Is Liu Xiang, Sichuan Army, an Anti-Japanese Hero?

Liu Xiang of Sichuan Army is an anti-Japanese hero. On June 1937 10 15, Liu Xiang was appointed commander-in-chief of the seventh theater and commander-in-chief of the group army, leading the Sichuan army to the anti-Japanese front despite illness.

He vomited blood on the front line of the Anti-Japanese War, and/kloc-0 died in Hankou on June 20th, 938. Before he died, he left a will: "The war of resistance will last forever, that is, the enemy will not retreat to China, and the Sichuan army will not return to my home!"

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1937, the Japanese army further expanded its invasion of China, which inspired Liu Xiang's patriotic tradition. On the second day of the Lugouqiao Incident, Liu Xiangdian proposed to Chiang Kai-shek: "Please join the war of resistance" and "electrify the whole country at the same time and call for a concerted war of resistance". On August 7th, Liu Xiang flew to Nanjing to attend the national defense conference held by the Central Committee. Speaking at the meeting, he pointed out: "Sichuan can send 300 thousand troops to supply tens of thousands of able-bodied men and tens of thousands of tons of grain."

After the August 13th Incident, the Military Commission of the National Government decided to take the Sichuan Army as the second reserve army, with two columns under its jurisdiction, and appointed Liu Xiang as the commander of the second reserve army to undertake the operational tasks of the Pinghan Railway. Under the active promotion and supervision of Liu Xiang, the vanguard troops of Sichuan Anti-Japanese War split up in the northeast on September 1 day and went to the front line of the Anti-Japanese War.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Liu Xiang (Chairman of Sichuan Province and First-class Army General during the Republic of China)