Among the Sichuan army, the most famous is Sichuan Chairman Liu Xiang, in the early stage of the War of Resistance Liu Xiang actively supported the anti-Japanese resistance, there is merit, but unfortunately he did not live to see the victory of the War of Resistance, this is a huge regret, then after Liu Xiang's death, who took charge of Sichuan?
This successor is called Wang Miaoxu, he is a native of Xichong, Sichuan, among the generals of the Sichuan Army, his reputation is not as good as Liu Xiang, Yang Sen and others, he was once a classmate of Liu Xiang and Yang Sen, in 1908, the 22-year-old Wang Miaoxu was admitted to the Sichuan Benmu Academy, and after graduation, he served as a captain in the new army.
After the Xinhai Revolution, in 1916, Wang Yixu served as a regimental commander under Liu Xiang, and later transferred to the 9th Division under Yang Sen, during which there was a small episode, when he suspected that there were no guns in his hands, so he went to Hubei to buy a batch of Hanyang-made rifles totaling 2400, as well as a large number of bullets.
He used these guns to recruit a large number of peasants, and soon formed a team of 3,000 people, in 1922, Wang Yixu led his men and horses to follow Yang Sen to Wu Peifu, and after defeating Xiong Kewu, he was appointed brigade commander of the 32nd Brigade of the 16th Division, and the commander of the 16th Division was Yang Sen.
It can be said that his origins are inseparable from Yang Sen, but Yang Sen does not trust him, in order to gain Yang Sen's trust, Wang Miaoxu tattooed a "Sen" character on his left arm, and ordered his subordinate officers and soldiers to follow suit, which made Yang Sen very happy and appointed him as the governor of Chengdu.
In 1925, Yang Sen and Liu Xiang were at war, but at the critical moment Wang Xiangxu defected to Liu Xiang and helped Liu Xiang defeat Yang Sen, who replaced Yang Sen as the commander of the 16th Division, but Wang Xiang was not used seriously under Liu Xiang and was monitored by Liu Xiang.
In 1937, the War of Resistance broke out in full swing, Liu Xiang supported the War of Resistance, and soon After Liu Xiang died of illness, Wang Miaoxu, who had already defected to Jiang, was appointed chairman of Sichuan, replacing Liu Xiang in charge of Sichuan, and during his reign in Sichuan, he was not bad for the people, saving expenses and punishing corrupt officials.
However, other Sichuan generals, led by Deng Xihou, Liu Wenhui, and Pan Wenhua, joined forces to drive out Wang Miaoxu by force, while Jiang Sent Wang Miaoxu to lead his army to the front line to resist the war under the pretext of quelling the Gange, and he concurrently served as the chairman of Sichuan.
On October 1, 1939, Wang Miaoxu led 4 independent brigades to the front line, under the command of the 29th Group Army, and Wang Miaoxu's command post was anti-Japanese in Xiangyang and Fancheng, Hubei Province.
On March 1, 1940, Wang Miaoxu participated in the Battle of Zaoyi, after the martyrdom of General Zhang Zizhong, Wang Miaoxu led his troops to resist the Japanese army at Dahong Mountain for more than 20 days, and when the pass and position were lost, he insisted on fighting guerrilla warfare with the Japanese army on the mountain and blocked the Japanese army for more than 10 days.
Throughout the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wang Miaoxu made great contributions to the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and after the victory of the War of Resistance, he participated in the War of Liberation, but unexpectedly his son Wang Zejun was captured by the People's Liberation Army in the Battle of Huaihai.
On December 9, 1949, after the uprising of the Sichuan army generals Liu Wenhui, Deng Xihou and others, Wang Miaoxu also instructed his cronies to lead the newly organized 44th Army to revolt, totaling more than 40,000 people, in 1957, Wang Miaoxu was attacked, he tried to smuggle to Hong Kong, was arrested by the border guards, in 1960, Wang Miaoxu died in prison at the age of 74.