Nanjing piece has always been an indelible scar in the hearts of Chinese people, and whenever I think of the 300,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians who were slaughtered in Nanjing, anyone who cherishes the motherland will not be able to calm down for a long time. The Nanjing incident has been more than 80 years since today, and although so many years have passed, we have never forgotten this history in our hearts. Remembering history is to better learn lessons and avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.
In the defense of Nanjing more than 80 years ago, the Nationalist government sent a general at the army level to personally command the defense of Nanjing.
At the beginning of his term of office, this army general Tang Shengzhi said that he wanted to coexist and die with Nanjing, but in the defense of Nanjing, Tang Shengzhi miscalculated step by step, and finally ran away alone to save his life. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Tang Shengzhi actually returned to the vice-provincial level. What kind of amazing ability did Tang Shengzhi have to let him find his own place in the stormy And ever-changing Republic of China.
First, from the hairy guy to the warlord of the divided side
Tang Shengzhi was born in Hunan province to a wealthy family of officials and eunuchs, a well-known local family of eunuchs. Many members of the family served in the imperial court and ran large businesses. It can be said that Tang Shengzhi is a person born with a golden key. Because of this, Tang Shengzhi enjoyed a lot of resources and treatment that ordinary people could not enjoy, and had the opportunity to receive advanced knowledge and education in the West and broaden his horizons.
When I was studying in school, I always liked to read some books on the restoration of ideas, so I was more inclined to the restoration of the new and change of thought. At the school's mourning ceremony for the death of Empress Dowager Cixi and the Guangxu Emperor, Tang Shengzhi was punished for not thinking about it and secretly laughing under the ceremony. This made Tang Shengzhi feel that the feudal system at that time was becoming more and more corrupt and backward, so Tang Shengzhi began to contribute to the overthrow of the feudal system and participated in the Alliance.
After the Xinhai Revolution, Tang Shengzhi led his troops to participate in the revolution and made a little contribution to the revolution. Later, because he was dissatisfied with the darkness of the official field, he chose to go to the military academy for further study. After graduating from the military academy, Tang Shengzhi was promoted by Jiang Baili to the Hunan New Army. After returning to the Xiang Army, Tang Shengzhi started from the bottom. He has taken the lead in many battles and achieved many battle achievements, so he has been continuously promoted and reused by his superiors. Tang Shengzhi, who was less than 30 years old, had already become an important general in the Xiang Army.
Later, Tang Shengzhi lost in the infighting in Hunan and followed his old boss to retreat to the southern part of Hunan for recuperation, during which time Tang Shengzhi actively responded to Mr. Sun's call and led his troops to participate in the rebellion against the Beiyang Army. When Tang Shengzhi was recuperating in Hengyang, he actively trained, replenished personnel and equipment, and his strength was greatly improved, becoming a xiaoxiang strong brigade. During this period, Tang Shengzhi also began to become sleek and sophisticated, full of cunning. He was no longer just a hairy boy full of revolutionary enthusiasm, but gradually became a warlord who divided one side. Tang Shengzhi, whose strength had soared, gradually became restless, Hengyang could no longer accommodate his ambitions, and in order to grab greater benefits, Tang Shengzhi continued to work hard.
Second, Tang Shengzhi, who has ambitions and ambitions
After Tang Shengzhi cooperated with the Nationalist government, he has been actively preparing for the Northern Expedition. After a long period of preparation, in 1926, Tang Shengzhi officially participated in the Northern Expedition, leading his troops to fight with the Beiyang Army in Hunan. The Beiyang Army in Hunan was defeated one after another because of its limited strength, unfamiliar environment, and unwilling support from the people. Tang Shengzhi's troops can be said to be invincible and invincible. Therefore, Tang Shengzhi defeated the Beiyang Army and recaptured Hunan in a very short period of time. In this process, Tang Shengzhi not only expanded his troops and strength, but also further cultivated his own ambitions and began to have greater ambitions and ambitions.
Just when Tang Shengzhi thought that he was the first in the world, he did not expect that the internal affairs of his army were already in an irreconcilable contradiction and struggle. Under such circumstances, Tang Shengzhi's military strength began to decline, and later in the struggle with Committee member Jiang and Li Zongren and others, Tang Shengzhi lost step by step and could only be forced to go to the field.
After Shimono, Tang Shengzhi spent most of his time hanging on to a fictitious post and idle at home, but despite this, Tang Shengzhi was still a first-class general in the army of the Nationalist government. After the all-out War of Resistance, the Nationalist government was forced to retreat to Nanjing due to its defeat in the Battle. On the issue of The abandonment of Nanjing, the controversy was rife. When Tang Shengzhi was consulted, Tang Shengzhi vigorously advocated defending the city. Tang Shengzhi's impassioned speech impressed Member Jiang and strengthened His conviction in guarding Nanjing. Before Tang Shengzhi took office, he said that he wanted to coexist and die with Nanjing, and after being appointed as the commander of the Nanjing garrison, Tang Shengzhi followed the example of the Battle of Xiangyu Julu and fought a battle against the water. But who could have imagined that such a sworn general who would flee alone at the first time after the defeat in the war, leaving behind hundreds of thousands of his subordinates.
Third, lost Nanjing, escaped alone
Before Tang Shengzhi broke the city in Nanjing, he sneaked away alone. As a result, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Nanjing fell into the hands of the enemy. After Tang Shengzhi escaped from Nanjing, he first went to Chongqing to plead guilty, and should have been sentenced, but because of Tang Shengzhi's prestige and connections, Tang Shengzhi eventually escaped the crime and was only "protected" by Commissar Jiang.
When Tang Shengzhi was living in seclusion, the Japanese pseudo also targeted him and wanted to use his prestige to achieve ulterior motives, and in the face of the high-ranking official Houlu, Tang Shengzhi sternly refused. In the years that followed, Tang Shengzhi spent most of his time at home. During the Liberation War, Tang Shengzhi was very disgusted that Commissar Chiang Kai-shek had launched a civil war perversely, which had plunged China into war again, so he secretly befriended progressive people and groups to make his own contribution to democracy and peaceful nation-building.
At the time of the liberation of Hunan, he also made a great contribution to the peaceful uprising in Hunan, so when Hunan was just liberated, Tang Shengzhi was appointed vice governor of Hunan Province and made his own contribution to the restoration and construction of Hunan. During his term of office, Tang Shengzhi said that he must bow down to death and make his own contribution to the revolutionary cause. In the years since, Tang Shengzhi has also made his own efforts and contributions to the construction and development of New China.
Tang Shengzhi spent half his life on horseback, and he had both glory and loneliness. The warlord leader, who was once invincible, was fortunate to wake up in time, throw himself into the camp of the people, and make his own contribution to the construction and development of the country. Tang Shengzhi was also a young man full of ideals and convictions when he joined the revolution in his early years, but in the face of reality and ideals, he still succumbed to reality and was driven by his own ambitions. In the process of seeking a comeback, Tang Shengzhi experienced blows but did not give up easily. However, Tang Shengzhi's ability and ambition buried the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, indirectly becoming an accomplice of the executioner