The Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain was the most unspeakable battle fought during the War of Resistance Against Japan. Even Chiang Kai-shek, the supreme commander of the Nationalist Army, said that this was "the greatest shame in the history of the War of Resistance." In this battle, which lasted for more than a month, our side fought 100,000 Japanese troops with 180,000 people, but as a result, we were captured 35,000 people, 42,000 killed, and the Japanese side only killed 673 people and wounded 2,292 people, and suffered a crushing defeat at Nakajo Mountain.
Although our side's fiasco in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain was unbearable to see, there were also many touching deeds in the Chinese army that could be sung and wept, although it was only a heroic martyrdom, it was always worthy of our eternal remembrance.
Today, I will tell you that in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, there were three senior national army officers who committed suicide and martyrdom, who are they? Why martyrdom in this way?
After the Battle of ZhongtiaoShan began, in the face of the fierce attack of the Japanese army, the senior generals of our side who died in this battle included Tang Huaiyuan, commander of the Third Army, Cun Zhiqi, commander of the 12th Division of the Third Army, Wu Shimin, commander of the 98th Army, Wang Jun, commander of the newly organized 27th Division of the 80th Army, Liang Xixian, deputy commander of the Major General of the 22nd Division of the Army, and Chen Wenqi, deputy commander of the Major General of the 24th Division, and six others, including three generals who were martyred by suicide, namely:
I. Tang Huaiyuan, commander of the Third Army.
Tang Huaiyuan, a native of Jiangchuan, Yunnan, born in 1886, graduated from the Yunnan DaowuTang, and after the Xinhai Revolution, he accompanied Cai Yi to defend the first army of the country on the Beiyang warlords, starting from a platoon commander to being promoted to the commander of the Third Army in 1937 and participating in the defense of Niangziguan in Shanxi.
On May 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a full-scale attack on Mount Nakajō. On May 11, the passes and crossings of the Yellow River were occupied by the enemy. The enemy's main force encircled the Third Army in a split-attacking and combined attack, and the officers and men of Tang Huaiyuan's unit suffered heavy casualties and ran out of ammunition, and none of the breakthrough troops were successful. On the 12th, Tang Huaiyuan led the remnants to occupy the positions around the Hanging Mountain. The enemy concentrated its forces and launched an onslaught on it. Tang Huaiyuan was frustrated in his three breakthroughs, and under the situation of the Japanese army's advance, he was sad and angry and failed to meet the duty of guarding The Zhongtiao Mountain, and in order to preserve the national integrity, he raised his gun and killed himself at the top of the Hanging Mountain, only 55 years old.
In 1942, he was posthumously awarded the title of army general by the National Government, and in 1986, he was posthumously recognized by the Yunnan Provincial People's Government as a revolutionary martyr, and in September 2014, General Tang Huaiyuan was listed in the first list of 300 famous anti-Japanese heroes and heroes.
The commander of the Twelfth Division of the Third Army was qiqi.
Born in 1895, he graduated from Yunnan Daowutang and later participated in the Wuchang Uprising, and was appointed by Sun Yat-sen as a major general in the base camp to join the army, and the commander of the gendarmerie under the direct jurisdiction of the central government. Before the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he was promoted to deputy brigade commander of the Thirty-fourth Brigade and chief of staff of the Army's Third Army. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served as the commander of the Twelfth Division of the Third Army.
In the Battle of May 1941, when he heard the news of the heroic martyrdom of the commander Tang Huaiyuan, he was deeply saddened, but still endured the pain, shouted to kill the thief, and led his army to rush to the enemy position. On the night of May 13, during the battle, the left leg of Inch Qi was blown off, and blood gushed. He told his subordinates, "My leg is broken, leave me alone; I am determined to martyr the country in order to preserve the integrity of the whole country." He then drew his sword and committed suicide at the age of 46, also known to the Japanese as the "Chinese God of War."
He was posthumously awarded the title of Lieutenant General of the Army by the Nationalist Government, posthumously recognized as a revolutionary martyr by the Ministry of Civil Affairs in 1986, and in September 2014, General Inch Qi was listed in the first batch of 300 famous anti-Japanese heroes and heroes.
3. Liang Xixian, deputy commander of the Major General of the 22nd Division of the Army.
Liang Xixian, a native of Tongguan, Shaanxi (now part of Tongchuan City), born in 1898, graduated from the fifth phase of the Huangpu Army Officer School, participated in the Northern Expedition, and successively served as platoon commander, company commander, battalion commander, and regiment commander. In 1937, he went with the army to the anti-Japanese battlefield and entered Shanxi to fight against the Japanese army. After several years of combat, he was promoted to deputy commander of the 22nd Division of the Army, and later deputy commander of the newly organized 27th Division of the 80th Army of the First Theater.
On May 7, 1941, the Japanese launched the Battle of Nakajō-san. On May 9, after the division commander Wang Jun and the chief of staff Chen Wenqi were martyred, they led the rest of the troops to continue to hold the position of Taizhai Village, and the officers and soldiers suffered casualties, and Liang Xixian, in order not to be captured by the enemy, jumped into the Yellow River to commit suicide, and generously martyred the country, at the age of 43.
In August 2015, General Liang Xixian was included in the second batch of 600 famous anti-Japanese heroes and heroes.
War is cruel, especially in the war against foreign insults, no matter whether it succeeds or fails, every drop of blood shed by soldiers on the battlefield is to preserve our motherland and preserve their personality, so their sacrifices are always worthy of our remembrance and admiration.
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This person was the commander of the national army division, and he could not fight for people's charity, and in his later years he returned to his hometown to farm at the age of 82