Although the New Gui clan in Guangxi was defeated in 1949 along with the Central Army, as the last local warlord to be suppressed, its troop combat strength and internal construction mechanism were quite remarkable. However, many of the backbone members of the new Gui clan did not succeed. The Gui generals were known for being able to fight, but most of them did not die in the early years when warlords were fighting for territory, and even few of them actually died in battle, which is quite strange. Let's take a look at the 3 Generals of the Gui System who did not get a good death.
The first thing to say is an extremely important Gui military commander named Liao Lei. People familiar with the history of the Gui family will know Liao Lei's life very well, and unfamiliar friends may only know Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, but do not know who Liao Lei is. Liao Lei is a native of Guangxi, handsome and handsome, chivalrous and patriotic. However, in the early years, Liao Lei was not born in the new Gui faction, but was a subordinate of Tang Shengzhi in Hunan, and after Tang fell, he followed his old classmate Bai Chongxi. (Liao Lei had made friends with Bai before defecting to the Gui clan, and had saved Bai's life when Tang Shengzhi returned) In this way, Liao Lei is not a Member of the Gui Army, but because of the integrity of the commander, the outstanding talent and character quickly gained the trust of the upper echelons, and he became the commander of the army and the commander of the group army all the way.
Liao Lei's peak moment was the Battle of Songhu in 37 years (in fact, it was also the most tragic battle), when Liao Lei, commander-in-chief of the 21st Army, led 60,000 elite soldiers of the Gui clan to storm the Japanese positions in the area of Yunzaobang, resulting in casualties under the enemy's superior firepower and aircraft bombardment. Liao Lei and the Soldiers of Guangxi wrote a tragic song in the history of the Anti-Japanese Resistance. Liao Lei himself did not die on the battlefield, but died unexpectedly and early in 1939 due to cerebral hemorrhage, only 39 years old, and before he died, he did not forget to ask his colleagues to continue to kill the enemy and serve the country. Liao Lei was ranked first because he was not a warlord in the first place, but an anti-Japanese hero.
The second was Zhang Gan, commander of the 3rd Corps of the Gui Army in the Liberation War. Zhang Gan, like Liao Lei, Xia Wei, Li Pinxian and others, also served as the commander of the Gui ace 7th Army. However, compared with Liao Lei, Zhang Gan's qualifications are much shallower, and he does not have a particularly dazzling record, but Zhang Gan has reached the same height as Liao Lei in his position. Zhang Gan served as commander of the 3rd Corps (equivalent to the previous group army rank) before he was captured in 1949, and the strongest Guangxi 7th Army and 48th Army were under his command, which was on a par with Liao Lei before his death. However, unlike Liao Lei, Zhang Gan's real talent is actually not prominent. His war command ability is also not as good as Liao Lei, Zhang Gan is very superstitious in fighting, likes to guide actions according to the "Zhou Yi", and if the results are not good, he will not move, so he has been laughed at many times by Bai Chongxi and his subordinates. Even so, Zhang Gan did not get a good death, and after being captured in the Battle of Guangxi in 1949, Zhang Gan was reformed in prison, and before he could get out of prison, he fell ill in 1959 and died at the age of 62.
The third one is called Li Benyi. Li Benyi was a subordinate of Zhang Gan during the Liberation War and served as the commander of the 7th Army. The Seventh Army is the oldest army of the Gui clan, the strong army of the Gui clan, among all the local troops, the Gui 7Th Army is one of the strongest, and its strength is comparable to the ace army of the Central Army. Li Benyi was also fortunate to become the last commander of this army. (It can also be said that unfortunately, the 7th Army is folded in his hands) Li Benyi's personal strength is not bad, fighting a war, and he is not afraid of rushing to kill, and when fighting against Japan, he insisted on guerrilla warfare with Liao Lei at Dabie Mountain. In 1949, Li Ben, the last commander of the 7th Army, led his army to defeat the Fourth Field Army once or twice, once in Hengyang and Baoqing, Hunan, and lost almost all the elites; after the supply, he was completely annihilated by our army twice in Guangxi. Because he had previously condoned his men to massacre the people, Li Ben was shot at the age of 49 for war crimes.