at home and abroad, under the command of commander in chief Zhu De and deputy commander in chief Peng Dehuai during the Anti Japanese war.

history

"Hundred regiments war monument" stands on the main peak of Shinao mountain, 6 km south of Yangquan City, 1160 meters above sea level. This is one of the main battlefields in the first stage of the hundred regiment war, which was famous both at home and abroad, under the command of commander in chief Zhu De and deputy commander in chief Peng Dehuai during the Anti Japanese war. The main monument is 40 meters high and shaped like a sharp bayonet. There are also three subsidiary monuments, one bronze sculpture, two inscriptions and the peak fire platform. Surrounding the main monument, the great wall forms a magnificent complex with Lion Pavilion, Bell Pavilion and mushroom Pavilion in shinaoshan park.

In 1940, after the war of resistance against Japan entered the stalemate stage, the Japanese aggressors, on the one hand, implemented the "cage policy" in the face of the Anti Japanese base areas in North China; on the other hand, they gathered heavy troops on the front battlefield, plotted to invade the southwest and Northwest, in an attempt to force China to surrender. At this critical juncture, in order to effectively crack down on the enemy, smash the Japanese invasion plot, and strive for the war situation in North China, which is more conducive to the development of our army and affects the Anti Japanese war situation in the whole country, the Eighth Route Army, starting from August 20, dispatched 105 regiments, about 400000 troops, behind the enemy lines in North China, launched the largest "strike" campaign on a 2500 kilometer long front to completely destroy several key passes along Zhengtai road and wipe out the troops Divide the enemy Cut off the line traffic "for the purpose of the world-famous" hundred regiments war. ".

Operational process

At 22:00 p.m. on August 20, the Shanxi Chahar Hebei military region under the command of Comrade Nie Rongzhen ambushed the troops of 15 regiments on Zhengtai road in advance and pounced on the railway line at the same time. Shinao mountain, located several miles west of Yangquan railway station, is the roof of Yangquan. To control Shinao mountain is to block the throat of Zhengtai railway. In order to contain the Japanese troops stationed in Yangquan and protect the western section of Zhengtai Road, the 14th regiment, the main force of our 385 brigade, led by brigade commander Chen Xilian, began to attack the headquarters barracks of the Japanese Pianshan brigade stationed in Yangquan after occupying Shinao mountain in the storm. Pianshan is mad with anxiety! On the 21st, under the cover of artillery fire, the chieftain of the enemy, Daisaku Katayama, first cut off the heads of eight Japanese soldiers with long beard as a sacrifice for fighting, and then forced them to charge on Shinao mountain. At this time, our soldiers lying in the muddy water calmly responded, relying on the favorable terrain, using platoon guns and cluster grenades to defeat the enemy. On the 25th, the frenzied enemy gathered more than 2000 people and sent out more than 100 sorties to bomb Shinao mountain in turn. The bombs on the ground of our army were roaring, the whole mountain was filled with smoke and dust, the debris was splashing, and many Fortifications on the position were destroyed.

After the enemy surged to the top of the mountain, our army launched a hand to hand fight with the enemy with 500 bayonets. It was a terrifying battle. Until dark, more than 300 people were killed and wounded, and the enemy retreated in confusion. Our army fought bloody battles with the enemy here for seven days and nights, making the Shinao mountain position firmly in our hands.

Results

From August 20 to December 5, 1940, the results of the three and a half month "hundred four war" were summarized as follows

The hundred regiment war, which was unprecedented in bravery, lasted for three and fifteen days from August to December 5. This battle was a battle in which one of the main forces of the Eighth Route Army in North China and the decisive death squads, under the unified command of the headquarters, bravely and independently attacked the enemy and puppet forces along the traffic lines and at various strongholds in the vast area of North China. The "hundred regiments war" can be divided into the following three different operational stages, namely:

In the first stage, the scheduled combat tasks for the first month will be completed in 20 days from the outbreak of the World War II on August 20 to September 10. At this stage, the central task of the campaign was to destroy and cut off all the enemy's traffic in North China and smash the enemy's attempt to attack Kunming, Chongqing and Xi'an. The main purpose of the campaign was to destroy Zhengtai road.

The second phase began on September 20 and ended in late October. However, due to the specific conditions of different regions, the ending time of combat tasks is also different. The central task of this phase of operations is to continue to expand the effect of the first phase and continue to break the traffic lines. The focus is to destroy the enemy strongholds on both sides of the traffic lines and deep into our base areas, and to divide the Liaoyu campaign from Southeast Shanxi It is composed of the battle of lailing in the border area of Shanxi Chahar Hebei, the battle of Huipu road in the northwest of Shanxi, the battle of Ningwu in the north and south section, the battle of Heren in the middle of Hebei, and the battle of Deshi road and Hanji road in the south of Hebei.

The third stage started on October 6 and ended on December 5. Because of the great victories in the first and second stages, the enemy attacked Kunming and Xi'an in Chongqing in an attempt to strike hard, which made the enemy lose confidence in the "Fortress doctrine" and "cage policy". Under the great changes in the international situation, the enemy had to give up the attack on Kunming, Chongqing and Xi'an for the time being in order to prepare for the southward advance and turned to our roots in North China In order to solve the "China Incident" and advance southward, they carried out a series of sweeping operations in the occupied areas, cooperated with the huge plot of luring surrender and persuading surrender, lured the pro Japanese anti Communist civil war instigators to launch a dangerous civil war and surrender. Therefore, the anti mopping up war has become the central task of our third stage operations. However, due to the specific conditions of different regions, the starting and ending times of the anti mopping up war are also different. There were 123 anti sweeping battles in the Taibei District of Southeast Shanxi from October 6 to November 12, Pingxi district from October 10 to October 28, Northwest Shanxi from October 27 to early November, Yanmen district from November 7 to the middle of the same month, and Shanxi Chahar Hebei border district from late November to December 5 The war of mopping up, the war of anti mopping up in Taiyue district from November 18 to the end of the same month, the war of anti mopping up in Tainan District from December 1, the continuous attack in Xiangde Shilu, Cangshi road and Hanji Road, and the repeated local mopping up and anti mopping up in Daqingshan of central and Southern Hebei.

Since the second stage of the hundred regiments war, the Eighth Route Army in the territory of Jiangsu, Shandong, Anhui and Henan has also made active activities against the current enemy in order to cooperate with the hundred regiments war. They include the attack of our 115th division on the Dezhou section of Jinpu road in Tianjin, the attack of Jinan Xuzhou Section, the battle of destroying the enemy's stronghold in the South and northwest of Shandong, the attack of our Shandong column on Jiaoji Road, and the destruction of the enemy's stronghold in Jiaodong and Jiaobei The battle of points. Our second column attacked the enemy's strongholds and fought against mopping up on the border of Hebei and Henan. The third, the fourth and the fifth columns fought to break through the Jinpu road to the south of Xuzhou, to break through the eastern section of Longhai, and to pull out enemy strongholds along the Huaihe canal. Out of their loyalty to the country and the nation, their sense of responsibility and enthusiasm for the victory of the Anti Japanese War, they spontaneously demanded that they be willing to cooperate with the hundred regiments and take part in the war one after another in the great victory of their tasks. This fact shows how loyal the army under the leadership of the Communist Party is to the nation and how responsible it is to the cause of the Anti Japanese war.

The battle area of the hundred regiments war includes the whole territory of Hebei and Chahar, most areas of Shanxi and Suizhou, and Renan area. According to the traffic lines, it includes pinghan road to the north of Zhangde, Jinpu road to the north of Dezhou, Tongpu road to the north of Linfen, Zhengtai whole line, pingsui road to the east of suigui, Beining whole line, Pinggu whole line, Cangshi Road, Deshi road whole line, Hanji Road, Handan Liaocheng section, and all public lines. If we add some combat areas to cooperate with the war, it will include the whole territory of Shandong Province, the vast areas of eastern Anhui, Eastern Henan and Northern Jiangsu, the whole line of Tianjin and Pujiang, the whole line of Jiaoji, the east section of Longhai Road from the east of Kaifeng, and the highways and roads in these areas.

In the hundred regiments war, the enemies who fought against me successively included all of the 110th and 25th divisions, two regiments of the 36th and 41st divisions of the 26th division, one regiment of the 37th and 35th divisions, one regiment of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th and 9th mixed brigades, one division of the 15th and 6th independent mixed brigades, and one division of the puppet regime An Jun, the puppet Mongolian army, the Puppet Manchurian army, the puppet garrison, the puppet police, the puppet gendarmerie, the secret service of the Japanese aggressors, and all the immigrants. Among them, the fourth mixed brigade has been wiped out. More than half of the second and third mixed brigade has been wiped out. The thirty Sixth Division and the twenty seventh division of the hundred tenth division have suffered serious losses. What are the losses of the eighth, ninth and sixteenth mixed brigade Lost a brigade, and the fifth and tenth mixed brigade all.

In the course of three months and 15 days, nearly four fifths of all our participating regiments were surrounded by tense fighting conditions almost all the time, and they were extremely difficult to supply because of the barren and cold land, traffic jams, and so on. Many troops were unable to get enough food for several days, and many of them did not rest for ten days. It can be imagined that the whole army could unite as one and play their best role With a high degree of fighting enthusiasm, he overcame all difficulties, and with the spirit of making persistent efforts, he fought bravely to kill the enemy and strive for the completion of the war. In the whole course of the war, apart from cooperating with the fighting forces, a total of 1824 large and small battles were carried out. Although our army paid a lot of costs, many excellent commanders, political workers, fighters of the decisive death team of the Eighth Route Army, and many excellent Chinese Communists fell victim to the alliance

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