The period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression can be called the darkest period in modern China, but it is precisely such a chaotic situation that has created one after another eye-catching generals, and countless heroes and heroes have stood out in this war and attracted the attention of the world. The famous anti-Japanese general we are going to talk about today is the famous "general who always wins" Wei Lihuang. People who know Wei Lihuang well know that he finally served as a deputy state-level leading cadre in our country, so what kind of story does Wei Lihuang himself have?
First, follow the brothers to the revolution
In 1897, Wei Lihuang was born in Hefei, Anhui Province, his father was a small village official in the village, and his family was relatively modest.
But when Wei Lihuang was eight years old, his father lost his life due to a plague, and the whole family relied on Wei Lihuang's eldest brother Wei Lijiong to survive.
It can be said that after the death of his father, the eldest brother Wei Lijiong became the pillar of the family.
Wei Lijiong himself was very intelligent in his youth, and when he grew up, he relied on his own efforts to hold an official position in the local county. At that time, although Wei Lijiong was an official of the Ninth Government, he had a heart that longed for innovation and revolution.
In the late Qing Dynasty, when social chaos and contradictions were rife, Wei Lijiong gradually became a staunch revolutionary under the influence of his friends.
Since he was a child, Wei Lihuang has been influenced by his eldest brother Wei Lijiong, and he has always regarded his eldest brother as his idol in his heart. With the help of his eldest brother, Wei Lihuang was able to successfully complete primary school and then enter the middle school in the county town.
It was also here that Wei Lihuang received a new enlightenment in his thinking, began to understand revolutionary ideas, and became a follower of the revolution with his eldest brother.
When Yuan Shikai became emperor, large-scale opposition and uprising movements broke out throughout the country.
Wei Lihuang also joined the ranks of the peasant uprising in the local area, and carried out the uprising movement with many like-minded comrades. However, due to the weakness and small size of the peasant uprising, Wei Lihuang and others were quickly dispersed by the warlords, the uprising was declared a failure, and Wei Lihuang was wanted by the warlord government. In desperation, Wei Lihuang could only secretly return to his hometown.
Second, strengthen faith
In 1914, the limelight of wanting Wei Lihuang had passed, and Wei Lihuang, with the support of his eldest brother, chose to go to Wuhan to continue to find the road of revolution.
When he was in Hankou, Wei Lihuang just caught up with the enrollment examination of the Hubei Army Cadet Barracks, and Wei Lihuang, who originally only held the attitude of taking a test, was finally successfully admitted.
As a result, Wei Lihuang entered the military academy and began his two-year-long study career, where Wei Lihuang was not only exposed to advanced military knowledge, but also broadened his ideological realm. He profoundly understood that only revolution could save China.
In 1916, after graduating from the Wei Lihuang Military Academy, he did not accept the suggestion of the school commander and went to Beijing to join the Beiyang Army.
Instead, he chose to go to Shanghai to find revolutionaries and continue the revolution.
In 1917, Dr. Sun Yat-sen established a military government to protect the French in Guangzhou, and after Wei Lihuang learned about it, he did not hesitate to come to Guangzhou to join the military government.
Because Wei Lihuang had a background in military school studies, he was smoothly organized into Dr. Sun Yat-sen's personal guard and had the opportunity to communicate with Dr. Sun Yat-sen in close proximity.
In the occasional exchange with Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Wei Lihuang's ideological realm was further enhanced and he became a loyal supporter of Dr. Sun Yat-sen.
Third, there is great righteousness in the heart
After the confrontation between the north and the south, Duan Qirui's Beiyang government implemented a policy of attacking from the south, and under the guidance of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the Guangzhou military government also launched a war of resistance.
Wei Lihuang volunteered to go to the front line to fight, and Dr. Sun Yat-sen agreed to his request.
Since then, Wei Lihuang has been active in the front line of the battle, all the way to the south to conquer the northern war, and constantly worked hard for the revolutionary faith in his heart.
In 1925, after Chiang Kai-shek took over the position of Sun Yat-sen's military government, Wei Lihuang was reorganized into Chiang Kai-shek's subordinates to continue his post.
Because of Wei Lihuang's outstanding achievements in the previous southern conquest and northern warfare, Chiang Kai-shek greatly appreciated it and constantly promoted him. During the Kuomintang Civil War, Wei Lihuang was stationed in Nanjing as the head of Chiang Kai-shek's personal protection regiment. During the first civil war in China, Wei Lihuang remained a forward general in Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist army.
In 1936, Wei Lihuang, who was already the commander of the party, was awarded the rank of general.
When the Japanese war of aggression against China broke out, Wei Lihuang repeatedly asked Chiang Kai-shek to send troops to resist the war, but Chiang Kai-shek refused. At the time of the Xi'an Incident, Wei Lihuang was on the spot, but out of national righteousness, Wei Lihuang chose to stand by and acquiesced to Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng's "military advice". As a result, Chiang Kai-shek began to alienate Wei Lihuang.
epilogue:
During the Liberation War, Wei Lihuang was detained by Chiang Kai-shek for his "non-resistance" in the Beiping area. Subsequently, when Chiang Kai-shek defeated Taiwan, Wei Lihuang regained his freedom and went to Hong Kong. In 1955, thanks to the efforts of our party, Wei Lihuang decided to return to the mainland and was elected as a deputy to the National People's Congress and vice chairman of the National Defense Commission at the vice-national level.