During the period of the National Revolution, many heroes or patriots appeared in China. They contributed their lives to the rise of the Chinese nation. For example, the most famous is Dr. Sun Yat-sen. He was the pioneer of China's modern national democratic revolution and the great forerunner of China's democratic revolution. He founded the Republic of China and founded the Chinese Nationalist Party. He is also an advocate of the Three People's Principles. He held high the banner of thorough anti-imperialism and anti-feudalism, overthrew the feudal imperial system for more than 2,000 years, exhausted his life's energy to transform China, and left indelible merits in history. By 1940, the Nationalist government had decreed that the whole country honored him as the Founding Father of the Republic of China.
A great character like this. However, the people who follow him will not be bad, they are all capable people. For example, his guard, General Wei Lihuang. From his first time as a guard, he was a vice-state figure when he returned to the mainland in 1955.
Wei Lihuang was selected to serve as his guard in 1917 and served directly in Sun Yat-sen's guard. He learned a lot of revolutionary principles from Sun Yat-sen's side and was influenced by Sun Yat-sen. Later, during the War of Resistance Against Japan and the Civil War between the Kuomintang and the Communists, he always advocated uniting with the Communist Party and coexisting peacefully with the outside world.
Before the Northern Expedition, General Wei Lihuang had already made many military achievements. First, he entered Fujian to fight against duan Qirui of the Beiyang government. Later, he participated in the struggle to quell the rebellion of the Shang Tuan and the rebels of Chen Jiongming. He served as a pioneer in battle, first as regimental commander and then as brigade commander.
Later, the Northern Expedition began. He first fought in the Battles of Yongding and Songkou. Later, after pacifying Fujian, he fought against Sun Chuanfang's army. Later, Sun Chuanfang fought back. General Wei Lihuang commanded his troops to launch a fierce attack, and after 6 days and 6 nights of fierce fighting, sun Chuanfang was finally defeated.
By 1930, the Central Plains War broke out. At that time, he led the 45th Division and was ordered to defend Nanjing. After the Battle of the Central Plains, Chiang Kai-shek appointed him commander-in-chief of encirclement and suppression to encircle and suppress the Red Army. At that time, he had no intention of encircling and suppressing the Red Army.
Later, the War of Resistance Against Japan broke out. At that time he was deputy commander-in-chief and former commander of the 14th Army. In 1937 he united with the Eighth Route Army in a major battle with the Japanese at Xinkou. The invincible Japanese army was defeated and more than 20,000 enemy troops were annihilated, which was the famous Battle of Xinkou.
By 1941, he advocated cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communists in the War of Resistance and established friendly relations with the Eighth Route Army. This policy was not endorsed by Chiang Kai-shek, and he was dismissed from his post.
By 1943, he was again appointed commander of the Chinese Expeditionary Force. He led his troops against the Japanese army entrenched on the border between western Yunnan and China and Burma. Defeated the enemy and opened the Burma Road.
Later, during the Liberation War, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the suppression. However, he did not actively implement Chiang Kai-shek's strategy of suppressing the Communists. He was placed under house arrest by Chiang Kai-shek. He did not regain his freedom until 1949, and then Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan, and he did not want to go to Taiwan with Chiang Kai-shek, so he went out to Hong Kong. It was not until 1955 that he returned to the mainland, back to Beijing. At that time, he was appointed vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, member of the Central Committee Standing Committee and other positions. He went from being a guard at first to being promoted to deputy state level. Therefore, if you have any different opinions, please leave a comment below.