The Battle of Ren'anqiang, also known as the Great Victory of Anqiang, this battle is not a small matter, this battle made the British army and the US army realize that it was not the same as our army, which was also the first great victory achieved by the Yunzheng Army. Friends who know history know that the commander of this battle was Sun Liren, but it was a regimental commander who took 1 regiment of troops to repel more than 7,000 Japanese troops, and successfully rescued more than 7,000 British troops and more than 500 officers and men of the Anglo-Burmese army captured by the Japanese army, as well as missionaries and journalists.
This heroic regimental commander was Liu Fangwu, a native of Guiyang, Hunan, who graduated from the sixth phase of the Huangpu Military Academy, and after the outbreak of the War of Resistance, Liu Fangwu went to the front line of the War of Resistance, the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Nanjing, the Battle of Wuhan and other major battles. Later, the Outbreak of the Pacific War, the Japanese army attacked Southeast Asia, and at this time these places were British and American territory, and their troops were put into the European battlefield, so Chiang Kai-shek was asked to send troops to break the siege, at that time Chiang Also had his own plans, if Southeast Asia was occupied, then the road to international assistance was blocked. So Chiang Kai-shek formed an expeditionary force to participate, and at this time Liu Fangwu's troops were also incorporated into the expeditionary army.
The first battle of the expeditionary force fought with the Japanese army in Tonggu, known in history as the Tonggu Defense War, this battle expeditionary force played a national prestige, expelled the Wokou, and raised its prestige in a foreign land, but in the end due to the retreat of the British army, the retreat of the 200th Division was blocked, and the 200th Division took the initiative to retreat to Tonggu under no way, and the 21-day ancient defense war ended.
In the same year, the Rapid March of the Japanese 33rd Division surrounded the British army at Ren'an Qiang, when the British commander-in-chief asked for help from the conscription army, at that time Du Yuming reluctantly agreed to come down, because in the previous ancient defense war, the British army retreated privately, and the 200th Division suffered heavy casualties, but out of the relationship between the two countries, he had to send Sun Liren out of the siege of Ren'an Qiang.
Receiving orders from the commander's headquarters, Sun Liren led the newly organized 113th Regiment of the 38th Division to relieve the besieged British army, at that time Liu Fangwu was the commander of the 113th Regiment, when the rescue department approached Ren'an Qiang a little bit, Liu Fangwu was a little nervous, he knew that this time he was facing the Japanese 33rd Division regiment, which was very strong in combat effectiveness and well-equipped.
So Liu Fangwu adopted a two-wing encirclement posture, and the encircled British army, to a center to blossom, so that the Japanese army suffered from the enemy on its belly and back, when the battle began, our army was high-spirited, rushed to the enemy army, and repeatedly charged with the frontal Japanese army, at this time, the surrounded British army, when they saw our army launching a fierce attack on the Japanese army, they also began to return fire to the Japanese army, so that the enemy army suffered from the enemy in the belly and back, and after a few hours of fighting, the enemy suffered heavy casualties, and finally withdrew from the position, wading through the water and escaping.
Commander Liu repelled the enemy who was seven times larger than me and rescued the British army seven times larger than me, including journalists, missionaries, and family members. This battle was also the first battle in which the Conscription Army achieved brilliant results in a different place. After the war, Colonel Liu Fangwu was also commended, and was promoted from colonel to major general.
Later, when Liu Fangwu settled in the United States, when he was 93 years old, he was cordially greeted by Margaret Thatcher, thanking him for his merits in saving the British army in the Battle of Ren'anchang 50 years ago.
On June 29, 1994, Liu Fangwu died of illness in Los Angeles. Two years before his death, he was also awarded a medal of honor that was 50 years late---- first prize medal of the Army, Navy and Air Force.