Ruins of the Command Post of the 4th Regiment, 358th Brigade

Ruins of the Command Post of the 4th Regiment, 358th Brigade

The ruins of the command post of the 4th Regiment, 358th Brigade is a cultural tourism attraction.

The ruins of the command post of the 4th Regiment, 358th Brigade are located in the courtyards of Chu Gangze and Wang Xiangrui in Xingwang Village, Miyazhen Township, Loufan County.

From June 17 to 19, 1940, the 4th Regiment, 716th Regiment, and 2nd Detachment of the 358th Brigade of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army launched an attack against the Murakami Unit of the Japanese Army’s 9th Independent Mixed Brigade, which was conducting a “mopping-up” operation in Miyazhen. The command post of the 4th Regiment, 358th Brigade was set up in an isolated house at the western end of Xingwang Village. Regiment Commander Tang Jinlong and Political Commissar Yang Xiushan directed the officers and soldiers of the 4th Regiment in striking the Japanese forces in Caojiazhang, Xingwang Village, and Guolian. During this period, the Japanese forces broke through the position of the 2nd Battalion of the 4th Regiment during their attempt to escape, directly charging to the regimental command post, where Regiment Commander Tang Jinlong was shot in the leg. The original command post consisted of seven cave dwellings, which have since collapsed and disappeared due to flooding.