/kloc-In July of 0/5, Premier Zhou submitted the Declaration on Sino-US Cooperation to Chiang Kai-shek, solemnly stating that he was willing to reorganize the Red Army into the National Revolutionary Army and was ready to go to the front to resist Japan.
As a result, within a few months, under the guidance of the strategic policy of passive defense, the national army was losing ground one after another, and even there were scenes in which soldiers grabbed food with guns, grabbed chicken and duck packages, and officials rode in sedan chairs to drive livestock away.
The disciplined Eighth Route Army fought the enemy with high morale and finally lived up to expectations. Soon after entering Shanxi, he won a great victory in Pingxingguan.
In the long ditch after the bloody battle, the bodies of the Japanese army were everywhere and abandoned weapons were everywhere. Documents and maps are scattered all over the place, as well as various canned food, food, biscuits, cigarettes ... and hundreds of new vehicles such as Japanese cars. Unfortunately, however, because the Eighth Route Army didn't know how to drive Japanese cars, it was finally set on fire.
A soldier who participated in the Pingxingguan campaign recalled:
The ravine is full of defeated Japanese cars and carts. The burned car is still smoking, and the Japanese bodies are on the car and the wheels. Judging from the posture, some of them were obviously killed before they escaped ... all kinds of ugliness existed.
The carts on the highway are loaded with all kinds of guns, ammunition, fittings, kettles, backpacks and Japanese yellow uniforms. Japanese military flags, large and small, all kinds of materials, cloth, silk and garbage, were thrown on the ground. Japanese documents fall with the wind like paper money for Japanese funerals.
However, it is not easy to win this battle.
What is the reason?
First, our army is facing a well-trained and well-equipped Japanese main division.
Second, the Pingxingguan campaign has a special geographical position and steep terrain, and Gu Dao is narrow and steep. In this battle, our army made the worst and hardest preparations.
(Reconnaissance the battlefield before the war)
Of course, this is also an ideal battlefield to ambush and annihilate the enemy, because our army has great advantages in terrain. Our army is in the dark, the enemy is in the light, and the terrain of Pingjingguan is steep, which is not conducive to the advancement of the enemy cart.
That night, our troops assembled in secret and began to prepare for the battle. However, the weather was not beautiful. In an instant, lightning and thunder flashed and it rained heavily. The ravine is opaque, and it is completely unclear whether the road or the river is ahead. The rain didn't stop, and Gu Dao soon rose, and the deep and shallow waterways were enough for people to sink in.
The soldiers have no rain gear and no cold protection equipment, so they can only go forward in the rain. Rainwater flows down the top of the head, from head to chest, waist, back and feet. At that time, it was already late autumn in the mountainous area of northeast Shanxi, especially at night, and it was chilly. Soldiers soaked in rain can imagine how cold it is.
On the loess road, the loess watered by rain has already become muddy. Stepping in it seems to be stepping into a quagmire, sticky and slippery, and it also makes the soldiers wrestle.
After someone stepped into the mire, the sandals sank in, and the soldiers reached out and groped around. In the end, they had to endure the pain and chose to go barefoot.
The soldiers had to hang their guns and ammunition around their necks because of the downpour. The cold rain hit on the face and body, coupled with long-term heavy-duty walking, wading in rapids and lack of cold-proof and warm-keeping equipment, the soldiers' feet were already numb with cold, and their mouths and teeth chattered. However, despite the difficult conditions, the soldiers have long forgotten the pain and fatigue and are bent on destroying the devils as soon as possible.
Before the victory of Pingxingguan campaign, a local landlord heard that the Eighth Route Army was going north to fight the devils, and specially hosted a sumptuous dinner for the troops. Before he left, he also said some encouraging words, wishing the troops "victory" and an early triumph.
As a result, some soldiers don't know what "winning with flags" means, because these soldiers are young, have little schooling and have a low educational level. Finally, after some explanation, the soldiers understood the meaning of this idiom.
But since ancient times, there has been a saying that "heroes don't ask the source." Because of the lack of conditions, the soldiers have not read any books, but their love for the country and the people is passionate. In order to protect the country and defend the country, young soldiers braved hardships and sacrifices and bravely rushed to the front line.
In the face of the heroic and tenacious battle of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army was frightened by it, and no matter how brave it was, it was only passive defense. In the end, the soldiers won the difficult battle under the command.
When people heard that the Eighth Route Army had defeated the devils, they all came to help clean up and carry the spoils.
This battle was the first great victory of our army after the Sino-Japanese War broke out in an all-round way. It greatly inspired the morale of the people throughout the country, defeated the arrogance of the Japanese army, and broke the myth that the Japanese army was invincible. ?
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