The biggest civil war in modern history was the four-year-long War of Liberation, and it was obvious that the Communist Party with millet plus rifles defeated the Central Army equipped by the US army and established a new China, which shocked the world so quickly.
Later generations analyzed this war of liberation and believed that a large part of the reason why the Kuomintang was defeated at such a rapid pace was internal corruption, which was indeed a very important drawback, but it cannot be denied that there were also some upright people among the Kuomintang officers, but because of their different beliefs in each other, they belonged to different parties and were loyal to different leaders, and Lu Daoyuan was one of them.
Among the well-known Kuomintang officers, such as Yan Xishan and Bai Chongxi, Lu Daoyuan was not so famous, but he was a distinct representative of the Group who served the Kuomintang from beginning to end, and also had the simple idea that the Chinese nation did not serve the two masters.
War and poetry coexist
Born in Yunnan in 1898, Lu Daoyuan was associated with the prevailing traditional Chinese education in the circumstances, and Lu Daoyuan was also a poet who could recite poetry.
Later, due to his own development, he graduated from the Yunnan DaowuTang and became a professional soldier, but he still did not wear away his improvised poetry to express his feelings, often issuing heartfelt feelings in the fires of war for days, and in the several major wars and epidemics in which he participated, there were poetic feelings, which was also a good story.
After graduating from the Yunnan DaowuTang, Lu Daoyuan, who had excellent grades, stayed behind to teach, and participated in the formation of the Dian Army, entered the 58 Army, and from then on formed a lifelong fate with the 58 Army.
Because of his advanced thinking and real talent and hard work, he was soon promoted to major general of the army, becoming one of the few talents who could become a major general at the age of 30 at that time; after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Lu Daoyuan, who had become a division commander, left his hometown and marched to Hunan to participate in the united front of the Anti-Japanese War to save the country, experienced several large-scale battles, and laid his position in the nationalist army.
In the First Battle of Changsha, Lu Daoyuan received orders to hold on to Jiuling, and the arrogant Japanese army thought that it would be easy to capture Jiuling, but did not expect to be defeated by Lu Daoyuan, who was seriously ill.
Lu Daoyuan, who received the order, came to the battlefield to command the battle regardless of his own physical safety, and Lu Daoyuan, who had been granted great power, issued an order that only the advance should not be allowed to retreat, and with a fierce force, he prevented the loss of Jiuling, and after the victory of the war, Lu Daoyuan issued a sigh of immediate jiuling and expressed his thousands of feelings with inscriptions.
In 1941, the second battle of Changsha broke out, the Japanese army tried to occupy and rule Changsha, Lu Daoyuan was once again ordered to surround and block, and also created a poem about the Second Battle of Changsha - crossing the new wall can not be helpless, and the Miluo River is waving again.
In the face of the fierce war, as well as the sacrifice of many officers and soldiers, as a commander, you have to endure the pain of continuing to fight, in order to comfort the spirit of the sacrifice of comrades in heaven, but also to defend their own country. The best expression of emotion is poetry, and a few short sentences express the heartache of the soldier and the great desire for victory.
The Third Battle of Changsha was the most tragic, both sides sacrificed a lot of people, in the dangerous shadow of the pearl mountain, the Nationalist army once again experienced a deadly struggle, resolutely did not let the enemy escape from the front, and finally defeated the Japanese army, but also paid a heavy price.
The sad Lu Daoyuan specially made a "Yingzhu Mountain Martyrs' Monument Song" to remember his soldiers and comrades-in-arms, expressed his rich feelings, and objectively described the cruelty of war.
The three battles of Changsha have made Lu Daoyuan and his 58th Army famous, and Lu Daoyuan's personal poetry has also been widely circulated, and it has to be said that in the era of war, this is extremely valuable, because words will record emotions, will be passed on forever, and future generations of people can only feel the same when they read it.
In the war years, there was only more tragic than the most tragic, and in the subsequent battle to recover Changde, Lu Daoyuan once again experienced a terrifying hand-to-hand battle, in order to achieve the ultimate goal of recovering Changde, he fought against the stubborn enemy to the death, and finally recovered Changde at the cost of blood and flesh.
This also made Lu Daoyuan sigh, the city was broken into a battle in the streets of Kouyu, and asked him when the widows would return? At the same time, because this battle highlighted the spirit of the Dian Army who was not afraid of death and brave, Lu Daoyuan was awarded the Third Class Order of the Cloud.
Geng's demoted officer
In 1945, the Japanese army was completely defeated, and a surrender ceremony was held in the main theater, and Lu Daoyuan accepted the surrender of the Japanese army representative in Jiangxi as the representative of the demoted officer, and the surrender ceremony was held in the hall of the Nanchang Central Bank.
Lu Daoyuan maintained his usual decorum in the face of such major national events, fully equipped with officers and wearing military medals, because at this moment it was no longer the image of an individual but a country, and it was the pride and posture that a victorious country should have.
The solemn Lu Daoyuan still did not change his style of poetry and poetry, and after accepting the surrender of the Japanese army representatives, he issued an eight-year dream of aggression and won the sigh of half a bag of ashes, which was a heartfelt remark about the hardships of the eight-year War of Resistance and a satire of the Japanese invaders.
Interestingly, after the surrender ceremony, Lu Daoyuan also privately received the surrender representatives of the Japanese army, and he was also lamenting the surrender officer's dream of yearning for a peaceful and idyllic life, unfortunately the war had already destroyed each other's homes, and it was inevitable that it was a bit funny to talk about the dream of a homeland after the defeat.
Whether it is the battlefield of killing, or the ceremony of surrender of historical significance, when Lu Daoyuan experienced various wars and national events, he could not help but sigh with poetry, combining the feelings of Chinese literati with the passion of military generals, which was quite a bit of a great man's style.
It can be seen that even in the arduous years, the cultural heritage has not been lost, but in the war and fire, it has more prominently highlighted his own characteristics, and Lu Daoyuan has used poetry to shape his soft and rigid military image.
The end of the road, also the strange road
Unfortunately, after the surrender of the Japanese army, China entered the chaotic era of civil war, and Lu Daoyuan also changed from a small partner in the anti-Japanese united front to a strong opponent and joined the civil war. Bad luck and bad luck, and Lu Daoyuan, who had been famous in the background of the times, was also defeated.
At the end of the Liberation War, Lu Daoyuan had already been beaten badly by Li Zuopeng of the Four Fields Army, and he fled all the way, and everywhere he went, there was the sound of artillery fire from the People's Liberation Army, and he could only retreat again and again, and finally followed the Kuomintang army to retreat to Taiwan, ending his career in exile. At this time, some people may wonder why they were not recruited like other Kuomintang officers.
In fact, Lu Daoyuan also experienced being persuaded to join the Communist Party. In 1949, Li Zongren sent Lu Daoyuan to be the chairman of Yunnan Province, but the situation changed at any moment, and Lu Han, the former chairman of Yunnan Province, had already joined the Communist Party on the way to office, and some good people also persuaded Lu Daoyuan to take the opportunity to defect to the Communist Party.
Born in the young Yunnan Daowutang and organized in the 58th Army, Lu Daoyuan has always performed his military duties in the Kuomintang army without the slightest relaxation, although the situation has become clear and the general situation in the world has been determined, Lu Daoyuan cannot abandon his belief in the Kuomintang of the entire youth.
Although the Kuomintang at that time was corrupt and a large number of Kuomintang officers were recruited, there was always a belief in the party-state in Lu Daoyuan's heart, and in the end, the reason for refusing to defect to the Communist Party was that loyal subjects did not do the same.
In this way, Lu Daoyuan retreated all the way to Taiwan, becoming a stranger to the Communist Party and his own end. In 1985, Lu Daoyuan died of illness in Taiwan, his life was poor, he did not have the corrupt atmosphere of the Kuomintang, he was loyal to his faith all his life, he loved his poetry all his life, his personality was distinct and unique, and he became a unique existence among Kuomintang officers.
brief summary:
Looking back on history today, we cannot one-sidedly judge the difference between the Good and Bad Communist Party and the Kuomintang at that time, but can only be said to have different beliefs and different political concepts, and we respect the Chinese who chose the Kuomintang, after all, in the end everyone is still a family, but in that era, it was somewhat heroic.
The choice between parties determines the second half of their lives, but we should still pay tribute to Chinese who have always insisted on keeping their faith unchanged, which is the greatest responsibility for their spiritual wealth.