Chiang Kai-shek's military clique was like a cloud of fierce generals, who was the old Chiang Kai-shek, the most important general in the liberation period
When it comes to the nationalist military clique led by Chiang Kai-shek, I believe that everyone is no stranger to it, and this military clique is the most influential one in modern history. Its birthplace is Guangzhou in the south, and the step by step growth was during the Northern Expedition War, and the prosperity was after winning the eight-year victory in the War of Resistance, and the decline was in the four-year Liberation War. It was precisely after experiencing so many years of war that Chiang Kai-shek's military clique also forged a group of fierce generals who could fight good wars. Especially during the eight-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, these generals became the pillars of the expulsion of foreign enemies. Although they all failed in the later period of the War of Liberation, they were all heroes and good men on the anti-Japanese battlefield.
From the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1937 to the end of 1945, in the past eight years, the generals of Chiang Kai-shek's military clique have been fighting against the invaders. There are also many generals of the Nationalist Army who heroically sacrificed themselves in this battle, such as Zhang Zizhong, Tong Linge, Dai Anlan, Hao Mengling and other generals of the Nationalist Army, who are more familiar to everyone, all of whom were anti-Japanese heroes in the eight-year War of Resistance. Of course, there are also generals of the Nationalist army who have not sacrificed, such as Wang Yaowu, Xue Yue, Du Yuming, Zhang Lingfu, Bai Chongxi, Li Zongren, Song Xilian, Hu Lian, etc., who are also famous anti-Japanese generals during the eight-year War of Resistance.
Bai Chongxi
However, after the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the War of Liberation broke out again. Who is Chiang Kai-shek's military clique, who is as fierce as a cloud? He was the military general whom Chiang Kai-shek relied on most during the Liberation War. Probably during the eight-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, among the Nationalist army groups, Chiang Kai-shek's militaryly more important generals were Xue Yue, Bai Chongxi, and his Huangpu Sheng. In particular, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Xue Yue blocked the enemy's attack in Changsha and defended the southwest gateway. He was also one of the nationalist generals that Chiang Kai-shek trusted more at that time, but during the Liberation War, Xue Yue was not as important as before by Chiang Kai-shek, so that he later sat idle at home. Therefore, Xue Yue was not the general that Chiang Kai-shek relied on most during the Liberation War.
However, there are many contradictions between Bai Chongxi and Chiang Kai-shek, and they have always been mutually utilized, and Chiang Kai-shek admires Bai Chongxi's military ability, and Bai Chongxi also depends on Chiang Kai-shek, so the two have always been in a relationship of interest.
However, Chiang Kai-shek also had very important generals, such as Chen Cheng, Hu Zongnan, Gu Zhutong, Liu Zhi and other generals, all of whom were among the senior generals of the Nationalist Army who were relatively important to Chiang Kai-shek. However, their military ability was average, and they were not the most important generals that Chiang Kai-shek relied on. However, this Liu Zhi was Chiang Kai-shek's most important military general during the Central Plains War, but later he did not think of advancing, and eventually took turns to defeat the general.
Song Xilian
Friends who may know and know the history of the Liberation War know that in this battle, most of the generals whom Chiang Kai-shek relied on were from Huangpusheng. Such as Huang Wei, Song Xilian, Du Yuming, Zheng Dongguo of Huangpu Phase I, Qiu Qingquan of Huangpu Phase II, Wang Yaowu of Huangpu Phase III, Zhang Lingfu of Huangpu Phase IV, Hu Lian, and Liao Yaoxiang of Huangpu Phase VI. The above are the pillars of Chiang Kai-shek's military clique during the Liberation War, and they are also one of Chiang Kai-shek's more trusted generals. It should be said that during the period of the War of Liberation, Chiang Kai-shek's most important military generals were the above. Zhang Lingfu can be ruled out first, because in the Battle of Menglianggu in the early days of the Liberation War, he killed Chiang Kai-shek. If he sacrificed relatively early, he should not have become the general whom Chiang Kai-shek relied on the most.
Although Hu Lian can fight, his seniority is shallow, and it seems that he is not very popular with Chiang Kai-shek. Huang Wei's military ability is average, so he is not the general that Chiang Kai-shek relies on the most. Liao Yaoxiang was a very capable general, but during the Liberation War, he was mainly active with the Northeast Theater, and finally he was captured, so his influence on Chiang Kai-shek and the entire Liberation War did not play a great role, so he was not the military general on whom Chiang Kai-shek relied the most.
Du Yuming
And Du Yuming, who graduated from the Huangpu Phase I, may not have been the most important general around Chiang Kai-shek during the War of Resistance Against Japan. However, during the Liberation War, it can be said that this was Chiang Kai-shek's relatively serious military general. Why Du Yuming was the military general whom Chiang Kai-shek relied on most during the Liberation War. Perhaps, friends who know Du Yuming know that he was known as a firefighter during the Liberation War. This means that throughout the liberation war, wherever the war was tight, Du Yuming would adjust to wherever he went.
Indeed, during the Liberation War, Du Yuming rushed successively. In the northeast, Xuzhou and Xuzhou participated in the command of the Liaoshen Campaign and the Huaihai Campaign that determined the fate of both sides during the Liberation War. At the same time, Du Yuming also successively fought with General Lin, General Manager Chen, Commander Su Yu, and Marshal Liu Bocheng of our army. The only general of the Nationalist army who can fight with the four famous generals of our army at the same time is probably Du Yuming. From this aspect, it can also be reflected that during the Liberation War, Du Yuming was the most important military general around Chiang Kai-shek. Assuming that Chiang Kai-shek did not rely on him, Du Yuming could not have been called a fire brigade leader.