From 1927 onwards, the military and political power in Yunnan was in the hands of a man named Long Yun until 1945, when Long Yun ruled Yunnan for 18 years, and he was also known as the King of Yunnan. Since the establishment of the National Government in Nanjing, Chiang Kai-shek had several plans to relieve Longyun of his military power, and he successively sent two generals, Guan Linzheng and Du Yuming, and finally took advantage of the opportunity of the War of Resistance Against Japan to relieve Wang Longyun of Yunnan of his military power.
After Chiang Kai-shek relieved Long Yun of his military powers, he first took Long Yun to Chongqing, the capital at that time, and then put Long Yun under house arrest in Nanjing. Long Yun bribed the Flying Tigers during his house arrest, fled to Hong Kong with the help of the Flying Tigers, and then settled in Hong Kong, where he electrified an uprising in 1949 to formally oppose Chiang Kai-shek. In the process of Longyun's teleportation uprising, he was also followed by his eldest son Long Shengwu, and today we will talk about the end of Long Yun's son Long Shengwu.
Long Shengwu was born in 1906, the eldest son of Wang Longyun of Yunnan. Because he was the eldest son, Long Yun had high hopes for him, and after Long Shengwu grew up a little, Long Yun sent him to the Yunnan Army Lecture Hall to let him learn military education. The Yunnan Army Lecture Hall is a famous military academy that has trained many military talents for China's modern revolution, and many well-known figures in Yunnan are from this school.
After graduating from the Yunnan Army Lecture Hall, Long Shengwu went to France to study and systematically studied French military education. In 1937, after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wang Longyun of Yunnan reorganized the Dian Army into the 60th Army, ordered Lu Han to lead the 60th Army out of Yunnan to fight against the Japanese invaders, and Long Shengwu remained in Yunnan as the brigade commander of the Second Brigade.
Although Long Shengwu is long Yun's son, his military command ability and personal charm are far from his father. In 1942, when the Japanese army attacked Tengchong in Yunnan, Longshengwu was responsible for guarding Tengchong, but he abandoned the city and fled at a critical moment of the battle, allowing the Japanese to occupy Tengchong effortlessly.
Throughout the entire period of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Long Shengwu did not make much contribution to the War of Resistance, but because he was a descendant of Long Yun, his rank rose steadily, and he was gradually promoted from brigade commander to deputy commander of the 60th Army. In 1945, after the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Wang Longyun of Yunnan was dismissed by Chiang Kai-shek. In order to win over Long Shengwu, Chiang Kai-shek appointed Long Shengwu as a major general in the Presidential Office to join the army, although this is an idle post, but Long Shengwu has a lot of face, and the scenery is unique for a while.
In 1949, after Chiang Kai-shek's third resignation, Li Zongren became acting president, and Long Shengwu was also successfully promoted to lieutenant general in the presidential palace. At that time, Long Yun had fled to Hong Kong with the help of the Flying Tigers, and in August 1949, Long Yun revolted in Hong Kong. In order to support his father, Long Shengwu also chose to follow his father in a telegraph uprising, formally opposing Chiang Kai-shek and his Nationalist government in Nanjing.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Long Shengwu was appointed a member of the People's Government of Yunnan Province, although he lived in Hong Kong most of the time. In 1950, Long Shengwu's brother Long Shengwu was killed by the People's Liberation Army in an armed rebellion, and Long Shengwu remained in Hong Kong and did not return to the mainland. In 1954, Long Shengwu was summoned by Chiang Kai-shek to Taiwan and defected to Chiang Kai-shek.
After arriving in Taiwan, Long Shengwu was appointed by Chiang Kai-shek as a "lieutenant general in the presidential palace to join the army", at that time Chiang Kai-shek was still dreaming of "counterattacking the mainland", he hoped to use Yunnan as a base area, and the Long family had operated in Yunnan for many years, so Chiang Kai-shek attached special importance to Long Shengwu. With the disillusionment of Chiang Kai-shek's dream of "counterattacking the mainland," the Dragon Rope Wu was also abandoned. In his later years, Long Shengwu lived an almost reclusive life in Taiwan, and he began to believe in Buddhism, eating and praying to the Buddha all day, and finally died in 1995 at the age of 89.
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