After the defeat of the Xinhai Revolution, Sun Yat-sen established the government of the Republic of China and the National Revolutionary Army in order to drive out the Tartars and restore China. The development of the national army was brilliant and tortuous, and the Northwest Army was an army led by Feng Yuxiang, but in the later period, the Northwest Army was fragmented, and its strength was not as great as before.
Sun Lianzhong was once a fierce general in the Northwest Army, and in the most humane war, he was still able to see the overall situation clearly; the so-called cleansed people were self-purifying, and the turbid ones were self-turbid, and Sun Zhonglian was able to remain sober in a chaotic environment and give play to the strength of the sons and daughters of China in the War of Resistance Against Japan. Even in the most difficult moments, Sun Zhonglian ordered the retreaters to kill without mercy and fight to the death to victory in the War of Resistance, but it was such a heroic general who, as China moved towards an era of peace, stepped down as a general and made a living by opening noodle shops.
First, the young people whose blood is boiling
In Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army, most of his subordinates were people's disciples and soldiers born in bitter cold, and Sun Zhonglian was one of them. Sun Zhonglian's hometown is in Hebei, because of the customs of his hometown and the complex social environment, Sun Zhonglian has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he is a Mao boy full of blood and extraordinary skills. After graduating from middle school, Sun Zhonglian threw himself into Feng Yuxiang's subordinates to join the army, hoping to contribute a weak force to the country and the people in a chaotic environment.
At that time, Feng Yuxiang, after seeing Sun Zhonglian, who was tall and devoted to serving the country, liked him in his heart and thought that he was a good seedling, so he often took him with him to teach. Sun Zhonglian also lived up to expectations, grew very rapidly, and soon became a fierce general who could sweep through the field, became Feng Yuxiang's right-hand man, and became one of the thirteen Taibao of the Northwest Army by virtue of his strength.
However, after Feng Yuxiang and Chiang Kai-shek triggered the Central Plains War because of the problem of organization, the Northwest Army led by Feng Yuxiang was deeply defeated. At this time, the capable generals in the Northwest Army began to make their own small calculations in their hearts, and a large number of them defected one after another and surrendered to Chiang Kai-shek, resulting in the fragmentation of the Northwest Army and eventually its disintegration. The remnants of the Northwest Army were reorganized into the Nationalist 29th Army, and Feng Yuxiang went down from then on, and the once-prosperous Northwest Army ceased to exist.
Second, the general who swears to die and will not retreat
Soon after, the War of Resistance Against Japan broke out, and the Nationalist army also threw themselves into the War of Resistance Against Japan. At this time, Sun Zhonglian led part of the Northwest Army to join Li Zongren, who, unlike other national officers, came from the Whampoa Military Academy, but sat in this position by virtue of his own strength. The two felt sorry for each other, and Li Zongren gave Sun Zhonglian a lot of special care, grain, grass and equipment for Sun Zhonglian's use first, you know, in that period, this was the lifeblood of a team.
Sun Zhonglian, with Li Zongren's high hopes, fought with the Japanese army in Xuzhou, which was already surrounded by Japanese troops and was in danger. However, Xuzhou's geographical location is very special, as an important hub connecting the north and south of China, it cannot be lost. Sun Zhonglian led the army to hold Taierzhuang, but he faced a sophisticated mechanized army of the Japanese army, the enemy was not only well armed, but also aircraft and air force to help, the difference in strength was huge, sun Zhonglian's army suffered heavy losses.
A general who had been charging on the front line sent a letter to Sun Zhonglian, who had suffered serious losses in the front and requested to rest and fight again. In the face of a strong enemy, Sun Zhonglian's attitude is also very resolute, we must stick to it, even if there are no shells, we will fill people in and fight, no one will fill me in and fight, but who dares to retreat a step, absolutely kill! Sun Zhonglian's words made the scattered military hearts re-unite and continue to fight fiercely with the Japanese army.
3. The owner of the noodle shop after the victory of the War of Resistance
When it came to the night, Sun Zhonglian felt that the hard fight with the Japanese army might not last long, so he planned to form a death squad, and he took out a lot of money to motivate the soldiers to stand up and attack the Japanese army at night. Unexpectedly, everyone enthusiastically signed up, but they were dismissive of the bonus, and it turned out that after the battle, the anti-Japanese mood of the soldiers in the army was very high, and they were bent on driving away little Japan and winning the victory.
In the Battle of Taierzhuang, Sun Zhonglian's troops fought with the Japanese army during the day, fighting with white blades without ammunition, sneaking to seize the land at night with death squads, fighting with the Japanese army to the death, touring back and forth, a death squad of 53 people, and finally only 13 people survived, and they drove the Japanese out of the village with their flesh and blood. Even under the conditions of fighting when the enemy is strong and we are weak, he still leads the army to kill a bloody road. Although the later victory in the Battle of Taierzhuang was counterattacked by the Japanese army at the Battle of Xuzhou, the Battle of Taierzhuang was still an important part of the War of Resistance Against Japan.
After eight years of struggle, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression ushered in victory, and the ensuing War of Liberation ended in 1949. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Sun Zhonglian followed Chiang Kai-shek to Taiwan. In the era of peace, Sun Zhonglian began to sell noodles for a living in Taiwan and became a noodle shop owner. The heroic general on the battlefield returned to normal life like a fish, Sun Zhonglian relied on his good skills and used a bowl of "general noodles" to be deeply loved by the people of Taiwan, and Sun Zhonglian also spent this life peacefully in a plain and happy life.
epilogue:
In the days of national crisis and war, Sun Zhonglian led the army to create miracles on the battlefield that could not be reproduced, and in peacetime, he could remove his armor and calmly sell noodles for a living. How can such a person who can stand up when the country needs it and retire to the people in peacetime be admired?