The Kuomintang army under Chiang Kai-shek made an extremely negative impression, he admired his cronies, and many of those loyal to him became executors of the suppression of the Communists. However, not all Kuomintang generals were characteristically identical. Some people are not only patriots, but also anti-Japanese heroes, and even switched to the Communist Party in the War of Liberation and made significant contributions to the final victory, such as ** General Li Jishen. Li Jishen was born in 1885 into a peasant family in Guangxi. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, he longed to change his fate, but due to the fall of the Qing Dynasty, he fell into difficulties in his career.
However, Li Jishen did not rest on his laurels, but decisively chose another way and decided to abandon literature and martial arts. At the age of 15, he wrote the poem "But now I want to be a prince", showing his sincerity to the country when he was young. He was admitted to the Baoding Military Academy, and then joined Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary army and became a member of the Northern Expeditionary Army. In the era of frequent wars, Li Jishen fought bravely and commanded, winning the appreciation of Sun Yat-sen. At the time of the Second Northern Expedition, Li Jishen was already a division commander. With the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy, he served as the director of the major general of the coaching department, and his status was high, comparable to that of the prime minister.
In 1925, he became the vice-principal of the Whampoa Military Academy and was promoted to army general, a prominent position. Although he was a Kuomintang general, he still had a sincere patriotic heart and hoped to end the warlord chaos and promote national reunification. However, he was deeply disappointed by Chiang Kai-shek's ** rule, and he opposed the use of force to suppress him, and as a result, he was placed under house arrest by the suspicious Chiang Kai-shek and expelled from the party forever. Despite the loss of power, he did not give up the fight against Chiang Kai-shek. It was not until after the September 18 Incident that Chiang Kai-shek restored Li Jishen's position under the pressure of **.
Li Jishen and Chiang Kai-shek had a long-standing contradiction, and he repeatedly expressed strong opposition to Chiang Kai-shek's ** behavior, so he was permanently expelled from the party by Chiang Kai-shek. During the Anti-Japanese War, Li Jishen cooperated with Chiang Kai-shek out of national righteousness, but as Chiang Kai-shek once again revealed his true nature, he adhered to his ideas and fled to Hong Kong to form the Kuomintang democratic organization. His firm stance made a significant contribution to the cause of liberation, and he was therefore highly regarded by the leading leaders. Li Jishen actively participated in the preparation for the establishment of the new Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and served as vice chairman after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and regarded him as a reliable Kuomintang general.
Throughout his life, he worked tirelessly for peaceful reunification, and even when he was opposed to Chiang Kai-shek, he also showed his loyalty and patriotism. It is worth mentioning that Li Jishen's salary when he was vice chairman was even more than twice that of ***, which was a lot of money at that time. ** Special concern for the elderly and frail General Li Jishen, providing him with special welfare treatment, expecting him to be kind to his body while dedicating his spare energy to the country. However, life could not resist the passage of time, and in 1959, Li Jishen died of illness at the age of 74.
In general, Li Jishen was originally a general of the Kuomintang, but he was full of patriotism, and the ambitions he set as a teenager never changed throughout his life. During the warlord war, he devoted himself to the cause of national reunification, his patriotism was everywhere, and he devoted his life to the cause of liberation. Such Kuomintang generals also won the respect of the world.