Today I would like to introduce you to a lieutenant general of the Kuomintang Army who graduated from the fourth term of the Huangpu Period, and his name is Li Mi. Li Mi had escaped from the battle at the Battle of Huaihai, when Chiang Kai-shek ordered him to reinforce Huang Baitao's Seventh Corps, but he retreated alone because of the unfavorable battle conditions.
It was just that the People's Liberation Army moved faster than him, and in the end, Li Mi's team was completely destroyed, and he ran out alone. When Chiang Kai-shek learned of this, he reorganized Li Mi's corps and ordered Li Mi to continue to lead the team to confront the People's Liberation Army. So where did he go afterwards? Did Chiang Kai-shek reuse it when he made such a great mistake of principle? Let's take a look.
Born in Yingjiang County, Yunnan Province, Li Mi was born in 1902 to a wealthy family. In fact, he could have been a brother with no worries about food and clothing, but because of the relationship between the times, he knew that closing the door could not save the country, so he joined the army. At first, Li Mi was only a small service soldier, but he was capable and fast, and he was very good at dealing with people, so he quickly got the weight of the above, and thus got the opportunity to go to the Whampoa Military Academy for further study.
Li Mi was not as greedy and afraid of death on the battlefield as at the end of the Liberation War, and he also had heroic moments. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Li Mi led a team to fight with the Japanese troops trying to capture Hubei, and in order to combat their air power, Li Mi burned more than twenty Japanese aircraft, which was definitely a feat that no one had ever done before. After this battle, Li Mi became famous, and Chiang Kai-shek also attached more and more importance to him, and he continued to be promoted, slowly promoted to the position of military commander.
Chiang Kai-shek's expectations of him were high, but Li Mi's performance in the War of Liberation disappointed him greatly. Li Mi did not have a big picture view, and he was very serious about the temporary gains and losses, even if necessary, he was not willing to give up a little territory to gain greater progress. He did not understand the so-called "retreat to advance", and the People's Liberation Army took advantage of his weakness to quickly beat his troops to pieces.
Li Mi probably also had a bit of a bottom on his military level, and it was only when Chiang Kai-shek asked him to support Huang Baitao that he chose to flee as soon as possible. Seeing that the troops could not be taken away, he let his troops go down desperately, and he disguised himself and fled. After the defeat, Li Mi also ran to Chiang Kai-shek to cry about his tragic situation, and Chiang Kai-shek not only did not punish him, but even continued to reuse him.
After receiving Chiang Kai-shek's instructions, Li Mi reorganized his own corps, but by then the Kuomintang was at the end of its rope, and Li Mi was soon defeated in Yunnan, after which Li Mi was detained by the rebellious Lu Han. However, Li Mi's heart is deep, and he pretends to surrender, cheating Lu Han's trust, and then being released by Lu Han.
Li Mi soon returned to Taiwan, after which Chiang Kai-shek ordered him to collect the remnants of the "Golden Triangle" generation. In this way, Li Mi organized the remnants of the Kuomintang everywhere in the "Golden Triangle", because the military expenditure was not enough, he also organized the troops to sell opium, which made the Burmese and Thai militaries have great opinions on them. In 1954, Chiang Kai-shek had to order Li Mi to return to Taiwan with his army. After returning to Taiwan, Li Mi briefly catered to Chiang Kai-shek's desire to "counterattack the mainland," and he was therefore highly valued by Chiang Kai-shek and appointed by Chiang Kai-shek as "director of the Yunnan Appeasement Office." In the 1970s, Chiang Kai-shek felt that there was no hope of "counterattacking the mainland," and Li Mi gradually lost power. In 1973, Li Mi died of illness at the age of 71 and was buried in Taiwan.
Resources:
"Biography of the Hundred Military Generals of the Republic of China" Yang Yingqi and Guo Biqiang