The opening line of "Longzhong Dui" says: "There are countless heroes who rise together and connect counties across states." At the beginning of the 20th century, the torrent of the Great Revolution crashed on the shore. In the wave of the times, Young people with a mission have become the trendsetters of the times, crying out for the pain of the country and the nation.
? "A passionate scholar who was involved in the torrent of the Great Revolution, a Huangpu soldier who worked hard to establish the rule of the Kuomintang, an anti-Japanese hero who risked his life to resist foreign aggression, and a soldier who fought for Chiang Kai-shek. "The pioneer of the Civil War who was defeated and died." Next, let's get to know Zhang Lingfu, the commander of the 74th Army of the Kuomintang. Let's clear up the fog of history and let us walk into the story of this Kuomintang general who was defeated and died in the Civil War. How he wrote the frontal battlefield in the history of the Anti-Japanese War. immortal legend.
Zhang Zhonglin, courtesy name Lingfu. A native of Dongda Village, Chang'an County, Shaanxi Province. Born in 1903, senior general of the National Revolutionary Army. On May 16, 1947, in the Battle of Menglianggu in Shandong Province, the entire 74th Army was annihilated and General Zhang Lingfu was defeated and killed.
Lingfu’s biological mother died young when he was young. However, he was intelligent in studies, liked to read, spoke little, and loved history and calligraphy. In 1921, he was admitted to the First Normal School of Shaanxi Province, which is today's Chang'an Middle School. In middle school, because of his excellent calligraphy, Lingfu met Mr. Yu Youren, who changed his destiny. This gentleman later became his first guide on the road to revolution.
Lingfu was admitted to the History Department of Peking University in 1923. While studying, he married his first wife, Xing Fengying, but dropped out of school because he had no money to pay for tuition. (Most of this is due to his own reasons and has nothing to do with his family. At that time, the vigorous May 4th Movement swept the country, and the student movement in Beijing touched the life direction of every young person. Even if you want to join the revolution, what is the point of participating in the revolution? The Kuomintang or the Communist Party? What is the difference between these two parties? Perhaps in the minds of young people at that time, what would the organization they join look like in the future? What is Marxism? What does it mean? What is the Communist Party? What is the Three People's Principles? What kind of party is the Kuomintang? They just want to join the national revolution and arouse the enthusiasm for national salvation in the hearts of young people.) >
In the autumn of 1925, on the recommendation of Yu Youren, Lingfu devoted himself to Huangpu Military Academy and joined the Kuomintang. ("He began his military career that spanned twenty years of right and wrong. This scholar who loved to read ancient books inherited the Qin people's ancient martial arts and fighting style. He also yearned to be a warrior who traveled across the battlefield with gold and iron, bathing in the battlefield. Rebirth by fire, completing a soldier's nirvana")
From 1927 to 1937, the Kuomintang collapsed.
In 1935, Lingfu killed the beauty in a rage. "The murder of the wife of the regiment leader Gucheng caused a sensation in Xi'an." (Zhang Lingfu returned home during his vacation, had an quarrel with his wife Wu Hailan, and shot her to death in a rage. There are different opinions and versions of the case, so I won't go into details here.)
In 1935, Lingfu was imprisoned and served his sentence.
In early 1937, Lingfu was released. On July 7 of the same year, the Anti-Japanese War broke out. After being released from prison, he met Wang Yaowu (Commander of the 74th Army), and the most glorious chapter of Zhang Lingfu's military career - the war of resistance for the nation began.
"A true man should bring order out of chaos, turn the country of Kuncuo back to peace on the stone, and put the people on the bed, and balance the overall situation. Without force, it is not enough to cause violence, and it is not enough to destroy without destruction. Is it better to work hard on construction?" (-Zhang Lingfu)
"In war, you need to survive step by step, and if you save new coins, you can die at any time. If you have the determination to die gloriously, you can achieve success. "Everything is a struggle for survival" (This is Zhang Lingfu's speech to the officers and soldiers)
Battle of Songhu, Battle of Nanjing, Battle of Xuzhou, Battle of Zhangshishan in Wuhan, Battle of Wanjialing, Defense of Changsha, etc.
p>In 1938, there was a fire in Changsha. In order to prevent the Japanese army from advancing, Chiang Kai-shek ordered a scorched earth war of resistance. The burning of Changsha City became the biggest tragedy during the Anti-Japanese War (Zhang Lingfu and Chiang Kai-shek met for the first time in Changsha).
In 1941, the victory of the Battle of Shanggao (an overall victory in the war against Japan) made the 74th Army a truly great force and became a veritable ace army of the Kuomintang. During the defeat of Waterloo in Changsha during World War II, Liao Lingqi, the commander of the 58th Division, stood firm in Changsha (the war was lost), and Chiang Kai-shek killed Ma Su in tears.
In 1943, the Battle of Changde in Hunan Province (also known as the Battle of Northern Hunan) stopped the Japanese attack. The 74th Army was called the Brilliant Army and composed a brilliant and tragic anti-Japanese war movement in the Battle of Changde.
The Battle of Hengyang in 1944 (known as the Battle of Moscow in the East) was a battle in which the Japanese army suffered the largest casualties in the history of the Anti-Japanese War (the Japanese army suffered a tragic victory), and the Chinese army fought with fewer troops and more. The longest brutal city defense battle in history during the Anti-Japanese War.
In 1944, Zhang Lingfu was promoted to deputy commander of the 74th Army and participated in the Chongqing Youth Cadre Training Course this fall. Here, Zhang Lingfu and Chiang Kai-shek met for the second time.
In April 1945, the Battle of Xuefengshan (Battle of Western Hunan) was the last battle between China and Japan in the Anti-Japanese War (the Japanese army returned with a major defeat).
On August 15, 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender. On September 9, Okamura Yingji submitted a letter of surrender in Nanning, and Japan officially surrendered to China.
War is a continuation of politics. Failed politics doomed the soldiers who fought for them to a tragic fate. With the end of the Anti-Japanese War, their glory also came to an end. If history can bring them to an end again, it will be a perfect ending. At this time, Lingfu has a bright future, and what awaits him is a new page of history.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the Kuomintang launched a full-scale civil war against its former opponents. The civil war that lasted for three years began.
The Kuomintang was retreating steadily, and most of its soldiers were captured. "Those who have enough food and clothing know the honor and disgrace." The Kuomintang's preferential treatment in the past has made the KMT soldiers currently in the PLA prisoner-of-war camps feel that the economic and living conditions are very poor. Nowadays, people are often described as living a wealthy and comfortable life. The sudden realization after this dilemma is just like the tragic decline of the Ning Rong and Ning Rong families in the Dream of Red Mansions. As the saying goes, wealth does not know how to enjoy work, and poverty cannot bear desolation. It also warns people to be prepared for danger in times of peace.
During the civil war, Han Zhao'e, the mentor of the young Lingfu boy, once persuaded him to defect to the Communist Party. Such was his fate. He still insisted on his stubborn beliefs and always flaunted that he only believed in the Three People's Principles. We thoroughly adhere to the Three People's Principles. Just like Chiang Kai-shek’s internal tone in the Kuomintang: “The Han and the traitors cannot coexist, and the Kuomintang and the Kuomintang cannot coexist.”
“A person’s thoughts and behaviors always have their own internal development logic and trajectory. Follow. "Life is like chess, every step is a game. The person who makes the layout must not be in the game, so that he can make plans and win the battle thousands of miles away.
In 1947, Lingfu left Nanjing to participate in the war and set foot on the Huaiyin battlefield (Zhang Lingfu failed in the First Battle of Lianshui and won the Second World War in Lianshui. The Huaihe War was the first battle between Zhang Lingfu and Chen Yi and Su Yu, and he was also killed. The Communist Party called it the most difficult three months in the history of the People's Liberation Army's civil war). This short-lived victory made him bravely champion of the three armies, and he was awarded the honor of "Victorious General" and became famous. (Ms. Wang Yuling once felt: "This is actually an ominous sign, and it also heralds the fate of the civil war for him and the 74th Army.")
Dusk of May 16, 1947 , the Battle of Menglianggu ended with the annihilation of the entire reorganized 74th Division and Zhang Lingfu's defeat and death. The Kuomintang used the topic to add a layer of tragedy to the defeat of Type 74: "At this time, a strong wind suddenly rose. Mixed with rain and hail, the tragic Xiangcheng was enough to shock the heaven and earth and make ghosts and gods cry. All the officers and soldiers of the 74th Division completed their mission here He sacrificed himself heroically and fulfilled his sacred duty of serving the country with loyalty."
Wang Yuling transferred to Taiwan with the Presidential Palace in Nanjing at the end of 1948. He left Taiwan in 1952 to start his study abroad career in the United States, and returned to China in 1973.
More than half a century has passed, and the bloody life-and-death struggle between the former communists has passed. The winner has enough confidence and magnanimity to transcend ideological barriers and give an objective and fair evaluation of the merits and demerits of his former opponents.
Is he a loyal and brave military model who wrote the legend of the Anti-Japanese War, or is he an unrepentant civil war sinner?
This biography is deeply inspiring. It would be a bit absurd to compare political factions of different camps with officials. In terms of national justice, he is worthy of being a national hero of the generals of the Anti-Japanese War. If it were decided by a civil war, it would be a historical tragedy. . In the end, ashes will return to dust. His unique and charming military characteristics do not distinguish between the two camps. Since he is a soldier, let us pay tribute and remember him with the highest honor of a soldier.