Kan Weiyong (1900 – November 9, 1944), formerly known as Qingfu (庆福), was born in Liuzhou, Guangxi. Chief of Staff of the Guilin City Defense Command of the 16th Army Group of the National Revolutionary Army. In 1944, the Japanese army launched the Battle of Yuxianggui. In September of the same year, Kan Weiyong led his troops to Guilin and carried out the task of holding Guilin with friendly troops. From the end of October, the fighting situation was tight. The command post department fought hard with the enemy and killed many enemies. On November 8, the Japanese army attacked Qixingyan with poison gas, killing more than 800 officers and men of the 391st Regiment of the defenders. At the same time, the 392nd Regiment suffered heavy casualties in the fierce battle, the regimental commander Wu Zhan was killed, and the 393rd Regiment also suffered casualties. On the evening of the 9th, Kan Weiyong deeply hated the failure to complete the task of holding Guilin and committed suicide at the division command post. He was 44 years old.
Wu Zhan (1899-1933), also known as Xiu Ling and Ling Xiao, was a native of Quedian Township, Shucheng County, Anhui Province, and chief of staff of the Tenth Division of the Red Fourth Army. In November 1932, the Red Fourth Front crossed the Daba Mountains, marched into tongjiang, conquered the Nanjiang River, occupied bazhong, and began to create a revolutionary base area in Sichuan and Shaanxi. Under the excellent situation in which the Red Fourth Front army was basing itself in northern Sichuan, expanding the Red Army, vigorously recruiting troops, developing revolutionary base areas, and winning victory in the western expedition, Zhang Guotao arrested and killed a large number of senior commanders of the Red Army on trumped-up charges of "reorganization faction," "third party," and "right faction" under the pretext of "purging rebellion." In the spring of 1933, Wu Zhan was also unfortunately arrested and killed by Zhang Guotao in Tongjiang, Sichuan, at the age of 32.
Wang Jiaben (1901-1944) was a lieutenant general in the 79th Army of the National Revolutionary Army. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wang Jiaben went from the "Battle of Songhu" to the Battle of Nanjing, the Battle of Taierzhuang, the Battle of Changsha and even the Battle of Changheng in 1944, and in the 22 battles on the frontal battlefield in China, Wang Jiaben experienced a total of 9 cruel and fierce battles with the Japanese and Kou. Because of his pioneering soldiers, good command, countless enemy kills, and outstanding military achievements, Wang Jiaben received the glorious title of "General of Hard Battles", won the "Order of Yunli", and was promoted to commander of the Ninety-eighth Division, deputy commander and commander of the Seventy-ninth Army. In September 1944, he encountered the Japanese army at Dong'an Pass in Hunan Province, and was martyred in a fierce battle. At the age of 43, he was promoted to general of the army.
Yu Ziwu (1901 – July 21, 1944), was a native of LiYuanshe, 3bahu Township, Taishan County, Guangdong Province, and deputy commander of the 151st Division of the 62nd Army of the National Revolutionary Army. He participated in the Battle of Songhu and the Defense of Nanjing, and was promoted to chief of staff of the 151st Division of the 62nd Army of the Kuomintang Army in July 1939. In June 1943, he was promoted to deputy division commander and director of the political department of the 151st Division of the 62nd Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and went to India to participate in senior general training organized by the US War Department. On July 9, 1944, he led the 151st Division to a fierce battle against the Japanese army defending Hengyang at Hengyang West Railway Station, and at dawn on July 21, 1944, the command post of the 151st Division in Zhengjiachong, a suburb of Hengyang City, was raided, and he was martyred with several bullets.
Wang Jianyue (1906-1944), a native of Lixian County, Hunan. In May 1944, he was promoted to deputy commander of the Eighth Division of the 57th Army of the National Revolutionary Army. At that time, the Japanese army launched the Battle of Yuxianggui, which was aimed at opening up the mainland communication line. He was ordered to lead his troops from Shaanxi out of Tongguan to guard the line of Lingbao in western Henan, repeatedly thwarting the enemy's front. On June 9, 1944, fortified at Lingbao Bijiazhan and the 97th Division, they repeatedly charged and killed the Japanese, lost their positions and regained them, preferred to die rather than retreat, and the enemy was killed and wounded, and finally could not occupy the high ground. He died on June 10, 1944.
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