Xu Tingyao

Xu Tingyao, Hsu Ting-Yao, (traditional Chinese: 徐庭瑤; simplified Chinese: 徐庭瑶; pinyin: Xú Tíngyáo; January 10, 1892–December 16, 1974), courtesy name Yuexiang (月祥) was a Republic of China Army general from Wuwei, Anhui.

General Xu Tingyao
Nickname(s)	"Father of National Army’s Armoured Soldiers"
Born	10 January 1892 Wuwei, Anhui, China
Died	16 December 1974 (aged 82) Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan
Allegiance	Republic of China
Service / branch	National Revolutionary Army
Years of service	?–1952
Battles / wars	Second Sino-Japanese War Defense of the Great Wall Campaign in Guangxi Battle of Kunlun Pass

Career

General Xu commanded 17th Army during the Defense of the Great Wall in 1933, taking temporary command of the 8th Army Group when its commander was relieved. In July of the same year his army took control of the Beijing - Suiyuan Railroad, following orders to blockade the Chahar People's Anti-Japanese Army.

From 1934 to 1935 he was the head of a Chinese military delegation to Europe and the United States. In October 1935 he took charge of the training schools for China's developing mechanized forces in the next few years.

Xu commanded the 38th Army Group in the campaign in Guangxi from December 1939 to April 1940. His forces including the mechanized troops of the 5th Corps and 200th Division defeated the Japanese in the Battle of Kunlun Pass.

He died in Taipei in 1974.

References

• China's Anti-Japanese War Combat Operations
  • Author : Guo Rugui, editor-in-chief Huang Yuzhang
  • Press : Jiangsu People's Publishing House
  • Date published : 2005-7-1
  • ISBN 7214030349
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