As we all know, there are many factions within the Nationalist army group led by Chiang Kai-shek, among which the most influential and powerful is definitely the civil engineering department. The members of this faction all held important positions in Chiang Kai-shek's military clique. In particular, Chen Cheng, the founder of the civil engineering department, was Chiang Kai-shek's confidant and beloved general, and was known as the second most important person in the nationalist army. The civil engineering department is a military group, so it is also known as a small imperial court in the Chiang family dynasty.
The head of the civil engineering department was Chen Cheng, who started with the 11th Division and grew up with the 18th Army, and established this faction. Eleven together is a clay word, eighteen together is a wooden word, so it is called a civil engineering system. Probably because Chen Cheng was Chiang Kai-shek's beloved general, the nationalist generals wanted to climb this big tree. In this way, Chen Cheng's civil engineering department is also a famous general like a cloud, and with Chen Cheng's promotion, the generals of the civil engineering department are all over the important military and political posts.
In addition to the leader of this faction, Chen Cheng, there were four great Kongs under its command: Luo Zhuoying, Lin Wei, Guo Chen, and Zhou Zhirou. These people were all high-ranking generals in the nationalist army, and Luo Zhuoying was a think tank of this faction and a cadre that Chen Cheng relied on. Lin Wei was a senior military staff officer of Chiang Kai-shek and a military secretary of Chiang Kai-shek, serving successively as director of the Military Department. Guo Chen was also one of the senior generals in the Nationalist army, engaged in staff officers, logistics, military and political positions. Zhou Zhirou and Chen Cheng were classmates, originally also an army general, and then Chen Cheng was transferred to the Air Force, and after a long period of hard work, Zhou Zhirou was appointed to the commander-in-chief of the Air Force.
In addition to the four Kongo, the civil engineering department also has 13 Taibao: Fang Tian, Liu Yunhan, Luo Zemin, Yang Yekong, Shi Zuhuang, Lü Wenzhen, Zhao Guisen, Guo Rugui, Liu Jinkan, Che Fanru, Hong Maoxiang, Li Zhongxin, and Wu Zhongzhi. These people are spread throughout the various departments of the national army.
At the same time, the civil engineering department also has a group of brave and good generals. For example, Huang Wei, who graduated from the first phase of Huangpu, was also the commander of the 18th Army. Hu Lian, who graduated from the Huangpu Ivy Period, is also a tough general. Xia Chuzhong, Huo Yuzhang, Mou Tingfang, Song Ruike, Que Hanqian, Dai Zhiqi, Qiu Xingxiang, Yang Botao, Wang Jiaben, Peng Shiliang and other famous warriors were all attached to the big tree of Chen Cheng.
Among the civil engineering departments of this famous general and fierce generals, Chen Cheng is recognized as the number one person in the civil engineering department and the founder of this faction. So, who is the number two person in this faction?
The number two person in the civil engineering department was not Hu Lian, the first fierce general of this faction, nor Zhou Zhirou, the commander of the Air Force, but Luo Zhuoying, who first followed Chen Cheng. Both graduated from baoding military academy and were classmates. Luo Zhuoying, with the care of Chen Cheng, also made him rise step by step in the national army group, which was very important. Therefore, Luo Zhuoying had a high prestige in the entire civil engineering department, because he was also the second commander of the 18th Army. It was chen cheng's position that was promoted step by step, so once Chen Cheng was absent, he would be the only candidate to order the "civil engineering department".
Of course, Luo Zhuoying's rapid promotion was not all dependent on Chen Cheng. In fact, his military ability was also very powerful, and he was one of the generals who contributed greatly to the victory of the war. The famous Battle of Shanggao is Luo Zhuoying, a masterpiece of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. This was a head-on contest in which the Nationalist army annihilated more than 24,000 enemy troops and won the most splendid battle since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. It can be seen that Luo Zhuoying is not a general of relations, and the elder of the Republic of China, Yu Youren, once praised Luo Zhuoying: "Travel 30,000 miles and fight 200 battles."