On the anti-Japanese battlefield, the New Fourth Army sacrificed a total of 7 senior generals, except for Peng Xuefeng, who else do you know?
As we all know, the highest general of the New Fourth Army who died on the anti-Japanese battlefield was General Peng Xuefeng, who served as the commander of the Fourth Division of the New Fourth Army at the time of his death. General Peng became famous during the Red Army period.
At that time, he was the political commissar of the Second Red Division, and in the rebellion incident of the division commander Guo Bingsheng, he handled it properly and avoided greater losses, and was awarded a "Red Star Medal".
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he first served as the commander of the six detachments of the New Fourth Army, and then the New Second Brigade of the Eighth Route Army and the sixth detachment were merged into the Fourth Column of the New Fourth Army, and he became the commander of the column, and soon after the Fourth Column was reorganized into the Fourth Division of the New Fourth Army, the division commander Peng Xuefeng established his own cavalry unit, beating the Japanese on horseback, but unfortunately, such an excellent general was shot and killed in the Western Expedition in September 1944, at the age of 37.
And the senior generals who died in the New Fourth Army, in addition to General Peng, there are six others, who do you know?
Lu Yuting, the commander of the first general brigade of the guerrilla detachment of the New Fourth Army, he was a native of Yongcheng County, Henan, born in 1899, he served as the county magistrate of Yongcheng County, and devoted all his efforts to establishing the Yongcheng Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Group, in 1939, he came to Peng Xuefeng's camp school to study, and applied to join the New Fourth Army, and was soon appointed as the chief of the first general team of the guerrilla detachment of the New Fourth Army, in 1940, he led the troops to attack the Japanese army many times, with extraordinary results, and killed more than 300 Japanese troops, and then in the Battle of Mangzhongshan on April 1 of that year, Lu Yuting, who was holding his position, was unfortunately shot several times and died heroically at the age of 41.
Liu Shufan, political commissar of the Eighth Regiment of the Fifth Detachment of the New Fourth Army, a native of Lu'an, Anhui, born in 1915, was only 17 years old when he joined the Red Army, was already a division-level cadre when he followed the Long March of the Red Fourth Front, was transferred to the New Fourth Army after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, and made great contributions in the process of creating the base areas in eastern Anhui and Huainan, and in 1940, he was shot and killed in the battle of Liangxingji in Feidong County, Anhui Province, at the age of 25.
Zhu Liwen, deputy brigade commander of the 15th Brigade of the 5th Division of the New Fourth Army, born in 1909 in Baise, Guangxi, he was an old Red Army officer who participated in the Baise Uprising, he was already a regimental staff officer during the Long March, and later became the entourage staff officer of Zhou Gong, after the outbreak of the War of Resistance, he first served as deputy chief of staff of the Eighth Regiment of the New Fourth Army, and then followed the troops south, leading the troops to fight against the Japanese army many times, he was also promoted to deputy brigade commander of the 15th Brigade of the Fifth Division by virtue of his battle merits, and he died in the Battle of Jurong Mountain in 1941, at the age of 32, he was also the supreme commander of the Fifth Division of the New Fourth Army who died in the War of Resistance.
Tian Shouyao, brigade commander of the 8th Brigade of the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army, born in 1915 in Lu'an, Anhui, joined the Red Army at the age of 16, then participated in the Long March with the Red 25th Army, served as the commander of the 78th Division of the Red 15th Army after the victory of the Long March, was transferred from the Eighth Route Army to work in the New Fourth Army after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, served as the brigade commander of the Eighth Brigade of the Third Division, in 1943, he encountered the enemy on the way to Yan'an to study, and after being shot, he covered the retreat of his comrades with serious injuries, and was only 28 years old when he died.
The last two martyrs were attached to the Sixth Division of the New Fourth Army.
Luo Zhongyi, chief of staff of the Sixth Division of the New Fourth Army and commander of the 16th Brigade, was killed in a fierce battle with the Japanese enemy in Tangma Village, Jiangsu Province, on November 28, 1941, at the age of 34.
Liao Haitao, political commissar of the 16th Brigade of the 6th Division of the New Fourth Army, was seriously wounded and killed in battle with the Japanese enemy in Tangma Village on the night of November 27, 1941, at the age of 32.
It can be seen from time that two commanders and fighters of the 16th Brigade of the New Fourth Army have died one after another, and the heroic soldiers of the 16th Brigade Headquarters have also had many fates, and these heroic revolutionary martyrs, no matter what their positions, they are the people we will always remember and pay tribute to.