- Liu Ruming
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name= Liu Ruming
劉汝明
lived= 1895 – 1975
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portrayedby=Liu Ruming, Liu Ju-ming, 劉汝明, (1895 – 1975) Chinese general during the
Warlord Era ,Second Sino-Japanese War andChinese Civil War .Overview
Born in
Hebei province, he became an important military officer inFeng Yuxiang 's Northwestern Army. After the 1930Central Plains War he took the post of 29th Army Deputy commander. He became Chairmen of the government of Chahar Province in June 1936, holding it until October 1938.In July 1937 he was commander of the 143rd Division, at the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Later during
Operation Chahar he commanded the defense of the provincial capital ofKalgan with the 7th Army Group Detachment as the Deputy commander of 7th Army in addition to command of his division. From then on he commanded the 68th Corps in the later phase of thePeiking – Hankow Railway Operation , and during many of the important battles in the war, theBattle of Xuzhou ,Battle of Wuhan ,Battle of Suixian-Zaoyang ,Battle of Zaoyang-Yichang ,Battle of South Henan .During
Operation Ichigo , at the time of theBattle of West Henan-North Hubei in 1945 he was in command of the Western Honan Garrison and Western Honan Left Force, the 2nd Army Group.During the
Chinese Civil War in 1948 he was in command of 8th Army in the disasterousHuaihai Campaign . His army tried but failed to relieve other trapped forces in the battle.In 1949 he moved to
Taiwan along with the Nationalist government. In 1952 he retired, and in 1974 died inTaipei .Sources
* Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) 2nd Ed., 1971. Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung, Chung Wu Publishing; 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China.
* [http://rulers.org/chinprov.html China; Administrative divisions]
* [http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%88%98%E6%B1%9D%E6%98%8E zh.wikipedia, 刘汝明]
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