1938 In the spring, when Yang Huai led a delegation to Jinjika, Jiangsu Province, he was suddenly attacked by a large Japanese army and forced to retreat to Jinjiling Highland. The Japanese army surrounded Jinjiling with the superior forces of four divisions, bombarded Jinjiling with large and small steel, and organized attacks in turn in an attempt to annihilate the whole division in one fell swoop. At this critical moment, which is related to the life and death of the whole division, Yang Huai resolutely said to the division: "I, Yang Huairen, am in the position. If I don't hold Jinjiling, I will die unsatisfied! " And mobilize the officers and men of the whole regiment to swear to defend Jinjiling. Yang Huai personally went to the front line of the battle to command the officers and men to calmly fight and fight back bravely. He personally led the secret service platoon, braved the bullets and rushed to help wherever it was the strictest. Inspired by his heroism, the officers and men of the whole regiment fought bravely and held their ground for seven days and seven nights in the Vietnam War. With the support of 59 friendly troops, the Japanese army was finally defeated and the anti-encirclement campaign was won, which turned the whole army into safety.

1April, 938, 60th Division went to Daibu for emergency repair and waited for orders. A few days later, the Japanese army attacked Daibu again. Located in Pingba, the terrain is open and easy to defend but difficult to attack. The Japanese army launched a storm with several times superior forces. Although all the officers and men resisted tenaciously, due to the disparity in numbers, the agency was finally lost. In order to recapture Dabu and contain the Japanese army. Teacher Chen Pei ordered Yang Huai: "At all costs, take back the Ministry within a time limit!" After Yang Huai received the order, he immediately called a meeting of the battalions and company commanders and decided to raid at night. At the meeting, some battalions and company commanders showed fear of difficulties and were unwilling to take the lead. Yang Huai said angrily, "Now the national disaster is imminent, and we are decent soldiers in China. How can you be afraid of death? Tonight, I, Yang Huai, will lead the charge. You follow me, even if you die, you will bring back the walking! " Under his leadership, everyone expressed their willingness to make a surprise attack with Colonel Yang, even if they died for their country.

On the evening of April 5th, 1938, Yang Huai ordered a squad of three companies to act as a cover, and led the spy platoon who shared life and death with him many times and dared to go through fire and water, and adopted the tactics of transferring from east to west. One is to break through the enemy's barbed wire and tear open the gap for the attack of large troops. Although Yang Huai is small and thin, he is agile and walks like a fly at night. The soldiers of the spy platoon are also excellent, all of whom are masters of night fighting. They quickly reached the front of the Japanese position, cut off the enemy's barbed wire and crossed two enemy lines. Yang Huai also personally won a military flag on the enemy bunker. Just as he was leading the spy platoon to break through the enemy's third line of defense, he accidentally bumped into the bell on the barbed wire. After the Japanese army discovered it, they immediately fired with machine guns. In order to cover his comrades-in-arms, Yang Huai was shot several times in the chest and head and died heroically. The soldiers of the secret service platoon were all in pain when they saw the head of the regiment sacrifice. They tried to drag Yang Huai's body back to the camp several times, but because the Japanese firepower was too dense and fierce, they had to retreat in tears.

The next day, the Japanese found Yang Huai's body and recognized it as a famous anti-Japanese soldier. They were frightened. He hated and was angry, so he put Yang Huai's body on the high slope for public display. The officers and men of the 359th Regiment were filled with indignation, and they went into battle to recapture the head's body and avenge him. The commander of the Sixth O Division immediately dispatched the 36o regiment to fight the Japanese army head-on, and ordered the officers and men of the 359 regiment to try to recapture Yang Huai's body. On the morning of the same day, Luo (Qijiang), the second company commander of the company, led 100 soldiers and spies, braved the bullets and finally snatched the body of Colonel Yang Huai from the Japanese position.

After Yang Huai's sacrifice, the officers and men of the 359th regiment were heartbroken and held a grand mourning event. At the same time, Yang Huai's portrait was deliberately burned on a 23-inch-long thin white tile to make it last forever. In recognition of Yang Huai's patriotic spirit of heroic sacrifice, the Third Theater organized a memorial service for the whole army and commended Yang Huai as the head of major general. Moved by Yang Huai's heroic deeds, Dan Mao Xin, a veteran of the Revolution of 1911, happily wrote an inscription: "Life is at stake". Deng Xihou, a famous anti-Japanese general of Sichuan Army, and Chen Cheng, a senior general of Kuomintang and former enemy commander-in-chief, also wrote inscriptions to express their condolences.