Welcome to Epic Epic No. 906. With the victory of the War of Liberation, hundreds of generals of the Kuomintang army abandoned the dark and joined our camp. Even until the 1960s, the top leaders of the national army returned to the mainland to work for national reunification. Today, let's find out which 6 of the former senior Kuomintang generals who defected to our camp once had the highest status.
Sixth place, Zhang Zhizhong. Former rank of second-class general of the Nationalist Army. Because of his opposition to the civil war after 45 years and his extremely high status in the national army, he "did nothing military" during the entire Liberation War, but also had no security worries. There is no doubt that Zhang Zhizhong's people with this characteristic are the most suitable for peace talks, and indeed they have negotiated with the People's Liberation Army twice as a representative of the Nationalist army, and finally remained in our camp in 1949, and since then they have actively contributed to the Xinjiang uprising and the establishment of the country, and have made great contributions.
Fifth place, Wei Lihuang. Former rank of second-class general of the Nationalist Army. In 1948, he was in charge of more than 500 thousand armies in the northeast. Although the individual did not return to the mainland until 1955 to establish clear links with the central government, rumours of the individual were rampant as early as the civil war. The good relations with our army during the War of Resistance Against Japan and the inaction of the Northeast Army in 1948 were all taken as evidence that he had been "communist" for a long time. However, there is no clear historical material showing that Wei Lihuang was already a member of our side during the civil war.
The fourth, Fu Zuoyi. Former rank of second-class general of the Nationalist Army. Fu Zuoyi was the general of the Nationalist Army who actually had the largest number of troops among the nationalist generals of the civil war uprising, nominally owning 600,000 troops and actually having 250,000 concubines, with the highest actual power. In Peiping and Suiyuan, at least 330,000 officers and soldiers of the Nationalist army laid down their weapons under his direct influence in 49 years. Fu undoubtedly contributed to the country.
The third place, Tang Shengzhi. Former rank of general of the first class of the National Army. This person has a relatively high historical status, but the impact of the uprising is far less than that of Fu Zuoyi, and even Chen Mingren, Zhang Yi and other corps-level generals are not comparable. Tang Ben was the head of the Xiang Army, one of Chiang's sworn enemies, and therefore a first-class general in the Nationalist Army in the 1930s. However, after the military defeat, Tang buried his hometown and taught for many years, and there was not a single soldier around him during the so-called uprising, which was a personal act. Later, Tang Shengzhi served as vice governor of Hunan.
Second place, Cheng Qian. Former rank of general of the first class of the National Army. If judging from the impact of the uprising, the uprising of Cheng Qiancheng in Changsha in 49 years is really no smaller than that of Fu Zuoyi, who has hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers. This is cheng's position in the Republic of China and the nationalist army for decades, although the Changsha uprising supported 100,000 troops by Chen Mingren, but the influence of Cheng Qian behind it is incomparable to others. One of the elders of the Northern Expedition in the 1920s, one of the top warlords of the Republic of China, with political significance far greater than the previous ones, Cheng Qian later served as the governor of Hunan Province.
The first, Li Zongren. Former rank of general of the first class of the National Army. Li Zongren's position in the national army can even be called "under one person" in name. He has been the boss of the Gui clan, the strongest local warlord force in the Republic of China, since the 1920s, and the acting president of the Republic of China in 1949, with more influence than the above five people. When Li Zongren returned to China in 1965, the news caused a sensation on both sides of the strait and was once considered a major event in the 1960s.