Tang Bourne, a senior Kuomintang general, had a variety of experiences in his life. When he first joined the Kuomintang, he was appreciated by his Bole, Chen Yi, and only then was he promoted to a higher rank and became rich step by step. However, he did not expect that after retiring to Taiwan, he betrayed Chen Yi and ended up with a reputation of perfidy.
And the years before he was stationed in Henan, he allowed his men to oppress and kill the local people, which made the local people deeply resentful. It was such a person, after he died of a stomach disease, Chiang Kai-shek made an evaluation of Tang Bourne with such an innocuous sentence as "he died in Shanghai in battle, he is a hero."
During the Chinese revolution, there were many generals who were willing to unite with the common people, and in turn these generals were supported and loved by the common people. Of course, there will be another kind of general who is notorious and infamous in the mouths of the common people, and Tang Bourne is one of them. Tang Bo'en was born on the eve of the founding of the Republic of China and is a native of Zhejiang.
At the age of 12, Thomas began attending school. When he was 17 years old, Tang Bourne went to the sports college in Zhejiang Province, which showed that he had good physical fitness. Later, when he was 18 years old, Tombarn got married. When he first graduated, Tang Bourne stayed at the school as a teacher, and later went to the Shuwu Hall to study because of his excellent grades in sports.
After graduating from the Daowu Hall, Tang Bo'en entered the army and became a subordinate of Chen Yi, a famous general in the Zhejiang army at that time. However, later, in the process of warlord melee, the Zhejiang army was defeated, and in desperation, Tang Bourne could only go to Japan with his friends to study, and was admitted to Meiji University to study political economy.
Two years later, due to a lack of tuition fees, he had to leave school and return to the country to raise tuition fees. After returning to China, he met his own Bole Chen Yi again. Under the escort of Chen Yi, Tang Bourne entered the Japanese Army Non-Commissioned Officer School. When He graduated and returned to China, Tang Bo'en was 26 years old, and as soon as he returned to China, he served as a staff officer of the First Division of Chen Yi's unit.
In Tang Bo'en's life experience in the first 26 years, it is not difficult to find that Chen Yi played a great role in promoting him, whether it was to let him hold an important position at his side or to escort him to Japan to study military school. In the next seven or eight years, Tang Bourne's position in the Kuomintang army also continued to rise, and a large part of the reason came from Chen Yi's promotion.
Later, Tang Bourne was in charge of the post of education chief of the first squadron at the Central Army Officer School in Nanjing, and during this period he wrote some teaching materials, mainly for infantry training, so he was appreciated by Chiang Kai-shek. Later, Tang Bourne left the military academy and became the commander of the Second Division of the National Revolutionary Army at the age of 31.
In the course of the Kuomintang's frenzied encirclement and suppression of the Communists, Tang Bourne firmly pursued Chiang Kai-shek's policy and frantically attacked the Communist forces. And in the process of the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression, Tang Boen was the first to bring people into the Central Soviet Zone. In The experience of Tang Bourne in the past seven or eight years, it is not difficult to find that he himself still has some talent in commanding combat and sports training.
At the same time, he was also a staunch follower of Chiang Kai-shek, firmly standing against the Communist Party. Then in the next seven or eight years, Tang Bern participated in the War of Resistance Against Japan. Although Tang Bern and the Communist Party were on opposite sides, he made a great contribution in the course of the War of Resistance Against Japan. From 1937 to 1941, he participated in six major anti-Japanese campaigns.
Tang Bourne effectively attacked the Japanese army on the battlefield, which was commended by Chiang Kai-shek. After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Tang Bourne followed Chiang Kai-shek's frenzied suppression and massacre of Communists. During the Liberation War, he took the initiative to create friction between the Kuomintang and the Communists. When Tang Bourne was stationed in the Henan region, he allowed his soldiers to oppress the common people and do no evil.
At that time, some of the behavior of Tang Bourne and his soldiers was no different from that of bandits, so he was notorious in the mouths of the people in Henan at that time. By the end of the Liberation War, the Kuomintang was clearly hostile to the Communists. In desperation, Chiang Kai-shek, Tang Bourne and others could only flee to Taiwan.
Originally, when Chinese mainland, the land was vast, so Tang Bourne himself could cover a province or several provinces with his own hands. But after retreating to Taiwan, the total number of places in Taiwan is so large. Those who can stay in Taiwan until the end are some of the more important officials and generals of the Kuomintang, so the struggle for power between them is becoming more and more urgent.
Under such circumstances, Tang Bo'en and his own Enshi Chen Yi plotted to launch an anti-Chiang Kai-shek war, but did not expect that the personal plan between the two of them was leaked. Later, after the two of them' plans were known to Chiang Kai-shek, Tang Bourne chose to betray his Bole Chen Yi and save his own life.
Since then, Tomburn's reputation has become very bad, because such an ungrateful person will no longer be trusted in any party. Although Chiang Kai-shek spared Tang Bourne, he was never given any position from then on.
Later, Tang Bourne was in a depressed state, and within a few years he fell ill. At that time, Tang Boen had a very serious stomach disease and needed surgery, so Tang Boen also went to Japan. However, he did not expect that there was a heavy bleeding during the operation, and the rescue was ineffective, and Tang Bourne fell ill and died in Japan.
III. Chiang Kai-shek's Evaluation
Chiang Kai-shek has always been in a state of relative appreciation for Tang Bourne in the early stages, because Tang Bourne has always been more determined to follow Chiang Kai-shek's steps and implement a series of strategies formulated by Chiang Kai-shek. For example, during the War of Resistance Against Japan, Tang Bourne vigorously attacked the Japanese army.
During the Liberation War, Tang Bourne killed the Communists. However, Chiang Kai-shek's appreciation of Tang Bourne is only the appreciation of his superiors to his subordinates, and Tang Bourne has merit, and Chiang Kai-shek will reward him.
In turn, if Tang Bo'en made a mistake, Chiang Kai-shek would punish him. During the Liberation War, the Communists were blocked by Tang Bourne and other Kuomintang generals. At that time, Tang Bourne made a relatively big mistake, resulting in the annihilation of more than half of the Kuomintang army by the Communists, and a number of senior Kuomintang generals died in the battle.
When Chiang Kai-shek learned of this news, he was so angry that he demoted Tang Bourne and reportedly beat him up. Finally, after Tang Boen's death, Chiang Kai-shek's comments on him were summed up in 10 words: "Died in battle in Shanghai, he is a hero."
4. Summary
In this life, Tang Bourne betrayed his own Bole, suppressed and slaughtered Communist comrades, and bullied the common people, all of which were crimes he committed in his past life. However, it cannot be denied that he carried out a powerful blow to the Japanese army during the War of Resistance Against Japan, and it can be regarded as contributing to the defense of China's territory.