What happened in the history of Shandong Zaozhuang

The most famous is the battle of Taierzhuang during the war, also known as the Taierzhuang victory, Zaozhuang, Shandong Province is a heroic city with glorious revolutionary tradition, Republic of China twenty-seventh year (1938), under the leadership of Li Zongren, commander of the Fifth War Area, the vast south of Lunan with Taierzhuang as the center of gravity and the invasion of Japanese forces launched a large-scale Battle of Taierzhuang, the Chinese army won since the war of resistance an unprecedented victory since the War of Resistance.

In the 29th year of the Republic of China (1940), the Railway Guerrillas, established in Zaozhuang under the leadership of the Chinese ****productivity party, fought with the Japanese army and defeated the Japanese invaders by guerrilla tactics.

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Battle of Taierzhuang Introduction:

Commander of the Fifth War Area Officer Li Zongren went to the front line, Taierzhuang is a small town in Yixian County, Shandong Province (now belongs to the city of Zaozhuang, Shandong Province), is located in the Jinpu Line, Taiwan Zaojiao (Zhuang) branch and Taiwan Weifang (Fang) highway junction, the choke point of the Canal, is the gateway to Xuzhou, in the military has an important position.

In March-April 1938, the Chinese army fought a large-scale battle with the Japanese invasion army here, defeating two elite Japanese divisions and achieving a brilliant victory that shocked the world. Because the battle took place in Taierzhuang, it was called the Battle of Taierzhuang.

The Battle of Taierzhuang took place at the beginning of the war under the impetus of the Japanese army's massive attack and the Chinese people's anti-Japanese fury. At that time, the Japanese army had captured Nanjing, and was eager to open up the Jinpu Line and seize Xuzhou, then move westward along the Longhai Line and take Zhengzhou southward to occupy Wuhan, the center city of China's war of resistance.

In order to stop the Japanese attack, the Chinese military authorities mobilized 70,000 to 80,000 troops, and on Oct. 12, 1937, appointed Li Zongren as the commander of the Fifth War Area, stationed in the section of Xuzhou, commanding the defensive war on the Jinpu Line.

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