Chapter 15 Severely injured and not retreating, bravely killed the enemy——Records of the five martyrs Liu Gui

Martyr Liu Guiwu, born in 1903, was originally from Bajiazi Village, Lingnan County, Rehe Province (now Liaoning Province). He is taciturn, good at reporting injustice, good at riding and shooting, quite popular in the village, and was elected as the chief security officer. In the spring of 1926, General Song Zheyuan, former commander of the capital of Rehe, reorganized the Baojia militia into the army, and Liu Guiwu was appointed as the platoon leader. Later, he served as the company commander of the Fifth Cavalry Brigade of the Northeast Army. Liu Guiwu was brave in battle, good at leading troops, and clearly rewarded and punished. He was supported by soldiers and appreciated by officials, and was soon promoted to head of the regiment.Later, his troops headed to Hebei and were reorganized into the Sixth Brigade of the Army's Riding Pong. Liu Guiwu was appointed as the head of the Eighteenth Regiment of the brigade.

In 1931, the Japanese imperialists launched the September 18th Incident. Liu Guiwu was filled with righteous indignation and asked to lead his troops to fight against Japanese imperialism, but his request was not approved.He also repeatedly asked to be disarmed and returned to the fields, hoping to organize the Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army to fight against Japan and return to his hometown.Soon, Liu Guiwu was promoted to Major General Commander of the Sixth Division of the Army Cavalry. After he took office, he never forgot to fight against Japan and regain lost ground.In order to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops, he strictly trained the troops, shared weal and woe with the soldiers, educated the officers and soldiers to never forget the national humiliation, and be ready to fight against the enemy at any time.In order to improve his commanding ability and increase his knowledge, he insisted on reading and writing for one hour every day, and never stopped. With his efforts, the Army's Sixth Cavalry Division has strong soldiers and strong horses, and the anti-Japanese atmosphere is very high.

In 1937, Japanese imperialism gained ground and launched a full-scale war of aggression against China.When Liu Guiwu heard the news, he was very angry. He knew that the time had come to kill the enemy and serve the country. On August 12th, General Liu Guiwu was ordered to join the battle order of General Ma Zhanshan's Northeast Advance and take part in the battle against Japan. General Liu Guiwu was so excited that he stayed up all night. In a letter to his brother Gui Zhong, he said : "Brother set out to fight against Japan this time. If you fail, you will become benevolent. If you succeed, you will meet at your hometown; if you become benevolent, you will meet at Jiuquan. I hope that my brother will be safe and psychological, and don't think of my brother." On August 15th, General Liu led his troops Cross the river from Xuanguan to Datong, and meet with Commander Ma Zhanshan to discuss the battle plan.On September 1st, General Liu led his troops to Fengzhen. At this time, the Yanbei counties had fallen to the enemy, and our troops could not continue to advance eastward. Instead, we moved to Hiraizumi to fortify the front line, and fought bloody battles with the invading Japanese army for five days and nights, annihilating many enemies.General Ma Zhanshan saw the continuous flow of Japanese reinforcements and ordered the troops to retreat to Suiyuan. At this time, General Liu Guiwu volunteered to fortify the front line of the Guisuidong camp.

From the beginning of December, more than 30,000 Japanese soldiers, under the cover of their air force and artillery firepower, aggressively invaded Suiyuan. General Liu Guiwu led a division of troops to resist the Japanese army tenaciously. They fought fiercely for nine days and nights. , Using infantry weapons to severely attack the invading Japanese army, the battle was unprecedentedly fierce, our position was lost and regained, and both sides suffered heavy losses.General Liu considered that our troops were weak and we had fought hard for many days. The Japanese army would not strictly guard against night attacks, and taking advantage of the arrogance of the Japanese army, on the night of the 11th, we divided our troops into three groups and attacked the enemy at night. The Japanese army was caught off guard and fled in embarrassment. At Zhuozishan Station, seventy miles away, more than 500 enemies were killed in this battle, and a lot of military supplies were captured, which dealt a severe blow to the fierce Japanese aggression and inspired the confidence and courage of the people of the whole country to resist the Japanese. Yuanshangmin raised 200,000 yuan to comfort General Liu Guiwu and his anti-Japanese troops.

Seeing that the westward advance was blocked, the Japanese army used one force to contain Liu Gui's five troops, and another force took a detour to capture Liangcheng, and then marched north with their troops, and occupied Guisui in October.General Liu had no choice but to retreat to Baotou with his troops, and continued to fight the Japanese army in Gongjinban, Tao Sihao and other places. He held his position for three days and nights and repelled many Japanese attacks. On November 15th, General Liu led his troops to attack again, and traveled hundreds of miles to conquer Dongsheng, wiped out a large number of Japanese and puppet troops, and smashed the Japanese army's plot to coerce the Mongolian princes to submit to Japan.

On December 12, after the Japanese army was hit, they concentrated 3,000 elite soldiers and attacked again, preparing to regain Dongsheng. General Liu Guiwu divided his troops into four groups and attacked the Japanese army in Heidonggou on the 18th. After half a day of fierce fighting, they wiped out 300 enemies and forced them to retreat in embarrassment. In February 1938, under the order of Commander Ma Zhanshan, General Liu Guiwu wiped out more than 200 enemy troops in Zhungeer Banner, and dealt a severe blow to the conspiracy of the Japanese invaders to get involved in the Iraqi League.

On April 1st, five generals Ma Zhanshan and Liu Gui personally led elite troops across the Yellow River, preparing to attack Sui (Guisui, now Hohhot) Bao (Baotou).On the 4th, Kefu Tuoketuo County captured 200 enemies.On the sixth day, they swept away the enemies of Saraqi again, frightening the Japanese and puppet troops, and concentrated their heavy troops to defend Suibao.General Liu Guiwu adopted the method of avoiding reality and fighting against reality, rushed across Pingsui Road, and headed straight for Bailing Temple.The Japanese invaders had heard for a long time that General Liu's troops were brave and good at fighting, and were deeply afraid that they would advance into Chasui and ignite the anti-Japanese fire. Therefore, they gathered 120 armored vehicles from all walks of life, and with the cooperation of a large number of aircraft and cavalry units, they desperately blocked the attack. Extremely critical.

General Liu continued to command the troops to fight tenaciously with the Japanese army by taking advantage of the cavalry's fast and raid combat characteristics and the favorable terrain of the grassland, and continued to inflict heavy blows on the Japanese army.Soon, General Liu led his army to attack the enemy in Wuchuan County at the northern foot of Daqing Mountain at night.During the battle, more than a thousand people from the Haraguchi Regiment of the Japanese Army came to the rescue with the support of 30 armored vehicles, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides.At this time, the 25th Regiment of the Puppet Mongolian Cavalry stationed in Wuchuan was also under the command of the Japanese invaders, and attacked to my left side. In order to contain the enemy's forces, lead them to penetrate deep, and then break them one by one. The two sides fought fiercely for three days and nights. .

At this time, the Okamoto Mixed Forces of the Japanese Army came for reinforcements, and they surrounded the Liu Department with the fierce fire support of the Air Force, artillery and armored vehicles.The fighting situation is becoming more and more fierce, and my casualties are increasing day by day, and I am gradually declining. General Liu led his army to bravely resist the enemy's siege. After killing a large number of enemies, he struggled to break out of the encirclement and moved to the Youyouganzi area on April 21.Unexpectedly, the enemy's armored vehicles and cavalry units followed and launched a fierce attack on me. I resisted hastily, and the two sides fought fiercely. Officers and soldiers, encourage them to fight calmly, fight the enemy bravely, and serve the country. Seeing the bravery of the commander, all the soldiers increased their courage and hit the enemy fiercely with fierce infantry firepower. The two sides fought desperately and suffered heavy casualties.

In the fierce battle until the afternoon of the 22nd, General Liu led his troops to destroy three enemy armored vehicles, and wiped out more than a hundred people under the leader of the enemy's alliance, Long Ye.At this moment, a shell wounded General Liu Guiwu's leg, and his trousers were covered with blood. His subordinates hurriedly advised him to go down and rest. Don't say more. If there are any more people who persuade them to retreat, they will be executed." After speaking, he wrapped his wounds and fought again.In order to encourage the soldiers to fight the enemy bravely, stabilize the morale of the army, and express his spirit of vowing to fight the Japanese army to the end, he personally took the wounded and boarded the post to command the battle. The anti-Japanese soldiers were deeply moved when they learned that the chief officer was injured and vowed to fight the Japanese army. , fighting more courageously, everyone scrambling to kill the enemy first.The two sides fought until 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and the Japanese army bombarded our position with fierce artillery fire. The position was filled with smoke and flames. A shell exploded beside General Liu Guiwu. The shrapnel exploded his abdomen, and blood was all over his body immediately. , fell to the ground, he struggled to stand up and shouted: "Kill the enemy, kill the enemy" After that, he died of exhaustion and died heroically for the country.

The news of the heroic sacrifice of the anti-Japanese martyr General Liu Guiwu came. The anti-Japanese soldiers and people all over the country were deeply saddened and determined to hit the Japanese invading army severely and avenge General Liu. When General Liu's coffin arrived in Xi'an, tens of thousands of people from all walks of life in Xi'an, led by General Jiang Dingwen, the director of the Xi'an camp of the Kuomintang, went out of the city to welcome the deceased. On June 1, a memorial meeting was held in Xi'an Revolutionary Park. Government dignitaries, All parties and people from all walks of life sent elegiac couplets, mourning the heroes who died for the country, and vowed to expel the Japanese invaders from China. In recognition of General Liu Guiwu's patriotic spirit of fighting against Japan and saving the country, the National Government specially presented Martyr Liu Guiwu as a lieutenant general.