On this day, 85 years ago, October 4, 1940 (September 4, 1940 in the lunar calendar), the Huangqiao Annihilation Battle. October 4, 1940, Huangqiao annihilation. On October 4, 1940, the New Fourth Army launched the famous Huangqiao Annihilation Battle in response to the attack of Han Deqin, a diehards of the Kuomintang. It used 7000 soldiers to wipe out 15,000 people from Han Wan's 89th Army and other troops. During the Battle of Huangqiao, the 5th Column of the Eighth Route Army moved south from the Huaiyin area, and the troops of the Jiangbei Command of the New Fourth Army moved east to the canal, playing a strategic coordinating role. The battle lasted for four days and wiped out more than 11,000 Kuomintang diehards, captured more than 10 division, brigade and regiment officers, more than 600 lower-level officers, and more than 3200 soldiers, and seized 3103 infantry and horse guns, 229 shell guns, 24 heavy machine guns, 135 light machine guns, two mountain cannons, 6 mortars, bullets, grenades, radio and other military supplies. The New Fourth Army suffered more than 900 casualties. This battle laid the foundation for the establishment of anti-Japanese base areas in central and northern Jiangsu, and opened up a new situation for the War of Resistance in Central China. Comment: In history, there is a classic example of fewer enemies than more.