Within the factional and infighting-fighting Kuomintang, talented people abound, but that doesn't make it stand out. Following the right person is the biggest secret of success in the Kuomintang. Obviously, Luo Zhuoying is the best example of following people.
Luo Zhuoying
The Biggest Thick Leg of the Kuomintang was, of course, Chiang Kai-shek. But there are too many people who want to hold Chiang Kai-shek's thighs, and Chiang Kai-shek will not accept them all. As we all know, Chiang Kai-shek's two principles for employing people are: either to be a fellow zhejiang native or to be from Huangpu. Unfortunately, neither Luo Zhuoying is.
Baoding Army Officer School
Luo Zhuoying, zi Youqing, born in 1896 in Dapu County, Guangdong, graduated from the Eighth Artillery Department of the Baoding Army Officer School in 1922. Familiar? That's right, the students of the eighth phase of the artillery department, as well as the famous Chen Cheng' resignation.
If Chen Cheng is the person most trusted by Chiang Kai-shek, then Chen Cheng's most trusted person is his classmate and right-hand man Luo Zhuoying. As a major general of Chen Cheng's "civil engineering department", Luo Zhuoying almost followed Chen Cheng's footsteps and became a general in the Kuomintang army step by step.
Temporary
To be trusted by Chen Cheng, who is known as the "small committee chairman", Luo Zhuoying certainly has two brushes. Although generals from the Whampoa Military Academy abound, the Baoding Army Officer School is far stronger than the Whampoa Military Academy, which is more similar to the Whampoa Academy, in terms of the quality and regularity of teaching. Although Luo Zhuoying, who graduated from the Baoding Army Officer School, could not be compared with military wizards such as Su Yu, Luo Zhuoying's military quality ranked among the top among the Kuomintang generals.
Battle of Songhu
Luo Zhuoying participated in the Eastern Expedition and the Northern Expedition as early as the guangdong revolutionary government, and after the victory of the Northern Expedition, Luo Zhuoying once again participated in the warlord melee and the "suppression of the communists" war. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Luo Zhuoying had accumulated merit to become the commander of the 16th Army and the commander of the 18th Army, and Luo Zhuoying led his troops to participate in the Battle of Songhu, known as the "flesh and blood imitation" Battle of Luodian, which was the first battle of the Anti-Japanese War commanded by Luo Zhuoying. Luo Zhuoying commanded Ruoding, always keeping the Japanese outside the defensive line, showing his excellent military talent.
In the following eight years of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Luo Zhuoying successively served as commander-in-chief of the 15th Group Army, deputy commander-in-chief of the Nanjing Garrison, commander-in-chief of the Wuhan Garrison, commander-in-chief of the Fifth Corps, commander-in-chief of the former enemy in the Ninth Theater, and commander of the First Route Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force. With his firm national will and fearless spirit, Luo Zhuoying made outstanding achievements in the War of Resistance Against Japan and was worthy of the prestige of a famous anti-Japanese general.
As a senior officer, Luo Zhuoying participated in almost all major operations against Japan. "Travel 30,000 miles and fight two hundred battles", this is the praise of Luo Zhuoying by the Kuomintang elder Yu Youren, and it is also the best summary of Luo Zhuoying's performance on the anti-Japanese battlefield.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he should become the chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Government, and Ning was promoted to general of the Kuomintang Army in 1946. After the total defeat of the Kuomintang on the mainland, Luo Zhuoying also withdrew to Taiwan, and in 1961, he died of diabetes.
Reconquista monument to the Paracel Islands
It is worth mentioning that not only did he make outstanding military achievements, but during his tenure as chairman of the National Government of Guangdong Province, Luo Zhuoying was also the greatest contributor to the recovery of the South China Sea Zhudao and the determination of China's sovereignty over the South China Sea.