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After the "July 7 Incident", the Anti-Japanese War was launched in full swing. Chiang Kai-shek delivered the "Lushan Speech" and said: "If the war starts, it will be a battle regardless of north or south, age or age. No matter who you are, you will have the responsibility to defend the land and fight the war, and you should be determined to sacrifice everything." Then, the vigorous "Songhu Battle" broke out. The Songhu Battle broke Japan's arrogant statement of "destroying China in three months". In this battle, Chiang Kai-shek spent a lot of money and invested 70 divisions. Among them, the warlords unexpectedly supported the war of resistance. This is why the southern warlord troops appeared in Shanghai. Let's see which troops are there.

Chiang Kai-shek's three most elite troops: the 1st Division and 78th Division under the 1st Army; the 11th Division, 14th Division, 67th Division, and 98th Division under the 18th Army; the 36th Division, 87th Division, and 88th Division, which are equipped with the most German weapons. Among them, the famous German-equipped divisions all appeared. There is also Chen Cheng's 18th Army, one of the "five main forces of the Kuomintang." You may not know about this First Army, but this unit is even more famous. Its predecessor was the teaching regiment of the Whampoa Military Academy, known as the "No. 1 Army in the World."

The predecessors of the 74th Army, one of the "five main forces of the Kuomintang", were the 51st and 58th Divisions. Later, they were combined into the 74th Army. And the 60th and 61st Divisions after the reorganization of the 19th Route Army. Seeing these troops, they all participated in the Battle of Songhu. Of course, many of them had not evolved at the time. For example, the 51st and 58th Divisions at the time were just ordinary troops with Huangpu students as the backbone. There were also the 3rd and 9th Divisions of the Central Army, totaling 15 divisions.

In addition to the elite Central Army, most of the local troops in the south participated in the Battle of Songhu. For example, the 13 divisions of the Hunan Army and the 6 divisions of the Guangdong Army. Compared with the Central Army, the strength of these troops was not so strong. The Guangdong Army was also an iron army during the Northern Expedition, and the 19th Route Army was also a Guangdong army. But after that, because it changed from a thoughtful army to a local warlord, the combat effectiveness of the Guangdong Army declined sharply.

After talking about the ordinary ones, let's talk about the big shots. For example, the famous Gui Army. There is a saying in the Red Army that "the Yunnan Army and the Hunan Army are two sheep, and the Gui Army is like a wolf." Since the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period, Guangxi people have not been afraid of death for the civilization of the whole country. During the Republic of China period, the Gui Army was still strong, especially in the hands of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, two warlords with strong military capabilities in the Kuomintang. Although the Gui Army was small, it adopted the Guangxi militia system, and a large number of young and middle-aged people had so much tricks, so the war potential was huge. The Gui Army mobilized the 170th, 171st, 172nd, 173rd, 174th, and 176th divisions to participate in the Battle of Songhu, and later a 135th division came. The Sichuan Army also participated in the War of Resistance, and the Sichuan Army also made great sacrifices in the War of Resistance. The Sichuan Army dispatched 8 divisions in the Battle of Songhu.

In addition to the above-mentioned troops, there is another legendary army, the Northeast Army. The Northeast Army was a tragic army. Because Zhang Xueliang was gone, there was no unified leadership inside. In the end, it was divided and disintegrated by Chiang Kai-shek. How tragic. After that, the Northeast Army became a child raised by a stepmother. However, it was precisely because of this that the Northeast Army made a huge contribution to the War of Resistance Against Japan. It was the tenacious resistance of the Battle of Songhu in the south and the Battle of Taiyuan in the north that broke Japan's fantasy of destroying China in three months. After paying a huge sacrifice, the Chinese people won a great victory in this national war.