Wu Zhaolin

Wu Zhaolin

Wu Zhaolin (1882-october 17, 1942), a native of Echeng, Hubei Province. At the age of 16, he joined the Engineering Battalion of Wuchang new army as a soldier, and was admitted to the engineering camp accompanying school and engineering school successively. In 1905 (the thirty first year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu), he joined the revolutionary group Rizhihui and was admitted to the staff school the next year. After graduation, he served as an officer of the left team of the Engineering Battalion of the eighth town. On the night of the Wuchang Uprising in 1911, when he was on duty in the armory of Chu Wangtai, the soldiers of the uprising were promoted to be the temporary commander in chief, that is, to deploy and command the uprising troops to attack Huguang governor's office and occupy Wuchang. Hubei military government was founded, served as the head of the General Staff Department, led by the first association, and participated in the Yangxia defense war. During the peace negotiation between the north and the south, he was appointed commander in chief of the civil army in wartime and planned the northern expedition. After the establishment of the Nanjing Provisional Government in January 1912, he served as the chief of staff of Marshal Dayuan's office. After the transfer of Beijing, Lu Junzhong will be the chief of Hubei's legion and will be the chairman of the Council. He soon quit politics and devoted himself to social undertakings. He once supervised the construction of water conservancy projects such as Fankou dyke and donated money to build Shouyi Park in Wuchang. In his later years, he devoted himself to Buddhism. In 1938, the Japanese army occupied Wuhan and lured it to a high position. After the death of his illness, the national government of Chongqing sent a gift to the general of the army.

Wu Zhaolin was a student of Li Yuanhong, so when the uprising was leaderless, he urged not to kill Li Yuanhong, but to mobilize the junior officers who participated in the uprising to promote Li Yuanhong as the first governor of Hubei.

Wu Zhaolin was one of the veterans of the Wuchang Uprising in the 1911 Revolution. He was then the temporary commander in chief of the new army of the Wuchang Uprising. He was also the main figure who promoted Li Yuanhong to the leader of Wuchang Uprising.

In his later years, Wu Zhaolin was indifferent to politics and devoted to Buddhism, advocating the saying that "peace of mind is national security".

Life of the characters

Late Qing Dynasty

Wu Zhaolin, with the name of Wei San and kuanyuan, was named Ximin. Echeng (now Ezhou City) Gedian yuepi village wujiafan people. He is a farmer. His father grows vegetables for a living. At the age of 16, he became a soldier in Wuchang Engineering Battalion. The next year, he was admitted to the general's school. In 1900, he was admitted to the engineering camp. In 1905, he took part in the "daily notification" and served as the director of the association and the representative of the Engineering Battalion. After graduating from engineering school in 1906, he was admitted to Hubei staff school as the first. He took part in two autumn exercises in 1906 and 1908 in Zhangde of Henan Province and Taihu Lake of Anhui Province, and compiled the chronicles of the autumn exercises. He also compiled military books such as tactics implementation and staff travel, which were printed and distributed to all armies for reference. In 1909, he graduated from the staff school as the best student and returned to the eighth Engineering Battalion as an officer of the left team.

Wuchang Uprising

On the night of October 10, 1911, a large-scale new army uprising broke out in Wuchang City. When the soldiers of the eighth Engineering Battalion who first held the banner of righteousness seized the armory of Chu Wangtai, they found that there was no competent commander in their ranks. Although Sun Yat Sen was the "Republic" of Hubei revolutionary party members, they had been working in the new army for many years, but this day was in a hurry. The main leaders of Hubei revolutionary organization literature society and progressive society were not at the scene of the uprising. Liu Fuji had died, Sun Wu was wounded, Liu Gongsheng was ill, Jiang Yiwu was at large, and Liu YingYuan was in other counties. At this critical moment, the leaderless uprising soldiers promoted Wu Zhaolin, the official of the left team on duty at Chu Wangtai, as the temporary commander in chief. At the beginning of his term of office, Wu Ping made a series of military arrangements. When the artillery team came into the city from Zhonghe gate, led by the Engineering Battalion, together with the soldiers of the standard battalions of the uprising, he launched an attack on the Huguang General Administration on the night of the 10th. In the morning of the 11th, the revolutionary army occupied the whole city of Wuchang. At noon of that day, a joint meeting was convened at the Advisory Board to discuss the organization of a military government. The rebels admitted that they were not worthy of obedience and wanted to recommend Li Yuanhong as the commander-in-chief, but Li refused. Later, Wu Zhaolin proposed that Li be the commander-in-chief and Tang Hualong be the chief of civil affairs. when the military government was established, Wu Zhaolin served as the head of the strategy office, the first association, the Vice Minister of the general staff, and the Minister of the strategy department. After Huang Xing came to Hubei, Wu Zhaolin accompanied him to Hanyang and Hankou to help handle all military affairs. When Hanyang was lost, Huang Xing went to Shanghai, and Jiang Xuwu was the first commander in chief in wartime. Jiang and Wu jointly organized the defense of Wuchang. Soon after, Li Yuanhong sneaked into Gedian and Wuchang was in danger. Wu Zhaolin was the sole supporter of Li Yuanhong. During the war, Wu was the commander-in-chief. On December 17, Li Yuanhong was promoted as Grand Marshal, and Wu Zhaolin was appointed as the chief of staff and the fifth town of Hubei army.

During the period of the Republic of China

The Republic of China was founded. On January 9, 1912, Wu Zhaolin was the commander in chief of the first army of the northern expedition. On January 13, Wu Zhaolin was the chief of staff of the Hubei army. After the transfer of Beijing. In September 1912, the Beijing government awarded Wu General of the army two awards, as well as Dazhou Jiahe Zhang and Wenhu Zhang. Seeing what the Beijing government had done, Yuan Shikai was ambitious, Li Yuanhong was not promising, and he lost confidence in the party members, so he withdrew from politics and returned home. Later, he was engaged in public welfare undertakings. In 1922, he supervised the construction of Fankou levee, the construction of two gates for people's credit and people's livelihood, the opening of Yuehe River, and the construction of Wangtang yellow levee and other water conservancy projects. In three years, the project was completed and the water disaster turned into water conservancy. In 1922, Wu Zhaolin was elected president of the Council of the Shouyi comrades' Association of Wuchang in 1911, and advocated the construction of Shouyi Park in Wuchang. In his later years, he was disappointed in the state affairs, and converted to Buddhism with his old friend Zhang Chunyi, who advocated the saying that "rule is the rule of the country" and "peace of mind is the security of the country".

During the Anti Japanese War

During the Anti Japanese War, Wuhan was occupied by the enemy. Wu Zhaolin suffered from asthma and lived in Wuhan to study scriptures. The Japanese aggressors knew that he was famous enough to be the commander-in-chief of the puppet army, and the chief counsellor of the puppet Hubei provincial government, but Wu refused. The Japanese had no choice but to put him under house arrest. Wu Zhaolin died on October 17, 1942, in the face of the broken mountains and rivers, the national crisis, the mood of grief and indignation, the aggravation of asthma. The national government of Chongqing gave praise and public burial.

personal works

His posthumous works include the documentary of autumn exercises in Taihu Lake, the implementation of tactics, the first record of the eighth battalion of the Revolution project of Wuchang in 1911, as well as the manuscript and diary of the uprising period.

Character evaluation

Wu Zhaolin joined the army in the early years of his life, dedicated himself to the victory of the revolution on the revolutionary front, and worked bravely. After returning from the war, he devoted himself to public welfare to benefit the people. In his later years, he turned to Buddhism and repeatedly refused the Japanese puppet regime. His integrity proved the courage, breadth of mind and integrity of a person who cherished the country and the people.

Chinese PinYin : Wu Zhao Lin