Tang Shouzhi

Tang Shouzhi

Tang Shouzhi (1907-1975), a native of Lingling County, Hunan Province, died in Taiwan on April 5, 1975.

Life experience

Tang Shouzhi, born in 1907, graduated from Lingling county middle school.

He was admitted to the fifth issue of Huangpu Military Academy in 1926.

After graduation in 1927, he was assigned to the 22nd division of the first army of the National Revolutionary Army as a second lieutenant and platoon leader. He accompanied the army in the Northern Expedition and participated in the Longtan battle to defend Nanjing. When he was commander of the second regiment of the Kuomintang Tax Police Corps, he led his troops to take part in the "encirclement and suppression" of the revolutionary base in Jiangxi, and established a close personal relationship with the Kuomintang general sun Liren.

In 1937, the war of resistance against Japan broke out, and Tang Shouzhi was the head of the first field supplement regiment. After the Songhu meeting, he was transferred to head of the 609 regiment of the 102nd division of the army from Shanghai to Shaanxi to defend Tongguan. Later, he moved to Dangshan in Northern Jiangsu Province and fought with the Japanese aggressors for more than 20 days. The enemy suffered heavy losses. At last, his grain was exhausted and he was seriously injured. He still led his troops out of the encirclement and survived.

In 1938, he was the education director of the Cadre Training Institute of the Tax Police Corps of the Ministry of the interior.

In June 1938, at the invitation of sun Liren, he served as the head of the second regiment of the anti smuggling Corps.

In 1941, the anti smuggling Corps was reorganized into the new 38th division. As the deputy division commander of major general, it joined the Chinese expeditionary army, trained in rangarm, India, and then fought with the Japanese invading army in northern Myanmar.

In the autumn of 1944, Tang Shouzhi was promoted to the commander of the new 30th division because of his military achievements. He led his troops to advance to Nankan. He encountered the main force of the Japanese 96 division and the Japanese 18 division in the mountains of katik, and defeated the Japanese army 18 days and nights.

In August 1945, he was awarded the fourth class Yunhui medal for his meritorious service in fighting against the Japanese aggressors. After the surrender of Japan, Tang Shouzhi led his troops out of the mountain customs and entered the northeast region. During the war of liberation, he fought with the Chinese people's Liberation Army in Tieling, Siping, Anshan and other places.

At the end of 1945, he followed the new Kuomintang army to the northeast to seize Shenyang and other places. He once confronted the PLA in Tieling, Siping and Anshan.

At the end of 1946, because the first division of the new 30th division was annihilated by the PLA in Dehui, Jilin Province, it was removed from the post of division commander and changed to major general Gao Shen of the first army.

In the autumn of 1947, he served as chief of staff of the army training command of the Kuomintang, and later as deputy director of the training class of the Fourth Army.

In the spring of 1948, the 26th division of the Kuomintang youth army was defeated by the Chinese people's Liberation Army in Luoyang. He was appointed division commander of the 26th division of the Kuomintang youth army. He was awarded a class a medal by Chiang Kai Shek and was responsible for his reception and training. He once sent officers back to Hunan to recruit soldiers and led his troops to Fengshan, Taiwan for training.

Taiwan's defeat

At the beginning of 1949, he was promoted to lieutenant general of the Eighth Army (youth army) of the army. He once sent people back to Lingling to recruit the youth army. Later, he fled to Taiwan with Chiang Kai Shek and sun Liren. When the PLA launched another campaign in Fuzhou and Jinmen, Tang Shouzhi was ordered to fight against the PLA.

After 1950, the number of official posts rose steadily. In 1958, he served as deputy commander in chief of the Taiwan Army General Command.

From August 1965 to January 1969, he served as director of the general political operations department of Taiwan's "Ministry of national defense.". He later served as vice chairman of Taiwan's "National Mobilization Committee.".

On April 5, 1975, Tang Shou died in Taiwan at the age of 68.