#头条首发大赛#
During the period of the Republic of China, the Japanese launched the "77 Incident" near Lugou Bridge, and forcibly broke into Wanping County on the grounds that a soldier was missing, but was blocked by the 29th officers and soldiers, and a battle broke out between the two sides, so a full-scale War of Resistance against Japan began.
The 29th Army is the old department of Feng Yuxiang's Northwest National Army, after the end of the "Central Plains War", Feng Yuxiang was defeated in the field, Song Zheyuan, Zhang Zizhong, Feng Zhi'an, Liu Ruming and others gathered the remnants of the Northwest National Army to form the 29th Army. In the 29th Army, there were many high-ranking generals who died on the battlefield of resistance against Japan, such as Zhang Zizhong, Tong Linge, Zhao Dengyu and others, among which Zhang Zizhong had the highest rank and served as the commander-in-chief of the 33rd Group Army.
Soldiers of the Northwest National Army
Li Wentian joined the Northwest National Army in his early years and has been serving under Zhang Zizhong, so he became Zhang Zizhong's confidant general, and his official position became higher and higher. At the time of the outbreak of the "77 Incident," Li Wentian had already become the commander of the Tianjin garrison and the chief of the Tianjin police, and was the highest military commander in Tianjin, leading his troops to fight against the Japanese army in Tianjin.
Later, Zhang Zizhong became the commander-in-chief of the 33rd Group Army, and Li Wentian was the deputy commander-in-chief and chief of staff. After Feng Zhi'an took over as commander-in-chief of the 33rd Group Army, Li Wentian was always squeezed out, and he could only be a deputy commander with a post but no power, and his status declined step by step.
During the War of Liberation, the People's Liberation Army sent representatives to persuade Li Wentian to lead his troops to revolt, but he hesitated and watched He Jifeng, Zhang Kexia and others launch the "Wangjia Uprising", after which Chiang Kai-shek dismissed Li Wentian from his official position, and he had to leave the military circles.
Li Wentian
In 1894, Li Wentian was born in Jun County, Henan, the Li family was originally quite wealthy, but unfortunately Li Wentian's father died very early, resulting in the family in the middle of the road, his mother took Li Wentian to live in his mother's house, and his uncle provided him with education.
Li Wentian's academic performance was very good, and after graduating from middle school, he was admitted to the sixth phase of the Baoding Military Academy.
In September 1919, after graduating from the Baoding Military Academy, Li Wentian joined Feng Yuxiang's 16th Beiyang Mixed Brigade as a soldier and served as a midshipman.
In 1920, the "Zhiwan War" broke out, Feng Yuxiang's 16th mixed brigade belonged to the direct army, so there was a battle with the Anhui army. Li Wentian, who was not reused, could only serve as a staff officer and instructor, and Li Wentian was meticulous and very serious in his military training, which made Zhang Zizhong pay attention to him.
Feng Yuxiang
In 1924, during the "Second Zhifeng War", Feng Yuxiang, Hu Jingyi, and Sun Yue led troops to launch a mutiny in Beijing, put Beiyang President Cao Kun under house arrest, and drove Pu Yi out of the palace. Through the "Beijing Mutiny", Feng Yuxiang formed the First National Army, and under the promotion of Zhang Zizhong, Li Wentian became the commander of the regiment.
At the beginning of 1926, under the suppression of Wu Peifu and Zhang Zuolin, Feng Yuxiang was forced to resign and go to the Soviet Union, and then the Zhifeng coalition army began to attack the national army, and the two sides broke out in the "Nankou Battle", Li Wentian led his troops to participate in this battle, but the national army was still defeated and retreated to Suiyuan. In September, Feng Yuxiang returned from the Soviet Union, swore an oath in Wuyuan, announced that he would join the Nationalist Government, and organize the Northwest National Army to participate in the Northern Expedition.
In 1930, the "Central Plains War" broke out, Feng Yuxiang, Yan Xishan and others joined forces against Chiang, but with the help of Zhang Xueliang, Chiang Kai-shek won the final victory, Feng Yuxiang was defeated and went into the wilderness, the Northwest National Army was disbanded, and Song Zheyuan, Zhang Zizhong and others led the remnants to retreat to Shanxi.
Song Zheyuan
At the beginning of 1931, with the support of Zhang Xueliang, Song Zheyuan, Zhang Zizhong, Feng Zhi'an, Liu Ruming and others gathered the remnants of the Northwest National Army in Shanxi to form the 29th Army, with Song Zheyuan as the commander, Zhang Zizhong as the commander of the 38th Division, and Li Wentian as the commander of the 122nd Brigade under Zhang Zizhong.
In 1933, the "Great Wall War of Resistance" broke out, the 29th Army fought against the Japanese army, Li Wentian led his troops in Xifengkou, Panjiakou and other places, and the Japanese army fought for four days and four nights, although the troops suffered great losses, but also eliminated many Japanese troops.
In 1935, Li Wentian concurrently served as the chief of the Tianjin police.
In July 1936, in order to alleviate the tension between the Japanese army, Song Zheyuan held a banquet in Beiping and invited many Japanese officers. During his tenure as chief of the Tianjin Police Bureau, Li Wentian seriously rectified public order in the city and also set up a security team.
On July 7, 1937, after the outbreak of the "77 Incident", in the face of the pressure of the Japanese army, Song Zheyuan, Zhang Zizhong and others also wanted to settle the battle between the two sides in the form of peace talks. On July 25, Zhang Zizhong left Tianjin and went to Beiping to negotiate with the Japanese, and let Li Wentian serve as the acting commander of the Tianjin Division, as well as the commander of the Tianjin garrison and the chief of the Tianjin police.
Huang Weigang
On 27 July, Li Wentian received an order from Song Zheyuan that in order to resist the Japanese invasion, he convened a military meeting with Huang Weigang, commander of the 112th Brigade, Li Zhiyuan, commander of the 26th Independent Brigade, Qi Guangyuan, commander of the pistol regiment of the 38th Division, Liu Jialuan, commander of the Tianjin Security Corps, Ning Dianwu, commander of the Tianjin Security Corps, and Ma Yanchong, secretary general of the Tianjin Municipal Government.
On the evening of July 28, Li Wentian received an order from Qin Dechun, deputy commander of the 29th Army, to lead the 5,000 defenders in Tianjin and the Japanese troops in the concession to start a battle. On the 29th, after the battle officially began, Li Wentian sat in the headquarters, Liu Jialuan led his troops to surround the Japanese concession in Tianjin, and the main place of battle between the two sides was the area around the railway station in Tianjin, and the officers and men of the 38th Division besieged the Japanese troops at the railway station in Tianjin into a warehouse.
The Japanese consul in Tianjin immediately asked for help from the Japanese troops in the direction of Beiping, and soon the Japanese army gathered heavy troops and began to attack Tianjin, under the bombing of Japanese planes, more than 2,000 soldiers and civilians in Tianjin suffered casualties, and Li Wentian's headquarters was also discovered by the Japanese army, and in order to avoid the bombing of the planes, he immediately moved the headquarters away.
Zhang Zizhong
On July 30, after fifteen hours of fighting, because there were no reinforcements, Li Wentian led his troops to break through and Tianjin fell. After breaking through, Li Wentian led the remnants to retreat to Baoding, and reported all the situation in Tianjin to Song Zheyuan, because Zhang Zizhong was not in the army, so Song Zheyuan appointed Li Wentian as the acting commander of the 38th Division, and led his troops to North China to fight the Japanese army.
After Li Wentian became the acting commander of the 38th Division, the 38th Division was expanded into the 59th Army soon after, with Li Wentian as the acting commander. In order to control the troops, he implemented many plans, but these plans made Liu Zhensan, the commander of the 180th Division, very dissatisfied, Liu Zhensan threatened Li Wentian with resignation, and Huang Weigang, the commander of the 38th Division, was also dissatisfied with Li Wentian, which made Li Wentian very troubled, and felt that only Zhang Zizhong could control the 59th Army.
Soon after, Zhang Zizhong returned to the army and served as the commander of the 59th Army, with Li Wentian as the deputy commander, so that the 59th Army did not have internal strife. After that, the 59th Army participated in the "Battle of Linyi", and then withdrew to Huangchuan, Henan, where it fought with the Japanese army, and the two sides fought for 11 days and were rewarded by Chiang Kai-shek.
Zhang Kexia
In October 1938, Zhang Zizhong served as the commander-in-chief of the 33rd Group Army, and Li Wentian served as the chief of the general staff and deputy commander of the 59th Army.
In April 1940, the "Battle of Zaoyi" broke out. In May, Li Wentian followed Zhang Zizhong to command the battle on the front line, and the battle was very fierce, Li Wentian did not sleep for two days and two nights at the headquarters, and ate a handful of beans when he was hungry. On the 15th, Zhang Zizhong ordered a breakout, and Li Wentian led the personnel of the headquarters to withdraw to the pumpkin shop, and because he was too tired, he fell asleep in an abandoned hut.
On the 16th, Zhang Zizhong and Li Wentian were separated, but Zhang Zizhong died during the breakout, and Li Wentian led the rest of the people to break through successfully.
After Zhang Zizhong's death, Feng Zhi'an inherited the position of commander-in-chief of the 33rd Group Army, and when the military conference was held again, Liu Zhensan, Huang Weigang and others accused Li Wentian, saying that he was following Zhang Zizhong, why Zhang Zizhong sacrificed, but he escaped alive. In the face of everyone's accusations, Li Wentian was bitter and could not speak, and Feng Zhi'an also took the opportunity to persuade Li Wentian to resign, Li Wentian felt that Feng Zhi'an was intent on driving him away, so he joined forces with Zhang Kexia and others to exert pressure, so that he was not dismissed.
Feng Zhi'an
In July, Li Wentian was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief of the 33rd Group Army, and Zhang Kexia was appointed chief of the general staff.
In the later stage of the Anti-Japanese War, due to the mediocre record of the 33rd Group Army and the relatively corrupt upper-level officers, Chiang Kai-shek wanted to hold a review meeting in Enshi, and Feng Zhi'an, Li Wentian and others did not dare to attend the meeting, so they let Zhang Kexia attend the meeting.
In 1945, after the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the 33rd Group Army was reorganized into the Third Appeasement Zone and stationed in the Xuzhou area, with Feng Zhi'an as the commander and Li Wentian and Zhang Kexia as the deputy commanders.
In 1946, on the eve of the Liberation War, Li Wentian went to Shanghai to buy a villa, during which the underground party of the Communist Party of China met Li Wentian many times, hoping that he could lead the army to revolt, but Li Wentian felt that he had no real power, so he did not agree. Soon after, He Jifeng became the deputy commander of the Third Appeasement Zone, Wang Changhai was the commander of the 77th Division, and Li Wentian was completely excluded from the inner circle of the Third Appeasement Zone.
In June 1947, in the battle with the PLA, the 38th Division that Li Wentian was able to command was wiped out by the PLA, and he became a bare-bones commander.
He Jifeng
In September 1948, Li Wentian was awarded the rank of lieutenant general. In November, He Jifeng, Zhang Kexia and others launched the "Wangjia Uprising" and joined the Communist camp, Feng Zhi'an was forced to resign from the post of third appeasement commander, and Li Wentian became acting commander.
After Li Wentian collected more than 10,000 remnants of the army, he assembled in the south of Xuzhou, and soon Huang Baitao's corps was completely annihilated, and Chiang Kai-shek blamed the third appeasement zone for not reinforcing in time, so the number of the third appeasement zone was canceled, and Li Wentian went to live in Shanghai.
In March 1949, Li Wentian joined the army as the "Presidential Office". In May, Li Wentian resigned from all his posts, and many old friends of the Northwest Nationalist Army persuaded him to go to Taiwan, but he refused, thinking that he would be fine.
In 1951, Li Wentian died suddenly for some reason.
Disclaimer: Historical public information, if there is any similarity, is purely coincidental.