During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, warlords from all over the country and in many places also united to resist Japan, and everyone in the face of national difficulties put the army first, and it would not be appropriate if at this time it was not appropriate to fight in order to protect their own mountain nests. The country is about to perish when it is invaded by the great powers. Today, Xiaobian will take you to know a person who was originally a warlord and later actively devoted himself to the revolutionary cause, and became the highest-ranking soldier who died in the anti-Japanese war.
This person is Li Jiayu, who could have lived a life of food and clothing for the rest of his life, because his family situation is richer than others. However, when he saw the situation in China at that time, he felt that the examination could not be saved, and he could only choose to become a soldier. His performance as a soldier was also relatively outstanding, and he successfully joined the ranks of the Sichuan warlords.
After the July 7 Incident, the domestic situation became particularly tense, and seeing that the land of China was about to fall into a war, the Japanese clamored to occupy all of China. Li Jiayu was anxious at that time, so he volunteered to ask his superiors to fight with the little devils, and swore that he would not drive the Japanese back to his hometown and would not return to Sichuan. So Chiang Kai-shek sent him to the Shanxi region with a large army to carry out anti-Japanese resistance, under the dispatch of Commander Zhu De.
The Kuomintang and Communist forces conducted a multi-day joint operation, and Li Jiayu even admired Commander-in-Chief Zhu De from the bottom of his heart, and he even said that if he encountered a commander on the battlefield in the future, he would be willing to retreat. By 1944, the Japanese army had come to an end and began to carry out crazy attacks and sweeps in most parts of China. At this time, Li Jiayu served as the commander-in-chief of the 36th Group Army, and began to lead the team to frantically fight back against the Japanese army and carry out a fierce attack.
At that time, the Kuomintang was defeated in the Battle of Central Henan and prepared to retreat, unfortunately Li Jiayu happened to encounter a well-equipped Japanese detachment, at this time Li Jiayu had every opportunity to retreat under the cover of his subordinates, but he did not, although he was at a disadvantage, he mobilized all the soldiers, including the brother-in-law and other soldiers who did not usually participate in the battle, and personally commanded and fought with the Japanese to the death. But the commander-in-chief of the 36th Group Army, who has made great achievements, could not have imagined that this would be the last battle of his life. Unfortunately, he was shot and insisted on standing and continuing to direct the struggle, at this time he could not say more than a word but struggled to write five words on the paper: quick tune 104, and then he closed his eyes forever and slept forever. The soldiers at that time were all left in tears, and the editor paid tribute to them.