In 1937, the foreign invader, the Japanese Kou, launched an all-out invasion war and claimed to end the battle in three months and occupy all of China, which shows how arrogant the Japanese Kou were at that time. And just when this nation reached a critical juncture, Chiang Kai-shek, then the big man of the Republic of China, issued a letter to the compatriots of the whole country, uniting all the military forces in the country that could be united to jointly resist the aggressors. It is precisely under this call that the compatriots in China have worked together with one heart and one mind, and hundreds of millions of Chinese sons and daughters have united to form a powerful force for the national imperial insult.
It can be said that during the War of Resistance Against Japan, the local warlords who had previously fought with Chiang Kai-shek as soon as they met, at this time, also resisted the aggressors with Chiang Kai-shek with one heart and one mind, and expressed their willingness to contribute to the cause of the War of Resistance. Friends who may know the history of the War of Resistance Against Japan know that in this eight-year war of resistance. In addition to the Nationalist army led by Chiang Kai-shek, which contributed the most, there were also the Eighth Route Army of our party, the New Fourth Army, and guerrilla units in the base areas behind enemy lines in various places, who also attacked and harassed the rear of the Japanese Kou in this war, thus effectively supporting the frontal battlefield.
In particular, during the period of the War of Resistance Against Japan, warlords in various localities also sent troops and efforts. For example, the Sichuan warlords, who had been reluctant to leave Sichuan before, expressed their willingness to contribute to the cause of the War of Resistance against Japan as soon as the War of Resistance Against Japan broke out. At the call of Liu Xiang, the king of Sichuan, they led their respective troops to the anti-Japanese battlefield. According to historical records, the Sichuan army fought very bravely throughout the War of Resistance Against Japan, and they fought all over the country and fought countless times with the invaders. For example, in the Battle of Taierzhuang, if there was no Sichuan army general Wang Mingzhang who stubbornly defended Teng County, there would be no Taierzhuang victory. Also in the Sichuan warlord Yang Sen, Wang Lingji fought with the Japanese Kou in the Battle of Changsha and made great contributions to the defense of Changsha. It was also these sichuan army generals who killed the enemy in blood on the battlefield, and only then did they play the prestige of not becoming an army without a river. It is enough to see how great a contribution the warlords and soldiers of the Sichuan Army made to the cause of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in this War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
In addition to the warlords of the Sichuan Army, the warlords Long Yun and Lu Han of the Yunnan Army also made great contributions to the cause of the War of Resistance. Just after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Long Yun formed a army of his own guards, with Lu Han as the commander, and went out to fight against the War of Resistance. The name of this unit is the 60th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and friends who may know history know that this army has bathed in the major battlefields of the country in the War of Resistance Against Japan, thus winning the prestige of the national power brigade.
Long Yun, who was guarding his hometown, was not idle, and when the Japanese Kou blew up the Burma Highway, Chiang Kai-shek sent an expeditionary force into Burma to fight in order to preserve this international lifeline. Long Yun, on the other hand, mobilized all the Yunnan soldiers and civilians to repair the Burma Road that had been blown up by the enemy day and night to ensure this international lifeline, so that there was a steady stream of materials to be transported to the front line to support the cause of the War of Resistance. It can be seen that the warlords of the Yunnan Army also made great contributions to the cause of the War of Resistance.
The Gui warlords Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi also made great contributions in this war against foreign enemies. Friends who may be familiar with history know that before that, the Gui warlords were Chiang Kai-shek's sworn enemies. At this critical juncture for the nation, the Gui warlords Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi also expressed their willingness to obey Chiang Kai-shek's dispatches. And in the Battle of Songhu, the Gui generals fought very bravely, losing six divisions of troops in just one day. From this, it can also be seen that the bravery of the hui army is good at fighting, and the bravery on the battlefield is not afraid of life and death when facing the enemy's cannon.
The Gui warlord Li Zongren served as the commander of the Fifth Theater and commanded the famous Battle of Taierzhuang. Bai Chongxi also became Chiang Kai-shek's most important military staff officer, and put forward suggestions such as clearing the field, scorching the earth to resist the war, developing guerrilla warfare, cooperating with regular warfare, accumulating small victories into big victories, and exchanging space for time. In addition, a program for guerrilla warfare has been compiled, which coincides with our Party's guerrilla warfare tactics.
Since, when the nation reached a critical juncture, warlords everywhere contributed to the cause of the War of Resistance, and they belonged to sending troops and contributing at the same time. However, at the very moment when the nation was in crisis, there were two warlords who belonged to the tribe, who neither contributed nor sent troops, but still held on to his acres and three points of land, as his local king. The first was Liu Wenhui, the king of Xikang, who managed Xikang Province with needles that could not penetrate, and the water could not be spilled, and even Chiang Kai-shek's spies could not penetrate Xikang Province, let alone let him send troops to resist the enemy.
The second is Wang Shengshicai of Xinjiang, who belongs to the capricious villain, who has defected to Chiang Kai-shek and the Soviet Union, and has also joined our party. At the same time, when the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, emperor Shangao was far away and did not contribute to the cause of the War of Resistance.