In the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, the Chinese commander-in-chief of staff, He Yingqin (who was supposed to be the commander of the First Theater of Operations, Wei Lihuang, was placed under house arrest by Chiang Kai-shek for refusing to **), invested troops including the 5th Group Army (Commander Zeng Wanzhong) and the 14th Army (Commander Liu Maoen), a total of about 170,000 people.
Among them, the 5th Group Army is under the jurisdiction of the 3rd Army Tang Huaiyuan (under the 7th Division Li Shilong, the 12th Division under the inch of Qiqi), the 80th Army Kong Lingsui (under the jurisdiction of the 165th Division Wang Zhiqi, the new 27th Division Wang Jun), the 17th Army Gao Guizi and the 34th Division Gong Bingfan;
The 14th Group Army is under the jurisdiction of the 15th Army Wu Tinglin Division (64th Division Yao Beichen, 65th Division Xing Qingzhong), 98th Army Wu Shimin (under the jurisdiction of the 42nd Division Wang Kejing, 169th Division Guo Jingtang), 9th Army Pei Changhui, and 93rd Army Liu Huan.
The commander-in-chief of the Japanese army was Lieutenant General Tada Jun, commander of the North China Front of the Japanese invasion of China, and the total number of troops invested was about 100,000. It includes 6 divisions, including the 33rd Division (Lieutenant General Sakurai Province), the 36th Division (Lieutenant General Iseki), the 37th Division (Lieutenant General Adachi 23), the 41st Division (Lieutenant General Shimizu Kirizu), the 21st Division (Lieutenant General Tanaka Kuichi), and the 35th Division (Lieutenant General Yukichi Harada), plus the 16th Brigade (Major General Heiji Wakamatsu), the 9th Brigade (Major General Kenyoshi Ikegami), the 4th Brigade, the 1st Cavalry Brigade and the 3rd Flying Brigade.
The Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, which broke out from May 7 to May 27, 1941, was commanded by Lieutenant General Tada Jun, commander of the North China Front of the Japanese invasion of China, and commanded 100,000 Japanese troops to launch a comprehensive attack on the Zhongtiao Mountain area, known as the "Eastern Maginot Line", from the east, north and west.
Due to the lack of preparation and the lack of unified command, the squadron was quickly divided and surrounded, except for a few breakthroughs, most of them broke out, and 4 soldiers were killed20,000 people, 3 prisoners50,000 people. At the cost of only a few thousand people, the Japanese army finally completely occupied Zhongtiao Mountain, which had an extremely bad impact on the northern war of resistance.
This battle was called "the greatest humiliation in the history of the Anti-Japanese War" by Chiang Kai-shek.
The Chinese generals killed in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain mainly included Tang Huaiyuan, commander of the 3rd Army, Cun Xingqi, commander of the 12th Division of the 3rd Army, Wu Shimin, commander of the 98th Army, Wang Jun, commander of the newly formed 27th Division of the 80th Army, Liang Xixian, deputy commander of the 22nd Division, and Chen Wen......qi, deputy commander of the 24th DivisionAnti-Japanese heroes are immortal!
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