The history of the Sichuan Army’s resistance to Japan

The Sichuan Army came out of Sichuan to fight the War of Resistance

In the eight years of the War of Resistance, 3 million Sichuan troops came out of Sichuan to fight the War, and more than 640,000 people were killed or injured. The number of people participating in the war and the tragic sacrifices ranked highest in the country!

The day after the "July 7th Incident" broke out, Liu Xiang, chairman of Sichuan Province, immediately sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek and at the same time to the whole country, calling for nationwide mobilization to unite against Japan. On August 7, Liu Xiangfei went to Nanjing to attend a national defense conference. He spoke impassionedly for nearly 2 hours: "In the War of Resistance, Sichuan can send 300,000 troops, provide 5 million strong men, and provide tens of thousands of grains!"

On August 25, Liu Xiang issued the "Information to Sichuan Kang Army and People" , calling on Sichuan soldiers and civilians to make huge sacrifices for the Anti-Japanese War: "The national Anti-Japanese War has begun, and the responsibilities borne by the people of Sichuan are particularly important compared with other provinces!"

Liu Xiang said: "The civil war has been fought for many years in the past. My face is not very honorable. I am serving my country today, how can I stay safe in the rear?" Liu Xiang, who was ill and went to war, suffered from vomiting blood on the front line of the Anti-Japanese War. Knowing that he was dying of illness, he once wrote on a piece of paper, "Leave the army before we leave." Death always brings tears to the hearts of heroes." Two lines from Du's poem. Liu Xiang died on January 20, 1938, at the age of 48.

Before his death, he left a will: "We will fight to the end and remain unswerving, that is, the enemy will not withdraw from the country for a day, and the Sichuan army will never return home!"

Liu Xiang For a long time, when the Sichuan troops on the front line raised the flag every day, the officers and soldiers would read it in unison to show their determination to fight to the end! On September 19, 1939, a grand state funeral ceremony was held for Liu Xiang in Chengdu. Liu Xiang's heroic feat of going to war despite being ill was the most glorious chapter in his later years.

During the Battle of Taierzhuang, the commander of the 122nd Division, Wang Mingzhang, was ordered to garrison Teng County. Commander Wang personally directed the street fighting, but unfortunately he was shot by a machine gun and died heroically. , the officers and soldiers of the unit resisted from house to house and fought to the last man. Almost all the more than 5,000 people of the 122nd Division were killed or injured, but more than 4,000 Japanese soldiers were also killed.

Li Zongren said with emotion: "Without the strong defense of Teng County, there would be no great victory in Taierzhuang! With few enemies and many enemies, we wrote the most glorious page in the history of the Sichuan Army!"

He Yingqin "Eight Years of Resistance Against Japan" records: During the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War, Sichuan (including Xikang Province) provided nearly 3 million soldiers to enrich the frontline troops, accounting for more than 1/5 of the more than 14.05 million soldiers actually recruited nationwide during the same period.

Records of Sichuan Army generals who died in the Anti-Japanese War:

Li Jiayu was born in Pujiang, Sichuan in 1891. He graduated from the Sichuan Army Officer School in his early years and served as the commander of the 36th Group Army of the First Theater during the Anti-Japanese War. General Commander-in-Chief, died in Shaanxian County, Henan Province on May 21, 1944. The Nationalist Government posthumously recognized him as an Army General, and he posthumously recognized him as a revolutionary martyr after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Rao Guohua was born in 1984 in Ziyang, Sichuan. He served as lieutenant general and commander of the 145th Division of the 21st Army during the Anti-Japanese War. He died in battle in Guangde on November 30, 1937. The National Government He was posthumously recognized as an army general, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was posthumously recognized as a revolutionary martyr.

Wang Mingzhang was born in Xindu, Sichuan in 1893. He graduated from the Sichuan Army Officer School and served as the 122nd Lieutenant General of the 41st Army during the Anti-Japanese War. He died in Teng County on March 17, 1938. , the Nationalist Government posthumously recognized him as Army General, and Mao Zedong and others jointly presented elegiac couplets.

Yang Huai was born in 1897 in Sichuan. During the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the colonel commander of the 359th Regiment of the 180th Brigade of the 60th Division of the 10th Army. On April 5, 1938, he was killed in Dai, near Anhui Province. He died in port and was promoted to Army Major General by the Nationalist Government.

Zhang Yayun, a native of Chengdu, Sichuan, was the commander of the 44th Regiment of the 15th Division of the 72nd Army during the Anti-Japanese War. She died in Jiangxi on March 24, 1941. The Nationalist Government posthumously assigned her to the Army. Major General.

Xu Guozhang was born in 1898 in Chengdu, Sichuan. During the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the major general and commander of the 150th Division of the 44th Army of the 29th Group Army. He died in Changde on October 21, 1943. He was a national The government posthumously promoted him to Army Lieutenant General.

Zhang Jing, Major General Staff Officer of the 33rd Group Army, died in the Hubei Pumpkin Shop on May 16, 1940.