Zhang Lingfu was Chiang Kai-shek's most trusted subordinate, but the fate of this capable general was not very good, and the 74th Division he led was completely annihilated by our army, and he himself was killed.
After the news reached Chiang Kai-shek's ears, he was very angry and scolded Tang Enbo in front of many people.
Not only did he make him kneel in front of everyone, but he also raised his cane and hit Tang Enbo, causing him to break his head and bleed.
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There is a reason why Chiang Kai-shek vented his anger on Tang Enbo, in this battle, Tang's position was above Zhang Lingfu, but Zhang Lingfu was directly under the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek, and many times he did not take Tang Enbo in his eyes, and there has always been a big contradiction between the two.
When Zhang Lingfu was surrounded, Tang Enbo originally had the opportunity to rescue him, but thinking of the past contradictions, Tang chose to stand by and watch, which indirectly led to Zhang Lingfu's death and the rout of the First Corps.
Zhang Lingfu's demise was entirely self-inflicted, and when he led the First Corps north, Tang Enbo found that one of the troops had broken away from the large army, and when he asked, he knew that this team was the 74th Division, and the leader was Zhang Lingfu. The reason why this unit left the line and marched quickly was because the division commander issued an order -
Whoever planted the flag on Meng Lianggu first will be promoted to a higher rank.
Encouraged by the division commander, the soldiers naturally buried their heads and rushed after the leader, Andenbo realized the danger and immediately informed the troops to retreat, but the people who received the notice said that even the commander could not order himself, they would only listen to the division commander.
This can make Tang Enbo angry, he completely chilled Zhang Lingfu, believing that the other party wanted to grab the merit,
So they ignored this force and left it to fend for itself.
After being surrounded, Zhang Lingfu knew the seriousness of the matter and immediately sent a telegram for help, Tang at first deliberately ignored his distress information, and only left under the repeated urging of Old Jiang.
But he met people who escaped from Meng Lianggu on the way, and everyone said that the situation there was very bad, and if he went there, he was afraid that there would be no return, so Tang Enbo immediately went back to the house and did not try to rescue him.
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When Chiang Kai-shek knew that the matter had begun and ended, he placed the responsibility on Tang Enbo's head, and not only beat him in front of everyone, but also revoked all his duties. However, no one expected that just two months later, Tombaugh was activated again, became the commander-in-chief of the army, and has been holding an important position ever since.
Even after retiring to Taiwan, he also held a relatively important position.
However, Chiang Kai-shek was not as kind to him as before, and he even hated him in his heart.
In his later years, he was in poor health, and when he arrived in Taiwan, he applied to go to Japan for treatment. However, Chiang Kai-shek coldly refused his request, and even made sarcastic remarks, saying that he was wearing a sinful body and why he was going abroad for medical treatment was a complete waste of money. Later, he also wrote four big words on the application for treatment submitted by Tang -
"Healing in place"
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Chiang Kai-shek once also reused Tang Enbo, who was originally introduced by Wang Jingbai to Chen Yi, the commander of the Zhejiang First Division, who felt that he was a good seedling, so he sponsored him to study in Japan and accepted him as a righteous son. After returning to China, Tang Enbo married Wang Jingbai, and he also used his father's connections to enter the national army.
He became one of Chiang Kai-shek's most important generals at that time.
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A large part of Tang Enbo's smooth sailing in the early days of the Kuomintang was because of Chen Yi, and later he was used again because chen Yi found out the relationship. However, when Chen Yi was inspired by the Communist Party to lead his family to abandon the dark and turn to the light, he betrayed his righteous father and was spurned by many people.
Because of this incident, his second wife, Wang Jingbai, went to the United States with several children to settle down, and never contacted him again in her life. Chiang Kai-shek also despised Tang Enbo's personality very much, and he reused him in the later period because the Kuomintang was really unavailable at that time.
After no use value, he naturally would not give Tang Enbo a good look.
In April 1954, Tang Enbo was diagnosed with cancer, and the doctor suggested that he go abroad for treatment, and the family had no choice but to submit a report to the Taiwan authorities again with a thick skin. Fortunately, this time Chiang Kai-shek finally sent a kind heart and agreed to Tang Enbo's application to go abroad. On May 26, 1954, Tombaugh was escorted by his family,
He traveled from Taiwan to Tokyo, Japan, where he underwent surgery a month later.
However, the operation did not go well, during the operation, Tombaugh suddenly hemorrhaged heavily, and finally died on the operating table due to excessive blood loss, at the age of 56. After the news reached Taiwan, Chiang Kai-shek did not react at all, and did not even bother to act with a sad look, but only said coldly:
Dead or dead. ”