Liao Lei

Liao Lei

Liao Lei (1890-1939), an anti Japanese patriotic general of the Chinese Kuomintang, was born in Luchuan, Guangxi in 1890. He studied in Baoding Military Academy in 1914 and served in Tang Shengzhi Department of Hunan in 1916. He was promoted to battalion commander, regiment commander, division commander and army commander step by step. In 1927, he took refuge in the GUI clan, and then moved to Liuzhou on October 25, 1931.

When the July 7th incident broke out in 1937, Liao Lei became commander-in-chief of the 21st group army and led the 7th and 48th armies northward to resist Japan.

In 1938, Liao Lei led his troops to the north. He was stationed in Hefei under the command of Huai. He led his troops to attack the east of Anhui many times and constantly annihilated the Japanese aggressors, thus stabilizing the situation in the middle and west of Anhui.

In the defense war of Wuhan, Liao Lei built fortifications in Huangmei and Guangji areas based on the Dabie Mountains, and fought against the enemy tenaciously, which dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese army and made it unable to cross a step.

During this period, Liao Lei mobilized the masses to join the Anti Japanese war. According to the statistics in May 1939, there are 107 working groups of the provincial Commission of animal husbandry, the working group entrusted by the provincial Commission of animal husbandry, and the county working group, with more than 2400 members. The Commission for economic and social development publicized and mobilized 400000 people, who were organized to the anti enemy associations such as the agricultural Anti Japanese Association, the youth Anti Japanese Association, and the women's Anti Japanese Association, and carried out extensive work including joining the army, supporting the front, donating, and publicizing. In some areas, the enemy's auxiliary stretchers can be transported within 24 hours. The scale and function of mass mobilization are much larger than that of the initial construction period.

On October 23, 1939, Liao Lei died of sudden cerebral hemorrhage. Liao Lei thought about the war of resistance till he died. Before he died, he said, "I can't do it anymore. I hope you will work hard to fight against Japan. Don't let the Japanese invaders rush into the Dabie Mountains." Without the explanation to his wife, his last words turned out to be such a sentence, which is a kind of military integrity that abandons the internal contradictions of the nation and hopes the motherland to resist foreign invasion. Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, Ye Jianying and Peng Dehuai, the leaders of the Communist Party of China, sent elegiac couplets. Ye Ting, Xiang Ying, Zhang Yunyi, Dai Jiying, Luo Binghui and Peng Xuefeng, the leaders of the New Fourth Army, sent telegrams of condolence to express their deep mourning for this patriotic anti Japanese general.

Biography

Liao Lei (1890-1939) was admitted to Guangxi Army primary school in 1907 and Hubei army third middle school in 1911 to participate in the Wuchang Uprising. In 1914, he entered Baoding military academy. After graduation, he joined Zhao hengti division of Hunan army as company commander, company commander, battalion commander and regimental commander. In 1926, he took part in the Northern Expedition and served as deputy commander of major general and head of the third regiment of the fourth division of the Eighth Army of the National Revolutionary Army, commander of the first division of the thirty Sixth Army, deputy commander and commander of the thirty Sixth Army. Jiang GUI resigned to go to Hong Kong during the war. After 1929, he returned to Guangxi to fight against Chiang Kai Shek and served as chief of staff of the former enemy headquarters of the "party protection and national salvation army", deputy chief of the seventh army, division commander and commander of the 21st division, and President of Guangxi aviation school. In 1931 and 1932, he led the army to attack the Youjiang Revolutionary Base twice and besieged the seventh and eighth Red Armies in Baise, Longzhou and Donglan. In 1934, he led the army to intercept the Red Army's long march in northern Guangxi. During the Anti Japanese War, he served as commander in chief of the 21st group army and chairman of Anhui Province. He took part in the battle of Songhu and the battle of Xuzhou, established the Anti Japanese guerrilla base in the Dabie Mountains, and served as the guerrilla commander in chief of the Hubei Henan Anhui border region.

He died of cerebral hemorrhage in Anhui Province on October 23, 1939. Second level general

Make a fortune in Hunan army

Liao Lei joined the Hunan army in his early years. He is diligent in military training, does not smile, rewards and punishments clearly, treats soldiers like brothers and brothers, can share joys and sorrows, his subordinates do not dare to advance and retreat arbitrarily without their orders, but he himself is hardworking and brave, takes the lead in the front line, not only brave, but also persevering, never asks for help when he is in danger since he is a platoon leader, and does not retreat without orders, so he has been able to complete tasks repeatedly. Liao Lei himself has been promoted in the Hunan army because of his good military management. He has successively served as company commander, battalion commander, regimental commander, division commander and army commander.

In 1928, Tang Shengzhi, the Hunan warlord, was defeated by Li Zongren. Liao Lei, He Jian, ye Qi, Li Pinxian and other Hunan generals surrendered to the GUI clan, and then followed Bai Chongxi to continue the northern expedition to North China. In January 1929, the Nanjing government dispatched troops, and the 36th army was reduced to the 53rd division. Liao Lei served as division commander and was still stationed in Tangshan. In March, when the war between Chiang Kai Shek and Guangxi broke out, Chiang Kai Shek sent Tang Shengzhi to North China to visit the old headquarters of the Hunan army. Several brigade commanders of the Hunan army prepared to arrest Bai Chongxi. Chiang Kai Shek also sent special agents to try to kill Bai Chongxi. Liao Lei personally escorts Bai Chongxi to Tanggu port and asks him to take a Japanese steamer back to Guangxi via Hong Kong. After that, Liao Lei himself was forced to resign from his military post and live in Hong Kong.

Civil War

In December 1929, Li Zongren, Huang Shaohong and Bai Chongxi re ruled Guangxi and established the general headquarters of the National Salvation Army. At the invitation of Bai Chongxi, Liao Lei returned to Guangxi in early 1930 to serve as the chief of staff of the former enemy general headquarters of the fourth group army. Later, he successively served as the deputy chief and chief of staff of the seventh army, the deputy chief and division commander of the 21st division of the seventh army, and the commander of the seventh army. He once participated in the Central Plains war, led the army to besiege the revolutionary bases of Donglan and Fengshan twice, and participated in the plot to arrest Wei Baqun. In the spring of 1933, he also directed the suppression of the armed uprising of Yao people in northern Guangxi. In 1934, he took part in the interception of the Red Army during the long march.

In August 1934, under the leadership of Ren Bishi, Xiao Ke and Wang Zhen, more than 9700 members of the sixth Red Army Corps were ordered to withdraw from Hunan Jiangxi Soviet Area, carry out strategic transfer to the west, and enter Guizhou through southern Hunan and Guangxi. After consultation, the three provinces of Hunan, Guizhou and Guangxi decided that Liao Lei would lead four regiments of the GUI army and Li Jue seven regiments of the Xiang army into Guizhou to "help suppress" the troops of the three provinces under the command of Liao Lei. Liao Lei divided his GUI army into two divisions: the 57th regiment of the 19th division and the 70th regiment of the 24th division were led by him, and the 72nd regiment of the 24th division, the independent regiment and the 71st regiment were led by Qin Lianfang, the commander of the 24th division.

At 3:00 a.m. on September 26, the sixth Red Army met with the tan Lianfang section of the GUI army in daguang'ao. The two sides started a fierce battle, and the rear roads of the 12th and 54th Red Army regiments, which were responsible for the cover task, were cut off. After hours of fighting, the red 52 regiment broke through from the mountains on the west side of daguanao. The withdrawal of the red 54 regiment was delayed, and it was besieged again. In the end, in addition to a part of breaking through the encirclement and catching up with the main force, 145 people, including the commander Zhao Xiong and two battalion commanders, were killed, and the political commissar, battalion commander and many soldiers of the regiment were injured. After the war, the 54th regiment was suspended and assigned to the 49th, 51st, 52nd and 53rd regiments respectively. At the end of the battle, Liao Lei led Zhang (Guangwei) and Li (Ruijin) regiments to arrive. Hearing that the Red Army had left, he regretted that he was late and lost a good opportunity to annihilate the enemy.

After getting out of danger from daguang'ao, the sixth Red Army Corps kept on maneuvering in the encirclement of the troops of Hunan, Guizhou and Guangxi provinces. On October 1, it hit the Guizhou army heavily and got the initiative to enter Weng'an county and prepare to cross the Wujiang River.

When the sixth Red Army Corps arrived at the monkey farm (today's Caotang) by the Wujiang River on October 4, it received a telegram from the Military Commission: "the enemy of Guangxi is now moving south, and the third Red Army has occupied the Yinjiang river. The sixth Legion should move towards the mouth of the river as soon as possible. In any case, you can't move westward any more. " So the sixth Red Army abandoned its plan to cross the Wujiang River to the west, and on the 5th it turned around and headed for the northeast. It was ready to enter the Jiangkou area near Shiqian to get in touch with the third Red Army (helongbu).

However, the information provided by the CMC was wrong, and the GUI army did not withdraw from the south. The actual situation is that the KMT army judged that the Wujiang River was guarded by the Guizhou army, and it was difficult for the Red Army to cross the West. It had to go to the Yinjiang river through Yuqing and Shiqian to join the Red Army. As long as the Shiqian and Zhenyuan roads were reliably blocked, it was very likely that the sixth Red Army would be encircled and annihilated in this area. So Liao Lei and other KMT commanders held an emergency meeting in Zhenyuan, and decided that five regiments of Guizhou army should defend Wujiang closely; Qin Lianfang Department (72nd regiment, independent regiment, Chen Yushen battalion) of the 24th division of Guangxi army, the first supplementary corps of Hunan army and four regiments of Guizhou army should be deployed along the line of Shibing and Yuqing army, oppressing the Red Army from south to north; 55th brigade, 32nd brigade, Xie Mingqiang regiment and Liao Lei Department (70th regiment, 57th regiment) of Guangxi army ）Block the road to Yinjiang from the north.

On October 7, the sixth red army moved eastward according to the order of the 17th Red Army division, the Army division, and the 18th Red Army division, preparing to take a rest in Ganxi, southwest of Shiqian, and then used the night to cross Shizhen Avenue. At dawn on the 7th, the vanguard of the sixth Red Army led by Li Da, chief of staff of the army, entered Ganxi. At 10 o'clock, the front unit of the sixth Red Army captured two scouts from the 57th regiment of the 19th division of the GUI army, and learned that the two regiments of the GUI army were close to Ganxi. Under the command of commander Zhou Qiubao, the avant-garde battalion of the 11th regiment of the Red Army took the lead and launched its troops along the streets of Ganxi. However, the regimental commander in charge of commanding avant-garde operations did not take effective measures. After discovering the Red Army, the GUI army immediately launched behind the stone dike on the South Bank of the small river (located in the north of the town) 100 meters away from Ganxi street, and quickly seized BaiHushan and qunbaoshan, half a mile away from Ganxi town. At about 12 o'clock, the GUI army seized BaiHushan and qunbaoshan in the northeast of Ganxi and launched a fierce attack on the Red Army. After discovering the enemy's situation, the 11th Red Army regiment immediately launched troops in the north of Ganxi town to resist on the spot, and sent some troops to seize the qinglongzui highland in the south of Ganxi town. A battalion of the 49th regiment just entered Ganxi West Street fought against the GUI army on the spot. The 50th regiment also started from the March, seizing yangdong'ao and its nearby Highlands, attacking the GUI army with fierce firepower, supporting the 51st and 49th regiments.

In Ganxi, we met with the Red Army two regiments led by Liao Lei, commander of the 7th army of Guangxi (many materials think that it was Zhou zuhuang's 19th division, probably because the captured GUI army scout belonged to the 57th regiment of the 19th division, but the memories of GUI army officers were all the two regiments led by Liao Lei), namely, the 70th regiment of the 24th division (commander Wang Yushan was dismissed for fear of death and was temporarily replaced by battalion commander Li Ruijin), and the 57th regiment of the 19th division (chief Zhang Guangwei). The 57th regiment of the 19th division of the GUI army first contacted the Red Army

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