Sun Lianzhong

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Sun.
Sun Lianzhong
孙连仲

General Sun Lianzhong
Nickname(s) The Steel Head
Born 1893
Xiong County, Hebei
Died 1990
Taipei, Taiwan
Allegiance Republic of China
Years of service 1912-1990
Rank general
Unit Northwest Army
Commands held second group army, Garrison Commander of Nanjing
Battles/wars Northern Expedition, Battle of Central Plains, Second Sino-Japanese War, Chinese Civil War
Awards Order of Blue Sky and White Sun
Other work restaurant owner

Sun Lianzhong (Traditional Chinese: 孫連仲 ; Simplified Chinese: 孙连仲 ; pinyin: Sun Lianzhong; Wade–Giles: Sun Lian-chung (1893–1990) General during the Warlord Era, Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War. Best known for his commanded of the 2nd Group Army in the Battle of Taierzhuang, he had a long career in the army.

In the Warlord Era he was in the Northwest Army of Feng Yuxiang, Northern Expedition with Zhang Zuolin and Northwest Army for Yan Xishan against Chiang Kai-Shek in Central Plains War. Then he commanded forces during the 2nd, 3rd and 5th Campaigns against the Jiangxi Soviet.

During the Second Sino-Japanese War he commanded the 1st Army in the Northern Peiking – Hankow Railway Operation (August 1937). Also the 2nd Group Army in the Battle of Taiyuan, Battle of Xuzhou where was in the Battle of Taierzhuang, Battle of Wuhan, Battle of Suixian-Zaoyang, 1939-40 Winter Offensive, Battle of Zaoyang-Yichang, and Battle of South Henan. As Deputy commander of the 6th war Area he was in command of the Battle of West Hubei, and as Commander in Chief 6th War Area defeated the Japanese in the Battle of Changde. He went on to command the 6th War Area for the rest of the war.

In 1945 Sun Lianzhong was made Commander in Chief 11th War Area and was to take command of the Tianjin, Beiping, Baoding, and Shijiazhuang area and take the surrender of the Japanese troops there.[1][2] However the KMT forces had conflicts with the Communist forces and the Chinese Civil War broke out in full force again. After two years he resigned his posts in North China and moved to the capital and then in 1949 to Taiwan.

Military career

Relatives: Paul Anthony Sun born April 2, 1996, Eric Michael Sun born April 5, 1994

References

  1. ↑ Staying On: Japanese Soldiers and Civilians in China, 1945-1949. Donald G. Gillin and Charles Etter, The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 42, No. 3 (May, 1983), pp. 497-518
  2. ↑ Photo: General Sun Lianzhong signing the Japanese surrender document, Forbidden City, Beiping, China, 10 Oct 1945

See also

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