From a miscellaneous company commander to the head of the Central Army with 500,000 troops, he is the only one. Who is he?

After the fall of the Central Plains in 1944, Tang Enbo, deputy commander of the First War Zone, was impeached by 103 members of the Political Council, which made him very panicked. Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek took the initiative to excuse Tang Enbo and admitted that the strategy of the Central Henan Campaign (the Henan part of the Henan-Xiang-Guangxi Campaign) was formulated by the Military Commission. He said: Some people have been asking, who ordered Tang Enbo's troops to withdraw from the battlefield? It means holding Tang Enbo accountable for leading the army to flee the battlefield without authorization.

Chiang Kai-shek’s answer is also very simple, he obeys my orders! Speaking of which, it means that Tom is safe again, at least his life is guaranteed. It should be said that although Tang Enbo is from Zhejiang, he is not from Huangpu. Why was he so valued and favored by Chiang Kai-shek? We can trace Tang Enbo's path to prosperity and his personal origins with Chen Yi and Chiang Kai-shek.

In 1921, 21-year-old Tang Enbo, a young man from Wuyi, Zhejiang, immigrated to Japan and entered Meiji University to study political economics the following year. While in school, in order to earn tuition and living expenses, he and Fa Xiao, who was also from Wuyi, opened a Chinese restaurant "Zhuofen Building" in Tokyo ***, mainly for Chinese students. One day, a Shengzhou girl named Wang Jingbai was included in the list of customers chasing a building. She studied at a silkworm school in Tokyo. After Tang Enbo learned that Wang Jingbai was the daughter of Chen Yi, the first division commander of the Zhejiang Army and the governor of Zhejiang Province, he decided to climb Chen Yi's "big tree" by hunting Wang Jingbai. Therefore, every time Miss Wang comes to eat, she will feel Tang Enbo's warm hospitality. She knew the heat in the young man's eyes. Unfortunately, it didn't last long. Due to poor management, Zhuifenglou soon had to close. Tang Enbo, who lacked tuition fees and living resources, had to drop out of school and go home. He also had to say goodbye to Wang Jing, who had not yet established a romantic relationship.

After returning to China, Tang Enbo met Chen Yi. Without saying a word, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed. Chen Yi was surprised and very happy. He thought the young man was cheerful and remarkable. After a pleasant exchange, Chen Yi became Tang Enbo's recommender at the Japanese Military Academy and subsidized his official fee of 50 yuan per month. In this way, in the spring of 1924, Tang Enbo became a student of the Japanese Army Division and went to Zhenwu School for preparatory studies for the first time. Afterwards, in order to express his gratitude, Tang Enbo changed his real name from Tang Keqin to Enbo, and called Chen Yi his teacher. In 1926, Tang Enbo returned to China with a diploma from Japanese scholars. The first thing he did after coming back was to marry Wang Jingbai. Here, Tang Enbo gave Chen Yi two more names: adoptive father and father-in-law. In the Chen Yi Division, Tang Enbo was promoted from the commander of the student company to the director of the division. After Chen Yi fell to the Northern Expeditionary Army, the First Division was expanded into the 19th Army, and Tang Enbo was appointed deputy commander of the lieutenant colonel. After Chiang Kai-shek established the National Government in Nanjing, Chen Yi recommended him to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition Headquarters. On the one hand, he wanted to provide Tang Enbo with a larger platform, and on the other hand, he also wanted to settle down in the central government. After the victory of the Northern Expedition, Chiang Kai-shek moved the Whampoa Military Academy from Guangzhou to Nanjing and renamed it the Central Military Academy.

Eager to try, Tang Enbo asked Chen Yi to help him become an instructor at the military academy. Chen Yi followed the path of Zhang Zhizhong, the chief educator of the military academy. With Chiang Kai-shek's consent, Tang Enbo was transferred to the military academy as an instructor, and the principal was Chiang Kai-shek. Therefore, although Tang Enbo was not from Huangpu, he took the Huangpu ship, which was very important for his future prosperity. Unlike other teachers who take students to do morning exercises on campus, Tang Enbo takes the first batch of students to Jilong Mountain every day. Over time, Chiang Kai-shek, who lived in his official residence in Jilong Mountain, could always find that their footsteps were neat and powerful and their shouts were loud and loud, which he admired very much. After asking Zhang Zhizhong, he found that the instructor in charge of this team was Tang Enbo. He remembered the name. Later, Tang Enbo compiled the "Research on Infantry Squadron (Company) Coaches" based on the German infantry training and combined with the essence of Japanese training and handed it over to Zhang Zhizhong and Chiang Kai-shek. Because this operation was more in line with the objective situation of the Chinese army, Chiang Kai-shek praised it very much. As a result, Tang Enbo was granted the right to hand the manuscript directly to Chiang Kai-shek, which also meant that he officially entered Chiang Kai-shek's field of vision. According to people close to Chiang Kai-shek, Tang Enbo's "philosopher" was the most favored by Chiang Kai-shek, and his suggestions were also most adopted by Chiang Kai-shek.

With the help of Chiang Kai-shek and Zhang Zhizhong, Tang Enbo, who showed outstanding abilities, was promoted to Major General Deputy Director of the Military Academy Education Department in early 1929. Since then, he has successively served as deputy company commander of the officer education company (Zhang Zhizhong is the company commander), commander of the officer education battalion, and deputy commander of the officer education corps. At this stage, Tang Enbo not only showed excellent business capabilities, but was also good at scratching Chiang Kai-shek's itch. He once said to Chiang Kai-shek: Soldiers only need to do what soldiers should do. As for personal advancement and retreat, that is a matter that the principal should consider, not my relationship. Soon, Tang Enbo was ordered to teach the major general of the first brigade of the second division. After the outbreak of the Central Plains War, Zhang Zhizhong taught the Second Division to manage three brigades: Tang Enbo's 4th Brigade, Guan Linzheng's 5th Brigade, and Zhang Lianhua's 6th Brigade. Because Tang Enbo insisted on guiding (Shangqiu) and ensuring the safety of Chiang Kai-shek's headquarters, he was once again praised by Chiang Kai-shek. Since then, Tang Enbo has been promoted to deputy commander of the 4th Division, lieutenant general of the 2nd Division, 89th Division and 4th Division. At this point, Tang Enbo's military strength gradually formed.

In 1935, Tang Enbo took over Qian Dajun and served as commander of the Thirteenth Army, with jurisdiction over the 89th Division and the 4th Division. The Thirteenth Army also became the foundation of Tang Bo's military group.

After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident broke out, Tang Enbo took the initiative to submit an invitation letter to Chiang Kai-shek, saying: At the end of July 1937, Chiang Kai-shek really gave Tang Enbo a difficult job, allowing him to lead the Thirteenth Army to resist the powerful Japanese army at Nankou. He had to blockade the Japanese troops for more than eight days. Tang Enbo's answer may make Chiang Kai-shek very happy. He said: In the end, Tang Enbo controlled the Japanese troops at Nankou for 18 days and exceeded the task assigned by Chiang Kai-shek. Some newspapers even published editorials saying, "The Battle of Nankou can be as close as the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War and the two battles of Songhu."

After the Battle of Nankou, Tang Enbo was promoted almost once: after the Battle of Nankou, he was promoted to the commander of the 20th Army; after the Battle of Taierzhuang, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the 31st Group Army; after the Battle of Zaoyihui, he was After being promoted to Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet, Shandong, and Henan Armed Forces after the Yunwan Campaign, Tang Enbo was called the "Number One Enemy" by Gangcun Ningci. Since 1942, every member of the 31st Group Army, Tang Enbo, has served as the deputy commander of the First Theater Zone. , more than 600,000 troops were stationed in Ye County, Henan. Tang Enbo, who had only been handsome for 3 years, lost his reputation as the "King of the Central Plains" with the disastrous defeat in Yuzhong and entered the lowest stage of his life. In August 1948, Chen Yi was appointed chairman of Zhejiang Province on the recommendation of Tang Enbo. In January 1949, Tang Enbo, commander-in-chief of Yangtze River Defense, rejected Chen Yi's rebellion and gave Mao Renfeng's personal trust to Chiang Kai-shek in Xikou.

In June 1950, Chen Yi was shot dead in Taipei. The "informant" Tang Enbo was not only despised by his colleagues, but also rejected by Chiang Kai-shek. His political life and daily life were in trouble. In 1954, Tang Enbo died on the hospital operating table while being treated for gastric bleeding in Tokyo. Although Tang Enbo's people are far away, their judgment on his right and wrong is still not far away. In the future, we will share different perspectives and let you enter the ocean of history.

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