Li Tianxia was born in a wealthy merchant family in Baoshan County, Jiangsu Province. /kloc-joined the army at the age of 0/8 and graduated from the third phase of Huangpu Military Academy. Before the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he repeatedly opposed our army, attacked our army and suppressed revolutionary forces. 1In August, 937, the Sino-Japanese War broke out in Songhu. At the age of 30, Li Tianxia was the deputy commander of the 5 1 division and the brigade commander of the 5 153 division. He was ordered to guard the Wang Cao Temple area and fought fiercely with the Japanese kurume Division for several months. 165438+1in mid-October, he led his troops to stay in Wang Ting, stopped the Japanese invaders from advancing westward, and fought a bloody battle with the Japanese in beijing-shanghai railway 137 Bridge for three days, successfully completing the task of covering the retreat of friendly forces.
In February, 65438, Li Tianxia led an army to participate in the Nanjing Defence War. On the 4th, he commanded the 5 1 Division to fight twice as many Japanese troops in chunhua town for five days and nights, and held the position. When the attack was blocked, the Japanese army dispatched planes to bomb the 5 1 position to cooperate with infantry and artillery. 5 1 Division suffered heavy casualties and chunhua town fell. Then, Li Tianxia guarded the Nanjing City Wall according to the orders of his superiors. He led the soldiers to fight to the death with the Japanese army, and the war was in a stalemate. Nanjing was about to fall, and he led the 5 1 division to break through and saved some troops. 13, Nanjing fell.
1938 In May, Li Tianxia went to Jiangsu with the troops to participate in the Xuzhou Battle. Soon, the superior ordered him to be transferred to the Ma Huiling defense line in Jiangxi to participate in the war. During the battle of Wuhan, he was temporarily transferred to the 40 th division of the 29 th Army as a teacher, and led his troops to deal a heavy blow to the Japanese army in the battle of Lushan. In June of the following year, he was promoted to 5 1 division commander of the 74th Army, and was sent to Gao 'an, Jiangxi Province to fight against two Japanese divisions, and participated in the later famous Battle of Shanggao, Jiangxi Province.
/KOOC-0/94/KOOC-0/09 March/KOOC-0/9, more than 8,000 Japanese troops from Ikeda Brigade set out from Yidu Street in an attempt to cross Jinjiang and give a fatal blow to the higher China army from behind. Knowing the enemy's attempt, Li Tianxia was ordered to intercept the Japanese army and ambush in the south bank of Jinjiang. When four enemy ships entered the ambush, he immediately asked the mountain artillery battalion and the heavy machine gun company to launch a fierce attack on the Japanese army. Four enemy ships were sunk and most Japanese troops were wiped out. Later, he led the troops to cooperate with other troops to cut off the Japanese retreat, causing heavy casualties to the Japanese army. After the Battle of Shanggao, the 74th Army was known as the Anti-Japanese Iron Army, and Li Tianxia 5 1 Division won the first place in "Army, Navy and Air Force".
1943 At the beginning of the year, Li Tianxia was promoted to the position of deputy commander of the 74th Army and concurrently served as the commander of Zhenyuan Division in Guizhou, responsible for training the recruits of the 74th Army and publicizing the war of resistance. In March of the following year, he was promoted to 100 army commander. He encouraged soldiers to bravely kill the enemy and formulated two slogans-"The cause of the army is on the battlefield, and the glory of the army is to win the battle!" Subsequently, Li Tianxia took part in the battles of Heng Chang and Shaoyang. 1In February, 945, he was promoted to Major General of the Army.
In April, Li Tianxia came to War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's last battle, the Battle of Xuefeng Mountain. 1 16 division attacked by more than 30,000 Japanese troops, and 100 troops fought their way out under his leadership. In the end, this campaign wiped out more than 2,500 enemy troops/KLOC-0 and injured more than 23,300 people.
In War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Li Tianxia made a great contribution to War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory. Therefore, we can't unilaterally know a historical figure from some TV dramas.