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In general terms, the Kuomintang army is basically just a military force that only gets rich and rich, the rest get nothing. However, for the 88 Kuomintang division, it is a different story, this force has extremely elite combat skills, as they are trained by military experts from Germany, use German weapons and have a lot of combat experience. The clearest evidence is in the battle of Shanghai (1937) between the Japanese warlords and the Kuomintang army, this unit caused terrible casualties for the Japanese and suffered not too large losses.
When the battle turned to phase 3, the Chinese army began to withdraw, the 524th Battalion of the 88th Division received the task of staying behind for the main force to safely withdraw, Ta Tan Nguyen commanded this force. choose Tu Hanh warehouse as the closing location. It is a place with easy to attack terrain, in addition, because the other side of the To Chau River is a special administrative region of the British, the Japanese will not be able to use poison gas and artillery, creating conditions for the two sides to solo infantry. The force of the 524th Battalion previously had about 800 soldiers, but suffered heavy losses to only about 432 people, but because he did not want to know that the Japanese knew the number of their troops, commander Ta Tan Nguyen announced the number of troops. to 800 people. Opposing them was the Imperial Japanese Army's 3rd Division.
Despite the great disparity in force and equipment, the Kuomintang army repelled many Japanese attacks, successfully defended the warehouse, successfully completed the assigned rear cover mission, and also successfully defended the warehouse. caused many Japanese casualties. On the night of November 1, 1937, realizing that the rearguard mission was complete, the 524th Battalion quietly withdrew, crossed the Suzhou River, then reunited with the rest of the 88th Division and they continued to fight. fight against Japan.
Today, the relics of the Tu Hanh warehouse in Shanghai are still preserved intact and are a historical place to visit many in this city. The feat of the 524th battalion today is not unknown to any Chinese, the people have honored the soldiers of the 524th battalion with the nickname "Eight hundred heroes". And the video illustration below is taken from the movie "The eight hundred" released in 2020, the epic film has 100% accurate description of this battle, although the film is banned in China due to problems. historical political topic but warmly received abroad, especially in Taiwan, this is also the highest-grossing Chinese film of 2020 despite COVID-19 (see movie is a bit overrated) .
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