The Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain was one of the largest battles between China and Japan after they entered the stalemate stage during the Anti-Japanese War, and it was also the most tragic battle lost by our army, and in this battle, the number of casualties of our army reached 440,000 people, more than 30,000 people were captured, and according to the ** figures released by the Japanese army, only more than 3,000 people, it is no wonder that the battle of Zhongtiao Mountain is considered the greatest shame since the Anti-Japanese War.
Because more than 200,000 Kuomintang troops fought guerrilla warfare with the Japanese army in the Zhongtiao Mountain area, dealing a heavy blow to the enemy's arrogance, the two sides fell into long-term stability, during this period, the inherent situation of the Kuomintang army selling grain, tobacco and soil, seeking personal gain, etc., so that after the war, our army was hungry on its own territory, due to the lax defense, the Japanese puppet spies were rampant, and the Japanese army bought internal traitors, which led to the betrayal of military deployment. Chiang Kai-shek also deliberately provoked friction behind enemy lines, transferring troops from Zhongtiao Mountain to engage in friction with the Eighth Route Army. As a result, the military strength of our army in the Nakajo Mountain area was weakened.
The Japanese army has gone through sufficient preparations, especially the mobilization of 7 divisions, because our army itself is inferior to the Japanese army in the best equipment, coupled with insufficient preparation, the Japanese pseudo-spies are rampant, which led to the rout of the battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, and the officers and soldiers of the colonel suffered heavy casualties, although they died very heroically, but it was not beneficial to the overall battle situation, but in the battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, only the battle of Wangcun was regarded as a good result.
The Battle of Wangcun took place in the first stage of the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, due to the full preparation of the Japanese army, when the Japanese soldiers were divided into three routes and launched a fierce attack on Zhongtiao Mountain with superior forces, while the Battle of Wangcun took place on the northern front, where Zeng Wanzhong's Fifth Army was stationed, and Liu Maoen's 14th Army, the Japanese army's operation on the northern front was smooth for a time, and even realized the attempt to separate the two group armies and encircle and annihilate.
However, the defense on the northeast front is Wu Shimin's 98th Army, Wu Shimin is an older general in the Kuomintang army, and has participated in the alliance. In 1918, he participated in Jing **, and later followed Yang Hucheng to join the Kuomintang Army, and was promoted to the commander of the 98th Army during the Anti-Japanese War.
However, in the battle of Nakajo Mountain, the pressure on Samurai Min was no less than the pressure from other directions, and in this process, in order to force Samurai Min to surrender, the Japanese puppet army carried out military suppression on the one hand, and on the other hand, constantly sent friends familiar with Samurai Min to persuade him to surrender, among which there were many traitors, but they were all sternly rejected by Samurai Min.
The Japanese army sent a wing, with Hamada Daisa's wing aggressively attacking the Wang Village where Samurai Min was stationed, due to proper defense, the Japanese army was killed more than 700 people, and if you look at the ** figures announced by the Japanese army, only the battle of Wangcun, the Japanese ** occupied nearly one-third of the level, and in the entire Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, it was also the heaviest Japanese army on the northern front, and the 98th Army led by Samurai Min finally successfully crossed the Yellow River, but unfortunately in an operation three months later, The 98th Army led by Wu Shimin was besieged by 30,000 Japanese troops in Qinxian County, and was finally hit by enemy bullets and died heroically at the age of 49.