87 years ago today, on February 18, 1938 (January 19, 1938 lunar calendar), the Eighth Route Army attacked Tongpu and Zhengtai Railway. Japanese trains bombed by the Eighth Route Army On February 18, 1938, the 358th Brigade and the 359th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army's 120th Division began to attack the Tongpu railway and highway between Taiyuan and Xinxian County. By the 28th, a total of 8 bridges were destroyed, more than 30 miles of railways were demolished, and Japanese strongholds such as Pingshe, Douluo Station and Mahui, Shiling Pass, and Guancheng Town were captured. Three military trains and more than 10 cars were bombed, and more than 400 Japanese and puppet people were killed and injured. At one point, Tongpu railway traffic was cut off. On the 19th, one of the 115th Division set up ambushes in Jiuyu, the bottom of the building, Tianjiapu and other places in Xiaoyi County to attack the right detachment of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army. By the 21st, a total of 400 people were killed and wounded. On the night of the 21st, the 344th Brigade of the 115th Division attacked the Jingxin to Niangziguan section of the Zhengda Railway. The main force of the 129th Division attacked the Jingxing to Old Pass section of the Jinggan Highway. The guerrilla detachments and local armed forces attacked the Yuanshi to Yongnian section of the Pinghan Railway.