Hou Jingru

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Hou Jingru
Born(1902-10-17)17 October 1902
Whampoa Military Academy
Zhengzhou University
Occupation(s)Army officer, politician

Hou Jingru (

Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Counsellor of the State Council, member of the Central Military Commission and President of the China Association for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification.[1][2]

Hou is famous as one of the most successful Communist spies lurking in the Nationalist Army. His greatest service to the Communists came in the Battle of Jinzhou, when, as the Nationalist general commanding the 17th Army Group (which included four armies), he deliberately delayed his arrival to Jinzhou by 11 days, leading to the envelopment and destruction of the Nationalist forces.[3]

Life

Early years

Hou Jingru was born in

Wuhan Nationalist Government, for which he was arrested and briefly imprisoned, but was eventually released. His contacts with the Chinese Communist Party date to 1925, when he met Zhou Enlai
.

Beginning in 1932, he served as chief of staff of the 30th Division of the 30th Army of the

Nationalist Government of Chiang Kai-shek awarded Hou Jingru the rank of major general
in the army, and he was given command of the 30th Division of the 30th Army of the National Revolutionary Army.

War against Japan

In 1937, the

Zaoyi. In 1943, he was promoted to commander of the 92nd Army, and awarded the rank of lieutenant general, leading his troops to participate in the Battle of West Hunan
.

The Civil War

During the Chinese Civil War, Hou Jingru notably served as the commander of the Peking Garrison, from 1946 to 1948. In 1948, he was promoted to commander of the 17th Army Group. During the Battle of Jinzhou, when the defenders of Jinzhou were in desperate situation, and Chiang Kai-shek ordered the four armies under the command of Hou Jingru to immediately rush to Jinzhou, Hou Jingru deliberately slowed down and delayed 11 days before leading the troops to arrive. As a result, the Nationalists were decisively defeated in the Battle of Jinzhou.[3]

People's Republic of China

In 1949, Hou Jingru went to

United Front work and instigating defections to the Communists among Nationalists in the city whose loyalty wavered. In July 1952, Hou returned to China and was appointed by Mao Zedong as Counsellor of the State Council and a member of the Central Military Commission. In May 1955, Hou Jingru joined the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang
(RCCK), later becoming Vice Chairman of RCCK. He also served as the President of the China Association for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification.

From March 1989 until his death five years later, he was

Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[4][5]

References

  1. ISBN 9787800883934.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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  2. ISBN 9787507813746
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  3. ^ a b c Liu Tong, Documentary of the Chinese Revolutionary War·War of Liberation·Northeast Volume. Beijing: People's Publishing House. 2007-7: 580. ISBN 978-7-01-004261-9
  4. ISBN 9787800883934.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
    )
  5. ISBN 9787507813746
    .
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