Are there writers among the senior Generals of the Kuomintang? My sons are writers, and I know two, Bai Xianyong, the son of Bai Chongxi, and Xiao Yi, the son of Xiao Zhichu—the author of "Gan Nineteen Sisters". But what about the senior Kuomintang generals themselves writers?
There is also one. He is Li Han Soul. What the? Li Han Soul is a writer? Isn't he a famous general in the Cantonese Army? Yes, Li Han's soul is both literate and martial, and before he joined the army, he liked poetry and song, and once published a romance novel of more than 100,000 words.
There are works, of course, writers. In fact, during Rong Ma's life, Li Han's soul worked tirelessly and left many works. After the outbreak of the War of Liberation, Chiang Kai-shek wanted to fight a civil war, but Li Hanling did not think so, and he took a leave of absence to go abroad for medical treatment.
What is Li Han's soul? He had problems with his ears. It was during his study in Japan that Li Han soul lost his hand by digging out his ear for a while, resulting in deafness in one ear, and over time, the hearing of the other ear was also greatly traumatized. As the old saying goes, the more the ears dig, the more deaf they are, so ah, don't always dig your ears.
If you have a hearing problem, can you still be a general? Li Han's soul was constantly being treated, but it had never returned to normal. In 1947, Li Han's soul ran to the United States for surgery, and his hearing gradually recovered. The ear is healed, return home? Li Han's soul did not go back, and the smoke of domestic gunfire was filled.
Li Han's soul traveled to Britain, France, Germany and other thirteen European countries, authored "European Travels", but not addicted, the following year, Li Han soul traveled to Panama, Argentina and other eleven Latin American countries, authored "Latin America Travels".
You see, he's a writer, right? What is valuable is that the reason why Li Han soul has left a name in history is not because he is a writer, but because he is a tiger general. Li Han Soul was not an ordinary famous general, there was an iron army in the Kuomintang, Li Han Soul once served as the chief of staff of the regiment in the Iron Army, participated in the Northern Expedition War, and the tragic Battle of Hesheng Bridge Li Han Soul also participated.
In the process of Chiang Kai-shek's downfall of Chen Jitang, the King of the Southern Heavens, Li Han's soul performed well and won Chiang Kai-shek's favor, and he was promoted to deputy commander. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Li Hanling was promoted to commander of the Sixty-fourth Army and participated in the Battle of Wuhan.
Li Han's soul blocked the Japanese army on the Nanxun Railway for a month, and the Japanese army failed to advance half a step. His Sixty-fourth Army thus earned the title of Bronze Army, The Copper Man, the Copper Wall Iron Wall also. From the general of the Iron Army to the commander of the Steel Army, Li Han soul deserved to be a famous anti-Japanese general.
In 1939, Li Hanling was promoted to commander-in-chief of the Group Army of the Thirty-fifth Army, and concurrently served as the chairman of Guangdong Province, which can be described as a popular minister in Guangdong Province. Unlike other senior Kuomintang generals, Li Hanling sent all three of his sons to join the army for the sake of national righteousness.
Chiang Kai-shek launched a civil war, other senior generals scrambled to compete for credit, but Li Han soul calmly stayed out of the matter, why? Because Li Hanling believed that the civil war was unpopular, unjust, and doomed to failure, he did not martyr Chiang Kai-shek.
In 1949, Li Hanling returned to China and was appointed by Li Zongren as the chief of staff in the Presidential Palace. After the fall of the Kuomintang, Li Hanling and Li Zongren flew from Hong Kong to the United States together. When he first arrived in the United States, Li Hanling's livelihood was very difficult, and he had to open restaurants to make a living.
At that time, some people encouraged Li Hanling to become an American citizen, which was more conducive to his development. However, Li Han soul refused. Until his old age, he always had his motherland in mind. After his death, his children followed his will and transported his ashes back to Guangdong.
Han Soul, indeed, is a man as its name suggests. Li Han's soul is very old, he lived to be 93 years old.