The Sichuan Army has never formed a unified system, including Liu Cunhou and Xiong Kewu in the early stage and Liu Xiang in the later stage. After Liu Xiang's death, the Sichuan Army formed a situation in which five generals, Deng Xihou, Yang Sen, Pan Wenhua, Liu and Wang, competed for hegemony, which outsiders called the Sichuan Army's five elements of fire, water and soil.
The internal factions are complex and the defense system is prevalent. The fierce civil war is famous all over the country. During the Anti-Japanese War, Sichuan paid 30% tax and 10% soldiers. The monument to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in Chongqing represents the most colorful chapter.
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1On July 7, 937, after the "Lugouqiao Incident" broke out, after eight years of bloody war, the established Sichuan Army volunteered to leave Sichuan. The Sichuan Army has * * 3.5 million people to participate in the war, and the Sichuan Army has * * six group armies (* * 12 troops, about 300,000 people) fighting against Japan all the year round. On the frontal battlefield, they took part in almost all the important battles, from the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Xuzhou and the Battle of Wuhan in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War to Changsha, Nanchang, Suizao, Zhejiang and Jiangxi, Changde, Heng Chang and Guiliu in the stalemate stage of the Anti-Japanese War. The business scope is distributed in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Xijiang, Shaanxi, Shandong, Anzheng, Henan and Guangxi.
During the eight-year war, the Sichuan Army was famous for its hard and bloody war of resistance, with 3.5 million troops leaving Sichuan before and after, ranking first among all provinces in China, with casualties accounting for about 20% of the country, with more than 640,000 casualties, including 263,000 killed, 356,000 injured and 26,000 missing. In addition to being brave and tenacious, poor equipment is also an important reason. Seven generals gave their lives, and officers and men of various ministries changed jobs because of casualties, and countless epic, impassioned, tragic, heroic, exciting and awe-inspiring deeds appeared.
For this period of history, General Li Zongren once said, "The Sichuan Army played an important role in the eight-year war of resistance." .
Chiang Kai-shek said, "Sichuan will not die and China will not die." .
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