Today we will explore this problem together by talking about tengchong celebrities and famous generals of the Dian army.
Cun Zhiqi (1895-1941), a native of Tengchong, Yunnan, graduated from the Yunnan Army Martial Arts School, lieutenant general of the Republic of China Army, and a famous anti-Japanese general.
In his early years, he participated in the Kunming Chongjiu Uprising of the Xinhai Revolution.
Most of the influential people in the early republic of China went out from here
On March 12, 1923, the Army stationed in Guangdong and Dian supported and helped Sun Yat-sen in his crusade against Chen Jiongming. Sun Yat-sen appointed Rong Zhiqi, who had made meritorious achievements, to join the army as a lieutenant general in the base camp and commander of the gendarmerie of the Dian Army under the direct control of the central government, and personally gave Zhongshan a sword.
There are only a few generals in the National Revolutionary Army who have won the Zhongshan Sword, and Inch Sex Qi is one of them, as the founder of the early National Army, Chiang Kai-shek is looking at Inch Sex Qi differently.
Zhu Peide (first from right), Xu Chongzhi (sword holder on the left)
After the end of the Northern Expedition, as Zhu Peide (a native of Lufeng, Yunnan) gradually gave up his leadership over the Hakka Dian army and Wang Jun (a native of Chenggong, Yunnan) was killed in a crash, Tang Huaiyuan (a native of Jiangchuan, Yunnan) and Zhizhiqi gradually became the core leadership backbone of the Third Army of the National Revolutionary Army (the Hakka Dian army) that had been incorporated into the Central Army.
Diploma of the Third Army Officers' Instruction Corps
Wang Jun, a native of Chenggong, Yunnan, was the second commander of the Third Army of the National Revolutionary Army
Zhu Peide's sphere of influence under the jurisdiction of the Dian army
In 1937, the Military Commission of the National Government awarded a medal to the Order of the Cloud Dragon.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chiang Kai-shek repeatedly sent telegrams to Chongqing to study in the general officer class of the Central Army University, with the intention of cultivating Himeqi to become a senior general of Chiang Kai-shek's lineage.
In December 1939, Tang Zhunyuan, commander of the Third Army of the Fifth Army (commander-in-chief Zeng Wanzhong and Daguanren of Yunnan), returned to Yunnan to be mourned, and acted as the commander of the army.
In the battle for the position of Xiaoling in The Zhongtiao Mountain, Hezhiqi commanded the battle, killed the Japanese brigade Yangtze River Island, eliminated more than 3,000 Japanese troops, and the wing commander Shigematsu was seriously wounded.
The Japanese army reviewed the reasons for the fiasco in the Battle of Xiaoling in the "Winter Combat Lessons" the following year: "The Third Army of the Chinese Army (The Dian Army) was tenacious in combat strength, mobile and courageous, and (the Japanese side) could not grasp the fighter plane (fiasco)."
In 1940, the Military Commission of the National Government awarded another "Medal of Land, Sea and Air Armor". (Now in the collection of the Chinese Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall)
In 1941, the Chinese army was already at a disadvantage in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, but in the Battle of Zhangjiaping, ZhiZhiqi commanded it properly and successfully ambushed the Japanese 36th and 37th Divisions that came to attack. The main force of the 227th Wing of the 37th Division was annihilated, and Major General Katsumi Ueda was killed.
The combat strength of the Dian Army was feared by the Japanese army, and after many setbacks at the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, the Japanese army called the "Chinese God of War". He is the only Chinese general in the history of the Chinese military who has been called the "God of War" by the Japanese army.
Located in the Tengchong National Cemetery, the Monument to Lieutenant General Qi
In May, the Japanese army mobilized 100,000 troops to attack Zhongtiao Mountain, and the commander Tang Huaiyuan was killed. His legs were blown off, and he committed suicide by swinging his sword so as not to drag his men to retreat.
As one of the earliest ace units of the National Revolutionary Army, the Third Army was almost completely lost after the Battle of Nakajōsan. At the memorial meeting of all the fallen soldiers of the Third Army, people from all walks of life wrote more than a thousand tributes.
The form of worship for the national army
Chiang Kai-shek wrote an inscription for the Third Army, "Meritorious Service in a Hundred Battles, Victory in rivers and mountains, Double Loyalty and Great Festival to Strengthen the Central Plains." Lin Sen, chairman of the National Government, wrote a horizontal criticism, "Complete loyalty to the country."
Among them, the double loyalty should refer to Tang Huaiyuan and Inch Sex Qi. Some people also believe that Shuangzhong refers to Zhu Peide and Wang Jun, who have made great contributions to Chiang Kai-shek's victory in the Central Plains, so it is said that "the Central Plains are strengthened in a big festival".
Zhu Peide, the leader of the Yunnan Army and the founder of the Third Army
Zhu Peide's central government directly administered the First Army of the Dian Army
In addition, Chiang Kai-shek also personally wrote an inscription for the inch, "A tiger general in the anti-Japanese army."
Today, the mausoleum of General Inch Qi has been moved from Shanxi to his hometown of Tengchong, Yunnan, and buried in the National Martyrs Cemetery for future generations to commemorate.
It can be said that the history of General Zhizhiqi is a military history of the Dian Army. It reflects the thousands of soldiers of the Dian Army who left their homes at the beginning of the Patriotic War, fought in the southern and northern wars, and fell stars.
Commemorative medal of the Third Army Games of the National Revolutionary Army