Thirty-two years ago today, on February 13, 1993 (January 22, 1993 lunar calendar), Song Xilian, a famous general of the Chinese Kuomintang during the Anti-Japanese War and the Civil War between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China, passed away. Song Xilian (1907 - February 13, 1993), a Han nationality, from Xiangxiang City, Hunan Province, a famous anti-Japanese general, a famous general of the Chinese Kuomintang, a lieutenant general of the National Revolutionary Army, a deputy commander-in-chief of the Central China Army and commander of the 14th Corps. Graduated from the first phase of Huangpu Military Academy. In the spring of 1924, Tan Yankai, commander-in-chief of the Hunan Army, Xie Jin, a representative of the Kuomintang from Hunan Province, and Peng Guojun, secretary of the Hunan Army General Command, sponsored the entrance to the Huangpu Military Academy. In June of the same year, he entered the first team of the first phase of the Huangpu Military Academy. After graduation, he successively served as the platoon leader, deputy company commander, and company commander of the fourth company of the second battalion of the second battalion of the second regiment of the second regiment of the second regiment of the first division of the first army of the National Revolutionary Army. In early 1926, Chen Geng introduced him to join the Communist Party of China Afterwards, he served as the battalion commander of the first battalion of the 63rd Regiment of the 21st Division, the head of the transportation unit of the Whampoa Military Academy Alumni Association, the staff officer, battalion commander and deputy commander of the 1st Division, the commander of the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Division of the National Government Guard Army, the major general and brigade commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Division, and the brigade commander and deputy division commander of the 261st Brigade of the 87th Division. In August 1933, he served as the commander of the 36th Division and the commander of the Xi'an Police. In April 1935, he was given a major general in the army, and in October 1936, he was given a lieutenant general. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. He served as the commander of the 78th Army and the commander of the 36th Division. In early 1938, he served as the commander of the honorary 1st Division and the commander of the 71st Army. In November 1939, he served as the deputy In November 1941, he served as the commander-in-chief of the 11th Army Group and the commander of Kunming Defense, and the first supervision meeting of the Three Youth Regiment. In May 1945, he was elected as the sixth executive member of the Kuomintang Central Committee and served as the director of the ninth branch of the Central Military Academy. He successively participated in the "January 28" Songhu Anti-Japanese War, the Shanghai Anti-Japanese War, the Nanjing Defense War, the Wuhan Battle and the Western Yunnan Battle. Since 1946, he has served as the chief of staff of the Northwest Xingyuan, the commander-in-chief of the Xinjiang Police, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Central China "Suppression General" and the commander of the 14th Corps. In March 1949, he served as the commander of the appeasement office of the Hunan-Hubei-Sichuan border, and the director of the Sichuan-Hunan-Hubei appeasement office. On December 19, 1949, he In December 1959, he was released by the first batch of amnesty. He later served as the Commissioner of Literature and History of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a member of the Fourth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and a member of the Standing Committee of the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He lived in the United States in 1980. In August 1982, he served as the chief advisor of the "China Association for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification" in New York. In 1984, he participated in the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy Alumni Association and served as the vice president. He died on February 14, 1993 in New York