The Battle of * * * lasted for four and a half months, which was the longest, largest and most famous battle in China in the early days of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. Pavel Fedorovich Zhigarev and Tehall led the Soviet Aviation Volunteer Team to support China.
Wuhan Battle includes: Madang Campaign, Jiujiang Campaign, Huangmei Campaign, Guangji Campaign, Tianjiazhen Campaign, Ruichang Campaign, Matouzhen Campaign, Xing Zi Campaign, Wanjialing Campaign, Fujinshan Campaign and Xinyang Campaign.
After four months of fierce fighting, the national air force was greatly depleted, the navy was basically eliminated, and the Japanese army successfully captured Wuhan, but most of the main forces of the national army remained and the Japanese army was weakened. The purpose of Japan before the war was to make a final decisive battle in Wuhan, destroy the main force of the national army and end the war, but it was not realized.
The war won time and successfully transferred the equipment and personnel transferred to central China to southwest China, laying the foundation for long-term persistence in the war of resistance in the future. The Japanese launched several campaigns in Central China without any significant gains, and the battlefield in China was deadlocked. Hirohito decided not to carry out a strategic quasi-attack to maintain the status quo. You can attack in a limited way, and you can also let the recruits practice actual combat.
Until the Battle of 1944 No.1, there was no large-scale Japanese battle of the same specifications as the Wuhan Battle.
In this war, China's army fought bloody battles for hundreds of times and wiped out more than 257,000 Japanese troops at the expense of more than 400,000 casualties, which greatly consumed the effective strength of the Japanese army. Although the Japanese army captured Wuhan, its strategic attempt to force the national government to yield and end the war was not realized. Since then, China and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression have entered the stage of strategic stalemate.
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The importance of Wuhan
Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, Wuhan was the second largest city in China at that time, with a population of over two million. The city is divided into three parts by the Yangtze River and Hanshui River. Wuchang, Hankou and Hanyang, Wuchang is the political center, Hankou is the commercial center and Hanyang is the industrial center. After the completion of the Guangdong-Han Railway and the Beijing-Han Railway, it is an important transportation center in the inland of China, and also a hub for southern ports to transport foreign aid to the inland.
After the Japanese invaded Nanjing (see Nanjing Defence War), although the National Government moved to Chongqing, most government agencies and military headquarters were in Wuhan, which actually became the military, political and economic center and wartime capital of the whole country at that time. At that time, China's military forces concentrated on defending Wuhan, and both the Japanese government and the headquarters of the Chinese Expeditionary Force predicted that the fall of Wuhan would stop China's resistance.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Wuhan Battle