In the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Chiang Kai-shek divided the country into five theaters, each of which had a theater commander in charge. According to statistics, during the eight-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chiang Kai-shek successively established 12 theaters throughout the country. After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chiang Kai-shek successively set up five camps throughout the country, such as the Northeast Camp, the North Parallel Camp, the Northwest Camp, the Wuhan Camp, and the Guangzhou Camp. There are also 4 appeasement offices; such as Xuzhou Appeasement Office, Zhengzhou Appeasement Office, Quzhou Appeasement Office, Sichuan-Shaanxi-Xiang Appeasement Office, and Chuankang Appeasement Office. Xingyuan established Chongqing Xingyuan (Lord He Yingqin, Dai Zhangqun) and Xichang Xingyuan (Director He Guoguang).
Whether it is a camp or an appeasement office, a national army leader is appointed as the director of the camp or appeasement office. Then, let's take a look at which of the five major battalions established by Chiang Kai-shek after the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression served as the director.
The camp was a purely military institution, and it was also the permanent station of Chiang Kai-shek to inspect local military aircraft, or the military commander's residence as the representative of his supreme commander. At the same time, the duties of the camp director must also be the main grasp, and the military and combat areas under the jurisdiction of the camp should be taken charge. Somewhat similar to the commanders of the major military regions after the founding of New China. As you may all know, the commanders of the military regions after the founding of the People's Republic of China are under the direct jurisdiction of the army wěi, and the directors of the camp are also under the jurisdiction of Chiang Kai-shek.
The first northeast camp was after the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, when Chiang Kai-shek deliberately established the Northeast Camp in order to forcibly occupy the large industrial city in the northeast. The battalion was responsible for the military and political affairs of the three northeastern provinces and operated the three northeastern provinces for Chiang Kai-shek. And who will be sent as the director of the Northeast Camp? At first, the generals in the Nationalist army thought that Chiang Kai-shek would send Zhang Xueliang as the director of the northeast camp. The reason is very simple, Zhang Xueliang has a certain network of contacts in the northeast, and he is also familiar with the local customs and customs, and he is the best candidate. But Chiang Kai-shek still refused to forgive Zhang Xueliang for his mistakes in Xi'an. Therefore, in the end, Zhang Xueliang did not serve as the director of the northeast camp, but let Xiong Shihui serve as the director of the northeast camp, and Du Yuming served as the commander of the northeast security.
The second north parallel battalion, formerly operated in Hanzhong during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. The military and political affairs of the four provinces of Hebei, Suiyuan, Rehe, and Chahar in the north China region under its jurisdiction were all managed by the North Parallel Battalion. Friends who may be familiar with the history of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression know that the director of the Hanzhong camp is the Gui warlord Li Zongren. Therefore, when it was changed to the North Parallel Battalion, Li Zongren still served as the director of the camp.
The third northwestern battalion was to guard the northwest region for Chiang Kai-shek. You know, the northwest region during the Republic of China period was the territory of the Ma family. There was a Ma Hongkui in Ningxia, a Ma Bufang from Qinghai, and Ma Buqing, Ma Hongbin, and others were all figures with heads and faces in the Ma Jiajun group. These people were ostensibly dependent on Chiang Kai-shek, but in fact they were all local kings during the Republic of China period. Chiang Kai-shek also had to defend against these people, so after the establishment of the northwest camp, the old Chiang Kai-shek made General Zhang Zhizhong, who was capable of both military and political affairs, the post of director of the northwest camp.
The fourth Wuhan camp is responsible for military affairs in central China, and the director of the camp is Cheng Qian, a big man of the Nationalist army. This is definitely a general of the senior level of the Nationalist Army, who served as the commander of the Sixth Army during the Northern Expedition and the commander of the theater during the War of Resistance. Naturally, in the period of the Liberation War, he was still a national army general at the level of a big man in charge of one side.
The director of the fifth Guangzhou camp was Zhang Fakui, a general of the Cantonese clan. He was also a highly qualified local warlord who led the Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army in heroic battles during the Northern Expedition, thus winning the title of Iron Army. After the Northern Expedition occupied Wuhan, Zhang Fakui became a loyal fan of Wang Jingwei and a supporter of Wang. Unfortunately, later during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wang Jingwei became a traitor, and Zhang Fakui at this time did not collude with Wang Jingwei, but became a follower of Chiang Kai-shek. He also served as the commander of the Fourth Theater of Operations, responsible for the two Guangdong wars.
Whether it is Xiong Shihui in the northeast camp, Li Zongren in the north parallel camp, Zhang Zhizhong in the northwest camp, Cheng Qian in Wuhan, and Zhang Fakui in Guangzhou, they are all generals who belong to the level of the big man of the nationalist army.