During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the local government of Yunnan sent a total of four armies out of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. The Dian army heroically killed the enemy on the anti-Japanese battlefield and wrote a patriotic hero story that could be wept and wept. A total of five senior yunnan generals were martyred on the anti-Japanese battlefield, namely General Tang Huaiyuan (posthumously gifted), Lieutenant General Inch Qi (posthumous gift), General Wang Jiaben (posthumous gift), General Chen Zhongshu (posthumous gift), and Lieutenant General Li Nintao (posthumous gift).
1. Tang Huaiyuan
Tang Huaiyuan, also spelled Fochuan, han ethnicity, was born in 1886 in Maliyuan Village, Cuifeng Township, Jiangchuan County, Yunnan Province. He graduated from the Yunnan Army Lecture Hall and was a classmate of Marshal Zhu De. He successively served as platoon commander, company commander, battalion commander, regiment commander of the Yunnan Army, governor of Yibin County, Sichuan Province, brigade commander of the 15th Mixed Brigade of the Yunnan Army, deputy commander of the Third Army of the Yunnan Army and commander of the 12th Division.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1937, Tang Huaiyuan was appointed as the commander of the Third Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and led his troops out of the Yunnan War of Resistance, which was quite meritorious.
On May 11, 1941, in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, General Tang Huaiyuan's headquarters was surrounded by the Japanese army, and three breakthroughs failed, in order to prevent being captured and humiliated, he raised his gun on the top of the cliff and killed himself, and martyred himself.
In 1942, the Nationalist government posthumously awarded Tang Huaiyuan the title of army general and held a solemn memorial ceremony for him.
In 1986, the People's Government of Yunnan Province posthumously recognized Tang Huaiyuan as a revolutionary martyr.
In 2014, General Tang Huaiyuan was listed in the first batch of 300 famous anti-Japanese heroes and heroes.
2. Odd in size
Inch sex qi, character nian jie, Han ethnicity, born in 1885, Tengchong County, Yunnan Province, Chengguan Town Second Street (Sibao Street) people. Graduated from Yunnan Daowutang, he successively served as platoon commander, company commander, battalion commander, major staff officer of the Yunnan Army, governor of Nanxi County, Sichuan Province, staff officer of Major General Sun Yat-sen's base camp, commander of the Gendarmerie Corps directly under the Central Committee, commander of the 12th Division of the Third Army of the National Revolutionary Army and chief of staff of the Third Army.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1937, he led his troops to fight on the front lines in Hebei and Shanxi, and made great achievements. In 1940, Tang Huaiyuan, the commander of the army, returned to Yunnan to be buried and acted as the commander of the Third Army.
In the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain in May 1941, the 12th Division of the Third Army was surrounded by Japanese regiments, and general Zhizhiqi's legs were broken one after another during the breakthrough, and his life was in danger. On the night of May 13, Inch Qiqi left his last words, ordering the regimental commander Huang Xiangu to command the troops to break through, and then pulled out his sword to kill himself. After the death of General Inch Qi, none of his subordinates were willing to break through, and they fought with the Japanese army to the death, all of whom died heroically.
In 1942, the Nationalist government sent a telegram commending General Inch Sex Qi and posthumously awarding him the rank of Lieutenant General of the Army (Note: Inch Sex Qi was appointed by Sun Yat-sen as a lieutenant general in 1923, and after the victory of the Northern Expedition in 1928, he was demoted to major general of the army).
On May 10, 1986, the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China issued a certificate of revolutionary martyrdom to the family of General Inch Qi.
In September 2014, General Zhizhiqi was included in the first list of 300 famous anti-Japanese heroes and heroes.
3. Wang Jiaben
Wang Jiaben, Zi Liji, Han ethnicity, born in 1901, from Fuyuan County, Qujing City, Yunnan Province (Wang Jiaben's father Wang Guodong was an elder of the Protectorate Army and an old subordinate of Marshal Zhu De). After graduating from the fourteenth term of the Yunnan DaowuTang, he served as a platoon commander, company commander, battalion commander, regiment commander, and brigade commander of the Major General brigade in the Fan Shisheng Department of the Yunnan Army.
After graduating from the First Class General Class of Nanjing Army University in 1935, he became the deputy commander of the 98th Division of the Central Army.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1937, Wang Jiaben led his troops to participate in the Battle of Songhu and was promoted to commander of the 98th Division for his merits.
From 1938 to the beginning of 1944, Wang Jiaben led his troops to participate in the Battle of Nanchang, the First to Third Battle of Changsha, the Battle of Changde, the Battle of Western Hubei, and the Battle of Hengyang, and was promoted to lieutenant general of the 79th Army of the National Revolutionary Army for his merits.
In September 1944, thousands of Japanese troops disguised as Ordinary Chinese people planned to attack the headquarters of the 79th Army, and after Wang Jiaben intercepted the information, he organized troops to surround and decided to eliminate this Japanese army. When General Wang Jiaben led a small number of troops to the predetermined location, he encountered the main force of the Japanese army, and the main force of the 79th Army had not yet arrived. Wang Jia organized his troops to break through without success, personally holding a sword and engaging in a white-knife battle with the Japanese army, outnumbered and heroically sacrificed. Wang Jiaben was the only commander of the Central Army who was killed in the white-knife battle of the Japanese army.
After the death of General Wang Jiaben, the 79th Army fought fiercely with the Japanese army and recaptured the general's body. The National Government held a solemn memorial service for him and posthumously presented it to the Army General.
In September 2014, General Wang Jiaben was included in the first list of 300 famous anti-Japanese heroes and heroes.
4. Chen Zhongshu
Chen Zhongshu, Zishu Fan, Han ethnicity, born in 1891, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, Anning County (now Anning City) Eighth Street Yuezhaotun Village. At the age of 17, in order to help his family pay off debts, he joined the army in place of others at the price of 12 copper coins, and was assigned to the 74 bids of the 19th town of the Dian Army.
In 1911, he participated in the Chongjiu Uprising, and later participated in a series of wars such as defending the country, yasukuni, protecting the law, and opposing Zhang Xun's restoration, and was promoted to company commander and deputy battalion commander for his merits. After further studying in The Tangwu Hall in Yunnan, he served as the commander of the Major General Regiment of the Yunnan Army, the border defense supervisor with the rank of major general in the Malipo Special Area, and the brigade commander of the 542nd Brigade of the 183rd Division of the 60th Army.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1937, Chen Zhongshu accompanied the 60th Army to the Yunnan War of Resistance and participated in the famous Battle of Taierzhuang.
In April 1938, while guarding the Xingjialou and the Five Holy Churches, Chen Zhongshu's brigade repelled more than 40 attacks by the Japanese Kou and inflicted great casualties on the Japanese Kou. On the afternoon of April 23, when Chen Zhongshu was commanding the troops to fight fiercely with the Japanese Kou, he was unfortunately hit by a stray bullet and died heroically at the age of 47. The body was transported by train to Xuzhou and buried in a mass burial post outside Dongguan.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1945, the Nationalist government issued an explicit commendation to General Chen Zhongshu and posthumously awarded it to lieutenant generals.
In September 1984, the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China officially recognized Chen Zhongshu as a revolutionary martyr.
In September 2014, General Chen Zhongshu was listed in the first group of 300 famous anti-Japanese heroes and heroes.
5. Li Nintao
Li Nintao, Han ethnicity, born in 1904, a native of Heqing County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, is the founder of China's modern cadets. At the age of 19 (1923), he was admitted to Tsinghua University, and at the age of 22 (1926), he entered the Virginia Military Academy in the United States for further study.
In 1929, he was sent to the German Staff University for further study and interned in the Hindenburg Wing of the German Army. After returning to China, he served as the captain of the anti-chemical warfare corps of the Military and Political Department of the National Government. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he was transferred to the general commander of the Anti-Chemical Corps of the Ministry of Military Affairs and the director of the Anti-Narcotics Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs, with the rank of Colonel of the Army, responsible for directing and training the Chinese army to deal with the chemical weapons attack of the Japanese army.
At the end of 1940, he also served as the director of the Special Forces Cadre Training Class of the Central Military Academy.
In 1942, he also served as the commander of Qingxiang in southern Sichuan and the major general of the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the Military Commission.
In 1944, General Li Nintao was ordered to India to inspect the anti-chemical warfare department of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and when he returned to China, he was exposed. In order to kill this talented Chinese chemical general, the Japanese army sent four advanced fighter planes to conduct air attacks on the aircraft on which General Li Nintao was traveling. On October 28 of the same year, General Li Nintao's car was shot down by a Japanese plane over the Himalayas, and all nine people on the same plane were killed. When the bad news came, He Yingqin, chief of staff of the Chinese Kuomintang army, was extremely saddened, and Wangtianchang cried: "The Japanese Kou destroyed my arm, and this vendetta will not be repaid, and death will not be blinded." ”
In 1946, the Nationalist government posthumously awarded General Li Nintao the rank of Lieutenant General of the Army. (Text/Wang Guodong)