How many of the 43 first-class war criminals in the War of Liberation were there? Three of them died abroad
Before 49 years, it was very rare for a general of the Nationalist army to be able to achieve a general, whether it was a special, first-class, second-class, or lieutenant general plus general, all of whom had extremely outstanding seniority or military power. Before 49 years, the Nationalist army had more than 900 lieutenant generals, but the generals were only a few dozen, which showed the difficulty of being awarded. At the end of 1948, our army announced the first-class war criminals of the 43 major countries in the War of Liberation, and all the civilian officers and military generals on the list were civilians and military generals. How many military attaches with the rank of general were included? No more, no less, exactly 20 people. Most of these generals eventually died within China's borders, whether it was the mainland, Taiwan or Hong Kong, all of which belonged to our territory. But there are also 3 admirals with exceptions, who end up dying abroad. Which 3 people are they?
The first was Tombaugh. Tang's rank was second-class general, and he died in Japan in 1954. After the defeat of the Nationalist army in 1949, most of the senior generals spent their years in Taiwan. According to this logic, Tang should also live in Taiwan for a long time, but in fact it is not. Because he was appointed head of the Kokufu delegation to Tokyo, he left Taiwan in 1953 and lived in Tokyo in his later years. However, this person did not live long, and died after only one year of going to Japan. Although there is no definitive evidence, Yu's death is generally considered not to have been a normal death, and is likely to have been a Japanese murder. Tang's early years of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression were good, and in 38 years, Taierzhuang gave the Japanese army the last heavy blow of the main force of the 20th Army, and the commander was Tang Enbo himself. But then the civil war Tang was a mess, 47 years to lead 300,000 main forces, after the fiasco in Shandong lost military power, and 49 years of Shanghai was also lost by him.
The second is Ma Hongkui, who is slightly lower than Tang Enbo, but also belongs to the general. The famous "Ning Ma", headed by Ma Hongkui, belonged to the local warlord leader of Ningxia, not a general of the Central Army. According to the rules of the Nationalist army in 49 years to resettle the defeated generals in these places, although they no longer have military power, they are still relatively decent on the surface after arriving in Taiwan, retaining their certain status and installing them in idle posts. However, Ma Hongkui's situation was different, in the 49th year of the Northwest Decisive Battle, what this person did was really not on the table. Neither did he revolt against our army, nor did he fight with the Qinghai Ma Army, but he fantasized about retreating to Yinchuan to preserve his forces. As a result, the Nationalist army collapsed completely in the northwest, And Ma Hongkui committed public anger, did not please both sides, and was accused as soon as he arrived in Taiwan, and the prospects were more dangerous. Seeing this situation, Ma Hongkui had to flee to the United States with his family by plane, and died in Los Angeles in 1970.
The last one is Ma Bufang, arguably China's most vicious warlord. Ma Bufang's military rank, like Ma Hongkui's, is a mid-level addition. However, Ma Bufang was a Qinghai warlord, in stark contrast to Ma Hongkui's inaction in the later stages of the civil war, Ma Bufang of Qinghai had a ferocious personality, killed the Red Army in his early years, and organized all 150,000 northwest troops to block the first field army in Qinghai to block the westward advance in 49 years, and broke out in a deadly battle under the city of Lanzhou. This battle was also the most important battle in the northwest, and the main force of the Ma army was completely lost, and it was no longer possible to stop our army. Seeing that the overall situation was hopeless, Ma Bufang's father and son had to flee their base in Qinghai. Because of their Muslim background, the Ma family was sent to Saudi Arabia in West Asia and never returned to the mainland or Taiwan. Therefore, Ma Bufang also died of illness abroad, dying in Saudi Arabia in 1975.