In August 1937, shortly after the outbreak of the All-out War of Resistance, the two armies reached a consensus and rushed together on the road of resisting Japan and saving the country, during the War of Resistance Against Japan, the entire Sichuan Army was organized into two group armies, and jointly joined in the struggle against the Japanese Kou, and during the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Sichuan Army can be said to have made great contributions to the War of Resistance Against Japan, because after the end of the War of Resistance, the number of Sichuan Army in the War of Resistance ranked first in the country, in terms of casualties. The casualties of the Sichuan Army also accounted for one-fifth of the casualties of the anti-Japanese army in the country, which shows that in the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Sichuan Army can be said to have contributed all its strength.
In the war between these two group armies, the commanders of the two group armies of the Sichuan Army can be said to have made indispensable contributions, and they led their troops to bravely go forward to fight the aura of Chinese, so today we will take a look at who the commanders of these two group armies are.
Liu Xiang, commander of the 23rd Army: Liu Xiang was also a native of Chengdu, Sichuan, and his influence in the Sichuan army at that time was higher than that of Deng Xihou, and he was the most influential figure in the Sichuan army, and once unified many factions in the Sichuan army. Immediately after the outbreak of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Liu Xiang immediately issued an anti-Japanese telegram to mobilize the strength of the whole country to carry out the War of Resistance Against Japan. Subsequently, Liu Xiang was appointed commander of the Seventh Theater of Operations and concurrently served as commander of the Twenty-third Army. However, at that time, Liu Xiang was already sick and his physical condition was very poor.
Even so, Liu Xiang's mind is still full of the motherland, even if he has been ill for a long time, he must insist on leading the Sichuan army to go to the anti-Japanese front, unfortunately, in January 1938, Liu Xiang's illness worsened, and he died in Wuhan at the age of 50! However, before his death, Liu Xiang had left a will to the Sichuan Army: "Resist the War of Resistance to the end, and never waver, that is, the enemy army will not retreat to China for a day, and the Sichuan army will not return to its hometown for a day!" ”
Commander of the Twenty-second Army Deng Xihou: Deng Xihou is a native of Sichuan, on the mainland, he has been working in the Sichuan Army since joining the army, and has participated in the Patriotic War, the War of Defending france and the civil war of the Sichuan Army, with the changes within the Sichuan Army, Deng Xihou has gradually become one of the many warlord factions in the Sichuan Army, the most noteworthy thing is that after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Deng Xihou took the initiative to ask for help, went out of Sichuan to carry out anti-Japanese work, and was subsequently appointed as the commander of the Twenty-second Group.
In the course of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Deng Xihou led his troops to achieve outstanding results, participated in the Battle of Taierzhuang, and once led his troops to successfully resist the attack of the Japanese invaders in Mian County, laying a solid foundation for the victory of the Taierzhuang War at that time. After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Deng Xihou naturally became the leader of the Sichuan Army.
During the Liberation War, Deng Xihou has been living in Sichuan, successively becoming the chairman of Sichuan Province and other positions, but with the fall of Chiang Kai-shek, Deng Xihou cleverly sent a joint telegram with other Sichuan army leaders to declare the uprising, and then Deng Xihou contributed his own strength to the Liberation War.