Old Soldiers Dictating the Anti-Japanese War Series II

Old Soldiers Dictating the Anti-Japanese War Series II: Four Defending Battles in Shipai, Changde, Hengyang and Guilin tells the influential defending battles on the central battlefield, including Shipai Defending Battle, Changde Defending Battle, Hengyang Defending Battle and Guilin Defending Battle. Although these defending battles were progressed tragically and heroically, except for Shipai Defending Battle, the rest have all failed. In Shipai Defending Battle (May - June 1943), the Chinese armed forces adhered to the Shipai Village, persistently cut off the devil's claw of Japanese army stretching to Chongqing, and ensured the safety of Chongqing. Since then, the Japanese army completely abandoned the dream to penetrate into the southwest of China along the water path, which was praised by Western military strategists as "e;the Eastern Battle of Stalingrad"e;. In Changde Defending Battle (November - December 1943), Yu Chengwan leading 8,000 people of 57th Division of 74th Army to fight hard for 16 days and nights against 90,000 Japanese troops, but ended with almost completely annihilated, then Changde fell. However, the adherence of 57th Division gained time for the anti-siege of the Chinese army. Six days later, Changde was recovered, the warring sides restored the pre-war situation. In Hengyang Defending Battle (June - August 1944), the massive attack of Japanese army was resisted, which successfully smashed the daydream of Japanese army attempting to take down Hengyang in three days and to open up the transport line across Southwest China mainland in seven days. In Guilin Defending Battle (October - November 1944), after fighting for ten days, under the circumstance of absence of reinforcements outside and replenishments inside, in the face of a strong enemy, the defenders fought bravely alone, which was called "e;the battle that is most terror-stricken to the Japanese army"e;.