Great Wall Battlefield
1 min readGubeikou was one of the major battlefields during the war against Japanese invaders in 1933.
On March 6, 1933, Division 107 of the No.67 Corps of the Northeast Army fought with Japanese invaders in Qingshiliang. In the following three days, Division 112 of the No.67 Corps struggled hard on the Great Wall, and commander of No.635 Regiment Bai Yulin sacrificed his life. On March 10, upon the arrival of reinforcements in Gubeikou, they endured Japanese aerial bombardment.
At dawn on March 11, the Japanese army launched a general attack at Gubeikou and occupied it by around 10 a.m.
The next morning, deploying dozens of planes and heavy guns, the Japanese army 11 Battle many “5 began an even fiercer attack on the northern bank of the Chaohe River. Under the command of Guan Linzheng, Chinese troops of Division 25 counterattacked desperately and finally won a victory. During the battle, Guan Linzheng was severely injured, and commander of Regiment 149 Wang Runbo died. Then, acting division commander Du Yuming continued to fight for another three days and nights, eventually killing and wounding more than 2,000 enemy soldiers at a cost of 4000 Chinese soldiers. The next day, with the reinforcement of another troop, Division 25 retreated to Miyun County for rest and reorganization.
After defeat at Gubeikou, the Japanese troops were discouraged from further attacks for nearly 40 days, and were forced to re-deploy and bring up stronger numbers.
Today, like many other Chinese cities and towns, Gubeikou changes with each passing day.
