25 Facts About Zhang Yunyi

Zhang Yunyi, was a Communist revolutionary and military strategist of the People's Republic of China.

Zhang Yunyi was born in a poor peasant family on August 10,1892, in Wenchang, Guangdong.

In 1908, Zhang Yunyi successfully passed the entrance examination of Whampoa Military Academy in Guangzhou and enrolled.

In Oct 1909, in primary school, Zhang Yunyi joined the Tongmenghui secretly with a few of patriotic classmates.

Zhang Yunyi left the Whampoa Military Academy and took part in the Second Guangzhou Uprising in 1911.

Zhang Yunyi took part in the National Protection War in 1915.

In 1926, Zhang Yunyi took part in the Northern Expedition as the Chief of staff.

Zhang Yunyi sided with the Communists, and was one of the cadres sent to Guangxi in 1929 to take advantage of a political crisis there.

In late April 1937, Zhang Yunyi was sent to Hong Kong to lead the south anti-Japanese national united front.

Zhang Yunyi collected donations in Hong Kong and Macao and persuaded Ye Ting to join the war against Japan.

Ye Ting was the Army commander, while Zhang Yunyi held the concurrent posts of chief of staff and commander of the third detachment.

On May 5,1939, the north Yangtze River command post of the New Fourth Army was established and Zhang Yunyi held the concurrent post of the general director and the Secretary of the CCP of the command post.

In December 1940, with Xu Haidong, and Luo Binghui, Zhang Yunyi shattered the military attack of Collaborationist Chinese Army.

At the beginning of 1941, after the New Fourth Army incident, Zhang Yunyi acted as the Deputy Commander of the New Fourth Army and the division commander of the second division.

In January, 1946, Zhang Yunyi was concurrently appointed deputy commander of the Shandong Military Region taking charge of logistic maintenance and base construction of the New Fourth Army and the Shandong Military Region.

In January, 1947, Zhang Yunyi was appointed deputy commander of the East-China Military Region.

Zhang Yunyi led the Land Reform, Yan'an Rectification Movement, front-line support, and local armed forces construction.

In November, 1948, Zhang Yunyi was concurrently appointed commander of the Shandong Military Region.

In January, 1949, Zhang Yunyi proposed the preparation for Yangtze River Crossing campaign and formulated strategic plans.

Zhang Yunyi attended the conference as the chief representative of the South-China Chinese People's Liberation Army.

Zhang Yunyi was appointed Committee member of Chinese People's Government Committee and Chinese People's Revolutionary Military Committee.

Not long after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Zhang Yunyi was appointed to be the CCP party chief of Guangxi Province.

Zhang Yunyi is the only one of the ten dajiang who had a concubine.

The second son, Zhang Yunyi Yuanzhi, born in 1928 to Han Bi, was the deputy secretary of Ministry of Nuclear Industry.

The younger son, Zhang Yunyi Guangdong, born in 1946 to Han Bi, was the headmaster of the Shijiazhuang Army Command College.