The outbreak of the Anhui Incident in southern Anhui fully exposed Chiang Kai-shek's ugly face of sabotaging the anti-Japanese united front, which not only greatly affected the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communists, but also gave the Japanese army the opportunity to reap the benefits of the fishermen.
However, from this incident, there were also some patriots in the Kuomintang camp who put the overall interests of the nation first, and even refused to carry out orders, such as General Li Shuzheng.
Li Shu was a Baiyin man from Gansu Province, graduated from the seventh phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, was known for his honesty and honesty, was appreciated by Chen Cheng, and became a very outstanding young talent in the "Department of Civil Engineering".
As we all know, Chen Cheng is a big red man in front of Lao Jiang, and his confidants will naturally receive special preferential treatment from Lao Jiang, but Li Shuzheng is just the opposite, not only failed to soar, but was removed from his post in October 1940. What is the reason for this?
It turned out that it was on the eve of the outbreak of the Anhui Southern Incident, and Gu Zhutong, who was in charge of the incident, specially transferred Li Shuzheng to give him advice. Li Shuzheng was serving as a combat staff officer in the Third Theater at the time, and it was a matter of duty to participate in such a military operation, but he did not want to kill each other, so he refused on the grounds of "illness."
Gu Zhutong personally called several times, Li Shuzheng was also indifferent, and Gu Zhutong, who was furious, simply removed Li Shuzheng from his post and investigated it.
Remove from his post, remove from his post, that is also more painful than cannibalism, Li Shuzheng is very open to this, no official, he is light, just take this opportunity to travel to Nanjing.
Coincidentally, it was this trip to Nanjing, Li Shuzheng and his later wife Ye Fangna became acquainted, and the two soon entered the palace of marriage, which is also a blessing in disguise!
Although Li Shuzheng was removed from his post, Chen Cheng was well aware of his military talent and came forward to vouch for it, and Li Shuzheng became the head of the engineer regiment under Du Yuming, and in 1942 he accompanied the army to Burma.
After returning to China in 1944, Li Shuzheng participated in the Battle of Western Hunan and the Battle of Western Hubei successively, and his merits were outstanding. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Li Shuzheng also accompanied General Xu Yongchang to the Japanese surrender ceremony on September 2, 1945, as a member of the Chinese delegation.
The reason why Li Shuzheng was selected into the Chinese delegation, in addition to his military achievements, there is also an important point, that is, his appearance.
Li Shuzheng has upright facial features and a dignified appearance, and can be regarded as the "face value bearer" among the generals of the National Army, and such a general with both talent, battle merit, and appearance is naturally the best candidate for the delegation.
(Pictured: Li Shuzheng on the far left)
It is precisely because of his high appearance and talent that Li Shuzheng has also been pursued by Jiang Yiying, a famous female agent of military command, but Li Shuzheng is very single-minded in his feelings, and refuses on the grounds of "a virtuous wife in the family".
After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chiang Kai-shek provoked a civil war, and Li Shuzheng naturally joined the war, serving as chief of the general staff of Xuzhou, commander of the 80th Army, and the rank of lieutenant general, but under the mighty offensive of the People's Liberation Army, what can a Li Shuzheng count?
At the beginning of 1950, Li Shuzheng led his troops to retreat to Hainan Island to assist Xue Yue in defending Hainan, and built the "Boling Defense Line", known as the "Three-dimensional Defense Line of Sea, Land and Air". However, in just half a month, Xue Yue's elaborate "Boling Defense Line" collapsed, and Li Shuzheng had to withdraw to Taiwan with the remnants of his army.
After arriving in Taiwan, because of Chen Cheng's relationship, Li Shuzheng was initially very highly valued, serving as chief of staff of the Army Headquarters, but later, due to the Wu Guozhen incident and the Sun Liren incident, Li Shuzheng was implicated several times, and even Chen Cheng could not save him, and he was never reused again.
In 1991, Li Shuzheng died of illness at the age of 77.