In August 1937, Chiang Kai-shek concentrated all the forces of the whole country and launched a grand battle with the Japanese in Shanghai. In a short period of time in a small Shanghai, Chiang Kai-shek mobilized 800,000 troops from all over the country to gather in Songhu to fight the Japanese and Kou to defend their homeland. The enemy army also gathered 300,000 troops, the combined strength of the two sides is 1.1 million, perhaps the Battle of Songhu is also the history of the War of Resistance, the largest number of people on both sides.
Although this battle ended in the defeat of the nationalist army, it was firmly determined that our side's aggression against the Japanese and Kosovos must persist, resist to the end, and fight to defend the national territory. At the same time, it also smashed the arrogant plan of the Japanese Kou and said that it would occupy all of China in three months.
Battle of Songhu
However, it is possible that the commander-in-chief of the Battle of Songhu was Chiang Kai-shek, so you must not know who was the commander-in-chief of the Three-Way Army who counterattacked the Japanese in the Battle of Songhu?
The Commander-in-Chief of the First Route Army (also known as the Right Wing Army) was Zhang Fakui, and the two armies under its jurisdiction were the Eighth Army (mainly composed of Cantonese generals) and the Tenth Army (composed of soldiers of the Xiang Army). As the commander-in-chief, Zhang Fakui, friends who know history believe that they are more familiar, he is a native of Shaoguan, Guangdong, a famous general during the Northern Expedition, who served as the commander of the Fourth Army of the Iron Army, commanded the Battle of Tingsiqiao and the Battle of WuchangCheng, and made certain contributions to the victory of the Northern Expedition.
He served as the commander-in-chief of the right wing army in the famous Battle of Songhu, and fought a bloody battle with the Japanese and Kou in Pudong for several days and nights. From personally commanding the artillery to attack the enemy's general headquarters, he caused great losses to the enemy, so he was also known as the General of the Divine Artillery.
Zhang Fakui
The Second Route Army (also known as the Middle Route Army) was under the Ninth Army (composed of Chiang Kai-shek's Huangpu Sheng) and the 21st Army (composed of Gui soldiers). At that time, the commander-in-chief was Zhu Shaoliang, who graduated from the Japanese Army Non-Commissioned Officer School, and he was an older general in the Nationalist camp, and in his military career, he participated in the Wuchang Uprising, the Patriotic War, the Northern Expedition War, the Central Plains War and other battles. After the outbreak of the Battle of Songhu, he was appointed by Chiang Kai-shek as the commander-in-chief of the Middle Road Army, participated in the Battle of Songhu, and later served as the commander of the Eighth Theater.
Zhu Shaoliang
The Third Route Army (also known as the Left Wing Army) had the 19th Group Army (commander Xue Yue) and the 15th Group Army (Commander Luo Zhuoying), and the commander-in-chief of this army was Chiang Kai-shek's beloved general Chen Cheng. I believe that everyone is familiar with this and is known as a small committee chairman in the national army. During the Northern Expedition and the Great War in the Central Plains, it was impossible to obtain such a high value from Chiang Kai-shek just because he was a fellow of Chiang Kai-shek. It should be known that Chen Cheng is known as a cadre, and from this point it is fully explained that Chen Cheng still has certain talents.
The above three commanders-in-chief of the army actively prepared for the battle against the Japanese in the Battle of Songhu, successfully smashing the arrogance of the Japanese and Kou, and at the same time proving that our army will never surrender to the enemy and persist in resisting to the end until the Japanese are driven out of their homeland.