Huayuankou ( simplified Chinese : 花园口 ; traditional Chinese : 花園口 ; pinyin : Huāyúankǒu ) is a town in Huiji District , used to be a ferry of the Yellow River in Zhengzhou , Henan , China .
6-581: Huayuankou (simplified Chinese: 花园口 ; traditional Chinese: 花園口 ; pinyin: Huāyuánkǒu ) may refer to these towns in China: Huayuankou, Henan , in Zhengzhou, Henan Huayuankou, Jilin , in Jingyu County, Jilin [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
12-538: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Huayuankou, Henan It has an area of 39 square kilometers and a population of 15,000. Its name literally means "Garden ferry". As of 2018 , it has 8 villages under its administration. In June 1938, during the Second Sino-Japanese War , the Nationalist troops under Chiang Kai-shek intentionally broke
18-590: The city of Wuhan . This was the triggering idea for the Nationalist troops as they pictured the Yellow River being a military tool to stop the advancement of the Japanese. The plan of attack by Chiang and his subordinates was to breach the dikes that withheld the mass amount of water from pouring into the 500-square mile area of central China. However while this long-term idea was in full swing, Chiang's dilemma stood behind
24-434: The levees of the Yellow River near Huayuankou to slow the advance of the Japanese army. Although several thousand Japanese troops were drowned, 12 million Chinese were affected, nearly 900,000 of them dying. Chiang was slow to provide disaster relief. As the Japanese had been reported to have taken the city of Kaifeng , many of the dikes near Zhengzhou were along the path the Japanese would take if they wanted to capture
30-446: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Huayuankou&oldid=1184543589 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing simplified Chinese-language text Articles containing traditional Chinese-language text Short description
36-427: The thought of the many lives that stood past the dikes. This dilemma was thought of in two ways, the first being if he were to breach the dikes then he would be spreading death, wiping hundreds of thousands of people. The other thought was if he didn't break the dikes then Wuhan would collapse within days. In all a decision was needed quickly and eventually was made as Chiang gave the orders to General Wei Rulin to blow up
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