Anti-Japanese heroic righteousness

What Jiang Haoran didn't expect was that Tang Enbo, the former commander-in-chief of the First Qing Army, was still in the headquarters. The Fifth Group Army of the Yuan Dynasty got an official position, but Gu Liantong scolded him so much that he lost the ten divisions of the entire army, so he had the nerve to go back and just find a piece of tofu to beat him to death.

Tang Enbo is a capable general of the Whampoa faction, and he is an out-and-out direct descendant of the Chairman.

In 1937, the all-out war of resistance officially broke out.Tang Enbo served as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy at Nankou, and led the 13th Army to fight bloody battles with 20 Japanese troops at Huailai, Nankou, and Juyongguan for more than [-] days until Zhangjiakou fell.

The bloody battle at Nankou is famous in the history of the Anti-Japanese War.The 13th Army was the main force in this battle, with 12600 casualties, accounting for more than 45% of the entire army.In this defensive battle, the Chinese soldiers fought bravely, tenaciously, tragically, and wittily, destroying the myth that Japan was invincible, setting a record of more than [-] Japanese casualties in one battle, and delaying the time for the Japanese army to attack Shanxi. The dream of destroying China within a month has been shattered.

During the Battle of Nankou, Tang Enbo commanded the battle on the front line. His headquarters was bombed several times by enemy artillery fire. With his tenacious will, he insisted on carrying it to the end of the battle, and won the reputation of "Anti-Japanese Hero" in this battle.

But what really made him famous was the Taierzhuang victory in 1938, in which he won the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal.

However, Tang Enbo's performance in the Battle of Taierzhuang has different opinions and mixed reputations in the decades to come.Destroyers said that Tang Enbo fully showed his willingness to die for his allies before and after the battle: he did not rescue Chifengcheng in Teng County and let it be defeated by the Japanese army. Waiting for the Northwest Army and the Japanese army to fight a series of bloody battles, and then launched a counterattack after fighting each other out of all the reserves, so that most of the Japanese army was defeated and escaped from the encirclement smoothly.

Those who praised Tang Enbo said that Tang Enbo used troops flexibly and appropriately, and believed that Tang Enbo was a pivotal factor in Taierzhuang's victory.The so-called refusal to obey orders and stagnation during the Taierzhuang counterattack is a misunderstanding of the detours of the Tang Army and the Sakamoto Detachment.

Because the Tang Army Group found that the Japanese Sakamoto Detachment had arrived at Shaojiazhuang and appeared on the flank of the 20th Army, while the main force of the other Japanese army had reached Guanzhuang, Lancheng area, and the distance between the two sides was less than 15 kilometers.

If the two sides advance in two directions, the 20th Army will undoubtedly be destroyed. Therefore, Tang Enbo believes that the battlefield is changing rapidly and foreign military orders will not be accepted, so he made a bold decision and revised the battle plan. The 25th Division attacked the Japanese troops in Aiqu and Qiuhu; the 4th Division arrived east of Hongshan Town and covered the 89th Division.

In doing so, it can get rid of the threat of the 20th Army's flanks, so that it has no worries in the final general attack, and can also include the remnants of the Shigu Division in the encirclement volume, increasing the results of the battle in Taierzhuang.As long as its actions do not affect the overall situation, the Ministry of Tang has the right to decide the time to attack before the ultimatum of the military command is issued, just like the Han general Zhou Yafu went to rescue Liang Guo during the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion in the Western Han Dynasty.In short, Tang's marching route was a process of going south - roundabout - going south.Although the battle plan was revised and the time was delayed for three days, after completing the mopping up mission, the Tang Legion immediately continued to go south according to Shangfeng's order, which did not lead to deterioration of the overall battle situation in Taierzhuang, and finally completed the encirclement of the enemies of Taierzhuang.

No matter what later generations think of Tang Enbo, his contribution in the anti-Japanese battlefield cannot be denied. Neiji Okamura said in his memoirs: "When I was the commander of the No.11 Army, I met with Tang Enbo twice. Confrontation, combined with other information, he is the most valiant general under Chiang Kai-shek's command. "It can be seen that mottled.

But at this time, Tang Enbo was ashamed and frustrated, as soon as Jiang Haoran came in, he quickly got up from his chair, called the chief, and stood up to salute.

"Hehe, old sir, we don't need to be so polite, you can just call me Haoran." Jiang Haoran stepped forward to hold Tang Enbo's right hand, shaking it vigorously and said.

Tang Enbo smiled wryly and said: "Chairman Renyi, I still remember that I once let you go, and I am very grateful, but that is in the past tense. Today's Tang Enbo is like a bereaved dog. How can I call you by your name directly?"

Jiang Haoran can naturally hear the emotions in these words, smiled slightly, and said: "Old sir, you don't have to ridicule me. To be honest, I feel very relieved to see you here at this moment, which shows that you still have feelings for me. Yes, I also know your intentions, seeing this hard-won army commander become a poor commander, anyone would feel uncomfortable, if you can accept my arrangement, a mere army commander is nothing?"

There was a gleam in Tang Enbo's eyes, and he blurted out: "I would like to hear more about it!"

Jiang Haoran said: "I will issue an order to the Fifth Yuan Army now, and appoint you as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Fifth Yuan Army. I will not go around with you. I hope you will do everything possible to win over the troops and strive to squeeze Gu Liantong out and replace him. You can rest assured that I will install a large number of low-level military commanders in his army, and these people will only follow your lead and cannot move their high-level, you can start to empty him from below."

Tang Enbo was taken aback by Jiang Haoran's straightforwardness, and then fell into a long silence. The high position of the commander of the army group naturally made his heart flutter, but at the same time, he also knew that if he really followed Jiang Haoran's words, it meant that he would be branded as a With Jiang Haoran's brand, the chairman will never go back, but if he doesn't do what he said, his military career will basically end here. People in their 50s, if they want to wait for a suitable It may not be an easy task to get the upper hand.

Just when Tang Enbo was fighting, Jiang Haoran said again: "I heard Vice President Bai say that only Sun Lianzhong can fight positional warfare, and Zhang Zizhong can attack and defend, but the only one who can fight the most flexible mobile warfare is you, old sir. Therefore, I really hope that the old chief can continue to serve the party-state and gallop on the battlefield."

Perhaps Jiang Haoran's encouragement played a role, Tang Enbo gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, I agree."

"Hey, the old officer is very grateful for the great righteousness. It is not too late. I will sign the order." Jiang Haoran ordered Mei Xiang to bring a pen and paper, write out a letter of appointment, sign the name and stamp it on the letter of appointment. Yin, handed it to Tang Enbo himself, and said frankly that Gu Liantong must be taken down. Even if Tang Enbo didn't cooperate, he would find someone else to cooperate. Jiang Haoran can do it too, but that's a bad idea, and Jiang Haoran doesn't want to look too ugly.