Battle of Xinfeng

The Battle of Xinfeng was an offensive during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Battle
On July first 1938 the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Detachment of the New Fourth Army launched a surprise assault at the Japanese troops stationed at the Xinfeng Railway Station. This was the first battle that the Fourth Army fought at night with the assault being launched at 11 pm. The unit then set the railway station on fire and killed more than 30 soldiers that were in houses at the time.

During the battle the train station was burned to the ground and the army forces managed to capture 6 rifles with bayonets. The unit after the battle was able to meet up with local resistance fighters and managed to destroy a section of the railway and tens of telephone stations.