The soldiers of the Sichuan Army who came out of sichuan to resist the Japanese Kou armed to the teeth with their flesh and blood fought bravely, were not afraid of sacrifice, and countless heroes emerged, their deeds can be sung and wept, and their glorious deeds coexist with heaven and earth and shine with the sun and the moon.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > first, died before leaving the school - Liu Xiang</h1>
Liu Xiang, chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Government and director of the Sichuan Kang Appeasement Office, was a general with a strong patriotic spirit; as early as the September 18 Incident in 1931, he resolutely advocated resisting Japan and saving the country, and expressed his willingness to lead the Sichuan army out of Sichuan to resist Japanese aggression. After the outbreak of the All-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, as the highest military and political chief in Sichuan, he asked the National Government on behalf of the military and the people of the whole province to resist the War of Resistance, which was praised by the National Government and the people of all walks of life throughout the country. Liu Xiang was appointed by the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government as the commander-in-chief of the Second Reserve Army, and later became the commander of the Seventh Theater of Operations, leading the Sichuan army out of Sichuan to resist Japan.
In September 1937, the 22nd Group Army of the Sichuan Army went north from the Sichuan-Shaanxi Avenue to the north, and the 23rd Group Army left the Yangtze River waterway and rushed to the front line of the War of Resistance. According to the consensus reached between the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government and the Sichuan Army, all the units of the Izukawa Army were unified under the command of Liu Xiang, commander of the Seventh Theater, but after the two group armies of the Sichuan Army left Sichuan, they were transferred out of the Seventh Theater by Chiang Kai-shek. When Liu Xiang learned of this, he was so anxious that he immediately decided to rush to the front line and demanded that the Central Military Commission return the Izukawa military structure, command itself, and undertake the combat tasks of the Seventh Theater.
At this time, Liu Xiang was already suffering from a serious stomach ulcer and diabetes, and his staff and subordinates tried their best to dissuade him, suggesting that he should not be personally involved in everything, and appoint a powerful general to act as the commander, while he himself sat in the rear, not only commanding military and political affairs, but also curing diseases and recuperating. But Liu Xiang insisted on going to the front line and personally commanding the battle. He said: "I have always shouted anti-Japanese resistance, but now that the curtain of war has been lifted, I have retreated and retreated, so I will not ridicule future generations." In the past, there were many years of civil war in the province, and the face was disgraceful, but today the muzzle of the gun is external, just taking advantage of the time to serve the country, so as to wash away its own dirt, how can it be safe in the rear. ”
Before liu xiang's departure, liu xiang decided that deng Hanxiang, secretary general of the Sichuan provincial government, would act as the chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Government; Zhong Tiqian, director of the Sichuan Kang Appeasement Office, and Wang Lingji, commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Provincial Security Bureau, would act as his deputy. On November 8, 1937, Liu Xiang and Fu Chang, chief of staff of the Seventh Theater, arrived in Nanjing on the 12th and set up the Theater Commander's Department. In Nanjing, Liu Xiang repeatedly asked Chiang Kai-shek for instructions on major issues such as the combat area, combat tasks, headquarters location, command system of the troops, and replenishment of the Seventh Theater, but he did not receive an accurate answer. Liu Xiang's desire to return the 22nd Group Army and the 23rd Group Army of the Sichuan Army to the Seventh Theater of Operations under his own unified command and defense of Nanjing was also fruitless. On November 28, the old disease suddenly recurred, and on the eve of the crisis in Nanjing, he was sent to Hankou Wanguo Hospital for medical treatment. After treatment, his condition improved.
In the hospital, Liu Xiang was still concerned about the war in the front and the deployment of the Sichuan Army, and he also discussed the great plan for the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression with Dong Biwu, Zhang Lan, Shen Junru, Wang Kunlun, Huang Jilu, and other famous people from all walks of life who came to visit. When meeting with media reporters, a reporter asked Liu Xiang about the prevailing japanese proposal through the German Embassy in China on the conditions for peace, and he resolutely said: If anyone wants to make peace, I Liu Xiang decided to lead 70 million compatriots in Sichuan to fight the Sichuan army to the end! In mid-January, Liu Xiang's condition suddenly deteriorated and he died on the 20th.
Before his death, Liu Xiang left a will to encourage the Sichuan army to resist the war to the end:
Yu was ordered to go out to resist Japan this time, with the intention of going to the front enemy, fighting for the survival of the nation, striving for glory for Sichuan, and fulfilling the duty of a soldier. Unexpectedly, the disease recurred, and I did not fulfill my wishes. In the future, we hope that the military and people of our country will continue to fight the war to the end under the leadership of the central government and Supreme Leader Chairman Chiang Kai-shek. Especially looking forward to my Sichuan army robe, a book of this ambition, always unswerving. That is to say, the enemy army will not withdraw from the border for a day, and the Sichuan army will not return to its hometown for one day, in order to win the final victory of the War of Resistance and to achieve the goal of independence and freedom of the Chinese nation. This order.
When Liu Xiang was seriously ill, he once wrote two Tang poems, "Die before leaving the teacher, and make the hero cry for a long time" to express his feelings of failing to fulfill the oath of "resisting to the end".
After Liu Xiang's death, the Nationalist government gave him a posthumous gift to a general of the first rank in the army and buried it with a state funeral. Mao Zedong, the leader of our party, sent a telegram of condolences saying: "The country has lost a pillar, and the Sichuan army has lost a commander." The Xinhua Daily published a short commentary entitled "Tribute to Liu Xiang," saying that Liu Xiang was an "anti-Japanese activist" and that his death "was a loss of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and we would like to pay tribute to General Liu for national liberation." ”
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" > second, crushed bones to resist the enemy stubbornly - the decomposition base</h1>
Xie Guji is the commander of the 152nd Regiment of the 76th Brigade, 26th Division, 43rd Army of the Sichuan Army. In October 1937, Xie Guji led his troops to participate in the Battle of Songhu and was ordered to hold the position of Dachang on the outskirts of Shanghai. Before the war, he mobilized the officers and men and said: "The national war has begun, the relationship between survival and death has arrived, the period for our generation to serve the country has arrived, if the soldiers are afraid of death, why should the nation be rejuvenated?" If there is a person in our unit who has the heart to survive, it will not only be despised by everyone, but also especially intolerable by military law..." On the 16th, under the cover of aircraft, artillery, and tanks, the Japanese launched a fierce attack on the position of the disbanded regiment. The officers and men of the whole regiment fought with the same enemy, bravely killed the enemy, and held their positions for six days and nights, but the enemy was unable to advance half a step. By the morning of the 23rd, the front-line troops were almost completely killed and injured, and the position was broken by the enemy. Xie Guji received the report and took the lead and personally led the reserve to counterattack. In the fierce battle, the left arm was broken, still brandishing a pistol, the commanders charged bravely, unfortunately hit by enemy shells, heroic sacrifice. The soldiers found only his steel helmet and half-blooded coat on the position.
When Xie Guji went to the front, he wrote a family letter to his mother, in which he wrote: "The son has gone to the anti-Japanese front, and the ancients have clouded: 'If you can be loyal, you can't fulfill filial piety.'" May filial piety be moved to loyalty to repay the country and the nation. The letter also contains two poems: "After death, I wish to be a ghost on the battlefield, and I will not be a hometowner before I die!" "Xie Guji's heroic feat, fulfilled his oath of service to the country!"
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Rao Guohua, commander of the 145th Division of the 21st Army of the 23rd Group Army, after the defeat of the Chinese army at the Battle of Songhu, participated in the Battles of Guangde and Si'an with the 23rd Group Army, and was ordered to lead his troops to defend the front line of Guangde and Si'an, and entered the position in late November 1937. Before the war, Rao Guohua expressed his words to his subordinates: "I was ordered to go out of sichuan, with the intention of annihilating the strong Kou, returning me to the rivers and mountains, and relieving my compatriots of the pain of hanging upside down." Now that I am fortunate to be sent to the front line to resist the enemy, and the fighter planes are coming, how can I not make my blood boil, how can I not make my brothers throw their fists and sleeves, and jump to try? ”
Rao Guohua called on the officers and men of the whole division to "swear to coexist and die with Guangde, and not to allow the Wokou to be fierce and crazy" and plunged into battle with high anti-Japanese enthusiasm. On November 23, the Japanese launched a fierce attack on the positions of Rao Guohua's division. The officers and men of the 145th Division, with their flesh and blood, resisted the enemy armed with aircraft, artillery, and tanks, and fought for three days and nights, and finally lost Si'an because they were outnumbered. On the 30th, Rao Guohua personally led a unit to hold on to Guangde, but unfortunately fell under the enemy's heavy army at cross shop. The officers and men of Rao's department fought desperately until they ran out of ammunition and food and suffered casualties. Rikou repeatedly persuaded him to surrender, and Rao Guohua was mighty and unyielding. He said to his subordinates: "From the day of the 'July 7 Incident', I have longed to go to the front to kill the enemy, wash away the shame of the country, and recover the lost land." After the 'August 13 Incident', the Kuomintang and the Communist Party cooperated in resisting Japan, and I was fortunate to be able to fulfill my wish and was ordered to go out of Sichuan to resist the War of Resistance, which was a happy event in my life. Do you remember? When we left Sichuan, the fathers and elderly brothers and sisters in Shuzhong held a grand ceremony to bid farewell. Commander Pan Wenhua delivered a reply on behalf of our generals in the Sichuan Army, saying that we must fight to the end in blood, recover the lost land, drive the Japanese aggressors out of China, and ensure that if we win, we will live, and if we lose, we will die, and if we do not succeed, we will become a benevolent. We must remember the oath we took at that time, and we must never bend our knees in front of the enemy and humiliate the Chinese people! ”
That night, Rao Guohua shed tears and wrote a desperate letter to Liu Xiang: the headquarters held Guangde, covered the retreat of friendly troops, and had achieved its mission. Our officers and men have not hesitated to sacrifice their lives to serve the country, and their loyalty and courage are commendable, and they are deeply comforted. Guangde was at the forefront, and Yu could not bear to sit idly by and fall into the hands of the enemy, so he decided to coexist and die with the city, and reported the grace of state cultivation and the love and care of the governors at all levels. In the future, I deeply hope that the officers and men of our unit will bravely kill the enemy, drive out the country, return the soul of our country, complete my unfinished ambitions, and die without hatred! After writing, raising a gun to kill himself, generously becoming a benevolent person.
After the fall of Guangde, the Sichuan army was ordered to counterattack, and the 146th Division of the 23rd Group Army and the Independent 14th Brigade launched a fierce counterattack against the enemy, and on December 2, si'an and Guangde were recaptured.
After Rao Guohua was martyred, the Nationalist government issued an explicit commendation and posthumously awarded the army general. Chiang Kai-shek wrote the Elegy for him, and Mao Zedong praised him for "giving the whole Chinese a lofty and great model"! His heroic name was included in the National Government's Record of Anti-Japanese Soldiers and Martyrs, and his life deeds were stored in the National History Museum. In 1983, the Sichuan Provincial People's Government posthumously recognized Rao Guohua as a revolutionary martyr. On September 1, 2014, the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China announced the first list of 300 famous anti-Japanese heroes and heroes, and Rao Guohua was listed among them.
Fourth, the heroes of the long sky destroy the Wokou - Le Yiqin
Le Yiqin is the commander of the 22nd Squadron of the 4th Destroyer Group of the Chinese Air Force. After the outbreak of the All-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he was transferred with his troops to fight in East China. At this time, the Chinese Air Force, compared with the Japanese-Kou Air Force, had a huge gap in strength. However, the young officers and men of the Chinese Air Force, with a fearless spirit of patriotism, fought against the Japanese and the strong with the weak and the strong. On August 15, 1937, the two companies of the elite units of the Japanese-Kou Naval Aviation Corps, "Mugnjin" and "Luwu", launched an attack on Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport and Anhui Guangde Airport. Gao Zhihang, the commander of the 4th Brigade, led his troops into the air to meet the attack, and Le Yiqin piloted the No. 2204 fighter plane to take the lead and rushed to the front to engage the Japanese Kou. He was brave and fearless, rushing into the enemy position, shooting down an enemy plane in just one turn. The morale of the Chinese Air Force was greatly boosted, and Gao Zhihang and Liang Tiancheng immediately shot down one enemy plane each. Le Yiqin became more and more courageous in the war, and in the fierce battle, he shot down an enemy plane, and the enemy's position was in chaos. Le Yiqin continued to work hard, shooting down two enemy planes in succession. The rest of the enemy fled.
The Chinese Air Force won the battle. And Le Yi shot down 4 enemy planes in the first battle, which caused a sensation. At that time, many newspapers and news agencies gave prominent coverage. On August 21, the Japanese-Kosovar air force launched an attack on the Positions of the Chinese Army, and Le Yiqin went with the team to block the attack, and in the fierce battle, Le Yiqin violently attacked the enemy aircraft, shooting down two enemy aircraft in one fell swoop. Then he opened fire on the enemy on the ground, causing the Japanese to cry wolf. Since then, the enemy has feared the No. 2204 aircraft like a tiger.
The pilots of the 4th Brigade of the Chinese Air Force, under the leadership of Gao Zhihang, won successive battles and shot down 60 enemy planes in 7 days of combat. The enemy's "Kisarazu" wing lost its troops and disappeared for a long time. Gao Zhihang, Liu Pugang, and Liang Tiancheng also shot down a number of enemy planes, and Gao, Liu, Liang, and Le, four air force warriors, were known as the "four heavenly kings" of the Chinese Air Force. In December 1937, Le Yiqin's unit participated in the defense of Nanjing. On December 3, during the battle with the Japanese Kou, Le Yiqin piloted a fierce battle with the enemy and shot down two enemy planes. But his plane was also hit by the enemy and unfortunately died honorably, at the age of 23.
The heroic deeds of Le Yiqin were compiled into the Chinese language textbooks of primary schools by the Ministry of Education of the National Government for patriotic education. The Nationalist government included his heroic name in the Records of The Heroic Martyrs of the Anti-Japanese Resistance And the Records of His Life and Deeds in the National History Museum. On September 1, 2014, the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China announced the first list of 300 famous anti-Japanese heroes and heroes, and Le Yiqin was listed among them.