General Liu Jie served as the commander of the 29th Army of the Nationalist Army before committing suicide in defeat.
General Liu Jie was an "outstanding anti-Japanese general", why do you say this?
In 1933, General Liu Jie led the 83rd Division to participate in the Great Wall Resistance. They fought heroically with the Japanese army in the 372 heights, 425 highlands, Chetouyu, Big and Small Xingkailing, Shangbaozi, Beacon Hill and other positions, although the 83rd Division was equipped with German weapons, but under the attack of the Japanese tanks, it still appeared powerless, in the case of heavy casualties among the soldiers, Liu Jie even organized the health troops and cooking soldiers into battle, but the positions were still constantly occupied by the Japanese army, seeing that a few days ago, the well-equipped troops, heavy losses, and Liu Jie, who was in a hurry, drew his gun and prepared to commit suicide. Fortunately, he was taken by his chief of staff. In 1937, Liu Jie led his troops to participate in the Battle of Xinkou, killing and wounding more than 10,000 enemy troops, and was promoted to commander of the 93rd Army after the war.
Liu Jie was a person loyal to the "Three People's Principles," but during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he was still able to put aside his political views and focus on the great righteousness of the anti-Japanese nation.
In 1940, Liu Jie led the 93rd Army to garrison Yangcheng, and because Chiang Kai-shek was engaged in anti-communist friction, he ordered him to blockade the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region. His chief of staff, Wei Wei, was an underground party member, and Chief of Staff Wei advised him not to engage in friction and to unite to accomplish the great cause of resisting Japan. He not only treated the underground party members and progressives in the defense zone, but also secretly used military supplies to help the Eighth Route Army. Later, Wei Wei's identity was discovered by the secret agents of the military command and reported to the Military and Political Department. Chiang Kai-shek and He Yingqin called many times to transfer Wei Wei, and Liu Jie, in order to protect his colleagues for many years, asked him to quietly leave Yangcheng for Yan'an, and he himself was dismissed from his post as a military commander.
Before bidding farewell to Wei Wei and leaving, Liu Jie walked for him at his home, raising a glass with tears in his eyes and saying: "I have worked with the chief of staff for many years, and I am like a brother. Because of his different thoughts, he is leaving, and everyone has his own aspirations, and I will not keep them, but I hope that friendship will always be there." He later added: "I can guarantee that during the period of the War of Resistance Against Japan, I will resolutely resist Japan and will not fight a civil war." After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, if the two parties fight for the world again, I will still struggle for the Three People's Principles to the end, and I hope that we will not meet each other on the battlefield in the future. ”
After Wei Wei arrived in Yan'an, he changed his name to Bai And served as the chief of staff of the Forward Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and the deputy commander of the Supplementary Training Division of the Taiyue Military Region, and was awarded the rank of major general in 1955.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Kuomintang brazenly launched a civil war, and our army also resolutely counterattacked, and at the same time pushed Liu Jie onto the battlefield, and the result was naturally no good end.
In 1947, Hu Zongnan led his troops to attack the red capital Yan'an. Liu Jie was stationed in Luochuan, Jingyang, Tongguan, Yaoxian, Tianshui and other places, and was in the first line of attacking Yan'an. But his opponent was General Peng Da, who was the greatest in our army, and in August 1947 he ate his elite 36th Division, and the division commander Zhong Song escaped.
In February 1948, our Northwest Field Army launched the Battle of Yichuan. Hu Zongnan dispatched Liu Jie to lead reinforcements, and he was very worried about this reinforcement of Liu, and he had already tasted the strength of Peng Laozong's dispatch of troops and reinforcements around the point. On the way, he wanted to go north first and bypass our army, but Hu Zongnan was a bit blind and insisted that he must go east. As a result, on February 28, they entered the ambush circle that our army had already prepared. On March 1, our army took advantage of the snowy night to close the siege, tightened the "pockets" and began to fight fiercely, and the battle was fought from dawn to four o'clock in the afternoon, and Liu Jie's 27th Division and 90th Division were all annihilated.
Seeing that the general trend was gone, Liu Jie adopted the extreme method of "becoming a ren if it is unsuccessful" demanded by the old Chiang Kai-shek, and pulled a grenade to blow himself up and died, at the age of 42.
After Liu Jie committed suicide after his defeat, Mr. Peng remembered his contributions during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and ordered: "The body should be wrapped up, the burial place should be marked, and at the same time, Hu Zongnan and Liu Jie's relatives and descendants should be notified to claim it." ”