Zheng Dongguo

Zheng Dongguo 鄭洞國
General Zheng Dongguo
Born	1903 Shimen County, Hunan, Qing dynasty
Died	1991 Beijing, China
Allegiance	Republic of China
Years of service	1924-1948
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	200th Division
Commands held	200th Division, New 1st Army, Changchun Garrison
Battles/wars	Northern Expedition Second Sino-Japanese War Burma Campaign Yunnan Campaign Chinese Civil War Liaoshen Campaign Siege of Changchun
Awards	Order of Blue Sky and White Sun, Order of the Cloud and Banner, Order of the Precious Tripod

Northern Expedition

Zheng Dongguo (Chinese: 鄭洞國; pinyin: Zhèng Dòngguó) was a field commander in the Republic of China National Revolutionary Army. He took part in the Second Sino-Japanese War, and was active in southern China and in the Burma theatre of the war, drawing troops from Yunnan. After the Japanese surrender in 1945, he was an important commander in the Chinese Civil War serving under Du Yuming and Chen Cheng in Manchuria.

.

Zhang was an outspoken critic of the Japanese presence in Manchuria and especially of the Japanese efforts to build up the state of Manchukuo. He joined the Kuomintang and gained recognition from Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. Zhang was also well liked by Chiang for his personal loyalty - Zhang was conservative with respect to Chinese cultural traditions of filial piety, which was recognized by other Neo-Confucians like Chiang.

Zheng made a name for himself as a capable commander, defeating forces of the technologically and logistically superior Imperial Japanese Army in several engagements in Yunnan, Burma, Northern China, and Manchuria. In Yunnan, Zhang was considered popular with his troops, and many of the soldiers recruited and trained there would remain with him throughout the remainder of his campaigns with the Kuomintang. It is during this time that Zheng came under the command of General Du Yuming, and himself gained a degree of notoriety inside China.