Early Life and Career
Guan Linzheng was born in a rural peasant family in Hu County, Shaanxi. Shanxi General Governer Yu Youren recommended him to join the Chinese Nationalist Party headed by Dr. Sun Yat-sen in Canton. and attended the Whampoa Military Academy, where some of his notable classmates included Du Yuming, Fan Hanjie, Hu Lian, Liu Yuzhang, Zhang Lingfu, and Lin Biao.
In 1925, Guan a member of the first graduating class the Academy, he was seriously injured in his knees during the Eastern Expedition against the Cantonese warlord Chen Jiongming.
In 1926, Guan was appointed to be the battalion commander of the Central garrison regiment and participated in the Northern Expedition. In 1927 Guan received his promotion as regiment commander of the General Headquarters of National Revolutionary Army, and was then transferred to the 11th division, one of Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek's most elite units.
In September 1928, Guan was promoted to brigade commander of the 11th division and later as deputy commander of the newly established 5th division. In 1930 he fought under President Chiang Kai-Shek during the Central Plains War and was transferred again to the South to attack the Chinese communist forces under Red Army commander Chen Geng in Hubei, forcing them to join the Long March two years later. He was then promoted to command the 25th division because of this accomplishment.
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