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The Memorial of the Battle of Huangqiao, located in Huangqiao Township in the City of Taixing,&#160;&#160;comprises three parts: the original site of the New Fourth Army Headquarter in Subei 新四军苏北指挥部旧址 in Huangqiao Middle School, the site of the Administration Committee&#160;行政委员会 of Nantong&#160;南通, Rugao 如皋, Jingjiang 靖江, and Taixing&#160;泰兴&#160;in the Garden of the Ding Family, and the Yan Fuxing Building, where the headquarter of the Third Column&#160;第三纵队司令部 of the New Fourth Army, which defended Huangqiao during the battle,&#160;&#160;was located.&#160;The Battle of Huangqiao (or from the Nationalist's perspective, the Incident of Huangqiao&#160;黃橋事件), commanded by Chen Yi 陈毅 (1901-1972) and Su Yu 粟裕 (1907-1984) (featured image), was one episode of the constant internal strifes between the Nationalists and the Communists during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-45).&#160;In July 1940 the New Fourth Army occupied Huangqiao. Han Deqin 韩德勤 (1892-1988), head of the Nationalist administration in Jiangsu, intended to grab Huangqiao back. The Battle of Huangqiao took place between 3-6 October, 1940, ending with the Communists  wiping out more than 11,000 Nationalist troops (killed or captured) at a cost of 900 casualties (the Nationalist report estimated it between 1,000 and 2,000). The Communists not only destroyed the morale of Nationalist forces but obtained impressive booties that doubled their own armory, including “3,800 rifles and pistols, 180 machine-guns, two pieces of mountain artillery, six mortars, and a huge quantity of ammunition and medical supplies” (Benton, 480). Many factors, according to Gregor Benton, contributed to the defeat of the Nationalist troops, among them “poor planning, impetuosity, and indiscipline”, wrong tactics that allowed the Communists to focus on attacking “one or two columns at any given time” (477); untimely rain that prevented the advance of the Nationalist troops and later led to the drowning of many retreating soldiers and officials (479); failure of supply lines and of intelligence system (480), and most important of all, the lack of commitment and unity within the Nationalistic troops, which the Communists had fully exploited. The Battle of Huangqiao entered Chinese Communist military history as “a model case of the few defeating the many”, which strengthened the Communists in the north of the Yangtze River and anticipated their further control over Central China. Open to the public since 1980, the Memorial underwent a renovation in 1990 to commemorate the 50th&#160;anniversary of the victory of the Battle, expanding the western side of the Garden into an exhibition hall with a four-part permanent exhibition: Preface 序厅, Historical Background of the Battle of Huangqiao 黄桥战役的历史背景, the Battle of Huangqiao that Opened up the New Phase of Fighting against the Japanese Aggression in Central China 打开华中抗战新局面的黄桥战役; Carrying on the Revolutionary Tradition 发扬革命传统. In addition to pictures, texts, and historical objects, scenes of the battle are reconstructed on the exhibition.&#160;Picture 1: The 1985 film&#160;The (Decisive) Battle of Huangqiao&#160;is available on Youtube&#160;From the perspective of the Nationalists, the Incident of Huangqiao was the Communists’ attack on the Nationalist troops, which paved the way to the&#160;Wannan Incident&#160;皖南事变 (literally, the South Anhui Incident, or sometimes termed the&#160;New Fourth Army Incident&#160;新四军事件)&#160;in January 1941. Gregor Benton views the Battle of Huangqiao and other campaigns as “episodes in a far wider sequence of events that ended in the Wannan Incident” (495).&#160;The Garden of the Ding Family&#160;丁家花园,  which is part of the Memorial, &#160;is interesting for another reason: it was also the former residence of Ding Wenjiang /Ting Wen-chiang 丁文江&#160;(V. K. Ting, 1887-1936), a Chinese geologist and writer.&#160;Picture 2: A tourist photo shows that the study of the young Ding Wenjiang was used by Chen Yi in 1940Bibliography:Benton, Gregor (1999):&#160;New Fourth Army: Communist Resistance Along the Yangtze and the Huai, 1938-1941. Berkeley: University of California Press.Li Fuzhong 李福鍾&#160;(2018)：Chinese Revolution of the Century: A History of the People’s Republic of China 世紀中國革命：中華人民共和國史.&#160;Taipei：Sanmin shoji 三民書局.List of Pictures:&#160;Featured image: Chen Yi and Su Yu in 1940. Source: The Battle of Huangqiao, Wikipedia: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/黄桥战役Picture 1: 1985 Film The Battle of Huangqiao 黄桥决战. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2YkZpEY8FEPicture 2: Source:&#160;Sina Blog of Sisanren 四三人&#160;(2018):&#160;http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_703d577f0102y0ew.html&#160;.