1, Yichang retreat
1938 after the fall of Wuhan, a large number of people who retreated to Chongqing and materials moved into Sichuan factories were nearly 654.38+10,000 tons, which Yichang could not transport and was constantly bombed by Japanese planes.
Lu Zuofu, the general manager of Minsheng Company, concentrated all the ships and most of the business personnel, commanded the "Yichang Retreat", adopted segmented transportation and attacked around the clock. After 40 days of fighting, he finally arrived in Sichuan before the fall of Yichang.
2. Stone brand war
1March, 939 to1June, 943, near Shipai, China and Japanese troops fought a tug-of-war for more than five years 100. 1943 At the beginning of May, the battle of western Hubei started.
During this period, many battles were extremely fierce, and several main positions of the China army were attacked by the Japanese army one after another. However, the officers and men of our army still stood their ground and spared no expense in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.
In this decisive battle, the China army invested 6.5438+0.5 million troops, the Japanese army invested 6.5438+0 million troops, the Japanese army suffered 257. 18 casualties, and 45 planes, 75 cars and 654.38+0.22 boats were lost. China's army won the war with only 10,000 casualties.
The victory of Shipai Defence War achieved Chiang Kai-shek's military goals of "military first, six war zones first, Shipai first" and "defending Shipai to the death and ensuring Shipai", which frustrated the Japanese dream of entering the gorge and advancing westward, shattered the Japanese deployment of attacking Chongqing, and curbed the iron hoof trampled by the Japanese.
Although tragic, the remnants of the 54th regiment, led by Li Weixun, deputy head of the regiment, continued to fight against the Japanese army, and finally lost to the Japanese army, so they had to retreat to Xiling Mountain for defense. After the 53rd Regiment finally engaged the Japanese army, it retreated to the vicinity of Sanyou Cave and assembled for standby.
Due to the increasing number of Japanese troops, the enemy is outnumbered. 18 division had to withdraw from Yichang, and Yichang finally fell.
In the battle of Yichang, the Japanese army was originally about 1 division. After two days of fierce fighting, it reinforced more than 2,000 people, one third more than 18 division.
In this battle, 18 Division took the lead and fought fiercely with the Japanese army for a whole day, killing more than 3,400 people, shooting down 3 Japanese planes, burning several Japanese gunboats, and killing more than 300 people in the whole division 1300. The Japanese army was killed out of the water outside Yichang, showing the bloodiness and tenacity of the defenders in China.