Among the hundreds of generals in the National Army, Huang Baitao can definitely be said to be an outlier, he does not belong to any faction, he has no backer, and he has no foundation at all. He was born in Tianjin, graduated from the Provincial Industrial College, and later joined the army of the warlord Li Chun. At that time, the concept of fellow villagers in the army prevailed because both of them were directly subordinates, plus Huang Baitao's down-to-earth ability li chun gave his beloved maid Xu to Huang Baitao as his wife. After the defeat of the warlords of the Second Zhifeng War, Huang Baitao defected to Zhang Zongchang, who had a teacher-student friendship with him. After the Northern Expeditionary Army crossed the Yangtze River, he followed Xu Yuanquan, commander of the 6th Army, to Chiang Kai-shek, and was subsequently sent by Chiang to Nanjing for further study.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he was later appreciated by The Chief of Staff He Yingqin as a senior staff officer. During his tenure, he worked hard and actively rectified the corruption situation in the war zone, because he had no factional backing and roots, so he always carried out Chiang's orders to the letter. After the outbreak of the third civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communists, Huang Baitao's talent gradually appeared. In the Battle of Menglianggu, almost all the generals of the Nationalist army were unwilling to save Zhang Lingfu because of his arrogance. After receiving Jiang's orders, Huang Baitao led his troops to storm Huaye, almost breaking Through Huaye's defense line. In the battles of Nanma and Linqu, Huang Baitao desperately reinforced the Platon Army and caused great trouble.
During the Battle of Eastern Henan, General Su Yu commanded huaye, the Central Plains Field Army, the Jinji-Hebei Luyu and the Yuwan Soviet Military Region troops, hoping to eat Huang Baitao's corps. Su Yu ordered several elite columns to attack Huang Baitao's corps, and Huang Baitao resisted the repeated attacks of several columns with inferior troops. After eight days and nights of bloody fighting, Huang Baitao personally boarded a tank and led his troops to launch a counter-charge against the People's Liberation Army in the face of heavy casualties and low morale, until the arrival of Hu Lian's 18th Army and Qiu Qingquan's corps. Huang Baitao's practical actions were recognized by the top brass of the Nationalist army, especially Chiang Kai-shek.
In the Battle of Huaihai, Huang Baitao led the 7th Corps to face the joint siege of Su Yu and Liu Bocheng, and he chose to fight until the last moment, which was the last blood of the national power. After the 7th Corps was re-annihilated, he raised his gun and killed himself to save his integrity. The considerable price paid in order to eliminate the 7th Corps Huaye shows the stubbornness of this corps. The 7th Corps consisted of the 25th, 44th, 63rd, 64th and 100th Armies of the National Revolutionary Army.
As the main force of the 7th Corps, Chen Shizhang, commander of the 25th Army, was born in Zhao County, Huangpu Fifth Period. Chen Shizhang is definitely a money-making expert if he is now, because he is a "madman" who examines it. He has successively participated in officer research classes, officer training corps, higher education classes, central training regiments, tactical research classes, general school research classes, and even the party and government training classes have not been left behind, and he is a certificate general. If you think he's just a nerd, you're wrong, he's a general in the nationalist army. During the Battle of Wuhan, he led his troops in a bloody battle with the Japanese for three days and nights, repelling the Japanese army and receiving Personal Commendation from Chiang Kai-shek. Chen Shizhang and Huang Baitao were almost a thorough soldier, and there was no ambiguity in fighting the Japanese. After receiving the order of the civil war, he did not hesitate, he scrupulously fulfilled his duties, and there was no distinction between concubines and miscellaneous cards in every battle. After the Battle of Fuzhou, he fled to Xiamen and was captured. After becoming a captive, he was very uncooperative until he was pardoned in 1975, then flew to the United States and settled in Los Angeles until his death at the age of 90.
Wang Zejun, the commander of the 44th Army, was born into the family of the Sichuan warlord Wang Miaoxu, who was very cruel to the people and the Red Army under the influence of his father. After the Lugou Bridge Incident, he went out of Sichuan to participate in the War of Resistance. Compared with other generals of the Sichuan Army, Wang Zejun was brave and flexible in battle. His performance in the bloody battles of Wuhan and the Battle of Changheng was also better than that of other Sichuan troops. But his military discipline really did not dare to compliment, saying that it was worse than banditry. After the outbreak of civil war, the 44th Army was captured at the Battle of Nianzhuang to re-extinguish Wang Zejun. Because of his refusal to reform, he was imprisoned in Linyi, Yidu, Yucheng, Jinan, Beijing and other places, and died of illness in Beijing Qincheng Prison in 1974.
Chen Zhangyue, commander of the 63rd Army, was a general of the 63rd Army, and he was more active in the Bloody War of Shaoguan and the Japanese Kou in the War of Resistance Against Japan. He once injured a Japanese plane with a rifle. After the defeat at the Battle of Nianzhuang, he raised his gun in Kiln Bay and killed himself.
Liu Zhenxiang, the commander of the 64th Army, had a legendary experience, and he was the commander of Ye Ting's secret service company who participated in the Nanchang Uprising. After the failure of the Nanchang Uprising, he was arranged by Chen Jitang to join the Cantonese army. Later, he was admitted to Huangpu, and in the Battle of Nianzhuang, he vowed to die and not to break through to fight a decisive battle with the People's Liberation Army, and was defeated and captured. After the transformation, he served as the Guangxi CppcC and died in 1986.
Zhou Zhidao, commander of the 100th Army, was a native of Jiangxi, Huangpu IV. He is Wang Yaowu's right-hand man and an important figure in the siege of Fang Zhimin. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he successively participated in more than ten large-scale battles such as the Songhu War of Resistance, the Battle of Nanjing, the Battle of Xuzhou, the Battle of Wuhan, the Battle of Nanchang, and the Battle of Taierzhuang. Unlike Chen Shizhang, who was also from Huangpu, he looked down on the miscellaneous troops and looked down on Huang Baitao, and once asked Jiang to transfer him out of Huang Baitao's corps. After the defeat of the Nianzhuang army, he fled the battlefield to Taiwan, where he died in 1984.
After the defeat of Huang Baitao's army, Huang Baitao and Chen Zhang raised their guns and killed themselves, leaving the two to refuse to reform, but Zhou Zhidao desperately wanted to follow his principal. Such stubborn generals are rare in the civil war, and their military backbone is admirable, but they stand against the common people.