China's modern history is a history of humiliation and a history of resistance. Although the strength of our country is far inferior to that of some capitalist countries since the country was closed off, at this time of peril, it also aroused people's patriotic enthusiasm and sense of unity, and many loyal and heroic anti-Japanese tiger generals emerged. For example, Xue Yue was one of them, he once destroyed 100,000 Japanese troops and contributed to the victory of the War of Resistance. But the patriotic tiger general did not receive a reward commensurate with his merits, and even in his later years, he was embarrassed to be sued for not having money to pay his rent.
General Xue Yue was originally a member of the Nationalist army, and he was also one of the few hardliners in the Nationalist army, whose bravery was unparalleled, and he had made great contributions to the defense of Changsha, and thus became the general who annihilated the most enemies in the entire battle. At that time, the Japanese army had gradually captured many cities in the south of our country, and even Nanchang was not spared. Then Changsha, not far from Nanchang, naturally became their next target. Due to the strength of the Japanese army, the national army has always adopted the strategy of "preserving strength, withdrawing if it does not work", even if it is to cut off the land and give way to the land, it must ensure that its strength is not weakened. However, General Yue did not think so, he believed that Changsha was his own territory, and if it was his own territory, he must not give up any land.
In this way, in the face of the powerful Japanese army, General Xue did not rush to seek a way out like other generals of the Nationalist army, abandoning the city and fleeing, but relying on his superb combat skills, he tried to find ways to deal with the enemy. He first destroyed the road, cut off the traffic, and fought a war of attrition with the other side. Then they diverted grain and grass to keep their own supplies and continue to fight. Finally, he created his own Heavenly Furnace Tactics and swept the enemy away after luring him deeper. Annihilated 100,000 Japanese troops, with its wise decision-making and the bloody struggle of the soldiers, the spirit of holding changsha is admirable!
However, after General Xue later went to Taiwan with the Nationalist troops, his life became difficult. Due to the darkness of the official field, he deceived himself, and General Xue was a soldier, a straight man, and did not understand routines, so he was soon ostracized in the official field and became depressed. In his later years, he offended the people in power because of his personal insistence, and he cut off all social subsidies.
However, at this time, General Xue was no longer the "Tiger of Changsha" who was the enemy of ten thousand people, he was already old and frail, and he didn't even have the strength to work to support himself, and the matter of being cut off from supplies was undoubtedly a heavy blow to him. It is precisely because of this that this veteran general has made great achievements on the battlefield.
Not only did he not get the respect he deserved from the people in power, but he was even treated unfairly, and finally he was sued in court after he was cut off from paying rent because of supplies. Under the torment of poverty, General Xue also became more and more depressed, no longer the spirit of the year, and finally died in Taiwan at the age of 103!