Taierzhuang Victory, also known as Taierzhuang Campaign, Lunan Campaign or Taierzhuang Campaign. There are several versions of the starting and ending time of Taierzhuang Campaign. Generally speaking, March 16 starts from 1938 and ends on April 15. The campaign consisted of tengxian, Linyi, Taierzhuang, the Japanese army's rout, and the China army's pursuit.
In the fierce fighting that lasted 1 month, the number of China troops participating in the war was about 290,000, and the number of Japanese troops participating in the war was about 50,000. China suffered about 50,000 casualties, and the Japanese army lost about 20,000 lives. (Japanese newspaper 1 1984 casualties).
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Taierzhuang, located at the junction of Sulu and Shandong, is the south gate of Shandong and the gateway of Xuzhou. The world-famous Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal runs through the whole territory. Since ancient times, it has been the hub of north-south water transport, and its strategic position is very important. In history, it is also a battleground for military strategists.
1938, the battle of Taierzhuang shocked China and foreign countries. Taierzhuang War was another great victory of China army after Pingxingguan in the early days of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and it was also the brilliant crystallization of the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.
/kloc-in the spring of 0/938, Japanese Sakamoto Division went south from Ji Jiao Line and advanced to Linyi, while Jigu Division advanced along Taizao Branch Line, trying to quickly capture Taierzhuang in order to connect Xuzhou and Jinpu. Li Zongren, commander-in-chief of the Fifth Theater in Xuzhou, defended Taierzhuang with Sun Lianzhong, and fought a large-scale tragic battle with Tang in the vast southern Shandong area with Taierzhuang as the center of gravity. This battle, which lasted for more than a month, wiped out more than 10,000 enemies, achieved the great cause of the eight-year war of resistance and carried forward the greatness of the Chinese nation.
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Baidu encyclopedia-taierzhuang war memorial hall