Zhang Zhen, senior general of the Republic of China

Zhang Zhen

Zhang Zhen

From 1900 to 1950, Shen Fu, a native of Changde, Hunan Province, China, was awarded to the second rank General of the national revolutionary army.

brief account of the author's life

Before the Anti Japanese War

He was born in Wulichong, Dingjiagang Township, Changde County, Hunan Province in 1899. He studied in the second middle school of Hunan Province when he was young. He was admitted to the Huangpu Military Academy in 1924 and was assigned to the Political Department of the academy as an officer after graduation. In 1925, he went to Moscow to study at Sun Yat sen University (Moscow Sun Yat sen University). He agreed with Trotsky and was sent back to China.

war of resistance against aggression

In early 1928, he went to Xuzhou to meet Chiang Kai Shek as a student of Huangpu phase I. He was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel and assigned to work in the general headquarters. In 1932, he served as the captain and adjutant of the chairman's room. In 1933, he served as the head of the major general of the Secret Service Regiment, and later as the head of the first military police regiment. In 1936, he served as deputy commander of major general of the eighth division of the army and stationed in Tianshui. After the Xi'an Incident, he was ordered to lead the Ministry to Xi'an. After learning that the incident was peacefully resolved, he stayed in Baoji. He was transferred to Jiangsu in 1937. After the Lugouqiao Incident, he was transferred to Shanghai. During the Anti Japanese war in Songhu, he led his troops to fight with the Japanese army for 10 days and nights to block the Japanese army. When the troops changed defense, the Japanese took the opportunity to pounce. He saw that the friendly troops were in a hurry to fight, and the defense line was in danger of being broken. He also took the lead and encouraged the soldiers to go to the battlefield. After a fierce battle, he finally defeated the Japanese army. In October, he was transferred from Shanghai to Nanjing as deputy commander of the gendarmerie. In December, Nanjing was in danger and led the military police headquarters to withdraw to Changsha. In October 1938, the three towns of Wuhan were lost, and the Japanese army approached Hunan. On the afternoon of November 12, he led the military police headquarters to transfer to Zhijiang in Western Hunan. After the Changsha fire, Chiang Kai Shek ordered him to take 50000 yuan in cash and a military police regiment to Changsha for disaster relief. After arriving at Changsha, he took part in the work of the disaster relief committee, handled disaster relief affairs, and was responsible for guarding and restoring social order in Changsha. At the end of 1940, the military police headquarters moved from Zhijiang to Chongqing. In 1941, he was promoted to commander of the gendarmerie. Zhang Zhen was an expert in the Kuomintang's military police, which flourished under the command of Zhang Zhen. As the commander of the Kuomintang "Eagle dog" army, he is famous for obeying orders and strict law enforcement. Tang Shengzhi, a general of the Kuomintang, was the commander of the Nanjing defense war at the beginning of the Anti Japanese war. He once recalled that in this campaign, many Kuomintang generals disobeyed the command. However, he praised Zhang Zhen and his military police regiment for their obedience and strict discipline.

The end of the Anti Japanese War

After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, Mao Zedong flew to Chongqing for negotiation. During the negotiation, Li Shaoshi, a cadre of the Eighth Route Army, was shot dead. In order to protect Mao Zedong's safety, Zhou Enlai called him and put forward the requirement of protecting Chairman Mao Zedong. In accordance with Zhou Enlai's instructions, he personally escorted Mao Zedong to his residence, and ordered Cai Longren, the head of the ninth regiment of the gendarmerie (a person from Changde who had close personal relations with him), to be specifically responsible for the special protection of Mao Zedong. When Mao Zedong left Chongqing for Yan'an, he personally escorted him to the airport. Zeng Jiayan memorial hall also displays pictures of Mao Zedong shaking hands with him at the airport. Zhou Enlai once told Luo Qingchang, the head of the relevant departments of the central government, not to forget the good deed done by general Zhang Zhen in Taiwan. Premier Zhou mentioned many times that Zhang Zhen had made a great contribution to the negotiations in Chongqing, and he still remembered it before he died. He often reminds comrades who work against Taiwan of this incident, saying: "Zhang Zhen's position is commander of the gendarmerie. According to our policy, he is a special agent who will kill anyone. He has no good fruit to eat. Only when those comrades who are familiar with the history of Taiwan work remember their old friends, can they deal with them appropriately and appropriately, live up to their old friends, and insist on paying back their kindness by dripping water. "

In June 1946, the military police headquarters moved back to Nanjing from Chongqing. He served as the military police commander and was also elected executive member of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang and central supervisory committee of the three Youth League. Later he served as commander of the capital garrison.

In February 1949, on the eve of the Chinese people's Liberation Army crossing the Yangtze River, he led the military police to withdraw from Nanjing to Qianyang, Guangzhou, and Chongqing with the Kuomintang government. Later, he flew to Hainan Island with Zhou zhirou, commander of the air force, and immediately transferred to Taiwan. He died in Taipei in February 1950 at the age of 51. Later, he was buried in area 2, Texun District, Wuzhishan National Army cemetery, Taipei.

Under the leadership of Wu Tianhe and Li Chufan, deputy commanders of the Southwest Military Police, they uprised in Chengdu and Kunming respectively and joined the ranks of the Chinese people's Liberation Army. So far, the Kuomintang gendarmerie completely disappeared in the mainland.

Personal resume

He graduated from the first infantry division of the Kuomintang army academy and the first general class of the Army University.

In February 1925, after graduating from the military academy, he was appointed as the second lieutenant editor of the compilation unit (Director Yang Qigang) of the political department (Director Wang Zhaoming) of the military academy (Education Director Hu Qian). In September, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in the organization section.

In May 1926, he was transferred to be the second platoon commander of the third company (company commander Chen Danzhou) of the 1st Battalion (battalion commander fan fan fan) of the 2nd Infantry Regiment (commander Zhang Yuren) of the third phase of the military academy. In November, he was sent to Sun Yat sen University of the Soviet Union for further study.

After returning to China in September 1927, he was appointed as the Secretary of Lieutenant Colonel Xu Peigen of the Secretariat of the political training department of the Military Commission.

In April 1929, he was promoted to the rank of Colonel (chief Chen Mingge) in the adjutant section of the general command of the land, sea and air force.

In January 1932, he was promoted to the rank of major general of the Secret Service Regiment of the gendarmerie. On December 31, he was transferred to head of the first regiment of the gendarmerie.

In November 1933, he was elected as a special party member of the capital military police headquarters.

In March 1934, he was promoted to the rank of major general of the military police training regiment. On June 26, the military headquarters was renamed the first regiment of the gendarmerie and still served as the head of the major general.

On May 8, 1935, he served as an infantry colonel in the Syrian army.

On March 26, 1936, he was transferred to military police colonel. On June 12, he was promoted to major general and deputy division commander of the 8th division (division commander Tao Zhiyue). On October 5, Jin was appointed major general of the army.

In November 1937, he was promoted to lieutenant general and deputy commander of the military police headquarters (commander Gu Zhenglun).

On March 21, 1940, he was awarded the fourth cloud flag medal.

He was awarded the second class Baoding medal on October 10, 1943.

In February 1944, he was promoted to commander in chief of the military police headquarters and Deputy Supervisor of the military law executive director department (director he Chengjun). In October, he took the post to study in the first phase of Grade A of the general class of the Army University.

After graduating from Lu University in January 1945, he still held his original post. On May 21, he was elected executive member of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang. He was awarded the medal of victory on October 10. In the same month, he also served as the director of the Security Department of the national assembly.

He was awarded the medal of loyalty on January 11, 1946.

On March 14, 1947, the Jin Dynasty awarded the third order Yunhui medal. On the 26th of the same month, he was awarded the third class King Star Medal. In September, he also served as the commander of the capital garrison headquarters. In November, he also served as the principal of the military police school.

On September 22, 1948, Jin served as Lieutenant General of the army. He resigned as garrison commander in November.

He died in Taipei, Taiwan on February 17, 1950.

On February 1, 1951, he pursued the second rank General of the Jin army.

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