There are also many civilian and military generals around Old Jiang, but there are very few people who can be trusted by Old Jiang. However, Chen Cheng was a person that Old Jiang trusted. The reason why Old Jiang trusted Chen Cheng was actually not difficult. However, Chen Cheng's ability to fight wars is not an ordinary rotten, judging from Chen Cheng's information, Chen Cheng has not won any battles, and such a person can still be trusted by Lao Jiang.
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Judging from Chen Cheng's information, Chen Cheng really did not make people convinced of the hard battle, that is, he won a small victory in the warlord melee, but Chen Cheng, who was born in The Class, fought those rabble-rousers, which should not be a problem.
Some sources believe that there are three main reasons why Chen Cheng is trusted by Lao Jiang, one is that Chen Cheng is Lao Jiang's hometown in Zhejiang, the second is that Chen Cheng is loyal to Lao Jiang, and the third is that he is from the Huangpu family.
Chen Cheng, a native of Qingtian, Zhejiang Province, was 21 years old when he borrowed a middle school diploma to impersonate the Baoding Army Officer School, but due to poor test scores and short stature, he was unable to be admitted. However, Chen Cheng's brains were good, and through his compatriot Du Zhiyuan (then a member of parliament), he dredged Wei Zonghan, director of the Department of Military Science and chief examiner of the War Department, and finally became a member of the eighth artillery scientist of the Baoding Army Officer School in the name of preparing for a living. During the Zhiwan War, the military academy was forced to be suspended, and Chen Cheng went to Guangzhou to work in the third regiment of the newly formed First Division of the Cantonese Army, and joined the Kuomintang in 1920. Later, baoding military school resumed classes, Chen Cheng returned to the military school again, graduated in 1922, and was first assigned to the 6th Regiment of the 2nd Division in Zhejiang as a probationary platoon leader.
In 1923, Chen Cheng accompanied Deng Yan to Guangdong to participate in the revolution, and served as a company commander in the regiment where Deng Yanda was the regimental commander, specializing in guarding the Grand Marshal's Office. Later, he accompanied Sun Yat-sen in his conquest of the rebels, was wounded in battle, and later went to Zhaoqing to heal his wounds. In 1924, he became the commander of the artillery company and participated in the Second Crusade. After the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy, Deng Yanda served as the deputy director of the coaching department, and he recommended Chen Cheng to the Whampoa Military Academy, first serving as an education aide-de-camp, after which the Whampoa Military Academy established the Artillery Section, Chen Cheng served as an instructor in the Artillery Section, and later served as the district captain of the Artillery Cadet Corps.
Why is Chen Cheng introduced in this way?
Judging from Chen Cheng's early resume, Chen Cheng is a native of Zhejiang and a fellow villager of old Jiang. He was an instructor at the Whampoa Military Academy. And Chiang Kai-shek reused fellow villagers and people of the Huangpu clan.
Of course, on the other hand, Chen Cheng did graduate from military academy, but he studied artillery, which is why he later commanded very few victories and his military ability was criticized by others. Artillery was placed in the rear.
How was Chen Cheng appreciated by Chiang Kai-shek? Mainly in 1925, during the Battle of Zhongmian Lake in the First Crusade, the artillery company led by Chen Cheng suppressed the firepower of the rebels, and at this time Chiang Kai-shek saw that this small compatriot was worth cultivating.
Chen Cheng made rapid progress, and in 1926 he worked as a division commander. In 1928, after the comeback of the old Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Cheng was appointed as the guard commander of the General Headquarters of the National Revolutionary Army, and since then he has become the old Chiang Kai-shek.
In February 1931, Chen Cheng married Tan Xiang, the daughter of The Kuomintang elder Tan Yanmin, who was also the daughter of Song Meiling. So Chen Cheng's relationship with Chiang Kai-shek took it one step closer.
After that, Chen Cheng no longer saw anything in the military, and fought in a mess during the War of Resistance. During the Liberation War, when it was not possible to fight, many people ran from Shenyang to Nanjing, and many people demanded that Chen Cheng be punished, but Chen Cheng was sent to Taiwan to serve as the chairman of the province and concurrently served as the commander of the garrison.
Chen Cheng resolutely carried out Chiang Kai-shek's orders, and he was also able to bear the fault of chiang kai-shek. Therefore, Chen Cheng did not have any military talent, which was the secret of his promotion along the way.
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Old Chiang was also disappointed in Chen Cheng's military ability. But Chen Cheng was too loyal, or old Jiang Gan's son-in-law, how could old Jiang not use him.
It was such a person with average military ability that Chen Cheng had never fought a hard battle or a victorious battle in the War of Resistance. During the Liberation War, Old Jiang thought that this close and important minister could help him save the situation, but he did not expect to be beaten by Lin Biao in the northeast and run to Nanjing. It was such an incompetent general that Chen Cheng was a high-ranking official in the Kuomintang second only to Old Chiang, and the senior generals under Old Chiang were not convinced, believing that Old Chiang's use of Chen Cheng was the reason for his failure.
When Chen Cheng was in Shenyang, his generals were captured one after another in a battle with Lin Biao, and Chen Cheng complained to the old Jiang. Old Jiang also flew to Shenyang to encourage this love general, Chen Cheng also patted old Jiang on the chest and said that he "coexisted and died with Shenyang", but soon after Chen Cheng ran from Shenyang to Nanjing, he said to the outside world that he went to Shanghai to see a stomach disease.
At that time, the Kuomintang internally demanded that old Jiang kill Chen Cheng to apologize, but how could old Jiang kill his beloved general, not only did not kill, but also let Chen Cheng live in the hospital to pretend to be ill, and soon Chen Cheng resigned. However, soon the elder Jiang also made Chen Cheng the chairman of Taiwan Province and the commander of the garrison, and asked Chen Cheng to go to Taiwan first to arrange for himself to withdraw Taiwan. It can be seen that in the end, Old Jiang still handed over the burden to Chen Cheng. Some people said that Lao Jiang would not use people, which was the most important reason for his failure.
After the old Chiang Kai-shek was in Taiwan, he did not let Chen Cheng hold another military official position, and he also realized that the son-in-law's military ability was too poor. He made Chen Cheng the chief executive and later "vice president." Unexpectedly, Chen Cheng's military ability was very poor, but he had a set of rules for managing local affairs; he learned the lessons of the Kuomintang's failure, paid attention to strengthening relations with the local people in Taiwan, and also carried out the so-called "land reform," that is, the Kuomintang bought land from the hands of large landlords and then changed it.
Under Chen Cheng's administration, Taiwan developed rapidly, which can also be regarded as earning face for the old Chiang Kai-shek and reducing the rhetoric behind some high-ranking officials.
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Chen Cheng is not like some high-ranking officials who ran to Taiwan with a changeable fate; some were abandoned by old Chiang Kai-shek, some were even imprisoned by old Chiang Kai-shek, and some simply ran away and could not come back. Chen Cheng continued to work diligently for old Jiang. He worked until his death from liver cancer in 1965.
After Chen Cheng's death, Lao Jiang held a solemn funeral for him, personally sent him a wreath, and even set up a funeral committee composed of He Yingqin and others. Giving Chen Cheng enough face, from this point of view, old Jiang treated Chen Cheng unusually.
No matter how bad Chen Cheng's military was, Old Jiang did not abandon him. According to some data, Chen Cheng, a person, can also influence the employment of old Jiang, and from this point it can also be seen that the pattern of old Jiang is also like this.
Chen Cheng's children are excellent, and all of them are high-achieving students at well-known universities in the United States.
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