1March 935 15 as the captain of the 38th infantry company. March 1937, 1 was promoted to major general of the army and served as brigade commander of the 37th infantry brigade. 1938 July 15 as infantry commander of 15 Division (China Chinese Dispatching Army, 13 Division, 15 Division).
At the beginning of August, 1938, he led his troops from Tsuruga, Japan, landed near Shanghai, China on August 8, and arrived in Nanjing on August 22, serving as a garrison combat mission in Nanjing, Wuhu and Yangzhou. Slaughter innocent people and suppress anti-Japanese armed forces within their jurisdiction. 1in late April, 939, Tian Lu led the 1st13rd Army to the south of Anhui in the spring. According to Japanese military history, there were more than 6,000 casualties in China, and only 600 Japanese soldiers. 1in may, 939, 13 army was short of troops because some troops were divided in Zaoyi campaign. Under the constant harassment of the Japanese army, the Japanese army was forced to shrink.
On June 7th, 1939, Tian et al. 12 people flew from Wuhan to Nanjing, and were hit by ground artillery fire in Huangmeisai, Hubei. The plane rushed to the ground position and all the crew members died. The general is chasing Kim. Won the third gold medal. According to the textual research of netizen Hu Zhuoran, it was shot down by the Eighth Brigade of the New Fourth Army Jiangbei Guerrilla (Column). According to the account of the local party history, when the Japanese army attacked Huangmei County in the middle and late June in order to snatch Tian Luchaoyi's body, the Kuomintang die-hards in eastern Hubei did not concentrate on resisting the invading Japanese army, but destroyed the anti-Japanese United front. 172 division commander Cheng Shufen and Huangmei county magistrate Chen Command 172 division and more than 3,000 local troops surrounded the Eighth Brigade, and invested more troops than the 2,000 Japanese troops who attacked Huangmei county to "suppress the Communist Party". According to local literature and history records, the Eighth Battalion was immediately defeated under the attack of stubborn troops and Japanese troops. In late June, a large number of anti-Japanese armed men led by the Communist Party of China (CPC) were killed by die-hards. Yu Ganhou, a democratic gentry in Huangmei County, sternly pointed out: "At this moment when the whole people are resisting Japan, we should unite with the outside world, but we should unite with Japan to suppress the Communist Party and fight against each other. Where is our conscience and how does justice exist? "