Chen Wenqi

Chen Wenqi

Chen Wenqi (1904-1941.5.9), Han nationality, was born in 1904 in Qiwei village, Changtai Township, Putian, Fujian Province. In 1925, he was admitted to Huangpu Military Academy. After graduation, he took part in the northern expedition. He has served successively as company commander, team leader, and regimental commander.

On May 9, 1941, when he was the chief of staff of the new 27th division, he died in taizhai, Shanxi Province at the age of 37 in the battle of Zhongtiaoshan in which the Japanese army swept the enemy's rear because of the hundred regiments war. At the same time, Wang Jun, the commander of the new 27th division, and Liang Xixian, the deputy commander, were sacrificed.

After Chen Wenqi died, the national government issued an order to praise him, and set up a signboard in his hometown's martyr temple to commemorate him. He Yingqin, then commander-in-chief of the army of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army, wrote an elegiac couplet for Chen Wenqi: "General Chen Wenqi died for the country, broke my right arm, and died in a bloody battle in Zhongtiao Mountain. The soul of the army has been handed down for thousands of years."

In September 2014, Chen Wenqi was listed in the first batch of 300 famous Anti Japanese heroes and heroes.

Life of the characters

Early experience

Chen Wenqi, a native of Putian County, Fujian Province, was born in 1904. In his youth, he was diligent, studious and intelligent. When I was studying in Putian middle school, I studied hard, worked hard and got good results in many examinations. I am deeply loved by the school and admired by my classmates.

give up civilian pursuits to join the army

After he graduated from middle school, Chen Wenqi was admitted to Xiamen Jimei normal school in 1923. Chen Wenqi grew up in a difficult time when China was deeply humiliated and oppressed. Imperialism was rampant and the warlord government was corrupt and incompetent. He was determined to devote himself to the democratic revolution and save the people and the country. In 1925, Chen Wenqi resolutely joined the revolutionary youth team going south, and went all the way to Guangzhou, the base camp of the national revolution at that time. He was admitted to the fifth issue of Huangpu Military Academy founded by Dr. Sun Yat Sen himself, and studied and trained in the engineering division. Due to the need of the development of the revolutionary situation, he stopped his studies the next year and joined the Northern Expedition army under the leadership of Mr. Deng Yanda, director of education of the military academy. Along the way, he fought his life and death, until the Northern Expedition army captured Wuchang, then he was able to continue his studies in the military academy.

Meritorious achievements in the Northern Expedition

In 1926, Chen Wenqi was assigned to the 22nd division of the army to participate in the northern expedition. In 1927, after graduating from the fifth phase of Huangpu Military Academy, Chen Wenqi returned to the Northern Expedition army and served as the second lieutenant platoon leader of the 22nd division in Nanjing. Soon after, he took part in the battle of Longtan, defeated the Northern Warlord sun Chuanfang's troops at one stroke, and made contributions for his bravery. In 1929, his unit was reorganized into the first brigade of the first division of the army. He successively held the posts of company commander, battalion commander, Captain, commander and chief of staff of the first regiment of the first brigade of the division.

Anti Japanese War career

In 1937, Japanese imperialism launched a comprehensive war of aggression against China. Hearing the news, Chen Wenqi immediately volunteered to defend the country. After that, he took part in the Anti Japanese war with his troops and went to various places. He also made great achievements in many battles with the enemy, and was appreciated by Shangfeng. In 1941, Chen Wenqi was selected and sent to the Army University for further study. Just as he was about to go to the University for further study, the enemy launched a large-scale attack in North China in an attempt to invade China. Chen Wenqi immediately gave up the chance of further study and asked to take part in the war. He was appointed as the chief of staff of the major general of the 27th new division of the army by his superiors. He led the troops to the Yellow River defense line, participated in the military and aircraft, and arranged the defense against the enemy. the Japanese army had long wanted to pull out the Zhongtiaoshan Anti Japanese base, but they failed in many military operations. In order to successfully eliminate the Zhongtiao Mountain base, the largest guerrilla base of our army in North China, advance into the Central Plains, break through the Yellow River defense line, open up the pinghan railway, and eliminate the threat of our army to its transportation lines and its flanks, we secretly worked out a plan to attack our Zhongtiao Mountain base, and secretly mobilized more than 70000 troops of its main division to prepare for a large-scale siege Tiaoshan base. General Chen Wenqi was ordered to cross the Yellow River northward with the new 27th division for reinforcement. He had fought with the enemy several times on the Yongji front line, and successfully defeated the enemy's attack and attacked the enemy's arrogance. In May 1941, the enemy's main force launched a crazy encirclement and suppression operation against our Zhongtiao Mountain base under the cover of the superior firepower of land and air. The army and people of our Zhongtiao Mountain Anti Japanese War rose to resist and launched a fierce battle with the enemy. During the fighting, our army and people in the Anti Japanese war took advantage of the favorable terrain and stubbornly resisted the invading enemy. In order to fight for the position, the two sides launched a cruel hand-to-hand battle for many times. In the Anti Japanese war in the base area, the army and people successfully beat back the enemy's attacks for several times, but at the same time, they also consumed a lot of money. Due to the location of the base area, it was difficult for our army and people to get timely and effective supplies during the Anti Japanese war. After several attacks, the enemy regrouped. Although our officers and men fought bravely to kill the enemy, they were unable to support them because of the great disparity in strength, and gradually came to an end. Chen Wenqi led his troops to defend their positions against the enemy in the face of fierce artillery and plane bombardment. He would rather die than retreat. In order to encourage our officers and men to fight the enemy bravely, he personally came to the front line to supervise the division, and encouraged our officers and men to swear to live or die together with the position and resolutely refuse to let the enemy succeed. Under his leadership, our officers and men fought tenaciously, successfully held their positions and beat back the enemy's repeated attacks. However, under the enemy's crazy attack, the friendly positions were in a critical situation, and the positions were broken through one by one by the enemy, making the whole battle more intense and complicated. Although some of our soldiers' positions were broken through by the enemy, our soldiers still resisted the invading enemy with tenacious resistance. The ferocious enemy, in order to wipe out the army and the people in the base areas and occupy the positions, continuously released poison gas to our army. Due to the influence of the poison gas, our soldiers were seriously damaged. The enemy took advantage of the influence of the poison gas and made them comatose and occupied the position. At this critical moment, General Chen Wenqi remained calm and encouraged the troops to defend their positions to the death. He exclaimed:“

If you are invincible, if you are invincible, if you are not successful, you will become benevolent. It's time!

”General Chen Wenqi led his troops to fight bravely and repeatedly with the enemy in the position. Under the extremely unfavorable situation, he still held the position for three days and nights. At the end of the bloody battle with the enemy, he ran out of ammunition and food. The enemy again organized the attack, and the position was broken by the enemy. In order to protect the position, our soldiers launched a white-edged battle with the enemy, and the two sides fell into a state of scuffle. In the process of fighting with the enemy, General Chen Wenqi took several bullets, died bravely, died for his country, and dropped the star on the position. He was 37 years old.

Character evaluation

After Chen Wenqi died, the then national government issued an order to commend him and set up a plaque in his hometown's martyrs' temple to commemorate him. In September 2014, Chen Wenqi was listed in the first batch of 300 famous Anti Japanese heroes and heroes.

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