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Yan Zhao Yinglie | Hao Mengling: Determined to sacrifice If you don't succeed, you will become a ren

author:Hebei News Network
Yan Zhao Yinglie | Hao Mengling: Determined to sacrifice If you don't succeed, you will become a ren

Hao Mengling. Courtesy of the Provincial Department of Veterans Affairs

Hao Mengling (1898-1937), zi Xijiu, was a native of Zhuanghe Village, Gaocheng County (now Gaocheng District), Hebei Province. Graduated from the Sixth Infantry Section of the Baoding Army Officer School, he successively served as battalion commander, regimental commander, brigade commander, division commander, deputy commander, and army commander. In 1934, when Chiang Kai-shek launched the fifth "encirclement and suppression", Hao Mengling requested to be disarmed and returned to the field, but was not approved. Later, he was transferred to Guiyang, Zunyi and other places, responsible for the construction of Sichuanqian and Sichuan-Yunnan highways. In May 1937, Hao Mengling again requested to be demobilized and returned to the field, but it was still not approved. Later, he was transferred to the General Officer Class of Sichuan Army University to study. After the July 7 Incident, he twice asked Miao to go north to resist japan. In mid-September 1937, he was allowed to participate in the war and served as the commander of the Ninth Army of the National Revolutionary Army. On October 4, 1937, he led his troops to the Xinkou Front and served as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy in the central region. Before the decisive battle on October 10, he left a family letter: "I have made up my mind to sacrifice, and if I don't succeed, I will become a ren." The next day, the Battle of Xinkou was in full swing, and the battle was extremely fierce. On the morning of October 16, he went to the front with Liu Jialin, commander of the 54th Division, and Zheng Yanzhen, commander of the Independent Fifth Brigade, and while passing through a pass only 200 meters from the Japanese position, the three of them were shot and martyred at the same time, and were later posthumously promoted to general of the army. In September 2014, it was included in the first list of 300 famous anti-Japanese heroes and heroes.

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