塘马村,位于溧阳县城西北约60华里的丘陵地带,有百多户人家。1941年,在塘马及周围的十几个大小村庄里,驻扎着新四军第6师第16旅旅部和中共苏皖区委、苏皖特委、苏南行署、苏南保安司令部等党政军领导机关,以及旅教导大队、医院、被服厂、修械所等后方单位,由旅部特务连、第48团2营等战斗部队500余人,负责警卫。11月28日拂晓,日军15师团,调集步、骑、炮兵3000余人,伪军800余人,从句容、天王寺、金坛薛埠 Tong Ma Village, located in Liyang County, about 60 miles northwest of the hilly areas, more than 100 households. In 1941, more than a dozen small and large villages in and around Tongma were stationed with the 16th Brigade of the 6th New Fourth Army Division and the Central Committee of Jiangsu and Anhui, the Special Commission for Jiangsu and Anhui, the Southern Jiangsu Administrative Department and the Security Command of Southern Jiangsu. The leading organs of the political forces, as well as brigade brigade, hospital, clothing factory, repair equipment and other rear units, brigade spy company, the 48th Regiment 2 battalions and other combat troops more than 500 people responsible for guard. At dawn on November 28, the Japanese 15 divisions mobilized more than 3,000 steps, more than 800 artillery troops and more than 800 puppet troops from Jurong, Tennoji, Jintan Xuebu