Tunnel warfare is a method of fighting against Japanese invaders in North China and Jizhong Plain during the period of China and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. Tunnel warfare has made the unsuspecting Jizhong Plain an important battle area for China soldiers and civilians to fight against the Japanese aggressors.
The tactics of tunnel warfare began to develop continuously from Ran Zhuang in Qingyuan, Baoding, Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region, and developed from a single hiding place to underground fortifications that can be used to fight and hide, waterproof, fireproof and antivirus, and gradually formed the tactics of joint house, internal and external defense and coordinated attack on the enemy.
Historical background
1942 After the anti-"mopping-up" began in the summer, the CPC Central Committee and the Central Military Region called on the people in central Hebei to generally carry out tunnel digging activities, and the tunnel structure was continuously improved and perfected, initially forming a tunnel network that was concealed, transferred, fireproof, waterproof and easy to rely on for operations.
It has become a strong underground fortress that has long adhered to the anti-Japanese struggle in the Central Hebei Plain. The tunnels in Ran Zhuang have also developed greatly, with 4 trunk lines and 24 branch lines. The villages are connected, leading to Sunzhuang, Jiangzhuang, Suijiafen, Hepo and other villages, with a total length of more than 30 miles. Tunnels are generally 2 meters wide, 1.5 meters high and the topsoil is more than 2 meters thick. There are observation holes, shooting holes, ventilation holes, traps, movable fins, signboards, wells, granaries, etc. In the tunnel, it is convenient to fight the enemy.