After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Jiang Dingwen was appointed by Chiang Kai-shek as the director of the Xi'an Camp and the commander of the 10th Theater, and was fully responsible for the war in the northwest. The 10th Theater of Operations was all Chiang Kai-shek's concubine troops, led by his protégé Hu Zongnan. Hu Zongnan was a graduate of the Huangpu Phase 1 and the first Whampoa student to become a division commander and a military commander. When the War of Resistance broke out, he had already become the commander of the regiment, and the limelight overshadowed many teachers.
Jiang Dingwen knew that Hu Zongnan had the ability to reach the heavens, and he only listened to Chiang Kai-shek's every order. He was very dismissive of his warm reception. Jiang Dingwen told Liu Zhi that although Hu Zongnan was polite on the surface, and called a teacher and a leader very kindly, this guy was very ghostly, and often violated the yin and yang. Don't look at us as the chief now, that he is the chief, and we don't want to understand his intentions. It's nerve-wracking to talk to this guy.
The reason why Jiang Dingwen was entrusted by Chiang Kai-shek with a heavy responsibility and took over the defense of the northwest in an all-round way had a lot to do with his loyalty. During the Xi'an Incident that year, Jiang Dingwen twice went in and out of Xi'an, a dangerous place, and won Chiang Kai-shek's favor in one fell swoop, believing that this person could take on big things and could carry heavy responsibilities. Chiang Kai-shek has always been loyal first, and ability is secondary. When the War of Resistance Broke Out, the situation in the northwest lacked a backbone, so he was sent to take up a big burden to prevent the Japanese army from crossing the Yellow River.
Chiang Kai-shek let Jiang Dingwen do a great job, but he did not want Jiang Dingwen to have already penetrated the principal's mind. In his view, Chiang Kai-shek has always had a standard for employing people, that is, only corruption is allowed, not deterioration. To put it bluntly, as long as you are loyal, corruption and bribery can be ignored, but to maintain the current situation, you cannot get involved.
Under this standard of official experience, Jiang Dingwen made a fortune in the country. At that time, the northwest region belonged to the capitalists Mao Yuqin and Gu Fengxiang with the most property, but according to Jiang Dingwen's private accounting office, Lu Yilin, the family property of these two people was still a fraction of the family's. Jiang Dingwen was not only greedy for money, but also very, and was a well-known corrupt general in Xi'an.
Before coming to Xizi, he had a wife and two concubines in his family. After taking office in Xi'an, his subordinates threw themselves into his favor and sent The Famous Pink Peony of Xi'an Peking Opera to the Labor Army. Jiang Dingwen's eyes lit up when he saw it. In order to forcibly occupy the pink peony, he even played the sign that he was not allowed to entertain the east during the national disaster, and then he hid his own golden house and fooled around as soon as he had time. However, things must be reversed, and he has worked women for a long time, causing him to suffer from serious venereal diseases. As a last resort, Jiang Dingwen paid for Yang Huaitang, an expert in hualiu disease, as a personal doctor to serve him alone.
Jiang Dingwen's various behaviors have long become a laughing stock among the Kuomintang army. Even the Japanese invading army on the opposite side knew that there was a rich general in Xi'an. In order to attack the opponent and disintegrate the military spirit of the Kuomintang, the Japanese army specially posted a pictorial newspaper in Jiyuan County on the north bank of the Yellow River, and the characters on the pictorial were obvious, holding the waist of the beautiful person in one hand and carrying a large bundle of banknotes in the other. You don't have to guess, it is Chiang Kai-shek's beloved general Jiang Dingwen.
However, although Jiang Dingwen was greedy and greedy, he still did not slacken off militarily, and the Japanese army's westward expansion plan has not been successful, and can only stare at the Yellow River. Later, the Japanese army transferred heavy troops and conquered Zhongtiao Mountain in one fell swoop, the Chinese army suffered heavy casualties, Wei Lihuang was dismissed from his post on the spot, and Jiang Dingwen was transferred to Luoyang to continue to lead the army to fight.
In April 1944, the Japanese army launched the Battle of Yuxianggui in an attempt to open up the mainland communication line to relieve the siege of Nanyang. On the 18th, the Japanese army of 120,000 people successfully crossed the Yellow River and soon entered the territory of Henan. At that time, there were more than 400,000 Kuomintang troops stationed in Henan. However, as the top commanders, Jiang Dingwen and Tang Enbo have always been good at corruption and enjoyment, and have not done defense at all.
Seeing the success of the Japanese army's forced crossing, Jiang Dingwen and Tang Enbo did not step up the counter-offensive, but specifically studied how to retreat with their property. Under the leadership of such a death-fearing general, the Japanese army soon hit the dragon gate of Luoyang.
Knowing that the Japanese army was advancing so quickly, Jiang Dingwen panicked, ordered the blowing up of the important bridge leading to Luoyang, and then led the troops to retreat to the Funiu Mountains when the Japanese army arrived. The Kuomintang's 400,000-strong army was in chaos without a fight, and soon lost its city and land. In just over a month, the Central Plains fell into the hands of the enemy, 38 cities and pools were easily occupied by the Japanese army, and the Nationalist army that did not fight any hard battles lost more than 200,000, many of which were scattered by the local people. These scattered soldiers only know how to oppress the people, and the people hate them more than the Japanese.
The fiasco in the Central Plains shook the rear, and the whole country was in an uproar, demanding that the government severely punish those who were ineffective in the War of Resistance. Seeing that it had provoked public anger, Jiang Dingwen had to announce his resignation. Chiang Kai-shek was also very angry, but for the sake of his loyalty, he did not let anyone punish him, and let him hang up an idle post in the Kuomintang military senate. Since then, Jiang Dingwen has been in a slump and has basically stayed away from the military and political circles.