He was a lieutenant general of the Kuomintang and a commander in the defense of Hengyang, and he created the miracle of winning more with less, resisting the attack of 110,000 Japanese troops with 20,000 troops and eliminating 60,000 Japanese personnel. Although the battle ended in defeat, his exploits were there for all to see. He was Fang Xianjue, and what was the reason why such a general with great achievements in battle completely disappeared from the battlefield during the Liberation War?
In the defense of Hengyang, he led the Tenth Army to fight bloodily, but he could not wait for reinforcements from the rear, when the city gate was breached, he was originally going to apologize for his death, but later under the persuasion of his subordinates, he led his troops to surrender, so why did he not achieve victory, there were many reasons.
Mainly because, at the last moments, the Tenth Army was too wounded, few people were able to fight, and there was an extreme shortage of weapons and ammunition. If the fighting continued, the whole army would be wiped out, and tens of thousands of them still had their sniffles. If he chose to retreat, he would have to abandon the wounded soldiers who were seriously wounded and could not be transferred, and the number of wounded soldiers was huge, and in order to save the lives of these comrades who had followed him for many years, he had no choice but to surrender.
However, in this battle, although he carried the remnants of the soldiers, he also beat the enemy with a rolling belt, which also reflected his command ability on the front line. The Defense of Hengyang not only delayed the Japanese army's "Operation No. 1" plan, but also directly caused the collapse of Hideki Tojo's cabinet, and also conveyed to the world the determination of chinese soldiers to drive the Japanese invaders out of China.
He became a prisoner of the enemy army after surrendering, but was later rescued by Lao Jiang. When he returned to Chongqing, he was also welcomed by the masses and received a medal. Later, however, some people learned that he had surrendered, and felt that he was detrimental to the integrity of the soldiers.
However, the old Chiang did not give up reusing him, and in the later stages of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Kuomintang army set up the Chinese Youth Army and entrusted it to him to lead. The equipment of the youth army was very advanced, and the people inside were still very highly educated, and when the army was first formed, he wanted to show his fists, but he was transferred elsewhere in the middle of the way. During the Liberation War, he served as the commander of the 88th Division of the reorganized 24th Army, responsible for the defense of Xuzhou City.
The director of the Xuzhou Appeasement Office was Xue Yue, and Xue Yue and he were not a faction, but they were both very capable of fighting, but during the War of Resistance, the two of them had many discord. Therefore, neither of them looked up to each other, and not long after, one of his divisions was transferred by Xue Yue to the reorganized 11th Division, but General Fang originally had only two reorganized brigades, so there was only one left.
In 1946, his reorganized division met with our army's field army in a narrow road, and although his army suffered heavy casualties, it still resisted the attack of our army and held the defensive line, which was not annihilated by our army, and it can be said that it is also a very powerful figure.
Because of the heavy losses this time, Xue Yue found an opportunity to impeach him, fanned the flames to old Jiang, accused him of poor command, and embezzled military salaries, so it led to heavy losses under his banner. General Fang was furious, believing that Xue Yue only let the reorganized 88th Division fight with the field army, which was obviously to let them go to the front line to die, so he also countered Xue Yue's army.
Later, General Fang was transferred to Fujian, and Xue Yue was removed. From then on, the general was absent from the Liberation War, and after the defeat of the Nationalist army, he also went to Taiwan, and after going to Taiwan, he instructed him to take up the deputy post, and there was no more major achievement.