Qiu Qingquan is known more through the Huaihai Battle was defeated by the People's Liberation Army, but in fact, Qiu Qingquan was brave and good at fighting during the Anti-Japanese War, participated in the Battle of Kunlun Pass and became famous, participated in the Battle of Yunnan, Burma and Longling, and repeatedly performed miraculous feats, which can be described as a famous anti-Japanese general who contributed to the nation.
Beacon fire and mountain trees
Qiu Qingquan has a maverick personality, and when he fights a war, especially the Japanese, he does not want to die, and he is known as "Qiu Maniac". Such an irascible martial artist has a profound cultural foundation, is proficient in English and German, is good at poetry and writing, likes military academic research and poetry creation, and has written a series of military works such as "Teaching War I", "Teaching War II", and "Army Building".
In 1937, the July 7 Incident broke out, and the fig leaf of Japan's invasion of China was completely removed. At the time of the national crisis, Qiu Qingquan went to Nanjing in November with the then elite army teaching corps. Only a month after Qiu Qingquan arrived in Nanjing, the Japanese came to attack Nanjing, and Qiu Qingquan happened to be stationed on the line of Zhongshan Gate and Zhonghua Gate at this time.
During the war with the Japanese army, although the combat effectiveness of the teaching corps was second to none among the Kuomintang troops, it still suffered heavy losses. On December 12, the Japanese army still entered the Zhonghua Gate, and Qiu Qingquan was captured by the Japanese when he retreated with the troops, but the Japanese did not know that this prisoner was a high-ranking Kuomintang officer who fought against them. During his captivity, Qiu Qingquan was conquered and forced by the Japanese army, and witnessed the evil deeds of the Japanese invaders against the Chinese compatriots, so Qiu Qingquan hated the Japanese to the core.
Qi takes the soul of Yamato
In 1938, Qiu Qingquan escaped from the ranks of the labor force and returned to the Kuomintang army. In November 1939, the Japanese army landed in Qinfang, Guangdong, intending to cut off the international communication line between China and Vietnam, and captured Kunlun Pass on December 4, and Liuzhou and Guilin were in an emergency.
Qiu Qingquan was originally ordered to move to Changsha, but suddenly received an order to reinforce Kunlun Pass. As soon as Qiu Qingquan heard that he was going to Kunlun Pass to fight the Japanese, he immediately came to his senses, and after receiving the order, he quickly led his troops to turn around and go south, and on December 16, 1939, he went to the war zone to reach Wutang south of Kunlun Pass before the enemy. After Qiu Qingquan arrived at Wutang, he took the Japanese army by surprise and decisively attacked the Japanese army, occupied Liutang, cut off the Japanese army's retreat, and laid the foundation for the Chinese army to win the Battle of Kunlun Pass.
The Japanese invaders were blocked in Wutang and were forced to send elite troops from Taiwan to Wutang for reinforcements. In this way, Qiu Qingquan was in the arms, and he planned to use a group of troops to deal with the enemy head-on, lure the enemy deep, and ambush the main force in the mountains on both sides. On December 19, 1939, the Japanese army occupied Wutang and pounced on Liutang. That night, Qiu Qingquan sent sappers to blow up the bridge between Wutang and Liutang, and the Chinese troops attacked downward from the nearby high ground like a waterfall, and the ambushes of Sitang and Liutang were like a sea of mountains and seas, and the mines that had been ambushed before were detonated in the Japanese army, and Qiu Qingquan's armored troops drove straight into the enemy formation at full speed, and this time it was the turn of the Japanese to.
The victory in this battle was encouraging, and Qiu Qingquan led the new 22nd Division to detour to Kunlun Pass and cut off the communication line at Kunlun Pass on December 20, 1939. The 5th Army captured Kunlun Pass on December 31, 1939, and fought fiercely with the Japanese on the heights around Kunlun Pass before changing its guard on January 18, 1940. In this battle, Major General Nakamura Masao, commander of the 21st Brigade of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army, was killed, two infantry wings and an artillery brigade were annihilated, the commander of the wing was also killed, thousands of Japanese soldiers were killed, and countless losses of vehicles, light and heavy weapons were lost. For this battle, the Japanese army had to admit: "On this area, Chiang's army is more heroic than any other party, and it deserves the respect of our army." Qiu Qingquan also relied on this battle to become a highly regarded general in the Kuomintang.
After the war, Qiu Qingquan was awarded the Order of Baoding of the fourth class and transferred to the deputy commander of the 5th Army. Qiu Qingquan himself thinks that this is the most enjoyable battle in his life, sweeping away the depression of being oppressed by the Japanese before, and in addition to being full of spirit, he wrote a poem: "The twilight of the year is Kunlun, and the flag is not frozen." The sky is open and the earth is open, and the air is big and the soul is seized. The beacon fire is connected with the mountains and trees, and the knife shines on the bullet marks. But with iron and blood, Hu Lu is sufficient. ”
Knife light bullet marks
In early September 1944, when the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression entered the later stage, Qiu Qingquan sent the 200th Division to reinforce Longling, which was responsible for cutting off the connection between the Japanese troops in Longling and Mangshi on the Burma-Yunnan Highway. This battle was not only a battle between the Kuomintang army itself and the Japanese, but also a demonstration of the combat effectiveness of the Kuomintang army in front of European and American countries. In order to alleviate the damage of the army, Qiu Qingquan adopted the strategy of "burning the Beiyin Mountain and flooding the Longling City", and used water and fire as a soldier.
However, when this news came out, the Japanese troops guarding Longling City were in chaos before they could fight. On October 19, 1944, the Chinese army took the opportunity to launch the third counteroffensive, Qiu Qingquan personally supervised the battle, first made a surprise detour to the Burma-Yunnan Highway, cut off the Japanese army's retreat, and cut the Japanese army on the road into several pieces, so that it could not echo.
Seeing that the way back was cut off, the Japanese army in Longling had no choice but to abandon the city and flee. In October 1944, the 200th Division cut off the Longling line of communication and helped the Nationalist Army recover Longling on November 3, 1944. Qiu Qingquan took advantage of the victory to pursue and advanced along the Burma-Yunnan Highway, the Japanese army had already been defeated and had no intention of fighting, and the Chinese army finally opened the Burma-Yunnan Highway, showing the combat capability of China's modern army in front of the world.
Qiu Qingquan was a rare Kuomintang general who was proficient in commanding armored operations at that time, but it was a pity that Mingzhu secretly followed Chiang Kai-shek to the dark. Character determines fate, for Qiu Qingquan's unruly character, he did not follow the south to Taiwan, and finally died in this land that is about to be liberated, which can be regarded as a good destination.