Liu Zhi As a senior general of the Kuomintang, he was scolded by his subordinates for being a "stupid pig" in the War of Liberation. Later, he was called one of the five "five" generals of the Kuomintang. Did Liu Zhi have no strategy since he first joined the army? Then how did he become a senior officer? And why was it reused by Chiang Kai-shek ? Let’s take a look at Liu Zhi’s life from “lucky star” to “farm bucket” opens high and goes low and goes .
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everything goes smoothly, Huangpu Fu Jiang
1892 Liu Zhi was born in a farmer's family in Ji'an County, Jiangxi Province. When his father was less than one year old, he was beaten to death under a small river because of an argument with a bully landlord, leaving behind two helpless mother and son. After his father passed away, his mother, Hu, had no choice but to take the young Liu Zhi out to work. During the work period, her mother was attracted by the store owner and got married. I thought my life would finally improve, but soon the boss died of illness. Helplessly, his mother had to take him to continue to go around and marry a resigned leader of the Ji'an County . After that, Huang Xiaoshan moved to the army and his mother was unwilling to leave Ji'an County, so Huang Xiaoshan had to bring him to his first wife Tang. In this way, Liu Zhi grew up under the care of Tang. In the winter of 1905, Liu Zhi, who was studying in Japan, returned home due to Chinese students protesting against the Japanese government's strike.
Although Liu Zhi had a childhood, his "official fortune" was smooth sailing. After returning to China, Liu Zhi decided to join the army, which began his "lucky star" career. In 1915, Liu Zhi graduated from the Baoding Army Officer School and was assigned to the Yidong Kaiping Patrol Battalion for internship. During his internship with , the National Protection Movement was on the rise. He was infected by the National Protection Movement, so he gave up his position and went south to Guangzhou to join the Guangdong Army, participating in the battle to attack Long Jiguang, and was promoted from company commander to battalion commander. In 1921, Liu Zhi joined the Kuomintang.
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1922, Liu Zhi was the captain of the first guerrilla team of the base camp and fought with Beiyang Army. During the battle, he defeated the Beiyang army with more than 100 people and won successive victories to his hometown Ji'an County. After this battle, Liu Zhi became famous and he was arranged to serve as the military senator in Xu Chongzhi. In 1924, under the introduction of Huangpu chief instructor He Yingqin , he served as a tactical instructor at the military academy. At the end of the same year, the Whampoa Military Academy established a teaching regiment, and Liu Zhi was appointed as the battalion commander of the second battalion.
1925, Liu Zhi participated in the first Eastern Expedition of to attack Chen Jiongming. Chen Jiongming was already a powerful crossbow at this time, so he easily defeated Chen Jiongming. After defeating Chen Jiongming, he made contributions to suppressing the rebellions of Liu Zhenhuan and Yang Ximin and was directly promoted to the leader of the First School Regiment. After that, he followed Chiang Kai-shek to launch the " Zhongshan Ship Incident " and seized all party representatives and Communist Party members in the Second Division and the Navy. In 1926, he followed Chiang Kai-shek to start the Northern Expedition. During the Northern Expedition, he made many military achievements, defeated Sun Chuanfang's army, defeated Lu Xiangting's main force, and was called the "Fuxing Star".
The Central Plains War, the Five Tiger Generals
If Northern Expedition let Chiang Kai-shek see this "lucky star", then Chiang Kai-shek trusted and reused this "lucky star" was in the Central Plains War.
In 1930, the Central Plains War broke out. Liu Zhixian led his army to break out of the pocket formation of Feng Yuxiang , and then defeated Fu Zuoyi and re-occupied Jinan, causing a fundamental turning point in the Central Plains War. In 1931, he and the Northeast Army were eliminated. In 1932, under the order of Chiang Kai-shek, he launched the fourth encirclement and suppression of the Red Army, and captured the Dabie Mountains base in this encirclement and suppression, forcing the Red Army to leave the base and start the Long March. In 1933, he became the commander-in-chief of the "bandit suppression" in Jiangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan and Hubei, and was invincible.
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At this time, he was very famous in the Kuomintang, ranking first among the Five Tiger Generals, and was highly valued by Chiang Kai-shek.
In 1935, he reached the peak of his career and was promoted to a second-level general and served as the chairman of Henan Provincial Government . The upper-level officials of the Kuomintang envied him for his promising official career and his lucky stars, and praised him as a "lucky general".
began to fall, and the "farmer" general
people had high climaxes and low troughs in their lives. After experiencing his "highlights" moment of his popularity, he began to fall.
In 1937, the Anti-Japanese War broke out. During the Pinghan Road Battle against the Japanese army, he was beaten to retreat step by step. He was even scared by the Japanese army and fled. His escape directly led to the fall of most of China's North China , arousing public anger across the country, and was ridiculed by the people as a "long-legged general." His escape was also seen by Chiang Kai-shek, thinking that he was unable to bear the great responsibility, so he transferred him to the First War Zone as deputy commander-in-chief. Maybe his performance was too good before, and Chiang Kai-shek just "neglected" him for a moment. In 1939, Chiang Kai-shek handed him over the important task of Chongqing air defense. But after receiving the task, he not only did not want to use this to wash away the shame of the "Long-legged General", but instead used his position to "make good money", which eventually led to the "Sixth Five Tunnel Tragedy" in the bombing of Chongqing by the Japanese army in 1942. Therefore, he was removed from his post as the commander of Chongqing Air Defense and abandoned by Chiang Kai-shek until the victory of the War of Resistance.
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After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, a war of liberation broke out in China. In order to make Chiang Kai-shek reuse him again, Liu Zhi often expressed his loyalty to him. Loyalty is the best weapon for people like Chiang Kai-shek who are suspicious. So Chiang Kai-shek believed him again and gave him a 300,000 army and asked him to attack the 60,000 Central Plains People's Liberation Army. But Liu Zhi, who had been comfortable for too long, failed. This time, Chiang Kai-shek was furious and no longer believed him, so he removed all his official positions.
To the late stage of the Liberation War, Chiang Kai-shek suffered repeated defeats and no one was available. He had no choice but to enable the "obedient" Liu Zhi again, but Liu Zhi still "defeated his trust" and was beaten in Huaihai Battle , and even his subordinates mocked him as a "pig general" and said that it would be better to send a pig than to send him. After the failure of the Huaihai Battle, Liu Zhi was completely abandoned by Chiang Kai-shek. He was also named General "Fan Chuan".
Liu Zhi started as the leader of the Five Tiger Generals, and was praised by thousands of people, and later became an abandoned son and was ridiculed. His life of opening high and falling low may be the embodiment of his character. He was reused in the early stage by forbearance, obedience and "good luck". In the later stage, he was also forbearance and obedient, but he lacked "luck" and had no strength, so he was abandoned. Therefore, obedience cannot allow you to spend your life safely. Only when you have real strength can you keep going smoothly with the blessing of "luck".
