The Kuomintang-Communist civil war lasted for a decade, and at first many people did not expect that the Nationalist army would be the one to be defeated, including Chiang Kai-shek himself.
It is true that Chiang Kai-shek can occupy a high position, he must have had superiority in himself, but he is indeed not an excellent military expert. In the early years, there were also many generals in the Nationalist army, who were good at arranging troops and would formulate appropriate strategic plans according to different battlefield situations, but Chiang Kai-shek liked to interfere with the work of the people below, often changing orders and disrupting all strategies in one sentence.
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It is precisely because of his bad habits that led to the repeated defeats of the Nationalist army, coupled with the corruption of the National Government, many aspiring boys could neither show their skills and talents here, nor could they see hope and future, so many Nationalist generals finally switched to the communist army, and Li Yuan was one of them.
Li Was originally named Guan Junyan and was born in Henan. He studied at the Whampoa Military Academy and was assigned to the Nationalist Army after graduation, like most of his students. Initially, Li Yuan served as a commander in the Eighty-seventh Division, which was the ace of the Nationalist army, and only high-achieving graduates could enter it directly after graduation. Even among the talented ace troops, Li Yuan was called excellent.
At the beginning, he held the position of messenger soldier, there was no chance to go to the front, during the Songhu War of Resistance, when he passed the order, he personally saw the Japanese soldiers, and in anger, he borrowed a rifle and shot two enemies in a row.
Unfortunately, the Chinese army was defeated at the Battle of Songhu, and the Eighty-seventh Division suffered heavy losses in this battle. As a person within the Nationalist Army, Li Yuan deeply felt the chaos of the Nationalist army's command and realized the corruption and incompetence of the Nationalist government.
At this time, Li Yuan was already disappointed in the Nationalist army, and later he came to Nanjing because of his work, where he heard about the heroic resistance of the Eighth Route Army, and these rumors ignited the fire of hope in his heart, and he made up his mind at that time that he must find an opportunity to switch to the Communist Party. Unfortunately, at that time, the Eighth Route Army office in Nanjing had been evacuated, and if you wanted to contact the Communists, you had to go to Wuhan.
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Li Yuan went to Wuhan with two classmates, and the three of them submitted their first application and were rejected, after all, the revolutionary situation was not good at that time, and the identity of the three was relatively special. However, they did not give up, and met Dong Biwu when they applied for the second time.
Dong Biwu kindly persuaded him, saying that at this time he would encounter many dangers in joining the party, and that the conditions there would be very difficult and that his life would be very difficult after arriving in Yan'an, but all difficulties could not stop the determination of the three people to join the party.
This resoluteness infected Dong Biwu, and he finally agreed to the request of the three people. In this way, the twenty-one-year-old Li Yuan embarked on the road to Yan'an, and after successfully arriving in Yan'an, all three of them were arranged to enter the Kang Da to study.
Here, Li Yuan felt a strong learning atmosphere, he redoubled his efforts, and soon became an excellent Communist Party member with his own ability, and also became a class leader.
All the study and accumulation is to serve the motherland and the people, after a year of studying at kang da, Li Yuan wanted to fight on the front line, he took the initiative to apply, and was assigned to the 359th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army as desired.
When he first entered the army, Li Yuan was only a deputy captain, and in a very short time he was promoted to battalion commander. In the eighth route army, Li Yuan was able to show his fists, there were not so many intrigues here, everyone was unanimous, and everyone was fighting for the same goal.
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After the victory of the War of Resistance, the 359th Brigade was sent to the northeast to fight, and in the process of liberating the northeast, Li Yuan made many meritorious contributions, and then became the chief of staff of the division. Li Yuan's ability is outstanding, and he is also very loyal to the party organization, the only flaw is that he is not senior enough, after all, he is a half-way monk, so for a long time his position has not been able to go further.
However, he himself had no obsession with this, only focused on his work, and during the period of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he was appointed as the commander of the 47th Army, and he was only 34 years old.
In the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Li Yuan's performance was also very outstanding; he led his troops against the Ace Troops of the US Army, not only holding their positions, but also forcing the enemy to retreat one after another.
In 1955, the whole army was awarded the rank of colonel, and Li Yuan was awarded the rank of colonel, and later promoted to major general. At that time, the two people who went to Yan'an with him also had their own achievements, serving as deputy commanders of the Lanzhou Military Region and the first secretary of the guilin municipal party committee in Guangxi, and it has to be said that in the journey of life, sometimes choice is more important than hard work.