During the Beiyang Republic of China period, there were many famous "second generations", such as Chiang Kai-shek's son Chiang Ching-kuo, Lu Yongxiang's son Lu Xiaojia, Zhang Zuolin's son Zhang Xueliang, and so on, all of whom relied on the power of their fathers to become prominent for a while.
However, there was also a very special second generation at that time, his father was nameless, but his uncle was the famous He Yingqin, Who had no children in his life and regarded him as his own. He has a nickname with Zhang Xueliang's "young marshal" called "Nephew Shuai"!
With such a superior background, he did not rely on it, and his promotion was all dependent on his own battle achievements!
This person's name was He Shaozhou.
He Shaozhou was born in 1902 in Xingyi, Guizhou, the son of He Yingqin's second brother He Yinglu, and at first he did not want to join the army, but when he was just finishing middle school, his father arranged a feudal marriage for him, which made the educated He Shaozhou very resistant.
In order to express his dissatisfaction, He Shaozhou chose to run away from home and go to Guangzhou to join his uncle He Yingqin, when the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy was recruiting cadets, and with the encouragement of his uncle, He Shaozhou applied for the Whampoa Military Academy.
At that time, he did not tell anyone about his relationship with He Yingqin, it was entirely based on his own achievements. Those who have been selected after passing through layers of examinations have been admitted.
During his time at the school, He Shaozhou performed very well in all aspects, his grades were up to standard, and he was also a pioneer in the two crusades. During the Northern Expedition, he became the commander of the regiment for his merits and was incorporated into Li Zongren's Seventh Army.
However, in August 1927, when contradictions broke out between Chiang Kai-shek and guishi, Wang Jingwei and other forces, and were squeezed out of the wilderness, He Yingqin thought that Chiang Kai-shek had no political future, so he also secretly united with gui against Chiang Kai-shek.
As a result, in January 1928, Chiang Kai-shek revived again with the support of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortiums and the Huangpu Diehards, which surprised many people.
He Yingqin's position in the Huangpu clan was superior, and old Jiang was inconvenient to move him, but He Shaozhou was not so lucky and was directly squeezed out by force. He did not feel very interesting when he stayed in the army, so he went directly to Japan to study and continue to learn military knowledge.
He Shaozhou successively studied at the Japanese Army Non-Commissioned Officer School and the Japanese Field Artillery School, and by the time he returned to China, his uncle He Yingqin had already stitched up relations with Chiang Kai-shek and become a real power figure in the Nationalist government, so no one dared to target He Shaozhou again.
Coinciding with the establishment of the Tax police corps by Song Ziwen, minister of finance of the Kuomintang, the treatment and equipment were no worse than any of the regular Kuomintang troops, He Shaozhou was recognized by Song Ziwen and became the leader of the 2nd regiment of the tax police regiment.
In January 1932, He Shaozhou led his troops to participate in the Songhu War of Resistance, which dealt a fierce blow to the arrogance of the Japanese Kou. In August 1937, He Shaozhou and the Taxation Police Corps fought again in Shanghai, and after three months of bloody fighting, the Chinese soldiers who were far behind in weapons and equipment showed a tendency to be invincible, and in order to preserve their living strength, the Nationalist army had to withdraw to Nanjing.
After the tragic defense of Nanjing, the Tax Police Corps and several other German mechanic corps suffered heavy casualties and were forced to rest. He Shaozhou was therefore transferred to the 103rd Division, and then participated in many battles such as the "Battle of Wuhan", "The Battle of Yichang", "The Second Battle of Changsha", and the Battle of Songshan in 1944 was his famous battle!
In 1942, in order to force China to throw in, the Japanese and Kosovar brazenly sent troops to occupy Songshan and choked the throat of the Burma Road, so that the aid line of the British and American allies to China was pinched by it to death.
Japan knew the importance of Matsuyama, so it spent more than a year building fortifications, using natural dangers to block the west bank of the Nu River and control the entire highway, which was very unfavorable for our country.
In 1944, in order to retake Matsuyama, the Nationalist army sent Zhong Bin, commander of the 71st Army of the 11th Group, to launch an attack on the enemy. Zhong Bin did not know exactly how many Japanese troops were in Matsuyama, but he thought that his side had a numerical advantage, so he adopted the method of strong attack, hoping to quickly capture Matsuyama.
However, the lethality of the firepower network carefully built by the Japanese army was very terrible, and the 71st Army suffered many casualties, but it was never able to take the position.
Wei Lihuang, commander of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, was very anxious to see this situation, so he changed his command and entrusted the task of conquering the Songshan Fortress to He Shaozhou, who was then the commander of the newly organized Eighth Army.
After receiving the military order, He Shaozhou first analyzed the specific conditions of the battlefield and decided not to attack Songshan, but first to take the enemy's weakly garrisoned Rolling Dragon Slope, and then attack Songshan from the Rolling Dragon Slope.
At the same time, he also ordered that division-level officers must personally enter the regiment to direct the operation, and regimental-level officers must also personally go to the front line to fight.
Under his command, the troops quickly captured The Rolling Dragon Slope, but the Japanese at Matsuyama Fortress resisted very firmly. In order to take the enemy position, the New Eighth Army fought many bloody battles, and even finally developed to the point of fighting white blades.
The course of the Battle of Matsuyama was very difficult, from June 4 to September 7, the average number of Chinese soldiers to six people to change a Japanese koji, these two points are very heart-wrenching.
Fortunately, the outcome was good, under the leadership of He Shaozhou, the New Eighth Army won the battle and the Burma Road was reopened. This battle was of extraordinary significance, breaking the stalemate in the Battle of Western Yunnan in one fell swoop, thus prelude to China's great counteroffensive!
After the war, He Shaozhou was awarded the "Order of the Blue Sky and White Sun" by Chiang Kai-shek, which is an honor awarded by the Nationalist government to those who have made great contributions!
After Japan's surrender, He Shaozhou served as the commander-in-chief of the Yunnan garrison, nominally under Lu Han's control, but in fact he was under the orders of Chiang Kai-shek to monitor Lu Han.
Yunnan was hardly affected in the Liberation War, so He Shaozhou did not have the opportunity to show his face in recent years. It was not until April 1949, when the Kuomintang forces were nearly depleted, that Chiang Kai-shek changed the Sixth Formation Training Command under He Shaozhou into the 19th Corps.
He Shaozhou, the commander of the corps, seemed to have been promoted, but the strength of the troops in his hands did not increase, and he had no strength at all in the face of the People's Liberation Army, and in the end, part of the corps was destroyed, and part of the corps chose to revolt. He Shaozhou himself left the mainland by plane on December 7, 1949, and went into seclusion in Hong Kong for several years.
Without military power, He Shaozhou also tried his best to make a living, first relying on the savings saved from many years of military service to do business, and as a result, he quickly eroded his money without experience. Later, he fell into the habit of gambling, and most of his property was lost in a short period of time. He had no choice but to go to Brazil to grow rubber to make ends meet.
In the 1970s, He Shaozhou moved to the United States with his wife and daughter and became a U.S. citizen, and his old age was still relatively happy. In 1980, He Shaozhou died in New York at the age of 78.
In general, He Shaozhou still made great achievements during the anti-Japanese period, and although the Battle of Songshan suffered heavy casualties, it also played a Chinese bloody nature, and after opening the Burma Road, China will be able to get more assistance.
Therefore, this is not only the gain and loss of the First World War, but also related to the entire war situation! He Shao Zhou ju gong to great!