Among the factions of the Kuomintang army, the "civil engineering department" with Chen Cheng as the core was the most powerful, and their core members were mainly from the 11th Division of the 18th Army of the National Revolutionary Army.
As everyone knows, Chen Cheng was a close confidant of Chiang Kai-shek and one of the main confidants of the old Chiang Kai-shek's ruling power since the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy, and he was also known as the "small chairman of the committee" at that time, so it can be said that the "civil engineering department" is the concubine line of the old Chiang Kai-shek.
Around the core figure of the "civil engineering department" Chen Cheng, at that time, there were mainly "four great Kongs", "thirteen Taibao" and other backbones, and today Uncle Long will tell you who the so-called "four great Kongs" of the civil engineering department are? What happened next?
The first "King Kong" is Luo Zhuoying.
Luo Zhuoying was a native of Dapu, Guangdong Province, born in 1896, after graduating from middle school, he went north to enter the Baoding Officer School, became a classmate and became friends with Chen Cheng, returned to his hometown after graduating from the military academy to teach and educate people, and only after three years did he officially join the army, became a member of the National Revolutionary Army, participated in the Eastern Crusade and the Northern Expedition, and successively served as the chief of staff and chief of staff of the Twenty-first Division of the Division, the chief of staff of the Zhejiang Garrison Division, the chief of staff of the Eleventh Division, the commander of the 33rd Brigade, the commander of the 11th Division, and the commander of the 18th Army. Become the main backbone and think tank of chen cheng's faction.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in full swing, Luo Zhuoying led the officers and men of the Eighteenth Army to heroically kill the enemy in the Battle of Luodian in the Battle of Songhu, and repeatedly fought against the Japanese army, resulting in the Japanese army failing to cross the line of Liuhe and Jiading, winning commendations, and being promoted to general commander of the 16th Army, commander of the 18th Army, and general commander of the 15th Group Army; later, he led his troops to participate in the Battle of Wuhan, the Battle of Nanchang, and the Battle of Changsha, killing countless enemies. Later, he served as the commander of the first road of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and fought across borders with brilliant achievements.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he successively served as chairman of Guangdong Province, deputy director of the Northeast Xingyuan, and deputy chief of the Southeast Military and Political Department, mainly to assist Chen Cheng in governing Taiwan. He died in Taiwan on November 6, 1961, at the age of 65.
The second largest "King Kong" is Lin Wei.
Lin Wei is a native of Huangyan, Zhejiang, born in 1889, graduated from Jiangnan Water Division School and Army University, successively served in the Zhejiang Army as battalion commander, chief of staff, commander of the Fourth Regiment, chief of staff of the Twenty-seventh Army, etc. In 1928, Lao Jiang established the Garrison Headquarters, with Chen Cheng as the commander, because Lin Wei was both a graduate of Lu University and a native of Zhejiang, so he was favored by Lao Jiang and Chen Cheng, so he was elected as the chief of staff of the First Division of the Garrison, and has since become a major member of Chen Cheng's "civil engineering department".
Lin Wei successively served as chief of staff of the General Headquarters of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, director of the first department of the Attendant Office, deputy director of the Military Command Department and chief of staff of the Mu guilin battalion, first director of the Ministry of National Defense, and deputy chief of the Office of the Chief of Military affairs in the southeast.
The third "King Kong" is Guo Confession.
Guo Chen, a native of Zhuji, Zhejiang, was born in 1893, graduated from the sixth term of the Baoding Military Academy, and later joined the Zhejiang Army, and during the Northern Expedition, he joined the National Revolutionary Army with the troops and participated in the Northern Expedition. He successively served as a battalion commander, the commander of the 6th Infantry Brigade of the 6th Division, and the 17th Brigade, but later due to the new warlord melee, Guo Chen withdrew from the military. It was not until two years later, in 1932, that he attended Chen Cheng's wedding, and was recommended by his former colleagues that he was appointed by Chen Cheng as a major general of the Eighteenth Army, and since then he has been involved in the Civil Engineering Department and gradually became Chen Cheng's right-hand man.
After that, Guo Chen mainly assisted Chen Cheng in his work, and he successively served as chief of staff of the Fifth Army, director of the General Office of the Wuhan Xingying Army Consolidation Office and director of the Yichang Xingyuan Division, chief of staff of the Sixth Theater Commander's Department, deputy chief of staff of the Ministry of National Defense, commander-in-chief of the Joint Logistics Commission, deputy chief of the Southeast Military And Political Chief's Office and director of the Zhoushan Command, and died in Taiwan in 1950 at the age of 57.
The fourth "King Kong" is Zhou Zhirou.
Zhou Zhirou was born in 1899 in Linhai, Zhejiang, after graduating from the Baoding Army Officer School, he served in the Zhejiang Army, and in 1924 he was invited by Chen Cheng to teach at the Huangpu Military Academy, and later served as a regimental attaché, chief of staff of the 21st Division, chief of staff of the 11st Division, lieutenant general of the 14th Division of the 18th Army, and deputy commander of the 18th Army, and became Chen Cheng's confidant. Later, on the recommendation of Chen Cheng, Zhou Zhirou entered his career in the Air Force, successively serving as director of the Kuomintang Aviation Committee, president of the Kunming Central Aviation School, commander-in-chief of the Air Force, and commanding the Chinese Air Force, the Soviet Air Force Volunteer Corps, and the United States Volunteer Air Force to coordinate their operations against Japan, from the annihilation of 6 enemy aircraft in the "August 14" air battle to the "218," "429," and "May 31" air battles, which dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese and encouraged the morale of the whole country in the war of resistance against Japan.
In 1949, Zhou Zhirou retired to Taiwan and died on August 29, 1986, at the age of 87.
From the "four king kongs" of the Chen Cheng system mentioned above, have you found that the other three except Luo Zhuoying are all Zhejiang people, because Chen Cheng is also a Native of Qingtian, Zhejiang, and one of them is not long, except for Zhou Zhirou who is more than 70 years old, the other three have a life expectancy of only 70 years old, so the ending is not too good.
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