Taihang District includes the southeast of Shanxi Province, the west of Hebei Province and the southwest area north of the Yellow River in Henan Province. Elevation of Taihang Mountain1500m. Its mountains run through the north and south, and its cliffs are like forests. It is condescending, easy to defend but difficult to attack. The battleground of military strategists in past dynasties is the natural battlefield of guerrilla warfare. After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the129th Division entered Taihang Mountain, and under the direct leadership of the Central North Bureau, boldly carried out the work in the base areas. 129 division mobilized, organized and armed the masses in combination with local party organizations in Taihang district, and quickly launched a new situation of guerrilla warfare against Japan. Guerrillas in Taihang Mountain have mushroomed all over the country. Eight million working people and the broad masses of people in Taihang Mountain area have mobilized. Workers, peasants, intellectuals and young students rushed to join the anti-Japanese armed forces. In every township, there has been a touching story that "the mother told her son to go to the East to fight and the wife sent her son to the battlefield". "Every village is like a military camp, everyone is a soldier, and the anti-Japanese base areas are full of military commanders." Anti-Japanese bonfires are burning in Taihang Mountain. Adhere to the war of resistance for eight years in the closed and backward mountainous areas with cliffs; Develop, grow and expand in an environment without any material support and supply; An army without modern weapons and equipment, only "millet and rifles", has to use several times its own modern planes and cannons to deal with crazy invaders and finally win the war. How many hardships and hardships the soldiers and civilians in the base area have experienced and how many bloody battles they have experienced! In the face of serious natural and man-made disasters, the soldiers and civilians in the base area have no food to grow, no clothes to weave, no water to dig and no vegetables to grow. From the Commander-in-Chief of the Eighth Route Army, army chiefs and local cadres to ordinary soldiers and ordinary people, Qi Xin, the army and the people, worked together to overcome the difficulties. It is this kind of fun and hard struggle spirit of the military and civilians that won the masses and won the war.

War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression is a national war of the Chinese nation against the Japanese invaders. For the benefit of all Japanese people, the producer of China * * * has the overall situation in mind, United the people, fought bravely and made selfless contributions. 1937 to 1944 10, based on the main force of 129 division, fought against the Japanese puppet troops. During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the militia self-defense forces in Taihang District fought 337 times16 times, killing and injuring the puppet troops 1 1409 people. The Eighth Route Army and local armed forces sacrificed countless precious lives in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression! During the War of Liberation, under the call of "liberating all China", people in Taihang District actively mobilized and joined the war, and 144267 people joined the ranks of the people's army. Nearly 8,000 cadre battalions have been transferred to all parts of the country, making a unique contribution to the liberation of China.

Eight years in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, how many * * * producers and people's soldiers fought bravely, courageously, until they gave their lives; How many sons and daughters of Taihang armed themselves and went to the battlefield until the last drop of blood was shed.