During the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Kuomintang had five main armies, and among these five main armies, Lao Jiang most appreciated the 18th Army of the Nationalist Army led by Chen Cheng.
The 18th Army was known for its strict military discipline and obedience to orders, which was incomparable to several other legions, and they were at the forefront of the war. The 18th Army of the Nationalist Army was reorganized from the 11th Division of the National Revolutionary Army, and in 1930, Chen Cheng was appointed as the supreme commander of the 18th Army, but when he accepted this order with great joy, he regretted it when he took office.
He had thought that the 18th Army, as the earliest and most powerful main force of the Kuomintang army, had experienced the most wars, and should have been a group of brave soldiers. There were many veterans in the 18th Army, who were old in their own ranks, exploiting the loopholes in military discipline, eating empty salaries, and taking military salaries but not doing what they should do. The military discipline of the 18th Army was equivalent to a decoration for them, and they always knew how to maximize their own interests without accepting the punishment of military discipline.
Chen Cheng looked at the lazy army in front of him, his brow furrowed, not that he didn't want to care about these people, but that these people themselves couldn't say anything. The division commanders and brigade commanders who served as officers under Chen Cheng were also not surprised by such a situation and did not pay attention to it. But there was still a person who stepped forward, and this person was Luo Guangwen, who was only a battalion commander of the 18th Army at that time.
Later, when Chen Cheng inspected the barracks, he found that he rewarded and punished his soldiers clearly, abided by discipline and law, and tested the soldiers he brought, and then decided to let Luo Guangwen serve as the regimental commander, rewarding him with good governance of the army, but also wanting him to rectify military discipline. Luo Guangwen, who was promoted, was very happy, he had long been unaccustomed to the current appearance of the 18th Army, thinking that it was time to rectify it.
Therefore, Luo Guangwen called the thorn heads of several military camps at that time and reprimanded them very severely, but before he could finish speaking, one of the company commanders among these people spoke, saying that Luo Guangwen was making a big fuss, and he said that how about eating some empty pay, and that he could still expel them from the barracks. Luo Guangcheng just listened to them quietly, did not answer, and finally just let them go out, and the battalion commander smiled disdainfully at Luo Guangcheng.
Luo Guangcheng looked at their backs and silently wrote a letter to the brigade commander Fang Jingping. He was asked to execute the men with strict laws. However, when Fang Jingping held a meeting the next day, he said: "Although some veterans sat on empty pay and should have been shot, but..."
Before he could finish speaking, Luo Guangcheng immediately pulled out his gun and killed the battalion commander. Afterwards, Luo Guangcheng asked Fang Jingping again.
Luo Guangcheng knew that if he let Fang Jingping finish his words, he would have no effect of rectifying military discipline and killing a hundred people, so he could only cut first and play later. Later, Chen Cheng knew about this matter, and he felt that Luo Guangcheng was doing a beautiful job. Sure enough, since then, the 18th Army has not neglected military discipline or eaten empty salaries. Luo Guangcheng was also promoted to brigade commander because of this.