Who commanded the Great Victory? **At that time, he was the commander of the 115th Division.
The 115th Division belongs to the Eighteenth Group Army of the People's Republic of China, also known as the Eighth Route Army, and after the outbreak of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, it entered the second theater sequence in charge of Yan Xishan in the northeast of Shanxi Province. The 115th Division has a total strength of 12,000 troops, with 5 regiments and 2 brigades.
After the defeat of the Battle of Datong on September 11, 1937, the Nationalists organized another anti-Japanese war campaign on the line from Yanmen Pass to Pingxingguan relying on the mountains and the area of the old Great Wall, which was called the Battle of Pingxingguan in history.
The Battle of Pingxingguan was led by Yan Xishan, commander of the Second Theater, and the main force was the 15th Army led by Liu Maoen, and the entire Battle of Pingxingguan was personally commanded by Liu Maoen.
The 115th Division's victory at Pingxingguan was part of the Pingxingguan Campaign. The victory at Pingxingguan was the first battle since the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army and the first victory of China since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, that is, the first victory since the formation of the Eighth Route Army.
Although the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army won a great victory at Pingxingguan, the entire Pingxingguan Battle organized by the national ** was a failure, and the loss of Pingxingguan led to the Battle of Taiyuan, and the battle from September 11 to November 8, 1937 was lost again.