Tang Huaiyuan

Tang Huaiyuan

Tang Huaiyuan (1886-1941.5.12) was born in maliyuan village, Cuifeng Township, Jiangchuan County, Yunnan Province in 1886. Graduated from Yunnan lecture hall, general of the army, famous general of Yunnan army, commander of the third army of the national revolutionary army. In the battle of Zhongtiaoshan in 1941, he was besieged by the Japanese aggressors. He committed suicide in shanxixia county and died for his country. He was one of the most senior generals of the Kuomintang army who died in the Anti Japanese war.

After the death of Tang Huaiyuan, the national government issued a special commendation order in February 1942, and made him a general of the army. In June 1986, with the approval of the Ministry of civil affairs, the people's Government of Yunnan Province recognized Tang Huaiyuan as a revolutionary martyr.

In September 2014, general Tang Huaiyuan was listed in the first batch of 300 famous Anti Japanese heroes and heroes.

Life of the characters

In 1886 (the 12th year of Guangxu), Tang Huaiyuan was born in maliyuan village, Cuifeng Township, Jiangchuan County (later moved to Jiangcheng town). He was under one year old and his father abandoned him.

In September 1909 (the first year of Xuantong), Tang Huaiyuan won the rural examination. He went to Kunming province and was admitted to the Yunnan Army Academy. He was enrolled in the second team of class C and was classmate with Zhu De and his fellow countryman Jin Hanting. During the Tang Dynasty, under the influence of Li Gengen's democratic revolutionary thought, he joined the alliance.

On October 30, 1911 (September 9, Xuantong 3), he took part in the "Chongjiu" uprising in Yunnan.

On November 1, 1911 (September 11, 3 years of Xuantong), Tang Huaiyuan, Zhu De and Jin Hanting were selected into the special class to take part in the revolution of 1911. They stepped up their training, graduated eight months in advance, and were sent to the army as platoon leader.

On December 25, 1915 (the fourth year of the Republic of China), Yunnan launched the first battle against yuan Huguo. Tang Huaiyuan, the first army of Huguo led by general Cai E, left Sichuan in January of the next year to fight against Chen Huan's Beiyang army and served as the deputy company commander. Later he was promoted to battalion commander.

In 1918 (7 years of the Republic of China), he was promoted to the head of the fifth infantry regiment and transferred to Yibin County, Sichuan Province as the county magistrate. After that, he was promoted to the commander of the 15th mixed brigade and took part in the Yasukuni military service.

At the end of 1920 (the ninth year of the Republic of China), Gu pinzhen launched a coup to overthrow the Tang Dynasty. The Yunnan army was organized into seven mixed brigades, and Tang Huaiyuan was the commander of the second brigade. He was sent to Tonghai and other places to suppress bandits.

At the beginning of 1922 (the 11th year of the Republic of China), the Yunnan army was in internal strife, and Tang Jiyao returned to Yunnan for restoration. On March 10, Huaiyuan of Tang Dynasty left Yunnan with Zhude and Jinhan Ding. In April, he arrived in Chongqing and joined the Sichuan Governor Liu Xiang. In June, the Sichuan army scuffled. Tang, Zhu and Jin left Chongqing for Shanghai, stayed in Shanghai Mengyuan Hotel, and soon moved to Suzhou Huqiu Li Hongzhang temple. After meeting Sun Yat Sen on June 16, Zhu De went to Europe to study. Tang and Jin entered Guangdong to take part in the northern expedition, then joined the third army and moved to Jiangxi.

In 1928 (17 years of the Republic of China), Tang Huaiyuan was the education director of Nanchang Branch of Kuomintang army school. Under the recommendation of Tang Huaiyuan and Jin handing, Zhu De became the third army commander of Zhu Peide's army, the head of the officers' training regiment, and later the director of Nanchang public security bureau.

In 1930, Tang Huaiyuan was appointed deputy division commander of the 12th division and commander of the 35th brigade.

In 1932 (21 years of the Republic of China), when the Wei Lihuang Department of the Kuomintang army occupied Jinjiazhai, Tang Huaiyuan was the commander of the 12th division and the 35th brigade of the army, stationed in Lianhuashan area of youfangdian, Jinjiazhai.

On March 8, 1933 (the 22nd year of the Republic of China), he was promoted to be the commander of the 12th division, supervising the division of Gan Wan Gan Ning.

In October 1936 (25 years of the Republic of China), he served as deputy commander of the third army and commander of the 12th division. On December 12, the Xi'an Incident broke out, and Tang Huaiyuan, who followed Chiang Kai Shek to Xi'an to urge Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng to "suppress the Communist Party", was detained by the Northeast Army. After the peaceful settlement of the Xi'an Incident, Tang Huaiyuan returned to the military station, and then led the troops to the Kaifeng area of Henan Province for training.

In 1937 (26 years of the Republic of China), the Anti Japanese war broke out and he was promoted to commander of the third army. The Huaiyuan Department of Tang Dynasty was ordered to go north and fight in Gaobeidian, Yishui, Laiyuan, Baoding and other places in the west of Hebei Province. In autumn, Tang Huaiyuan led his troops to take part in the defense of Niangziguan in Shanxi Province.

In 1938 (27 years of the Republic of China), the third army was ordered to fight in the Zhongtiao Mountain Area and set up an anti Japanese guerrilla base to shield Longhai Road and Tongguan, the gateway of Shaanxi and Gansu, contain Japanese forces and threaten the enemy's transportation routes.

On July 21, 1938, commander Zeng Wanzhong was appointed deputy commander in chief of the second group army, and Tang Huaiyuan was appointed commander in chief of the third army.

On April 17, 1939 (28 years of the Republic of China), Tang Huaiyuan's mother died in Jiangcheng, Jiangchuan County. In autumn, Tang Huaiyuan rushed back to his hometown Jiangchuan to mourn for his mother.

On May 7, 1941 (30 years of the Republic of China), the Japanese army launched a comprehensive attack on Zhongtiaoshan. On May 11, the mountain pass and the ferries of the Yellow River were occupied by the enemy. The main force of the enemy encircled the third army with the tendency of advancing separately and attacking together. The officers and men of the Tang Huaiyuan army suffered heavy casualties and were exhausted. All the troops that broke through the encirclement failed. On the 12th, Tang Huaiyuan led the remnant to occupy the position in the area of Xuanshan. The enemy concentrated their forces and launched a fierce attack on them. Tang Huaiyuan broke through the encirclement three times and was frustrated. Under the situation of Japanese invasion, he failed to guard Zhongtiao Mountain. In order to preserve the national integrity, he shot himself on the top of the mountain.

In 1942 (31 years of the Republic of China), he was awarded by the national government as an army general.

Main story

In 1922, after the victory of the "war of protecting the nation and Yasukuni" against the Beiyang army, the Yunnan army had internal strife. Tang Jiyao pursued and killed his dissidents in Kunming. Tang Huaiyuan, Zhu De and Jin handing were forced to leave Yunnan and went to Shanghai to meet Sun Yat Sen to find a way to save the country. At the same time, the warlord Chen Jiongming defected in Guangdong, and Sun Yat Sen wanted to attack Chen Jiongming.

In 1927, Tang Huaiyuan and Zhu De, who returned to China, met in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. Tang Huaiyuan was then the education director of Nanchang Branch of Huangpu Military Academy of the Kuomintang. Zhu De went to Nanchang to organize the Nanchang Uprising of the Communist Party of China. At that time, Zhu De needed to have an identity in Nanchang garrison in order to instigate the uprising. Tang Huaiyuan helped Zhu De. With the strong recommendation of Tang Huaiyuan and Jin handing, Zhu De went to Zhu Peide as the third army commander and head of the officer training regiment.

In 1938, Tang Huaiyuan was ordered to lead the third army into Zhongtiaoshan, Shanxi Province. At this time, the Japanese army was organizing elite troops to launch a large-scale military attack on Zhongtiaoshan. Coincidentally, on the Mid Autumn Festival of this year, Tang Huaiyuan and Zhu De met on a train at Yangquan railway station in Shanxi Province. At this time, Zhu De was the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, and the Kuomintang and Communist armies shook hands and made peace at the time of the national crisis, becoming friends of the United Anti Japanese forces. The meeting started a new cooperation.

After the separation, the third army under the command of Tang Huaiyuan and the Eighth Route Army under the leadership of Zhu De exchanged enemy information and took care of each other in Zhongtiaoshan. They fought jointly for many times and defeated the Japanese army repeatedly. Before and after the 13 large-scale attacks of the Japanese army, they were all defeated by the Chinese soldiers and civilians guarding Zhongtiao Mountain.

In March 1941, the Japanese army secretly dispatched more than 250000 troops from North China, East China and central China, several times as many as ours. They were well-equipped and rushed to Zhongtiao Mountain.

On May 7, 1941, the Japanese army mobilized six divisions and three brigades, with a total force of 100000. The Japanese army invaded Zhongtiao Mountain from the East, West and North in four directions. When the battle of Zhongtiaoshan started, Tang Huaiyuan led the main force of the third army to guard Wenxi, Jieshan to the east of Xiaxian County, tangwangshan to Huayu village to the southeast of Xiaxian County, and severely attacked the Japanese army, so that the defense line of the Chinese army remained unchanged. On the evening of May 7, the Japanese army broke through the wangjiayaotou position of the Chinese army and rushed to the main position of the seventh left wing division of the third army.

On the evening of May 8, 1941, the Japanese army broke through the jiandihe position of the seventh division and attacked the headquarters of the seventh division of Wangjiahe. After Tang Huaiyuan got the news, he immediately sent troops to reinforce and recovered the seventh division position. But at this time, the enemy seized the third army headquarters in Tanghui village and tried to destroy the headquarters of the fifth group army of China, so Tang Huaiyuan sent troops to contain the enemy. At this time, the battlefront was crisscrossed, the fighting was fierce everywhere, and the Chinese army was gradually in decline. China has changed its deployment and set up a position when it retreats to the second line. Tang Huaiyuan was ordered to lead the troops to occupy the line from Luoyou village, guziling, yezhuling to Qinjia village. Later, in the fierce battle with the enemy, he lost contact with the friendly forces and did not know the change of the enemy's situation, leading the army to move south.

On May 9, 1941, when other troops of our army had already broken through the encirclement and retreated, Tang Huaiyuan was still commanding the officers and men of the third army to fight against each other, to defend the country and defend the country, to fight for every inch of land, to command the officers and men of the headquarters calmly and boldly, to fight repeatedly, to shake the sky and swallow the Yellow River

On May 10, 1941, he encountered the enemy near Wenyu village, and the surrounding Japanese troops also came to take part in the war, encircling the Huaiyuan Department of Tang Dynasty. Tang Huaiyuan decisively decided to fight on the outside line. He said to the division commanders, "the situation is extremely dangerous now. When there is something we can do, we should try our best to restore the original situation. Otherwise, I will preserve my personality for the country and the nation, and I have made up my mind to be benevolent if I fail. " Afterwards, the divisions broke through the encirclement on three sides with the regiment as the unit. Tang Huaiyuan personally led a regiment to break through.

On the 11th, the officers and soldiers of the Tang Huaiyuan army suffered heavy casualties and were exhausted, but all the troops failed to break through the encirclement. At this critical juncture, Tang Huaiyuan summoned his three teachers and resolutely said:

"The present situation is dangerous. We should make the greatest determination to our duty and personal way out. When things are possible, we should try our best to restore the situation. Otherwise, we should preserve our personality for the country and the nation and preserve the healthy atmosphere of the world." "In the Chinese army, there are only division commanders who have been killed in the battle, but there are no captured division commanders. We must not let the Third Army take over their positions." Tang Huaiyuan ordered the regiment as a unit to break up the whole into parts and break through the encirclement separately according to the enemy's situation. Tang Qin led one of the twelve divisions to fight and walk to the county and mountain. When he met the Japanese army, he rushed left and killed right. He couldn't get over it. He had to turn west. He was in the unfavorable terrain and was blocked by the enemy

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