The general was martyred against Japan, but his wife and children begged for a living, and Chiang Kai-shek was ashamed and embarrassed
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, a military commander famously said, "There will be a heart that will die, and a soldier will not have the idea of greed!" "Popularly, in battle, the general must have the spirit of not being afraid of death, so that the soldiers will not shrink back, which is the backbone and spirit that Chinese soldiers should have."
The person who said this famous saying was Hao Mengling, he was the commander of the Kuomintang, after saying this, he sacrificed himself on the battlefield against the Japanese Kou, the bullet hit his chest, he was the first commander of the Chinese anti-Japanese sacrifice, he used his death to declare to the Japanese army Chinese's determination to resist Japan.
Hao Mengling is a native of Gaocheng County, Hebei Province, born in a poor family, only 3 years of private school, and later did a lot of things, are doing chores, often oppressed, once beaten can not stand it he ran to become a soldier, from a soldier step by step to a battalion commander.
Later, in the warlord melee, his unit belonged to Feng Yuxiang's command, so he followed Feng Yuxiang to participate in the Northern Expedition, during which Hao Mengling was very heroic, made many meritorious contributions, was promoted to the commander of the 2nd Division of the 4th Army, and then participated in the Central Plains War with Feng Yuxiang.
After the war, he was promoted to the commander of the 9th Army, and after Chiang Kai-shek won the Victory in the Central Plains, Hao Mengling's 9th Army was also under Chiang Kai-shek's dispatch, but he was not a concubine, and he was always used as a gun by Chiang Kai-shek, and repeatedly forced Hao Mengling to lead his troops to fight against the Red Army, and Hao Mengling was reluctant to fight with the Red Army.
For this reason, he even repeatedly requested to be disarmed and returned to the field, but he did not expect that Chiang Kai-shek not only did not allow Hao Mengling to resign, but also transferred him to the Sichuan officer class to study, which actually emptied him, after which Hao Mengling did not have any great achievements, until 1937, when the War of Resistance broke out in full swing, Hao Mengling took the initiative to request to participate in the anti-Japanese resistance.
Chiang Kai-shek could not ask for it, let the non-concubine troops to fight with the Japanese army, Hao Mengling was bent on resisting Japan, never cared about personal gains and losses, after being allowed to participate in the war, he led his troops to rush to the front line of Yanmen Pass, when Yanmen Pass was lost, Xinkou became the first line of defense to block the Japanese army.
The Japanese commander was Itagaki Seishiro, commanding the Japanese 5th Division to launch an attack on the Xinkou defenders, in order to resist the attack of the Japanese army, Hao Mengling did not hesitate to personally go to the front line to command, the battle was very fierce, the position changed hands as many as 13 times, and most of the troops were killed and wounded.
The battle lasted for 5 days and 5 nights, in the early morning of October 16, the Japanese army occupied several hills, Hao Mengling personally went to the front line to supervise the battle, commanded the troops to retake several positions, and was hit by Japanese stray bullets while pursuing the Japanese Kou, and was killed on the spot by several bullets, at the age of 39.
A military commander died in this way on the anti-Japanese battlefield, after his death he was posthumously awarded the rank of general, Chiang Kai-shek personally wrote a tribute for him, held a state funeral for him, Hao Mengling left his wife and 5 children after his death, with the intensification of the Japanese invasion, Hao Mengling's wife took the child to Chongqing to hide.
At that time, due to the rise in prices, the life of an orphan and widowed mother was in trouble, and Hao Mengling's children had to go to the street to sell tea, as if begging, until they met Feng Yuxiang on the street once, and everyone learned that Hao Mengling's wife and children had fallen into such a situation.
Immediately Feng Yuxiang informed Chiang Kai-shek of this matter, making Chiang Kai-shek ashamed and embarrassed, and did not take good care of the orphans of the martyred generals, Chiang Kai-shek ordered them to be paid a pension of 20,000 yuan and reimbursed their children for schooling, which prevented Hao Mengling's wife and children from living on the streets.