Zhang lingfu

Zhang lingfu

Zhang lingfu (August 20, 1903 - May 16, 1947), male, Han nationality, also known as zongling, with the word lingfu. His original name was Zhang Zhonglin, with the word lingfu. Later, he was renamed Zhang lingfu, with the word Zhonglin, because of the murder of his wife. He was born in Chang'an County, Shaanxi Province (now Chang'an District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province). Senior general of the National Revolutionary Army, rank of lieutenant general, participated in the Agrarian Revolutionary War, anti Japanese War and liberation war. He was the commander of the 74th division of the national revolutionary army of the Republic of China.

Zhang lingfu was born in Dongda village, Dongda Township, Chang'an County, Shaanxi Province on August 20, 1903. At the end of October 1937, Zhang lingfu was appointed the commander of the 305 regiment of the 153 brigade of the 51st division of the 74th army of the Kuomintang. In 1940, Zhang lingfu was appointed deputy division commander of the 58th division of the 74th army; on October 24, 1941, he was appointed acting division commander of the 58th division of the 74th army; in the winter of 1941, he was promoted to major general division commander of the 58th division of the 74th army

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In 1946, the 74 military headquarters was reorganized into 74 divisions, and Zhang lingfu was appointed division commander. On May 16, 1947, he was killed in the battle of Menglianggu at the age of 44.

Life of the characters

Study experience

Zhang lingfu was born in Dongda village, Dongda Township, Chang'an County, Shaanxi Province on August 20, 1903.

In 1921, Zhang lingfu was admitted to Chang'an Middle School.

In 1923, he was admitted to the History Department of Peking University. During that time, he married his first wife Xing Fengying, and later dropped out of school because he could not afford the tuition.

In 1926, after dropping out of Peking University, Zhang lingfu and his classmates joined Hu Jingyi's Henan officer training group of the second national army in Kaifeng, Henan Province. Later, he ran into Yu Youren in the army. He was recommended by him to go south to Guangzhou, and was admitted to the fourth phase of Huangpu Military Academy in the autumn of that year. Later, he entered the infantry section.

Join the army in Huangpu

After graduating from Huangpu phase IV, Zhang lingfu was incorporated into the 21st division of the National Revolutionary Army as an infantry platoon trainee. Soon after he passed the trainee, he was promoted to platoon leader and began to participate in the northern expedition. After the northern expedition, Zhang lingfu was transferred to the first division of the National Revolutionary Army and promoted to head of the army.

In 1933, Zhang lingfu took the post of captain of the first regiment of the independent brigade of the first division. At this time, Zhang lingfu's troops were at war with the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army in Sichuan. In winter, they got married in Guangyuan, Sichuan. One year later, her daughter Zhang Qingfang was born.

In 1936, Zhang lingfu shot and killed his second wife Wu Hailan. After the incident, Zhang lingfu was attacked by the women's circles. Hu zongnan did not carry out Chiang Kai Shek's order to escort Zhang lingfu to Nanjing for trial, but asked Zhang lingfu to liberate himself from Nanjing. After arriving in Nanjing, Zhang lingfu was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment and served in Nanjing "model prison". After Zhang lingfu was released, he served as a waiting officer for a colonel under Wang Yaowu of 7451 division of Nanzhen army in Xi'an.

Counter-Japanese War

At the end of October 1937, when the 51st division moved southward and passed through Zhengzhou, it was necessary to set up a supplementary regiment. Zhang lingfu was appointed as the commander of the 305th regiment of the 153th brigade of the 51st division of the 74th army of the Kuomintang. His name was changed to Zhang lingfu because of the shooting of his wife. He rushed to Shanghai in early October. On December 5, Zhang lingfu led the 305 regiment into the Nanjing defense war, built a new position near Chunhua Town, blocked the Japanese army and covered Wang Yaowu's 51 division's retreat into Nanjing. Later, he was promoted to Deputy brigade commander of 153 brigade and head of 305 regiment.

In the spring of 1938, Zhang lingfu was promoted to Deputy brigade commander of 153 brigade and head of 305 regiment. In April, the 51st division was reviewed by the Military Commission in Huangpi, and received excellent evaluation from the review officer of the Military Commission. Zhang lingfu's 305 regiment ranked first in the division in the post review evaluation. Later, he was promoted to major general and brigade commander of 153 brigade of 51 division.

In 1940, Zhang lingfu was appointed deputy division commander of the 58th division of the 74th army.

On March 15, 1941, Zhang lingfu, acting as the commander of the 58th division, commanded the 58th division to participate in the battle of Shanggao. The 58th division suffered heavy losses in the second Changsha battle in September. After the war, division commander Liao Lingqi was shot by Chiang Kai Shek. After Liao Lingqi died, Zhang lingfu was appointed acting division commander of the 58th division of the 74th army on October 24. In winter, he was promoted to major general of the 58th division of the 74th army.

In June 1942, during the battle between Zhejiang and Jiangxi, Zhang lingfu led the 58th division in a bloody battle with the Japanese army on the outskirts of Quzhou for three days. On June 13, Zhang lingfu led the main force of the 58th division to recover Weng'an. In November, during the battle of Changde, Zhang lingfu led the 58th division to recover Huangshi and Jiuxi.

In May 1944, Zhang lingfu served as deputy commander of 74th army and commander of 58th division, and participated in the fourth Changsha battle. Since then, Zhang lingfu has been fighting with the enemy's 40th division on the line from Xiangxiang to Shaoyang.

On May 10, 1944, Zhang lingfu, together with the 19th division who came to reinforce him, defeated Yongfeng. Later, he stayed in Yongfeng for the time being to make up for the war. In June, the 24th group army was reorganized into the Fourth Front Army. Wang Yaowu was promoted to commander of the front army, Shi Zhongcheng was still commander of the 74th army, and Zhang lingfu was promoted to deputy commander.

In February 1945, he was awarded the rank of major general by the national government. In February 1945, under the recommendation of Wang Yaowu, commander in chief of the 24th group army, and Yu Jishi, veteran commander of the 74th army, Zhang lingfu entered the second phase of the class a general class of Chongqing army University. On June 18, he graduated and returned to the 74th army in Xiangxi, which was recovering after the war. Then he joined the battle of Xiangxi as deputy commander of the 74th army. After the surrender of the Japanese army in August 1945, the 57th division of the 74th army was assigned to the new 6th army and was demoted by air to Nanjing. Zhang lingfu was promoted to the general of the 74th army and commander of the Nanjing garrison.

Defeated and killed

In June 1946, the 74th army was reorganized into the 74th division (Army), which has a total of more than 30000 people in 51, 57 and 58 brigades. Zhang lingfu, commander of the army, was changed to division commander.

In February 1947, the Kuomintang army adjusted its strategy from the initial comprehensive attack on the liberated areas to the key attack on Northern Shaanxi and Shandong. In the Shandong battlefield, the first regiment with 74 divisions as the core is the absolute main force. In late March, the Kuomintang troops began to attack comprehensively. In early April, they basically got through the Xuzhou Jinan section of Jinpu road and occupied southern Shandong. Then they continued to attack central Shandong. The PLA took the initiative to retreat. The Kuomintang troops quickly followed up and occupied Laiwu, Mengyin and Heyang on May 10. Tang Enbo, commander of the 1st corps of the Kuomintang army, was confused by the PLA's actions and changed his previous steady attack Tactics, without waiting to cooperate with the friendly neighbor corps, immediately ordered to reorganize the 74 division, reorganize the 25 division as the main attack, from duozhuang, Taoxu northward, limited order must be taken on May 14 Tanbu.

On May 11, 1947, Zhang lingfu, who was eager to win the first prize, led the reorganized 74 division to throw off the two wings of the cover troops and go deep into the field alone. He attacked Huaye from duozhuang through the West foot of Menglianggu. When Huaye besieged the 74th division from the front with five columns and 100000 troops, Zhang lingfu pulled the troops to the foot of the nearby Menglianggu mountain.

Chiang Kai Shek believed that this was a good opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the East China Field Army. He ordered Zhang lingfu to lead his troops and air force to air drop grain bombs. At the same time, he ordered the 25th and 83rd divisions to reinforce Meng Lianggu. Chen Yi, commander and political commissar of the East China Field Army, ordered the troops to launch a general attack at 13 o'clock on the same day in order to quickly annihilate the entire 74 divisions. On the 16th, the 4th, 6th, 8th and 9th columns joined forces in a general attack. At 17 o'clock, the 74th division was completely annihilated, and division commander Zhang lingfu was killed.

Anecdotes and allusions

Lame general

In 1939, in the battle of Gao'an in Nanchang, Zhang lingfu was injured in his leg, so he left a disability. From then on, he was known as "lame general".

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After graduating from Huangpu Military Academy, Zhang lingfu served in the first army of Chiang Kai Shek's lineage. In 1933, Zhang lingfu became the captain of the first regiment of the first division independent brigade. Zhang lingfu met Wu Hailan after being introduced by his friends in the army. In the winter of 1933, they got married in Guangyuan, Sichuan. However, in 1935, there was a case of "killing his wife in the ancient city of the commander".

The story of Wu Hailan's shooting spread to Guangyuan, Sichuan. Wu's brother Wu Zhengyou wrote a letter of complaint and found the women's Association in Xi'an. When the women's circles in Xi'an learned about this, they claimed that they would seek justice for Wu Hailan and severely punish the murderers. The murder of his wife by the head of the central army made a stir in the ancient city for a while.

Yu Fengzhi, Mrs. Zhang Xueliang, came to Xi'an. The women's Association transferred Wu Zheng's complaint letter to her. When Yu Fengzhi returned to Nanjing, he told Song Meiling about it. After Song Meiling told Chiang Kai Shek, Chiang Kai Shek was very angry when he heard a complaint that his Huangpu student had killed his wife unreasonably. He immediately ordered the following people to be sent to the Nanjing Military Court for investigation.

After arriving in Nanjing, Zhang lingfu went to the Department of military justice and threw himself into the net. He was detained in the tiger bridge model prison and later sentenced to death. However, when he was sentenced to death, he contracted malaria in prison, recovered from the death under the treatment of prison doctors, and then followed the advice of the warden and submitted a complaint to the military court.

There is a saying about the reason why Zhang lingfu killed his wife: his wife's name is Wu Hailan. After the red army arrived in the northwest in 1935, Hu zongnan's first army, which Zhang lingfu was in, followed the Red Army to the northwest. All the officers and their families of the first army live in Xi'an. One day, Zhang lingfu saw a colleague return to the army after visiting relatives and asked, "can you see my wife?" The colleague joked: "see, at the gate of the cinema, your wife is wearing a cheongsam. There is also a young man, the two men in suits and shoes can be intimate Zhang lingfu is a very serious person. When he heard that his wife was "unfaithful", he asked Hu zongnan for leave. When he got home, he said to his wife, "I haven't eaten dumplings for a long time. Make dumplings for me

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