Many Kuomintang generals made tremendous contributions to the country and the people during the War of Resistance Against Japan. Comrade Li Yutang is such a famous anti-Japanese general. Comrade Li Yutang, as a lieutenant general in the Army of the Republic of China, actively participated in the anti-Japanese war after the japanese war of aggression broke out.
Because he graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, Comrade Li Yutang has a very good military quality. In addition, Comrade Li Yutang and his people have a strong patriotic enthusiasm and hate very much a series of evil deeds committed by the Japanese in China, such as burning, killing, robbing, and plundering. Comrade Li Yutang's performance in the War of Resistance Against Japan can be said to be very prominent.
First, the rich and rich read a lot
On March 16, 1899, Comrade Li Yutang was born in Dongying City, Shandong Province. When Comrade Li Yutang was born, the Li family, which had been engaged in peasantry and commerce for generations, was already a small and famous local landlord family. Therefore, Comrade Li Yutang grew up in a wealthy family. The rich family environment has given Comrade Li Yutang the opportunity to receive a good education from an early age.
In 1906, Comrade Li Yutang, who was only seven years old, entered a famous local private school under the arrangement of his family. Although the Li family has been a merchant except for farmers, it attaches great importance to the cultural education of future generations. Therefore, the outstanding learning talent that Comrade Li Yutang has shown since he was a child is also deeply gratifying to Li's parents.
The environment of growing up without worry about food and clothing, and the ardent expectations of the elders in the family, comrade Li Yutang has been studying seriously without distraction. Comrade Li Yutang was successively admitted to Zhenhua Higher Primary School and Hexi Minguo Middle School with excellent results. In the days of studying at school, Comrade Li Yutang also had the opportunity to plunge into the new wave of ideas.
In 1915, Yuan Shikai's claim to the throne caused quite a stir among the students of Guangdong University. At that time, Comrade Li Yutang also actively participated in the camp of the crusade against Yuan Shikai as a student. In 1916, with the death of Yuan Shikai, student groups formed in various parts of China to fight against Yuan Shikai were dissolved.
In the same year, Comrade Li Yutang, who returned to his hometown after the dissolution of the group, was admitted to a technical university in Jinan and continued his cultural study. Although he returned to the campus, after participating in the crusade, the seeds of revolution were quietly planted in the heart of Comrade Li Yutang. After the May Fourth Movement began in 1919, Comrade Li Yutang's revolutionary enthusiasm and enthusiasm for serving the country were thoroughly ignited.
Second, abandon the literature and make a revolution from force
Comrade Li Yutang's family has always hoped that Comrade Li Yutang can get a stable job of teaching and educating people through studying, so that he can spend his life peacefully. At the same time, the family also hopes that Comrade Li Yutang, as a teacher, can play a role in shining the lintel for the Li family, which does not have many cultural people.
However, it is precisely because of his many years of reading career that Comrade Li Yutang knows very well the truth that "there is a complete egg under the nest". In the face of the situation in which the mountains and rivers are broken and the country is in danger, Comrade Li Yutang knows that no Chinese can stand alone. In the face of all kinds of bullying and insults carried out by the Western powers against China, only by throwing in the pen can we defend our country.
Although the family was not very supportive of Comrade Li Yutang's decision, they also felt that Comrade Li Yutang's words had a certain truth, so they did not oppose it. In 1921, after graduating from university, Comrade Li Yutang explained the situation to his family and resolutely threw himself into the ranks of the revolution.
Third, he was admitted to Huangpu as a soldier
If Comrade Li Yutang officially joined the revolution from the Shanxi Non-Commissioned Officers' Education Corps, then Comrade Li Yutang officially became a soldier from the moment he entered the Whampoa Military Academy. In 1924, Comrade Li Yutang, who had been in the Shanxi Education Corps for three years, was recommended to apply for the Whampoa Military Academy because of his outstanding personal ability, and became a student of the Whampoa Phase I with excellent results.
After being admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy, Comrade Li Yutang worked hard to learn military knowledge. After graduating from the Kuomintang in 1924, Comrade Li Yutang was assigned as a probationary officer in the Kuomintang revolutionary army. That is to say, Comrade Li Yutang officially began his career as a horseman.
After Comrade Li Yutang became a Kuomintang army, he was particularly prominent in several battles in which he participated. With his outstanding military ability and heroic and fearless performance in battle, Comrade Li Yutang has been continuously promoted. In 1939, Comrade Li Yutang was already a commander of the Kuomintang Army.
Fourth, participate in the anti-Japanese United States fame
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1939, Chiang Kai-shek led the Kuomintang army to fully plunge into the War of Resistance Against Japan. Comrade Li Yutang, who was an outstanding general in the Kuomintang army at that time, was naturally an active member of the anti-Japanese contingent. When he thought of the heinous crimes committed by the Japanese invading forces in China, Comrade Li Yutang hated that he could not slaughter them all.
As we all know, in the years of the War of Resistance Against Japan, it can be said that "the people do not have a good life." The displacement of ordinary people is in a dire and unbearable situation. Under such circumstances, Comrade Li Yutang's enthusiasm for serving the country and the people was ignited again and again. The burning patriotic flame made Comrade Li Yutang once show the spirit of being heroic and fearless and not afraid of sacrifice in the War of Resistance Against Japan.
It was precisely with this spirit of struggle that dared to fight that Comrade Li Yutang led his subordinates to create the famous anti-Japanese unit of the "Taishan Army.". As the name suggests, the Taishan Army is a unit as stable as Mount Tai in the struggle against the enemy. In the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Comrade Li Yutang led the Taishan Army, which played a good role in defending the national territory and defending the enemy.
Fifth, he was framed and eventually died tragically
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, a years-long infighting between the Kuomintang and the Communists began. Comrade Li Yutang, as a Kuomintang general, led his troops to garrison Hainan Island. During the period of guarding the island, the Communist Party sent several contacts with Comrade Li Yutang, hoping that he would be able to distinguish between right and wrong and carry out the uprising.
Comrade Li Yutang accepted the Communist Party's proposal, but because of transportation and communication problems, he did not cooperate with the Communist Party in the uprising in time. After the People's Liberation Army captured Hainan Island, Comrade Li Yutang followed the Kuomintang troops and lost Taiwan.
Soon after arriving in Taiwan, Comrade Li Yutang's desire for an uprising on Hainan Island was betrayed by traitors. On February 5, 1951, Comrade Li Yutang was killed by the Kuomintang authorities as a traitor in Bitan, Taipei. In 1983, Comrade Li Yutang was posthumously recognized as a revolutionary martyr by the Shandong Provincial Government.
6. Summary
Comrade Li Yutang's final fate was a tragic death in Taiwan, and he was posthumously named a revolutionary martyr. Throughout Comrade Li Yutang's life, as a generation of famous anti-Japanese generals, he has made some efforts and sacrifices to protect the motherland and the people, which are always worth remembering and learning from future generations.