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April 15th 1939 - Battle of Nanchang, After the Battle of Wuhan, Wuhan was the base of the 11th Army of the Imperial Japanese Army, and was surrounded by the 5th and 9th Military Regions of the National Revolutionary Army. Nanchang was a railway center and the western terminus of the Chekiang-Hunan Railway. Due to these connections, Nanchang was a major supply line between the 3rd and 9th Military Regions, and site of the airbase threatening Japanese shipping in Yangtze River. In addition, its proximity to the center of the Shanghai-Wuhan strip controlled by Japan was a strategic threat.
Chinese Forces had to look to unconventional means to disrupt the Japanese assault through Nanchang, their method was to destroy vital bridges and pathways through the valleys and Xiushui River, while the main Chinese forces hit the Japanese on the flanks. But the attack failed and the Chinese were forced to retreat and attempt to defend the Xiushui River.
In this picture, a Chinese demolition team destroys sets the fuse to destroy a bridge in the Nanchang valley, while a Japanese column above is about to cross