The Hundred Regiments War was a large-scale attack and anti-mopping-up campaign launched by the Eighth Route Army behind enemy lines in North China during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period. Because the number of troops participating in the war reached 105 regiment, it was called "Hundred Regiments War".
The Hundred Regiments War was divided into three stages. The first stage is from August 20th 1940 to September 1940, and the central task is to disrupt the traffic on Zheng Tai Road. The second stage is from September 22nd 1940 to1early October 1940. The main task is to continue to destroy the traffic lines of the Japanese army and destroy the main strongholds of the Japanese army in the anti-Japanese base areas. The third stage is1940-1early October to 194 1 65438+24, and its main task is to counter the retaliatory "mopping-up" of the Japanese army.
According to the statistics of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters in June 5438+0940+February 10, three and a half months before the Hundred Regiments War, there were *** 1824 battles, which dealt a heavy blow to the reactionary arrogance of the Japanese and puppet troops, effectively cooperated with the Kuomintang troops in the frontal battlefield, and greatly inspired the people's confidence in the war of resistance.
The influence of the Hundred Regiments War;
The Hundred Regiments War dealt a heavy blow to the "cage policy" of the enemy troops in North China, which greatly shocked the Japanese army. After this battle, the Japanese army conducted profound introspection, summed up experience and lessons, carried out unprecedented reform and strengthening of intelligence agencies, and further clarified the guiding ideology focusing on the Eighth Route Army in North China. The North China Army Command of the Japanese army called this battle "heart-digging war", and August 20 every year was regarded as the anniversary of heart-digging war.
The Hundred Regiments War delayed the pace of the Japanese army's southward advance, but because the scale and duration of the battle exceeded the supply capacity of the troops and the base areas, the troops consumed too much and were quite tired when the Japanese army retaliated against the "mopping up", so it did not severely crack down on the Japanese army, which caused serious damage and damage to the base areas and aggravated the difficulties in the future. Some areas, such as Taiyue and Pingxi anti-Japanese base areas, began to shrink.
The Hundred Regiments War affected the national war situation with the victory in North China, and stopped the compromise crisis within the Kuomintang. At the same time, the launch of the Hundred Regiments War strengthened the unity of the Kuomintang. The Hundred Regiments War dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese army in North China, directly relieved the pressure of the Japanese army on the Kuomintang battlefield, and made Japan's attempt to use the victory of the German-Italian war to increase its military pressure on the Kuomintang, thus completely solving the "China Incident" failed.