Zhao Jiaxiang

Zhao Jiaxiang

Zhao Jiaxiang (1910-1958), a native of Jixian County, Henan Province, was born in Dawei. Zhao Jiaxiang's great grandfather once assisted Shi Dakai, king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. His parents were all famous families in Henan Province. Zhao Jiaxiang's childhood had the style of a traditional Chinese squire family, and also looked forward to military life. When Wu Peifu recruited young soldiers in Luoyang, Zhao Jiaxiang applied for the examination. After the end of the second Zhifeng war, Zhao Jiaxiang and his young soldiers were captured in Fengtian, and then entered the ninth infantry section of Liaoning Academy of northeast Jiangwu hall. The instructor of Jiangwu hall recommended Zhao Jiaxiang to chuxichun army in Beiping, which enabled him to leave the Northeast Army.

In 1935, Zhao Jiaxiang was admitted to the Army University. Later, at the invitation of his classmate Zheng zuomin, he joined the second army as the chief of staff of the major general and was promoted to the chief of staff of the 11th Corps. During the Anti Japanese War, he took part in the battle of Wuhan. In 1942, he went to Yunnan to serve as the major general of the infantry brigade of the Cadre Training Corps in Yunnan, and then he was transferred to the chief of staff of the fifth group army. He had a good relationship with Du Yuming and became the chief of staff of the Northeast security command with Du in 1945. In 1947, he served as the chief of staff of the general headquarters of suppressing bandits under Wei Lihuang. In 1948, he went to Shanghai with his family and then to Taiwan. In 1951, he served as the chief of staff of the army headquarters. In 1955, he was transferred as the deputy commander and chief of staff of the first regiment, and then became the deputy commander of the defense command of Kinmen. On August 23, 1958, when the PLA shelled Jinmen, Zhao Jiaxiang and two other deputy commanders Zhang Jie and Ji Xingwen were killed at the same time.

Life of the characters

Zhao Jiaxiang (1910-1958), a native of Jixian County, Henan Province, was born in Dawei. Zhao's great grandfather assisted Shi Dakai, the wing king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Both of his parents are well-known in Henan Province. Zhao Jiaxiang's childhood has the norms of traditional Chinese squire family, and of course, it also needs basic cultural influence. Studying in the second grade primary school in Ji County, Henan Province, the Middle School Department of Henan Branch of China University, and the second provincial middle school, Zhao Jiaxiang, like his peers, also looks forward to military life. So when Wu Peifu recruited young soldiers in Luoyang, Zhao Jiaxiang applied for the exam.

After the end of the second Zhifeng war, Zhao Jiaxiang and his young soldiers were captured in Fengtian. He continued to train in the Northeast military corps presided over by Zhu Jixian, and then entered the ninth infantry section of Liaoning Academy of northeast lecture hall. He graduated fourth out of 1200. Jin Haifeng, the instructor of the Northeast lecture hall, first recommended Zhao to the chuxichun army in Beiping, so that he could break away from the Northeast military system and develop freely. Zhao Jiaxiang's wife was the eldest daughter of chuxichun.

Before he joined the Kuomintang army, he served as deputy chief of staff and commander of the national army. He was admitted to the Army University in 1936 and graduated from the fourteenth term of the University. Later, invited by his classmate Zheng zuomin, he joined the second army as the chief of staff of the major general, and later promoted to the chief of staff of the 11th Corps. He took part in the Wuhan defense war in Li Yannian's department. In 1942, he went to Yunnan to serve as the major general of the infantry brigade of the Cadre Training Corps in Yunnan, and then he was transferred to the chief of staff of the fifth group army. He had a good relationship with Du Yuming and became the chief of staff of the Northeast security command with Du in 1945. In 1947, he served as the chief of staff of the so-called "general headquarters for suppressing bandits" under Wei Lihuang. In 1948, under the attack of the Northeast Field Army, he fled to Shanghai with his family members and then with the Chinese Kuomintang to Taiwan.

Zhao Jiaxiang was the chief of staff of the so-called "army headquarters" in 1951, vice commander and chief of staff of the "First Corps" in 1955, and then deputy commander of the "defense headquarters of Jinmen county". On August 23, 1958, the people's Liberation Army shelled Jinmen. Yu Dawei, the "defense minister" and Hu Lian, the commander of Jinmen County defense headquarters, who were dining in the pavilion in Mingde lake at that time, survived, while Zhao Jiazhen and two other deputy commanders, Zhang Jie and Ji Xingwen, were killed on the spot. Zhao Jiaxiang was awarded as the second rank General of the army by the Kuomintang;

Famous Anti Japanese general

At the age of 19, Zhao Jiaxiang led the death squads to the rear of the Russian army and made great achievements; at the age of 23, he led the daggers to fight with the Japanese aggressors and shocked the enemy; at the age of 33, he presided over Sino US military cooperation and trained more than 4000 officers and 400 generals of the American Ordnance Corps He was Zhao Jiaxiang, a famous general in the Anti Japanese war.

Zhao's nephew, Zhao, lives in Nanjing. When he was five years old, he separated from his second uncle. Since then, he has been separated from the Strait and never met again. In 2005, on the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Anti Japanese War, Zhao began to collect information about the second uncle. In the process of sorting out and collecting, the image of the second uncle became more and more abundant in his mind.

Tie up with Zhang Xueliang and become famous in the first World War

At the end of the 19th century, in order to invade Northeast China, Soviet Russia wantonly built railways on Chinese land. On July 10, 1929, in order to recover China's sovereignty over the Middle East Railway, Zhang Xueliang had a military conflict with the Soviet army, which was known as the "Middle East Railway Incident". After the armed conflict, the national government declared war on the Soviet Union. Zhang Xueliang, commander of the northeast frontier army, issued a mobilization order on August 15, appointing Liang Zhongjia, commander of the 15th brigade of the army, as the commander of the road protection of the west line of the Middle East Railway to resist the Soviet attack. With the war approaching, Liang Zhongjia fell in love with Zhao Jiaxiang, who was studying in the Northeast lecture hall. He sent an urgent telegram to Zhang Xueliang and appointed Zhao Jiaxiang as the front-line captain's operational staff.

This year, Zhao Jiaxiang was only 19 years old. As soon as he arrived at the barracks, he presented accurate operational maps, military sand tables, and operational plans. He also personally led cavalry death squads to surprise Soviet troops and blow up enemy arsenals.

On November 17, more than 70000 Soviet troops stormed zhalannor and sent a considerable number of troops to encircle Manzhouli, cutting off the Chinese Army's support. At the time of the fall of zarannur station, Zhao Jiaxiang fought with the army in a bloody battle in zarannur. The Soviet military is powerful and well armed. In contrast, the Chinese side suffered heavy casualties and many generals were killed. In December, China and the Soviet Union signed the "protocol to the Burberry conference", and China's territory lost its "chicken crown".

Although the Chinese side lost in the war, Zhao Jiaxiang's bravery and ability to fight won Liang Zhongjia's high praise: "although Zhao Jiaxiang only took part in the war for three months, he has made great achievements, has great courage and insight, and is really a military genius." Zhao Jiaxiang became famous since then.

In 1930, Zhao Jiaxiang was transferred to the 32nd army of Jin army as battalion commander, becoming one of the youngest battalion commanders at that time. In 1933, during the Anti Japanese war on the Great Wall, he led his troops to fight with the Japanese army with a big knife to recapture the LENGKOU position, which was the only and first victory for the Chinese army to recapture the position since the September 18 Incident.

Kunlun Pass

And won the appreciation of Chiang Kai Shek

In the autumn of 1935, Zhao entered the fourteenth period of the Army University with excellent results. After graduation, he was in urgent need of talents in front of the Anti Japanese war. He was immediately appointed chief of staff of major general of the 184th division, then transferred to the second army as chief of staff of major general, and immediately appointed chief of staff of the 11th Corps.

After the fall of Guangzhou and Wuhan, Yunnan Vietnam Railway became the main channel for China's foreign aid. In order to cut off this supply line, the Japanese aggressor army took crazy military action and occupied Kunlun Pass on December 4, 1939. Seeing that the situation was critical, Chiang Kai Shek ordered a counterattack, and his strategic goal was to "attack Kunlun Pass and recover Nanning.". After receiving the order, Zhao Jiaxiang was ordered to lead the 9th division of the 2nd army to set out from Duyun, Guizhou Province, day and night to the front line of Kunlun Pass. On December 31, the 5th army of Du Yuming captured the main position of Kunlun Pass. Zhao Jiaxiang and Zheng zuomin led the 9th division to take over the front defensive position of the 5th army immediately, and then launched an attack on the Japanese army to recover all positions in Kunlun Pass.

On January 27, the Japanese began a counter offensive and launched a general offensive four days later. Zheng zuomin, commander of the 9th division of the 2nd army, was hit by a shell when he withdrew to Shanglin road and died in a heroic manner. Zhao Jiaxiang and the commander of the second army are besieged at the top of baiheshan heaven. If they don't succeed, they will become benevolent. Later, they got away with it.

The war history of the Japanese army said: "the Kunlun Pass campaign was the most gloomy time for the Japanese army since the Chinese incident. His strong fighting will and active and tenacious action are rarely seen in the offensive Although the war was defeated, it was still glorious.

On February 21, Chiang Kai Shek flew to Liuzhou to stay in Yangjiao mountain and held a meeting. He announced that a large number of senior generals had been punished, and he comforted Zhao Jiaxiang greatly. Chiang Kai Shek believed that military staff officers should not only plan strategies, but also personally visit the former enemy and command operations on the ground. Zhao Jiaxiang had both, and Chiang Kai Shek began to attach importance to him.

The expedition to Myanmar reduced the proportion of casualties between the enemy and ourselves from 1:7 to 2:3

At the beginning of 1943, Zhao Jiaxiang was transferred to the military order department as the director of the third division, responsible for "planning the national anti Japanese strategy and training the army". In March, the headquarters of the expeditionary force to Myanmar was formed. Zhao Jiaxiang was one of them. At the invitation of Chen Cheng, he also served as the major general of the Sino US joint Cadre Training Corps in Yunnan.

In January 1944, the cadre training group was reorganized into the "Sino US senior staff research and training class", CO hosted by Zhao Jiaxiang and Weidman. Soon afterwards, Zhao Jiaxiang also served as deputy chief of staff of the China India Myanmar war zone (chief of staff is Weidman). Zhao Jiaxiang greatly revised the military training materials sent by the U.S. military in line with China's national conditions, formulated military training materials in line with China's national conditions, such as strategy, campaign, command, logistics and staff operations, and trained more than 400 senior commanders above division level.

The emergence of this training class has rapidly changed the backward tactical situation of the Chinese army, and reduced the ratio of casualties between ourselves and the enemy from 1:7 to 2:3. As a result, Zhao Jiaxiang gained a great reputation and received various medals from the United States. Chen Xiangmei, who was a reporter of the Central News Agency at that time, praised: "the young general Zhao Jiaxiang, who is full of economy and elegant demeanor, is the best among the rising stars of the national army."

After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, the civil war started, and Zhao Jiaxiang was sent to the northeast. The Northeast became the last battlefield before Zhao Jiaxiang left the mainland. one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine