In 1937, the Japanese army captured Beiping and Tianjin, and the front of the army was directed towards Shanxi. Wei Lihuang, Yan Xishan commanded the army, and the Jin Sui army deployed defenses in the Xinkou area and engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese army Itagaki Seishiro. At that time, the Japanese army had infantry guns, tanks and other heavy equipment, and the Kuomintang army suffered heavy losses. In order to support the frontal battlefield, ** Xu Haidong led the 115th Division to cross the Yellow River eastward. In late September, the Eighth Route Army learned of the whereabouts of the Japanese army and braved the rain to set up an ambush at Pingxingguan. At dawn on September 17, Xu Haidong led the Wugong team to launch a white-knuckle battle against the Japanese army.
Xu Haidong, a native of Dawu, Hubei, was born in 1900. He came from a poor background and worked as a potter. After the Xinhai Revolution, Feng Guozhang and Huang Xing fought fiercely on the Jianghan Plain, and the revolutionary situation in the Dawu area was unprecedentedly tense. Xu Haidong threw himself into the revolutionary torrent, participated in the Jute Uprising, and led the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base area. Later, due to Zhang Guotao's erroneous command, the Red Army withdrew from Hubei, Henan and Anhui, leaving Xu Haidong to hold on to Macheng and Sujiabu. After Xu Haidong completed the task, he passed through Tianshui, Gansu Province and arrived at Wayaobao in northern Shaanxi. At this time, the Red Army moved to thousands of miles and joined forces with Xu Haidong. Xu Haidong was very happy and took out 5,000 silver dollars to fund the Red Army, which was praised by *** Zuoquan.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Xu Haidong's troops were incorporated into the 115th Division and participated in the Battle of Pingxingguan. Xu Haidong has strong martial arts and is responsible for commanding the martial arts team. They were ordered to lay in ambush in the town of Dongnanhe, east of Pingxingguan, and await further instructions from **. On September 25, ** issued the order for a general attack, Xu Haidong jumped out of the trench with his soldiers and cut the Japanese army into several sections. The Japanese army believed in the spirit of bushido, and instead of panicking, they summoned fighter jets to come to their aid. At the critical moment, Xu Haidong entered the enemy formation and killed several enemies. In the end, the Eighth Route Army completely annihilated the Japanese army and won a great victory at Pingxingguan.
However, at this time, the situation is deteriorating on the frontal battlefield. In November, the Japanese army occupied Niangzi Pass and launched a general attack on Taiyuan. Yan Xishan was forced to retreat to Fenglingdu, and Xu Haidong led his troops behind enemy lines to create the Jin-Cha-Ji anti-Japanese base area. During this period, the Eighth Route Army defeated two scum, named Lan Guoqing and Zhang Shaodong. They were all old Red Army soldiers who participated in the Battle of Mountain Castle and the Battle of Zhiluo Town. However, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Lan Guoqing hooked up with the daughter of a landlord and had a negative attitude towards the war. In 1938, Lan Guoqing and Zhang Shaodong participated in the battle against Datong and Jining with Yang Chengwu. Lan Guoqing fled halfway and defected to the Kuomintang.
Afterwards, Xu Haidong was very angry and took several fighters to intercept the two. In the end, Xu Haidong met the two in Huangcaoling. Xu Haidong held a big knife and beheaded several of Lan Guoqing and Zhang Shaodong's subordinates under the horse. Because of this incident, Xu Haidong recuperated for a long time due to illness and missed the War of Liberation and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. Despite this, Xu Haidong was awarded the rank of general. In the Eighth Route Army, Xu Haidong, Xu Shiyou, and He Bingyan were known as the "Three Musketeers". It can be seen that in the Eighth Route Army, who has the highest martial arts? There is no doubt that it is Xu Haidong.