The 15th issue of "**People" focuses on **outstanding generals, Du Yuming can be described as a representative of unique strategic vision and military talent.
He was one of the few Westernized generals and was highly respected by Chiang Kai-shek. Today, we will take a brief look at General Du Yuming's life and family situation.
Du Yuming (1904-1981), whose name is Guangting, was born in Mizhi County, Shaanxi Province, and was a Han general.
He joined the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy in 1924 and quickly joined the Kuomintang, graduating in December of the same year. Subsequently, Du Yuming participated in many battles such as the Northern Expedition, the encirclement and suppression of the Red Army, and the Great Wall War of Resistance, and his outstanding military talent was greatly praised by Chiang Kai-shek. In 1939, Du Yuming participated in the Battle of Kunlun Pass and successfully won the victory of Kunlun Pass. In 1942, he led the Chinese Expeditionary Force into Burma.
However, during the Huaihai Campaign in 1949, he was captured until he was pardoned on December 4, 1959. He served as a deputy to the Fifth National People's Congress and a member of the Fifth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. On May 7, 1981, Du Yuming died of kidney failure in Beijing at the age of 77.
The victory at Kunlun Pass was Du Yuming's up-and-coming battle. After the loss of Wuhan and Guangzhou, the Japanese army attempted to cut off the international aid supply lines of the national ** and forced Chiang Kai-shek to surrender.
In 1939, the Japanese army threatened the security of the southwest rear in the Guinan operation, and at this time, Du Yuming served as the commander of the Fifth Army and actively asked for war to fight against the Japanese army. Through an accurate analysis of the weaknesses of the Japanese army, he led his troops to participate in the Battle of Guinan and commanded the Battle of Kunlun Pass. Du Yuming used the lightning tactics of taking the initiative to attack, successfully defeated more with less, eliminated more than 4,000 Japanese troops, killed Nakamura Masao, commander of the 21st Brigade of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army, and severely damaged the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army in the "Steel Army", becoming famous in the first battle.
This victory is remarkable in all the best offensive battles.
Du Yuming's wife, Cao Xiuqing, was a member of the Communist Party, and the two had three sons and three daughters. Among them, the eldest son Du Zhiren, the second son Du Zhiyong (wife Wang Guihua), the third son Du Zhiyan, the eldest daughter Du Zhili, the second daughter Du Zhiyi (husband Xu Bingsen) and the third daughter Du Zhilian (husband Deng Tiancai).
In addition to Du Zhili, the information of Du Yuming's other children is relatively difficult to find. Du Zhili (December 1927-October 2003), born in a military family, was born in a military family, and her strict education made her love literature and **. In 1950, she married Yang Zhenning in New York, and then moved to the United States with her husband.
In October 2003, Du Zhili passed away due to illness. At present, Du Zhili and Yang Zhenning's two sons and one daughter all live in the United States, the eldest son Yang Guangnuo is a computer engineer, the second son Yang Guangyu is a chemist, and the youngest daughter Yang Youli is a doctor. Du Yuming's children and descendants now live in a low-key manner at home and abroad, with little information public.