On October 24, 1937, at 9:00 a.m. at the Wuhan Dazhimen Railway Station, He Chengrui, the early commander of the Wuhan camp, led thousands of important members of the Military and Political Circles in Wuhan and thousands of people from various organs and groups to greet the coffins of Hao Mengling, commander of the Ninth Army, who died at the Battle of Xinkou, and Liu Jiaqi, commander of the 54th Division.
When the Lugou Bridge Incident broke out, the Ninth Army was originally guarding the Chuanqian Highway, and Hao Mengling and Liu Jiaqi repeatedly asked Miao to go north to resist the enemy when they went to the Sichuan Army University for training. Later, he led his troops to Shijiazhuang, and with the loss of Yanmen Pass, the war in northern Jin tended to be tense, and hao Mengling and Liu Jiaqi were willing to stick to the stronghold to block the Japanese army. Therefore, he was ordered to transfer to the town of Xinkou, more than 80 kilometers north of Taiyuan, to resist the enemy. On the day they reached the position, Hao Liu and the two generals asked the officers and men to coexist and die with the position.
From October 12, the Japanese army used aircraft, artillery, and tanks to launch a fierce attack on the Xinkou position, but the officers and men of our army were determined to sacrifice and stood still, and the Japanese army launched dozens of attacks without success.
Portrait of General Hao Mengling
On October 15, Hao Mengling ordered his troops to launch a night attack from the front of the Japanese army, and he took the lead and marched forward, with several hills in a row, while Liu Jiaqi commanded the troops to advance from the left flank at the same time.
On October 16, at about 5:00 a.m., the sky was already faintly bright, and Hao Mengling was worried that at dawn, the new position of our army could not be consolidated by the threat of enemy artillery fire, so he decided to take advantage of the victory to pursue and completely annihilate the remnants of the enemy once and for all.
In the process of pursuit, Hao Mengling and Liu Jiaqi still led the troops to charge forward, the two were only more than two hundred meters away from the Japanese scattered line, Hao Mengling unfortunately hit two bullets on the spot and fell, Liu Jiaqi's head was initially injured by the Japanese grenade launcher, and then he was hit by several bullets from the Japanese machine gun and fell down. The company of special agents who followed the two generals hurried to rescue them from their positions, but the two generals had already died heroically.
After the sacrifice of the two generals Hao Mengling and Liu Jiaqi, the remains were transported to Wuhan via Pinghan Road. Before the coffin arrived in Wuhan, all walks of life in Wuhan arranged a spiritual hall in the first platform of the Dazhimen Railway Station, with the remains of Hao Liu and the two generals enshrined on the front, and the banner "Death is heavier than Mount Tai" hung on it. The former Chen altar is surrounded by wreaths of wreaths donated by various parties, and the cigarettes are full of smoke, which is tragic and solemn.
The coffin train arrived at the Dazhimen Railway Station in Hankou at 9 a.m., and the orchestra played tragic music, and the families of Hao Liu and the two generals knelt down to greet them. A public festival was then held at the platform.
The public sacrifice ceremony was performed by He Chengrui, the head of the Wuhan camp, who first bowed three times to the statue and laid a wreath, then read out Chairman Jiang's sacrifice text on the spot, and finally performed a bow ceremony to play the mourning ceremony.
Photograph of General Liu Jiaqi
Chiang Kai-shek's tribute is: "On October 16, 26, Hao Junxijiu, commander of the Ninth Army, and Liu Junzhenglei, commander of the 54th Division, were martyred in the service of Dabaishui in northern Jin, yue eight days, and on the 24th, the coffin returned to Hansu, and Chiang Kai-shek, chairman of the Military Commission of the National Government, made a sacrifice for the text, and his words were: Woohoo, Island Yi Snake, Recommend Food to Shangguo, Eat Tai Xian, Restore Northeast China, Greedy, Soldiers Suppress Pingjin, Trap and Attack Jin, Call Me Nobody." Corrective Hao Jun, the leader of the first army, the first soldier, galloping in all directions, Liu Jun followed the trail, like a shadow, our teachers and students, ten thousand jun thunder. Fang Qi went to the enemy, preferred to die, stood up to kill the thief, swore snow and national shame, guns and bullets, died with Kou Kai, morale was greatly boosted, no shame, whine, parasitic heaven and earth, a hundred years of instantaneous, righteous fate on the battlefield, heavy voice is infinite, only the second king, a thousand miles of court tendency, nine original knowledge, resentment and resentment. Children of the family, ask about the sunset, Vanz aftermath, the precious of the living. God is full of land, there is no self, and people have the same heart. The battle is sincere, the captive is in my palm, and the bottle is buried, and it is still enjoyed. ”
After the ceremony, as many as a thousand people from various institutions and groups participated in the ceremony, accompanied by the military, police, boy scouts and military bands. From Dazhimen Station via Wuzu Street, Hubei Street, Zhongshan Road, Minsheng Road to the third pier of China Merchants Bureau, along the way, Hankou citizens have stood by the roadside to greet the heroic spirits, and there are more than ten road festivals on the side of the road.
At 11:30 a.m., the coffin arrived at the riverside and was immediately transported by ferry to the Pinghumen Wharf, and all walks of life in Wuchang also made sacrifices along the way, until the coffins of The two generals Hao Liu were sent to the side cemetery of Baotong Temple in Hongshan for temporary parking.