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Chen Cheng (1898.1.4-1965.3.5), whose real name is Dexin, alias is Shi Sou, the first-class army general of the Kuomintang (1947.2), was once the commander of the major military regions.

Chen Cheng, a native of Waicun Village, Gaoshi Township, qingtian county City, Zhejiang Province, was born in a generation of farmers on 1898 65438+ 10. Grandfather Chen Jinyun, great-grandfather Chen Guifen and great-great-grandfather Chen Shengshan all took farming as their careers. His father, Chen Xiwen, was a scholar in the late Qing Dynasty. His family has a thin field, but he is not rich. After the Reform Movement of 1898, he changed to a new school, graduated from Hangzhou Junior Normal School, taught in qingtian county Primary School, and was promoted to principal. Uncle Chen Yipeng used to be a tribute student in the Qing Dynasty. My mother, Hong, is very frugal and diligent in housework. She has three men and one woman, Chen Cheng is the boss, the second is repairing, the third is repairing, and the woman is anonymous. When she was eighty-five, she finally lived in Taipei.

As a child, Chen Cheng was sickly and didn't study with his uncle's class until he was eight years old. The following year, I entered qingtian county Gaoshi Primary School. After school, I often go up the mountain to cut wood with a group of friends in the village, drive cattle to eat grass, work in the fields and swim by the river, and my physique is getting stronger and stronger. He is stubborn and naughty. He fights with people and never gives up. Often he has four flags behind him, and three people come to power at a session. The villagers said he was like a martial artist on the stage. He is often scolded by his father for being naughty and unruly, but he is talented and has excellent academic performance. Three miles away from Gaoshi, there is a Shimen Cave with scenic spots and historical sites, Dieyun mountains and waterfalls, and beautiful scenery. There is a "Liu Wencheng Temple" on the hill, which is said to be the place where Liu Ji (Liu Bowen), the founding father of the Ming Dynasty, studied. Chen Cheng often goes there to play. Every time he listens to the old man talk about Liu Bowen assisting Zhu Yuanzhang, the originator of unofficial history in the Ming Dynasty, he is fascinated. His alias is "Shi Sou" and he is determined to encourage Liu Bowen.

19 12. After Chen Cheng graduated from primary school, his father decided to keep him at home to run a small business and help with housework, so that his younger brother could be admitted to middle school. However, Chen Cheng tried to change his situation by studying, so he decided to review his lessons at home for one year, and then went away without telling his parents 100 miles in the name of going out to do small business. Came to the state (now Lishui) Liancheng Academy and was admitted to the 11th Normal University. His father had to change his mind and let him continue his studies. At school, he likes sports. He can do horizontal bar, parallel bars, wooden horse, football and dumbbell exercises. He especially likes sticks and exercises his arms every morning. In a school sports meeting, he also won the first place in the horizontal bar.

19 17, Chen Cheng graduated from the second phase of eleven provincial normal schools. As it happens, there is a shortage of PE teachers in Ye Jing Senior Primary School in qingtian county, and his father is the principal of the school. A teacher knew that Chen Cheng was good at sports, so he suggested that he fill this vacancy. But his father seriously refused: "How can that be done? As the principal of a school, how can I use my authority to hire my son? Aren't you caught in the laughing stock of egoism by doing so? " It didn't work. At this time, Chen Cheng, 20, was introduced by Wu and married Wu Shunlian, Wu's sister. The following year, I came to Hangzhou with my wife's dowry, transferred to a sports school, and graduated in just one month. Then stay in Hangzhou for further study.

Just as Chen Cheng was worried about the future, his old friend and father's hometown General Du Zhiyuan was elected as a member of parliament and went to the north to take office via Hangzhou. He immediately called home and asked his father for support. Du saw that his friend's junior couldn't find a way out, and thought that he was young, so he took him to Beijing. Chen Cheng borrowed chuzhou middle school's diploma and entered Baoding Army Academy as an impostor. However, due to poor exam results and short stature, he could not be admitted. Du Zhiyuan entered the Eighth Artillery Department of Baoding Military Academy in the name of 19 19 after Wei Shutong, director and examiner of the Military Science Division of the War Department. After the outbreak of the Zhi-Wan War, the military academy was closed. He went south to Guangzhou, served in the third regiment of the first division of the newly-built Guangdong Army, and joined the China Kuomintang. Soon, Baoding Military Academy resumed classes and returned to school to continue studying.

1After graduating from Baoding Military Academy in June, 922, Chen Cheng was assigned as an intern in the 3rd Company of the 6th Regiment of the 2nd Brigade of Zhejiang Army in Shaoxing, Zhejiang. Soon, he was replaced by a second lieutenant platoon leader. Seeing that he had not been promoted for two years, he felt that it was difficult to make a difference in the Zhejiang army without background and decided to find another way.

This year, Deng Feng Sun Zhongshan's orders sent officers to Shanghai to form a new army in Guangzhou. When Chen Cheng got the news from his hometown, he was very happy because he had a teacher-student relationship with Deng when he was studying in Baoding Military Academy. He asked for leave from the regimental headquarters Without approval, he went to Shanghai for nothing to find Deng, regardless of the constraints of military discipline. In February 65438, Deng and I went to Guangzhou.

At that time, Deng was the head of the Third Regiment of the First Division of the Guangdong Army, and Chen Cheng was appointed as the lieutenant adjutant and captain company commander, responsible for the security work of Marshal Sun Yat-sen's mansion. In April of the following year, Commander Shen secretly colluded with the Beiyang warlord government to launch a rebellion. In May, Chen Cheng went to Xijiang with Sun Yat-sen, and was shot in the chest during the battle between Zhaoqing and Feng Bao in Gui Jun, and was hospitalized. Chiang Kai-shek, then chief of staff of the Guangdong Army, came to Zhaoqing and went to the hospital to offer condolences to the wounded and comfort Chen Cheng. This is the first time that Chen Cheng met with Chiang Kai-shek.

1June, 924, Huangpu Military Academy was formally established. Chen Cheng was seriously quoted by Deng, deputy director of the school's coaching department and deputy head of the student group. In September, he was transferred to the school as a special assistant to the captain (that is, waiting for an official) and an education adjutant. The following year, the school established an artillery division. Because Chen Cheng was born as an artillery division in Baoding Military Academy, he was appointed as the instructor of the artillery division and the captain of the artillery team. Once, he went back to camp with Deng's relatives and friends. When he saw the dawn, he couldn't sleep any more, so he read the Three People's Principles. President Chiang Kai-shek patrolled by and found him sitting in a dangerous place, absorbed in reading, so he stopped and asked, "What's your name?" Chen Cheng looked up and turned out to be President Jiang. He immediately stood at attention and answered. Later, Chiang Kai-shek asked, "What are the Three People's Principles advocated by Premier Sun?" "Do you remember the Prime Minister's instructions to our teachers and students when our school started?" Chen Cheng stand out, one by one back out. Chiang Kai-shek nodded and patted Chen Cheng on the shoulder: "Okay, okay. The poem says,' The wind and rain are like clouds, and the chickens crow endlessly'. Do it well! "

On New Year's Day the following year, the Huangpu Military Academy established an artillery battalion. Chen Cheng was appointed as the first company commander by Chiang Kai-shek. In February, he took part in the first crusade against Chen Jiongming. 15 at dawn, the battle of Danshui City started, and Chiang Kai-shek personally commanded the battle in the artillery position. Chen Cheng commanded the artillery, bombarded it violently, hit the target and destroyed many city walls. A valiant team composed of officers and men of the 1st and 2nd regiments immediately launched an attack from the gap and captured Danshui City. After the first successful crusade, Chen Cheng's battery was praised by Chiang Kai-shek.

At dawn on March 12, Chen Jiongming's Hulin Department, exhausted by the long battle of the right-wing crusade army, launched a large-scale counterattack and fought fiercely with the first regiment in Mianhu. At that time, it was very dangerous to teach a regiment to fight alone against more than 20 thousand enemies with more than 1000 troops. Chiang Kai-shek, who was bidding at the command post, saw Chen Jiongming's department approaching step by step and headed for the artillery position anxiously with Soviet consultant Bao Luoting. He was so angry that he shouted to Chen Cheng, "Niang Xipi, are you dumb?" You, the artillery company commander, don't want to fight! "Chen Cheng hung up the color on his right arm, gritted his teeth on the battery, personally pointed the gun at the battlements command post in Chen Jiongming, and fired three shots, all of which blossomed in the shanzhai in Chen Jiongming. When the artillery of the whole company saw the company commander start, they all cheered and opened fire on the enemy to stop the enemy's attack. Chiang Kai-shek at the command post saw from the observation mirror that the enemy troops were scattered by gunfire and fled everywhere. He happily said to Bao Luoting, "This company commander is good and accurate! "Once again got the appreciation of Chiang kai-shek.

At the end of May, the Crusaders returned to Guangzhou. Chen Cheng, who has just entered the military field, has won the reputation of "starting with three artillery" and feels that he will follow Chiang Kai-shek in the future. Just as he was triumphant, he suddenly received a telegram from my mother: "Leave my son, your father died of illness, and go back to his hometown to attend the funeral." At that time, he was very contradictory and worried that going back to his hometown for funeral would affect his future; I'm afraid I can't go back and lose my reputation as an unfilial descendant. After careful consideration, I asked for leave and went back to my hometown. After arranging his father's funeral, he didn't share a room with his wife because of injury, which aroused his wife's suspicion. He thought he was an official, having an affair, and looked down on his rustic wife in the mountains, so he stabbed himself with scissors in a rage and was sent to the hospital for treatment before he died. He was depressed when he saw something happened at home temporarily. He doesn't want to go back to Guangdong. He ran to Hangzhou and asked Governor Xia Chao to find a position in the police, but he was not hired and had to return to Guangzhou Artillery Battalion.

In June, Chen Cheng was ordered to take part in the uprising against Liu Zhenhuan of Gui Jun and Yang Ximin of Yunnan Army. 13, Hu Lu, defeated by Zengcheng, suddenly returned to Guangzhou to counterattack Guanyin Mountain. Seeing that the situation was critical, Chen Cheng, who was leading the artillery company in the North tinker, made a decisive decision and ordered the artillery to shell the Yunnan army, knocking down the flag of Hu Brigade for the first time. The enemy was frightened and fled everywhere. The Huangpu Training Corps rushed out of the police to annihilate Hu Lu.

In September, in order to unify Guangdong Province, the Kuomintang government made a second crusade to completely eliminate Chen Jiongming. 65438+ 10 65438+April, in the battle to conquer Huizhou city, which is known as the natural barrier, Chen Cheng saw the vanguard troops approaching the battlements, and the enemy's fire protection points blocked them, causing casualties and pillows. He personally led the mountain artillery to advance to the north gate about 400 meters away from the tower, directly aimed at the bombardment, destroyed all the enemy's side fire protection points, and covered the troops entering the city to conquer Huizhou, thus making great achievements. At this time, he was more valued by Chiang Kai-shek and was promoted to the battalion commander of the Second Artillery Battalion. In the spring of the following year, Deng was appointed as the director of the education department and the director of the coaching department of Huangpu Military Academy. Chen Cheng was transferred to the artillery section chief. In June, he was promoted to Director of the Preparatory Office of the First Supplementary Division and Head of the Third Regiment.

After the National Revolutionary Army pledged to the Northern Expedition, Chen Cheng led the third regiment to March into Ganzhou, Jiangxi with the second column of the East Route Army. Soon, the first supplementary division changed its designation to 2 1 division, and the third regiment was also changed to 63 regiments. He is still the head of the regiment.

1927 1 month, 2 1 division arrived in Quzhou, Zhejiang, and took on the task of fighting in the middle road. In Longyou and Lanxi, they fought fiercely with Sun and Meng. In mid-February, I left the army and went to Hangzhou. A little breath a sigh of relief, meng department back again. Chen Cheng led the 63rd regiment to cross the river in Langshibu, northwest of Tonglu, and fought fiercely with the enemy's third division for several days, resulting in huge casualties. Later, he led a secret service team to raid the enemy headquarters in the middle of the night. The enemy didn't know the truth, panicked and retreated hastily. The 21st Division pursued the situation, conquered Deng Xin, then entered Hangzhou, and Zhejiang was pacified.

After Zhejiang was pacified, the Northern Expeditionary Army attacked Jiangsu and Anhui in three ways. 2 1 division won two battles with the East Route Army, and Chen Cheng led the 63rd regiment to capture Wujiang River. On March 22nd, he conquered Suzhou overnight and returned to Songjiang. Under the river outside the East Gate of Changshu, he stopped Bi Shucheng's light and heavy troops and officers' training regiment of Lu Zhi Army and captured many people. On April 7th, 2 1 division entered Nanjing. Immediately, he was promoted to deputy commander of Major General of the 2nd1Division, and still served as the head of the 63rd regiment.

Chiang Kai-shek launched "four? On the day of the "coup", Chen Cheng came to the teacher's residence to inquire about the current situation and asked for a general plan. Yan said: "I want to disarm and return to the battlefield. Make up your mind. " He remembers that he was appreciated by Chiang Kai-shek since he arrived at the Whampoa Military Academy. He believes that Chiang Kai-shek "has the skill of climbing the dragon" and the coup "is bound to succeed". When summoned by Chiang Kai-shek, he said, "We must advance and retreat with your throne and resolutely support the wise decision of the commander-in-chief!"

Seriously unwilling to be an enemy of Chiang Kai-shek, he asked for leave due to illness and sponsored Chen Chengsheng to replace the 2 nd1division commander. The next day, he went to Yan Yan and said, "Now anyone who is willing to work actively is regarded as a * * * production party. Who dares!" Then he said with tears in his eyes, "Sir, I can't do it without you." Wei Yan encouraged him to say: "This is a revolutionary army, you should safeguard it well;" Although I have left, I will try my best to help you. "

In May, Chiang Kai-shek continued the "Northern Expedition". Chen Cheng was ordered to lead the 21st Division from Zhenjiang to the north and successively occupied Qingjiangpu, Haizhou and Xuzhou. In late June, Feng was transferred back to Nanjing. At that time, Tang Shengzhi for Jiang Jinjun under the eastern front. Chen Cheng came to Xuzhou Yunlong Mountain to cover the general retreat of the Northern Expeditionary Army, which was praised by Chiang Kai-shek. In July, Chen Cheng, who was only 30 years old, was promoted to 2 1 teacher.

In August, the Seventh Army of Li Zongren, the First Army of He and six divisions of Sun fought fiercely in Longtan and Qixia. 2 1 On orders from He, I rushed to join forces with Sun Bu. Chen Cheng just had a stomachache, so he had to sit in a sedan chair and bid on the front line. After the battle of Longtan, 2 1 division went to Suzhou for training and consolidation. At this time, someone reported to He that Chen Cheng had gone into battle in a sedan chair. Sun Changjun, the deputy teacher, also wooed Huangpu students to pour Chen. In June of 5438+00, Chen Cheng was removed from his post as a teacher. He was unconvinced and thought he had won the battle despite his illness. He not only failed, but also suffered. He deeply blamed why he rejected dissidents and complained to others: "Chiang Kai-shek's downfall was also forced away. How did he contact Bai Chongxi? They want to crowd out Zhejiang soldiers. " Since then, he has formed an indissoluble bond with He.

At this time, he is seriously serving as the military and political director of the Military Commission in Nanjing. Chen Cheng accepted the opinions of his fellow villagers and immediately went to Nanjing to find serious problems. Later, Yan explained the misunderstanding to He, and was sponsored by Yan, and became the deputy director of the military and political department, director and acting director of the Shanghai office. But he didn't get along well with him, rarely went to Nanjing, and spent most of his time "recovering from illness" in Shanghai and the Soviet Union.

In March of the following year, Jiang, who was reinstated soon, appointed Chen Cheng as the general police commander and artillery commander. Administering the first, second and third guard regiments and the first and second gendarmerie regiments; He also commanded the first and second artillery regiments. It is more powerful than an army.

It was only four years since Chen Cheng entered the Whampoa Military Academy to participate in the Northern Expedition, and he was promoted from captain special forces to lieutenant general garrison commander. At the same time, we have established close contact with the students of Huangpu Military Academy. The students of the Second Artillery Corps are apprentices of his artillery company, and the students of the Fourth Artillery Corps have a teacher-student relationship with his department. This created favorable conditions for him to form a military group in Huangpu Department.

In August this year, the First Army was reorganized into six divisions. Chiang Kai-shek saw that all five divisions were Huangpu instructors, and only Cao Wanshun, the teacher of 1 1 division, had defected at the beginning of the Northern Expedition, so he appointed Chen Cheng as the deputy division commander for secret control. However, Chen Cheng was greatly dissatisfied after hearing the news and left Shanghai angrily. Jiang sent an assistant to take him back to Nanjing and "expose" him face to face. After several face-to-face talks, Chen took office in Pukou in early September. On the surface, he is respectful to the teacher, conscientious and sets an example. Measures have also been taken to rectify discipline, prohibit prostitution and gambling, and have breakfast with teachers and leaders in order to change the atmosphere.

1929 In March, the war between Jiang and Gui broke out. The 11th Division was commanded by Zhang Fakui, commander of the Fourth Army. Chen Cheng and Luo are responsible for drawing up the battle plan, assisting teachers to lead some troops through Ruichang and Wuning, crossing Jiuguanshan, Tongshan and Weining, and entering Wuhan. He also went to Hankou Qiaokou, Wuchang Nanhu and other places to supervise the army and train. In April, when the enemy was unprepared, he invaded Hesheng Bridge and cut off the connection between Guangxi and Hunan and Hubei, which led to the isolation of Wuhan. At this time, Feng Yuxiang's department was in the Central Plains. In May, the 11th Division was ordered by Chiang Kai-shek to be stationed in strategic places such as Xiang and Fan in northern Hubei. Soon, Cao Wanshun, the teacher, was transferred to a new division for misconduct, and Chen Cheng was promoted to the position of teacher.

As soon as Jiang took office, he reorganized the Eleventh Division. He publicly put forward that the conditions for selecting and using cadres are "not greedy for money, not afraid of death", being able to lead troops and fight, not having bad habits, being loyal to Chiang Kai-shek and obeying his orders. He recruited a large number of Huangpu students, used them as middle and lower level cadres, and laid off Cao Wanshun's old employees. Immediately, Cao Wanshun's troops were reduced to four regiments, plus two guard regiments when he was the garrison commander, and they were compiled into two brigades and six regiments. At the same time, strengthen the training and rectification of the troops and improve their combat capability.

In June 5438+10, Feng Yuxiang left Tongguan and entered Luoyang. Chiang Kai-shek's soldiers are divided into two ways. Chen Cheng was pinned down by Herry Liu, commander-in-chief of the Second Road, and led the 11th Division to guard Xiangyang and Nanzhang. After two days of fighting in the suburbs of Xiangyang, Zhang was defeated. Immediately, the 3 1 brigade and the 32nd brigade were ordered to pursue Caodian and Xunxian respectively until Feng Jun retreated to Baihe and Ankang.

Just after the war between Jiang and Feng, Tang Shengzhi, commander-in-chief of the Fifth Route Army who fought in Henan, electrified Zhengzhou to fight against Chiang Kai-shek on 65438+February 1 day. Chen Cheng sent Luo, the deputy commander, to Hunan to persuade Wang Dongyuan, the brigade commander of He Jian Department, to stay put, so as to relieve the worries of Chiang Kai-shek's troops stationed in Wuhan, and transferred troops to the north to participate in the Tang Dynasty. At the same time, he quickly led the Eleventh Division from northern Hubei, northern Henan and northern Henan to the Liudian Line east of Queshan, and cooperated with Liu Zhi's department to fight against Tang Jun. One day, Tang Jun cavalry attacked the command post of the Eleventh Division, and he personally led the spy camp to participate in the war. Just as the sixty-six regiment was confident that Yang had arrived with ammunition, and the Ding Delong regiment of the First Division reinforced it, the Tang Jun cavalry was repelled. During the battle, Chen Cheng knew that Gui Jun had three divisions, so he sent someone to surrender and let one of them surrender. After Tang Jun's rout, the 11th Division pursued Linying before returning to Xinyang.

At the beginning of 1930,1/division left for Wuhan. In February, Chen Cheng sent troops to surround the sixty-sixth regiment of Cao Wanshun's remnants in Wuchang, forcibly disbanded and sent officers home, and divided them into various regiments under the jurisdiction of the 11th Division.

In April, under the order of Chiang Kai-shek, Xu from Hubei was incorporated into the 13th Independent Brigade, and the 11th Division was expanded from the original two brigades and six regiments to the first-class division with three brigades and nine regiments, which greatly enhanced its strength.

In May of this year, the Central Plains War broke out. Chen Cheng's 1 1 division belongs to the battle sequence of Herry Liu's second legion. On the 9th, after Chiang Kai-shek ordered an all-out attack, he led the troops to capture Mamuji, even Keningling and Suixian. Then attack Yangguji and Shiyuan between Lanfeng and Qixian to the west. At this time, Chiang Kai-shek's army, which had attacked Lanfeng and Qixian several times, was resisted by the Jin army relying on strong fortifications and suffered heavy casualties. Chen Cheng volunteered, took the middle breakthrough tactics, attempted to open the gap in Yang, and then outflanked the two wings. But after two days of onslaught, it didn't succeed. Later, he cooperated with Chiang Kai-shek and Zhao Guantao to push to the left, but was blocked by Ji Hongchang and other departments from Qixian County, and attacked for several days without any progress. Later, he made a detour from the south of Qixian County in an attempt to attack Kaifeng by Tong Xu and surprise attack, but it was also resisted by Pang Bingxun, Liang and other departments, and launched a battle in Chen Zhuang. On June 24th, the position of the 6th1regiment was lost due to the night attack of the beam. The next day, Chen Cheng ordered Brigadier General Li Moan to command the counter-offensive of the 61st and 62nd regiments, and fought fiercely all day, with heavy casualties. Li Moan was shot in the kidney and said to Chen Cheng, "Colonel Liu is responsible for the fall of Chen Zhuang." . Head Liu Tianduo is Herry Liu's nephew. Chen Cheng turned a deaf ear to all aspects of intercession, and with the consent of Chiang Kai-shek, he was executed immediately.

At the end of June, Chiang Kai-shek discovered Feng Jun's attempt to "lure the enemy deeper" and urged Herry Liu to withdraw his troops to Suixian and Hediling. On July 4th, Chen Cheng was ordered by Chiang Kai-shek to lead the first 1 1 division to Jin-Pu Railway to participate in the anti-gold campaign. At this time, Jin Jun Zhang and Fu came down from the south and besieged Qufu in an attempt to reach Xuzhou. He led the troops of the whole division, arrived in Yanzhou at a speed of 120 Li every day, and headed for Qufu. He was attacked inside and outside with the guarding city troops, defeated the 4 th Army of 8 Jin Army and Leader Li, and solved the siege of Qufu. At the end of July, after the start of the general assault, he led troops to defeat the Imperial Seal Department of Feng Jinjun in succession and marched into the Palace and Loude Town. Defeat Leader Li Army, occupy Huafeng and Ciyao, engage in fierce fighting with Fu Department, and capture Xian and Baima Temple. Then along the railway line, after Wande, Zhang Xia, Gushan and Dangjiazhuang, we pursued Jinan. /kloc-in August of 0/5, he entered Jinan after commanding 6 1 division and 60 division in Jiang Guangnai and Cai Tingkai.

After the recovery of Jinan, the war on the Jin-Pu line came to an end, and Chiang Kai-shek rewarded various armies. 1 1 division won a bonus of 20,000 yuan, and Chen Cheng was promoted to 18 army commander, and still served as1/division commander. At the age of thirty-four, he was regarded as a boy scout.

Late August. Jiang, Feng and Yan fought a decisive battle in Zhengzhou. Zhengzhou is the hinterland of the Central Plains and a battleground for military strategists. Chiang Kai-shek concentrated his main forces and stepped up his attack. Chen Cheng and Xia Douyin division, under the command of Chiang Kai-shek, organized into a column, as a striker interspersed with tasks. On September 6, the general attack began. He and Xia Douyin led the troops, took Zhengzhou as the target, adopted cone tactics, and advanced northward from central areas such as Xihua, Yanling, Linying and Xuchang, and boldly carried out drilling attacks. Shi Xia was prevented from going to the shop of five girls. After Chen Cheng occupied Shi Xiang Town, he attacked the Monk Bridge at night and entered Dong Jiadian, with a depth of 70 miles from front to back. After Ji Hongchang and other departments surrendered to Chiang Kai-shek, the temporary department continued to drill into Weichuan area, dividing the peripheral position of Zhengzhou, Feng Jun into pieces. Chiang Kai-shek ordered the ministries to attack quickly.

At this time, a secret message came from Zhengzhou: "The enemy will retreat across the board." When Xinzheng was still behind enemy lines, everyone thought he could not be trusted. And Chen Cheng judged the enemy's situation face to face, thinking that it was not empty, so he surpassed Xinzheng and Du Shi made vigorous progress. In order to preemptively occupy Zhengzhou and report to Chiang Kai-shek, he drafted the telegram in advance and sent his attache Shi Xinzhi to follow up with Xiao Gan's avant-garde group. 6543810.6, the small regiment defeated Feng Jun's cover troops in Erligang, and then ran into the city from the south gate of Zhengzhou. At this time, it was near dusk, and Shi Xin's view of occupying Zhengzhou was a foregone conclusion and he flew back to HQ. Chen Cheng immediately made up the time and sent a successful telegram. At dusk that day, the plainclothes team of Shangguan Yunxiang's 46 th Division also searched Zhengzhou East Station, but did not enter the city.

Chiang Kai-shek received a telegram from Zhengzhou, which was occupied by the Eleventh Division, and said, "ZIMMUR wins, Qufu pulls the dying bureau, and Zhengzhou wins." Immediately awarded a bonus of 200,000. In order to express "no merit, no greed for money", Chen Cheng retaliated against Chiang Kai-shek, saying: "The vocational division can occupy Zhengzhou first, and Lai Junzuo has a good command. With the help of officers and men, with the help of friendly forces, we dare not accept the reward alone. It is planned to be divided into half to forty-six divisions. " He gave his earned100000 yuan to every officer and soldier, 2 yuan, about 40000 yuan, and the rest received the provident fund. Later, the "Nantong Disabled Ordnance Factory of the 18th Army" and "Ji 'an Farm" were established to accommodate disabled soldiers and old and weak soldiers. In this way, Shangguan Yunxiang and Chiang Kai-shek both gained their trust.

In June165438+1October this year, Chen Cheng accompanied Chiang Kai-shek to Japan as a military attache to watch military exercises. He also visited a military school and overseas Chinese community, which greatly improved his political status.

193 1 At the beginning of the year, Chen Cheng reorganized the 3rd Division into the 14th Division, which was organized by the 18th Army, with Luo as the division commander of the 11th Division, thus forming the foundation of Chen Cheng Military Group. Soon, he left for Wuhan and stationed in southern Hubei, eastern Hubei and Heping Hannan.

After the first and second "encirclement and suppression" campaigns launched by Chiang Kai-shek against the Central Soviet Area failed, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief in July of 193 1, responsible for the third "encirclement and suppression" campaign in Nanchang. Chen Cheng served as the commander of the Second Pursuit Army and led the 18th Army from Hubei to Fuzhou, Jiangxi. At that time, the Red Army adopted the operational policy of "avoiding the enemy's main force, attacking its weaknesses and seeking victory" and launched a "circuitous" mobile war with the Kuomintang army. He commanded the 18th Army to run back and forth in Cheng Nan, Lichuan, Guangchang, Yongfeng, Jishui, Ningdu and Xingguo for more than two months, but found no trace of the main force of the Red Army, which made him exhausted. "Fat people drag thin people, thin people drag sick people, and sick people drag them to death." At the beginning of September, I evacuated to Ji 'an.

During this period, Chen Cheng used various excuses and means to retreat with miscellaneous brands and further expand its strength. In September, he was ordered to take over the designation of the 52nd Division defeated by the Red Army, and became a division with the Independent Brigade of the 11th Division and the Siege Brigade of the 14th Division. He became a teacher himself and was promoted to be the teacher of the 14th Division in Zhou Zhirou. Soon, with the troops of two brigades and two regiments, the 43 rd division stationed in the southwest of Ji' an was surrounded, forcing its division Guo to leave, and Liu was appointed as the teacher and organized by the 18 th Army. Later, according to Chiang Kai-shek's instructions, the 59th Division of Zhang Ying of Sichuan Army was surrounded by Yongfeng, and all other regiments were disarmed except Li Mi's regiment which fled to Fuzhou. More than two years later, the 18th Army expanded into five divisions and twenty-nine regiments.

In February this year, Chiang Kai-shek and Song Meiling got married, and Chen Cheng and Tan Xiang got married in Shanghai. Tan Xiang is the third daughter of Chiang Kai-shek's adopted daughter Tan, and also a classmate when studying in the United States. At the end of the Central Plains War, Chiang Kai-shek and Song Meiling acted as matchmakers and introduced Tan Xiang to Chen Cheng. He readily promised, "I am at the disposal of the leader." Although Chen Cheng is only one meter six, he is ugly, with a slightly rectangular scholar's white face and sparse hair combed back, but he is also very handsome. Especially the serious appearance, also won the favor of Tan Xiang. After Chen Cheng was promoted to be the commander of the 18th Army, he discussed with Tan Xiang and got married in Shanghai in February 65438. However, Tan Xiang proposed an extension, saying, "You and Wu Shunlian haven't finished the divorce procedure." So he sent Wu Congnan, director of the quartermaster of the 18th Army, to Nanjing to write a divorce letter on behalf of his sister Wu Shunlian and give it to Tan Xiang. Later, after mediation by friends, Wu only put forward one condition: "You can't eat together before you die, but you must share it after you die." Chen Cheng readily accepted. After he and Tan Xiang got married, they had a good relationship and went to the front to fight. He calls Tan Xiang once a day.

/kloc-in the winter of 0/932, Chiang Kai-shek mobilized three divisions one after another and began to deploy the fourth large-scale "encirclement and suppression" in the Central Soviet Area. In June 5438+the following year 10, Chen Cheng returned to Hangzhou from Nanjing to prepare. In order to facilitate the military, he put forward the so-called "land restriction system" and adopted the method of buying land from landlords to realize his idea of "land to the tiller" He believes that since the Kuomintang came to power, Sun Yat-sen's thought of "land to the tiller" in people's livelihood has not been realized, while the production party and the Red Army are in Jiangxi. Fighting local tyrants and dividing fields won the support of farmers. Therefore, he asked the Jiangxi provincial government to conduct a local experiment first, but it was rejected by Xiong Shihui, the chairman of the province.

At the end of this month, Jiang served as the commander-in-chief of the Central Route Army, with Luo, commander of the Fifth Army, as the first column, Wu Qiwei, commander of the Fourth Army, as the second column, and Zhao Guan, commander of the Eighth Army, as the main force, and attacked the central revolutionary base area, adopting the policy of "going hand in hand and encircling" in an attempt to destroy the main force of the Red Army in Lichuan and Jianning areas, and then attack Guangchang. At that time, the Red Army was ordered to attack Nanfeng County, which was heavily guarded by the enemy, in order to break the fourth "encirclement and suppression". After learning this information, Chen Cheng ordered the Eighth Division of Nanfeng to defend the city, and at the same time urged its columns to reinforce quickly in an attempt to surround the Red Army at the gates of Nanfeng.

However, the Red Army has taken steps to retreat from Nanfeng. The second and third columns of Chen Cheng were attracted to Lichuan by some Red Army. On February 26th, in order to cooperate with the main force in searching for the Red Army in Lichuan area, the first column took the Second Division and the 59th Division as the right wing, passed Yongfeng and Le 'an, and advanced in two ways to Huangpi area south of Yihuang, exposing the whole right wing to the Red Army. The next day, when its 52nd Division arrived near Huangpi and Jiaohu, it was suddenly attacked by the Red Army and cut into several sections. After two days of fierce fighting, all of them were annihilated, and Teacher Li Ming was wounded and captured. The day after the 52nd Division was annihilated, the 59th Division moved eastward and contacted the Red Army near Huo Yuan. Teacher Chen Mingji, attacked by Chen Cheng's desperate order, led his troops to war. As a result, the whole Normal University was wiped out and the teachers were captured by the Red Army.

In mid-March, Chen Cheng changed the deployment, organized six divisions into two columns, divided into two echelons before and after, and headed for Guangchang from Yihuang via Northeast China and Ganzhu to seek a decisive battle for the main force of the Red Army. The red army acted as a sniper in the northwest of Guangchang with a small force to attract the enemy; The main force is concealed and assembled in Luokou, Dongshao, Nantuan and Xiaobu areas on the right side of the enemy. On the evening of March 20th, Chen Cheng's subsequent echelon 1 1 division advanced to Caotaigang and Xuzhuang, nearly a hundred miles away from the previous echelon. At this time, Luo led the 59th Division Brigade to Wulipai, north of northeast China, judging that the Red Army seemed to be waiting for its main force to arrive, and the grassy area was unfavorable, that is, 1 1 Division withdrew Wulipai overnight, but Xiao Gan, the division commander, refused to withdraw for fear of fatigue of officers and men. At dawn on 2 1 Sunday, it was besieged by the Red Army 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 Corps, with more than half of the casualties and less than 3,000 people left. At this point, the fourth "encirclement and suppression" was broken. Chiang Kai-shek had to admit that "this failure is tragic and abnormal, and it is the only hidden pain in my life."

After the fourth "encirclement and suppression" failed, Chen Cheng was attacked by his colleagues in all aspects. He Qinying scolded Chen Cheng in vain and forced Chiang Kai-shek to be strict. Xiong Shihui, chairman of Jiangxi Province, telegraphed Jiang: "He was arrogant, did not listen to dissuasion, and suffered a terrible failure. I hope that the Committee will revoke his full-time position and reorganize the 18 Army. " Gu and Yang Yongtai also took the opportunity to attack Chen Cheng. In order to avoid the further development of the centrifugal tendency within the Kuomintang army, Jiang gave Chen a demotion and demerit. Chen Cheng felt discredited and humiliated, so he had to cable Chiang Kai-shek to resign and cancel the Middle Route Army Command. Without waiting for a call back, he went back to Nanchang from Fuzhou, stayed at home and was attacked by his colleagues.

Chen Cheng returned to Nanchang without paying tribute to Chiang Kai-shek for several days, and Chiang Kai-shek could not reach Chen. He Guoguang, chief of staff of Nanchang Hangying, was very anxious when he saw this scene: not meeting Jiang and Chen would affect the battle ahead. Trying to figure out what Chiang Kai-shek meant, the front-line command must belong to Chen. So, I went to discuss with Tan Xiang and asked her to invite Chen Cheng out for a walk, so I visited Song Meiling. That night, Chen Cheng and Tan Xiang came to Song Meiling's apartment and exchanged greetings. After a while, Chiang Kai-shek came out and shook hands with Chen with a smile and said, "Well, the failure of this encirclement and suppression campaign is my responsibility, so you don't have to worry about it." Chen Cheng said gratefully, "I didn't win honor for you." At this time, Chiang Kai-shek showed Chen the confidential documents. Chen Cheng was furious and said, "If the Committee doesn't need the 18 army, please simply cancel this designation. Why did you change it to three divisions and eight regiments? " Otherwise, it depends on your decision. "Jiang said to him," reorganize into eight divisions of the two armies. " He heard that the strength of the 18th Army was much larger than that before the fiasco, and turned his anger into joy. He talked with Jiang about the plan of the fifth "encirclement and suppression" campaign of the Red Army. Chiang Kai-shek took his advice and said, "Quit, this time you have to reorganize and reorganize the 18th Army, and then you will be the commander-in-chief. "

In May, Chen Cheng returned to Hangchow and drew up two plans of "continuing to attack" and "partition elimination" for Chiang Kai-shek to decide. Jiang estimated that the troops at that time "could only parry, but could not attack", so he decided to adopt the scheme of "zoning" to rectify the situation. In order to adapt to the military situation, Chen Cheng moved the headquarters to Chongren, with the main force still in the middle route army, and Luo transferred back to the 18th Army as the deputy commander. According to the characteristics of mountain operations, he reorganized the divisions of two brigades and six regiments of the Army into one division and three regiments, suggested that Chiang Kai-shek restore the organizational system of the Fifth Army, and recommended Xue Yue as the commander. The Zhang Fakui Fourth Army led by Wu Qiwei has expanded from more than 2,000 people to two divisions and three regiments. After rectification, the strength of Chen Cheng's military system, which was severely defeated in the fourth "encirclement and suppression" campaign, was restored and expanded.

In July, Chiang Kai-shek set up an officer training regiment in Lushan, with self-styled head and temporary deputy head. Officers below the head of the Kuomintang troops stationed in Jiangxi were trained for two weeks to strengthen ideological education and boost morale, and some deputy division commanders and brigade commanders were transferred to battalion commanders. As soon as Chen Cheng went to Lushan Mountain, he immediately said that he would repent his mistakes, overcome depravity, cheer up from depression and serve Chiang Kai-shek with the spirit of "death". In fact, he is responsible for handling the important affairs of the military training regiment, coordinating the work of consultants, instructors and battalion commanders, directing normal political and military training, serving Chiang Kai-shek and other party and government dignitaries who often come to the regiment to give lectures, and giving lectures on spiritual and military training to instructors and students. During this period, Chen Cheng has made more than 30 speeches and lectures, emphasizing "obedience"