Take stock of Chiang Kai-shek's Five Tiger Generals
First Tiger, Chen Cheng
Chen Cheng was a "cadre general" of the Nationalist army, also known as the "small committee chairman," and was one of Chiang Kai-shek's confidants.
As we all know, Chiang Kai-shek was suspicious by nature, and Chen Cheng's ability to be his cronies is enough to show how loyal Chen Cheng is.
During the Great War of the Central Plains, Chen Chengyong was the vanguard, defeated Fu Zuoyi, and reoccupied Jinan, causing a fundamental turn in the war situation.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he was entrusted by Chiang Kai-shek with a heavy responsibility and appointed chief of staff of the army, responsible for the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communists in the anti-Japanese united front, which was called "Chiang Kai-shek's stand-in" within the Kuomintang.
After the defeat of Wuhan, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Chen Cheng to set fire to Wuhan and not to leave a needle and a line for the Japanese army, but Chen Cheng did not carry it out, and he retained the existing buildings in Wuhan.
In 1948, chiang kai-shek sent Chen Cheng to Taiwan to develop in order to leave a way back for himself, and Chiang Kai-shek entrusted Chen Cheng with the important task of opening up a final retreat at the most critical moment, which was enough to show how much he trusted Chen Cheng.
In 1949, Chen Cheng had already gained a firm foothold in Taiwan, and Chiang Kai-shek was defeated and fled to Taiwan still with military power, so there was a saying that Chiang Kai-shek could not go a day without Chen Cheng.
In 1965, Chen Cheng died of illness in Taiwan at the age of 67.
Second Tiger, Gu Zhutong
Nicknamed the "Masked Buddha", Gu Zhutong was a first-class general in the army and a "loyal general" of Chiang Kai-shek.
Gu Zhutong's childhood was extremely unfortunate, and he was abused by his stepmother from a young age, so after meeting Chiang Kai-shek, he regarded Chiang Kai-shek as a nobleman and was loyal to him throughout his life.
In July 1926, Gu Zhutong participated in the Battle of Matsuguchi Yongding City Defense, setting a precedent for the victory of the revolutionary army in the history of war behind enemy lines, which made Chiang Kai-shek very happy and directly promoted Gu Zhutong to division commander.
After that, Gu Zhutong followed Chiang Kai-shek on a campaign to defeat Zhang Zongchang and severely damage Sun Chuanfang.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Gu Zhutong restrained a certain number of Japanese troops in famous battles such as the Battle of Xuzhou, the Battle of Wuhan, the Battle of Minhai, and the Battle of Eastern Zhejiang, and made no small contribution to the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan.
Later, Chiang Kai-shek sent Gu Zhutong to attend the ceremony of accepting the surrender of the Japanese army in the Chinese theater, which was enough to show the importance Chiang Kai-shek attached to him.
In fact, the reason is only because Gu Zhutong is very obedient, even if Chiang Kai-shek created the "Anhui South Incident" that shocked China and foreign countries, Gu Zhutong was also the leader of the other horse and vowed to die to defend the life of the principal.
Gu Zhutong was very greedy for money, and during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he made a fortune in the country and seriously weakened the cause of national resistance against Japan, and his reputation was extremely poor.
During the Liberation War, Gu Zhutong and chiang kai-shek were defeated in Taiwan until he died of illness in 1987 at the age of 94.
The Third Tiger, Liu Zhi
Liu Zhi was the head of Chiang Kai-shek's "Five Tiger Generals", also known as "Fu General".
He was an instructor at the Whampoa Military Academy, participated in the Eastern Expedition for the second time, made countless military achievements, and became a red man in front of Chiang Kai-shek, who entrusted him with heavy responsibilities.
In the "Zhongshan Warship" incident, he was appointed as the main executor, and the persecution of advanced people was extremely great.
During the Northern Expedition, he was appointed as an important commander.
At the Battle of Longtan, Liu Zhi personally went to the front line with wounds and severely damaged Sun Chuanfang's army, thus reversing the key battle situation.
In the Jiang Gui War, Liu Zhi defeated Li Zongren's general Hu Zongduo in one fell swoop, forcing him to abandon the city and flee, and then made a clever move, turning defeat into victory in the unfavorable situation, successfully defeating Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, and making great military achievements, known as "blessed generals".
In the Battle of the Central Plains, Liu Zhi was brave and good at fighting, uniting friendly forces to eliminate the rebellious Shi You's 370,000 people, and was praised as a "general who always won".
In the first half of his life, he was not only a "blessed general" but also a "victorious general", but in the second half of his life, he was only called a "pig general".
From the outbreak of the Battle of Huaihai, Liu Zhi suffered successive defeats, so angry that Chiang Kai-shek directly deposed him, and it was not until 1954 that he was allowed to go to Taiwan by chiang kai-shek.
He also took up some idle positions, and eventually died in 1971 at the age of 79.
The Fourth Tiger, Jiang Dingwen
Jiang Dingwen was known as the "Flying General", and he was not only one of Chiang Kai-shek's Five Tiger Generals, but also one of He Yingqin's Four Great Kongs, with multiple duties and great tasks.
During the Period of the Patriotic War, Jiang Dingwen followed Sun Yat-sen to join the ranks of the revolutionary ranks, and later entered the Whampoa Military Academy, where he was highly valued by Chiang Kai-shek, participated in quelling the rebellion of the Guangzhou Merchant Group, and attracted the attention of the enemy army at the critical moment of the Northern Expedition war to stabilize the overall front.
During the Great War in the Central Plains, Jiang Dingwen acted quickly and erratically on the battlefield, tossing and turning between major battlefields, known as the "Flying General".
In this process, Jiang Dingwen successfully pinned down the forces of Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan, so that Chiang Kai-shek finally won and made important military achievements, and he was also the general of the Five Tigers during this period.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Jiang Dingwen won the title of "corrupt general" because he abused his power during his reign, made a fortune in the country, and embezzled a huge amount of money.
Jiang Dingwen later fled to Taiwan and died of illness in 1974 at the age of 79.
Fifth Tiger, Wei Lihuang
Wei Lihuang was known as the "Tiger General", he was a second-class general in the Nationalist Army, the most capable general in the Nationalist Army, also known as the "Changsheng General" by the United States, and he was sun Yat-sen's bodyguard and served Sun Yat-sen.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wei Lihuang commanded the troops to participate in the Battle of Xinkou and made outstanding achievements.
During that period, Wei Lihuang's help to the Eighth Route Army was not small, and he privately assisted the Eighth Route Army with a large number of materials, which played a considerable role at the critical moment of the battlefield, and he believed that all anti-Japanese troops should be treated equally.
Even when Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, Peng Dehuai, Lin Biao, and others arrived, they would set up banquets and entertain them, who belonged to the Kuomintang anti-war faction, were extremely disgusted by civil war, and were one of the few people in the Nationalist army who understood.
Wei Lihuang even deliberately went abroad to investigate, the purpose of which was to stay away from the battlefield of the civil war, and was later accused of old Chiang Kai-shek, saying that he had a different heart and was arrested by old Chiang.
After Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan after his defeat, Wei Lihuang was the only one of the Five Tiger Generals who remained on the mainland, and he returned to China at the invitation of our party and served as vice chairman of the National Defense Commission.
He eventually died in Beijing in 1960 at the age of 64.