Liu Yuzhang

Liu Yuzhang
General Liu Yuzhang
Nickname(s)	Liu the bald
Born	(1903-11-11)November 11, 1903 Xingping, Shaanxi
Died	11 April 1981(1981-04-11) (aged 77) Taipei, Taiwan
Place of burial	Taiwan
Allegiance	Republic of China
Rank	General
Unit	2nd division
Commands held	2nd Division (reorg.), March 1940 52nd Army, 1948 deputy commander-in-chief, Shanghai Defense Command, November 1948–May 1949 Kinmen Defense Command May 1954–November 1957 deputy commander-in-chief, Republic of China Army, July 1957 deputy commander-in-chief, Taiwan Garrison Command, 1963–1967 commander-in-chief Taiwan Garrison Command, 1967–1970
Battles/wars	Northern Expedition, Central Plains War, Defense of the Great Wall, Battle of Taierzhuang, Battle of Wuhan, Second Battle of Changsha, Liaoshen Campaign Shanghai Campaign First Taiwan Strait Crisis
Awards	Order of Blue Sky and White Sun
Other work	author

Liu Yuzhang (simplified Chinese: 刘玉章; traditional Chinese: 劉玉章; pinyin: Liú Yùzhāng; 11 November 1903 – 11 April 1981), nicknamed the bald general, was a well-known Chinese (Kuomintang) general. He was one of the very few KMT commanders who could defeat both the Imperial Japanese Army and Communist PLA in the Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War, respectively.

Liu enrolled in the fourth cadet class in 1925. Some of his well-known classmates included Lin Biao, Hu Lien, and Zhang Lingfu. After graduation, he participated in the Northern Expedition and Central Plains War and was promoted to the commander of the 5th Regiment, the 2nd Division when the Sino-Japan War began.

In fact, Liu had already experienced fighting with Imperial Japanese Army in 1933, during the Defense of the Great Wall, in which he suffered a minor wound. After the war against Japan broke out in 1937, he distinguished himself in the Battle of Taierzhuang, Battle of Wuhan. In 1939, he was promoted to the brigade commander and also the garrison commander of Changsha and fought against the Japanese Army in the First Battle of Changsha. In 1941, his commander Guan Linzheng promoted him to the post of the commander of the 2nd Division, the 52nd Corps, while the corps stationed in Yunan. In 1945, he led the 2nd Division to Vietnam to accept the surrender of Japanese Army there. When the Chinese communist forces invaded Manchuria, Liu's 52nd Corps were sent to Manchuria to fight with the communist forces under his former classmate, Lin Biao.