User blog:Battlefan237/Spring Festival Special: Sun Li-jen vs. Peng Dehuai

Today is the last day of Lunar year therefore I decide to replace my originally planned Banned users vs Anons with this special battle featuring two Chinese warriors. Sun Li-jen, the star of China-Burma-India theater;Peng Dehuai, the peasant-turned commander that shined his way through WWII and Korean War. Both generals are widely considered as the best of their faction, however,sadly both were also subjected to mistreatment and political persecution despite their contribution to their factions. Without further adieu let's get to their info.

Sun Li-Jen
"When facing an enemy of equal or larger strength, take the most indirect, least aware and totally unanticipated approach, instead of frontal confrontation, to launch a surprise attack."
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- Sun Li-jen

Sun Li-jen was a Chinese Nationalist (KMT) general, a graduate of Virginia Military Institute, best known for his leadership in the Second Sino-Japanese War. His achievements in World War II, especially in the Burma Campaign, earned him the laudatory nickname ". Rommel of the East".

After engaging in the Battle of Shanghai, Sun's Division was sent by Chiang Kai-shek into Burma to protect the Burma Road as part of the Chinese Expeditionary Force. Sun led one Chinese regiment through difficult terrain to relieve 7,000 British forces trapped by the numerically superior Japanese in the Battle of Yenangyaung. Although unable to stop the Japanese from cutting the Burma Road, Sun gained the respect of General William Slim, the commander of the British 14th Army and successfully retreated his troops into India without being ambushed by Japanese troops. Then Sun's division was incorporated in the New First Army, and became a part of 'X Force', the Chinese force under the command of Joseph Stilwell, the American commander of all American and Chinese troops in the "China Burma India Theater". The battle discipline of Sun's divisions reaffirmed Stilwell's respect for the Chinese soldier. His troops spearheaded the Burma Campaign, Stilwell's 1943 drive to reconquer North Burma and re-establish the land route to China by the Ledo Road. During the entire campaign, Sun's troops achieved a long string of victories, making General Stilwell considered Sun the most capable Chinese field commander in the entire war. In 1945, at the invitation of American General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Sun toured the battlefields of Europe. He returned to China to lead the New First Army to Canton to accept the Japanese surrender.

Although successful in World War II, Sun was exempted from his spot due to speculation of insubordination and eventually put under house arrest after retreating back to Taiwan with the rest of KMT due to alleged involvement in a spy case and lived under surveillance for the rest of his life.

Even after his death the Nationalist government didn't stop persecuting his family and his associations, resulting in decades of miserable life for his descendants. However, eventually his name was cleared in 2001 and a memorial hall was set up in his residence, finally allowing him to rest in peace.
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 * Kept in his golf bag
 * 14 kg in weight
 * 37.94 in (964 mm) in length
 * 7.62×51mm NATO
 * 400–600 round/min
 * 1,500 yd (1,400 m) (maximum effective range)
 * 250-round belt feed
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Peng Dehuai

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