What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
Liu Zhi, I believe that friends who understand the history of the Republic of China should all know him; he is a well-known high-ranking general in Chiang Kai-shek's warlord clique, an officer to a second-class general of the Nationalist Army, and a tactical instructor at the Whampoa Military Academy.
Yes, during the Northern Expedition, Liu Zhi was indeed a general who could recruit good warriors, and during this period, he also made a lot of military achievements, so he was called a lucky general by Chiang Kai-shek, and the blessed people on the battlefield won no matter how they fought.
This was only the beginning of Liu Zhi's military career, during the Great War of the Central Plains and in the warlord melee. Liu Zhixiao's courage and good fighting can be said to be a great achievement in battle, and he is very important to Chiang Kai-shek, and more importantly, Liu Zhi has not fought a single defeat since the beginning of the Central Plains War. He was called the fire captain on the battlefield, so he was also called the general of the constant victory.
Liu Zhi
In June 1932, Liu Zhi served as the deputy commander of the Zhonglu Army (the commander was Chiang Kai-shek), "encircling and suppressing" the Eyu-Anhui base area, forcing the Red Fourth Front to give up the base area it had been operating for many years. When Chiang Kai-shek learned of this, he was very happy and changed the name of a local county town to Jingfu County after Liu Zhi (Zi Jingfu). This kind of honor is probably the first person in the nationalist army, and Liu Zhi is also the head of Chiang Kai-shek's five tiger generals.
Up to this point, Liu Zhi's military career can be said to be brilliant, and no general in the Nationalist army can compare with him at that time. Suppose that Liu Zhi died of illness at this time, then Chiang Kai-shek will certainly cry out in pain, and posterity will certainly call Liu Zhi the first general of the Chiang Kai-shek clique.
However, history does not assume that in the later period of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, this famous general Liu Zhi, who had made great achievements in the past, was classified as an incompetent general, and also won the humiliating titles of long-legged general and pig general.
However, Chiang Kai-shek still used him very much, and in the famous Battle of Huaihai, Chiang Kai-shek made him the commander-in-chief of the Xuzhou Bandits. Another reason was that Chiang Kai-shek had no one to use, and he originally wanted Bai Chongxi to take over, but he was rejected by this little Zhuge ge, so it fell to Liu Zhi. However, Chiang Kai-shek was not at ease, after all, the Battle of Huaihai was an important battle, and Chiang Kai-shek invested 800,000 troops for this, and if it failed, the consequences would be unimaginable. Therefore, Du Yuming was also made the director of the front line, and Liu Zhi was just a name.
Although it was a pseudonym, he was also nominally the commander of the 800,000-strong army, and at that time, Du Yuming still had to discuss everything with him, but Liu Zhi did not have any opinions, too much of which was Du Yuming's decision. However, later, the outcome of the Huaihai Campaign was not known to everyone, Du Yuming was captured, Xuzhou was lost, the 800,000 troops were completely destroyed, and Chiang Kai-shek fell ill. Liu Zhi was afraid of Chiang Kai-shek's punishment, so he fled to Hong Kong with his family and began his wandering life. Perhaps, at this time, Liu Zhi himself would not have thought that the second-level general of the national army would now become a dog that lost his family.
And that's not all! If Liu Zhi can live in Hong Kong, then the ending is still quite good, plus he has money, and his life can basically be guaranteed. However, in that turbulent era, social security was not guaranteed, and as a foreigner, Liu Zhi was robbed by local hooligans and gangsters. His life was even worse, so he fled Hong Kong and came to Singapore.
Life here is not good, Liu Zhi was robbed again, was robbed by a gang of robbers, fortunately Liu Zhi prepared in advance, divided the property into two, the robbers only took a part, otherwise, Liu Zhi's family size, I am afraid that I can only live in Singapore begging.
Liu Zhi's left
This time, the burglary and robbery frightened Liu Zhi's family, for the safety of their families. Liu Zhi's family left Singapore for Indonesia. This place is relatively stable and the people are friendly, but at this time, the money that Liu Zhi brought with him was almost spent. In order to survive in Indonesia, Liu Zhi found a teaching job to support the family's expenses.
Probably no one would have thought that the former second-level general of the national army, the commander of the 800,000-strong army, finally fell into the teaching smith. Later, however, under the activities of his former colleagues, Chiang Kai-shek allowed him to return to Taiwan. He was given a civilian job, and from then on, he would no longer have to live this wandering life. Until January 15, 1971, Liu Zhi finished, and his brilliant and humiliating life was at the age of 79.