Lieutenant General Xiaoshan Ling. On June 11, 1892 (May 17, the 18th year of the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty), Xiaoshan Ling was born in a family of scholars.
In the local area, the Xiao family is a scholarly family, and a family of three generations of scholars, and is well-known far and wide. The couplet at their doorstep once wrote the glory of that year: the scholar was insignificantly fame, but he was happy that the three generations of uncles, brothers, fathers, sons, and Gongsun were continually won; there was no grand banquet in the cold family, but fortunately, the neighbors, relatives, friends and relatives of the clan, eight times, Yan Hedu came.
Xiaoshan Lingyou was trained in court, knowledgeable and knowledgeable, graduated from Yiyang Longzhou Higher Primary School at the age of 16. It was the late Qing Dynasty, and the great powers were competing to divide the country, which made the young Xiao Shanling extremely angry and decided to join the army and apply for the Hunan Army Primary School. At a young age, he was also influenced by Zeng Guofan and once vowed to "hold the military talisman, sweep away the demons with one stone."
1911 Revolution of 1911 broke out, Hunan Army Primary School was suspended, Xiao Shanling was admitted to the third phase of Baoding Military Academy , and was a classmate with later Army General Zhang Zhizhong. After graduating from
, he returned to Hunan and served as platoon leader in Hunan Army , and began his military career. Because he is knowledgeable and very brave, he soon became the regiment commander because of his military merits, and was appreciated by his superior Tang Shengzhi. He was appointed to Yuanjiang and served as the county governor. Since then, he has participated in the Northern Expedition and has made many military achievements. After the establishment of the National Government in 1927, he was assigned to the Nanjing Garrison Command, and his official position was promoted. In 1929, he was transferred to the Gendarmerie Command as a lieutenant colonel staff member, and planned the foundation for nearly 10 years of military police education and training in the department. After the unification of the Northern Expedition, the National Government began to build the gendarmerie . In 1932, the Gendarmerie Command was established in Nanjing, with General Gu Zhenglun as commander and Xiao Shanling as the Director of General Affairs, in charge of the compilation and training of the gendarmerie, and established two gendarmerie brigades and one regiment, as well as inspection offices such as stations, ships, posts and telecommunications. He carefully planned and made great achievements.
1936, he was promoted to Chief of Staff. In March 1937, he was promoted to deputy commander. On the eve of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he was promoted to major general and served as deputy commander and chief of staff of the national military police.
Xiaoshan Ling is a soldier, but his words and deeds are gentle and polite, loyal, strict and lenient. Many peers and friends are willing to interact with him.
On July 7, 1937, the Lugou Bridge Incident broke out, and since then, the anti-Japanese war army has flourished. On August 13, the Japanese army attacked Songhu on a large scale, attempting to reach Nanjing along Beijing-Shanghai Railway .
In crisis, in mid-November, Jiang Lian held three meetings to study the issue of Nanjing's war defense. Senior generals such as He Yingqin , Bai Chongxi , etc. believe that Nanjing is not a place for decisive battle, and its troops are insufficient and it is difficult to defend.
Only Tang Shengzhi shouted loudly: "The capital is the location of the grandfather's tomb. At this time, when the enemy is in front of this great enemy, I would be sorry to the Prime Minister's spirit in heaven. I advocate defending Nanjing to the end and fighting with the enemy to the end." Chiang decided to stick to it. He wrote in his diary: "Nanjing's lonely city cannot be defended, but it cannot be defensive. It is difficult for the country and the people to worry about." Before leaving, Chiang also inspected the Zijinshan position, believing that "it can be held for two months."
On November 20, the Nanjing Garrison Chief Command was established, and Tang Shengzhi became the Nanjing Garrison Commander Commander. Xiao Shanling, deputy commander of the military police, stayed in Nanjing and commanded the 2nd Gendarmerie Regiment, the 5th Gendarmerie, the 10th Gendarmerie and other units.
In order to seek a long-term war of resistance, the National Government moved its capital to Chongqing on the one hand, and mobilized and deployed heavy troops to defend Nanjing on the other hand.
At that time, General Gu Zhenglun, the commander of the military police, went to Wuhan for treatment due to illness. Therefore, Xiao Shanling served as the commander of the military police, the commander of the capital security, the commander of the air defense, and the position of the deputy chief of the garrison department and the director of the capital police department, acting as the mayor of Nanjing. Because he had several positions, military affairs were complicated and urgent. After
, due to the tight battlefield in the Songhu battlefield, Xiao Shan ordered his five gendarmerie troops to stay in Beijing to participate in the Nanjing Defense Battle . All construction of fortifications, maintaining public order, and eliminating spies have achieved certain results.
In December 1937, the Japanese army invaded Nanjing. At that time, the troops stationed in Beijing were deployed on two fronts; the field army was used to guard the outer strongholds of Nanjing, and the military police force stationed in Beijing and the Central Military Academy teaching team were used to guard the key points in Nanjing.
On the evening of December 8, Chen Jichuan, a fellow villager, came to visit and persuade him to abandon Nanjing. Xiaoshan ordered the general to answer: "I, Xiao, was ordered to protect the capital with all my power, and I have no defense to fight against my elders; I am unable to kill the enemy, and I bow my head and give my respects, and I have the face to see Jiangdong. I am determined to stay and live and die with Jinling." But at this time, he has already made life and death beyond his control.
On the same month, the Japanese army captured Guanghuamen and air defense schools, and then invaded Guanghuamen to the front line of Tongjimen. Xiaoshan ordered that it be sent to send military police to reinforce friendly troops in time and repel the enemy.
post-Japanese troops broke through Guanghua Gate and then attacked Tongji Gate. The military situation was urgent, and Xiao Shan ordered the 2nd Gendarmerie Regiment of Qingliang Gate to rush to Guanghua Gate for reinforcements.
During this period, stray bullets passed by him several times, and his subordinates advised him to return to the command center. He smiled and said, "General Yun will inevitably die in front of the battlefield and die on the front line of anti-Japanese service. It is a blessing."
On the evening, General Xiao personally led his army to fight with the Japanese army that broke into Guanghua Gate, causing heavy casualties in the Japanese vanguard. On the 10th, the military police stationed in Guanghuamen assisted friendly forces to annihilate the Japanese troops that invaded Guanghuamen. On the 11th of the same month, Japanese military aircraft took turns to bomb the positions of the national army in Nanjing to cover the ground operations. The distance between the two sides became closer. Although the military police suffered heavy casualties, they still stood firm.
Fighting for several days, the Chinese army still could not withstand the Japanese artillery fire. On December 11, Nanjing City was about to fall.
At noon that day, Gu Zhutong conveyed Jiang’s instructions on retreat to Tang Shengzhi on the phone. That night, Jiang sent another telegram: "If the situation cannot last, the camera can retreat and use the plan to organize it and counterattack."
When everyone was planning how to retreat, Xiao Shanling said with emotion: "If you are not effective in killing the enemy, you will bow your head and surrender. What are your faces to meet the elders of Jiangdong? I am determined to stay and live and die with Jinling ."
artial fire was fierce, and gunfire continued, and the Chinese army began to fight the Japanese army in a desperate street. During the bloody battle, Tang Shengzhi left Nanjing first under the escort of the guards. The generals guarding the city retreated one after another, and the Xiaoshan Order who stayed until the end took on the heavy responsibility.
As early as when the National Government was evacuating, the position of director of the capital police was also handed over to Xiao Shanling. After that, the situation of the war was tense, and he was appointed as the deputy commander of the capital guards and the commander of the air defense of the security commander of the security command.
Nanjing Mayor Ma Junchao fled in the face of danger, and Xiao Shanling was ordered to serve as the mayor of Nanjing. Tang Shengzhi's early evacuation had to become the commander-in-chief of Crossing the river, responsible for the evacuation and breakthrough of the various legions.
Xiao Shanling has been engaged in so many important positions, which is also a strange story in the history of war.
On December 12, the Japanese army had broken through the city gate. In a turmoil in Nanjing, Xiaoshan ordered the general to break through. At this time, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians rushed to cross the river and flee their lives. Therefore, they ordered their subordinates to protect the people, cross the river in sequence, and behind their own palace.
The Japanese army's siege was even more urgent. Xiaoshan ordered the military police troops stationed in Beijing to repair fortifications that were blown up by enemy planes on the one hand, and prepare for street fighting on the other.
On the afternoon of the same day, the Japanese army broke through the defense of Nanjing City and rushed into the city one after another. The war situation in Nanjing was critical and the situation was already hopeless at this time, but Xiao Shanling still actively adjusted his deployment and made every effort to make a final battle with the Japanese army, and vowed to live and die with Nanjing to die.
At this moment, Xiaoshan Ling received an order from the commander of the capital garrison commander Tang Shengzhi: "All military and police stationed in Beijing are on standby at the Citibank." After the retreat order was issued, countless soldiers and civilians flocked to Xiaguan, rushing to flee, and they were in chaos. The vast Yangtze River , the waves are rolling, the fires are soaring into the sky, guns and cannons are roaring, and there are Japanese speedboats on the river, slaughtering the crowds.
12 at 6 pm on the 12th, Xiao Shanling ordered the police to gather in Xiaguan, Nanjing to cross the river, and arrived at the riverside before 10 pm that day. After obeying the order, the troops followed Zhongshan Road out of the Yangtze River. Unexpectedly, the people and vehicles who had not retreated along the way blocked the road, which greatly hindered the troops' progress.
The troops finally arrived at the riverside, but because of the lack of ships, they could not cross the river. Xiaoshan Order then ordered the troops to cross the river on rafts and respectively. Many officers and soldiers fell into the water in a hurry.
However, at 7 pm, the Japanese cavalry team approached the riverside and attacked the retreating military and civilians from land and land, and used the machine gun to shoot and kill the soldiers and civilians who were about to retreat. Xiao Shanling arrived after the news.
So he commanded the officers and soldiers who had not yet crossed the river to fight with the Japanese army. Xiao Shanling was unfortunately shot by the enemy. Although he was seriously injured, he made a vow to "defend Nanjing to the death and stay with the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum!"
On the morning of December 13, the riverside was still crowded with military and civilians. At this time, the Japanese army had already chased after him, and a cavalry approached the river and massacred the military and civilians. Amid the sound of gunfire, Xiaoshan ordered his subordinates to cover the retreat of the military and civilians, and issued a strict order: All items can be discarded, but guns and bullets are not allowed to be discarded.
The gendarmes gradually ran out of bullets, and Xiao Shanling raised his arms and shouted: "Kill your life and be virtuous, today is it!" Then he led the officers and soldiers to fight against the enemy by hand and blade . The military police rushed towards the Japanese army like a tide, and finally the ammunition was gone and the Yangtze River was stained with blood.
The Japanese army is siegeing more and more. Xiao Shanling, who is commanding in the river, was hit by several bullets. He is unwilling to be captured and humiliated, so he committed suicide by drinking bullets. When he died, half of his body was still standing in the river.
