Among the many famous anti-Japanese generals in the Nationalist army, Sun Liren was a very characteristic person; he went from a bridge engineer to study military affairs, but he became the general who eliminated the Japanese army the most in the military-level units, and was known as the "Oriental Rommel"; he was not of the Huangpu clan, but he was once highly valued by the old Chiang Kai-shek, and after arriving in Taiwan, he also served as the "commander-in-chief of the army" of the Kuomintang. So why did Old Jiang reuse Sun Liren, who was not from Huangpu? Because of these 4 advantages on his body, few people in the national army can compare with him.
The first advantage is the high degree of education. Sun Liren's education is so high that few among the generals of the Nationalist army can compare with it. He applied for Tsinghua at the age of 13, and his results ranked first among all the candidates, which can be called a standard academic bully. After graduating from Tsinghua University, he studied at purdue University at public expense, and worked as a bridge engineer for four months after graduation. After that, he threw himself into the military academy of Virginia, known as "Southern West Point", and began his military career. Sun Liren's education is so high that no one among the generals of the Nationalist Army can really compare with him.
The second advantage is that it is good at training troops. After Sun Liren returned to China, he was appreciated by Song Ziwen, who also had a background in the United States, and was appointed as the colonel commander of the Taxation Police Corps. At that time, the Tax Police Corps was a semi-private armed force of Song Ziwen, and due to lack of training, its combat effectiveness was very poor. After Sun Liren took office, he created the "Sun's Exercise Code" and vigorously rectified the Taxation Police Corps, and under his strict training, this semi-private armed force became an elite unit that even the Kuomintang Grade A regular army could not match, and the new army formed on this basis became one of the five aces of the Nationalist army.
The third advantage is that the battle achievements are extremely high. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Sun Liren first participated in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Wuhan, and then went abroad with the Chinese Expeditionary Force. During this period, he first defeated several times the Strength of the Japanese Army at Ren'anqiang with a regimental strength, rescued the 7,000 British troops under siege, and then fought the Japanese 18th Division, known as the "King of Jungle Warfare", in the Battle of Hukang River Valley. During the entire Burma campaign, Sun Liren led his troops to kill 33,000 Japanese troops, which is the number of generals of all military ranks.
The fourth advantage is that the reputation is extremely high. Sun Liren's performance during his expedition to Burma won him a huge international reputation, and the British king specially awarded him the British Empire Medal, and US President Roosevelt also awarded him a medal of merit, and praised him as "wise and courageous, courageous, and courageous, enough to be a model for the Allies." Being able to get such a high evaluation from Roosevelt shows sun Liren's prestige and influence at that time, which is also an important reason why Old Jiang reused him.
But Jin has no feet, no one is perfect, and Sun Liren also has an important shortcoming in him, which eventually led to him being placed under house arrest by Lao Jiang for 33 years, which is too straight and rigid.