In 1949, Liu Ruming's corps was completely annihilated in Fujian, who were the three commanders under him? How it ends
In 1948, in order to adapt to the operation of the large corps, Chiang Kai-shek organized the Kuomintang 4th Appeasement District into the 8th Corps, and Liu Ruming was appointed as the commander of the corps, under the command of the 55th Army, the 68th Army and the 96th Army, after which the 8th Corps participated in the Battle of Huaihai and suffered a disastrous defeat. After that, Liu Ruming led the remnants of the 8th Corps to flee to the Yangtze River, and in the face of the PLA's attack, the 8th Corps was almost destroyed at once, Liu Ruming led the remnants to flee in a hurry, and was eventually completely annihilated in Fujian.
So, who were the 3 commanders of the 8th Corps? How did they end up? In fact, the three commanders of the 8th Corps are Cao Fulin, commander of the 55th Army, Liu Ruzhen, commander of the 68th Army, and Yu Zhaolong, commander of the 96th Army.
The first is Cao Fulin, commander of the 55th Army. Cao Fulin was a native of the Northwest Army, serving as the commander of the 29th Division under Feng Yuxiang, and after Feng Yuxiang's defeat in the Battle of the Central Plains, Cao Fulin entered the Nationalist army and was promoted to the commander of the 14th Army. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Cao Fulin was transferred to the commander of the 55th Army, and since he was not a member of Chiang Kai-shek's concubines, he was hardly promoted to a position for the next ten years.
Despite this, Cao Fulin still made great contributions to the War of Resistance, in 1937 Cao Fulin led his troops to defend Linyi, in the face of the crazy attack of the Japanese army, Cao Fulin ordered the troops to strictly guard against death, never took a step back, and later the Japanese army invaded the city, Cao Fulin commanded the troops to conduct street battles, and was forced to withdraw from Linyi. After that, Cao Fulin led his troops to participate in the Battle of Wuhan, the Battle of Zaoyi, the Battle of Henan, the Battle of Western Hubei, etc. In the Liberation War, Cao Fulin still served as the commander of the 55th Army, and successively participated in the Battle of Southwest Lu, the Battle of Zhengzhou, and the Battle of Crossing the River.
Then there was Liu Ruzhen, commander of the 68th Army. Liu Ruzhen was Liu Ruming's younger brother, and in his early years he served as a soldier by Feng Yuxiang's side, and after Feng Yuxiang's downfall, he defected to his brother Liu Ruming as the leader of the 679 regiment. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Liu Ruzhen led the whole regiment to block the Japanese army at Guang'an Gate, when Shi Zhengang, the commander of the 27th Brigade, retreated from the battle, and Liu Ruzhen took the initiative to carry the banner of the 27th Brigade, and then successfully broke through. After the war, Liu Ruzhen was promoted to brigade commander of the 27th Brigade.
After that, Liu Ruming resigned as the commander of the 68th Army, under the mediation of Liu Ruming, Liu Ruzhen successfully took over as the commander of the army, after the victory of the War of Resistance, Liu Ruzhen lost more than won in the battle with the People's Liberation Army, when the Battle of the River Crossing, the battle had just begun, Liu Ruzhen led the 68th Army to withdraw from the battlefield, and was completely annihilated by the People's Liberation Army in Xiamen, Liu Ruzhen finally fled to Taiwan, and died of illness in Los Angeles in 1999.
Finally, yu Zhaolong, commander of the 96th Army. Yu Zhaolong was born in 1898 in Bin County, Shandong Province, he was a Huangpu 3rd class student, after graduation into the National Revolutionary Army as a probationary platoon leader, Yu Zhaolong is very good at fighting, and is a student of the Whampoa Military Academy, in the army promotion is very fast, to the eve of the War of Resistance, he was already the main commander of the 44th Division. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Yu Zhaolong successively served as the brigade commander of the 131st Brigade, the director of the Northwest Horse Purchasing Institute of the Ministry of Military Affairs, the commander of the 44th Division, and the member of the Ministry of National Defense. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Yu Zhaolong served as the commander of the reorganized 45th Division, and was later promoted to the commander of the 96th Army, participated in the Battle of crossing the River, and after the defeat, led his troops to flee to Xiamen, Fujian.
In 1949, the 96th Army was defeated and retreated in the powerful offensive of the People's Liberation Army, and almost the entire army was destroyed, Yu Zhaolong took advantage of the chaos to escape, and then fled all the way to Taiwan, and then successively served as the commander of the central Penghu Defense And a member of the Strategic Planning Committee of the "Ministry of National Defense". In 1963, Yu Zhaolong died of illness at the age of 65.