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Xie Jinyuan was born on 26 April, 1905 in Jiaoling County, Guangdong, Qing Empire, is a Chinese general (1905–1941). Discover Xie Jinyuan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 35 years old?

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Age 35 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 26 April 1905
Birthday 26 April
Birthplace Jiaoling County, Guangdong, Qing Empire
Date of death 24 April, 1941
Died Place Shanghai, China
Nationality Japan

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1905

Xie Jinyuan (Hsieh Chin-yuan; 26 April 1905 – 24 April 1941) was a Chinese Nationalist military officer famous for commanding the Defense of Sihang Warehouse during the Battle of Shanghai in the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Xie was a born in Jiaoling County, Guangdong province.

1925

He attended the Whampoa Military Academy in Guangzhou and graduated in 1925 majoring in politics.

He served in the National Revolutionary Army until his death.

After graduation he was assigned to the 5th Regiment, 2nd Division as a platoon commander.

1928

In 1928 he was promoted to company commander.

The next year the division was involved in the defence of Shandong from a Japanese invasion and Xie was badly wounded in the defense.

After he recovered he took command of the machine gun battalion of the regiment, and was later promoted to major and transferred as a staffer to the Wuhan HQ.

1931

In 1931 he accepted an assignment to the 78th Division of the 19th Route Army, and in October 1930 he was transferred to the 88th as the battalion commander of the Reserve Regiment.

Xie saw combat against the Japanese during the January 28 Incident.

He later served as vice regimental commander and was promoted to lieutenant colonel.

1937

On 26 October 1937, as the Chinese defense of Zhabei faltered, Chiang Kai-shek wanted to withdraw all Chinese forces to defend the rural western regions of Shanghai and ordered acting commander of the 3rd Military Region Gu Zhutong to leave the 88th Division behind to cover their retreat.

1941

On the morning of 24 April 1941, Xie was assassinated by Sergeant Hao Dingcheng and three other soldiers who had been bribed by the collaborationist government.

1952

Back at his own headquarters, however, Sun decided that a regiment would still be too many lives wasted and decided to instead order a single over-strength battalion - the 524th Regiment, which had been reduced to 423 men - to defend the divisional headquarters at Sihang Warehouse instead.

When he was transferred to the 524th Regiment, Xie was not familiar with any of the men under his command.

He commanded the defense of the warehouse from 27 October til 1 November.

Its proximity to the Shanghai International Settlement made it world-famous and brought the war between the Chinese and Japanese to the world's attention, if only briefly.

During the defense, Girl Guide Yang Huimin secretly delivered a Republic of China flag to the defenders; when she asked what Xie's plans were, he replied, "Defend to the death!"

Moved, she asked for a list of the names of the defenders to announce to the entire country.

Xie realized that doing so would reveal to the Japanese (who had been fooled into thinking an entire regiment was stationed at the warehouse) their real strength.

However, not wanting to disappoint Yang, he gave her the original roster of the 524th Regiment - 800 men, nearly double their actual strength.

Thus the defenders of Sihang Warehouse became known as the Eight Hundred Heroes.

By 31 October the rest of the Chinese forces had retreated and been redeployed to defend more favorable areas.

The nearby Shanghai International Settlement was concerned at the combat taking place so close to them and petitioned Chiang to stop the fighting.

Chiang, who considered the fight already won, agreed to withdraw the 524th Regiment to the foreign concessions before regrouping with the rest of the 88th Division.

On 1 November the 524th withdrew; in the defense of the Sihang Warehouse, they lost 10 men killed and 37 wounded for over 200 Japanese killed.

However, when they retreated, British troops arrested them; the Japanese had threatened to invade the Settlement if the soldiers were allowed to retreat.

Though the Chinese had lost the Battle of Shanghai, the defense of Sihang Warehouse proved to be a major morale-booster.

Xie and the rest of the "Eight Hundred Heroes" were imprisoned in the Settlement for more than three years.

During their incarceration, citizens of Shanghai often visited the troops, giving them performances and entertainment.

The officers opened classes for the soldiers, teaching foreign languages, mathematics, and even Christian theology.

Chen Wangdao, the Chinese translator of the Communist Manifesto, also visited the camp from time to time.

The soldiers spent their days doing military drills.

Their practice of singing the National Anthem of the Republic of China every day was continually disrupted by the foreign authorities, until it was violently put down by White Russian mercenaries.

The Japanese and Wang Jingwei's collaborationist government attempted to persuade Xie and the other prisoners to collaborate with them; the Japanese offered to allow the Settlement to free the prisoners on the condition that they disarm and leave Shanghai as refugees, but Xie refused.

When Wang invited him to be the chief of staff for his army, he refused as well, stating "my parents are Chinese and their son also is Chinese. Chinese are never slaves."

1988

Gu was personally attached to the 88th Division and was vehemently against this plan, as was the division's commander Sun Yuanliang, who sent his chief of staff Zhang Boting to Gu's headquarters to argue against it.

However both hesitated to go against Chiang's orders; Sun instead suggested that the number of troops left behind to cover the withdrawal would not matter.

He proposed (through Zhang) that a single regiment instead be left to defend one or two fortified regions, a plan Gu approved.

Xie Jinyuan, relatively new to the 88th, volunteered to lead the regiment, relieving Yang Ruifu of command on 26 October.