Is Liu Zhi an undercover Communist Party agent?
This problem has always been
"Haunting"
Many people who like history are actually just joking words, and Liu Zhi, as a general of the Kuomintang, will certainly not be an underground member of the Communist Party.
But why do many people say that Liu Zhi is an undercover communist party agent?
Then we have to ask Liu Zhi, Liu Zhi's confusing operation often harms the Kuomintang who has been defeated and retreated one after another, and even if it cannot be fought, it is often dragged on the back legs of others.
Such as Du Yuming, Huang Baitao, Wang Yaowu and others, Liu Zhi who has not been dragged down?
Liu Zhi
What kind of story has happened to Liu Zhi's body? Why is Liu Zhi, who is so incompetent, still reused by Chiang Kai-shek to the end? Why did he later flee to Indonesia to become a teacher?
Today's Brief History Archive will talk to you about liu zhi's story.
Running too fast was ridiculed by the long-legged general
Born in 1892, Liu Zhi is an old senior in the Kuomintang, born in Ji'an, Jiangxi, and even more famous general county, such as Xiao Wangdong, Luo Cheng and other Communist Generals, all of whom were born in Ji'an, Jiangxi.
However, Liu Zhi chose to join the Kuomintang, which was completely contrary to the correct revolution, and many people could not help but feel that the same land could not support the same people, which was really ironic.
After the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy in 1924, Liu Zhi, who had received some military education, was recommended by his friend He Yingqin to serve as a tactical instructor at the Whampoa Military Academy.
Temporary
It was also this opportunity that Liu Zhi successfully got to know Chiang Kai-shek, with the old qualification of knowing each other very early,
Liu Zhi became one of Chiang Kai-shek's Five Tiger Generals, the other four being Chen Cheng, Gu Zhutong, Wei Lihuang and Jiang Dingwen.
It can be seen that Liu Zhi's status is quite high.
But high status does not mean strong ability.
Liu Zhi was really lackluster both politically and militarily, not like Wei Lihuang, who was always victorious militarily, nor as politically as Chen Cheng, and it was for this reason that Liu Zhi was often despised by his colleagues.
However, to say that Liu Zhi is incompetent, it is not, in the end, Liu Zhi's luck is also unmatched, in the Eastern Crusade and the Central Plains War, Liu Zhi played a very good role, especially in the previous battles of "encircling and suppressing" the Red Army, Liu Zhi has repeatedly built miracles by luck.
It was also for this reason that after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chiang Kai-shek specially made Liu Zhi the commander of the Second Army of the First Theater, not only to preserve Liu Zhi's face and not to let him be looked down upon by his colleagues, but also to use Liu Zhi's luck in the civil war to deal with the Japanese army on the front line.
Chiang Kai-shek
Who knows liu zhi is one
Civil war insiders, foreign war laymen
The guy who just came up was beaten to the point of collapse by the Japanese, and his luck turned into smoke and nothing anymore.
Liu Zhi thought that he was like a divine soldier and a heavenly helper, and often flaunted his might, but now that he was beaten and collapsed, Liu Zhi was too frightened to stay where he was, and retreated madly along the Pinghan Railway, no matter how Chiang Kai-shek called to stick to the spot, Liu Zhi just refused to stop.
Seeing that there were no Japanese troops, Liu Zhi stopped retreating to the south, but Chiang Kai-shek had already suppressed his red face and was so angry that he was going to die, and immediately called liu Zhi to ask why he wanted to retreat? Where is it now?
Where did Liu Zhi dare to tell the truth, one moment saying that he ran to the boundary of Hebei, and the next moment saying that he ran to the Xinxiang area of Henan, anyway, there was no accurate word.
Chiang Kai-shek was so angry that he could not do it, but no one was in front of him, and he could not help Liu Zhi, so he could only order him not to retreat again, but compared with Chiang Kai-shek's orders, the Japanese pursuit and killing was what Liu Zhi was afraid of.
In the middle is Chiang Kai-shek
So Liu Zhi still ignored the persuasion and continued to retreat south, but later retreated thousands of kilometers, and did not yet achieve a victory.
A day of running thousands of miles, now it is fulfilled in Liu Zhi.s body.
For a time, everyone thought
"The Long-Legged General"
To describe Liu Zhi and praise him for running fast, this made Liu Zhi a laughingstock among the Kuomintang.
Who can blame this? Liu Zhi sometimes had to find his own reasons.
Chiang Kai-shek's reason for reusing Liu Zhi
I believe that many people will wonder, since Liu Zhi is so incompetent, why has Chiang Kai-shek been reusing him, and there is still a lot of pleasure?
To put it bluntly, two words:
loyal!
Or rather:
Foolishness!
Take the Zhongshan incident in 1926, when Chiang Kai-shek was not a hegemon like now, but just a small leader with fledgling wings.
When such a major incident occurred on the Zhongshan warship, many of Chiang Kai-shek's loyal and important ministers did not dare to take a step forward, and only Liu Zhi, who stood on Chiang Kai-shek's side without hesitation, was willing to be Chiang Kai-shek's pawn.
In order to show his loyalty, Liu Zhi immediately led people to capture the captain of the Zhongshan ship, Li Zhilong, who was also a member of the Communist Party.
At that time, Chiang Kai-shek had not yet launched the April 12 counter-revolutionary coup and had not formally broken with the revolutionary road, so many people did not dare to openly take sides in such a political incident.
Only Liu Zhi dared to do this, although his behavior was really shameful, but in Chiang Kai-shek's eyes, Liu Zhi was a loyal and absolute loyal subject.
Afterwards, Liu Zhi also said:
"Actually, I don't fully understand why, I mean what the principal means, anyway, the principal orders me to do what I want, I will do."
I dare not say that Liu Zhiyuzhong's point still won Chiang Kai-shek's heart.
Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Yaowu
From the perspective of the Zhejiang people around Chiang Kai-shek, it is not difficult for us to see that the most important thing in the selection is from the same hometown, and the second is loyalty to Chiang Kai-shek himself.
Therefore, the senior generals around Chiang Kai-shek all relied on personal relations to ascend to power, and it is understandable that the level is uneven.
Although this method of selecting and promoting talented people is not understood by the world, we cannot deny that Chiang Kai-shek has selected many capable people in accordance with the law of nepotism, such as Du Yuming, Chen Cheng, Zhang Lingfu, and so on, all of whom are the biggest opponents of our party.
According to the joke, Liu Zhi was an accident, but there were many incompetent people in the Kuomintang itself, at least Liu Zhi still had something to use.
Zhang Lingfu
However, Chiang Kai-shek's wife, Song Meiling, did not think so, and Song Meiling was quite critical of Chiang Kai-shek's reuse of Liu Zhi:
"Liu Zhi is useless, he can no longer command battles!"
However, Chiang Kai-shek vigorously defended Liu Zhi:
"It is not okay for Liu Zhi to fight, but who among the generals is more obedient than Liu Zhi?"
Seeing Chiang Kai-shek's bent on acting in a solitary and loyal posture, Song Meiling was not good enough to open her mouth again.
He harmed Du Yuming, Huang Baitao, Wang Yaowu and others
Liu Zhi was loyal to Chiang Kai-shek, but it was also true that Liu Zhi had dragged too many people down.
Let's talk about Du Yuming first.
After the outbreak of the Battle of Huaihai, both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party began to prepare for the battle, and on the Communist side, Chairman Mao personally ordered chen Yisuyu and the two chiefs to command the battle.
Su Yu and Chen Yi
On the other hand, the Kuomintang side seemed slightly anxious, Gu Zhutong was transferred back to Nanjing because of his promotion to chief of staff, Chen Cheng had temporarily lost Chiang Kai-shek's favor because of his performance in laiwu, Meng Lianggu and other battles, as for He Yingqin, Chiang Kai-shek had always paid little attention to it, and moreover, being in a high position, he was not the best candidate for dispatching troops.
In the end, Chiang Kai-shek chose Liu Zhi.
In fact, the appearance of Liu Zhi still caused an uproar, compared to the first three giants, the existence of Liu Zhi seems really out of place.
Therefore, many people in the world ridiculed Liu Zhi's appointment, jokingly saying:
"Xuzhou is the gate of Nanjing, you should send a tiger to guard, even if you don't send a tiger, you should also send a dog, this is good, guard the door not to find a dog, find a pig." I am afraid that this gate will not be able to be guarded. ”
As for why the world says this, one is that Liu Zhi is fat and looks like a pig, so he is jokingly called a pig, and the other is that Liu Zhi is named Pig General, which is also reasonable.
The words of the world's jokes reached the ears of Zhang Guangzhong, commander of the Lunan Military Region, so the general also seized the opportunity and came to a wave of harsh tactics and preached everywhere:
Xue Yue
"Before the Kuomintang sent two generals in Xuzhou, one Xue Yue and one Gu Zhutong, one lost the battle and ran away, one mediocre and incompetent also ran away, and now there is a man named Liu Zhi, who is said to be a famous big stupid pig, and it seems that if he wants to live well, he must bravely enter Xuzhou to kill pigs."
However, Liu Zhi was not angry when he heard it, according to various historical records, this person had a good mentality, did not remember revenge, and in the current Internet language, he was considered to be a Kuomintang member
"Silly white sweet"
Therefore, Zhang Guangzhong's words, Liu Zhi did not pay attention to it.
But Liu Zhi's incompetence was a fact, and Liu Zhi himself understood it.
Therefore, when Chiang Kai-shek sent him to Xuzhou to take up an important post, Liu Zhi's heart was also seven up and eight, and he knew that he was absolutely incapable of being on a par with Hua Ye, so Liu Zhi hurriedly asked Chiang Kai-shek to send a commander to assist.
Chiang Kai-shek seemed to have anticipated all this, so Liu Zhi's request did not make him angry, and under Chiang Kai-shek's arrangement, Du Yuming came on the scene.
Gu Zhutong
Chiang Kai-shek's reason for selecting Du Yuming as deputy commander of Xuzhou's "Suppression General" was also very simple:
First, because Du Yuming was a high-caliber student in the first phase of Huangpu, his military talent was outstanding;
Second, the status is not as good as Liu Zhi, in the final analysis, it is still necessary to take care of the face of this pig brother.
Liu Zhi was also very happy, with Du Yuming's help, Liu Zhi could sit back and enjoy it, and no longer had to worry about being afraid of Hua Ye's attack.
But Du Yuming was a capable man, so why did Chiang Kai-shek leave Du Yuming only in Xuzhou to take care of Liu Zhi?
So in November 1948, Chiang Kai-shek sent Du Yuming to the northeast to command and rescue the northeast, and as for Xuzhou, Liu Zhi was temporarily in charge.
Du Yuming
Du Yuming was a responsible person, and even though he knew that he had been pulled out by Chiang Kai-shek to serve as a cushion for Liu Zhi, he still scrupulously abided by his duties as a soldier.
Before leaving for the northeast, Du Yuming made arrangements for Liu Zhi and ordered Li Mi, Qiu Qingquan, Huang Baitao, and Sun Yuanliang to quickly gather in Xuzhou, turning it into a huge field corps, so that Hua Ye could not speak.
However, Liu Zhi's incompetent straw bag began to mess up when huaye was blowing, and originally the corps was gathered together, and there was still a glimmer of life.
However, Liu Zhi's riotous operation caused the major corps to delay for more than 20 days in vain, and Hua Ye took advantage of the gap during this time to quickly surround Huang Baitao's corps.
Li Mi
Scattered, the large array deployed by Du Yuming was completely disrupted by Liu Zhi's inaction.
When Du Yuming returned to this battlefield again, looking at the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, even if it was Nuwa, it was difficult to see that he could make up for this piece of heaven!
Let's talk about Huang Baitao.
During the Battle of Huaihai, the Nationalist forces began to shrink their strength, and it was at this time that Su Yu discovered a great flaw:
Huang Baitao's corps had not yet begun to act.
This was nothing less than good news for Su Yu, and the speed at which the Kuomintang was shrinking its troops was indeed very fast, which surprised Su Yu for a time, and he was afraid that he would not be able to catch up.
Huang Baitao
Nowadays, Huang Baitao's corps runs slowly, but it has become a low-hanging fruit on the plate.
So Su Yu immediately ordered a comprehensive pursuit of Huang Baitao's 7th Corps, and Huang Baitao hurriedly set off like a bird of fright, but hua ye still ate the strength of the 63rd Army behind the palace and the 83rd Division of the 100th Army.
Huang Baitao regretted it a lot, only hating why he coveted Liu Zhi's little cheapness.
What's going on?
It turned out that Huang Baitao's slow departure was not because of the problem of the strength of his headquarters, but to wait for a group of men and horses, Liu Zhi's 44th Army in the 9th Appeasement District of Haizhou.
The history of this 44 army is not small, it is said that it is Liu Zhi's largest treasury, and the 44 army just sells smuggled salt, which makes Liu Zhi earn a lot of money, and Liu Zhi naturally will not give up his wallet.
So Liu Zhi contacted Huang Baitao and asked Huang Baitao to wait for his own 44th Army, and then set off together after they were gathered together, so that they could take care of it, and promised that Huang Baitao would organize the 44th Army into Huang Baitao's 7th Corps after the event was completed.
This condition made Huang Baitao a little moved, and driven by desire, Huang Baitao agreed to Liu Zhi's request.
However, just waiting for the time of the 44th Army's day, Su Yu chased after Hua Ye, and Huang Baitao regretted it on the road and scolded his greed, but everything had returned to heaven.
Huang Baitao saw that his regiment was destroyed and hurriedly asked Li Mi for support, but Li Mi was afraid of being bitten by Hua Ye, so he refused to reinforce, and also said that he did not dare to delay Liu Zhi's orders.
As a result, everyone also knows that Huang Baitao was surrounded by a desperate suicide in The Mill Village, can this be said to have nothing to do with Liu Zhi?
Wang Yaowu
Finally, let's talk about Wang Yaowu.
Liu Zhi's drag on Wang Yaowu occurred earlier than the Battle of Huaihai, which was the Battle of Jinan in September 1948.
According to Premier Zhou:
The Battle of Jinan was the prelude to the three major battles.
However, such an important prologue battle, Wang Yaowu seemed extremely pessimistic.
Although Wang Yaowu, who was in charge of Shandong at that time, had 100,000 heavy troops, Wang Yaowu himself understood that the regular army had only 9 brigades, and the rest were all local troops without combat effectiveness.
In addition, Wang Yaowu was really worried about the prospects of the Jinan Campaign, so Wang Yaowu's idea was to abandon the city of Jinan completely and retreat to Xuzhou.
However, Wang Yaowu's idea was angrily rebuked by Chiang Kai-shek, who believed that Wang Yaowu was in a high position, and he had no intention of resisting, and only wanted to surrender and suppress the morale of his own people.
When Wang Yaowu saw this, he did not say anything more, so he asked Chiang Kai-shek to transfer the 74th Division from Xuzhou to defend the city with him in Jinan.
Chiang Kai-shek readily agreed.
However, wanwan did not expect that Liu Zhi would come out to make trouble at this time, and just when the 74th Division was planning to go to Jinan to support Wang Yaowu, Liu Zhi expressed an absolute disagreement.
As for why? Liu Zhi also has micro-words:
If the 74th Division left, Xuzhou would reduce its strength by half, and if the communist army came to attack, Xuzhou would inevitably fall into a crisis, and the situation would be very unfavorable, so the 74th Division absolutely could not leave Xuzhou.
Wang Yaowu repeatedly asked for reinforcements, but Liu Zhi refused to let the 74th Division go to Jinan for reinforcements.
The first on the right is Liu Zhi
Later, when the Battle of Jinan was already on the third day, Liu Zhicai, at the urging of Wang Yaowu and Chiang Kai-shek, reluctantly sent 7 companies to reinforce Jinan.
It doesn't make sense.
In this way, the city of Jinan was unsurprisingly breached, and Wang Yaowu was also arrested on the way to escape. Later, when Wang Yaowu recalled this experience, he bluntly said that he was almost killed by Liu Zhi and ascended to heaven.
Nowadays, it seems that if Liu Zhi could send troops early, the Battle of Jinan might be even more anxious.
From the perspective of the Kuomintang, Liu Zhi is undoubtedly a stupid operation to the home;
But in the eyes of the Communist Party, perhaps Liu Zhi's behavior has also accelerated the process of liberating Jinan, so I really should thank Liu Zhi for his support.
"Communist Undercover"
This title, Liu Zhi is also well deserved!
He went to Indonesia as a teacher
Whether it was the Battle of Jinan or the Battle of Huaihai, Liu Zhi's behavior had already made him a capital offense to be avoided, and it was difficult to escape the living crime, Liu Zhi knew that he had no face, and quickly lowered his face to confess his mistake to Chiang Kai-shek.
Chiang Kai-shek and Du Yuming
However, Chiang Kai-shek was already in the wilderness at that time, and did not bother to pay attention to Liu Zhi.
Liu Zhi did not get a response, and he was even more frightened, and later when Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan, he did not say that he would take Liu Zhi with him, which made Liu Zhi even more discouraged.
In desperation, Liu Zhi could only go to Hong Kong to temporarily take shelter.
During this period, Liu Zhi also applied for the hope of joining Taiwan and continuing to serve at Chiang Kai-shek's side, but Chiang Kai-shek obviously did not forgive Liu Zhi at that time, and not only cancelled Liu Zhi's position as a strategic adviser, but also reprimanded him for never entering Taiwan and staying in Hong Kong to reflect well.
A five-tiger general who called for wind and rain became a civilian with no right, and Liu Zhi's heart was naturally shaky, and it was difficult to sleep and eat.
Later, Hong Kong was not very peaceful for Liu Zhi, so Liu Zhi fled to Singapore, and then to Jakarta, Indonesia.
After several tosses, Liu Zhi was physically and mentally exhausted, and his money was almost gone, so Liu Zhi decided to settle in Jakarta, Indonesia, planning to spend the rest of his life in a foreign country.
Liu Zhi has been marching and fighting all his life, and the others are also inexperienced, so Liu Zhi will not do anything after he arrives in Indonesia, and he once tried to do business, which made Liu Zhi lose his blood, and Liu Zhi did not dare to move anymore.
But fortunately, Liu Zhi is a person who has received cultural education, and for Indonesia, which lacks cultural knowledge, Liu Zhi is still a person
"Literati and Scholars".
Later, at the invitation of the school, Liu Zhi taught several classes to local students, which were well received, so Liu Zhi began to work as a teacher in the school, mainly teaching Chinese, history and other coursework.
It is worth mentioning that at that time, Indonesia and Taiwan had relatively close relations, so sooner or later Liu Zhi's teaching in Indonesia would be known to Chiang Kai-shek.
As for how it was discovered?
It was on Liu Zhi's birthday, and in order to thank Liu Zhi, the Indonesian school made Liu Zhi's birthday on the local news headlines.
When Chiang Kai-shek saw this, he could not laugh and cry, so he could only hurriedly send a message to Liu Zhi and order him to return to Taiwan quickly with his family.
Liu Zhi was very happy, the taste of being a foreign country for so many years could only be experienced by himself, and now he could return to the land of China, and he was naturally ecstatic.
In this way, Liu Zhi returned to Taiwan with his family on November 6, 1953, and returned to the embrace of China.
After returning, Liu Zhi went to visit Chiang Kai-shek, and naturally there was a scolding, but after Chiang Kai-shek finished criticizing, he did not pursue Liu Zhi's mistakes in Huaihai and Jinan, and gave Liu Zhi an idle post, so that Liu Zhi spent the rest of his life without worry.
In the final analysis, Chiang Kai-shek was still reluctant to be loyal to his old subordinates at all times, and Liu Zhi was still a bit lucky in the end.
Just this luck, it is difficult to say whether Liu Zhi is happy or not!
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