Among the Kuomintang generals, Zhang Lingfu is very famous. He can still be seen in some film and television dramas, but few people know how much the price he paid to destroy Zhang Lingfu's Huaye at that time. Even after a column commander died, the news was blocked for 13 years.
This sacrificed column commander is Xie Xiangjun . He was the commander of the 10th Column of the Central China Field Army at that time. The commander of the column is equivalent to the commander. In terms of rank, he is the same as Zhang Lingfu. However, Zhang Lingfu became famous after his death. Why was Xie Xiangjun unknown after his death and the news blocked for 13 years?
This is also the greatness of Xie Xiangjun. However, with Xie Xiangjun's qualifications and level, if he survived to the title of great success, he should be a founding general. Later, Song Shilun, the commander of the 10th Column, was a founding general. It has to be said that Xie Xiangjun's sacrifice was full of regrets and regrettable.
Xie Xiangjun is from Dazu, Hubei. In 1930, 16-year-old Xie Xiangjun participated in Red Army and joined the party the following year. During the Red Army, he served as platoon leader, regiment commander and division commander. He was a powerful general under General Luo Binghui. Xie Xiangjun was brave in fighting and almost got amputated.
In a battle, Xie Xiangjun was shot in the leg. The lack of medicine at the time caused the leg to become inflamed and ulcerated. After the doctor checked, he said that he would have to amputate his limbs to save his life. After learning about it, Xie Xiangjun asked the commander Luo Binghui, saying that he would rather die than amputate, and that he would not go to the battlefield without his legs.
Finally, after all the treatment, Xie Xiangjun saved his leg. After that, Xie Xiangjun returned to the battlefield. At the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he entered the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University to study and received key training. In the autumn of 1939, Xie Xiangjun was sent to southern Anhui to become the chief of the corps and the chief of the military and political cadre school.
Xie Xiangjun trained a large number of military and political cadres for the New Fourth Army. He did not go to the front line to command operations until the War of Liberation. His military talent is worthy of recognition. In the famous , the seven battles and seven victory in the Suzhong period, Xie Xiangjun led the 10th Column to fight from beginning to end. He was the number one general under Su Yu.
On October 19, 1946, the Kuomintang reorganized the 74th Division to attack Lianshui, in an attempt to destroy our army. Zhang Lingfu commanded three brigades under the 74th Division and attacked Lianshui City in three directions. As the 10th column of the main force of the Central China Field Army, under the command of Xie Xiangjun, it was set up on both sides of the Yellow River to use the terrain advantages to establish a blocking position.
According to statistics, the Kuomintang reorganized the 74th Division at that time, there were more than 30,000 people, equipped with all American equipment, 12 105mm caliber howitzer , and more than 1,000 light machine guns. In addition, there were more than 2,400 Thomson submachine guns , which were fully equipped and had strong combat.
Xie Xiangjun commanded the 10th Column to fight steadily outside Lianshui City. The soldiers fought very tenaciously. In order to better understand the enemy situation, Xie Xiangjun went to the front line to observe. Unexpectedly, when he was about to leave, he was hit in the abdomen by the enemy sniper and died with excessive bleeding. The commander of the column died. Once the enemy was told, he would make a big fuss, which would have a great impact on our army's morale. It was a critical period of the Lianshui defense war. When learning about Xie Xiangjun's death, Su Yu and Chen Yi Chen Yi held back their sadness and ordered the news of Xie Xiangjun's death to be strictly blocked, and the body was buried on the spot, and the news was not allowed to be leaked.
In this way, the commander of Xie Xiangjun was quietly buried. The battle against Lianshui defense for 14 days, Zhang Lingfu not only did not occupy Lianshui City, but also lost more than 7,000 soldiers and retreated in shame. However, in order to completely eliminate Zhang Lingfu's reorganized 74th Division, the news of Xie Xiangjun's death was not announced after the war.
In order not to give the enemy a chance to make a big fuss, the news of General Xie Xiangjun's death was not made public during the War of Liberation. Even after killing Zhang Lingfu, it was not until 1959 that the news of Xie Xiangjun's death was officially announced and a memorial service was held for him. At this time, it had been 13 years since the general's death.
