Mao Linyi, born in 1903, character Yunsheng, Jiangxi Xingguojun Village Shixi Village Shibei Maowu people. Graduated from the fourth phase of the Chaozhou Branch of the Whampoa Military Academy, he has successively served as platoon, company and battalion commander, deputy colonel regimental deputy, chief of staff, captain of the Wuhan District of the Central Teaching Corps, and colonel regiment leader.
In the early morning of May 26, 1938. Lanfeng Chengnan: The battle began at dawn on the 25th and has been fought for more than ten hours. The forces attacking Lanfeng were the 46th Division of the Nationalist 27th Army, and Song Xilian's 87th and 88th Divisions. The 88th Division was now assigned to the 71st Army, and the Theater Department ordered Song Xilian to take charge of the division. Both units took part in the defense of Nanjing. The 276th Regiment of the 138th Brigade of the 46th Division of the 27th Army served as the main attacker, but the 276th Regiment organized ten death squads, but they were unsuccessful. The whole regiment was almost out of sight, and the brigade commander Ma Weilong was anxious and ordered Mao Linyi, the commander of the 276th Regiment, to personally organize the 11th death squad and charge the enemy. Before Lin Yi went up, he threw the cloth bag in his jacket pocket to him and said, "Big brother, you know that I am a native of Xingguo, Jiangxi, and the purse contains the detailed address of my hometown, and a few dollars, transfer it to the child and his mother for me, let the child and his mother burn a few more pieces of paper for me..."
At this time, the Japanese defenders organized a counterattack on the right side of the gap, the heavy machine guns were clattering, and the shells of the artillery also came over, and the shells "banged", and several old elm trees on the side of the city wall were hit, and the fire reflected the red half of the sky of Lanfeng. More than a hundred Japanese devils rushed out of the slash with bayonets in an attempt to beat down the warriors who had rushed to the head of the city. Mao Lin's righteous body led the way. He picked up his large knife, whistled the wind, and slashed three or four enemies in a row.
Soon, they attacked the city, and Brigadier Ma Weilong followed with his troops. However, they attacked and were soon surrounded by Japanese troops. Because the officers and men of the whole brigade went deep alone and had no support, they had to fight to the death in the city, and finally they ran out of guns and all were martyred. When Chiang Kai-shek learned of Mao Linyi's death, he not only shed a few tears of sadness, but also said that "he was a model of the National Army of Yunsheng"! Ordered mao Linyi to be posthumously promoted to major general of the army. At the same time, he scolded Gui Yongqing and other generals for their poor command, and even executed Long Muhan, commander of the Eighty-eighth Division of the 71st Army.