What do you think of the Battle of the Four Elements Warehouse?

The battle to defend the Sixing Warehouse was actually a game deliberately made by Chiang Kai-shek, but it inspired the bloody anti-Japanese spirit of the whole Chinese, and suddenly sighed, Chiang Kai-shek finally did something practical.

To a certain extent, the battle to defend the Sixing Warehouse aroused the enthusiasm of the people for the War of Resistance, boosted the morale of the Chinese people, and embodied the indomitable great spirit of the Chinese nation.

I look at the battle for the defense of the Sixing Warehouse, although I still lost the Sixing Warehouse in the end, but the indomitable spirit of the Chinese people really makes people feel great.

The real history of the 800 heroes:

At the end of the Battle of Songhu in 1937, a lone army of only more than 400 people held the last position in Shanghai against tens of thousands of Japanese troops. When a foreign reporter asked about the number of defenders, in order to deter the enemy, the commander Xie Jinyuan deliberately said that there were 800 people missing. From then on, this defender was in the name of"The title of "Eight Hundred Heroes" is known to the world.

Because more than 400 soldiers had to face 300,000 Japanese troops, they had to face enemies many times more than themselves. tried every means to arm the Sixing warehouse into a bunker from the inside out, and then fought with the Japanese army for six days and six nights, and fought to the end. The "800 Heroes" of the Sixing Warehouse dealt a blow to the arrogance of the invading army, boosted the people's fighting spirit, and became an event that attracted worldwide attention at that time.

Later evaluation:

Under the iron heel of the Japanese army, millions of compatriots who had been trapped on an isolated island regained the dignity and integrity of the nation and regained their inspiring confidence and strength from the 800 brave men. "Take the example of 800 strong men"This song, roared out from the fallen Shanghai, and was sung all over the country. The 800 heroes with iron bones are like an everlasting light for the Shanghainese who are trapped in the dark and on an isolated island, and looking at it, they have strengthened their belief in the victory of the anti-Japanese resistance.

800 Heroes" and many other heroic groups, they went forward one after another, bravely killed the enemy, and with their own blood, they called for chaos and sooui to awaken the awakening of the nation; In exchange for the future of the nation with his own sacrifice. As the saying goes, "sincerity is both brave and martial, and finally strong and invincible." The body is dead, the god is the spirit, and the soul is resolute."

The above content reference: Encyclopedia - Eight Hundred Heroes.

Immediately after the retreat, the troops announced their convergence with the 88th Division, but they were immediately confiscated by the British forces in the concession** and their freedom was restricted. This was because the Japanese threatened to invade the concession if they were allowed to leave. They were sent to Jiaozhou Road in the western Italian defense area of the Public Concession for quarantine.

Chiang Kai-shek promoted the ranks of all soldiers who participated in the defense of the war (each promoted by one rank).