The top ten famous anti-Japanese generals of the Kuomintang:
1. Zhang Zizhong
Zhang Zizhong (1891.8.11-1940.5.16), courtesy name Xinchen, Han nationality, Linqing, Shandong A native of Tangyuan Village. He was a lieutenant general of the Army of the Republic of China with the title of general. After his death, he was posthumously awarded the rank of second-level general of the Army. He is a famous anti-Japanese general and a national hero. He was also the highest general who died in the Allies in World War II. The first anti-Japanese general and commander-in-chief of the 33rd Army. Zhang Zizhong's election as the first general was first determined by his performance. He severely damaged the Japanese Banyuan Division in the Battle of Taierzhuang and won the great victory in Linyi; he regained Tongbai in Zaoyang and won the great victory in northern Hubei; he also won the great victory in Xiangdong and was praised by the common people. It is called Living Guan Gong. At the same time, it was also because he was the top general of our army who died during the Anti-Japanese War (Li Jiayu died later than Zhang). But the most important thing is because of people's sympathy for Zhang Zizhong's tragic experience. It is a great shame and humiliation for such an upright and noble patriot to have been mistaken for a traitor and everyone shouted for beating him. In the end, Zhang Zizhong took the initiative to sacrifice himself for this shame and expressed his innocence at the cost of his life. He was truly a tragic hero.
2. Li Zongren
Li Zongren (1891-1969) was a native of Lingui, Guangxi, Han nationality. The word is De Lin. The general director of the Nanning branch of Huangpu Military Academy. A senior general of the Kuomintang, a military strategist, a famous anti-Japanese general, and a patriot. Served as Vice President and Acting President of the Republic of China. In 1965 (74 years old), he returned to mainland China from the United States. Died in Beijing in 1969.
Li Zongren is a bit like Lin Biao, the second most famous anti-Japanese general in China. He first fought a milestone battle and then disappeared. In the Battle of Taierzhuang, more than 20,000 enemies were wiped out. It was the first major battle-scale victory achieved by the Chinese army on a frontal battlefield after the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War. Moreover, the opponent was Japan's ace division, which is also known internationally as "the Japan suffered its first spectacular defeat since it established a modern military." After the Battle of Taierzhuang, although Li participated in the battles of Wuhan, Suizao, and South Henan, he did not achieve much success. Later, he was simply hanged up by Chiang Kai-shek. Like Feng Yuxiang, Li Jishen, etc., he was in a high position but with low power. However, just by relying on the Taierzhuang battle, Li Zongren can still be worthy of the title of famous anti-Japanese general.
3. Du Yuming
Du Yuming (November 28, 1904 - May 7, 1981), courtesy name Guangting, Han nationality. A native of Mizhi County, Shaanxi Province, he is a famous anti-Japanese general, a lieutenant general of the National Revolutionary Army, and a key general of the Huangpu Clan. He was born in Huangpu Military Academy and later served in the mechanized force of the National Revolutionary Army. He served successively as the commander of the 200th Division and the commander of the Fifth Army. He led his troops to participate in the Battle of Southern Guangxi and won the victory at Kunlun Pass. On January 9, 1949, the entire army was wiped out in the Battle of Huaihai, and he was captured by the Chinese People's Liberation Army in Yongcheng, Shangqiu City, Henan Province. On December 4, 1959, he was pardoned and released. He died of illness in Beijing in 1981.
Served as commander of the 5th Army during the Anti-Japanese War. Participated in the Gubeikou Great Wall Anti-Japanese War and the August 13 Songhu Anti-Japanese War. He became famous for his victory at Kunlun Pass in the Battle of Southern Guangxi. Although some people believe that a very important factor in this victory is that the Fifth Army, as China's first mechanized force, has stronger firepower than the Japanese army, but the opponent is after all the Nakamura Brigade of the Sakagaki Division known as the Japanese Steel Army (Xueyue Wanjialing Battle Facing a second-rate division). In 1942, Du Yuming went to Myanmar as the deputy commander of the expeditionary force. Although Dai Anlan won at Donggua and Sun Liren defeated the Japanese army at Ren'anqiang, the expeditionary force ultimately failed. There are different opinions on this period of history, and it is difficult to tell clearly the merits and demerits, because some strategic decisions are difficult to judge whether they are right or wrong without personal practice.
4. Sun Liren
Sun Liren (1900.12.8-1990.11.19), second-level general of the Army of the Republic of China, courtesy name Fumin, nickname Zhongneng, Han nationality, Chaohu City, Anhui Province A native of Jinniu Town, Lujiang County, he is a famous anti-Japanese general, strategist, national hero, and commander of the New First Army, one of Chiang Kai-shek's "five main forces". Graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering of Tsinghua University, and went to the United States to study in the same year and entered Perdue University to study civil engineering. He later graduated from the Virginia Military Academy and went on an expedition to Burma during the Anti-Japanese War. He won international reputation during the First World War at Ren'an and Qiang. He rescued the British army and fought side by side with the US military. He rose to fame in opening up the China-Burma Highway. He was called the "Oriental Rommel" by European and American military strategists. . He is the Chinese general who has annihilated the most Japanese troops among military-level unit generals. Winning the honorary title of Honorary Marshal of the British Empire and regarded as a rather unique hawk in the national army, General Sun Liren not only has extremely high military ability, but also values ??education.
In the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War, Sun Liren basically never fought a war in China except for participating in the Battle of Songhu. His achievements were mainly made in Myanmar. Especially when the expeditionary force entered Myanmar for the first time, he defeated the Japanese army with a small number and rescued more than 7,000 British soldiers and reporters in the battle of Yan'an and Qiang. Chiang Kai-shek, Roosevelt, and King George all gave him military training. Medal, thus becoming famous. However, I do not think British lives are more valuable than Chinese lives. It is said that Sun Liren once instructed that those beasts stained with Chinese blood that had participated in the Japanese invasion of China should be killed without mercy even if they became prisoners. This move was very popular.
5. Xue Yue
Xue Yue (December 27, 1896 - May 3, 1998), courtesy name Boling, Han nationality, Jiufeng Town, Lechang County, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Hakka people in Xiaopingshi Village. His original name was Xue Yangyue. He was born during the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894 and was named Xue Yangyue because his father admired Yue Fei, the national hero of the Southern Song Dynasty who resisted the Jin Dynasty. Xue Yangyue later changed his name to Xue Yue to show that he not only admired Yue Fei but also practiced it personally. Xue Yue is a famous anti-Japanese general, sometimes known as the "God of War" in the anti-Japanese war, and a first-level army general. He once participated in the encirclement and suppression of the Red Army. During the Anti-Japanese War, he participated in the Battle of Songhu and commanded famous battles such as the Wuhan Battle, Xuzhou Battle, and Changsha Battle. With his famous "Heavenly Furnace Warfare", he eliminated a large number of Japanese troops and was awarded the award by U.S. President Truman. Medal of Freedom.
Xue Yue fought in consecutive years from the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, and made numerous achievements. He is known as the general who has wiped out the most enemies. He wiped out more than 100,000 Japanese troops in just four Changsha battles. But the main thing that made him famous and ranked high was the victory of Wanjialing. This battle completely wiped out a Japanese division, which was unique in the eight years of the War of Resistance. Ye Ting praised this battle as a tripartite battle with Pingxingguan and Taierzhuang. Some people call Xue Yue China's number one anti-Japanese general. In terms of quantity, Xue Yue is well deserved. However, although Xue Yue made remarkable military achievements, his governance in Hunan was met with criticism. In order to make huge profits, he smuggled Hunan rice to Guangdong. As a result, countless people in Hunan starved to death in the harvest year, and the people made up ballads to curse him.
6. Wei Lihuang
Wei Lihuang (1897.2.16 ~ 1960.1.17), courtesy name Junru, was an anti-Japanese patriotic general and a second-level general of the Kuomintang Army. Han nationality, native of Hefei, Anhui Province. He was regarded as the "China Tiger General" by the supreme commander of the Japanese army in North China, Kozuki Kiyoshi. He once served as vice chairman of the National Defense Commission of the People's Republic of China, member of the Standing Committee of the Second and Third National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, deputy to the Second National People's Congress, and member of the Standing Committee of the Third and Fourth Central Committee of the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee.
Served as deputy commander-in-chief of the Second Theater Zone during the Anti-Japanese War. The most famous one he commanded during the Anti-Japanese War was the Battle of Xinkou, which dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese army and wiped out tens of thousands of enemies. If Liu Zhi had not retreated in Hebei, leaving Niangziguan wide open, the victory at Xinkou might have been achieved. Unknown. But the Battle of Xinkou was, after all, an undefeated battle. In 1943, when Wei Lihuang served as the commander-in-chief of the Second Expeditionary Force, he went on an expedition to Burma and achieved a veritable victory. The battle eliminated the Japanese army entrenched in Burma and opened up the Yunnan-Burma Highway, with brilliant results. Wei Lihuang was one of Chiang Kai-shek's five tiger generals, but the other four generals had empty names. Only Wei was a real tiger general, but it was this tiger general that Chiang trusted least.
7. Fu Zuoyi
Fu Zuoyi (1895-1974), also known as Yisheng, was a native of Ronghe, Shanxi, and a famous anti-Japanese general. In January 1949, in response to the Chinese Communist Party's proposal to "stop the civil war and achieve peaceful reunification," he resolutely led his troops to stage a peaceful uprising in Peiping, which preserved the ancient cultural capital intact and spared the lives and property of 2 million citizens. Suffered from war. This righteous act made a significant contribution to the victory of the Chinese people's revolutionary cause.
He served as deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Theater during the Anti-Japanese War. The most famous anti-Japanese general of the Chinese army in the north. In 1933, he participated in the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War. In 1936, he defeated the Japanese army that invaded Suiyuan and the puppet troops of King Meng Jiede, and won the great victory at Bailing Temple. After the July 7th Incident, he participated in the Battle of Pingxingguan, the Battle of Xinkou, and the Battle of Taiyuan. In 1940, Fu Zuoyi annihilated thousands of Japanese troops and Wang Ying's puppet troops, regained Wuyuan City, and achieved a great victory in Wuyuan. This was the first battle for the Kuomintang army to regain lost ground since the National Anti-Japanese War, and it had a great impact. Lin Biao expressed his disdain for the Jinsui Army in his summary after the battle at Pingxingguan. The combat effectiveness of the Jinsui Army was indeed average, but Fu Zuoyi was obviously an anomaly among the Jinsui Army.
8. Dai Anlan
Dai Anlan (1904-1942), also known as Dai Bingyang, was originally named Yangong and named himself Seagull.
Han nationality, from Qigangdai Village, Lianxi Township, Wuwei, Anhui Province. Famous national hero and anti-Japanese general. Huangpu is a key general.
He served as the commander of the 200th Division of the 5th Army during the Anti-Japanese War. He once participated in the Gubeikou Great Wall Anti-Japanese War and the Taierzhuang War. In the Battle of Kunlun Pass, he led his troops in a bloody battle with the Japanese invaders, and did not leave the battlefield until he was seriously injured. In 1942, he served as the vanguard of the expeditionary force and went to fight in Burma. In the famous Donggua Defense Battle, he led a lone army to fight against an enemy several times larger than his own, killing more than 5,000 Japanese invaders, which caused great repercussions at home and abroad. Later, he led 200 divisions to regain Tangji. Due to a command error by their superiors, the expeditionary force was forced to retreat back home. On the way, it was ambushed by the Japanese army. Dai Anlan died of his injuries and died a heroic death.
On April 1, 1943, the Nationalist Government held a grand state funeral at Xiangshan Temple in Quanzhou, Guangxi, attended by more than 10,000 people. The leaders of both parties of the Kuomintang personally wrote their eulogies. Mao Zedong's elegy "Seagull General through the ages" is: "Foreign aggression requires people to resist, and the general is assigned to pick weeds. The master is mechanized, and he bravely seizes the power of the tiger. The bloody east melon guards, and the Japanese tang returns home. He died on the battlefield, and his ambition is gone. No violation." Zhou Enlai wrote an elegy: "The hero of Huangpu, the hero of the nation." Chiang Kai-shek's elegy was: "The tiger's head eats meat and bears the majesty, watching the long march of thousands of miles, fighting with the enemy with joy; the horse's corpse is wrapped in the body, but the ambition is not there. The relationship between Dai Anlan and Du Yuming is quite similar to the relationship between Zhang Lingfu and Wang Yaowu. The endings of the two officers are the same, but the endings of the two subordinates who are both famous anti-Japanese generals are quite different. People are filled with emotion. 9. Zhang Lingfu
9. Zhang Lingfu
Zhang Lingfu (August 20, 1903 - May 16, 1947), Han nationality, was from Chang'an, Shaanxi. Chinese Kuomintang army lieutenant general, anti-Japanese general, patriotic general, and national hero, his original name was Zhang Zhonglin, with the courtesy name Lingfu. Later, in order to express the beginning of a new life, he changed his name to Zhang Lingfu, with the courtesy name Zhonglin. Born on August 20, 1903 in Dongdaxi Village, Dongda Township, Chang'an County, Shaanxi Province (now Chang'an District, Xi'an). He once served as the division commander of the 74th Reorganized Division of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army (known as the "Ace", "Model Division" and "Anti-Japanese Iron Army"). During the Kuomintang Civil War, he was killed in the Menglianggu Battle on May 16, 1947. He was 45 years old. Chiang Kai-shek called him the "first martyr of the Kuomintang".
He served as the commander of the 58th Division of the 74th Army during the Anti-Japanese War. The most glorious moment in Zhang Lingfu's life was that during the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War, he followed Wang Yaowu and fought against Japan almost every year, with great achievements. Especially in the Battle of Wanjialing, Zhang Lingfu, who served as the regiment leader, led a small force to sneak attack on Zhanggu Mountain in De'an, and then held the position for several days and nights, suffering serious injuries, and killed thousands of Japanese invaders, winning a great victory over Wanjialing. played a vital role in its acquisition. Afterwards, Guo Moruo specially sent Tian Han to write the script to praise De'an's victory. Zhang Lingfu appeared in the play under his real name and became famous all over the world for a while.
10. Wang Yaowu
Wang Yaowu (1904-1968), courtesy name Zuomin, was Han nationality and a native of Tai'an, Shandong. A famous general in the Anti-Japanese War, a senior general of the Chinese Kuomintang, and a third-generation student in Huangpu. Wang Yaowu, a key general of the Huangpu Clan, was calm and resourceful. He rose to prominence in the Jiangxi Anti-Japanese War and made a splash in the Anti-Japanese War. He led the 74th Army to fight all over the country. He was the most outstanding in the three battles of Shanggao, Changde and Xuefengshan. With his military exploits He served as the commander of the front army and chairman of the Shandong Provincial Government. There has long been a saying in the military circles that "three heroes are not as good as one king". (Referring to Li Yannian, Li Xianzhou, and Li Yutang, all Huangpu first-term students, from Shandong)
He served as commander of the 74th Army during the Anti-Japanese War. In 1937, he participated in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing. In 1938, he participated in the Battle of Wanjialing in the Battle of Wuhan. In 1939, he participated in the Battle of Nanchang and the First Battle of Changsha. In 1941, he commanded the 74th Army to participate in the Battle of Shanggao, which severely damaged the Japanese invaders and was known as the Anti-Japanese Iron Army. Later, he participated in the second and third battles of Changsha, the battle of Zhejiang and Jiangxi, the battle of western Hubei, the battle of Changde, and the battle of Changheng. In 1945, he commanded the last battle of the Nationalist Army in the War of Resistance - the Battle of Xuefeng Mountain in Western Hunan. From the beginning of the War of Resistance to the end of the War of Resistance, Wang Yaowu fought against Japan every year, almost without mercy, and his record was quite good. Wang Yaowu is shrewd, capable and clear-minded. He is called one of the few sensible people in the Kuomintang by senior generals of the Communist Party of China.