He was Chiang Kai-shek's most important Huangpu student, and he passed on the position of Huangpu principal to him
As we all know, the reason why Chiang Kai-shek was able to defeat various warlords and achieve the world of chiang kai-shek's family was that the biggest capital was the Whampoa Military Academy, and it was happier to be called "principal" by those famous generals than to call him president.
Chiang Kai-shek was the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy from the beginning of its establishment, and he served for 23 years before handing over this important position to another person.
This person's name is Guan Linzheng, a native of Huxian County, Shaanxi.
Guan Linzheng graduated from the first phase of Huangpu, and as we all know, among The Huangpu students, the fastest promotion by military merit is Hu Zongnan, who is the first commander and the first commander of the group army among the Huangpu students. In fact, Guan Linzheng was not bad at all, Hu Zongnan was promoted to military commander in 1936, Guan Linzheng was promoted in 1937; Hu Zongnan became the commander-in-chief of the group army in August 1939, and Guan Linzheng was in October 1939. You know, Guan Linzheng is 9 years younger than Hu Zongnan.
Guan Linzheng's anti-Japanese career was relatively early in the Kuomintang army, as early as 1933 during the Great Wall War of Resistance. In the Battle of Gubeikou, Guan Linzheng led the 25th Division to fight bloodily for several days, and his whole body was injured in 5 places, and when he walked off the battlefield, he had become a bloody man and was revered as "Guan Gong". After the war, Zhang Jiluan, the chief writer of the Ta Kung Pao, personally wrote an article for him - "Patriotic Boy, Blood Spilled on the Battlefield".
Unfortunately, the Nationalist government did not want to fight a decisive battle with Japan, so it transferred Guan Linzheng's troops away from the front line. Before leaving, Guan Lin looked at the people who had come to send them off, and said with tears: "The government has ordered the withdrawal of troops regardless of the safety of the people, and I am really sorry for the people!" ”
In 1935, Guan Linzheng's 25th Division was again ordered to withdraw south to avoid conflict with the Japanese army, Guan Linzheng was indignant, gritted his steel teeth, and said bitterly: "In our Chinese land, why should we withdraw again and again!" As a soldier, it is a great shame that you cannot defend your family and defend your country! ”
(Photo: Guan Linzheng (front row, second from left) with Du Yuming (middle row in the back row) and others)
Two years later, Guan Linzheng finally waited for the news of the all-out War of Resistance, and on the same day, Guan Linzheng led his soldiers to swear to the heavens: not to drive the Japanese out of China, to swear not to be a man!
The prestige of Taierzhuang's great victory is well known to the world, it was the first major victory won by the Chinese army since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and now when people mention The great victory of Taierzhuang, they will blurt out a name - Li Zongren. But in fact, at that time, the greatest achievement was guan Linzheng, who was the commander of the 52nd Army at the time, and even Chiang Kai-shek said excitedly: "If the Chinese army is as strong as the Fifty-second Army, it is not a problem to defeat the Japanese army." ”
During the First Battle of Changsha, Guan Lin was enlisted as the deputy commander-in-chief of the 15th Group Army, acting as commander-in-chief, leading 6 armies to block the Japanese Sixth Division, and finally setting a record for the first time since the all-out War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression to recover lost ground.
In October 1945, Chiang Kai-shek appointed Guan Linzheng as commander-in-chief of the Northeast Security Command, competing for the northeast. But before he could take office, he was reassigned to Yunnan as the commander of the Yunnan Provincial Garrison, losing the opportunity to compete with Lin Zongyi. In his later years, Hu Lian once asked Guan Linzheng: If you really went to the northeast, what would you do?
Guan Linzheng thought about it for a moment and said, "My method is very simple: choose a general who is good at war, appoint him as the commander of the corps, give him three elite troops, and make it clear that his task is to 'capture the forest alive', the city will not attack, the ground will not be defended, and the main focus will be on strengthening oneself and destroying the enemy's living forces." ”
Of course, history does not assume that whether Guan Linzheng's ideas will work in reality is uncertain.
In October 1947, Chiang Kai-shek stepped down as the president of the Whampoa Military Academy for 23 years and handed over this position that had influenced the entire modern history of China to Guan Linzheng, which showed the importance attached to him.
(Pictured: Guan Linzheng and Huangpu graduates in 1948)
On August 25, 1949, Guan Linzheng was appointed commander-in-chief of the army, reaching the peak of military honor.
However, at this time, the National Government had already entered the anointing, and Guan Linzheng did not have the strength to have the heart. A few months later, Kwan resigned from all his posts and took his family to Hong Kong to live in seclusion.
For this famous anti-war general, the local third-party forces in the mainland, Taiwan, and Hong Kong all extended an olive branch to him, but he had already looked down on all this and ignored all invitations.
On April 5, 1975, Chiang Kai-shek died of illness in Taiwan, and after Guan Linzheng heard about it, he was silent for a long time, and then he turned out the clothes of that year, solemnly put them on his body, and flew to Taipei to pay for Chiang Kai-shek's funeral. It is said that at taipei airport, more than a hundred old subordinates spontaneously came to greet him.
On July 30, 1980, Guan Linzheng was admitted to the hospital, and the doctors were stunned when they undressed him, because his chest was covered with scars, layered on top of each other, and looked very frightening. At this time, Guan Linzheng's wife said lightly: "These are all left over from the war of resistance." ”
Two days later, on August 1, Guan Linzheng passed away.
In addition, it is rumored on the Internet that Guan Zhilin, a great beauty in Hong Kong, is the granddaughter of Guan Linzheng, in fact, this is a misinformation, Guan Zhilin's father is called Guan Shan, born in Shenyang, Liaoning, is a Manchu, and Guan Linzheng is a Shaanxi person, not a place at all.
According to Guan Linzheng's sister, Guan Linzheng only had two sons, one named Guan Bonan and the other named Guan Bolin, who had nothing to do with Guan Zhilin.