Xue Yue was a famous patriotic general who emerged from the War of Resistance Against Japan, born in 1896 and a native of Guangdong. Xue Yue had the ambition to join the army and serve the country at an early age, and at the age of 11, Xue Yue entered the Baoding Army Officer School to study, laying a firm foundation for the future life of Rong Ma.
After graduating from the Baoding Army Officer School, Xue Yue joined the Revolutionary Party and then followed Sun Yat-sen. At that time, his direct boss was Deng Zhongyuan, who especially admired Xue Yue's talents and always reused Xue Yue and let him follow him. In 1922, when Chen Jiongming rebelled, Xue Yue and Ye Ting worked together to protect Sun Yat-sen's safety, and it was at this time that Xue Yue and Ye Ting established a deep friendship. Because of the protection of Sun Yat-sen, Xue Yue has been valued by Sun Yat-sen since then, and gradually became a rising star in the army.
Xue Yue was a man of cleverness and scheming in battle, so he could often win more with less. Xue Yue had such excellent military talent, so Chiang Kai-shek also attached special importance to him, and during the National Revolutionary Army's Eastern Expedition, Xue Yue was praised by Chiang Kai-shek several times.
Of course, what really made Xue Yue famous was the War of Resistance Against Japan. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Xue Yue was appointed by Chiang Kai-shek as the commander-in-chief of the 19th Group Army, after which Xue Yue successively participated in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Changsha, in which Xue Yue's 19th Group Army suffered heavy losses, and basically 80% of the officers and men died heroically.
In the Battle of Changsha, Xue Yue won the first three battles, especially the third Battle of Changsha, and Xue Yue invented a unique method of warfare, called the Heavenly Furnace Method of Warfare. In the Third Battle of Changsha, Xue Yue used the Heavenly Furnace Tactics to kill more than 50,000 Japanese troops, plus the First and Second Battles of Changsha, in the entire Battle of Changsha, Xue Yue annihilated more than 100,000 Japanese troops, because of Xue Yue's outstanding merits, he was awarded the Order of the Blue Sky and White Sun by Chiang Kai-shek.
In 1945, after the surrender of Japan, Xue Yue was also praised by US President Truman, and at the level of the commander of the entire group army, Xue Yue was the general of the Nationalist army who annihilated the most enemies in the War of Resistance Against Japan.
During the civil war, Xue Yue stood in the wrong line and followed Chiang Kai-shek to the opposite side of the people. At that time, Xue Yue even tried to counterattack in vain, and arranged three lines of defense in Hainan to hinder the People's Liberation Army. However, all this was in vain, and not long after Chiang Kai-shek went to Taiwan, Xue Yue also followed him to Taiwan.
After Xue Yue arrived in Taiwan, Chiang Kai-shek had a lot of respect for him, but at that time it was also because of Chiang Kai-shek's vain attempt to counterattack the mainland. After that, Chiang Kai-shek saw that there was no hope of counterattacking the mainland, and paid less and less attention to Xue Yue, and Chiang Kai-shek gave Xue Yue some idle posts, such as strategic adviser to the Presidential Office.
This was actually a kind of torture for Xue Yue, who had considerable military talent, because there was no battle to fight, Xue Yue could only live idly, and even lived a life of retreat, making flowers and plants every day, and was happy. On May 3, 1998, Xue Yue died at the age of 103.
Throughout Xue Yue's life, he made great contributions to the cause of the War of Resistance, and once had the feat of annihilating 100,000 Japanese troops, but Xue Yue became a useless idler after going to Taiwan with Chiang Kai-shek, which was also a blow to Xue Yue.
No matter what, we should not forget Xue Yue's exploits on the battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War, and it is precisely because of these singable and weeping combat heroes that China's anti-Japanese cause can achieve the final victory.
Resources:
"The Biography of Xue Yue: The Tragedy of the Life of a Famous Anti-Japanese General" Huang Yong, "The Battle of Changsha"