Today I will talk about General Ji Hongchang, who was born on October 18, 1895 in Fugou County, Henan. He is 1.9 meters tall, tall and powerful, and has a straightforward personality. In 1913, when Qiu Ji Hongchang was 18 years old, Feng Yuxiang recruited soldiers in Henan, and because he loved to fight unevenly, the army was called "Ji Dao" after becoming a soldier.
Feng Yuxiang liked to appreciate him very much, and later selected him into the model company, and in 1917, Feng Yuxiang transferred Ji Hongchang to the pistol team as his personal guard. In 1921, Ji Hongchang was promoted to battalion commander, and Ji Hongchang officially became Feng Yuxiang's right-hand man.
In 1926, Feng Yuxiang began the Northern Expedition, and the "Five Originals Oath Division" promoted Ji Hongchang to brigade commander, led his troops from Lanzhou, and rescued Yang Hucheng, who had been besieged in Xi'an for 8 months. In 1927, Ji Hongchang was promoted to the commander of the 19th Division, and he was defeated and fled after a defeat by the Fengjian army. Ji Hongchang won the title of the Iron Army and became famous.
Chiang Kai-shek staged the April 12 counter-revolutionary coup, and the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party broke down. Ji Hongchang led his troops to retreat to Tianshui, Gansu, and still maintained secret contacts with the Communists. In 1929, after Ji Hongchang quelled the bandit rebellion in Gansu, he entered Ningxia and was promoted to commander of the 10th Army and chairman of Ningxia Province.
Ji Hongchang followed his father's motto that "if you are an official, you are not allowed to get rich". For the sake of the people's prosperity, the advantages and disadvantages were corrected, and ethnic unity was strengthened, so that Ningxia could quickly stabilize down. He also put forward the slogan "Develop the Great Northwest" and served as commander-in-chief.
In 1930, Feng Yuxiang and Chiang Kai-shek fought the Central Plains War, and Ji Hongchang served as the commander-in-chief of the 3rd Road and led his troops out of Tongguan, defeating Chen Cheng on Longhai Road. But in the end, Feng Yuxiang was defeated. Ji Hongchang accepted the reorganization and became the commander-in-chief of the 22nd Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army.
Ji Hongchang later wrote a letter to the Hubei-Yu-Anhui Soviet Region, saying that "the muzzle of the gun is not aimed at the inside" and "the Chinese will not fight Chinese," that he will never fight with the Red Army, and that he will always be ready to abandon the secret and turn to the light. In September 1931, Ji Hongchang's uprising failed and he was forced to go abroad for an investigation.
In the September 18 Incident in 1932, Ji Hongchang secretly returned to China, and in November of the same year, Ji Hongchang secretly joined the Communist Party of China. In May 1933, when the Japanese army advanced into North China, Feng Yuxiang established the Chahar People's Anti-Japanese Alliance Army in Zhangjiakou, with Ji Hongchang as the commander of the 2nd Army.
Ji Hongchang sold his property and took out 60,000 yuan to support the allies in purchasing arms. On July 5, the Anti-Japanese Allied troops attacked Duolun in three ways and expelled the Japanese-Manchurian puppet army. This is the first major victory won by the Chinese army since the 918 incident!
Chiang Kai-shek believed that the Anti-Japanese Allied Army "obstructed the unification decree and undermined the national policy," and ordered He Yingqin to command 16 divisions and more than 100,000 people to suppress the Anti-Japanese Allied Army. Feng Yuxiang was forced to resign as commander-in-chief of the Confederate Army. The Anti-Japanese Allies completely collapsed, and most of them were absorbed.
At that time, only two armies, Ji Hongchang and Fang Zhenwu, about 15,000 people, disclosed their identity as communists and continued to resist Japan and Jiang. Ji Hongchang served as commander-in-chief of the Confederate Army. But in the end, they were outnumbered and could only agree to be absorbed into the Tianjin concession.
In October 1933, Chiang Kai-shek launched the fifth "encirclement and suppression". Ji Hongchang also secretly contacted the old department of the "encirclement and suppression" unit in an attempt to rebel. Chiang Kai-shek was extremely dissatisfied when he received the news and ordered Ji Hongchang to be removed.
On the evening of November 9, 1934, Dai Feng sent spies to break into the hotel where Ji Hongchang was staying and assassinate Ji Hongchang, but only accidentally killed Ji Hongchang's friend. Subsequently, the French Concession arrested Ji Hongchang on suspicion of "homicide" and handed him over to the Kuomintang government. After He Yingqin's personal interrogation, Chiang Kai-shek ordered "immediate execution."
At the time of his execution on November 24, 1934, Ji Hongchang said: "I died to resist Japan, I can't kneel down and be shot, I can't fall down when I die!" Bring me a chair, I'll have to sit and die. He added: "I died to resist Japan, and I died an honest death, and I couldn't be shot in the back." You shoot me right in front of my eyes, and I'm going to see with my own eyes how the enemy's bullets kill me. Afterwards, General Ji Hongchang sat in his chair, opened his eyes angrily, looked at the oncoming bullets, and was martyred.
General Ji Hongchang also left a desperate poem: "If you hate to die against Japan, you will be ashamed today." The country is still like this, why should I hesitate to do this? ”
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