Zhang Lingfu's 74th Division was completely destroyed, and the root cause was the result of the three major camps and infighting among the three masters
In the Battle of Menglianggu, Zhang Lingfu's 74th Division was completely destroyed, and the most important reason for the total destruction of the 74th Division was that Wang Bicheng's Huaye 6 Column of our army was able to attack the good battle and win the war. Of course, in addition to this, there is a fundamental reason for the infighting of the National Government. The predecessor of the reorganized 74th Division was the 74th Army, which was one of the five main forces of the Nationalist Army and made great contributions during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the 74th Army was able to become the boss of the five main forces, which was naturally the result of factional struggle.
The 74th Army had jurisdiction over the 51st, 57th and 58th Divisions. The commanders of these three divisions represented the three major camps within the Kuomintang, which led to the 74th Army being able to become the head of the main force.
The origin of the 51st Division: After the defeat of the Great Wall War in 1933, in order to cope with the situation in North China, He Yingqin sent Qian Dajun to Baoding to form 6 supplementary regiments, and later for the Red Army, three of which were formed into the 1st Brigade, which was directly under the Military Commission of the People's Republic of China, under the recommendation of the "Five Tiger Generals" Liu Zhi, Wang Yaowu became the brigade commander, and later the 1st Brigade was expanded into the 51st Division, and Wang Yaowu was the division commander.
Wang Yaowu was unambiguous about fighting devils during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, but he was also an old fritter in the officialdom, a graduate of the huangpu phase III, and in order to repay Qian Dajun, he recruited Qian Dajun's relative Li Tianxia as the regimental commander, and in 1937, the 51st Division added a Shaanxi security regiment, and Zhang Lingfu was imprisoned for killing his wife, Wang Yaowu hired Zhang Lingfu as the regimental commander, on August 29, 1937, in the Battle of Songhu, the 74th Army was formally established, and Wang Yaowu served as deputy commander and commander of the 51st Division. Therefore, the boss behind the 51st Division was He Yingqin.
Origin of the 58th Division: The 58th Division was formerly sun Chuanfang's old department, and in June 1935, Yu Jishi, the head of the Zhejiang Security Department, added three security regiments in Zhejiang and then served as the commander of the 58th Division, and by this time, the 58th Division had changed from a miscellaneous army to a central military department. Why was Yu Jishi able to do this? Because his uncle Yu Feipeng was in charge of the Kuomintang military logistics, it led to the 58th Division being able to stand out quickly, and during the defense of Nanjing, if there was no small ferry from Yu Feipeng, then the 74th Army was likely to be completely destroyed.
The 58th Division was Chiang Kai-shek's most trusted unit, because Yu Jishi was originally the commander of the 88th Division, one of the three major German mechanization divisions of the Nationalist Army, and because he was injured in the Battle of Songhu, he became Chiang Kai-shek's personal bodyguard during his recuperation. Therefore, the 58th Division is Chiang Kai-shek's concubine unit, and the boss behind the scenes is Chiang Kai-shek.
The origin of the 57th Division: The 57th Division was transferred to the 74th Army in 1938, formerly the remnants of the Sun Chuanfang Five Provinces Coalition Army, because of Chen Cheng's care, so the 57th Division became one of the first adjustment divisions of the Nationalist Army in 1936, and the other two divisions did not have this treatment. The division commander is Shi Zhongcheng, he and Chen Cheng are good friends, both graduated from the 8th baoding military academy, the family background is very deep, the eldest Uncle Shi Congbin is Zhang Zongchang's right-hand man, and the fourth uncle Shi Congyun is Feng Yuxiang's brother-
Such a deep background has become the object of Chen Cheng's classmates. Therefore, the boss behind the 57th Division is Chen Cheng. For example, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, He Yingqin was the minister of military affairs, so during the Battle of Changde, He Yingqin let the 57th Division stick to Changde, and eventually the 57th Division was completely destroyed. During the Liberation War, Chen Cheng was the minister of military affairs, Meng Liang