The Battle of Huangqiao (1940) The Battle of Huangqiao was an important battle in which the New Fourth Army counterattacked the attack of the die-hard Kuomintang troops. On September 30, 1940, Han Deqin, Chairman of the Jiangsu Provincial Government of the Kuomintang and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Lusu Theater, mobilized troops to launch another attack on the New Fourth Army's Northern Jiangsu Command in the Huangqiao area of ??Taixing County, Jiangsu Province. Its deployment is: with the Li Shouwei Department of the 89th Army and the Wengda Department of the 6th Independent Brigade as the main force, form a middle route army to operate the creek, Guxi and Zushi Temple, and add force to attack the areas north and east of Huangqiao; use Lu, Su, and Anhui The Li Mingyang Department of the Border Area Guerrilla Army and the Chen Taiyun Department of the 8th North Jiangsu Guerrilla Army formed the right route army, and the 1st, 5th, 6th, 9th and 10th Security Brigade formed the left route army to cover the two wings of the main force and attack west of Huangqiao and southeastern region. Commander Chen Yi and deputy commander Su Yu of the New Fourth Army's Northern Jiangsu Headquarters successfully secured the neutrality of Li Mingyang's Department and Chen Taiyun's Department. At the same time, they adopted tactics of concentrating their forces, luring the enemy deep, and defeating them one by one to carry out self-defense counterattacks in the Huangqiao area. On October 1st and 2nd, the Kuomintang troops were hindered by heavy rain. On the 3rd, the rain cleared and the weather cleared, so they rushed towards Huangqiao in several directions. At about 3 pm on the 4th, more than 3,000 people from the 6th Independent Brigade arrived near Huangqiao. The 1st column of the New Fourth Army's North Jiangsu Command, which was responsible for the ambush, rushed in in four directions and divided the 6th Independent Brigade into several sections. After three hours of fierce fighting, the brigade was completely wiped out, and Lieutenant General Onda committed suicide. In order to reverse the passive situation, the Kuomintang army stormed Huangqiao and broke into the east gate. The 3rd column guarding Huangqiao fought back tenaciously. The 2nd column inserted into the boundary from the Bazi Bridge, and the 1st column moved south, completing the encirclement of the 89th Army. After a night of fierce fighting, the army was completely wiped out by the early morning of the 6th. Lieutenant General Li Shouwei lost his footing and fell into the water while escaping and drowned. During the Battle of Huangqiao, the 5th Column of the Eighth Route Army moved south from the Huaiyin area, and the troops from the Jiangbei Command of the New Fourth Army moved eastward to the canal, which played a strategic supporting role. The battle lasted four days. The Communist Party of China annihilated more than 11,000 Kuomintang die-hard troops, captured more than 10 division, brigade, and regiment officers, more than 600 junior officers, and more than 3,200 soldiers. They also seized 3,103 rifles and rifles. 229, 24 heavy machine guns, 135 light machine guns, two mountain guns, 6 mortars, and many military supplies such as bullets, grenades, and radios. The New Fourth Army suffered more than 900 casualties. This battle laid the foundation for the establishment of the anti-Japanese base areas in central and northern Jiangsu and opened up a new situation in the anti-Japanese war in central China.