Lu Guangwei

Lu Guangwei

Lu Guangwei (1903-1944), a Manchu major general of the Kuomintang army. He is from Fengcheng, Liaoning Province. He graduated from the Northeast lecture hall. Later he served in the Northeast Army. In 1928, he was head of the cavalry regiment of the 105th division of the army. After the July 7th incident in 1937, he took part in the battle of Shanghai Songhu and was promoted to major general of the 315th brigade of the 8th cavalry division. In 1941, he was promoted to deputy division commander and director of the Political Department of the eighth cavalry division.

In 1944, when the Japanese army invaded the Central Plains on a large scale, Lu Guangwei, who was then deputy division commander and director of the Political Department of the eighth cavalry division, was ordered to snipe the Japanese army in Yingshang and was shot and killed in the fierce battle.

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

Lu Guangwei (1903-1944), a major general of the Kuomintang army, was born in Erdaofang village, tongyuanbao Township, Fengcheng, Liaoning Province. Born on August 3, 1903, his ancestral home is Shandong. His father Lu chongmei devoted all his life to industry, operating coal mines and iron mines, with a lot of money. His brother Lu guangduo. After the September 18th Incident in 1931, Lu chongmei's mineral resources were seized by the Japanese aggressors. Lu guangduo, his eldest son, led hundreds of miners to fight against them. Lu guangduo died in the war because of the lack of weapons and the great disparity of strength.

Lu Guangwei entered a private school at the age of seven, studied in tongyuanbao Township Primary School at the age of ten, and was promoted to Fenghuang public school at the age of fifteen. During his study in school, he was not only familiar with classics and history, but also influenced by new ideas and knowledge. After three years, he returned to tongyuanbao primary school to teach. During his study and teaching, he initially accepted Sun Yat Sen's new ideas of democratic revolution.

Li year, transferred to Fengcheng County Police secretary. However, it was not his wish to bury himself in the papers, but he was determined to devote himself to the army.

In July 1922, he went to the provincial capital and was admitted to the Northeast Army sergeant training team. Half a year later, he entered the advanced study class.

He graduated in October 1923 and was admitted to the fifth artillery course of northeast lecture hall. He graduated in September 1925. After graduation, he joined Huang Xian's voice Department of the Northeast Army. Because he was brave and good at fighting, he made many achievements and was promoted to the rank of platoon commander, company commander, battalion commander, deputy commander and chief of staff.

In 1928, Jigong was promoted to head of artillery regiment, and soon transferred to head of cavalry regiment and commander of 105th division.

After the September 18th Incident in 1931, Lu Guangwei retreated into the pass with his ministry.

In August 1934, Lu Guangwei was transferred to Lushan officer training regiment for training. In the autumn of 1935, he joined the cavalry training class of Wuhan Branch of the central army officer school for training, which lasted for half a year. Because of dissatisfaction with the government's policy toward Japan, Lu was dismissed from the military for a time. After the Xi'an Incident, the Northeast Army was reorganized and Lu was reinstated. In the summer of 1937, Lu was transferred to Lushan again for training.

After the July 7th incident in 1937, he took part in the Songhu Anti Japanese war in Shanghai. Later, he was ordered to lead his troops to move to Jiangxi and other places, creating Japanese army repeatedly. He had been injured twice, but he went back to battle without recovery.

In June 1938, after training in Luojiashan, he was promoted to major general of the 315th brigade of the 8th cavalry division. Under the influence of his earnest admonition and demonstration, his troops were full of fighting spirit and indomitable, and many brave soldiers who were wounded and did not retreat and fought again emerged.

In 1939, Lu Guangwei's brigade fought against the enemy on the South Bank of Xiushui, Jiangxi Province. His right-wing friendly forces were defeated by the enemy and retreated one after another. However, Lu's brigade was not given the order to retreat, and the general "could not bear to use an inch of land to fund the enemy, which would bring shame to the country and the nation." he led his troops to stick to their positions, fought alone, and fought with the enemy repeatedly, and supported the enemy hard for 21 days. There were more than 3000 officers and men in the brigade, but only one tenth of them survived. During this period, he fought 18 times and repelled countless enemy attacks. He dealt a heavy blow to the enemy and was encouraged by the summit. Since then, Lu Guangwei led his troops to fight in the Soviet Union and Jiangxi, and made many achievements.

In 1941, he was promoted to deputy division commander and director of the Political Department of the eighth cavalry division.

In the spring of 1944, the Japanese army launched the battle of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi in order to reverse its unfavorable situation in the Asian battlefield. Under the command of Okamura Ningci, four divisions and five brigades of the Japanese army attacked central Henan. The counties in central Henan were occupied one after another. In order to cooperate with the offensive in central Henan, the Japanese army of Tianjiaan in Bengbu, covering four or five thousand infantry, cavalry and artillery troops in the middle of April, attacked along the west of Huaihe River, and first fell into Yanghu Town, then Zhengyangguan and Yingshang. The situation was extremely critical. At that time, the eighth cavalry division of the army was stationed in Mengcheng. Lu Guangwei was ordered to lead two regiments to Yingshang to resist the enemy and stop the enemy in sanshilipu. Deputy division commander Lu personally came to the front line, conducted well, and beat back the attacks of the well-equipped enemy. After ten days of fierce fighting, there were casualties between the two sides, forming a state of confrontation, and the enemy immediately sent a large number of planes to carry out indiscriminate bombing. At about 8 a.m. on May 5, when deputy division commander Lu was under the command and deployment of the headquarters, he was suddenly bombed by enemy planes. Due to the military emergency, he was not able to reach and avoid. Unfortunately, he was bombed and injured his head, abdomen and legs. On the way to Fuyang hospital, he died of excessive bleeding. The last words still encourage the subordinates to work hard to kill the enemy and serve the country, which is very touching.

Character evaluation

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.

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