KMT general based in South China

KMT general based in South China

Bai Chongxi (March 18, 1893 - December 2, 1966) was born in Shanwei, Huixian Town, Lingui District, Guilin City, Guangxi Province. He was a first-class general of the army of the Republic of China and was known as "xiaozhuge". Li Bai is the representative of the new GUI family of warlord, and Li Zongren is also called Li Bai.

During the northern expedition, he led the Guangxi army to Shanhaiguan. After the success of the northern expedition, he fought with Chiang Kai Shek and other local forces for many times. After the outbreak of the war of resistance against Japan, they mobilized the army of Guangxi to fight against the Japanese army, and cooperated in commanding many wars, with many victories. He was awarded the order of the day, the medal of victory in the war of resistance against Japan, the order of the British bus warrior, etc.

After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, Bai Chongxi served as the "Defense Minister of the Republic of China". However, the KMT government failed to keep its achievements in Northeast China, and the situation became more and more unfavorable to the KMT government. Finally, the New Guangxi Clique could not keep half of the territory of the Republic of China. After Liberation Army liberated Chinese mainland, Bai Chongxi fled to Taiwan and died in Taipei in 1966.

Character evaluation

In his daily life, Bai Chongxi opposed bureaucratic postures, beat and scold soldiers, stood for hard work, banned smoking and gambling, and opposed bad habits. He was more self-discipline in the ruling class of the Kuomintang. He is resourceful, resourceful, resourceful, resourceful, and has an amazing memory. He is good at capturing battlefield information and flexibly using strategies and tactics such as fierce pursuit, feint, feint and surprise according to different situations. Therefore, he is often able to win more with less. He is known as the ever victorious general. Among the generals of the Kuomintang, he is known as Xiao Zhuge, today's Zhuge, contemporary Zhang Liang, and the modern first Junmin soldier. Even Mao Zedong thought that he was the first cunning warlord in China.

In the northern expedition, Bai Chongxi's command ability was most praised in the Longtan campaign. The battle of Longtan is a decisive battle in the northern expedition, a bloody battle. Force the enemy to lose the will to fight. This battle basically wiped out sun Chuanfang's troops. Premier Tan Yankai wrote a couplet to Bai Chongxi: command the ability to return to heaven and earth, learn language, children know their names.

Bai Chongxi is one of the most talented generals in the Kuomintang army, and this is not an exaggeration. (comments on Lin Biao who has fought with Bai Chongxi many times)

Life of the characters

Early experience

Born in Guilin, Guangxi Province, on March 18, 1893, his father Bai Zhishu abandoned literature and went into business for generations. He ran grain and oil business in Yongtai Lindian, Guilin. He married Ma Ma in Yongfu county. He gave birth to seven men and four women, died three men and one woman, and grew up to four brothers (chongxun, Chonglun, Chongxi, chonghu). Ma is a sincere Muslim and has a lot of influence on his children.

Since 1898, Bai Chongxi studied in a private school from Mr. Mao Qingxi. He worked hard and was extremely intelligent. He almost read it through the eyes and laid a solid cultural foundation.

In 1902, Bai Chongxi and his sixth younger brother chonghu went to Huixian primary school in Huixian Town, Sanhua Li, where they left home, to study as a teacher in bailianzhou.

In 1903, his father Bai Zhishu died of illness, which made his family's life more and more difficult. His uncle sent him to the new primary school, which was deeply loved by the headmaster Li Renren.

In the winter of 1907, Bai Chongxi applied for the second phase of Guangxi Army primary school. More than 1000 people in the whole province applied for the examination, and only 120 people were admitted. Bai Chongxi was admitted as the sixth place, and received the Enlightenment of military education. Three months later, he dropped out of school because of falciparum malaria. The school continued to keep his student status for him for a year before he was withdrawn.

In 1909, Bai Chongxi was admitted to Guangxi Provincial Junior Normal School as the second place, and was designated as the "foreman" because he ranked first in many examinations.

begin to display one 's talent

On October 10, 1911, the revolution of 1911 broke out. Bai Chongxi joined the student death squads of the northern expedition in Guangxi. He accompanied Zhao hengti to Hankou, Hubei Province to confront the northern army.

In January 1912, the Nanjing Provisional Government of the Republic of China was established. In April, the government moved to the north, and Bai Chongxi was enlisted in the Nanjing army cadet team for military training. Half a year later, he entered the second army Preparatory School of Wuchang, with the same curriculum as the old high school, plus military subjects.

After graduating in the spring of 1914, he joined the 10th division of Beiyuan Army (division commander Lu Yongxiang) as an intern. In October, he was promoted to the third infantry section of Baoding military academy, the highest military academy in China. His subjects are mainly four courses: tactics, city building, terrain and weapons.

In December 1916, Bai Chongxi graduated and was awarded the title of staff sergeant. He voluntarily requested to be sent to Xinjiang as an apprentice. Because Shaanxi was hostile to the Beijing government and the road was blocked, he could not go there.

In January 1917, he returned to Guangxi and served as an intern in the third regiment of the first division of the Lu Rongting division of the GUI army. In May, Bai Chongxi's model Battalion (battalion commander Ma Xiaojun) was attached as acting second lieutenant. He was promoted to second lieutenant after half a year's probation, and soon to second lieutenant.

In January 1918, he was defeated by Wu Peifu when Tan Haoming came out to help Hunan.

At the beginning of 1919, he served as the commander of the first company of the second infantry regiment of the first division of the Guangxi army. With Ma Xiaojun, the commander of the company, he went into the Zuojiang River Valley to suppress the bandits. Bai Chongxi shot more than 80 bandits who were recruited or captured, and took severe measures against the bandits.

In the autumn of 1921, Ma Xiaojun's model regiment was transformed into Tiannan garrison headquarters, and Bai Chongxi served as the commander of the first battalion. Ma Xiaojun was surrounded and disarmed by Liu Rifu (the remnant of Lu Rongting and Tan Haoming), who called himself commander-in-chief of the first army of Guangxi Autonomous army in Baise. Bai Chongxi broke his left leg to rescue Ma Xiaojun and went to Guangzhou to recuperate. He was introduced by Zhu Peide and met Sun Yat Sen on the special bus of Grand Marshal of Shilong Station.

In January 1923, Huang Shaohong wanted to get away from Li Zongren, and sent Chen Xiong to Guangzhou to contact Bai Chongxi. Bai Chongxi took the opportunity to persuade him to get close to the military government. In May, Huang Shaohong was appointed by Shen Hongying as the commander of the eighth brigade. Under the contact of Bai Chongxi, in June, Sun Yat Sen served as the commander-in-chief of the Guangxi beggars' army, and Bai Chongxi served as the chief of staff. Bai Chongxi formulated the direction of unifying Guangxi and sent Huang Shaohong to Yulin to meet with Li Zongren to discuss cooperation. On July 18, Huang Shaohong and Bai Chongxi held a Hongmen banquet to solve the problem of Feng Baochu's troops of Shen Hongying's Department guarding Wuzhou, and officially launched the banner of "begging for thieves". In September, the beggars cooperated with Li Jishen of Guangdong army to attack Chen Tiantai of Guangxi independent division. On November 19, about 5000 people from Bai Chongxi's army defeated Lu Yungao, occupied Pingnan and opened up the upper reaches of Wuzhou.

On March 31, 1924, Li Jishen, the aftermath supervisor of Xijiang, Guangdong Province, joined forces with Bai Chongxi's Department of Guangxi bandit army to disarm Chen Tiantai's Department, the division commander of Liu Yushan's Department of the seventh Army (GUI Army), who attempted to attack Wuzhou. On April 6, Lu Rongting and Shen Hongying went to war. Bai Chongxi sent Huang Shaohong to Guiping to discuss the current situation with Li Zongren. Li Zongren wanted to join Lu to overthrow Shen. Bai Chongxi called to state his interests, so he changed his mind and decided to join Shen to discuss Lu. On May 23, the "troublemakers" cooperated with Li Zongren's "Dinggui army" and sent a telegram to invite Lu Rongting to step down. On May 28, Bai Chongxi set out from Guiping county to Litang, Binyang, to seek Nanning. On June 21, Bai Chongxi captured Binyang, and Zeng Chaoting and Liu Jinhua of Lu Fuxiang Department of the autonomous army were defeated by Qianshan and Longshan respectively. On the 26th, Bai Chongxi's right-wing army took the lead in entering Nanning. On the 28th, Bai Chongxi occupied and moved to the Yangtze River, and Lu Fuxiang, the autonomous army, was defeated in Du'an. On July 22, Bai Chongxi led his troops to set out from Nanning and settled in Liucheng on July 31. On August 11, Bai Chongxi and Shen Hongying defeated Han Caifeng of Lu Rongting for many times and occupied Liuzhou. On September 7, Bai Chongxi (Zhong Zupei, Xia Wei and other columns) captured Qingyuan. On September 21, Lu Rongting sent a telegram to the field. On October 1, Bai Chongxi announced the end of the land war and the establishment of Guangxi autonomous region.

Little known

On January 5, 1925, Tang Jiyao sent two armies, pretending to go to Guangxi, claiming to go to Guangzhou to see things, and launched the first Yunnan Guangxi war in order to occupy Guangdong and Guangxi. On the 29th, Shen Hongying's army also divided three forces to attack Li Zongren and Huang Shaohong. At the beginning of the war on the 30th, Li and Bai moved from Guiping to Xiang county of Wuxuan. On the 31st, it occupied Wuxuan. On February 1, Bai Chongxi and Huang Shaohong sent a telegram to discuss Shen. On February 2, Li and Bai troops (Zhong Zupei, LV Huanyan, etc.) defeated Shen Hongying's Deng Ruicheng and Deng Youwen in Wuxuan Ertang, occupying Xiang county. On February 3, Bai Chongxi defeated Shen Hongying's Deng Ruicheng and Deng Youwen in Wuxuan, occupying Xiang county and Mengshan. On September 9, Bai Chongxi's troops occupied Liuzhou, and Deng Ruicheng and Deng Youwen went northeast to Zhongdu and Guilin. On February 11, Bai Chongxi defeated Shen Hongying Xibu captured Liutang and Liangfeng on the 16th and killed Mo Xiancheng, the brigade commander of Shen Hongying's department. On the 17th, he occupied Guilin. Shen Hongying's Department (Deng Youwen and Deng Ruicheng) went north to the whole county. On the 23rd, Bai Chongxi's Department occupied the whole Prefecture and Deng Ruicheng and Deng Youwen went to Hunan and Guizhou. On March 28, Shen Hongying took advantage of Bai Chongxi's going to the South and joined Tang Jiyao's army to attack Guilin, while Shen Rongguang attacked Pingle. On April 10, Bai Chongxi's troops returned to Guilin, and Shen Hongying withdrew from Guilin. On April 23, Bai Chongxi's troops (Zhong Zupei, etc.) defeated Shen Hongying in Yining. On April 24, Bai Chongxi smashed Shen Hongying's troops (Deng Youwen, Shen Rongguang, etc.) in the two rivers between Guilin and Guhua, annihilated their main force, and Shen Hongying fled in disguise. On May 3, Bai Chongxi's troops captured Guhua, Shen Rongguang and Yang Zide went north, and Shen Hongying's troops were eliminated. On May 5, Li Zongren, Huang Shaohong, Bai Chongxi, fan Shisheng and Yang Zhen called to discuss Tang Jiyao. On June 8, Bai Chongxi, together with Huang Shaohong, defeated Wang Jiexiu, the close guard of Zhang Wuji, the 10th army of the first route of Yunnan army, in Shapu (north of Liuzhou). More than 2000 people were captured. Wang Jiexiu died in the war, and the Yunnan army retreated to luochengrong County. On June 24, Bai Chongxi and Huang Shaohong occupied Qingyuan and defeated the Yunnan army in Huaiyuan on June 25. On July 7, Yunnan Army Long Yun and Hu Ruoyu retreated from Nanning to Jiangxi. Bai Chongxi's excellent strategy in the battle of unifying Guangxi made him get the nickname of "Xiao Zhuge". On October 1, the national revolutionary army launched its second eastward expedition against Chen Jiongming. Xiong Kewu, who was stationed in Western Hunan, took the opportunity to go to northern Guangdong and secretly fought with Chen Jiongming

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