On March 20, 1988, Zheng Weiyuan visited Sun Liren's residence and said, "You can go anywhere in the future and see whatever you want."

On March 20, 1988, Zheng Weiyuan visited him at the residence of Sun Liren and said, "In the future, you can go wherever you want, and see whatever you want." Sun Liren was stunned, which means that he finally hoped to lose his freedom for 33 years.

However, it is a pity that Sun Liren died of illness on November 19, 1990 before he had time to enjoy the air of freedom. Before his death, he held his son's hand tightly and said: "If you don't bury the mainland, the coffin will not be buried in the soil."

So what's going on? Who is Sun Liren and why has he been under house arrest for 33 years? What does the last sentence he said mean?

is famous Ren Anqiang Victory

Sun Liren was born in 1900 in a scholarly family in Lujiang County, Anhui Province. He received good traditional cultural education and modern education since he was a child. In 1914, he was admitted to the Department of Civil Engineering of Tsinghua University with the best results in Anhui Province.

During his studies, Sun Liren also loved sports very much. He once represented my country in the third Far East Games as a member of the Tsinghua University basketball team. He performed well on the court and was called the "Flying General". Sun Liren led the Chinese team through the hurdles and defeated Japanese team in the final to win the final victory.

1923, Sun Liren graduated from Tsinghua University , and then received the opportunity to study abroad for public funds and came to study in the Department of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, Indiana, USA. On August 17, Sun Liren and his classmates, Bing Xin, Liang Shiqiu, and others took an American cruise to the United States to continue their further studies.

After obtaining a bachelor's degree in science from Purdue University , Sun Liren could have returned to China to be a university professor or expert scholar like his classmates. But surprisingly, not only did he not do this, but instead joined the army and was admitted to the Virginia Military Academy. Sun Liren believes that: "Study can save the country, and military can also save the country."

1927, after completing his studies in the military academy, Sun Liren embarked on a journey to travel to Britain, Germany, France, Japan and other countries, which played a very important role in improving military theory and enhancing military skills. To this day, in the History Museum of the Virginia Military Academy, the achievements of two most outstanding alumni in World War II are also displayed: , one is , Patton from the United States, and the other is Sun Liren from our China.

In 1928, Sun Liren returned to China and served as the captain of the military training team at the Central Party Affairs School of the Kuomintang. In 1930, he came to the Guard Corps of the General Headquarters of the Army, Navy and Air Force and served as the deputy captain of the colonel; in 1932, he was transferred to the General Tax Police Corps of the Ministry of Finance to serve as the colonel commander of the Second Detachment and the commander of the Fourth Regiment.

Tax Police Corps was founded by Finance Minister Song Ziwen . To purchase weapons from the United States, most of the officers above the platoon are students who have returned from studying in the United States.

With the support of Song Ziwen, Sun Liren worked hard to display his military talents and find ways to train the troops. He combined traditional Chinese education with the educational methods of American military academies and formulated training systems and methods that suit the needs of his troops, which are called "Sun's Consciousness".

1937 full-scale war of resistance broke out. In September of the same year, the General Tax Police Corps headed to the front line of the Songhu War of Resistance . Sun Liren led the Fourth Tax Police Regiment to defend the south bank of Suzhou River, fought with the Japanese army for 14 days in a bloody battle. He also defeated the Japanese army who crossed the Suzhou River seven times in Zhoujiaqiao, making the place called the place with the most casualties between the Chinese and Japanese troops.

Sun Liren was hit by the Japanese mortar because he rushed to the front. He was hit by 13 shrapnel in his body and was unconscious for three days and three nights. Soon after, Sun Liren was rushed to Hong Kong for treatment, and he was cured. After recovering from his injury, Sun Liren hurriedly returned to Wuhan and led his troops to Duyun, Guizhou to train troops to strengthen his own strength.

1941, Chiang Kai-shek adapted the Tax Police Corps into New 38th Division, and Sun Liren was the first division commander. Not long after , Sun Liren was sent to Myanmar to fight side by side with the Allies.After the Chinese Expeditionary Force entered Myanmar, Chiang Kai-shek flew to Mei Miao, 40 kilometers east of Mandalay, convened a meeting of the generals, and then decided to send Sun Liren to take on the important task of defending Mandalay.

In the spring of 1942, the Chinese Expeditionary Force annihilated more than 5,000 Japanese troops in Tonggu. The Battle of Tonggu was also the first major defeat encountered by the Japanese army in the Southeast Asian war. In order to counterattack, the Japanese army launched a large-scale attack on the Allies in Ren'anqiang .

On April 19, when Sun Liren led the New 38th Army to the front line of the battle, he happened to encounter the British army guarding the position being surrounded by the Japanese army and failed to succeed in organizing the breakthroughs many times. Seeing this, Sun Liren quickly sent the 13th Regiment, the only armored corps of the New 38th Army, to seize the high ground and quickly join the battle.

The 13th Regiment launched an attack from the rear of the Japanese army. After two days of fierce fighting, it wiped out more than 1,200 main forces of the Japanese 33rd Division in one fell swoop, and the remaining Japanese troops fled in a hurry.

The new 38th Division commanded by Sun Liren not only relieved the crisis of more than 7,000 British troops, but also successfully rescued more than 500 British soldiers and American missionaries captured by the Japanese army, but also recaptured many horses and cars seized by the Japanese army and returned them all to the British army.

The British officers rescued by Sun Liren were grateful to him and the new 38th Division and gave thumbs up. Even Stilwell couldn't help but say: "This guy is so kind. He is a real soldier. I really hope there are more Sun Liren!"

Ren'anqiang victory was a great victory for the Chinese Expeditionary Force after the expedition. Sun Liren also received the "Empire Hero" Medal awarded by the Emperor and the "Great Merit" Medal awarded by US President Roosevelt .

After the Battle of Ren'anqiang ended, the Allies were attacked by the Japanese army due to the British abandonment of Myanmar and the cooperation error of the Sino-US and British Allied forces. Therefore, the Allies could only choose to break through. But it is a pity that no matter whether you go northeast or other directions, you cannot successfully break through.

Under such harsh conditions, Sun Liren did not implement the orders of the deputy commander of the Expeditionary Force Du Yuming , but retreated towards India according to the route designated by Stilwell and others.

Under the command of Sun Liren, the new 38th Army went through dozens of bloody battles and finally found a way out. The 5,000 people and equipment he commanded were not separated or lost. It is worth mentioning that Sun Liren also took in many scattered soldiers and refugees during the retreat and took them to retreat to India.

Stilwell admires Sun Liren's actions very much, but Du Yuming was very annoyed by this. Sun Liren's actions also laid the root of disaster for his subsequent promotion in the official career.

Chiang Kai-shek was dissatisfied with him and lifted military power

Everyone knows that due to the inaction of the Kuomintang and the internal chaos, many cadres were despised by Western countries. But Sun Liren is different. The military miracle he created after entering Myanmar has attracted the attention and admiration of military and political leaders of Western countries.

At the end of March 1945, Eisenhower, who served as US President, invited Sun Liren to visit Europe, hoping to get to know this legendary Chinese general. In May, Sun Liren came to Naples, Italy via India, Pakistan, and other places. Naples is the defense ground of the British European commander Alexander. When he heard that Sun Liren, who had rescued the British First Division, came to his defense zone, he hurried to the airport to greet him.

On May 23, Sun Liren and his party left Naples and arrived in Paris. However, Eisenhower was unable to go to the airport to greet Sun Liren himself because of his surrender in Germany, but he still sent officials to greet him and asked Sun Liren to take a room-style car for first-class guests of the marshal.

In the past, only VIPs like Marshal Montgomery of the United Kingdom and General Charles de Gaulle of France could ride in this kind of special car. It is obvious that in Eisenhower's heart, Sun Liren is the same as these VIPs.

George Patton was a striking figure during World War II . He was known as the "Three Allied Generals" together with the Soviet Union's Zhukov's Marshal and the British Montgomery Marshal Montgomery.During Sun Liren's visit to Europe, Patton had been promoted to a four-star general, but when he heard that Sun Liren was going to visit the headquarters, he immediately showed rare enthusiasm.

Patton sent a motorcycle team to wait for Sun Liren at an intersection 20 miles away from the headquarters. Not long after, Patton and Sun Liren met, and the two held each other's hands tightly and told the past.

When he was about to leave, Patton also presented the spoils he seized - a German Cross and a pistol to Sun Liren. This is very rare for Patton, who leads a million troops on the battlefield and is arrogant.

Sun Liren privately discussed some major events with foreign leaders without Chiang Kai-shek's permission. Although this is not a formal discussion, it seems to be "abusive" in Chiang Kai-shek's view. In addition, Sun Liren knew that Chiang Kai-shek's suspicious personality, so he did not tell him about his conversation with Eisenhower and Marshall, which also aroused Chiang Kai-shek's suspicion and laid the root of his subsequent career.

1946, as the relations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party gradually deteriorated after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party and the Communist Party became increasingly fierce. Chiang Kai-shek urgently sent Sun Liren to command the New Army to participate in the battle.

htmlOn May 15, on the eve of Siping Street being captured, Sun Liren took over the command of the New First Army from Zheng Dongguo . Shortly afterwards, he led his troops to attack Siping Street. At the same time, the New 6th Army Liao Yaoxiang's unit conquers Tazishan in a detour, cutting off the retreat of the defenders of Siping HTML, forcing Lin Biao to retreat backwards.

Lin Biao carried out Chairman Mao's order to "get out of the way and occupy the two hatchbacks" to retreat to Princess Ridge . Du Yuming received information that Lin Biao had no extra strength to continue fighting. Then Du Yuming ordered the orders of five armies to pursue, while Sun Liren led his troops to force the crossing of Liaohe and attacked Princess Ridge. Lin Biao had no choice but to continue to retreat, while Sun Liren led his troops to conquer Changchun within 5 days, and then took back strategic areas such as Nong'an.

At this moment, Marshall came to China to mediate and put pressure on Chiang Kai-shek, forcing the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to cease war. On June 6, Chiang Kai-shek issued the second order to cease the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.

During this period, due to the disagreement between Sun Liren and Du Yuming, Du Yuming repeatedly sent Chiang Kai-shek to criticize Sun Liren, and accused him of not doing his best in fighting, being arrogant and domineering, etc. Chiang Kai-shek knew that the two were not in harmony, so he pretended to promote Sun Liren to deputy commander-in-chief of the Northeast Security Command, but in fact he removed his military power.

In July 1947, Chiang Kai-shek transferred Sun Liren from the Northeast to serve as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Army and the commander of the Army's training. He established the Army Training Command in Nanjing to be responsible for the training of the new national defense army...

Chiang Kai-shek placed Sun Liren under house arrest for 33 years

Not long after, Sun Liren was sent to Fengshan, Taiwan to train. During the four years in Fengshan, Sun Liren trained 8 divisions, of which 7 remained in Taiwan, and later became known as Taiwan's "new army" and became the core of Taiwan's military power.

When Chiang Kai-shek was defeated by the mainland, the US government planned to give up Chiang Kai-shek and instead defend Taiwan, and planned to let Sun Liren take charge of Taiwan. Even Mike Arthur found Sun Liren and wanted him to take on the responsibility of defending Taiwan. Faced with this situation, Sun Liren was not moved at all and refused decisively.

However, this move by the United States caused Chiang Kai-shek to be even more uneasy. However, when he first arrived in Taiwan, he had no available soldiers, and Sun Liquan was a real-powerful figure with Taiwan's military power. Chiang Kai-shek's re-appointment of "president" also needed Sun Liren's support. Therefore, in order to appease Sun Liren, Chiang Kai-shek specially appointed him as "Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Republic of China and Commander-in-Chief of Taiwan Defense."

However, as Chiang Kai-shek's status in Taiwan gradually stabilized, Sun Liren had a conflict with him because he boycotted the implementation of the "special agent system" in the army.

After the signing of the "US-Taiwan Joint Defense Treaty" in 1954, Chiang Kai-shek believed that he no longer needed to "wind" the United States with the help of Sun Liren, so he dismissed his military power and created a "Sun Liren Mutiny Cases" that shocked the island and drove him into the "cold palace". Sun Liren also began his 33-year house arrest...

Sun Liren was forced to move to Taichung after being under house arrest. However, the Taiwanese authorities did not completely put Sun Liren in house arrest. He could enter and exit freely, but not leave Taiwan; he could communicate with his family, but not contact the masses.

Sun Liren was very honest when he was an official, so he had no savings. In addition, he had no salary after being under house arrest, so their lives were very difficult. When Sun Liren was the commander-in-chief of the army in the early years, his family was very poor and there were restrictions on vegetable money. If someone came to visit, he would only add "salted eggs, scrambled eggs or peeled eggs".

The eldest son Sun Anping recalled: "Every time the school starts, my parents would worry about the tuition fees and other things for me and my younger brothers and sisters, and they were as frugal as possible in daily life."

Sun Liren himself had to go up the mountain to plant fruit trees himself, and then take the harvested fruits to the market to sell them to supplement the family income. On such difficult days, Sun Li missed the mainland and his comrades who fought with him and gave their lives.

Immediately afterwards, Sun Liren planted a jasmine flower of two colors, namely purple and white, beside the bedroom. The children were very confused when they saw this, so they asked their father why this was. Sun Liren looked at the jasmine flower in front of him and said, "This is the school color of our Tsinghua ."

From then on, Sun Liren developed a stubborn attitude towards the children, that is, let them go to Tsinghua University as well. In the end, the children followed their father's wishes and went to Tsinghua University. However, it was only Tsinghua University in Taiwan. But in Sun Liren's heart, this school was undoubtedly a seedling of Tsinghua University in mainland China.

When children have memories, they often see their fathers drinking a cup of hot milk brewed with skim milk powder every morning. After drinking , he will rinse it into the cup and then half a cup of boiled water, and then continue drinking it. At first they thought their father did this just to save money, but after learning about it, they realized that this was not the case.

It turned out that this was a habit that Sun Liren developed from the battlefield in Myanmar during the Anti-Japanese War. At that time, the materials were all airdropped by the US military, including concentrated canned milk - condensed milk. This kind of thing needs to be added boiled water to dilute it before drinking. Based on the mentality of caring for materials, even an empty canned milk box must be rinsed with boiled water before discarding it.

Only then did the children understand their father's actions: "Dad just drank boiled water with milk flavor for the rest of his life. He didn't think anything was there at the time, but now thinking about it, he not only developed the habit of saving, but also mourned his fellow villagers who died back then."

Sun Liren's will: If he is not buried in the mainland, he will not be buried in the coffin

The 1980s was a critical period of great social changes in Taiwan, and the political atmosphere was getting more and more eased. In 1984, in order to celebrate the victory of elephant Lin Wang at the age of 260, veterans who participated in the Sino-Indian-Myanmar war that year were invited to attend. Many of them were Sun Liren's subordinates, so they began to pay attention to Sun Liren's situation.

On January 13, 1988, Jiang Ching-kuo died of illness. With Chiang Ching-kuo's death, Sun Liren's situation gradually improved. On March 20, Zheng Weiyuan came to Taichung to visit Sun Liren and said to him: "From now on, General Sun has full freedom of action and speech. You can go wherever you want, and meet whoever you want."

Sun Liren was stunned at first, but then he realized that this meant that he had finally gained freedom and that he had ended his 33-year house arrest. After regaining freedom, many malicious people asked Sun Liren to come out to expose Chiang Kai-shek's cruelty, but he refused them all. It was not that Sun Liren didn't care about his own experience, but because Chiang Kai-shek was his superior and he refused to say bad things about his superior.

After Sun Liren was free, his health became worse and worse, so he began to urgently find the descendants of his comrades in the mainland and care about the current situation of their cemeteries. For example, Sun Liren was very concerned about the situation of the new First Army's death in the War of Resistance against Japan that he built in Guangzhou that year.

In the battle of Ren'anqiang, Zhang Qi, the deputy commander of the 113th Regiment and the commander of the 3rd Battalion, died. More than 40 years have passed, and Sun Liren has not forgotten to find Zhang Qi's descendants in the mainland and wants to hand over the Silver Star Medal to Zhang Qi that year to them.

In addition, Sun Liren is also very concerned about Qi Xueqi's tomb. Qi Xueqi was his deputy division commander and was captured by the Japanese army and died. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Sun Liren urged the National Government to commend Qi Xueqi and posthumously award him as a lieutenant general of the army. It was also Sun Liren who took Qi Xueqi's remains from Myanmar through the relationship of international organizations, and then personally sent them to Changsha's Yuelu Mountain to build a tomb, so that his old classmates and comrades could return their hometown.

After Sun Liren recovered his freedom, he was the first to think of Qi Xueqi's descendants. When he learned that Qi Xueqi's tomb was destroyed, Sun Liren, who was almost 90 years old, could not sleep or eat. In 1989, Sun Liren sent his old subordinates to Changsha for on-site investigation. After determining the specific location of Qi Xueqi's tomb, he raised US$6,000 in Taiwan and entrusted relevant personnel to rebuild Qi Xueqi's tomb.

Isn’t this what Sun Liren did? After the resumption of exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, this longing became more urgent as he gained freedom. Sun Liren once said in his memoirs: "I am from Anhui, and I came out of Jinniu Mountain in Anhui..."

Although Sun Liren's health and age are not enough to support him in returning to the mainland, as long as there are relatives and friends returning to the mainland, he always entrusts them to express their wishes and go back to his hometown to see him. One year, after Sun Liren's old subordinate Liu Wenmei returned to his hometown to visit relatives, he brought him a photo of his former residence. After seeing it, Sun Liren was filled with emotion and kept touching the photos.

Around the Qingming Festival in 1989, Sun Liren's old subordinate Pan Dehui returned to the mainland to visit relatives. After learning about it, he hurriedly sent Pan Dehui to Lujiang to worship his ancestors on his behalf. After Pan Dehui returned to the mainland, the relevant departments took him to the grave of Sun Liren's parents to worship. When Sun Liren learned that his parents' cemetery was still there, he quickly sent his eldest son, Anping, to the mainland to pay tribute.

warm hospitality and arrangements for the local relevant departments. After Sun Anping returned, he hurriedly reported to his father. Sun Liren wrote to thank him in mid-May, and expressed his wish to move his parents' cemetery to Jinniu Mountain, the former residence. Although decades have passed, his description of Mount Jinniu in his letter is very detailed. From here we can still see Sun Liren’s nostalgia for his hometown. This is only the case if he cares about his hometown all the time.

The relevant departments immediately helped Sun Liren to fulfill this wish, but it was a pity that he still couldn't come back to worship his parents in person.

In March 1990, Sun Liren's classmate Bing Xin wrote him a letter through an acquaintance and invited him to go back to the mainland for a look. In May, Bing Xin received a reply from Sun Liren. In addition to recalling the friendship between them, the letter also explained his current situation and expressed his regret that "I want to go back but can't go back."

On October 5 of the same year was Bing Xin's 90th birthday. Sun Liren hurriedly took a congratulatory message from Taiwan to celebrate her birthday. At this time, only more than a month after Sun Liren's death, his health was getting worse and worse, but under this situation, he could still remember Bing Xin's birthday and take a congratulatory message, which was enough to show his feelings for Bing Xin's family.

On October 11, Sun Liren fell into a coma due to dysphagia and was then sent to the hospital for treatment. On November 4, Sun Liren suffered from pulmonary edema due to pneumonia and sepsis and was transferred to the intensive care unit. Although the medical staff tried their best to treat, Sun Liren's condition still did not improve, and he could only breathe with a respirator.

One day, Sun Liren was in a very good spirit. He looked at his children guarding the bedside, and then took his son's hand and said his will: "If you don't bury the mainland, the coffin will not be buried."

1990 On November 19, 1990, Sun Liren died of illness at the age of 89, and at this time he was only ten days away from his 90th birthday. It is precisely because of Sun Liren's will that his coffin can be seen in front of his tomb in Taiwan that his coffin is higher than the ground...