In January 1941, Gu Zhutong, commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang Third Theater, commanded Shangguan Yunxiang, commander-in-chief of the 32nd Group Army, to surround the New Fourth Army headquarters that was resisting the Japanese invaders in southern Anhui, creating the Southern Anhui Incident that shocked China and foreign countries. In fact, before the outbreak of the Anhui Incident, the Kuomintang had already clashed with the New Fourth Army several times, and the Anhui Southern Incident was also a long-planned conspiracy of the Kuomintang.
Of course, this is not something we say casually, but there is actual evidence. Before the outbreak of the Anhui Incident in southern Anhui, Chiang Kai-shek deliberately removed a deputy commander-in-chief of the group army who did not want to engage the New Fourth Army, and this person was dismissed by Chiang Kai-shek precisely because he did not want to aim his gun at the New Fourth Army. This deputy commander-in-chief is Guo Xunqi, so what is the end of Guo Xunqi's later?
Guo Xunqi was born in 1895 and is a native of Shuangliu, Sichuan. He had joined the Sichuan Army in his early years, and although he was only a 17-year-old boy, he bravely joined the recruits who entered Tibet and followed the Sichuan Army into the Western Expedition of Tibet. In 1915, Guo Xunqi returned to Sichuan from Tibet and entered Chengdu, where he successively served as a platoon leader and a company commander. In 1922, Guo Xunqi was promoted to brigade commander of the Sichuan Army, and it was also this year that he met Chen Yi, and the two had similar interests, which also had a huge impact on his future revolutionary career.
In 1937, before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Guo Xunqi's unit was reorganized into the 144th Division, and Guo Xunqi served as the division commander. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Sichuan army went out of Sichuan to join the anti-Japanese front, and Guo Xunqi also participated in large-scale battles such as the Nanjing Defense War and made outstanding achievements. In 1938, Guo Xunqi was promoted to the commander of the 50th Army for his military achievements.
The headquarters of the 50th Army was in Qingyangmu Town, southern Anhui Province, less than fifty kilometers away from the New Fourth Army, and Guo Xunqi had known Chen Yi and others very early, so he always maintained friendly relations with the New Fourth Army and made a modest contribution to consolidating and developing the anti-Japanese national united front. In 1938, Guo Xunqi also provided the New Fourth Army with 30,000 rounds of ammunition and 1,000 sets of military uniforms, which helped the New Fourth Army a lot.
With the progress of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Guo Xunqi was also promoted to deputy commander-in-chief of the 23rd Group Army, and after serving as the deputy commander-in-chief of the group army, Guo Xunqi continued to make good friends with the New Fourth Army and cooperated with the New Fourth Army many times. However, at that time, chen debiguation, director of the political department of the 50th Army, was the eyeliner that Chiang Kai-shek had planted next to Guo Xunqi, and he secretly reported to Chiang Kai-shek the relevant information that Guo Xunqi had made good friends with the New Fourth Army.
After dismissing Guo Xunqi from his post, Chiang Kai-shek arranged for Gu Zhutong, commander of the Third Theater, to quickly install his own cronies to prepare for the launch of the Anhui Incident. In January 1941, Gu Zhutong ordered Shangguan Yunxiang to surround the New Fourth Army headquarters in southern Anhui, creating the Anhui Southern Incident and causing heavy losses to the New Fourth Army. Thus. Chiang Kai-shek deliberately dismissed Guo Xunqi, who was unwilling to engage the New Fourth Army, from his post in order to prepare for the future launch of the Anhui Incident and the sabotage of the anti-Japanese national united front.
After this, Guo Xunqi entered the Army University to study, and after graduation, he entered the Military and Political Department as a deputy minister. This official position was an idle position without any real power, but Guo Xunqi was also happy to do so. During the Liberation War, Guo Xunqi served as deputy commander of the 15th "Appeasement" District and was captured by the People's Liberation Army in July 1948. After Liu Bocheng learned that Guo Xunqi had been captured, he specially ordered someone to escort him to the political department of the Central Plains Military Region.
Liu Bocheng knew that Guo Xunqi was a patriotic general, so he specially received him. After this, Guo Xunqi returned to Sichuan, where he planned to engage in counter-rebellion and plot a peaceful uprising against more Kuomintang generals, but he was captured by the Kuomintang general Wang Lingyun and was later placed under house arrest by Chiang Kai-shek in the Central Hospital. After Chiang Kai-shek left the field, Guo Xunqi found someone to intercede with Li Zongren, and then he was released from house arrest and returned to Sichuan, continuing to engage in counterinsurgency work, and making certain contributions to the peaceful liberation of Chengdu.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Guo Xunqi successively served as a member of the West Sichuan Bureau, director of the Department of Communications, and deputy director of the Sichuan Water Conservancy Department, and died of illness in Chengdu in 1959 at the age of 64.