What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
When it comes to the title of "Flying General", people often naturally think that the person who holds such a title is either a generation of heroes or a general who has made great military achievements. But in fact, there are people who have such a title only because they are better at escaping.
Just like Sun Yuanliang, whom we are going to introduce to you today, he belongs to the people who were once called "Flying Generals" because they were good at escaping. Even Chiang Kai-shek, who once held him in high esteem, shouted that he had looked away because of his escape. Let's get to know this famous "flying general" in history!
First, as the son of his father, he was expected by his father from an early age.
In order to let everyone know more about Sun Yuanliang, let's start with him when he was a child. One day in 1904, Sun Yuanliang was born. Although he did not reincarnate into a wealthy family, because he was the old son of his father, even if his family's family was much worse than before, his father still gave him the best living conditions.
At the same time, his father had high hopes for him, hoping to cultivate him into a talent useful to the country. Because of this, when other children were still playing in the mud, he was sent by his father to study in the private school early.
Second, after becoming an adult, he "rose step by step" because of his good studies, and even received chiang kai-shek's weight.
Sun Yuanliang, who went to school, was also very angry with his father, not only his academic performance has always been very good, but also has great ambitions and wants to become the talent his father hopes he will become. Especially after he became an adult, it can be said that he was able to "rise step by step" because of the good relationship of learning. Even later, he received Chiang Kai-shek's weight.
Speaking of which, we have to mention the Whampoa Military Academy. You know, at that time, this school was very well-known and the admission requirements were quite strict. For ordinary people, if you want to enter this school, it is like ascending to the sky. But Sun Yuanliang is not ordinary, because of the good relationship between learning, was recommended to this school by Li Dazhao, and the process is as smooth as to be amazing.
Later, because of his excellent performance in all aspects during the school, it did not take long to attract the attention of Chiang Kai-shek. Sure enough, when Chiang Kai-shek's wings were full enough, he controlled the entire Whampoa Military Academy by controlling the outstanding students in the Whampoa Military Academy.
After Chiang Kai-shek successfully co-opted Sun Yuanliang to his side, he gave him a high military position. Originally, his purpose was very simple, that is, he hoped to use this method to make Sun Yuanliang work for himself. But what he didn't expect was that his heavy-handed Sun Yuanliang was just a guy who was good at talking on paper. Once on the battlefield, his performance was not as good as usual.
Third, during the war, many meritorious deeds were made, but greed for life and fear of death and greed for money and lust were also exposed.
When Sun Yuanliang first went to the battlefield to lead the troops to fight, Chiang Kai-shek gave him the official position of regimental commander. At that time, he had to deal with the warlord Sun Chuanfang, and if he seriously prepared for the war, there was still a great hope of winning. However, Due to sun yuanliang's lack of experience in commanding operations, he neglected to guard against Sun Chuanfang's side, and also made an unwise move to escape alone in the later stages of the battle, so it directly led to a tragic loss in this battle.
If he had escaped on the battlefield once, everyone would have tended to see him as the first time he had led the army to fight. However, in the process of fighting the defense of Nanjing, he escaped alone again. He also ran to the brothel for a long time before reappearing, almost killing Chiang Kai-shek and his generals.
In addition to being good at running away on the battlefield, our "flying general" has two other characteristics - greed for money and lust. In terms of greed for money, he dared to embezzle the cost of national defense projects and dare to sell the materials donated by the people to fill his own pockets. The boldness is great, it is estimated that the average person is really incomparable.
As for his lustful performance, it is also jaw-dropping: not only did he often stay in brothels, but he also tried his best to lure people into staying in the army he led after taking a fancy to female college students. If someone had not suddenly broken in at a critical moment, it is estimated that he would have committed a misdeed on the female college student.
Although Sun Yuanliang has such an unbearable record of military life, he still lived to the age of 103 safely. And he also has many children, one of the more famous sons is the famous movie star Qin Han. Of course, during the war, he also had meritorious performances. But this looks less striking than his bad deeds.