During the anti-Japanese period, many famous anti-Japanese generals emerged, including tong Linge, a famous general of the Great Wall War of Resistance, Li Zongren of Taierzhuang, Xue Yue of the Three Battles of Changsha, and Sun Liren, a general of the expeditionary army.
In the three battles, Xue Yue used the terrain of Hunan to use the "Heavenly Furnace Tactic" to achieve a decisive retreat, annihilating more than 100,000 Japanese troops, and all the people killed were pure-bred Japanese troops.
As one of the generals of the expeditionary force, General Sun Liren's anti-Japanese deeds are even more legendary, and it is rumored that General Sun Liren once captured more than a thousand Japanese troops, asked who of them had ever been to Nanjing, and as long as those who had been to Nanjing were buried alive, Chinese all clapped their hands and applauded.
Later, it was confirmed that this was false, but Sun Liren's anti-Japanese achievements in Burma were absolutely true, and Sun Liren led the new 38th Division to Burma to participate in the war, annihilated the strength of a large detachment of the Japanese army, and rescued 7,000 British officers and men surrounded by the Japanese army, which caused a sensation in the world.
In the face of the Japanese army, Xue Yue, Sun Liren and others are generals who can fight hard battles, and they let the Japanese see the determination of Chinese soldiers to defend their families and defend the country, and the bravery of Chinese soldiers. Is it Xue Yue or Sun Liren?
No, the Japanese are most afraid of the general of the Nationalist army is Wang Yaowu, why do you say so? At that time, there was a saying among the Japanese soldiers, "I would rather touch the King of Yan than touch the Old King", which meant that in battle, do not meet Wang Yaowu, otherwise it will be a dead end.
Does Wang Yaowu really have such a great ability? At the beginning of the Japanese army's comprehensive invasion of China, Wang Yaowu was the commander of the 51st Division, he led his troops to participate in the Battle of Songhu, after the war, his 51st Division and 58th Division were combined into the 74th Army, Yu Jishi was the first commander, and Wang Yaowu was the second commander.
The 74th Army came into the hands of Wang Yaowu and became an anti-Japanese force, which was the trump card of the Nationalist army, wang Yaowu became the commander of the 74th Army in 1939, before leading the 51st Division to participate in the Defense of Nanjing, the Battle of Lanfeng and the Battle of Wanjialing.
In the Battle of Wanjialing, he led his troops to fight fiercely with the Japanese army for several weeks, killed more than 4,000 Japanese troops, and won the great victory of Wanjialing, in the battle with the Japanese army, Wang Yaowu almost lost almost no defeat, which is rare among the generals of the Nationalist army, in June 1939, Wang Yaowu officially became the commander of the 74th Army.
He led the 74th Army to intercept two divisions of the Japanese army, fought fiercely with the Japanese army in the important town of Gao'an in northern Gan, used counter-encirclement tactics to retake Gao'an City, repelled the Japanese attack, and greatly boosted the anti-Japanese morale of the 74th Army.
In the spring of 1941, Wang Yaowu led his troops and the Japanese army to fight in Shanggao, Jiangxi, Wang Yaowu once again used anti-encirclement tactics to surround the Japanese army within a diameter of less than 5 kilometers, the Japanese army used poison gas bombs in the battle, still not low From the fierce attack of the 74th Army, the commander of the Japanese major general was killed.
This conservative estimate killed more than 12,000 Japanese troops, causing heavy damage to the Japanese army, in April 1945, Wang Yaowu once again led 300,000 troops to fight with the Japanese army, the Japanese army collapsed, Wang Yaowu seemed to have become the Nemesis of the Japanese army, so that there is a saying that "it is better to touch the king of Yan, do not touch the old king".