Huang Qidong

Huang Qidong

Huang Qidong (1891.2.1-1938.5.15) was born in Sanyang Township, Pingjiang County, Hunan Province on February 1, 1891. Chief of staff of the new 23rd division of the national revolutionary army.

On May 15, 1938, Huang Qidong led his troops in a bloody battle with the Japanese aggressors. He said: what's good for the country? What is the impact on the nation? It's better to fight a dead ghost than to be a slave to the country! " He died at the age of 47.

On September 1, 2014, it was listed in the list of the first batch of 300 famous Anti Japanese heroes and heroes published by the Ministry of civil affairs.

Life of the characters

He was smart and studious when he was young. At the age of 14, he was admitted to Changsha Army primary school, and studied in the cavalry section of Wuchang army secondary school and Baoding Army Academy. After graduation, he joined the Sichuan I army and served successively as the inspector and staff officer of Sichuan new army and the head of Ji'an County in Jiangxi Province. In 1924, he was the chief educator of hegui strict division of Hunan army. In 1927, he was the captain of the third branch of the central military and political school. In 1928, he was invited to serve as chief of staff of the second independent brigade. In 1930, he was promoted to major general brigade commander. Soon after, the headquarters was reorganized into the 23rd division of the National Revolutionary Army and promoted to major general chief of staff. After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese war in 1937, he and his division commander, General Li bifan, led his troops from Lintong to fight against Japan. In September, he went to Dezhou to take part in the battle of Cangzhou. He assisted the division commander in commanding the troops and prevented the Japanese army from advancing southward along Jinpu road. At one time, he defeated the enemy several times as many as ours. In May 1938, the Japanese army invaded Southwest Shandong on a large scale, and the 23rd division was ordered to garrison in Heze and Yuncheng. On May 13, Li Qize led the Fandong division to repel the enemy. On May 14, 1938, Li bifan and Huang Qidong led the troops to break through the encirclement. Unfortunately, Huang Qidong was shot and died for his country. He was 48 years old.

Main story

After the Lugouqiao Incident broke out on July 7, 1937, the Chinese people's war of resistance against Japan started in an all-round way. Huang Qidong was the chief of staff of the 23rd division of the 32nd army of the National Revolutionary Army, stationed in Lintong, Shaanxi Province. In the face of Japanese imperialist aggression, he resolutely and his teacher Li bifan volunteered to serve his country in the Anti Japanese war. Fortunately, with permission, he was ordered to lead the Department to Dezhou, an important town in the north section of Jinpu road. After thousands of miles of arduous March, the troops entered De county (prefecture) in September to participate in the battle of Cang county (prefecture). At that time, the Japanese aggressors had already captured the Pingjin area in North China. In the south, they concentrated on attacking Shanghai. In order to realize the plot of "destroying China in three months", the Japanese base camp mobilized troops from Beiping and Tianjin to March southward along Jinpu Road, preparing to attack Cangxian and Dezhou, to visit Shandong and Henan, and finally to destroy the main force of the Chinese army and open up the Jinpu line. The Chinese Army resisted step by step along the Jinpu line, and decided to organize battles in Cangxian and Dezhou to prevent the Japanese army from going south. In the middle of September, the Japanese army launched an attack on Cangxian area. Our garrison fought hard and had a stalemate with the enemy for more than ten days, and severely damaged the Japanese army in Cangxian, but eventually retreated because of the unknown situation of the enemy and the lack of support. After the fall of Cangxian, Dexian became the primary target of Japanese attack. On October 3, 1937, the tenth division of Japanese army began to attack Dexian. In the face of a strong enemy, Huang Qidong assisted Li bifan to command his troops and launched a fierce battle with the Japanese army. The Japanese artillery fire was fierce, and the firepower of our garrison could not compete with it. At the right time, it was raining continuously in autumn. The garrison was unable to build strong fortifications, and the reinforcements were delayed. The officers and soldiers of the 23rd division suffered heavy casualties, but they also achieved the result of annihilating more than 2000 enemy troops. On October 5, the Japanese army broke through the northeast and northwest of Dezhou City and fled into the city. After repeated counterattacks, the 23rd division failed, and the county seat of De county was lost. After the battle in Yide County, the 23rd division was ordered to retreat to Tangyin in the north of Henan Province to stop the Japanese invasion of the Central Plains. Chiang Kai Shek, chairman of the Military Commission of the national government, and Cheng Qian, commander of the first war zone, offered consolation and commendation to the 23rd division for its achievements in De county. Cheng Qian specially awarded the 23rd division a generous bonus. Li Bi fan and Huang Qi Dong donated all the prize money to Ta Kung Pao as anti Japanese propaganda funds in order to show their patriotic and anti Japanese enthusiasm. In January 1938, the Japanese army attacked from north to south along the Jinpu line in an attempt to destroy the main force of the Chinese field army, capture Xuzhou and open the Jinpu line at one stroke. In February, the 23rd division was ordered to move to Dingtao, southwest of Shandong Province, and immediately stationed in Yuncheng and Heze to stop the Japanese invasion. Yuncheng and Heze are the important towns in Southwest Shandong Province. They connect the Yellow River in the north and Longhai in the south. If they are lost here, the Central Plains will be in danger. Heze was also the distribution center of our army's military supplies. At that time, it was also the seat of Shandong provincial government. The safety of Heze was of great importance. Huang Qidong, with all his heart and wisdom, assisted division commander Li bifan in deployment. He ordered the 68th brigade to garrison Yuncheng and the 67th brigade to garrison Heze. The division headquarters was set up in Huanggu nunnery between Heze and Yun. The whole division was more than 120 Li wide along the river. On the night of May 11, 1938, under the cover of Sakai brigade, the 14th division of the Japanese army captured Dongkou near Puxian County, crossed the Yellow River and entered Yuncheng. Li Yuelin, commander of the 68th brigade of Yuncheng garrison general, was greedy for life and afraid of death. His troops were defeated after a little contact with the Japanese army. Only Liu Guanxiong, commander of Yuncheng garrison general, led some officers and soldiers to fight in the street with the Japanese army for a day and a night. Finally, because he was outnumbered, he failed to defend Yuncheng. Because of the great disparity between the enemy and us in strength and equipment, our second counter attack against Yuncheng failed. Li bifan and Huang Qidong were determined to stick to Heze and wait for reinforcements. In order to stick to Heze, Li bifan and Huang Qidong rearranged their defense lines and separated Heze's left and right wings with two brigades. But the arrangement was not proper, so the Japanese army could launch an attack on the 13th. Li bifan ordered a unit to stop the Japanese army in dadingzhuang, north of Heze City. After a fierce battle day and night, dadingzhuang was lost and the troops retreated to Heze City. On the 14th, the main force of the Japanese army launched a fierce attack on Heze City. The 23rd division, with its engineers as the backbone, has always been known for its good defense. Li bifan and Huang Qidong personally came to the front line to command operations. Under the heavy Japanese artillery fire, the 23rd division suffered heavy casualties. When the battle reached its most intense moment, Li Yanwu, the commander of the 67th brigade, and Li Yuelin, the commander of the 68th brigade, retreated in fear of the enemy, resulting in the collapse of Heze's defense line and the enemy's outburst into the city. Li bifan and Huang Qidong were left with only the troops directly under them and a few aides. After more than two hours of indomitable fighting, they led the remaining troops and finally opened a way out of the siege. Li bifan, who was seriously injured in the fierce battle, arrived at quliji, south of Heze that evening and died for his country. On May 15, 1938, Huang Qidong led other troops to continue their bloody war with the Japanese aggressors. He was shot in the head, bleeding, and still ordered the guards to carry him to command the battle. The president of the field hospital advised him to go on a stretcher for treatment. He firmly refused, and said in a trembling voice: "why to the country? Why to the nation? I'd rather fight a dead ghost than be a slave to the country!" later, he died of excessive blood loss at the age of 47. After the death of General Huang Qidong, the national government held a grand memorial meeting to reward him for his heroic deeds. In 1985, the people's Government of Hunan Province recognized General Huang Qidong as a revolutionary martyr. in September 2014, Huang Qidong was listed in the first batch of 300 famous Anti Japanese heroes and heroes. In March 2015, when Chen Bingwen, vice president of Tongshan Ancient City Cultural Development Promotion Association, Tongling Town, Dongshan County, collected and collated the documents commemorating the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Anti Japanese War, he found a red copper ink cartridge "commemorating the 10th anniversary of the founding of Huangpu Military Academy" in 1934. It is engraved with the words "why to the nation and the country". It's better to fight a dead ghost than to be a slave to a country under subjugation. This cultural relic proves that Huang Qidong was one of the first patriotic generals to fight against the Japanese aggressors. These four sentences were also one of the most famous Anti Japanese War vows at that time. It played an important role in the later all-round Anti Japanese war. Countless patriots and people with lofty ideals, as well as hot-blooded officers and soldiers, chanted this oath to fight against the Japanese aggressors.

People's Memorial

During his lifetime, Huang Qidong was cautious in running the army, forbidding officers and soldiers from disturbing the people, paying attention to military discipline, and winning the love of the army and the people. He was awarded the fourth class Baoding medal and the Yunhui medal. After General Huang Qidong died for his country, Heze people buried his remains on the East Bank of the moat outside the southeast gate of the county. Many civilians burned paper and swept his grave, deeply mourning this anti Japanese hero who shed his blood on Heze. people from all walks of life in Wuhan, Changsha, Yueyang and Pingjiang held grand Memorial meetings for Li bifan and Huang Qidong respectively. Among them, the memorial service held in Wuhan on May 29, 1938 was the most grand. Wu Yuzhang, Luo Binghui, representatives of the CPC Central Committee and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and more than 1000 people from more than 200 groups in Wuhan attended the memorial service. Shao Lizi presided over the memorial service. In the center of the meeting hall hung Chiang Kai Shek's elegiac couplet: "to fight Xu Huai, I knew early that I would be loyal and serve my country; to be in the same boat, I cherished the hardships and hardships, and I was full of sorrow", and the banner: "to achieve benevolence and justice". Xinhua Daily, the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Wuhan, reported the martyrdom of Li bifan and Huang Qidong and their anti Japanese deeds in succession, and made comments in memory of the two generals' sacrifice for their country. Chiang Kai Shek inscribed on the portrait of Huang Qidong: "life is also male, death is also strong, mourning the national war, but not urgent." Later, the national government issued an order to praise the pension, awarded a fourth class Baoding medal and a Yunhui medal respectively, and presented Huang Qidong as an army lieutenant general to the martyrs' temple. In 1985, the people's Government of Pingjiang County recognized Huang Qidong as an anti Japanese martyr. In the same year, the Hunan Provincial People's government recognized Huang Qidong as an anti Japanese martyr. on August 29, 2014, Huang Qidong was listed in the list of the first batch of famous Anti Japanese heroes and heroes published by the Ministry of civil affairs.

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