On February 14, 1962, Hu Zongnan, who was so seriously ill that he was on the verge of death, suddenly began to let out a deafening scream, which was unbearable for others, but he himself was unaware, and even waved his hands fiercely and let out heart-rending screams.
The doctor and ** rushed to the scene immediately after hearing the voice, and when they saw Hu Zongnan's pale face, they immediately began to rescue with all their might. Despite the doctors' best efforts, Hu Zongnan's life could not be saved in the end.
My father had long wanted to leave this world. "Hu Zongnan was a close confidant of Chiang Kai-shek, **important**, why did he have such a desire for death? Is this inextricably linked to Chiang Kai-shek?
Hu Zongnan was born in a poor family, and at the age of three he survived with his parents in western Zhejiang. Although his parents were poor, they knew the importance of reading, so they cut down on food and clothing for Hu Zongnan to study, and had high hopes for him.
Hu Zongnan lived up to expectations, studied hard in school, and received traditional education, such as the concept of monarchs and ministers, loyalty, etc. In 1909, he entered Xiaofeng County Primary School with excellent grades and began to learn new knowledge and culture.
The new culture had a profound impact on Hu Zongnan. At first, he was confused by the new culture, but when he told his father about his doubts, his father used his own experience to make him understand the new culture and realize the importance of this knowledge for the development of the country.
Although Hu Zongnan is otherwise average, he has an outstanding talent for reading. Although he was not exposed to a new culture, he still managed to finish second with flying colors.
He successfully entered Wuxing Middle School, which was a great luck in that era when there was a lack of educational opportunities. This means that he has what it takes to become a teacher. Although the teachers of that era could not be said to be wealthy, their income was enough to support their families.
Hu Zongnan didn't have much ambition, so he chose to teach in several primary schools in his hometown. Despite the turmoil in the outside world, Hu Zongnan taught in his hometown and was unaffected by the war.
Hu Zongnan didn't have much interest in children, thinking that teachers only needed to give lectures on the podium, but the children's concentration was poor, and he needed to supervise classroom discipline and deal with naughty mischief, which made him feel bored.
Still, considering that teaching is a good job, he decided to stick with it. As he grew older, his parents began to look for a partner for him, but Hu Zongnan, who had been baptized with new ideas, was very disgusted with arranged marriages, believing them to be bad habits.
As a result, he and his parents often quarreled over the matter. Eventually, after an argument, he decided to leave the house for a while to calm both parties down.
After Hu Zongnan left his hometown, he felt lost about his future. In a chat with a friend, my friend mentioned the Whampoa Military Academy, saying that there are many people there who go to the exam, although being a soldier is very tiring, but there are also many benefits.
This sentence gave Hu Zongnan a new idea, and he decided to go to the Whampoa Military Academy. Hu Zongnan is a man who has lived in a small county town for a long time, and Guangzhou is a completely new place for him, full of new things that he has never seen before.
He had planned to take a good look around, but considering that he didn't have much money, just enough money for him to live here for a few days, and the exam was just around the corner, he had to go home and study.
Hu Zongnan's hard work paid off, and he successfully passed the written test in which only the top 20 were admitted. However, when he arrived at the medical check-up, he was "discriminated against" because he was not tall enough.
Although the Whampoa Military Academy attaches great importance to the study of military theories, soldiers must meet the height standard. Although this disappointed him, he did not give up. He believes that as long as he works hard, he will be able to realize his dream one day.
Hu Zongnan has always dreamed of becoming a soldier, and finally came to Guangzhou for an interview, but because of his height, he was directly rejected by the examiner, and he was unwilling to be eliminated so easily, so he reasoned with the examiner.
However, the examiner mocked him: "You still want to be a soldier like this? Let's go home. Hu Zongnan angrily lay down and cried loudly, causing the surrounding crowd to watch. The soldiers came forward to help him up, but he resolutely refused to get up, and he would not get up until he agreed to his terms. Just when everyone was helpless, a man dressed as an officer** walked over.
Chiang Kai-shek's confidant army refused to enlist Hu Zongnan on the grounds of his lack of height, but the appearance of an officer changed the situation. When Hu Zongnan rolled around and tried to get the examiner to accept him, this scene was seen by Liao Zhongkai.
After Liao Zhongkai asked the reason, he carefully looked at Hu Zongnan's file and thought that he was flawless in all aspects except for his height. So, he made an exception to let Hu Zongnan enroll, and Hu Zongnan's students at the same time also included Chen Geng, Du Yongming and other famous generals in the future revolutionary war.
Hu Zongnan knew in his heart that there was a big gap between him and other classmates. Moreover, at that time, during the first cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, many personnel in the army came to study, and these people had already learned some military theories and had relevant practical experience.
Hu Zongnan was congenitally deficient, so he had to work harder than others to narrow the gap as much as possible.
Hu Zongnan's performance at the Whampoa Military Academy has been outstanding, and the instructors have high hopes for him, and the top executives have also paid close attention to the talent in the school. Chiang Kai-shek, as the principal, naturally needed to select excellent military talents for the Kuomintang, and Hu Zongnan's excellence naturally attracted his attention.
However, Chiang Kai-shek was a very suspicious man, and it was not easy to win his trust. However, he also has his own weakness, which is cronyism. He likes three kinds of subordinates the most, and only these three subordinates have a chance to gain his 100% trust.
First of all, it is a relative from his or his wife's family, who believes that the ties of blood are trustworthy, which is also the embodiment of the clan concept in the south of our country.
Secondly, it is a fellow countryman, Chiang Kai-shek is from Zhejiang, and the intimacy of his fellow villagers will increase his goodwill, and many military commanders such as Dai Li are his fellow villagers in Zhejiang. Finally, it is a direct student of Whampoa, because Chiang Kai-shek himself has been the principal of Whampoa, and he thinks that Whampoa students are all trained by him, so he is trustworthy.
Hu Zongnan won the favor of Chiang Kai-shek by virtue of his dual advantages: not only was he not related to Chiang Kai-shek, but he was also a native of Zhejiang. Chiang Kai-shek recognized Hu Zongnan early on and regarded him as a key training target.
After Hu Zongnan studied at the Whampoa Military Academy, he was arranged to train in the army, and although his military career was more difficult than school life, it was nothing to him, a person who had never eaten hard.
Hu Zongnan performed well in the army, was promoted to lieutenant platoon commander, and made great contributions in the Eastern Expedition to Mianhu. The surrounding officers knew that Chiang Kai-shek valued Hu Zongnan, so when reporting on his military exploits, he would not rob Hu Zongnan of his merits at all.
Chiang Kai-shek was overjoyed by Hu Zongnan's great achievements, and immediately promoted him to the rank of company commander of the machine gun company. In 1926, Hu Zongnan had become the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the First Army, and his fellow countryman Dai Li happened to meet him.
Dai Li had met Hu Zongnan in Zhejiang, and Hu Zongnan had helped Dai Li, so he recommended Dai Li to Chiang Kai-shek. Dai Li's later establishment of the military command spy organization was once a trump card of the Kuomintang, and Dai Li was also known as "Chiang Kai-shek's sword" by the world.
Since Hu Zongnan graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, he has been promoted almost every year. His promotion speed was unmatched, and he jumped from an ordinary petty officer to the commander of the war army within 8 years, and was known as "the first person in Whampoa".
However, Hu Zongnan's shortcomings were gradually exposed, and his peak period gradually passed.
Hu Zongnan's regret Hu Zongnan At the last moment of his life, although he was carrying fear, he still insisted that he had waited for this day for a long time. He is a typical person with rich theoretical knowledge, but insufficient practical ability, and the post of commander of the theater of operations is obviously not suitable for him.
However, the Kuomintang officers, including Chiang Kai-shek, were unaware of the seriousness of the problem, which led to frequent setbacks for Hu Zongnan on the battlefield. Especially during the War of Liberation, Chiang Kai-shek left him alone to face the communist army, and his stubbornness and stubbornness were once again exposed.
Hu Zongnan is a person, in layman's terms, yes"shaft"Once he decided on something, it was difficult for him to change his mind, and even if Chiang Kai-shek occasionally had blind command in the use of troops, he would never oppose it, and even insisted on his own opinion.
Hu Zongnan thanked Chiang Kai-shek for discovering and nurturing himself, and at the same time was convinced of Chiang's talents. This loyalty and trust made Hu Zongnan Chiang Kai-shek's most trusted "first protégé of the Son of Heaven".
However, although the theoretical reserves are abundant, in actual combat, Hu Zongnan's strategy has many loopholes. For example, in September 1946, Hu Zongnan and Yan Xishan joined forces to besiege the Taiyue Corps of the People's Liberation Army led by Chen Geng, but due to ignoring the experience of our army's guerrilla warfare and the characteristics of flexible application of tactics and strategies, as well as the huge gap in the strength of the two armies, it eventually led to defeat.
Hu Zongnan was ready to launch an attack on the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in high spirits, but he was shocked by the news that the 1st Brigade had been completely annihilated and the brigade commander had been captured, and he was impressed by the PLA's combat effectiveness.
Then, the PLA dealt a devastating blow to the 48th Brigade, and the brigade commander was killed on the spot, which made Hu Zongnan realize that his plan was not perfect enough, and he needed to re-plan.
Although there was nothing to lose once, Hu Zongnan was determined to regain his strength and defeat the People's Liberation Army. However, the reality is often harsh. In 1947, Hu Zongnan was sent to Xi'an, and his mission was to combat the forces of the People's Liberation Army in northern Shaanxi.
Based on the location of the PLA, he decided to attack Yan'an, but when he arrived in Yan'an, he found that the PLA had already been transferred, and he could only leave gloomily. Hu Zongnan could not accept this fact, and he privately asked the chief of staff to embellish the content of the report, but Chiang Kai-shek always believed that Hu Zongnan had performed well at the front.
Hu Zongnan led an army of 400,000 to be constantly calculated by the People's Liberation Army, causing his 400,000 army to gradually decrease, and finally he couldn't hide the truth before telling Chiang Kai-shek, as a result, Chiang Kai-shek was very angry and scolded Hu Zongnan.
Later, Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan, and because of the depression in his heart, he always blamed the mistake on others, such as the sentence "Yu Nong misunderstood me", after all, Dai Li has died, but Hu Zongnan is still there.
In 1950, 45 members of the Supervision Commission of the Taipei Procuratorate jointly signed Hu Zongnan, listing his failures on the battlefield, believing that the people's loss of the country was related to Hu Zongnan.
Although Chiang Kai-shek could not bear to punish him in the face of the person he had personally promoted, he could not ignore the anger of the Supervision Committee, so he had to ask Hu Zongnan to change his name and send him to work in a remote place.
Since then, although Hu Zongnan is still in the Kuomintang, he has always been regarded as a "marginal person". This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to him, who once attracted the attention of everyone.
Although the income from these positions could support the family life, they could not meet Hu Zongnan's luxurious needs, resulting in an unhappy life for the rest of his life. Although he was once known as "the first person in Whampoa" and "the protégé of the Son of Heaven", in his arrogant eyes, these titles have become a thing of the past.
Slowly, his mental condition began to develop problems, and he was no longer willing to go out and not see people. His physical condition is also deteriorating rapidly, and when he becomes ill, he will yell and even smash things in the house.
When he was sober, he regretted it immensely, and he secretly told his youngest son: "If I die on the battlefield, I am also a hero of the Kuomintang, why should I be so humiliated?" Why can't I die sooner? In the end, Hu Zongnan died after an illness in 1962.