What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
Huang Wei, a native of Guixi, Jiangxi, graduated from the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, was a senior general in the Nationalist Army and a beloved general of Chen Cheng, who once served as the commander of the 18th Army. He led his troops to participate in the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Wuhan, the Burmese Counteroffensive and other battles, and also made certain contributions to the victory of the War of Resistance. Later, he served as the commander of the 54th Army, which was also a well-equipped unit of Chiang Kai-shek's concubine. It can be seen that Huang Wei served as the commander of two armies during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, both of which belonged to the ace units of the Nationalist Army. It can also be seen that among the generals of the Nationalist army, Huang Wei's seniority is still very old, including Chiang Kai-shek's trust in him.
However, Huang Wei is more stubborn, rigorous, and very serious in doing things, and does not know how to be smooth. As long as it is the task entrusted to him by Chiang Kai-shek, no matter who he is, how high his rank is, as long as he does something wrong, Huang Wei will act according to the rules and regulations, never favoritism, and because of this personality, he has offended many people, and Guan Linzheng, Du Yuming, Yu Jishi and Huang Wei, who are at the same time as him, have festivals. If Huang Wei lived in a peaceful era, then he must have been a Clean Official, you know, during the War of Resistance, many senior generals of the Nationalist Army fought wars while making money in the country. When Huang Wei saw this kind of thing, he was also indignant in his heart and played Chiang Kai-shek many times, but the old Chiang Kai-shek also turned a blind eye to this matter, and did not care too much. Later, Chiang Kai-shek saw that Huang Wei and many generals were at odds, so he transferred him to the Chongqing Headquarters as a senior counselor.
Huang Wei
1944 was the most crucial year of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, when the Japanese wanted to attack Chongqing from Guizhou. However, Chiang Kai-shek's troops around him were not many, so he called on students to join the army in Sichuan, and since these people were all teenagers, Chiang Kai-shek called this unit a youth army, and it was Huang Wei who was responsible for training the youth army. He presided over the work for more than a year and trained as many as 5,000 or 6,000 trainees. After the surrender of the Japanese army, the Al-Shabaab army was divided into three corps.
After the comprehensive victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Huang Wei had plans to retreat. You know, Huang Wei was a primary school teacher before he was admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy, so in the War of Resistance Against Japan, he consulted with his wife Cai Ruoshu. After driving the Japanese away, he returned to his hometown to work as an ordinary teacher, away from the war years.
However, Huang Wei, who had planned to go into hiding, did not get his wish, mainly because Chiang Kai-shek did not agree to his resignation. He wanted to use Huang Wei to help him train the new army and prepare for the civil war. Therefore, in the early days of the Liberation War, Huang Wei did not go to the front, but always prepared to establish a new officer school in the rear and served as the principal.
If Huang Wei had been engaged in educational work in the rear, he would not have been captured during the Liberation War. Unfortunately, this was not the case, and he was later involved in the Battle of Huaihai. When Chiang Kai-shek decided to expand the 12th Corps on the basis of the 18th Army, it was on the basis of the commander. There was a great dispute among the generals of the Nationalist army, and Chen Cheng recommended Hu Lian as the commander of the 12th Corps, but was opposed by Bai Chongxi, who believed that Hu Lian was inappropriate.
Although Chiang Kai-shek has always adopted dictatorial measures, this time, he did not make up his mind. The main reason is that the 12th Corps is under the jurisdiction of Bai Chongxi of the Central China Bandit District, and if he is the commander of the Ace Corps in Central China and is at odds with the commander- and commander, then the biggest loss is Chiang Kai-shek, so old Chiang kai-shek has to consider this issue.
Bai Chongxi
Under the circumstance that Chen Cheng and Bai Chongxi were in a contending situation, Chiang Kai-shek elected Huang Wei, who had been engaged in military education in the rear for a long time, as the commander of the 12th Corps. At this time, Chen Bai and the two of them had nothing to say, because they both knew that Huang Wei had seniority, military merit, and was a relatively upright person.
In this way, Huang Wei, who had been far away from the front line for a long time, once again led his troops to fight. Soon the Battle of Huaihai broke out, and the 12th Corps, which was the ace unit in central China at the time, after Huang Baitao's corps was surrounded, Chiang Kai-shek urgently dispatched Huang Wei to rescue Huang Baitao's corps. But unfortunately, Huang Wei was unable to rescue him in the end, and he was surrounded and became a victim of this battle, and he was defeated and captured.
If Huang Wei had not become the commander of the 12th Corps, he would not have been involved in the Battle of Huaihai, let alone captured, and might have escaped with Chiang Kai-shek in peace and security. It can be seen that sometimes promotion is not necessarily a good thing.