Qi Xueqi

Qi Xueqi

Qi Xueqi (1900-1945), a native of Ningxiang, Hunan Province, was born in 1900 and died at 10:30 p.m. on May 13, 1945. He was the deputy division commander of the 38th new division of the Kuomintang, the rank of major general Zhui Jin, and a famous Anti Japanese general.

Before the battle of Casa in Myanmar, Qi Xueqi told his subordinates: "success in the past, benevolence today, it's time to do everything, and each of them will do his own thing." later, he was seriously injured and captured. If he was trapped in the enemy camp, he would rather die than surrender.

Life of the characters

He graduated from Tsinghua University in Beijing in 1923 and was a classmate friend of general sun Liren. Later, he went to the United States to study the army. In 1929, after graduating from Norwich military school in the United States, he returned to China and served as the head of the sixth regiment of the gendarmerie, responsible for public security in Nanjing. In 1931, the September 18th Incident broke out and the Northeast fell. He realized the great responsibility of being a soldier and felt deeply ashamed of the enemy's territory. On January 28 of the next year, the Japanese suddenly launched an attack on Zhabei. Qi Xueqi led the troops to garrison Shanghai and deployed them in the urban areas. When the war broke out in Shanghai, Qi Xueqi led the sixth regiment of the military police to take part in the battle, cooperated with the Shanghai Garrison, held fast to the position, and dealt a head-on blow to the enemy. Because of the fierce fighting, the whole army lost a lot, but the officers and men were still fighting with high morale and kept fighting. On March 4, there was a formal truce in Shanghai. On May 5, the Kuomintang government signed the "Shanghai armistice agreement" with the Japanese aggressors. Regulations: after the end of the war in Shanghai, all Chinese troops will withdraw from the armistice zone, and public security will be maintained by the security corps and the police. The sixth regiment of the military police was reorganized into the second regiment of the Shanghai general security regiment, which was stationed in the Central District of Shanghai. Qi Xueqi was still the head of the regiment. On August 13, 1937, the Japanese invaders committed another attack in Shanghai, and Qi Xueqi led his troops to take part in the battle. The next year, he was transferred to the chief of staff of the tax police general committee.

Main story

In the spring of 1942, the Tax Police Corps was reorganized into the new 38th division. The division's head was Sun Liren, and Qi Xueqi was promoted to deputy head and director of the political department. He was ordered to enter Burma from Yunnan to assist the Allied forces in fighting. On April 16, the first division and the chariot battalion of the British army were surrounded by the Japanese army for two days and nights in the Yan'an Qiang area of northern Myanmar. They ran out of ammunition and food and were in danger. Scott, the commander of the first division of the British army, repeatedly called for help. The Chinese expeditionary army was ordered to rescue the British army. At that time, the new 38th division of the expeditionary army was stationed in jockbadang. After receiving the order, the 113th regiment of the expeditionary army rushed to rescue a large Japanese army group in the starry night, defeated it, and rescued thousands of the besieged British troops from the crisis. This battle caused a sensation in the three British islands and won a major victory since the Chinese expeditionary army entered Myanmar. Sun Liren, division commander, Qi Xueqi, deputy division commander, Liu Fangwu, head of the 113th regiment, and battalion commanders were respectively awarded by the Chinese and British governments. After the battle of renanqiang, Qi Xueqi led his troops to move to KASA and Wenzao to fight with the enemy. The battle was very fierce. On the order of commander Du Yuming, Qi Xueqi went to Casa to command the battle. On the 11th, troops retreated from Casa and moved to the mountains west of the Casa railway as planned. At this time, Qi Xueqi lost contact with the new 38th division because he went to the 5th military headquarters for liaison work, so he had to accompany the 5th military headquarters. When he transferred to Manxi, he saw more than ten officers and men of the new 38th division who were wounded in KASA. They had been advancing with the field hospital of the 5th army. When they arrived in Manxi, they were left behind and left unattended. They were in a very difficult situation. Qi Xueqi took them in, but they lost contact with the headquarters of the 5th army. Therefore, Qi Xueqi resolutely decided to lead the wounded officers and men to the direction of Ho Ma Lin in Wanjiang, looking for the new 38th division. On the 19th, he led more than ten light and heavy wounded to mengkan. On the Bank of Wuyou River (a tributary of the upper Wanjiang River), in order to alleviate the pain of the wounded officers and soldiers, he cut down bamboo to make bamboo rafts, and let all the wounded ride on them and go downstream. Qi Xueqi and others encountered the Japanese army in the upper reaches of Homalin on the 23rd. At this critical moment, he calmly said to the wounded officers and soldiers, "it's time to succeed in the past, and to become benevolent today. Play all, cut each other. " It expresses the determination of the officers and men not to be captured by the enemy. After fierce fighting, more than ten wounded officers and soldiers all died bravely. Qi Xueqi was also shot and wounded. He fell into a pool of blood and was unconscious. When the Japanese discovered that Qi Xueqi was a senior general of the Chinese army, they immediately wrapped him up and sent him to the leader of the regiment for a courtesy. When Qi Xueqi woke up and found himself trapped in the enemy camp, he immediately denounced the enemy and refused to change his dressing and food in order to die quickly. The Japanese had no choice but to transfer Qi Xueqi to the brigade and regiment department of Homalin. Qi Xueqi, still awe inspiring, harshly reprimanded the head of the Japanese military, saying: "Chinese soldiers can be killed but not humiliated. They should be shot quickly. Don't say much.". He snatched the sword forward and wanted to stab himself. He said, "if you want to die and get benevolence, why complain?" Seeing this, the chieftain rushed forward to take the sabre. The head of the Japanese brigade was also shocked. He never thought that the Chinese senior generals were so tenacious that they regarded death as if they would return home. Therefore, he quickly paid homage to Qi Xueqi, and made many persuasions, all of which were denounced by Qi Xueqi. The Japanese had to send him to Rangoon prison camp for hard labor. There are many allied prisoners of war in Yangon, including those from China, the United States, Britain, India, the Netherlands and Myanmar. After Qi Xueqi came, he often used his spare time in Chinese and English to tell them the stories of loyal and brave men in Chinese and foreign history, the truth that China will win and Japan will lose, and encourage them to overcome difficulties and firm their belief in victory. The Allied prisoners of war were deeply moved by Qi Xueqi's unyielding spirit and respected by his reputation. The news of Qi Xueqi's capture soon spread to the Wang puppet government in Nanjing. In May 1944, the Nanjing puppet government sent army Minister Ye Peng and his party of 12 people to Myanmar to persuade them to surrender. Qi Xueqi denounced them, but they were not good at giving up Gan Xiu. Then he lured Qi Xueqi with a large number of valuable goods, which was also severely rejected by him. After two months of repeated bribery, senior officials had no effect. Ye Peng and others were so poor that they provoked Chinese prisoners of war to vent their grievances against Qi Xueqi. Ye Peng said to the Chinese prisoners of war, "the reason why you can't go to Nanjing to enjoy high rank and high salary is that vice division Qi refuses to cooperate with us." Direct the spearhead to Qi Xueqi. Among the Chinese prisoners of war, a few scum, such as Cai Zongfu, Zhang Jixiang and Wang Qinghua, believed the rumor of Ye Peng and so on. Qi Xueqi was brave and unyielding, which affected them to achieve the goal of mourning and seeking honor. Therefore, they held a grudge against Qi Xueqi and made trouble with Qi Xueqi everywhere. At first, they did not listen to discipline, then they openly resisted and insulted him. Qi Xueqi, on the other hand, showed great righteousness and patiently enlightened them. He did not believe other people's rumors easily. He tolerated insulting behavior again and again, and shared the money from his labor with CAI Zongfu and others. However, Cai Zongfu and others not only did not listen to Qi Xueqi's good advice, but also intensified their efforts to instigate other Chinese prisoners of war to oppose Qi Xueqi. In April 1945, the Japanese aggressors retreated in northern Myanmar, and the rule of the Japanese aggressors began to waver. Cai Zongfu and his party knew that the Allied forces were about to liberate the whole territory of Myanmar, and they were afraid that their past actions would be difficult to escape the law. Therefore, they jointly planned a plot to murder Qi Xueqi. At first, they tried to use poison to kill Qi Xueqi, but they were not found out. On the night of May 9, with CAI's help, Zhang Jixiang took Qi Xueqi's chance to go to the toilet and thrust the knife into Qi Xueqi's abdomen with a sharp knife. Qi fell to the ground. After Qi Xueqi was stabbed, the British military medical colonel in the same prison took the initiative to ask the concentration camp for an operation to save his life. However, Qi Xueqi was refused by the Japanese aggressors, and his injury continued to deteriorate. All the prisoners of war in the concentration camp felt sad for Qi Xueqi's assassination, but they could not give him any treatment. They had to get up every morning and kneel down every night to pray for Qi Xueqi's life. At 10:30 p.m. on May 13, general Qi Xueqi died. After the death of general Qi, the prisoners of war from all over the prison shed tears and asked for his remains as a memorial. After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, the Kuomintang government issued an order to praise him for his heroic deeds and presented him as a lieutenant general of the army. General Qi Xueqi's loyal remains were airlifted to Changsha by Zhanyi, Yunnan Province, and the Duke was buried in Yuelu Mountain. The murderer of general Qi was also severely punished. General Feng Yuxiang once praised general Qi in his poem Qi Xueqi, the teacher, would rather die than surrender to the world The heroic spirit is the soul of the Chinese nation. It has a glorious history for thousands of years. "

Life quotations

Success in the past, benevolence today, it's time to play their own game. ——Before the battle of Casa in Myanmar, Qi Xueqi told his subordinates. Later, he was seriously injured and captured. He was determined to serve his country with one death and refused to change his dressing and food. When the head of the enemy brigade asked about the situation, he said: "Chinese soldiers can be killed, not humiliated!" Then he snatched the knife forward and stabbed himself. Two years later, the Wang puppet regime Sent Army Minister Ye Peng and others to persuade them to surrender. He angrily denounced Ye Peng and others for "recognizing a thief as a father and not knowing the shame in the world.". He was seriously injured and died.

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