Sun Weiru (; 1896 – 27 July 1979),This is also his courtesy name. given name Shutang () was a

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general from Chang'an County (modern-day Chang'an District,

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Military career

Sun Weiru joined the

National Revolutionary Army The National Revolutionary Army (NRA; ), sometimes shortened to Revolutionary Army () before 1928, and as National Army () after 1928, was the military arm of the Kuomintang (KMT, or the Chinese Nationalist Party) from 1925 until 1947 in China ...

in 1917. From 1922, he joined the army of

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Yang Hucheng Yang Hucheng () (26 November 1893 – 6 September 1949) was a Chinese general during the Warlord Era of Republican China and Kuomintang general during the Chinese Civil War. Yang Hucheng joined the Xinhai Revolution in his youth and had bec ...

. He participated in the

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of the National Revolutionary Army, and the

Central Plains War The Central Plains War () was a series of military campaigns in 1929 and 1930 that constituted a Chinese civil war between the Nationalist Kuomintang government in Nanjing led by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and several regional military commande ...

. From 1932, he became the army corps commander of the 32ed army corps. In 1936, he became the

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. This rank deemed him to be the second in-command of the Northwest Army. In the Xi'an Incident, he tried his best to resolve the incident peacefully. After that he was the Chairman of

province for a short time. During

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, he became the General-in-Chief of the 4th Group Army, and also held many other important military positions. He led his troops fought at the Baoding, Xi Kou, and Mountain of Zhong Tiao. In a series of Campaigns around Mountain of Zhong Tiao. From 1938 to the end of World War II, with inferior weapons, comparable numbers, but superior tactics, he successfully stopped the Japanese army who had much more superior weapons during his battles in Northwest China, and is therefore considered one of the most important Generals who defended Northwest China from the Japanese armies in World War II. After World War II, he resigned from the military position and did not involve himself in the Chinese Civil War from 1945 to 1949.

Later life

After the establishment of the

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, he worked as the vice Governor of

province and other administrative positions. He died in Xi'an on July 27, 1979.

References

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