China Leaders

commanded 92 Div, 1945

Jiang Guangnai

led the 19th Route Army on Jan 6, 1932

Zhang Zhizhong and Yu Jishi

organized into 5th corps in 1932

Zhang Zhizhong

(1891-May 16, 1940)
commanded 87th div in 1932
commanded the 38th division in 1937
in July 1945, was Minister of the Political Department

Yu Jishi

commanded 88th div in 1932
commanded the 74th corps during the civil war
- this became the "Reinforced 74th Division" ( uglychinese.org )

[ ]{#An_Chunshan/Zhunshan?} An Chunshan/Zhunshan?

commanded 31st Div, 1944

General Tai Yung-kwan

Gu Zhutong's protégé
defected to the communists, allowing them to cross the Yangtze during the civil war

General Gui Yongqing

Commodore Lin Zun

admiral, defected to communists at Nanjing

General Xia Wei

under Bai Chongxi's command

General Zhang Zizhong

(1.151)

his portrait hung in Chiang's study
old-fashioned field commander
as mayor of Tianjin, he bargained with the Japanese
had a brilliant victory at Taierzhuang and fell in defense of his country

General Fang Xianjue

(1.151, uglychinese.org )

conducted a gallant defense of Hengyang for 40 days against overwhelming odds with his 10th corps (2. "10th Army"), which lost most of its forces in that defence

Feng Zhian

commanded the 37th division in 1937

Zhao Dengru

commanded the 132nd division in 1937

Guan Linzheng

commanded the 25th division in mar 21 1937

Wang Yongcheng

Source: uglychinese.org

commander of the 37th Route Army in 1932
defected in oct 11, 1932 to the japanese in manchuria

Zhang Zhen

66th Corps Commander during the First Burma Campaign

Tang Shouzi

commanded the New 30th Division in the 2nd Burma Campaign after the capture of Myitkyina

Hu Su

commanded the New 30th Division in the 2nd Burma Campaign

Li Hong

commanded the New 38th Division in the 2nd Burma Campaign

[ ]{#General__(Jiu_Jingzhuan?)} General <Chieu Ching-Chun> (Jiu Jingzhuan?)

(Source: Generals.dk )

briefly commanded the new 1st army in feb 1943
- if it's jiu jingzhuan, then it's a Whampoa commander who didn't render full cooperation to his fellow generals during the huai-hai campaign (1.262)

Han Fuqu

(-Jan 1938)

originally part of Feng Yuxiang's army but defected to the Nationalists in April 1929 (2.17)
Shandong warlord who colluded with the Japanese and gave Shandong to them without resistance
was summarily executed because of this
his territories had a noticeable control over communist activity (Source uglychinese.org )

Shi Yousan

originaly part of Feng Yuxiang's army but defected to the Nationalists in April 1929 (2.17)

Lai Shihuang

(Source uglychinese.org )

13th Corps Chief

Wang Tianpei

(Source uglychinese.org )

10th Corps Chief

Sun Dianying

in the Sino-Japanese war, he was given command of the new 5th Army, and he manoeuvred between the communists and the central government, even giong over to the japanese for a time (3.218)
he had contacts everywhere and even bought goods from Shanghai (3.218)
during Civil War, commanded the newly organized 4th Army

Hao Pengju

surrendered to the Japanese in 1941
became governor of Huaihai Province in the Japanese Puppet Government of China
became sympathetic to the communists
during the civil war, Chiang gave him the command of the 6th Route Army, unaware that he was colluding with the Communists

Li Zefen

commanded the 5th Div which was under the control of the 94th Corps

Zhang Chong

corps commander
sent to Jilin province during the civil war

Liang Huashen

commanded 71st Corps during the civil war

Chen Xinda

commanded New 5th Corps in oct 1947, which was destroyed by the communists

Zhou Fucheng

commanded 8th corps conglomerate during the civil war

Xiang Fengwu

commanded the 71st Corps during the civil war

Liu Anqi

commanded 7th corps conglomerate during the civil war

Zheng Dongguo

commanded an army in the 2nd Burma Campaign
commanded 1st corps conglomerate, consisting of:
- 6 divisions, or 100 000 men

Zeng Zesheng

during the siege of Jinzhou, commanded the 60th Corps

Liu Yuezhang

during the siege of Jinzhou, commanded the 52nd Corps

Qin Qirong

(-August 1942) ( Source )

militant anti-communist in central Shandong
commited suicide rather than be capture by the Communists.
also mentioned (3.230)

Hunan

Tang Shengzhi

Hunanese warlord (3.16)

Cheng Qian

appointed as vice-chief of supreme staff based on the numerically impressive Hunan forces he commanded
transferred from Chief of the gneral staff to the command of the First War Area in North China
regarded by Chiang's close friends as a fan-tung, a ne'er-do-well (1. p.124)
did nothing of significance until he defected to the communists in 1949

He Jian

Hunanese warlord
his territories noticeably had communist activity under control (Source uglychinese.org )

Guominjun

The Guominjun (Feng's army,) had a reputation of being one of the better trained and equipped armies of the pre-Nationalist era.

[ ]{#Feng_Yuxiang_"Christian_General"} Feng Yuxiang "Christian General"

used to be warlord of Northwestern region of china
Knew a lot of the armies around Shandong
But complained a lot that neither his armies nor the KMT armies trusted one another
not particularly loyal to chiang
NOT part of whampoa clique

Song Xinian

commanded part of Chiang's forces stationed in Chongqing which collapsed during the civil war (1 p.269)

Zhang Ningfu

(-Mar 1947)
got killed by Communists in southern Shandong
was leading the 74th (US equipped) of the Zhongyang Army

General Wu Jiwei

Capable and famous fighting general

General Chen Mingren

commanded a crack American-trained army during the Civil War
defeated Lin Biao's communist forces at Sipingjie ( uglychinese.org )
dismissed Chen Mingren on the pretext of embezzlement

Sun Lianzhong

NOT in whampoa
great leader, served valiantly
suiyuan general? (1.246)
( uglychinese.org ) in 1943, commanded the 2nd Army Group, which consisted of:
- 31st Corps - these were handed over to Hu Zongnan in 1945
- 68th Corps
described as one of "China's best senior field commanders" (1.248)

Liao Yaoxiang

commanded the New 22nd Division
one of the heroes of the Northern Burma Campaign
commanded New Sixth Army, part of the X-Force in the 2nd Burma Campaign
one of the best-educated and most battle-experienced younger Chinese generals (184)

General Yang Jie

for a while stationed in Moscow as Chinese ambassador (169)

Lt. Gen Sun Liren

(November 19, 1899–November 19, 1990) Source: Wikipedia: Sun Liren , Some responses to a book on Sun Liren

NOT in whampoa
commander of New 38th Division (which was assigned to the 66th corps)
participated in First Burma Campaign
allowed the force to conduct an excellent retreat to British India
commanded New First Army, part of the X-Force
one of the best-educated and most battle-experienced younger Chinese generals (1.184)
I would make him skill 4 as well.

[1]

turned back an offensive in Manchuria, but shortly after, was relieved of command and sent to a training program at Nanjing (1.256)

General Dai Anlan

commander of 200th div (GMD's only mechanized formation)
participated in First Burma Campaign
recognized by Americans as man of "ability and force and considerable courage"

5th and 6th armies were "lost" in first Burma Campaign
- the divisions in them were the 22nd and 36th divs (correction, 38th, NOT 36th), among others

Lt. Gen Gan Lichu

commanded a few divs in the First Burma Campaign

Hu Zongnan and Tang Enbo

commanded 300 000 men (16 armies) in the NW

Gen. Wei Lihuang

commanded 100 000 (Y-Force) in the Second Burma Campaign
May 11, '44 crossed Salween
in civil war, in Manchuria, was overly cautious
in civil war, commanded 150 000 men (12 divs and 3 cav brigades)
IMHO, average talent
had a crony: General Chen Tie

Gen Huang Wei

commanded 12th army group during civil war

Gen Li Yannian

commanded 6th army

Gen Liu Ruming

commanded the 143rd Division in 1937
commanded 8th army

[ ]{#Wang_Jun,_Hu_Zhongnan,_Li_Jilan,_Shen_Jiucheng} Wang Jun, Hu Zhongnan, Li Jilan, Shen Jiucheng

all assigned to fight the communists in '36.

United States of America

[ ]{#Joseph_W._"Vinegar_Joe"_Stilwell} Joseph W. "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell

served in China [Jan 1942-Oct 44]
good leadership ability
sound tactics and strategy
can speak chinese
poor fit for Chiang tho, because he hated corruption and inefficiency and he wanted to just slash and trash it, and Chiang would have none of it
also had difficulty working with the british

Liu Zhi

a man "of no particular ability" (skill 1)
one of the most senior members of the Whampoa group (2.105)

Whampoa Clique

Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek

- micromanages everything - places loyalty above proficiency when assigning tasks - an average leader (i'd put him at skill 3) - excellent diplomat (at least compared to his contemporaries)

Lt. Gen Du Yuming

commanded afew divs in the First Burma Campaign
blech, not very talented (skill 1)
tows the party line, usually gets awesome commands
famous for "leading his regiment from behind", heh (1.261)
during the civil war, led 100 000 men ( uglychinese.org )

Xiong Shihui

(commanded a division/army/army corps?) - arrogant - directory of generalissimo's HQ in Manchuria, in Chinese Civil War

Qian Dajun

one of the most senior members of the Whampoa group (2.105)

Jiang Dingwen

one of the most senior members of the Whampoa group (2.105)

Gen. Chen Cheng

man of great personal integrity
severe field commander
commanded the 14th and 18th armies during the 1930s
when he became manchurian commander, he was hardhanded and fired a lot of corrupt officers, which quickly fled to the communists
described as "capable" (1.256) and an "able commander", even by Mao (3.90)
failed in pacifying Manchuria during the Civil War
briefly commander of the 9th war zone
also commander of the defense of Hankou and, later, the 6th War area
commanded the 14th and 18th armies, which he led in the '30s
((Chen Cheng had his own faction, with the following well known Nationalist Generals)) (2.105)
- Luo Zhuoying
- Fang Tian
- Jue Hanqian
- Li Jilan
- Hu Lian

Hu Zongnan

(1896-1962) Source: ( uglychinese.org )

being in (2.105) implicitly puts him in the Whampoa group
commanded the 1st division in 1932 (source: uglychinese.org)
commanded the 1st Army, which was decimated in the Shanghai campaign
operated out of Xi'an
at height of his power, controlled ~27 divs
stationed in Shanxi for a majority of the war for two purposes -- to blockade the communists and to block the Japanese
((Hu Zongnan had a faction, whose supporters were the following generals. he built it from scratch during the war:)) (2.105)
- Li Wen
- Li Tiejun
- Luo Lie
- Sheng Wen
- Yuan Pu
during the Civil War, he commanded at least: ( uglychinese.org )
- 27th Corps
- 1st Corps
- 53rd Div
- 61st Div
- 15th Corps
- 4th Army, commanded by Sun Dianying
- 85th Corps, consisting of
  - 110th Div
Born in Zhejiang ( Source )

Gen. Gu Zhutong

replaced Chen Cheng as leader of Manchurian theatre during the Civil War
not particularly talented
staunch supporter of Chiang
commander of the 3rd War Zone (south of the Yangtze) (3.210)
close and trusted associate of Chiang kai-shek (3.210)

Gen. Yu Hanmou

not particularly talented
staunch supporter of Chiang
commanded 7th War Zone

Gen. Fan Hanjie

one of Whampoa's ablest commanders (1. 259)
commanded 6th corps conglomerate in civil war ( uglychinese.org ), consisting of:
- 14 divisions, or about 150 000 men
caught by the communists at the siege of Jinzhou

[ ]{#Gens._Li_Mi,_Jiu_Jingzhuan,_Huang_Bodao} Gens. Li Mi, Jiu Jingzhuan, Huang Bodao

all did not trust each other

Gen Huang Bodao

- commanded 10 divs in the Battle of Xuzhou - died at end of battle

[ ]{#General_Tang_Enbo_(as_above)} General Tang Enbo (as above)

Sources: ( Generals.dk , uglychinese.org )

Born 1900 in Wuyi, Zhejiang
died 1954
deputy commander of 1st War Zone from '42-'44
based in Henan until kicked out (prolly via Ichigo)
CiC of GMT troops sometime
commanded 13th Army, which expanded to 8 armies (2.105)
commanded 30 divs during Ichigo
has a bit of a reputation for being a butcher

((Tang Enbo also had his own faction followers who were generals, who are listed below:)) (2.105)

- Chen Daqing
- Shi Jue
- Wang Zhonglian
- Zhang Yaoming

[ ]{#Guan_Lingwei,_Wang_Jun,_Mao_Bingwen} Guan Lingwei, Wang Jun, Mao Bingwen

central army, fought against the communists with the Northeastern (Fengtian) army in '36

Guan Lingwei

fought against communists in '36 in battle of Jingyuan

Kang Ze

commanded new 28th division during the First Burma Campaign

Fengtian faction

the Northeastern Army had a reputation of being one of the better trained and equipped armies of the pre-Nationalist era.

[ ]{#Zhang_Xueliang_"Young_Marshal"} Zhang Xueliang "Young Marshal"

kidnapped Chiang in the Xi'an incident

Zhang Xuesi

Zhang Xueliang's brother
defected to the communists after Zhang Xueliang's house arrest ( uglychinese.org )

Lü Zhengcao

defected to the communists after Zhang Xueliang's house arrest ( uglychinese.org )

Wan Yi

defected to the communists after Zhang Xueliang's house arrest ( uglychinese.org )

Ma Zhanshan

commanded 1st Cavalry Brigade
Did it in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang (his home province)

Yang Hucheng

second in command
a warlord in northwest China (3.100)

Yu Xuezhong

army commander
mentioned in (3.138, 3.230)
in central Shandong( Source )
- disguised himself as a shepherd among the Communists as they overrun his base in 1942

Miao Zhengliu

commanded the 57th corps

Suiyuan Faction

Fu Zuoyi

pretty good
during the civil war, communist purposefully avoided him because of his reputation
"hard-fighting"
i suppose we should make him good defensively.
commanded the 7th army group and the 35th army in jan 6 1932

[ ]{#Sichuan/Xikang_Faction} Sichuan/Xikang Faction

In Sichuan, the central gov't only had 40 000-50 000 men

Liu Wenhui

mostly inactive, since his warlord domain was so far away from the front line
commanded 2 divisions on the Sichuan Xikang borders. Described by an American military attache as "the best armed soldiers I have seen in China" (2.116)
mostly didn't bother with KMT, and KMT left him alone
wanted KMT to go after Japanese than Chinese communists tho
commanded the 24th corps ( uglyChinese.org ) in 1935

Pan Wenhua

had 100 000 men in Sichuan
wanted KMT to go after Japanese than Chinese communists
commanded the 23rd corps ( uglyChinese.org ) in 1935

Deng Xihou

wanted KMT to go after Japanese than Chinese communists
commanded the 45th corps ( uglyChinese.org ) in 1935

Liu Xiang

Dominant warlord in Sichuan
died in 1938 (2.87)

Wang Zanxu

1938: governor of Sichuan (2.87-88)
commanded the 44th corps ( uglyChinese.org ) in 1935

Yang Sen

commanded the 20th corps ( uglyChinese.org ) in 1935

Tang Shizun

Ah Xiang's placement in the "Sichuan Prov armies" paragraphs suggests that he was a Sichuan commander
commanded the 21st corps ( uglyChinese.org ) in 1935

Sun Zhen

Ah Xiang's placement in the "Sichuan Prov armies" paragraphs suggests that he was a Sichuan commander
commanded the 41st corps ( uglyChinese.org ) in 1935

Li Jiayu

commanded the 104th div ( uglyChinese.org ) in 1935 with about 9 regiments

Guangxi Clique

4th Army of Guangdong was really good.

Xue Yue

Cantonese General
wary of loyalty to Chiang
commanded the 9th War Area
called the Tiger of Changsha, because he defeated three Japanese attacks on the city

Li Zongren

during the northern expedition, commanded the 7th Army Corps "Flying Army" (1. p 39)
commanded the 5th War Area (north of the Yangtze) (3.210)
won victory against Japanese at Taierzhuang
other victories include Tsao-yang (Zaoyang, Hubei Province, May 1939), northern Hebei, and southern Henan
accomplished strategist (i'd put him at skill 4)
not loyal to Chiang at all, but loyal to China
reform-minded
very wary of the Communists, urged Chiang to eliminate Communist menace way back in 1928-9

Bai Chongxi

also one of the best leaders in China
very very experienced general (skill 4)
not loyal to chiang
reform-minded
deputy to Cheng Qian
during the civil war, was "pigeon-holed in an office without power (1. 244)
- this office was probably minister of defense (1.247)
- threatened to withdraw his support of Li when Li Zongren ran for vice president (1.247)
- Chiang then dismissed him as defense minister (1.247)
was then given command of troops in the central China area (by VP Li Zongren?) (1.247)
he was disgusted at the disunity of command and resigned from the position
Later, at President Chiang's request, he was reappointed the commander-in-chief of Central China command (1.248)

General Li Jishen

early Nov '43, Li arranging for possible coordinated action in case of collapse of Chongqing gov't
Chiang saw this as a coup and so removed Li's office.
Only then did Li get really mad at central gov't

General Huang Shaoxiong

Pledged support of Chiang's efforts to cleanse the GMT of communist elements(1. p41)
possibly AKA Huang Shaohung? (2.16)

Gen Zhang Fakui

August 1926 - with Li Zongren, brilliantly defeats Wu Peifu's forces around Dingsijaio and Heshenjiao
commanded 4th war zone
In the Guangxi-Guandong military group (1. p51)
pro-Communists (3.70)

Shanxi

- the Shanxi army had a reputation of being one of the better trained and equipped armies of the pre-Nationalist era.

Yan Xishan

micromanaged like Chiang
thought of worst enemies as Commies first, then Nationalists, then Japanese, IIRC
noted for his experience in artillery
also noted that in battles where he was in command caused lots of casualties for both sides
in civil war, commanded 13 divisions (38 000 men) ( uglychinese.org )
- at the end of august, some 35 000 of these were killed in communist attacks by Deng Xiaoping and Liu Bocheng

Li Fuying

one of Yan's most trusted commanders
had to be executed to pacify public opinion, because Yan did really crappy defending his land from the Japanese.

[ ]{#Xu_Yongchang_(1889-1959)} Xu Yongchang (1889-1959)

Commanded 12th Route Army
"had neither conspicuous talent nor personality" (1. p124)

Hu Sanyu

captured by the CCP in the civil war ( uglychinese.org )

Shi Zebo

captured by the CCP in the civil war ( uglychinese.org )

[ ]{#Peng_Shubin?} Peng Shubin?

captured by the CCP int he civil war ( uglychinese.org )

Xibei San Ma

In Qinghai & Gansu provinces, Ma Bufang & Ma Buqing brothers possessed 30,000 troops and 100000 militia.

Ma Bufang

father of Ma Jiyuan
based in Qinghai

General Ma Jiyuan

Muslim
commanded 20 000 cavalrymen during the civil war

Ma Hongkui

based in Gansu/Ningxia? (115)

Ma Hongbin

based in Ningxia

Ma Fuxiang

more loyal to Chiang than the others

Yunnan

60th army is yunnanese

"Dian-jun", the Yunnanese army, designated the 184th Division, of the 50th corps, defected to the Communists in Haiching, Liaoning Province on May 29th ( uglychinese.org )
an army under the command of his son (Long Shengwu) actually clashed with KMT 5th army in Dec'44

Long Yun

Warlord of all Yunnan
had ambitions in Vietnam and Burma

Long Shengwu

Sun Du

during civil war, led the 60th and 92nd corps (both Yunnanese corps) to Manchuria
group army commander of Lu Han's army

Lu Han

army which was shipped from Haiphong of Vietnam during civil war

Communist China

Zhang Guotao