Li Tiejun

Li Tiejun

Li Tiejun

Yu Wu (1901-2002), a native of Meixian County, Guangdong Province. He graduated from the first phase of Huangpu Military Academy and the Army Command Academy in Berlin. General of the National Revolutionary Army, a famous Anti Japanese general. He has successively served as platoon commander and company commander of the 1st regiment, company commander and battalion commander of the 1st division, commander of the 22nd division, commander of the 2nd brigade of the 1st division, commander of the 1st Brigade and brigade commander, commander of the 95th division, commander of the 1st division, commander of the 1st army of the National Revolutionary Army, commander of the 76th army of the National Revolutionary Army, commander of Hexi garrison, deputy commander in chief of the 37th group army of the National Revolutionary Army, commander in chief of the 76th army and commander in chief of the third group army of the national revolutionary army Commander in chief, commander in chief of the 29th group army of the National Revolutionary Army and commander in chief of the new 2nd army, deputy commander in chief of Xinjiang garrison, commander in chief of the 5th corps, commander in chief of Hexi garrison, deputy director of Guangzhou appeasement office, deputy commander in chief of Hainan defense army and member of the Ministry of national defense.

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Li Tiejun

(1901-2002) Yu Wu, general of the national revolutionary army. He is from Meixian, Guangdong Province. He graduated from the first phase of Huangpu Military Academy and the Army Command Academy in Berlin, Germany. He took part in the Northern Expedition and successively served as the commander of the second division's platoon, company and battalion, and the head of the third regiment of the first brigade of the first division.

In 1930, he served as the commander and deputy commander of the first brigade of the first division of the first army of the national revolutionary army.

In February 1936, he was the commander of the 95th division of the army.

He served as division commander of the first division of the first army of the National Revolutionary Army on April 24, 1937.

In August 1937, he took part in the battle of Songhu and fought against Japanese troops in Wusong, Baoshan and Yuepu.

On May 12, 1938, Hu zongnan resigned as commander of the first army, and Li Tiejun was promoted to lieutenant general of the first army of the national revolutionary army.

In July 1938, he was transferred to the commander of the 76th army of the national revolutionary army.

In June 1942, he was promoted to deputy commander in chief of the 37th group army and commander of the 76th army of the national revolutionary army.

In March 1944, the 42nd army of the National Revolutionary Army and the newly formed second army of the national revolutionary army formed the 29th group army. Li Tiejun was promoted to commander in chief and commander of the new second army of the 29th group army, stationed in Hexi Corridor of Gansu Province.

In April 1946, Li Tiejun took over as commander in chief of Hexi police headquarters.

In 1947, Hu zongnan transferred the third division of the National Revolutionary Army, the 15th division of the National Revolutionary Army, the 26th division of the National Revolutionary Army, together with eight brigades of the Luoyang garrison

V Corps

In September of that year, the Kuomintang and the three Youth League merged to form the new Sixth Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang, and he was elected a member of the central supervisory committee.

In December 1947, the Fifth Corps and the third reorganized division were annihilated by Huangpu classmate Chen Geng in Zhuwang village and Jingang temple, southwest of Xiping County, western Henan Province. Li Tiejun lamented that his reputation had been destroyed for half his life, and led a small number of remnant soldiers to flee.

In 1949, he served as deputy commander in chief and commander of the 2nd route of Hainan defense army, and commander of the 62nd army of the national revolutionary army. He also gave the instructor of the Army Infantry School to him for command.

In 1949, Li Tiejun went to Taiwan as a member of the "central" supervisory committee and the "Ministry of national defense". Later, he settled in the United States. He went back to Guangzhou for the festival in 1998. He died on June 9, 2002.

Life figures

After graduating from Huangpu Military Academy, Li Tiejun took part in the Northern Expedition and successively served as the platoon, company and battalion of the second division and the head of the third regiment of the first brigade of the first division. In 1930, he was the commander and deputy commander of the first brigade of the first division. In February 1936, he was the commander of the 95th division of the army. On April 24, 1937, he served as the first division commander. In September 1937, he took part in the battle of Songhu. In Wusong, Baoshan, Yanghang, gujiazhai, zhangjialou, Dachang, Suzhou Creek and other places, he used inferior equipment to fight against the modern Japanese aggressors. After three months of bloody fighting, all the officers and men of the division were still calm in the ruins. The enemy's reinforcement failed to repel the first division. This battle inflicted heavy losses on the enemy, and the first division also suffered heavy casualties, with more than 10000 casualties below the brigade commander. In May 1938, Li Tiejun was promoted to lieutenant general of the first army, and then led his troops to fight in the Central Plains battlefield. He surrounded the Japanese army in Lanfeng area and annihilated tufeiyuan, creating a great victory in Lanfeng. In July, he took part in the peripheral operations of the Wuhan battle, resisting the Japanese attack on the front lines of Xinyang and Luoshan, and repeatedly made contributions. Later transferred to the seventy-six army commander, the rate department in Jin Pu, Bian Zheng, Heluo, Tongguan, and Japan's enemy held together for three years, although the Japanese army constantly attacked, it was also difficult to make a step by step, so that the rear area was as strong as iron. In July 1939, he served as general of the national revolutionary army. After the fall of the Japanese army in Zhongtiaoshan in late May 1941, the 76th army crossed the Yellow River from Luoyang and took up the task of blocking the enemy. Taking 587 regiment of 196th division as the vanguard, the 76th army crossed the Yellow River and made a rapid advance to Zhangmao Avenue. Unfortunately, it strayed into the enemy's ambush circle to the east of miaowa. More than 1000 officers and soldiers of the whole regiment were killed in the battle and never survived. In June 1942, he was promoted to deputy commander in chief of the 37th group army and commander of the 76th army, guarding Luzhou. In March 1944, Li Tiejun was promoted to commander in chief of the 29th group army and commander of the new second army. He was stationed in Hexi Corridor of Gansu Province and led his troops into the border area of Anjing.

Anecdotes and allusions

Li Tiejun graduated from the first phase of Huangpu Military Academy and has always been a good subordinate of his classmate Hu zongnan. Basically, as long as Hu is promoted to a higher level, he will hand over his original position to Li Lai. Gradually, Li Tiejun became the second person in the early Hu zongnan system. However, Li Tiejun's position was shaken because he failed to deal with the Xinjiang incident. In addition, he was beaten by Chen Geng's regiment in western Henan during the civil war, which made his position plummet and he had to withdraw from Hu zongnan group.

This series of great changes is mainly due to Li Tiejun's pride and conceit. At the beginning of the Anti Japanese War, Li Tiejun was just a division commander. Under his spirit of daring to fight and fight, the first division played a good role. It should be said that Li Tiejun was qualified to be Hu zongnan's successor. Until 1944, Li Tiejun, who had become the commander in chief of the 29th group army, was ordered to lead his troops into Xinjiang. However, under the complicated political situation in Xinjiang, Li Tiejun was not highly alert. His self-confidence made him misjudge the situation. So after the Xinjiang national army launched the attack, Li Tiejun, who was in a hurry, was unable to quell the riot at all, and his troops suffered heavy losses, almost losing Xinjiang's autonomy. This incident not only made Hu zongnan disappointed with him, but also made the government's prestige in Xinjiang to the lowest point. After the temporary peace in Xinjiang, Li Tiejun spent the first year of the civil war in the post of Hexi police commander. Unwilling to lose, Li Tiejun has always wanted to return to the battlefield. He hopes to restore his prestige by making contributions to the PLA. However, fate seemed to be hard for him. Just when he managed to win the commander of the 5th Corps from Hu zongnan, he was beaten to ashes in western Henan before he had been a commander for three months. His 3rd Division was destroyed, and he also ran away. This failure, it can be said that Li Tiejun completely lost Hu zongnan's trust in him, and also made his own military career to the lowest point. He finally chose to resign and went to his home in Nanjing to spend most of the civil war.

In November 1949, Li Tiejun was reactivated. At that time, the 62 army was in chaos because of the Zhanjiang incident. The selection of military leaders from the central military department should be considered. When Li Tiejun learned the news, he felt that his comeback was possible, so he actively ran, and finally demoted to become the commander of the 62nd army. Considering that Li Tiejun was the first phase of Huangpu and had been the commander of the Corps, it would be a bit disrespectful if he was a full-time commander, the Ministry of national defense appointed him as the deputy commander in chief and the second route commander of Hainan defense army soon after. In addition to serving as the commander of the 62nd army, he also gave the instructor of the Army Infantry academy to him.

As for the trust of the Ministry of national defense, Li Tiejun is determined to make achievements. Because the national army had an example of winning the PLA in Jinmen, Li Tiejun had confidence in defending Hainan. Secondly, under the propaganda of the political and work departments, the Communist Party was described as black to the point where it could not be further blacked. Li Tiejun even exaggerated the propaganda, which made the officers and men of the 62nd army and the PLA fight to the end. As a result, the 62 army under his command was the most fiercely resisted force in the whole Hainan campaign, and even fought back one after another, almost to the point of madness.

The battle history of the 62 armies in Hainan can be said to be a tragic one. Under the command of Li Tiejun, the 62nd army fought madly in Chengmai area. The commander, division commander and commander in chief all took the lead in the charge, and even the chief of staff at all levels brought their miscellaneous troops into the battle. During the later period of the civil war, the only force that could still fight against the PLA was this one. However, all Li Tiejun's efforts were like a drop in the bucket. His two divisions were soon exhausted, and another step school instructor also announced a battlefield uprising. In addition, deputy commander Han Chao was captured and chief of staff Wen Hong was killed. At this time, Li Tiejun felt hopeless. All his efforts had been made, but he still failed to turn the war around. In this case, he could only take the remnants to break through.

To break through, he didn't follow the order of Hainan defense general headquarters to retreat to Basuo or Yulin. For the 62nd army, these two places are too far away, and they have to face the pursuit of the main force of the PLA and the interception of local guerrillas. Not to mention arriving at the destination, even execution is impossible. After judgment, he decided to do the opposite and break through the flank of the PLA,

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