The author of this issue has already told you about who were the main generals of the 8th Army Group Army and the 10th Group Army of the Nationalist Army who participated in the Battle of Songhu (which belonged to the Right Wing Combat Army) during October 1937.
Today is the third article in this series: In the Battle of Songhu, who were the main generals of the 9th Army of the Nationalist Army who participated in the battle?
The 9th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army belonged to the Central Combat Army under the command of Zhu Shaoliang, and the 9th Group Army was under the jurisdiction of the 72nd Army, the 78th Army, the 71st Army and the 8th Army, as well as the Songhu Garrison Headquarters.
The commander of the 9th Army was Zhu Shaoliang, commander-in-chief of the Central Combat Army.
Zhu Shaoliang (1891-1963), born in Wujin, Jiangsu Province, graduated from the Japanese Army Non-Commissioned Officer School, participated in the Wuchang Uprising, and after the Northern Expedition, served as chief of staff of the 10th Division of the National Revolutionary Army, commander of the 2nd Army, commander of the 6th Road, chairman of the Gansu Provincial Government and director of the Gansu Provincial Government. After the Battle of Songhu, he served as the commander of the Eighth Theater and was a famous anti-Japanese general. After his death, he was posthumously promoted to the rank of general of the Army.
The commander of the 72nd Army was Sun Yuanliang.
Sun Yuanliang (1904-2007), born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, was born in Huayang, Chengdu, Sichuan, he was the first student of Huangpu, and then went to Japan to study in the 21st Artillery Section of the Japanese Army Non-Commissioned Officer School, participated in the Eastern Expedition and the Northern Expedition, and served as the commander of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division of the 1st Army of the 1st Army of the National Revolutionary Army, the commander of the Artillery Regiment of the 1st Guard Brigade, the brigade commander, and the commander of the 88th Division. Sun Yuanliang's reputation was not good, mainly because he was greedy for money and lustful, but in the Battle of Songhu, the amazing feat of eight hundred brave soldiers alone guarding the Sihang Warehouse was created by his subordinate Xie Jinyuan, deputy regimental commander. Later, in the defense of Nanjing, he privately ordered the withdrawal from Nanjing and was dismissed from his post and investigated, and only in 1939 did he return to the anti-Japanese battlefield, serving as deputy commander-in-chief of the Twenty-eighth Group Army and commander of the Twenty-ninth Army, fighting several victorious battles, such as the "Kefu" Dushan Campaign, for which he was also awarded the Order of the Blue Sky and White Sun.
The 72nd Army was under the jurisdiction of the 88th Division and the Shanghai Security Corps, and the commander of the 88th Division was Sun Yuanliang. The Shanghai Security Corps was Ji Zhangjian (1902-1992), a native of YaXian County, Hainan, and a major general in the Kuomintang Army.
The commander of the 78th Army was Song Xilian.
Song Xilian (1907-1993), a native of Xiangxiang, Hunan, graduated from the first phase of the Huangpu Military Academy, joined the Communist Party of China in his early years, participated in the Eastern Crusade and the Northern Expedition, served as a company commander and battalion commander, and was sent to the Japanese Army Infantry School to study, and after returning to China, he served as the commander of the second regiment of the 1st Guard Division, the brigade commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Guard Division, the commander of the 36th Division, and other positions. ”。 After the Outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he led his troops from Xi'an to Shanghai to participate in the Battle of Songhu. On October 17, 1937, it stormed the area around Tianbao Road. On the night of the 20th, it attacked the Huishan pier in one fell swoop, forcing the enemy to return to the ship in defeat, and the 36th Division's battle power caused a sensation throughout the country. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he led his troops to participate in battles many times, and his achievements were impressive. Captured in the War of Liberation, he was one of the first war criminals to be released.
The 78th Division was under the jurisdiction of the 36th Division, and the division commander was Song Xilian.
The commander of the 71st Army was Wang Jingjiu.
Wang Jingjiu (1902-1964), a native of Feng County, Jiangsu Province, graduated from the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, participated in the Eastern Expedition and the Northern Expedition, and served as the commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 63rd Regiment of the 21st Division of the 1st Army of the National Revolutionary Army, the commander of the 9th Regiment of the 3rd Division, and the deputy commander of the 1st Division of the Central Guard Army of the National Government. During the Battle of Songhu, he served as the commander of the 87th Division of the 5th Army and the commander of the 71st Army. Later, he went to Taiwan and became a professor at the Three Armed Forces University.
The 71st Division was under the jurisdiction of the 87th Division, and the division commander was Wang Jingjiu.
The commander of the 8th Army was Huang Jie.
Huang Jie (November 2, 1903 – October 29, 1996), a native of Changsha, Hunan Province, was a student of the first term of the Huangpu Period, who participated in the Eastern Expedition and the Northern Expedition, and successively served as the commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the Whampoa Military Academy, the commander of the 7th Regiment of the 2nd Division, the brigade commander of the 5th Brigade of the 2nd Division, the commander of the Eighth Army and the commander of the Tax police. He participated in the Great Wall War of Resistance and the Battle of Songhu, and later served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the 11th Group Army and the commander of the 6th Army, participated in the Chinese Expeditionary Force, defeated the 56th Division of the Japanese Invading Army, opened up the international communication line from China to Burma and India, and won the "Medal of Freedom" of the US government and the "Order of Yunli" of the National Government, and was a first-class general.
The 8th Army consisted of the 61st Division (Division Commander Zhong Song, Lieutenant General), the 31st Division (Division Commander Li Yutang, Lieutenant General), the 18th Division (Division Commander Zhu Yaohua, Lieutenant General of the Army), and the Tax Police Corps (Regiment Commander Huang Jiejian).
The commander of the Songhu Police Command is named Yang Hu.
Yang Hu (1889-1966) was a native of Ningguo County, Anhui Province. He studied at the Qing Army Marine Division Wuben School, liangjiang lecture hall, and Nanyang Higher Police School. He served as the commander-in-chief of the Jiangsu Army, the commander of the Marine Corps, the commander of the Sun Sishan Presidential Palace and the chief of the guard, the commander of the Shanghai Garrison, the director of the Shanghai Security Department, the commander of the Songhu Garrison, and other positions.
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