Xue Yue (
Chinese: 薛岳;
pinyin:
Xuē Yuè;
Wade–Giles:
Hsüeh Yüeh; December 26, 1896 – May 3, 1998) was a
Chinese Nationalist military general, nicknamed by
Claire Lee Chennault of the
Flying Tigers as the "
Patton of Asia"
[1] and called the "God of War" (戰神) by the Chinese.
Second Sino-Japanese War
After the
Xi'an Incident, however, Xue's loyalty was in doubt after he offered to personally arrest Chiang Kai-shek and hand him over to the Communists if Chiang refused to fight the Japanese immediately. Although he immediately reconciled with Chiang Kai-shek, his relations with the KMT were strained throughout the
Second Sino-Japanese War.
Xue commanded the 19th Army Group that fought the
Battle of Shanghai. Later, during the Campaign of
Battle of Northern and Eastern Henan (January–June 1938) he commanded the Eastern Henan Army.
Xue was also involved in the
Battle of Wuhan,
[2] commanding the 1st Army Corps. In the mountains northwest of Wuhan, Xue
succeeded in nearly destroying the entire 106th division of the imperial Japanese army. During the battle, most of the Japanese officers were killed and the Japanese had to air-drop 300 officers by parachutes into the battlefield. This was the only occasion the
Imperial Japanese Army had to use airborne strategy to save a whole division from being eliminated by enemy forces during the Second World War.
Xue Yue was also responsible for the victories of the 9th Front, in the
First,
Second and
Third Battle for Changsha.
[3] His forces of the 9th Front were also victorious at the
Battle of Changde but were defeated in the
Fourth Battle of Changsha.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xue_Yue
after ww2, the USA initially wanted China to take part in the post war occupation of Japan. Xue Yue, one of the most famous and decorated General was chosen to command an army for this prestigious assignment. however the Chinese civil war escalated, and Xue’s army was deployed to fight the Communists.