During the Republic of China period, there were many famous second-generation soldiers, such as Zhang Xueliang, who inherited the huge Northeast Army left by his father, Liao Chengzhi, whose parents were all kuomintang elders, and there was another person who was very special, his father was not famous, but his uncle was He Yingqin, a high-ranking official who was once the number two person in the Kuomintang, this person's name was He Shaozhou, but although He Shaozhou's relationship was very hard, his promotion relied on solid battle achievements.
He Shaozhou originally did not want to go to the battlefield, but the arranged marriage made him very dissatisfied, so he chose to run away from home, he knew that his uncle He Yingqin was making a revolution in Guangzhou, so he ran to He Yingqin, under the introduction of He Yingqin, He Shaozhou was admitted to the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy.
After graduation, He Shaozhou participated in two crusades, although he did not make any great achievements, but also let He Shaozhou experience the atmosphere of war, but also a rare opportunity to exercise. Later, He Shaozhou threw himself into the Northern Expedition, when he was subordinate to Li Zongren's Seventh Army, and was already the commander of the regiment, but the factional struggle within the Kuomintang was more serious than He Shaozhou imagined, so he was repeatedly excluded from the Gui troops, and He Shaozhou, who was humiliated, decided to cross to Japan, and it happened that He Yingqin was also a graduate of the Japanese Non-Commissioned Officer School, so he introduced his nephew to his alma mater.
When He Shaozhou returned to China, it was just in time for the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, and He Yingqin was already in a high position of power, so no one dared to exclude He Shaozhou anymore. Therefore, He Shaozhou was appointed as the brigade commander of the Independent Brigade of the 103rd Division and went to the Songhu Battlefield. Although the Battle of Songhu was ultimately defeated, the three-month war effectively dealt a blow to the arrogance of the Japanese Kou, and He Shaozhou did not lose anyone in the battle, made many military achievements, and was promoted to deputy division commander after the war.
After that, He Shaozhou participated in many large battles, some of which won and lost, but the only constant was He Shaozhou's bravery. The Battle of Songshan in 1943 can be said to be He Shaozhou's battle for fame, when he served as the commander of the newly organized Eighth Army, and in the bloody battle between Songshan and the Japanese to the end, the Nationalist army launched ten attacks on Songshan, and although it was a fierce victory, it broke the stalemate in the Battle of Western Yunnan in one fell swoop, and this battle also opened the prelude to the great counteroffensive of our army.
Because of the extraordinary significance of this battle, He Shaozhou, who had made great military achievements, as the commander of this battle, was awarded the "Order of the Blue Sky and White Sun" by Chiang Kai-shek, and this honor has always belonged to those generals of the Nationalist Army who really fought bravely, which shows that He Shaozhou's military career relied on his own skills after he entered the school, rather than He Yingqin's relationship. After that, He Shaozhou also served as deputy commander-in-chief and commander-in-chief of the Yunnan Garrison.