Lu Zhanmeng: He died heroically in the fierce battle to withdraw from Guilin.

Lv Zhanmeng (1905— 1944), a native of Hunan, was a patriotic general and an anti-Japanese hero. He was admitted to the fifth phase of Whampoa Military Academy and the thirteenth phase of Army University. Successive platoon leader, company commander, battalion commander and head. 1937 After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he served as the chief of staff of the 3rd1Army Major General, and moved around. 1944 After the fall of Hengyang, an important town in southern Hunan, the Ministry was ordered to undertake the defensive task of Guilin. Knowing the difficulties, but fearless, command officers and men to seriously deploy defense work and prepare food and ammunition. In September, he participated in the Battle of Guiliu, and led a street battle with the Japanese army. At the end of the same year 10, facing two Japanese attacks, he commanded the troops to fight back and beat back the enemy many times. 165438+1At the beginning of October, the Japanese army was ordered to withdraw from Guilin, and died in the fierce battle under the condition of crossing the Lijiang River and invading the Yugoslav capital.

Abandon the pen and join the army-abandon the pen and join the army

Lv Zhanmeng, 1905, a native of Bajingtang Village, Puliqiao Township, Lingling County, Hunan Province. His grandfather and father are literate and martial arts, and they are famous for their superb martial arts. Although Lu Zhanmeng lost his mother when he was a child, he was educated by his grandfather and father. When he graduated from high school, when the country was in the era of warlord melee, he joined the army and passed the fifth phase of Huangpu Military Academy with excellent results. After graduation, he joined the National Revolutionary Army and served as platoon leader, company commander and director of the political department. 1935 was admitted to the Central Army University 13, and was a classmate of Chen Mingren. 1938 After graduation, he served as the deputy director of the Central Military Academy Corps, which was an urgently needed senior talent trained by the Central Committee during the Anti-Japanese War.

Defending the country and defending the country during the Anti-Japanese War

The Sino-Japanese war is going on fiercely. Lu Zhanmeng took "the rise and fall of the world, every man has a responsibility" as his own responsibility and went to the front to fight against the Japanese aggressors. Under the command of teacher Chen Mingren, he participated in Binyang and Kunlunguan campaigns and made many achievements.

1September, 944, the Japanese army trapped in Hunan launched an attack on Guangxi, and the defenders repeatedly fought with the enemy, failing to repel the enemy. 1At the beginning of October, 165438+ Japanese troops captured Yongfu and cut off the traffic between Guilin and Liuzhou. In order to defend the transportation hub in northeast Guangxi, special forces such as 16 Army 3 1 Army 13 1 Division and 46 Army 170 Division undertook the strategic task of sticking to Guilin for three months. Lv Zhanmeng, then Major General of the Chief of Staff of the 3rd1Army, was ordered to come at a critical moment, knowing that he was outnumbered. The two divisions have more than 30,000 troops, while the enemy has 65,438+10,000 troops. It is difficult to stick to Guilin for a long time, but he still volunteered: "Stay in Guilin and fight against the enemy", "Being a soldier is not afraid of death, fearing death and not being a soldier; When this country is in trouble, it will survive with this city! " At this time, Zhang Fakui, commander of the fourth theater, intends to transfer him to Dushan rear area. He replied: "At present, it is time for us to serve our country. How can I leave my brothers in the whole army and go to the mountains in the rear area? "

The mortal heart

So, he wrote a letter to the guards (fellow villagers) to take them back to their hometown to lead the villagers to evacuate, and arranged for his wife and 4-year-old daughter to follow the Sixteenth Army Work-study School to evacuate to Sanjiang minority areas for refuge. At that time, when Lu Zhanmeng broke up with his lover at Liuzhou Station, he said, "We are sending arms to Guilin (deceptive) and will send you to Sichuan when we come back." . The lover was very sad and said, "I'm so worried." He comforted her and said, "A soldier is not afraid of death. If he is afraid of death, he is not a soldier. This is the demeanor of a soldier! I just died in a war with the Japanese. Don't be afraid, someone will always take care of you. "

Stick to Guilin

After Lu Zhanmeng sent his relatives away, he went to Guilin to reinforce the Yugoslav capital fortifications. /kloc-at the end of 0/0, the Japanese invaders gathered about 65,438+10,000 people from the Third Road to raid Guilin. Under the command of He Weizhen, commander of the 3 1 Army, and Lu, chief of staff, the anti-Japanese army used fortifications and cave terrain to rise up and resist. After several days of fierce fighting in the outpost, the enemy suffered heavy casualties and the defenders remained motionless.

Battle Guilin

165438+1At the beginning of October, the Japanese army launched an even crazier siege of Guilin, quickly captured the Qixingyan highland, blasted the positions of Elephant Trunk Mountain and Diecai Mountain with mountain guns and incendiary bombs, and occupied all the hills. The brutal Japanese army actually used gas bombs, incendiary bombs and flame throwers against the defenders who retreated to the position of Qixing Yankou, and about 800 officers and men, the wounded and sick and the logistics personnel who were forced to retreat into the cave died heroically. Here we go. While the rain gradually started and the mines failed, the enemy, with the cooperation of the air force, bombarded the defenders in Guilin with hundreds of cannons and more than 30 chariots, and the whole city was suddenly in flames. At this time, the enemy of the Lijiang River broke into the salt street in the city, and the defenders were determined to "survive by their positions", fighting with the enemy in the street, hand-to-hand combat and killing, preferring death to surrender.

Heroic martyrdom

However, Lieutenant General Yunsong Wei, deputy commander of the No.1 16 Army of the South Guangxi Army, was fearless in times of crisis, and made sacrifices without authorization despite the resolute opposition of Lieutenant General Chen Jihuan, 13 1 division commander Kan Weiyong and 3 1 division chief of staff Lu Zhanmeng.13/. Lv Zhanmeng, the chief of staff of the 3 1 Army that broke through Ling Wei, led his troops to fight hard with the enemy. He fought fiercely with the Japanese for three days and three nights and was surrounded by the enemy in a tiny place. In the end, because he was outnumbered for a long time, he was shot several times and died heroically near Dezhi Middle School. Chen Jihuan, chief of staff of the Yugoslav capital command, was seriously injured when he broke through and committed suicide. Hundreds of officers, captains and thousands of soldiers died in the same service. The fierceness of the battle is rare in the eight-year urban defense war against Japan.