In the Kuomintang, there are many generals with great ambitions and talents, such as General Peng once commented that Hu Zongnan is a general of great talent, in addition to Liu Zhi, the "general of the pig", who was trusted by Chiang Kai-shek because of his profound seniority, but when it comes to fighting, it is estimated that a small battalion commander has fought better than him, in addition to this, there are many Kuomintang generals whose military standards have been criticized, and even one person has been scolded by Chiang Kai-shek: Don't run away, you must know a little shame!
He is our protagonist today, and he is also a general from the Huangpu clan, who is extremely loyal to Chiang Kai-shek, and for this reason he is also trusted and valued by Chiang Kai-shek; he once held an extremely important position in the Nationalist army, known as the "King of the Central Plains", but in the hearts of the ordinary people in the outside world, he was a villain who rivaled the Japanese army, and the people of Henan called him "water drought locust soup", and he later betrayed his benefactor, and he was tang Enbo, a highly controversial Kuomintang general.
For Tang Enbo, in fact, everyone should still be familiar with it, many film and television dramas have introduced this person, of course, the film and television drama said that he is a famous anti-Japanese general, fighting a very powerful war, but is the truth really so?
First of all, let's talk about the Japanese evaluation of Tang Enbo, that is, during the War of Resistance Against Japan, when the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army, Okamura Ningji, had an evaluation of Tang Enbo, and his evaluation was that Tang Enbo was extremely brave and good at fighting.
Okamura Ninji actually fought with Tang Enbo several times, for example, at the Battle of Xiangdong, Tang Enbo led an army to counterattack Okamura Ningji's 11th Army, which resulted in a heavy encirclement of the Japanese army and annihilation of its troops.
There are even many Japanese generals who believe that why China can still stubbornly resist is because Chiang Kai-shek's army still has a strong central army, and there is also a famous general Tang Enbo, so the Chinese army cannot be easily defeated.
But how did Tombaugh behave in the War of Liberation? We should know about the Battle of Menglianggu, when Zhang Lingfu's reorganized 74th Division was completely annihilated, in fact, at that time, Tang Enbo was the commander of the 1st Corps, and it was because of his command problems that the reorganized 74th Division could not be rescued, and finally Chiang Kai-shek was so angry that he took up his cane and knocked Tang Enbo's head fiercely, and all the soldiers at that time were in front of him, so you can imagine Chiang Kai-shek's anger at that time!
In addition, during the Battle of the Crossing River, Tang Enbo was appointed commander-in-chief of the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou garrison in charge of the defense of Nanjing, but he did not expect that Chiang Kai-shek would later reprimand him like this, saying: Don't run away! Because at that time, Tang Enbo lost Nanjing and Shanghai one after another.
In addition, we can find out about Tang Enbo's deeds in Chiang Kai-shek's diary, and we will not say much about specific things, anyway, from the diary, we can see Chiang Kai-shek's resentment toward Tang Enbo, which finally led to Chiang Kai-shek's complete loss of trust in Tang Enbo, and after returning to Taiwan, he also held some false posts, which was equivalent to being abandoned.
In fact, for Tang Enbo still have to be correctly evaluated, this person actually contributed to the anti-Japanese battles such as the Battle of Nankou, the Battle of Lunan, the Battle of Taierzhuang, etc., but Tang Enbo's greatest ability is actually to preserve strength, he has successfully escaped in critical moments many times, he knows very well how to preserve his strength, which makes the Japanese army extremely annoyed.
The cause of Tombaugh's death is a bit bizarre, in 1954 went to Japan to treat stomach diseases, but unexpectedly died in Tokyo Keio University Hospital, the cause of death is very controversial, many of them think that they were murdered by Japanese doctors, how the specific truth can not be determined.
Reference: The Biography of Tombaugh