One of the most controversial generals under Chiang Kai-shek was Tang Enbo, who was meritorious in resisting Japan, but often self-righteous, and in the end he was clever and mistaken, he made countless mistakes, suspended his military career, and even eventually killed himself.
As early as 1944, Tao Xisheng wrote an article for Chiang Kai-shek called "The Fate of China", and Chiang Kai-shek did not want to leave behind the excuse that others wrote articles for him, so he revised one and then distributed the manuscript to various troops. Tang Enbo only knew that this article was written by Tao Xisheng, and did not know that Chiang Kai-shek had changed it, so he picked faults everywhere in the article and scolded the article for its rotten thinking and nonsense. Chiang Kai-shek knew that after Tang Enbo said this, he only slapped the table in anger and shouted loudly!
During the Liberation War, Tang Enbo's position was high as that of the commander of the First Corps, and Zhang Lingfu's ace unit, the 74th Division, was nominally under Tang Enbo's command. However, Zhang Lingfu was arrogant and arrogant, and he also had the favor of Chiang Kai-shek, so he did not pay attention to Tang Enbo at all. When Tang Enbo saw that he could not command Zhang Lingfu, he wanted to find an opportunity to teach him a lesson.
The opportunity soon came, and that was the Battle of Menglianggu. At that time, the reorganized 74th Division was surrounded by Huaye Regiment, but because the weapons and equipment of the reorganized 74th Division were too luxurious, Huaye originally did not have a complete grasp of the complete annihilation of the reorganized 74th Division. At that time, Zhang Lingfu himself said that he was going to blossom in the middle of a move.
However, blossoming needed the assistance of friendly troops on the periphery, and as a result, none of the nationalist troops could reach out to help, and in the end, Zhang Lingfu did not wait for anyone, and finally the soldiers were defeated and killed. It is undeniable that Hua Ye's sniper warfare is beautiful, but there is also a reason for this is Tang Enbo's deliberate inaction. Of course, Tang Enbo did not want to kill Zhang Lingfu, he just wanted to teach this subordinate a lesson, and as a result, the development of the situation exceeded his expectations.
Chiang Kai-shek learned that Ai would be killed, and the ace troops were completely annihilated, so angry that they almost turned their backs. He immediately summoned Tang Enbo to Nanjing, and when they met, he went up and gave Tang Enbo a big mouth. Tang Enbo was so frightened that he fell to his knees directly on the ground, but Chiang Kai-shek was not relieved, and he kicked Tang Enbo, and then he beat Tang Enbo with a cane. Fortunately, Gu Zhutong couldn't see it and went forward to break the siege, so Tang Enbo escaped from Chiang Kai-shek's office with a rolling belt.
Tombaugh is also clever about his own health problems. In 1954, Tang Enbo felt gastrointestinal discomfort, which was not a big problem, but he felt that the level of the hospital on the island was not good, and he had to go to Japan for surgery, and as a result, he did not know what medicine the Japanese used, and Tang Enbo died directly on the operating table.