In modern times, Japan has been coveting the mainland and constantly invading the mainland, and in the Battle of Jia-Wu in 1894, the Japanese army's defeat of the Qing army became unscrupulous, and thus stepped up the pace of aggression against China. We know that the beginning of the all-out War of Resistance was the Lugou Bridge Incident in 1937, but before that, the Japanese army had already partially invaded many parts of the mainland, such as the September 18 Incident in 1931, the Songhu War of Resistance in 1932, and the Great Wall War of Resistance in 1933.
This article mainly talks about the events of the Great Wall War of Resistance, the main forces of the Great Wall War of Resistance were the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army, in addition to Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army also participated in the war. This article will introduce the Generals of the Whampoa clan who participated in the war.
At that time, xu Tingyao's 17th Army participated in the Great Wall War of Resistance, Xu Tingyao himself was not from Huangpu, he graduated from the third infantry section of the Baoding Army Officer School, after graduation, he went south to join the revolutionary army, and later because of his bravery in battle, he gradually gained the appreciation of Chiang Kai-shek, Xu Tingyao served as the commander of the 17th Army during the Great Wall War of Resistance, and led his troops to participate in the Great Wall War of Resistance. Although Xu Tingyao was not from the Huangpu clan, his division commanders, brigade commanders, and even regimental commanders at that time were all Huangpu students.
1. Huang Jie, commander of the 2nd Division
Huang Jie, a native of Changsha, Hunan Province, was admitted to the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy in 1924 and participated in two Eastern Expeditions and the Northern Expedition after graduation. In 1930, Huang Jie was already the commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Division, and in 1932 he was promoted to the commander of the 2nd Division. After the outbreak of the Great Wall War of Resistance in 1933, Huang Jie was ordered to lead the 2nd Division to reinforce the front line of the Great Wall, and fought fiercely with the invading Japanese army for 5 days and nights, with more than 3,000 casualties.
Huang Jie
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1937, Huang Jie, who was being trained in the Lushan Officers' Training Corps, was appointed commander of the 8th Army and commander of the Taxation Police, and led his troops to participate in the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Xuzhou, the Western Yunnan Counteroffensive and other battles, and in March 1945, Huang Jie participated in the Allied counter-offensive operations against the Japanese army.
After Cheng Qian and Chen Mingren led the uprising in 1949, Huang Jie was appointed to form a new commander of the 1st Corps and commander-in-chief of Hunan Appeasement. After the defeat of the Kuomintang in Taiwan, Huang Jie was still highly regarded by Chiang Kai-shek, and was promoted to the rank of general in the army in 1960, and later served as "chairman of the Taiwan provincial government" and "minister of national defense", and died in Taiwan in 1996 at the age of 93.
2. Zheng Dongguo, commander of the 4th Brigade of the 2nd Division
Zheng Dongguo, a native of Shimen, Hunan, was admitted to the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy in 1924, and after graduation, he participated in the Eastern Expedition and the Northern Expedition, and was promoted to brigade commander of the 4th Brigade of the 2nd Division in 1932.
In 1933, during the Great Wall War of Resistance, Zheng Dongguo was ordered to reinforce the front line of the Great Wall, and Zheng Dongguo led the officers and men of the 4th Brigade to hold on to the front line of the South Tianmen Gate, but finally had to retreat due to the disparity between the enemy and our forces. After the war, Zheng Dongguo's troops retreated to Beiping to garrison.
Jeong Dong-kook
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Zheng Dongguo fought almost the entire anti-Japanese battlefield, and successively participated in large-scale battles such as the Battle of Baoding, the Great Victory of Taierzhuang, the Battle of Wuhan, the Great Victory of Kunlun Pass, the Battle of Western Hubei, and the Second Battle of Changsha. In 1943, Zheng Dongguo was transferred to the commander of the New First Army of the Chinese Army in India, and led the allied forces to retake northern Burma and raise their prestige abroad.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Zheng Dongguo was transferred by Chiang Kai-shek to the northeast to fight the civil war, and in 1948, at the critical moment of the Liaoshen Campaign, Zheng Dongguo threw himself into the people's camp. After the founding of New China, Zheng Dongguo served as a counselor of the Ministry of Water Resources, a member of the National Defense Commission, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and a vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, and has long been committed to the cause of the construction and reunification of the motherland. He died in Beijing in 1991 at the age of 88.
3. Brigade Commander Roach, 6th Brigade, 2nd Division
Luo Qi, a native of Rong County, Guangxi, was admitted to the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy in 1924, and after graduation, he participated in two Eastern Expeditions and the Northern Expedition. In 1931 he was promoted to brigade commander of the 6th Brigade of the 2nd Division. In 1933, Roach was ordered to participate in the Great Wall War of Resistance, stationed on the front line of the South Tianmen Gate, because Roach misconfided the judgment of division commander Huang Jie, only sent a company of troops to garrison the commanding heights of the left wing, resulting in a breakthrough by the Japanese army, and the troops were forced to retreat for five days.
Roach
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Luo Qi led his troops to participate in large-scale battles such as the Battle of Xuzhou, the Battle of Wuhan, the Third Battle of Changsha, the Battle of Changheng, and the Battle of Guiliu.
After Li Zongren became acting president in 1949, Roach was appointed deputy commander-in-chief of the army, and after arriving in Taiwan, he was promoted to the second rank general of the army in 1959, and roach died of illness in Taipei in 1975 at the age of 71.
4. Commander of the 25th Division, Guan Linzheng
Guan Linzheng, a native of Yanxian County, Shaanxi Province, was admitted to the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy in 1924, and after graduation, he participated in the Eastern Expedition and the Northern Expedition, in 1928 Guan Linzheng was promoted to brigade commander of the 32nd Brigade, and in 1932 Guan Linzheng fought against the Red Fourth Front, resulting in the death of Cai Shenxi, the commander of the Red 25th Army.
In 1933, during the Great Wall War, Guan Linzheng led the 25th Division and the Japanese Eighth Division to fight a bloody battle at Gubeikou for three days, with more than 4,000 casualties. After the war, Guan Linzheng's headquarters was warmly welcomed by the people of Beiping.
Guan Linzheng
In 1937, Guan Linzheng was promoted to commander of the 52nd Army, and led his troops to participate in the Battle of Baoding, the Battle of Pinghan Road, and the Battle of Taierzhuang. After the great victory of Taierzhuang, Guan Linzheng was promoted to the commander of the 32nd Army, known as the "Guan Iron Fist". After the Battle of Taierzhuang, he led his troops to participate in the Battle of Wuhan and the First Battle of Changsha, after which Guan was promoted to commander-in-chief of the 15th Group Army, and was the second Huang Pusheng after Hu Zongnan to be promoted to commander-in-chief of the group army, when he was only 34 years old.
Because Guan Linzheng and Chen Cheng had a grudge in the early years, the two have been at odds, after the victory of the War of Resistance, Chen Cheng's career path has been far away, so Guan Linzheng's career has become relatively bleak, holding some painless positions, after Li Zongren became acting president, Guan Linzheng was appointed commander-in-chief of the army. After Chiang Kai-shek's defeat on the mainland, Guan Linzheng settled in Hong Kong until his death in Hong Kong in 1980 at the age of 75.
5. Du Yuming, deputy commander of the 25th Division and brigade commander of the 73rd Brigade
Du Yuming, a native of Mizhi, Shaanxi, was admitted to the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy in 1924, and after graduation, he participated in the Eastern Crusade and the Northern Expedition. In 1933, during the Great Wall War of Resistance, Du Yuming acted as the commander of the 25th Division, commanded the officers and men of the division to fight bloodily against the Japanese Kou, and after the war, Du Yuming went to the senior education class of the Nanjing Central Military Academy for further study, and after graduation, he was going to serve in the 25th Division, and because of his disagreement with Guan Linzheng, he was transferred to the Nanjing Army Jiaoyuan School as the leader of the cadet team, responsible for training officers who commanded the mechanized troops.
Du Yuming
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Du Yuming served as the commander of the Fifth Army, the first mechanized army of the Nationalist Army, and led his troops to participate in the Battle of Kunlun Pass and the expedition to Burma. During the Liberation War, Du Yuming served as the deputy commander of the Northeast Suppression General and the Xuzhou Suppression General, but still defeated the powerful People's Liberation Army, was captured at Chen Guanzhuang during the Battle of Huaihai, and was imprisoned in Gongdelin after the founding of New China.
After his release in 1959, Du served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a deputy to the National People's Congress, and died in Beijing in 1981 at the age of 77.
6. Zhang Yaoming, brigade commander of the 75th Brigade of the 25th Division
Zhang Yaoming, a native of Lintong, Shaanxi, was admitted to the Huangpu Phase I in 1924 and participated in the Eastern Expedition and the Northern Expedition after graduation. In 1933, Zhang Yaoming, who was already the commander of the 75th Brigade, led his troops to participate in the Great Wall War of Resistance. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in 1937, Zhang Yaoming was promoted to commander of the 25th Division and participated in the Battle of Taierzhuang, the Battle of Changsha, and the Battle of Yuzhong.
Zhang Yaoming
In 1949, Zhang Yaoming became the third president of the Whampoa Military Academy after Chiang Kai-shek and Guan Linzheng, and after the defeat of Taiwan, Zhang Yaoming was monitored by the Kuomintang authorities and lived in depression for a long time, and died of illness in Taipei in 1972 at the age of 68.
In addition to the several Huangpu generals listed above, Liu Jie, who was the commander of the 83rd Division at the time, was also a graduate of the Huangpu Phase I, the 83rd Division was also the main force during the Great Wall War of Resistance, and the 83rd Division led by Liu Jie was a "German Mechanic Division" with the best equipment, but because of the lack of anti-tank weapons, it was still a heavy casualty in the battle against the Japanese army, and Liu Jie even wanted to draw his gun and commit suicide, but fortunately was stopped by his subordinates.
Although the above-mentioned generals of the Huangpu Phase I period later participated in the civil war, they resolutely went to the battlefield when resisting Japanese aggression, and this is worthy of our posterity' respect.