Battle of Suixian-Zaoyang
The battles of Suixian-Zaoyang (隨棗會戰 in Chinese traditional, 随枣会战 in Chinese simplified, Suízǎo Huìzhàn in pinyin), also known under the name of battles of Suizao was one of the 22 major confrontations which opposed to the National army Chinese revolutionist to the Armée imperial Japanese woman, during the Second War Sino-Japanese.
Towards the end of April 1939, in order to consolidate their victory at the time of the Battle of Wuhan, four divisions of the Armée imperial Japanese woman launched two attacks simulatnées on the towns of Suizhou and Zaoyang, respectively along the road Xiangyang - Huayuan and of the road Jingshan - Zhongxiang. At the beginning of May, the two armies started to clash, but the Chinese army was forced to fold up the May 7th 1939. Suizhou and Zaoyang fell the same day. The May 8th, the Japanese forces advanced more in the south and the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, Li Zongren, deployed two divisions (the 31e and 2nd) to attack the imperial army by the back. An attack of great width was started the May 15th and, after three days of intense combat, the imperial Army was forced to fold up itself. The May 19th, Zaoyang was taken again, and Suizhou the 23. The imperial army of Japan had failed to achieve its goals and the battle ended in a Chinese victory.
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