Liu Xiang, born in 1888, is a native of Chengdu, Sichuan. He received education from an early age, his grades were superior, his performance was outstanding, and in 1910 he was sent to the Sichuan Army Lecture Hall for further study; he fought countless battles in his life, made a lot of hard work, and worked hard for the children of the Sichuan Army and the overall situation of the war. He was a first-class general in the National Revolutionary Army and the chairman of Sichuan Province, and made significant contributions in both military and political fields.
Unify Sichuan and become the "King of Sichuan"
Liu Congyun was a jianghu warlock, and because he knew some of the techniques of seeing and divination, he was known as the "Divine Operator". In 1925, Liu Xiang joined the sect founded by Liu Congyun and became a disciple of Liu Congyun, who believed deeply in Liu Congyun and let the warriors he led also join Liu Congyun's sect, and had to worship Liu Congyun as much as he did. In 1929, at the instigation of Liu Congyun, Liu Xiang made up his mind to set up a "divine army", and every time before fighting, Liu Xiang had to let Liu Congyun divinate his fortunes for him, and completely became a disciple of Liu Congyun.
In 1930, Liu Xiang was appointed as the Governor of Sichuan Rehabilitation, and supported many battles and quelled the rebellion. In 1932, the "Battle of Erliu" broke out in Sichuan, where the troops led by Liu Wenhui and Liu Xiang launched attacks on each other, the battlefield was transferred to many places, under Liu Xiang's fierce attack and aircraft bombardment, Liu Wenhui retreated one after another, and later the two sides stopped attacking and signed an armistice agreement. In 1933, Liu Wenhui launched another attack, but the heroic and fearless Liu Xiang led the troops to advance courageously, and under the fierce struggle, the war finally ended with Liu Wenhui's defeat. In many subsequent wars, Liu Xiang achieved good merits, and slowly he unified Sichuan and became the "King of Sichuan".
Indicates that it will not oppose the Red Army
In 1933, Liu Xiang did not hesitate to accept the task assigned to him by Chiang Kai-shek, and a war against encirclement and suppression broke out, and their purpose was to drive the Red Fourth Front out of the northern Sichuan region. The leader of the Red Fourth Front was Xu Xiangqian, he was an excellent military expert, with the calmness and courage that ordinary people lacked; before the war began, he made a detailed analysis of the Sichuan army led by Liu Xiang and formulated a battle plan, and Liu Xiang's side did not show weakness, he summed up the shortcomings of the Red Army and the strengths of his own troops, and also made detailed arrangements.
However, before the war began, the arrival of a rainstorm gave the Red Army great advantage and confidence in victory, and at the same time, under the reminder of Chairman Mao, Xu Xiangqian planned to defeat the enemy strategically; in the war, the strategy of the Red Army taking the initiative to withdraw from the position made Liu Xiang elusive, but he did not mess up his position, still fought with the Red Army on an improvised basis, and also launched an attack on the Red Army at a critical moment, trying to reverse the situation of the war, and under more than ten days of struggle, the Red Army led by Xu Xiangqian won the final victory. The troops led by Liu Xiang suffered many casualties and heavy losses. In later campaigns, he said not to fight against the Red Army.
Actively resist
Liu Xiang was a famous warlord who ruled Sichuan with the help of Chiang Kai-shek, and in 1935 he became the chairman of Sichuan because of his strength, and Chiang Kai-shek was jealous of him and wanted to weaken his strength. In 1937, when the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out in full swing, Chiang Kai-shek held a military conference in Nanjing to listen to everyone's ideas on resisting Japan, and Liu Xiang was also invited to voluntarily shorten the time for the reorganization of the army and called on the whole country to jointly resist the war. He proposed that only the War of Resistance could win the hearts and minds of the people, and if there were to be troops, Sichuan could provide a strong enough force and enough food.
The storm of war soon came, with the intensification of the Japanese army's aggression, the life of the people of the whole country was difficult, including Sichuan and other places were also plundered by them, the Sichuan army led by Liu Xiang took the initiative to ask for resistance, and in September of the same year, hundreds of thousands of Sichuan troops went to the front line battlefield of the national anti-Japanese resistance under the farewell of their relatives. Liu Xiang did not care about his own physical safety, personally commanded the War of Resistance in Nanjing, when he heard that the situation in the front was not good, he directly vomited blood, fainted in the office, and was immediately sent to the hospital for rescue, and died in 1938.
Although Liu Xiang was a general of the National Revolutionary Army, he was in the face of the great enemy and put the overall situation first, and he once left his last words: If the enemy army does not withdraw from Sichuan for a day, the Sichuan army will not return to its hometown for a day, and they have always adhered to the end of the War of Resistance until death, playing an encouraging role for the fighters who are fighting, making great contributions to the victory of the War of Resistance, and such contributions deserve our praise.