Speaking of the Battle of MengLianggu, I think many people are not unfamiliar with it, it can be described as an unprecedented and tragic battle. At that time, the Nationalist army successively gathered 24 integrated divisions (armies) on the battlefield of Shandong, divided into three mobile corps, totaling more than 450,000 people, in an attempt to fight to the death with the main force of Huaye.
In order to crush the enemy's conspiracy, Hua Ye broke the ship and launched the famous Battle of MengLianggu. After three days and three nights of bloody fighting, the main position of the reorganized 74th Division was all lost, and the division commander Zhang Lingfu knew that the general situation was gone, and finally committed suicide with deputy division commander Cai Renjie and 58 brigade commander Lu Xing. In addition to the defeat and suicide, Hua Ye also captured four senior generals of the 74th Division, so who are they? What happened next? Let's move on.
The first was Wei Zhenyu, chief of staff of major generals of the reorganized 74th Division, who was born in Changsha, Hunan Province, and studied at the Japanese Army Non-Commissioned Officer School and the Army University. During the Battle of Menglianggu, Wei Zhenyu urged Zhang Lingfu not to go up the mountain, on the grounds that Meng Lianggu was a stone mountain and lacked water sources, which was a taboo for soldiers. However, Zhang Lingfu did not accept it, and eventually the 74th Division was completely destroyed, and Wei Zhenyu became a prisoner. Because Wei Zhenyu was quite knowledgeable and was exactly the talent urgently needed by our army, he was later appointed as a teacher at the Nanjing Military Academy.
The second was Li Yunliang, deputy chief of staff of the reorganized 74th Division, who was born in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, and had studied at the Northeast Lecture Hall. Li Yunliang was quite strategic, and was deeply appreciated and valued by Zhang Lingfu. In the Battle of Menglianggu, Li Yunliang served as the deputy chief of staff of the 74th Division, and strongly advocated going up the mountain to hold on, which also catered to Zhang Lingfu's ambition to make meritorious achievements. However, as a result, everyone knows that the 74th Division not only failed to achieve "central blossoming", but the entire army was destroyed, and Li Yunliang himself was defeated and captured. Since then, Li Yunliang's whereabouts have also been a mystery, and some people say that he was released and later returned to his hometown to work as a farmer.
The third was Chen Chuanjun, commander of the 51st Brigade of the Reorganized 74th Division, who was born in Fujian County, Shandong Province, and studied at the Fifth Phase of the Whampoa Military Academy. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Chen Chuanjun successively served as the commander and deputy commander of the 74th Army, and participated in the Battle of Changsha, the Battle of Changde and the Battle of Xiangxi. In the Battle of Menglianggu, Chen Chuanjun commanded the 51st Brigade to resist with all his might, but in the end, under the attack of Huaye's superior troops, the soldiers were defeated and captured. After that, Chen Chuanjun's whereabouts are unknown, and there is a theory that he did not cooperate with the reform and was later killed.
The fourth was Chen Shuyun, commander of the 57th Brigade of the reorganized 74th Division, who was born in Pingxiang, Jiangxi, studied at the Huangpu Military Academy for the fourth period, and after graduation, he continued to conquer the North and the South, and also participated in the Northern Expedition. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chen Shuyun successively served as chief of staff, deputy division commander, and division commander of the 74th Army Division, and participated in the Battle of Changheng, the Battle of Changde, and the Battle of Western Hunan Province. In the Battle of Menglianggu, Chen Shuyun led his troops to hold out for three days and three nights, and finally the position was broken by our army, and Chen Shuyun also became a prisoner. Chen was then held in a war criminals' camp and was last pardoned in 1975. After regaining his freedom, Chen Settled in Nanjing and served as a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In 1983, Chen Shiyun died at the age of 79.