preface
Heroes were born in the chaotic world, the Qing Dynasty collapsed, the Republic of China was established, but the fruits of the revolution were stolen by Yuan Shikai, after his illness and death, the warlord forces in the country rose up, each fighting endlessly for their own selfish desires and interests, and the Central Plains fell into a state of war and chaos.
In this context, some military generals from different identities have the opportunity to show off, and they have gradually risen and gradually become influential figures in the military and political circles, such as Zhang Fakui, who has been repeatedly mentioned in modern history.
Famous general of the Northern Expedition
Zhang Fakui is a native of Sixing County, Guangdong Province, fled to Guangzhou in his youth due to misfortune, worked hard to survive, the hardships of life made him eager to change his life, and finally decided to join the military and applied for the Guangdong Army Primary School.
Many years later, after graduating from the Second Officers' Preparatory School of the Wuchang Army, he returned to his hometown to join the Guangdong Army and became a platoon leader. When he followed Sun Yat-sen in the anti-Yuan struggle, he fought bravely and bravely to win the three armies, and was appreciated by Sun Yat-sen for his military achievements, becoming Sun Yat-sen's close confidant and serving as the battalion commander of the Grand Marshal's Palace Guard Regiment.
During the First Crusade, everyone only knew that Chen Geng had saved Old Jiang's life in this battle, but without Zhang Fakui leading his army to attack the enemy army several times larger than himself, and finally defeating it, Chen Geng and Old Jiang were still difficult to get out of the dangerous situation.
In 1926, when the National Revolutionary Army swore an oath to the Northern Expedition, Zhang Fakui was promoted to the commander of the 12th Division. During the Northern Expedition, Zhang Fakui's 12th Division and Ye Ting's Independent Regiment, as the advance detachment of the Northern Expedition, first entered Hunan, successively conquered Liling and Pingjiang, and then successively took Tingsi Bridge and Hesheng Bridge, and finally occupied Wuhan.
Because of their brilliant military achievements, the Fourth Army was also awarded the title of "Iron Army".
There are many famous generals under his command
In 1927, after the separation of Ning and Han, Wang Jingwei and Chiang Kai-shek both threw olive branches at him, but he chose to support Wang, and Zhang Fakui's department also became one of the main forces of Wang Jingwei's confrontation with Chiang Kai-shek.
At this time, Zhang Fakui's subordinates, in addition to the Fourth Army of the "Iron Army", there were also the Eleventh Army, as well as the 20th Army led by Mr. He, but he did not expect these troops, and later most of them became the main force of the Nanchang Uprising.
After "April 12", the National Revolutionary Army set off a climax of the "Qing Communists", but most of the backbone forces under Zhang Fakui were Communists.
For example, the eight marshals of the Ten Marshals, the aforementioned General He Shuai, Ye Shuai, who was then the chief of staff of the Fourth Army, Liu Shuai, Nie Shuai, and Zhu Laozong, commanders of the 15th Army, Chen Yi, who served as a clerk in the special agent company of the teaching regiment, Xu Shuai, who was a staff officer at the Front Army Headquarters, and Lin Shuai, who had just become a platoon commander.
Among the founding generals, there were also seven of Zhang Fakui's subordinates at this time.
Chen Geng was the battalion commander of the special service battalion; Xu Haidong was the acting platoon leader of the Fourth Army; Su Yu was also the squad leader of the 24th Division cadet squad; Luo Ruiqing, who was the deputy squad leader; Tan Zheng, who was a clerk in the special service battalion of the General Headquarters of the Second Army; and Xu Guangda and Zhang Yunyi.
Although Zhang Fakui's generals were as talented as clouds, none of them were used by him. Before the uprising, Premier Zhou also expressed hope for him, and sent people to negotiate with him, hoping that Zhang Fakui would lead an army to establish a new government in Guangzhou and fight against Wang and Jiang.
However, Zhang Fakui wanted to lure Ye Ting and Boss He to Lushan, but fortunately Ye Shuai learned of their plot in advance, so he informed Ye Ting and Boss He in time, did not let them succeed, and eventually contributed to the outbreak of the Nanchang Uprising.
Although Zhang Fakui nominally belonged to Jiang's leadership after the confluence of Ning and Han, the two were never together. In the Jiang Gui War, Zhang Fakui changed from supporting Chiang Kai-shek to opposing Chiang Kai-shek, and in the Great War of the Central Plains, he enthusiastically joined the anti-Chiang queue, but he did not expect Zhang Xueliang's full help, Zhang Fakui returned with a big defeat, lost all the elite of his men, and then withdrew from the military circles.
After his death, the two sides of the strait mourned together
After the outbreak of the All-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Zhang Fakui personally went to Nanjing to ask Lao Jiang to resist Japan and obtained Lao Jiang's permission. Zhang Fakui, who had been away from the battlefield for many years, re-put on his armor and led his army to participate in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Wuhan.
When he was fighting bloody battles with the Japanese on the front line, Wang Jingwei, an old superior he once trusted, defected to Japan and betrayed the country and became a shameful traitor. After hearing the news, Zhang Fakui could not help but feel remorse for his actions in that year, and at the same time issued a telegram condemning Wang's traitorous behavior and drawing a clear line with him.
In the later period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Zhang Fakui resisted the Japanese in Guangxi, successively recovered Nanning, Longzhou, Qinzhou and other places, and made great achievements for the cause of resistance against Japan.
It's just that near the victory of the War of Resistance, a non-concubine general like him will eventually be ostracized by Old Chiang Kai-shek. It was not until 1949 when the old Chiang Kai-shek stepped down and Li Zongren came to power that he was reinstated and became the commander-in-chief of the Nationalist Army, although his authority was noble, but at this time the Nationalist Army was at the end of the road, and only a few months later, Zhang Fakui resigned from the military and took refuge with his family in Hong Kong, and never returned to the mainland.
On March 10, 1980, Zhang Fakui died of illness in Hong Kong, after hearing bad news on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. General Ye Shuai sent a telegram of condolences to his descendants, and the Sixing Hometown Association in Taiwan also held a memorial service for the hometown celebrity.