After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in an all-round way, Japan was deeply immersed in the Chinese battlefield, and when china was in a dilemma, its fascist partner Germany raided and occupied Poland, and then won the victory in the war against Britain and France.
On May 7, 1941, the Japanese army on the outskirts of The Nakajō Mountains, with the support of aviation, began a full-scale offensive from the east, north and west. At this point, the famous Battle of Nakajōzan (known to the Japanese as the "Battle of Nakahara") broke out.
Zhongtiao Mountain, from Yongji in the south of Jinnan to Shaanxi in the west, east to Yubei Jiyuan and Mengxian are connected to the Taihang Mountains, north of the Yuncheng Basin, known as the granary of Shanxi, and south of the rolling Yellow River. The territory is full of ravines, undulating mountains, overlapping passes, and rich mineral deposits.
Therefore, located at the junction of Henan, Jinxi and Shaanxi, in the south of Shanxi and on the north bank of the Yellow River, there is a mountain range with a northeast-southwest direction, northeast high and southwest-low mountain range, called Zhongtiao Mountain, which is 170 kilometers wide and 50 kilometers deep, spanning the three cities of Linfen, Yuncheng and Jincheng, between the Taihang Mountains and the Huashan Mountains, the mountain is narrow and long, so it is called Zhongtiao. And the three mountains of Taihang, Lüliang and Taiyue are each other's horns, and their strategic position is very important.
After the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain began, the Japanese side concentrated its forces to invade Zhongtiao Mountain, and plotted to completely annihilate the Chinese defenders, drawing two divisions from central China, the 17th and 33rd divisions, which were assigned to the North China Front, and then the Kwantung Army mobilized the 32nd and 83rd squadrons and the main force of the 3rd flight group, and deployed at the two airfields of Yuncheng and Xinxiang to serve as air cooperation. Then, the North Japan Dispatch Army adjusted the strength of its troops, with a total strength of more than 100,000 people, well-equipped, well-fed, and aircraft artillery to help the Japanese army rush to the garrison.
At that time, Tang Huaiyuan, commander of the Third Army, a famous anti-Japanese general, led his troops to participate in the battle, and his main force held the area of Jieshan east of Wenxi and Xia County to block the Japanese army, but the Japanese army relied on advanced weapons and equipment, as well as the cooperation of the air force, frantically attacked the Chinese position, and finally the defense line of the Seventh Division of the Third Army was breached by the Japanese army and surrounded the headquarters of the Seventh Division.
At the critical juncture, the commander Tang Huaiyuan was not in danger, calmly responded, quickly dispatched troops, after fierce fighting, the seventh division was finally released, but the Japanese army took advantage of the seventh division was surrounded, the Chinese army was drawn to support, quickly besieged the third army headquarters, the surrounding Japanese troops also came up, the regiment surrounded the third army, in the face of the critical moment, General Tang Huaiyuan was not afraid of danger, personally came to the front line to direct the battle.
Although after three breakouts, but did not succeed in breaking the encirclement of the Japanese army, when the ammunition ran out, Tang Huaiyuan dispersed the troops to break through, he gathered his three division commanders, and before dying, he resolutely said: "The Chinese army only has the commanders of the dead divisions, there are no captured division commanders, and do not let the Third Army start its end!" ”
Tang Huaiyuan ordered the regiments to be divided into pieces and break through separately. Tang Huaiyuan led the Thirty-fifth Regiment and one of the Thirty-sixth Regiments to fight the Japanese Kou for a day in the rain, and engaged in hand-to-hand combat, with heavy casualties. Tang Huaiyuan was surrounded by only a few signal soldiers and telegraph operators, and after three failed breakthroughs, he retreated into the earthen house on the top of the hanging hill of Fanjiagou. In the early morning of this day, the wind was angry and the rain was pouring. Tang Huaiyuan sent around, pulled out a pistol and pulled the trigger on his heart, in order to protect the national integrity, he left the last bullet to himself, and martyred the country.
When Yang Jiyu (Tang's son-in-law), the commander of the heavy army battalion, buried Tang Huaiyuan's body with a blanket of the First Army, he retrieved a piece of paper from Tang's shirt pocket: "The rest of his body was entrusted with the heavy responsibility of the three armies by the national favor, and today's soldiers have suffered complete casualties, the environment is dangerous, and the two parts of the General Army have lost contact." After Yu's death, The commander-in-chief and chief of staff of Wangyu cleaned up the mess of their own army and continued to resist the war. "On the night of the 13th, he was shot in the chest and both legs were blown off.
At this time, the commander of the 12th Division of the 3rd Army, Zhi Zhiqi, was also in the heavy siege of the Japanese Kou, the Japanese army attacked the left wing of our army on the Water Valley Duo Heights, he personally led the brave team to fight with the enemy, unfortunately shot in the chest, at this time he had learned the news of the heroic martyrdom of the commander Tang Huaiyuan, grief-stricken, still forced to endure the wounds, shouted to kill the thief, led the army to rush to the enemy position, on the evening of the 13th, his right leg was blown off by Japanese artillery fire.
With a seriously wounded body, he led dozens of people to Raid Maojiawan and once again encountered heavy interception by the Japanese army, and in the battle, inch qi's left leg was blown off, and blood gushed. At this time, Zhi Zhiqi asked the regimental commander Huang Xiangu and others to break through and leave quickly, "My leg is broken, don't worry about me; I am determined to martyr the country to protect the personality of the whole country." "After saying this, use your last strength to draw your sword and commit suicide!" The officers and men present were all in tears, and although the enemy was strong, none of them left, and all of them accompanied each other and sacrificed heroically.
Tang Huaiyuan, the character Fochuan, was born in 1886 in Jiangchuan County, Yunnan Province, graduated from yunnan Daowutang, during the thirty years of military service, Tang Huaiyuan experienced hundreds of battles, and repeatedly built special awards. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Tang Huaiyuan was promoted to commander of the Third Army, participated in the battles of Western Hebei, Eastern Jin, and Southern Jin, repeatedly thwarted The Japanese attacks, and was posthumously awarded the rank of general of the army after his death.
A native of Tengchong County, Yunnan, a Han nationality, graduated from the Tengchong Higher School, deeply felt that the country was weak and deceived, and it was not enough to defend the country without speaking about martial arts, and was determined to serve the country by practicing martial arts. One of the senior Chinese military generals killed during the Sino-Japanese War, he was posthumously awarded the title of Lieutenant General in 1942.
After the two famous anti-Japanese generals were martyred, they built the Tang Gong Ancestral Hall at the east gate of the town where they were sacrificed, enshrined the Tang Huaiyuan tablet and the colorful porcelain statue of Tang Huaiyuan's bust, and the people came to mourn. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Ministry of Civil Affairs posthumously recognized Tang Huaiyuan and Zhi Zhiqi as revolutionary martyrs. On April 5, 1990, on the Qingming Festival, Tang Huaiyuan's ashes were moved to the Jiangchuan Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery and the tomb of General Tang was erected. In the same year, the ashes of the inch qi were also moved to the Tengchong National Cemetery, becoming an eternal monument in the minds of the people.