Luo Zhuoying was born in March 1896 in Yiyangping, Qutan Village, Baihou Township, Dapu County, Guangdong Province. He was a child and was in Lingxia Village, Huliao Township, the same county. Graduated from the eighth phase of artillery department of Baoding Army Officers School in the 11th year of the Republic of China (1922). He has served as the commander of the artillery company, battalion commander, regiment commander, brigade commander, division commander, deputy commander, commander of the 15th Corps.
Luo Zhuoying is a famous anti-Japanese general. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, he led his troops to participate in the battle of Songhu Battle Zhi Luodian, the Battle of Nanjing Defense, the Battle of Wuhan, the Battle of Nanchang, the Battle of Shanggao, the Battle of Changsha, the Battle of Ren'anqiang, and the Battle of Pingmanna.
In 1937, the Japanese army launched a full-scale war of aggression against China. When the country and nation were in this critical moment, Luo Zhuoying led tens of millions of athletes to fight the Japanese invaders on the battlefield, writing the most glorious page in his life.
In the Battle of Shanghai, Luo Zhuoying's 18th Army was incorporated into the left-wing army sequence and participated in the defense of Baoshan , Luodian, and Liuhe . In the early morning of August 23, the Japanese army landed at the same time in Ochuansha, Lion Forest, Cannon Taiwan and other places, and fiercely invaded Baoshan, Luodian and Liuhe. Among them, the directions of Luodian and Jiading were the focus, attempting to cut off the Beijing-Shanghai line and surround the Kuomintang field troops in Shanghai; on August 25, the Japanese army began to land from Wusong Town , Yunzaobang and Zhang Huabang, with the focus still pointing to Luodian. Since the area is near the estuary of the Yangtze River and is not far from Dachang and Zhabei , the Japanese ship's artillery fire can directly hit land targets and have air supremacy, which facilitates coordinated combat between sea, land and air. The Japanese army concentrated heavily and attacked this area fiercely, among which the battle for Luodian was the most fierce. When we arrived in Shanghai, Luodian had fallen. Luo Zhuoying ordered the 11th Division to retake it. In the next month, Luo commanded the troops and the Japanese army repeatedly competed for the Luodian and Liuhe areas. On September 6, Luo's troops were ordered to defend the Zhouzhai, southwest and south of Luodian, Caozhuang to Chaowangmiao, Shuanglongdun, Shenjiaqiao, Liuhe and other places, and carried out positional wars with the Japanese army, annihilated a large number of Japanese troops, thus breaking the enemy's plan to open the right bank of the Yangtze River and surround Shanghai.
On November 5, the Japanese army landed from Caojing Town and Jinsi Niangqiao, where air defense was set up, and captured Songjiang . The Shanghai defense line was shaken, and the defenders had to retreat on the entire line. On the 13th, the Luo tribe moved to the Wuxian and Fushan. On the 15th, he fought fiercely with the Japanese army in Changshu, Fushan and Xinglong Bridge, and sunk four Japanese ships. On the 19th, we retreated to the tin ( Wuxi ) and Cheng ( Jiangyin ). It was cold winter, rainy and muddy roads, and morale was low. The 19th Army retreated to the junction of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui and began a arduous guerrilla warfare.
When the Japanese army fought for the Zhonghua Gate, Luo Zhuoying personally directed the counterattack and killed all the Japanese troops who were attacking the city, temporarily stabilizing the situation. On December 12, the Japanese army's attack on Nanjing reached its peak. The Zhonghua Gate was first lost around noon, and the entire Nanjing city defense line was shaken. The city defense commander Tang Shengzhi realized that it was too late to retreat as planned on the evening of the 14th, so he decided to retreat in advance until that night. On the afternoon of December 12, Tang Shengzhi convened a meeting of commanders above the division and announced the telegram of retreat at the right time sent by Chiang Kai-shek on the evening of 411, and deployed the retreat plan. At the end of the month, Nanjing was lost, and Luo returned to the border areas of Jiangsu, Anhui and Zhejiang, replacing Xue Yue as commander-in-chief of the 19th Army, and was under the command of Gu Zhutong, commander-in-chief of the Third War Zone.
From June to August 1938, the Luo army fought fiercely with the Japanese army on the Penghu battlefield, annihilated a large number of enemy troops in the Liuhengqiao area, and repeatedly defeated the Japanese army's landing attempts in the Hukou area of . On September 12, Luo Zhuoying replaced Chen Cheng and served as the commander-in-chief of Wuhan garrison. On October 25, after the fall of Wuhan, Luo's 19th Army was commanded by Chen Cheng, commander of the 9th War Zone, and participated in the Battle of Nanchang. Luo Zhuoying was appointed commander-in-chief of the front-end enemy in the war zone, responsible for direct command.
Nanchang Battle
In March 1939, the Japanese army Okamura Nishi led four divisions to attack Nanchang. On March 24, he captured Wucheng Town and forced Xiushui to cross the river, fighting fiercely with the Luo tribe in Wanjiabu and Anyi areas. On the 27th, Fengxin and Nanchang fell one after another.Luo Zhuoying ordered all troops to avoid the enemy's front and gradually establish the anti-Japanese base south of Xiushui and north of Ganjiang and to confront the 101 and 106th divisions of the Japanese army. In late April, Luo was responsible for comprehensively deploying and commanding a part of the Group, Shangguan Yunxiang Group and Gao Yinhuai Group to counterattack the Japanese army in Nanchang and attempting to retake the city. On the evening of the 21st, Commander Luo led the three armies to attack Nanchang with the force of splitting troops and attacking together. Due to the failure to cut off the Nanxun Railway, the Japanese army was able to reinforce. In addition, at the critical moment of counterattacking Nanchang, Duan Langru, the commander of the 79th Division, who was counterattacked by the Japanese army, shrank against the order, and missed the opportunity, so that the first counterattack had to be suspended. When the counterattack was again on May 1, the Japanese army stubbornly defended the outer positions of Nanchang with its air artillery fire support and launched a counterattack. The Luo army suffered serious casualties and was unable to attack. On May 9, the counterattack was stopped across the board. After counterattacking Nanchang City, Luo Zhuoying's group gave up the battle against the city and changed to a guerrilla war that consumed the enemy's vitality. After that, Luo commanded the 19th Army to participate in the first Changsha Battle in September 1939, the Winter Sweeping War in 1939, and the Summer of 1940, and the Sweeping War in the Fifth War Zone, annihilated a large number of enemy forces.
After the Japanese army was frustrated in attacking Changsha, they felt deeply that they must first eliminate or drive away the Kuomintang field troops in the Ganjiang and Fuhe basins and clear the obstacles before they could directly attack the right side of Changsha and open up the Guangdong-Hankou Railway, which facilitated the Poyang Lake mobilization war in March 1941. The sweeping force composed of the 33rd and 34th Divisions of the Japanese invaders, the Mixed Brigade of Ikeda, and the Third Flying Regiment commanded by Major General Endo, dispatched more than 40,000 people, more than 100 aircraft and more than 40 tanks, and attacked the command center of the 19th Army in three ways. Luo Zhuoying commanded Liu Duoquan's 49th Army, Li Jue's 79th Army, Wang Yaowu's 74th Army, and Li Liangji's 72nd Army who came to reinforce, a total of more than 60,000 people. He adopted two wings to restrain the enemy's army, so that it could not form an encirclement. He boldly concentrated heavy troops, diverted the outside line, lured the enemy deep from the middle, and annihilated the enemy in the Shanggao area. In this battle, the enemy's 34th Division was almost wiped out, and Major General Dangyong, the infantry commander of the division, was seriously injured and died. According to the war report at that time, more than 24,000 Japanese soldiers were killed and wounded and 72 were captured. Luo Zhuoying won the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal for this.
Liuyang Battle
In mid-December, Luo Zhuoying moved the army headquarters from Shanggao to Liuyang, commanding the 26th Army of Xiao Zhichu, the 79th Army of Xia Chuzhong and the 194th Division of Guo Libo to participate in the third Changsha Battle. Luo arranged the two armies and one division in Liuyang, Liling , and Zhuzhou , and cooperated with the Wanglingji group to attack Changsha for hundreds of miles.
On January 1, 1942, the fierce Japanese army crossed the Liuyang River. Luo and Wang troops remained silent. When the enemy entered the suburbs of Changsha, they immediately attacked on the whole line. Luo Ling's 26th Army left Yong'an City, Yang Fengba went to the Leili City, the 79th Army and the 194th Division took over the Huanghua Market and attacked the Leili City, and quickly marched, closely cooperating with Yang Sen and Wang Lingji Groups to form an encirclement against the enemy. After four days of bloody battle, the Japanese offensive was defeated. Afterwards, Luo Zhuoying served as the commander-in-chief of the Southern Pursuit Army, led the three armies to chase each other relentlessly, chasing them to the area of Zhongchang in Taolin, and confronting the Japanese army. At the same time, the enemy in northern Jiangxi also dispatched all directions to invade Gao'an and Xiushui areas and cooperate with the Changsha battle. Luo Zhuoying commanded remotely in Liuyang, shattering the enemy's plan to restrain the enemy.
Chinese Expeditionary Force
On April 2, 1942, the Supreme Military Committee of the Kuomintang appointed Luo Zhuoying as the commander-in-chief of the First Route of the Expeditionary Force, and was commanded by Stilwell and the British Pacific Theater Commander. On April 5, Luo and Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Lashio and Stilwell to deploy the Battle of Pingmanna, intending to lead the Japanese army to annihilate the favorable area on the line. After the plan was decided, it was about to be implemented, but the British army decided to withdraw to India, and all the concentration on the Western Front was abandoned. The Romans took over the defense and carried out the Pew outpost battle, the battle against Gu and Swa successively, covering the British retreat. On April 18, due to the emergency between the east and west routes, Tangji and Wacheng were shaken. Shi and Luo had to give up the Pingmanna Battle, retreat to Wacheng, and re-plan the Battle of Wacheng, preparing to fight against the Japanese army near Wacheng.However, they did not pay attention to guarding the important road leading to Lashio, such as Taungzhi, but waited for the Japanese army to attack Wacheng.
Luo Zhuoying in India
However, the Japanese army did not adopt a frontal attack strategy, but instead attacked in a roundabout way, sending one to feint attack Wacheng and the other to attack Taungchi. After occupying Tamzhi, he learned that Luo's troops gathered troops to Wacheng, so he rushed to attack Lashio with mechanized troops. When Shi and Luo learned that Lashio was in danger, they were already unable to go to help. On the 28th, Lashio fell. The city of Wa was surrounded, and Shi and Luo woke up as if they were dreaming. On the 30th, the tribes were urgently ordered to retreat to the Irrawaddy River and urgently assisted Bamo and Myitkyina, trying to strengthen the rear first and then make progress. But it was too late. After the Japanese army occupied Lashio, they continued to advance along the eastern line. On May 3, they occupied the important town of the Sino-Myanmar border, Wancheng , and the flying troops were all seized at full speed. On May 8, Myitkyina was lost. On the 9th, Tengchong also fell into the opponent.
At this point, the road to return of the 100,000 Burmese troops was cut off. On May 1, Shi and Luo ordered the abandonment of Wacheng and began a tragic retreat. The entire army was forced to throw away the vehicles and supplies, break through the Japanese blockade line, enter the rarely visited mountains and ridges, cross the primeval forest, and part of them returned to western Yunnan in early August. Luo Zhuoying's chief command and the new 38th Division entered India through Bamank, Mankan, Homerin and South Thailand. The Burmese army lost more than 50,000, and two-thirds of them died on the way to retreat. General Dai Anlan, the commander of the 200th Division, died heroically due to serious injuries and was not treated.
After Luo Zhuoying entered India, he led Chief of Staff Yang Yekong and more than 40 officers and soldiers to New Delhi on June 11, attended the United Nations Celebration Conference on the 14th, and returned to Chongqing to report on his duties on the 23rd. In October, we held talks with Stilwell and Wavell, and decided to set up a training base in the northwest of Kolkata, cancel the commander of the First Route of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and establish the Chinese General Command in India, with Stilwell and Luo Zhuoying as the chief and deputy commanders. In order to maintain the independence of the Chinese army, a deputy command center was set up, which was controlled by Luo. Since Stilwell asked the officers above the battalion to be held by Americans, he had a conflict with Ronaldo. Chiang Kai-shek disagreed with Stilwell's request. In order to resolve the dispute, he compromised with Stilwell on the condition of abolishing the deputy command center and transferring Luo Zhuoying back. In the winter of that year, Luo Zhuoying left Yin and returned to Chongqing.
In May 1943, Luo became the deputy director of the Military Order and was soon transferred to the head of the Guilin Cadre Training Corps of the Military Commission, "cooperating with the US military stationed in China, the first use of the wheel-belt-type education method to train the counterattack troops."
1945, Japan surrendered unconditionally, Luo Zhuoying was ordered to return to Guangdong, and was promoted to Chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Government and Commander of Security for his special merits in the War of Resistance Against Japan. When Luo Zhuoying took office, he was ordered to go to South China Sea islands and was taken under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province.
Luo Zhuoying visited the South China Sea islands three times and paid great attention from beginning to end. He often inquire, listened to reports, put forward opinions, and made decisive decisions to make it successful, making significant contributions to safeguarding my country's territorial sovereignty and the future development of the South China Sea islands. The Central Committee of the National Government specially designated an island to be named " Nanwei Island " to commemorate Mr. Luo's acceptance.
Luo Zhuoying made outstanding achievements in the eight years of the War of Resistance Against Japan and won numerous honors. Someone has done statistics. During the eight-year War of Resistance Against Japan, Luo Zhuoying ranked first with ten important indicators, namely the commander-in-chief of the army, deputy commander-in-chief of the war zone, commander-in-chief of the blue sky and white sun medals, etc.! And Xue Yue only 14 times and Chen Cheng 13 times.
On November 6, 1961, Luo Zhuoying died in Taipei due to diabetes. Chiang Kai-shek granted him loyalty to the country, which was a great honor for his loyalty.
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