1In May, 938, the 74th Army went to Handaokou, Fengxian County, Jiangsu Province to participate in the Xuzhou Battle. In July, he was ordered to fight in Ma Huiling, Jiangxi. During the Battle of Wuhan, Li Tianxia was temporarily transferred to the 40th Division of the 29th Army, which dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese army in the battle of sticking to Lushan Mountain. At the end of the same year, Li went to Guilin for recuperation.
1939 March 12, Li received two urgent telegrams: one was that Yu Jishi, the commander of the army, told him to immediately return to the defense and take over as the division commander of 5/kloc-0. In another letter, Wang told him that in the past few days, his stomach bleeding needed more medication, and he longed for his brother to recover as soon as possible and take over as a teacher. On a starry night, Wu Yuan, director of the 74th Army Office, came to meet Li. The next morning, Li and his party arrived at 5 1 division.
1In June, 939, Li was officially promoted to the division commander of 5 1 74th Army, and was ordered to help all the way, intercepting two Japanese divisions and fighting fiercely in Gao 'an, Jiangxi. In August, the 74th Army was reorganized in Fenyi, Jiangxi and Yichun, and each division was composed of three organizational groups 1 field supplementary groups.
194 1 in March, Wang led 74 troops, with 5 1 division (teacher), 57 division (teacher) and 58 division (teacher Liao Lingqi) under his jurisdiction, and participated in the famous Battle of Shanggao in Jiangxi. 1941March15th, the 33rd Japanese Division of Beilu invaded from Anyi to Fengxin and Shanggao, and the 70th National Army fortified the east and west of Fengxin. With the resistance of the highlands on both sides of the Liaohe River, it was forced to withdraw and defend Fengxin under the fierce bombardment of Japanese planes and artillery. After the Japanese captured Fengxin, they crossed Jinjiang and continued to attack. The 20th Huncheng Brigade of the Japanese Army in Nanlu was attacked by the north bank of Ganjiang River and forced to cross the river twice at night. Later, it invaded the area north of the capital along the south bank of Jinjiang, and was blocked by the 70th Army 107 Division of the National Revolutionary Army and the 5/KLOC-0 Division of the 74th Army, resulting in heavy losses.
On March 16, the 34th Division of the Japanese Army in Zhonglu attacked Gao 'an along the north bank of Jinjiang, trying to break the 70th Army of the defenders with the cooperation of the north and south roads, and then besiege the 74th Army with the third road. The 70th Army 107 Division abandoned the city and landed in a hurry in the face of the powerful Japanese offensive. On March 18, 34th Division invaded Gao 'an and entered Longtuanwei in the west. On March 19, more than 8,000 Japanese Ikeda Brigade set out from Yidu Street, hoping to cross Jinjiang and attack the higher China army from behind. Wang even came to resolutely intercept and ambush in the south bank of Jinjiang. Ikeda and his more than 2,000 people gradually entered the ambush circle in four big ships. At Li Tianxia's command, the mountain artillery battalion and heavy machine guns were furious, four big ships were sunk one after another, and most of the enemies were wiped out and drowned.
On March 20th, Japanese Ikeda Brigade launched a fierce attack on the front line of 5 1 Division Jigongling on the south bank of Jinjiang. The two sides fought bloody battles. Company commander Li Fanfengchun led the soldiers in a hand-to-hand battle, and 100 people died heroically. The enemy also left more than 200 bodies on the ground. The Japanese army organized nearly a thousand people and swooped down to Jigongling under the cover of the plane. Li Tianxia launched a circuitous attack from the side and wiped out more than 300 Japanese.
On March 2 1 day, the 74th Army bravely resisted the Japanese attack and held high peripheral positions. 5 1 division of the 49th Army and the 74th Army repelled the 20th Huncheng Brigade of the Japanese army north of Jinjiang. Crossing the river to the north, cooperating with the main force of Jiangbei 70 Army to attack the flank of the Japanese 34th Division. From March 22nd to 24th, under the cover of dozens of planes, the Japanese army stormed the 74th Army position east of Gaodong. The national army fought bravely and regained the main position three times, which bought time for the two wings to surround the Japanese army. The 70th Army, 72nd Army and 49th Army of the National Army rushed to the main battlefield in time, and surrounded the north and south sides of the Japanese army, forming an encirclement of 5 kilometers from north to south and 0/5 kilometers from east to west.
Under this circumstance, Lieutenant General He Mao, commander of the 34th Division of the Japanese Army, sent an emergency telegram to the Japanese Army 1 1 Military Command in Hankou, ordering the troops to break through and retreat. 1 1 The Army Command urgently ordered the 33rd Division to rescue and covered the 34th Division with the 20th Huncheng Brigade.
On March 25th, the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army retreated to Fengxin North Road and advanced rapidly to Guanqiao Street and Tangpu. The besieged thirty-four divisions also broke through eastward, and the two armies were able to join forces. On the night of March 26th, the 74th Army conquered Sixi and cooperated with the 72nd Army to oppress the Japanese at Guanqiao Street and Nancha Road. On March 27th, the Japanese army broke through Fengxin and Nanchang and fled in a panic. The 49 th Army and the 70 th Army pursued the Japanese army in two ways, and suffered heavy losses. On March 28th, the main force of the national army attacked Guanqiao Street, and fought fiercely with the Japanese army in the afternoon, killing more than 600 Japanese defenders, killing Major General Yan Yong of the 34th Japanese Division, and recovering Guanqiao Street. On March 3 1 day, Gao' an was recovered, cutting off the Japanese army's eastward flight.
On April 1 day, the Japanese army broke through with 15 aircraft and fled to the oblique bridge. The national army pursued the victory and recovered the towns along the way. On April 2, the national army captured Xishan, Wanshou Palace and Fengxin, and on April 8 and 9, it also captured the long department, Song department, Pingzhou and Gong Jian in the periphery of Anyi. The Japanese army retreated to its original station after suffering heavy casualties. The two sides resumed the pre-war situation and the fighting ended.
He Qinying (then Minister of Military and Political Affairs of the National Government) called this campaign the most wonderful battle since the Anti-Japanese War. The 74th Army was known as the Anti-Japanese Iron Army and was awarded the first honor flag of the whole army. Li Tianxia 5 1 Division won the first "Wushu Form of the Armed Forces" and Yu Chengwan 57th Division won the second "Wushu Form of the Armed Forces".
Written by Li Tianxia, The Battle of the High, performed by New Times Troupe of No.51Division of 74th Army, is on tour. Interestingly, Li 12-year-old son An plays the role of the national army "death squad" in the play. "5 1 the first martial arts song of the military division" came out one after another. In the same year, Li's wife Lu died of lung disease.
1February, 943, Li Shengcheng was the deputy commander of the 74th Army and the commander of Zhenyuan Division in Guizhou, responsible for training new recruits for the 74th Army. This year, he married Miss Luo Lu, a member of the military and political team, and advocated the "Southwest Drama Movement" to cooperate with the anti-Japanese propaganda policy. In winter, Li also served as the leader of the southeast training team and received American training.
1944 in March, Li Tianxia was promoted to the general of the 1st100th National Revolutionary Army. The military sequence is 19 Division (Teacher Tang), 63 Division (Teacher Xu) and 75 Division (Teacher Zhu). After Li took office, based on the principle that the army should focus on fighting, he encouraged officers and men to bravely kill the enemy, and formulated two slogans: "The occupation of a soldier is on the battlefield, and the glory of the army is to win." From June to September of the same year, Li led his troops to participate in the campaign and Shaoyang campaign.
1945 On February 20th, he was promoted to Major General of the Army.
1April, 945, Li led 100 troops, together with 18 (), 73 () and 74 (Shi Zhongcheng), to participate in the last battle of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression "Xuefeng Mountain Campaign", and Li led his troops to guard the mountain gate, Longhui and. Chen Guangzhong, one of the three bandits in Xiangxi, was under his command. The 74th Army is deployed in the Dongkou area of Wudong. On April 25th, more than 30,000 Japanese troops from 1 16 Division launched an attack on the positions of the two armies. Our command troops are newly equipped with American weapons and have strong firepower. Both sides were killed to pieces, and 100 troops went all the way to deus ex. 18 and 73 soldiers also fought bravely to kill the enemy, which also caused heavy losses to the Japanese army. The battle lasted for two months and ended with the Japanese army defeating Shaoyang. In this campaign, the Japanese army was killed 12498 and injured 23307. In War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Li Tianxia made outstanding achievements. In addition to being awarded the title of "General of the Armed Forces of the Army, Navy and Air Force", he also won the four medals of "Yunhui" and "Baoding".
1July, 945, Li was ordered to go to Chongqing A-level general officer class for the third training session. In mid-August, the Japanese army surrendered unconditionally, and Li returned to the army station (Shaoyang, Hunan) ahead of schedule. On June 5th, 6438 +654381October +01October 6th, 6438, his wife Luo Lu drove an American jeep to express her condolences to the wounded soldiers. Unfortunately, on the way, she collided with a road roller and the car was destroyed, leaving her in the ambulance left by the US military. Due to the limited conditions, Li Tianxia set up a mourning hall in the 100 military department to commemorate the friendly generals and local dignitaries.
At that time, a group of newly enlisted female political workers will act as entertainers, and one of them will stay in Li's sight for a long time. The female name is Yue Jinghua, and her age is 18. She used to be a female middle school student in Nan Zhou, Changsha. Li ordered her to rest on the spot, wait for the order, and then let her sit in a jeep and go to the "Zhuodaoquan" cemetery with the mighty funeral procession. In June of the same year, 1 100 Army was ordered to go to Wuhan for rectification. In February 65438, he arrived in Nanjing for standby and was sent to Zhenjiang and Taizhou. On the one hand, it assisted the 57th Division of the 74th Army in defending Zhenjiang; on the other hand, it occupied Taizhou and Taixing to ensure the security of the west bank of the Yangtze River. Not long after, the 100 Army was ordered to blow the assembly number again, and transferred back to a unit stationed in Zhenjiang to accept the surrender of the 90th Japanese Huncheng Brigade and the adaptation of the 26th Puppet Army Division.