What Jiang Haoran didn't expect was that Tang Enbo, the former commander-in-chief of the Qingyi Army, was still in the command headquarters, and the Qingyi Army was broken up by Jiang Haoran and incorporated into the expeditionary force, and he, the commander-in-chief, became a light pole, originally thought that he could return to the current Far Fifth Group Army to get an official and a half-post, who knew that he was scolded by Gu and his face, and the entire army and ten divisions were lost in his hands, so he was embarrassed to go back, so he simply found a piece of tofu and killed him. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Tang Enbo is a capable officer of the Whampoa department and an out-and-out 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 in Nankou, and led the 13th Army to fight a bloody battle with 70,000 Japanese troops on the front line of Huailai, Nankou, and Juyongguan for more than 20 days, until the fall of Zhangjiakou.

The bloody battle of Nankou is famous in the history of the Anti-Japanese War. The 13th Army was the main force in this battle, with 12,600 casualties, accounting for more than 45% of the total number of troops. In this defensive battle, the Chinese soldiers fought bravely, tenaciously, tragically, and with resourcefulness, they shattered the myth of Japan's invincibility, set a record of more than 10,000 Japanese casualties in a battle, delayed the Japanese army's attack on Shanxi, and shattered the Japanese army's dream of annihilating China within three months.

In the Battle of Nankou, Tang Enbo commanded the operation on the front line, and his command was blown up by enemy artillery fire several times.

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

However, Tang Enbo's performance in the Battle of Taierzhuang has been disputed and discredited in later decades. The destroyer said that Tang Enbo fully revealed his side of not saving the friendly army before and after this battle: he did not rescue Chifeng City in Tengxian County, and was defeated by the Japanese army, and when the 2nd Army resisted in front of Taierzhuang, Tang Enbo also waited for the Northwest Army to fight with the Japanese army in a series of bloody battles, and only launched a counteroffensive after each other exhausted all the reserves, so that most of the Japanese army was defeated but not defeated, and successfully escaped from the encirclement.

Those who have a reputation say that Tang Enbo is flexible and appropriate in using troops, and believes that Tang Enbo is the key factor in Taierzhuang's victory. The so-called failure to listen to orders and delay in patrolling during the counteroffensive of Taierzhuang is a misunderstanding of the roundabout battle between the Tang Army and the Sakamoto detachment.

Because the Tang Corps found that the Japanese Sakamoto detachment had reached Shaojiazhuang and appeared on the flank of the 20th Army Corps, while the other main force of the Japanese army had reached Guanzhuang and the Lancheng area, the two sides were less than 15 kilometers apart.

If the two sides advanced on both sides, the 20th Army Corps would undoubtedly be destroyed, so Tang Enbo believed that the battlefield was changing rapidly and the generals would not be subject to military orders outside, so he made a bold decision to revise the battle plan and move the 25th Division back to block the Sakamoto detachment towards the city; The 4th Division attacked the Japanese troops in the area of Aiqu and Akiho; The 89th Division arrived east of Hongshan Town to cover the 25th Division.

In doing so, you can get rid of the flank threat of the 20th Army Corps, so that it has no worries about the final general attack, and it can also include the remnants of the Muscle Valley Division in the encirclement volume, increasing the results of Taierzhuang. As long as its actions do not affect the overall situation, before the ultimatum of the Military Command Department is issued, the Tang Department has the right to decide the time of the attack, just like the Han general Zhou Yafu went to rescue the Liang State during the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of the Western Han Dynasty. In short, Tong's march route was a process of southward heading, detouring, and southward. Although the battle plan was revised and delayed for three days, after the Tang Army completed the sweeping mission, it immediately continued to move south in accordance with Shangfeng's warrant, which did not lead to a deterioration in the overall battle situation in Taierzhuang, and finally completed the encirclement of the enemy in Taierzhuang.

Regardless of the evaluation of Tang Enbo by later generations, his merits in the anti-Japanese battlefield cannot be erased, Okamura Ninji said in his memoirs: "When I was the commander of the 11th Army, I had two confrontations with Tang Enbo, and based on other intelligence, he was the most brave and warlike general under Chiang Kai-shek. This shows that it is mottled.

But at this time, Tang Enbo was disgraced and extremely frustrated, as soon as Jiang Haoran came in, he hurriedly got up from the chair, called out to the general seat, and stood up to salute.

"Hehe, old sir, we don't have to be so polite, you just call me Haorande." Jiang Haoran stepped forward and grabbed Tang Enbo's right hand, shook it vigorously and said.

Tang Enbo smiled bitterly: "The general seat is benevolent and righteous, I still remember that the lowly position once gave you the chief, and the lowly position is grateful, but that is already in the past, today's Tang Enbo is already like a lost dog, where can you still call the head seat by your name?" ”

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

Tang Enbo's eyes suddenly showed a hint of brilliance, and he blurted out: "I want to hear it in detail!" ”

Jiang Haoran said: "I will give an order to the Far Fifth Group Army now, appoint you as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Far Fifth Group Army, I will not go around the bend with you, I hope you do everything possible to encircle the troops, and strive to squeeze Gu He down and replace him, you can rest assured, I will install a large number of grassroots military commanders in his troops, and these people will only follow your lead, and they can't move their high-level, you can start to elevate him from below." ”

Jiang Haoran's straightforwardness made Tang Enbo stunned for a moment, and then fell into a long silence, the high position of the commander of the group army naturally made him excited, but at the same time, he also knew that doing what Jiang Haoran said meant that he would be branded with Jiang Haoran from now on, and the chairman would never go back, but if he didn't do what he said, his career as a horse fighter might basically end here, and it would probably not be easy for a person in his fifties to wait for a suitable opportunity to take the position.

Just when Tang Enbo was fighting, Jiang Haoran said again: "I heard Deputy Chief Bai say that only Sun Lianzhong can fight positional warfare, and it is Zhang Zizhong who can attack and defend, but the most flexible sports war is only you, the old chief, so 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 promise." ”

"Well, the old chief is very grateful for the righteousness, and without further ado, I will sign the order." Jiang Haoran said that he ordered Mei Xiang to bring a pen and paper, brush and write a letter of appointment, sign the name and stamp the big seal, and hand it to Tang Enbo in person, and said frankly that Gu and he must take it, even if he Tang Enbo does not cooperate, he will find other people to cooperate, it really can't work, just find a reason to open him, he Jiang Haoran also did it, but that was the next step, and he Jiang Haoran didn't want to look too ugly.