Xue Yue was recognized as a famous anti-Japanese general, commanding the three Battles of Changsha to kill more than 100,000 Japanese troops, famous at home and abroad, but in the face of the fiasco of the Kuomintang army in the Liberation War, Xue Yue was powerless, more accurately, more than enough and insufficient.
Before the Battle of Huaihai in November 1948, Xue Yue learned of the establishment of the "Xuzhou Suppression General", and Xue Yue, who was eating at home, asked the people around him, "Who is the commander-in-chief?" The people around him said that it was Liu Zhi, and Xue Yue threw the chopsticks on the table and sighed.
Who was this Liu Zhi, and why did Xue Yue sigh when he heard that he had become commander-in-chief? Let's take a look at Liu Zhiqi and his people, I am afraid that those nationalist generals who are familiar with Liu Zhi will sigh for this reason!
Liu Zhi was born in Miaobei Village, Ji'an County, Jiangxi Province, in a poor peasant family, and his father was beaten to death by bullies when he was not yet one year old, and later he remarried with his mother twice, fortunately, his second father was a petty official, and he was very good to him.
In 1905, Liu Zhi followed his stepfather to Tokyo, Japan, broadened his horizons, and after returning to China, in 1913, Liu Zhi threw his pen from Rong into the second infantry section of the Baoding Officers' Military Academy, thus entering the military circles, and in his military career, Liu Zhi had his own set of philosophies of handling.
In Liu Zhi's life, the word "forbearance" is the upper, he believes that it is good to be a person with a thick appearance, and those who can achieve great things in the past and the present can endure, and in 1922, Liu Zhi, who served as the chief of staff of Lieutenant Colonel in Xu Chongzhi's army, was excluded, and Liu Zhi, who was demoted, was silent.
In 1924, the Whampoa Military Academy was established, at the invitation of He Yingqin, then the chief instructor of the military academy, Liu Zhi went to Huangpu as a tactical instructor, and it was also Liu Zhifan who could bear to look loyal and honest, he had a good relationship with many people at the Whampoa Military Academy, He Yingqin, Gu Zhutong, Qian Dajun, Jiang Dingwen and others were his friends.
With so many friends to help each other, it was difficult for Liu Zhi not to be promoted, and later Liu Zhi was favored by the old Jiang, who successively made neutral contributions in the Jiang-Gui War and the Central Plains War, and was called "Fu General", and later some touters engaged in the "Five Tiger Generals", and Liu Zhi actually ranked first.
However, during the anti-Japanese period, Liu Zhi was like a changed person, not only could not fight but was greedy for life and afraid of death, after the Japanese army invaded China in an all-round way, Liu Zhi was appointed deputy commander of the First Theater and commander of the Second Army, and Liu Zhi's officials at this level were old enough.
At that time, Liu Zhi entered Baoding to defend along the Pinghan Road, but he did not expect that the Japanese army took the interspersed bypass of the frontal defense and directly inserted into Baoding, Liu Zhi and the Japanese army engaged in battle near Baoding, resulting in the loss of Baoding, liu Zhi was frantically fleeing for his life all the way, retreating to Shijiazhuang and then retreating to Kaifeng.
After this battle, Liu Zhi had a nickname - "Long-legged General", let the outside world how to belittle, Liu Zhi with the word "forbearance", and later in the Liberation War, on New Year's Day 1946, Liu Zhi mobilized 300,000 troops to besiege more than 60,000 people of the Central Plains Liberation Army, and as a result, he was defeated in the Battle of Dingtao.
Liu Zhi was removed from his post and transferred back to Nanjing, serving as an advisory member, in 1948, Liu Zhi served as the commander-in-chief of Xuzhou, which was re-activated for him, but unfortunately he did not fight, the Battle of Huaihai was fought, and more than 550,000 people were annihilated, strangely, Liu Zhi still lived well, until his death in 1971, at the age of 79.