Chen lie

Chen lie

Chen lie (1902-1940), an Army General of the Kuomintang, was born in Liucheng county. His father opened Chen Guiji's grocery store outside the west gate of the county. After his parents' early death, Chen lie was responsible for raising his younger brothers and sisters as his elder brother. At a young age, he had a hard life. Chen lie led his troops to move westward to Tianbao and Jingxi to defend the southwest gate. In September, the Japanese army increased its troops to spy on the south of Yunnan. Chen lie led 54 troops to stay in the border of Yunnan, waiting to kill the enemy. Unfortunately, he was infected by tooth extraction in Funing in late October. Chiang Kai Shek sent a special plane to pick up the general to Chongqing for treatment, but before the special plane arrived, he died. He was only 38 years old.

Life figures

In 1922, Chen Jiongming defected. The next year, Liu Zhenhuan, the GUI army, was summoned by Sun Yat Sen to join in the fight against the rebellion in Guangdong, and Chen lie went with the army. After the rebels were expelled from Guangzhou, Chen lie had to go to the Jiangwu academy to study. In May 1924, he was transferred to Huangpu Military Academy and became the first student of Huangpu. He graduated at the end of the same year. He once served as the party representative, company commander and battalion commander of the company. He twice participated in the eastern expedition launched by Sun Yat Sen to discuss Chen (Jiongming) and pacify Liu (Zhenhuan) and Yang (Ximin). He made outstanding achievements and was promoted to the post of acting head of the 58th regiment of the national revolutionary army. In 1926, with the northern expedition of the Eastern Route Army, Nanjing city was invaded by a group of people, so he was promoted to captain.

When Chen lie was in Huangpu Military Academy, he participated in the youth soldiers' Federation led by the Communist Party of China, accepted the propaganda and education of the Communist Party, and was active. After the split of ninghan in 1927 and the "April 12" coup, Chiang Kai Shek cleared the party and Chen lie was included in the wanted list. He noticed that he and three battalion commanders of the regiment quietly left, went to Guangzhou to participate in the Guangzhou uprising led by Ye Jianying and Zhang Tailei on December 11, and fled to Hong Kong after failure. In 1929, he sneaked back to the mainland and organized Huangpu Alumni Association to carry out anti Chiang activities. In 1931, he was arrested in Shanghai concession and extradited to Nanjing prison. When the "9.18" incident broke out, the whole country called for the Anti Japanese War and the release of political prisoners. Through the efforts of many Huangpu students, he was released on bail and recommended to Chen Chengbu as the commander and brigade commander. At the end of 1934, Chen entered the second special class of the Army University for further study. Due to the changeable war situation, he graduated early in October 1936 and became the major general of the 14th division of the 54th army.

When the July 7th incident broke out, Chen Shi was ordered to go to the front line of Anti Japanese war. In August 1937, he led his troops to take part in the battle of Songhu. After the main force retreated to Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangxi, Chen led his division to fight in Qingyang port, Nanbei Tangkou, Kunshan, Luoyang Bridge, shijiedu, jiulonggang and other places. He approached Nanxiang near Shanghai and fought bloody battles with Japanese troops for several months. After moving to Guangde, Anhui Province, the Japanese army was prevented from moving westward to protect the safety of the flank of Nanjing. On December 13, Nanjing was occupied by the Japanese, and Chen's division was reduced by more than half due to several months of fighting. It was reduced to a brigade and continued to fight against the enemy. In April 1938, the establishment of the 14th division was restored and the troops were deployed in Henan Province. Later, they turned back to Ruichang, Jiangxi Province and stationed in Huangqiao, ximatou town to guard the front line. They fought fiercely with the invading enemy for more than 40 days without losing a corner of their position. The Japanese broadcast said: "the Chinese army is one of the 14 divisions with strong combat effectiveness." On the captured enemy's military map, it was also marked that "the position of the 14th division is unshakable.". In the battle of Wuhan, which began in June 1938, Chen lie led his division to retreat to the fortress of Tianjia town. At the beginning of 1939, Chen won the first class a medal of the army, navy and air force for his anti Japanese military contributions, and was promoted to deputy commander of the 54th army and still commander of the 14th division.

In February 1939, the Communist Party sent Ye Jianying and others to help the Kuomintang set up a Nanyue guerrilla cadre training class in Hengshan, Hunan Province. Chen was transferred to be the director of the Political Department of the training class. At the beginning of the first battle in Changsha in September, Chen returned to the 54th army and led the army to guard Dongting Lake as commander.

In the middle of December 1939, the Japanese troops who occupied Guangzhou attacked northern Guangdong in three ways. Northern Guangdong was in danger. On the 26th, the commander in chief of the 12th group army, Yu hanmou, who defended northern Guangdong, called Chiang Kai Shek for reinforcements. Chen lie was ordered to lead the 54th Army to Guangdong from Changde, Hengshan and Hengyang in Hunan Province. The 54th army was an elite force of the central army with excellent equipment. It had three divisions under its jurisdiction: que hanqian division of the 14th division and Yang division of the 50th division Wenyu division (Zhang Qiong, the division commander, was transferred by Yang Wenyu, the deputy division commander, who took over the command in February of 40), and Wang Yuying division of 198th division. Before leaving the division, all the officers and men of the army wore the armband of "return my River and mountain" in red on yellow background to show their determination to kill the enemy. The first troops arrived at Shaoguan on the 29th. On the 30th, after the 54th army had assembled in Qujiang, it did not enter the position to defend. Instead, it unexpectedly launched a fierce attack on the Japanese army the next day (January 1, 2004). One of them attacked the enemy of England and Germany, and the other attacked Wengyuan and Qingtang after seizing Xinjiang. The Japanese army knew that it was the 54th army who came to reinforce them The 54th army took advantage of the victory to pursue Wengyuan and Yingde, restored Conghua, Qingyuan, Yuantan and Sanshui, defeated the elite tufeiyuan division, chased the enemy for hundreds of miles, and drove straight to Guangzhou to confront the enemy reinforcements in the northwest suburbs. "The 54th army is a stubborn enemy that can not be lightly fought," gangcunningci, the chief of the enemy, told the headquarters

At the beginning of February 1940, the Japanese army landed from Guangzhou Bay and entered Guangxi. Kunlun Pass fell into enemy hands again. The Japanese invaders invaded the Hongshui River, and Liuzhou was in emergency. The southwest was shocked.

Chen lie took orders from the general headquarters and quickly led two divisions (the 14th division, que hanqian division, and the 50th division, Yang wenfen Division) back to defend Liuzhou. Soon after, he marched into the Hongshui River and launched a fierce counter offensive against the enemy. He restored Binyang, Luwei, and Shanglin successively. After nearly a month of fierce fighting, he forced the enemy to flee south and shrink into Nanning. In the summer of that year, the Japanese army occupied the whole territory of Vietnam, and China's southwest border was directly threatened. Chen lie led his troops to move westward to Tianbao and Jingxi to defend the southwest gate. In September, the Japanese army increased its troops to spy on the south of Yunnan. Chen lie led 54 troops to stay in the border of Yunnan, waiting to kill the enemy. Unfortunately, he was infected by tooth extraction in Funing in late October. Chiang Kai Shek sent a special plane to pick up the general to Chongqing for treatment, but before the special plane arrived, he died. He was only 38 years old.

When the news of General Chen lie's unfortunate death came out, the whole army broke into tears, and the people of Funing were also very sad. On December 27, the National Revolutionary Military Commission granted general Chen lie the rank of lieutenant general.

According to Chen lie's will, his body was transported to luositan, Nanyue, for burial. On March 30, 1941, Tian Han, a famous playwright, went to Chen lie's cemetery to express his condolence and wrote two poems, which were engraved on the stone wall on the right side of the tomb: the name of a tiger general was once passed down in northern Guangdong, and the white horse marched south in autumn. Because of the miasma, he often struggles for the light. How can there be no medicine stone for clearing blood. The wind and thunder of Luosi go day and night, just like the sound of Wengyuan killing the enemy.

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