Here is a brief introduction:
On the night of August 20th, 1940, the divisions of Jinchaji Military Region, 129 and 120 launched a campaign focusing on attacking Zheng Tai Railway (Shijiazhuang to Taiyuan) under the unified command of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters. On the third day of the campaign, the number of troops participating in the war reached 105 regiment, so it was called "Hundred Regiments War". Hundred Regiments War is the largest and longest-lasting battle launched by the Eighth Route Army in North China during the stalemate in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.
1939 Since the winter, the Japanese army has made frequent raids on the anti-Japanese base areas with railways and highways as their pillars, in an attempt to cut off the links between strategic places such as Taihang and Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, and implemented the so-called "cage policy" with railways as its pillars, highways as its chains and bunkers as its locks. The Eighth Route Army headquarters decided to launch a traffic war focusing on Zheng Tai Railway and the northern section of Tongpu Road, which effectively dealt a blow to the Japanese army in North China. This campaign has gone through two stages of active attack and one stage of anti-"mopping up".
The first stage (August 20th to September 10). The Eighth Route Army launched a general attack on Zheng Tai, Tongpu, Pinghan, Jinpu and other traffic arteries, focusing on destroying the Zheng Tai Railway. After 20 days of fighting, all the scheduled plans were completed. The tracks, bridges, tunnels, water towers and stations of the Zheng Tai Railway were all destroyed. Pinghan, Tongpu (northern section), Shide, Beining railways and major highways have also been cut off; The traffic line in North China is paralyzed.
The second stage (10 September 22nd to1early October). The task is to continue to expand the results and destroy the enemy and puppet strongholds on both sides of the traffic line and deep into the anti-Japanese base areas. During this period, our Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region mainly carried out the Battle of Lai Ling, 129 Division mainly carried out the Battle of Liao Yu, and 120 Division mainly attacked Tongpu Road. In these battles, the Eighth Route Army dealt a heavy blow to the enemy. However, none of the enemy strongholds that our army planned to clear were cleared.
The third stage (10 from June 6 to 65438+the following year1October 24), the main task is to counter the retaliatory mopping-up by the Japanese and puppet troops. During this period, the Eighth Route Army successively smashed the large-scale raids of Japanese puppet troops on anti-Japanese base areas such as Taihang, Taiyue, Pingxi, Beiyue and Northwest Shanxi.
The Hundred Regiments War lasted more than five months. During the three and a half months from August 20th to February 5th, 65438, the Eighth Route Army * * fought 1824 battles, and * * * killed, wounded, captured and defected to Japan, with 46480 puppet troops. Among them, there were 20,645 Japanese casualties and 5 155 puppet casualties. Captured Japanese army 28 1, puppet army18407; There were 47 Japanese soldiers who surrendered voluntarily with weapons, but there were 1845 puppet troops who surrendered anyway. At the same time, 5942 guns and 53 guns were seized; 474 kilometers of railways, roads 1502 kilometers, 2 bridges13, 37 railway stations and tunnels 1 1 seat were destroyed; Five coal mines and 1 1 warehouse were damaged. In addition, a large number of other military materials were seized and destroyed.
The Hundred Regiments War shattered the "cage policy" of the Japanese army, slowed down the pace of the Japanese army's southward advance, enhanced the confidence of the national army and civilians in winning the Anti-Japanese War, and enhanced the prestige of the China * * * Production Party and the Eighth Route Army.