Luo Lirong, a graduate of the second phase of the Huangpu Military Academy from Quxian County, ‖ Lei Yingsong

Quxian is a native of Whampoa Military Academy

Luo Lirong, a graduate of the second phase

Lei Yingsong

Luo Lirong (190l-1991), male, LeijiaShanhe Village, Yuandu Township, Quxian County, Sichuan (the word "shanhe" in the "Records of Quxian County" is a typo. The correct word is "Sanhe", which originally meant that the Lei clan people had cultivated it three times before they succeeded, so it was called "Lei Family Sanhe Zhai". Now Qu County youqing town Kowloon Village Lei Jia Laoqiao Lei Jia Sanhe Village) people, formerly known as Luo Lirong, after joining the army changed to Luo Lirong. He graduated from the second phase of the Whampoa Military Academy and served as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Luo Lirong

Luo Lirong attended a private school in the old house of the Lei family at an early age, followed by the Duchang Primary School, the Prefectural Senior Primary School, and the Suiding Lian Middle School. After graduation, he went to Nanjing with his fellow villagers Chen Rangqing and others to study, and often gathered with some young people of insight to discuss state affairs in the dormitory of Sun Dingyuan, a progressive person in his hometown. They were indignant at the Beiyang government's loss of power and humiliation of the country and its reactionary rule, and Luo Lizhi threw himself into the service of the country.

In 1924, through the introduction of Sun Dingyuan, Luo went to Guangzhou and was admitted to the second phase of the Whampoa Military Academy. In March 1925, Luo participated in the first crusade held at the base camp in Guangzhou and the armed rebellion of Yang Ximin, commander-in-chief of the Pingding Dian Army, and Liu Zhenhuan, commander-in-chief of the Gui Army. In September, after graduation, he served as a probationary platoon leader in the First Division of the National Revolutionary Army, and in October, he participated in the Second Crusade and performed heroically in the battles of Huizhou and Chaoshan Province.

Luo Lirong successively participated in the First Northern Expedition and the Second Northern Expedition, the Jiang Gui, Jiang Feng, jiang Fengyan wars, and the anti-communist "April 12" coup, and served as a battalion commander, regiment commander, and brigade commander.

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Luo Lirong participated in the "1.28" Songhu War of Resistance and the Shanghai "8.13" War of Resistance. During the "August 13" War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Luo Lirong served as the deputy commander of the Seventy-eighth Division, and fought fiercely with the Japanese army in the area of Liu Xing and Yang Xing in the northwest suburbs of Shanghai. On September 4, Luo led his officers and men to withdraw to the yanghang and Luodian fronts, still not free from the threat of Japanese naval artillery fire, as the battle intensified, the casualties of officers and men continued to increase, and half a month later the Seventy-eighth Division was ordered to withdraw to the vicinity of Kunshan to replenish. During the recuperation period, the First Army and the Eighth Army were merged into the Seventeenth Army, Hu Zongnan was promoted to the commander of the corps, and in early October, the Seventy-eighth Division, which had been rested, was transferred to the area of Chen Xing and Dachang to fight, and a few days later moved to the defense of the south bank of the Suzhou River in Shanghai. On November 16, the Seventeenth Army moved to Wuxi and Changzhou, commanding the Seventy-eighth Division to fight hard in Wuxi for three days and nights, repelling the invading Japanese army. On November 20, he was ordered to retreat to Yangzhou on the north bank of the Yangtze River for a week of rest, and the 78th Division replenished three regiments of recruits. In December, the 78th Division went to Pukou on the north bank of Nanjing to fight, and on December 16, it moved to Chu County, Anhui Province, to deploy and repel the Japanese attack at Baimi Mountain in Chubei. In late December, Luo was ordered to lead his troops to the west, into Shaanxi to defend the river, taking into account the Jin Dynasty and shielding Sichuan and Shu.

In May 1938, Luo Lirong was promoted to commander of the 40th Division of the Eighth Army. After breaking through the Japanese encirclement in Xuzhou, the division garrisoned Yongcheng and Xiayi. Later, the Japanese army from Xuzhou along the Longhai Railway west into the area of Yanshan and Guide, the war was very tense, luo forty division defended Guide. On June 6, in the east of Guide, Mumaji, Zhuji and other stations to fight the Japanese army, officers and soldiers bravely did not fear casualties, not afraid of enemy aircraft, tanks, once used anti-tank artillery to destroy 7 Japanese tanks, seriously damaged the Japanese army. On the night of the 9th, the Japanese army rushed into Zhuji Station, and Luo Lirong commanded the troops to counterattack and drive the Japanese troops out of Zhuji Station. On June 10, Zhuji Station was lost again, and Guide also fell on the 12th. After the fall of Guide, the Forty Division was assigned to the Seventy-fourth Army (Commander Yu Jishi), subordinate to the Ninth Theater, and participated in the battle outside Wuhan.

In 1939, Hu Zongnan transferred Luo Lirong back to Shaanxi and promoted him to deputy commander of the First Army major general, sealing the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region. Hu Zongnan, in response to anti-communist needs, vigorously expanded the troops, and in just a few years, it grew from one army to five groups with a total of 450,000 troops, Hu Zongnan was appointed commander of the First Theater, Luo Lirong was promoted to commander of the Thirty-sixth Army in October 1942, and was transferred to the commander of the Third Army in January 1945.

On August 15, 1945, Japan surrendered. At the end of October, Luo Lirong led the Third Army to Shijiazhuang to accept the surrender of the Japanese army and serve as the defense of Shijiazhuang.

Luo Lirong participated in many battles against the Red Army, and in the Battle of The Hill Castle, the Seventy-eighth Division was severely damaged, and two regiments of the 232nd Brigade and the 234th Brigade were annihilated by the Red Army.

During the "Xi'an Incident," Luo Lirong participated in more than 200 Whampoa Military Academy students to "rebel" and support Jiang. In the spring of 1946, Luo Lirong served as the representative of the "National Army" of the "Three-Man Military Adjustment Group" in Shijiazhuang, participating in the "military transfer negotiations" on the one hand, adding bunkers, building fortifications, and actively preparing for war.

In July 1946, after the civil war broke out in full swing, the Jin-Cha-Ji People's Liberation Army under the command of Nie Rongzhen cut off the Railways of Wangdu and Xinle between Shijiazhuang and Baoding. In 1947, when the People's Liberation Army besieged Zhengding City, the nearest city to Shijiazhuang, Luo Lirong ordered the 19th Regiment of the 7th Division to reinforce Zhengding, and the 11th Column of the Luo guerrilla army was completely annihilated, and Zhengding was liberated. The 19th Regiment marched to the town of Licun, but was also annihilated by the People's Liberation Army, and Liu Haidong, deputy commander of the Seventh Division, was captured. In the summer of that year, the People's Liberation Army conquered the two cities of Jingxing and Yulu, and Shijiazhuang became an isolated city surrounded by the People's Liberation Army. Luo Lirong asked the Northern Parallel Yuan and the Baoding Appeasement Office (renamed the First Theater) to send reinforcements, and only one regiment in Baoding was airlifted to Shijiazhuang; He also called Hu Zongnan to report on the siege and ask for assistance. At this time, Hu Zongnan's attack on northern Shaanxi was unsuccessful, and the damaged soldiers were also beyond the reach of the whip. Luo Lirong lamented one after another, really asking for heaven and ignoring the earth.

In October 1947, the People's Liberation Army attacked Baoding, which was a barrier to the south of Beiping and had a very important strategic position. On the 12th, Sun Lianzhong, director of the Appeasement Office, urgently ordered Luo Lirong to send troops to reinforce Baoding, and Luo Ling's 32nd Division guarded Shijiazhuang, he personally led the direct subordinate units of the military headquarters and the Seventh Division to set off on October 15, the first three days of the march were smooth, the fourth day reached the vicinity of Qingfengdian, that is, it was surrounded by the People's Liberation Army, Luo Bu not only could not advance north, there was not much room for activity on the east and west sides, Luo Lirong quickly ordered to return south, the Tang River crossing was blocked by the People's Liberation Army, and at about 10 p.m., the People's Liberation Army broke through the defense of the Nineteenth Regiment, and most of the officers and men of the regiment were captured and disarmed. At 12 o'clock in the evening, the Luo Military Headquarters was also shelled by the People's Liberation Army, and it continued to be carried out all night. On the morning of the 20th, Luo Lirong sent a telegram to Sun Lianzhong and Li Wen, asking for reinforcements and air force to come to participate in the battle, Li Wen replied to the telegram, and was transferring troops to the south, but after waiting for a day, there was still no arrival of reinforcements, Luo Sui decided to break through at 1 o'clock in the night, and sent a telegram to Li Wen. Then Li Wen called again, saying that the reinforcements were going south by car at 12 o'clock, and that dawn could arrive on the 21st, hoping to stick to the rescue and abandon the breakthrough plan. By 6:00 a.m. on the morning of the 21st, Luo had still not seen reinforcements coming, and the People's Liberation Army had broken through the defensive line of the southwest Village of The Luo Army's garrison, and a street battle was taking place in the village, and Luo Bu was running around out of control, and Luo Ran to the headquarters of the Seventh Division, preparing to break through to the north with division commander Li Yongzhang, but because Li Yongzhang was wounded in the right leg, the breakthrough was not successful. At 8:00 a.m. on October 21, Luo Bu was completely annihilated, and Luo and Li Yongzhang were captured at the same time.

Luo Lirong was the first senior general of the National Revolutionary Army to be captured in the Liberation War, and he studied at the War Criminals Management Institute and was quite resistant. After the liberation of the whole country, the people's government organized Luo lirong to visit and study in Beijing, Wuhan, northeast China and other places many times, and the tremendous changes that were thriving in new China made Luo feel a lot of emotions, and after thirteen years of transformation and study, the Supreme People's Court confirmed that Luo Lirong had shown the performance of changing evil from good, and according to the amnesty of the president of the People's Republic of China, he was released on November 28, 1960.

After Luo Lirong was released, he was arranged to serve as a commissioner of culture and history in the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He once wrote the article "Hu Zong's Southern Invasion of North China and Was Annihilated at Qingfengdian", which provides valuable historical materials for understanding and studying the North China Liberation War. In May 1983 and March 1988, Luo Lirong was invited to serve as a member of the Sixth and Seventh National Committees of the Chinese Political Consultative Conference.

Luo Lirong was the highest-ranking and highest-ranking professional officer in the Kuomintang army in Quxian during the Republic of China period, he never cultivated personal power in his hometown of Quxian County, and there was not much land, and his father and brother did not bully others in their hometown, and even the county people knew very little about Luo. On the eve of the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he returned to Quxian County to mourn his father, dressed in civilian clothes, did not communicate with the local government, had a simple funeral, and returned home after leaving his hometown. He has a rigorous style, respects his wife, Ms. Sun, and loves him until he is old. After Luo Lirong was released, with the help of the party and the government, the whole family was reunited and settled in Beijing. He set strict demands on his relatives, educated his children to study hard and serve the motherland, and his children achieved success in their studies. During the Cultural Revolution, Premier Zhou Enlai personally gave instructions to protect Luo, and in his later years, Luo and his family lived a stable, peaceful, and happy life.

On July 12, 1991, the fourth page of the People's Daily published the news of Luo Lirong's death: "Comrade Luo Lirong, member of the National Committee of the Chinese Political Consultative Conference and commissioner of the Cultural and Historical Materials Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, died in Beijing on July 6, 1991 due to illness, at the age of 89."