Battle of Pingxingguan

Battle of Pingxingguan
Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War
Chinese soldiers at the Battle of Pingxing Pass
Date Evening of 24 September – noon of 25 September 1937 Location Pingxingguan, Shanxi 39°20′43.98″N 113°57′34.23″E / 39.3455500°N 113.9595083°E / 39.3455500; 113.9595083 Result Chinese victory
Belligerents
Republic of China Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army	Empire of Japan  Imperial Japanese Army  Manchukuo
Commanders and leaders
Lin Biao Zhu De	Itagaki Seishiro
Strength
6,000 troops of the 115th Division	15,000 troops (5th Division), however only certain supply troops and the 3rd Battalion of the 21st Regiment were involved in the actual ambush
Casualties and losses
~400	400–500

Republic of China

 Empire of Japan

The Battle of Pingxingguan (Chinese: ; pinyin: Píngxíngguān Zhànyì), commonly called the "Great Victory of Pingxingguan" (Chinese: ; pinyin: Píngxíngguān Dàjié) in Mainland China, was an engagement fought between the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party of China and the Imperial Japanese Army on September 25, 1937, at the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

The battle resulted in the loss of 500 to 600 soldiers on either side, but the Chinese captured 100 trucks full of supplies. The victory gave the Communists a tremendous propaganda boost. It was the only division-size battle fought by the Chinese Communists during the entire war.

...
Wikipedia