During the Republic of China period, there was a phenomenon of seniority ranking in the Kuomintang army at that time, but there was a Huangpu Iii student who became the leader of many Huangpu Phase I students, and many Huangpu Phase I students were still convinced of him, and this person was Wang Yaowu. Among the many generals of the Nationalist army at that time, Wang Yaowu was a very intelligent figure.
Wang Yaowu was born in Tai'an, Shandong Province, when he was 19 years old, because of family changes, Wang Yaowu first went to a tobacco company to do miscellaneous work, and then to a candy company as a clerk. In 1924, Wang Yaowu and several fellow villagers went to Guangzhou to join the Whampoa Military Academy and became a Whampoa III student. Wang Yaowu not only studied diligently and worked seriously, he also used the set of business in the official arena, often taking his own meager allowance to the instructors and the first and second big brothers who had graduated.
Due to his many military achievements, in 1930, Wang Yaowu was promoted to regimental commander. In 1932, Wang Yaowu was promoted to major general of the Supplementary First Brigade for his great merits in a battle neutrality with the Red Army. In 1934, Wang Yaowu defeated the Red Tenth Army led by Fang Zhimin at Tanjiaqiao, the commander of the regiment, Fang Zhimin, was captured, and the generals such as Huaizhou were killed, and only the chief of staff Su Yu escaped with more than 400 people. After the war, Wang Yaowu was promoted to commander of the 51st Division.
After the War of Resistance, Wang Yaowu's 51st Division and Yu Jishi's 58th Division were combined into the 74th Army, and later a 57th Division was added. During the reign of Yu Ji, under the leadership of Wang Yaowu, this unit participated in the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Nanjing, the Battle of Lanfeng, the Battle of Wuhan and other battles, and made great achievements. In 1939, Wang Yaowu was promoted to commander of the 74th Army. The 74th Army was later able to become the number one main force of the Kuomintang army, and Wang Yaowu had a great relationship, at that time the situation of deducting military salaries in the Nationalist army was more serious, and even if the salaries were not deducted, the Nationalist government could not give the troops much money, resulting in a great reduction in the combat effectiveness of the troops, and many soldiers were skinny. Wang Yaowu, on the other hand, started a business at this time, and even had his own business in the enemy-occupied areas, opening a biscuit factory, a canning factory, and other factories, and transported the money earned to buy equipment for the 74th Army and provide officers and men with the treatment of officers and men.
The officers and men of the 74th Army led by Wang Yaowu were able to purchase rubber shoes, sanitary gowns, tooth powder and other daily necessities at a low price in the military welfare cooperative, a special benefit that made other troops envious. After that, Wang Yaowu led his troops to participate in the Battle of Shanggao, the Three Battles of Changsha, the Battle of Western Hubei, the Battle of Changde and other battles, causing heavy casualties to the Japanese army many times. In 1944, Wang Yaowu was promoted to commander-in-chief of the 24th Group Army, under the jurisdiction of the 73rd Army, the 74th Army, the 79th Army, and the 100th Army, all of which were the main forces of the Central Army. In 1945, at the age of 40, Wang Yaowu was promoted to commander-in-chief of the Fourth Front, and later the New Sixth Army, the 18th Army, and the 74th Army of the five main forces were under his command. In April of the same year, Wang Yaowu led his troops to participate in the Battle of Xiangxi, annihilating 30,000 Japanese troops at the cost of 20,000 casualties.
After the liberation war began, Wang Yaowu was in charge of Shandong, which made his business even more prosperous, and the biscuit factory also opened branches throughout the country, and he also operated the daily necessities needed by the people. Wang Yaoqing was actually a very talented general, and during the Battle of Laiwu, when Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Cheng commanded most of the main forces to drill into Su Yu's carefully prepared pockets, Wang Yaowu understood at a glance and immediately asked Li Yannian to retreat his troops, but Chiang Kai-shek not only did not believe it, but also scolded him bitterly.
Before the Battle of Jinan began, some generals of the Nationalist army in Jinan clamored to fight the PLA to the end, but Wang Yaowu said to his subordinates: "In the past, we had to fight the little devils desperately, in order to defend the family and defend the country, but now we are all Chinese, don't be so desperate." What he meant was that they were all their own people, and it was nothing to surrender if they couldn't fight. Although there were many defenders in Jinan, they were all temporarily assembled units and could not stop the plagiarism of the People's Liberation Army, and Wang Yaowu had long told Chiang Kai-shek to withdraw the defenders of Jinan and fight the People's Liberation Army after the reorganization, and as a result, He was scolded by Chiang Kai-shek for a ton, saying that he was afraid of the enemy and timid.
Later, when Jinan was about to be conquered by the People's Liberation Army, Chiang Kai-shek ordered him to kill all the captured officers and men of the People's Liberation Army and underground party members in Jinan. However, Wang Yaowu, in line with the principle of dealing with things that he wanted to see in the future, released all these people, and Chiang Kai-shek was so angry that he sent several telegrams denouncing him. Later, Chen Yi commented on Wang Yaowu and said: "He is a smart person. Su Yu also had a high opinion of Wang Yaowu, saying that he was one of the few talented generals in the nationalist army.