Wang Yaowu rarely made mistakes in military command, and even in the face of superior Japanese troops, the troops led by Wang Yaowu could be affirmed by the commander's department or the supreme commander with outstanding performance; In the Battle of Songhu, Wang Yaowu's 51st Division won the first battle and made headlines on the front page of Shanghai; In the defense of Nanjing, Wang Yaowu knew that he could not do it, the four regiment commanders were killed and seriously wounded, and the two most powerful battalion commanders died heroically; In the Battle of Wanjialing, the 51st Division annihilated more than 4,000 enemies, making the first contribution to the 74th Army's total annihilation of the 106th Division of the Japanese Army.
In 1939, Nanchang was lost, the Ninth Theater organized a three-way counteroffensive, the 74th Army fought in Gao'an, the 51st Division attacked and the Japanese 106th Division started a tug-of-war, and drove the 106th Division out of Gao'an twice in a row; The Japanese army finally used poison gas bombs to inflict heavy casualties on the 51st Division, Yu Jishi ordered the 51st Division to withdraw and recuperate, Wang Yaowu immediately said: "Don't pity the 51st Division, even if you hit the last man, the 51st Division is the main force attacking Gao'an." ”
The counterattack on Nanchang ended in failure, but the 74th Army stood out among the participating troops, and the Ninth Theater Command issued a special commendation; Chiang Kai-shek looked at the 74th Army more and more likely, especially the "handsome" Wang Yaowu, who was received twice by him, lived up to the trust, and after the battle of Wanjialing, he once again gave Whampoa a long face. Two months later, when Chiang Kai-shek recruited back the army commander Yu Ji, he also ordered Wang Yaowu to take over the post of army commander; Soon the 74th Army was reorganized, and in addition to the 51st and 58th Divisions, the original 57th Division of the 73rd Army was officially transferred to the 74th Army; In the Battle of Gao'an, the 57th Division fought with the 74th Army and won the title of "Tiger Ben" Division for its combat bravery, so that the 74th Army had three absolute main divisions, which is rare in other armies.
Wang Yaowu was very strict in administering the army, and his daily training was strictly in accordance with military discipline, and in his troops it was strictly forbidden to have untidy military appearance, procrastination, and other behaviors, and many officers and men were beaten for this; although this way of administering the army had the flavor of an old warlord, it was a shortcut in Wang Yaowu's view.
In terms of ideological education, the Nationalist Army basically lacks the education of officers and soldiers at the grassroots level, and Wang Yaowu has long had insight into this; when he interrogated the "prisoners" of the Red Tenth Army Corps, Wang Yaowu greatly admired the ideological education of the Communist Party, and he believed that it would be very difficult for soldiers armed with ideology to defeat them physically. Referring to the CPC's ideological education methods, after a long period of thinking and accumulation, Wang Yaowu also formed a set of methods for educating officers and men; by collecting some relevant materials on Japan's invasion of China, exposing its true face, and conveying it to the lower levels at divisional combat meetings or meetings of senior military officers, Wang Yaowu also played a great role in arousing hatred between officers and men and the Japanese army, and at the same time effectively stopped the spread of capitulationist and conservative ideas in the army.
In accordance with the United States "China Aid Act" agreement, the Kuomintang borrowed money from United States to purchase American-style weapons to arm the elite of the Central Army; The 74th Army was the first batch of beneficiary troops, which took on a new look from head to toe and from the inside out, not only among the top in the Kuomintang army, but also not inferior to the Japanese army; For example, when the 74th Army counterattacked the Japanese army in northern Ganbei, Li Tianxia led a mountain artillery battalion and a heavy machine gun company to destroy 2,000 Japanese soldiers in an ambush battle (the big tribe was drowned in the water), and after the war, Li Tianxia happily said to Wang Yaowu: "This batch of United States goods is really energetic!" ”
Shanggao's victory was called "the most wonderful battle since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression" by the Kuomintang high-level, continuing the undefeated record of the 74th Army. Wang Yaowu's undefeated record has a great deal to do with his implementation of unified leadership in the army; the phenomenon of forming gangs and factions within the Kuomintang army is very common, and this is also a major characteristic of high-level employment, which contains and restricts each other, but the negative impact is also very large; during large-scale battles, military orders are often not effectively implemented, thus delaying military aircraft, but this phenomenon is hardly seen in Wang Yaowu's troops.
When Wang Yaowu was first promoted to the commander of the First Supplementary Brigade, the former deputy brigade commander secretly made a stumbling block, and in the Battle of Tanjiaqiao, the deputy brigade commander did not strictly implement the order and almost ruined Wang Yaowu's future; After the war, Wang Yaowu collected evidence of his crime and sent him to prison, and used a knife to kill people to completely solve the trouble. As early as when dealing with the Red Army in northeastern Jiangxi, Wang Yaowu managed to get rid of Chen Cheng's solicitation, and in the northwest he also politely refused the invitation of Hu Zongnan's Fuxing Society, when Hu Zongnan's First Army was expanded, he wanted to incorporate Wang Yaowu to supplement the First Brigade, and Wang Yaowu set up a bureau to take advantage of the relationship between Yu Jishi and Yu Feipeng's uncle and nephew to escape again; This kind of political independence saved Wang Yaowu from the trouble of partisan disputes, gave him room to turn around in a complicated operational environment, and avoided the fate of "cannon fodder."
Although Wang Yaowu was born in a civilian family, he was very friendly to his superiors and subordinates on the surface, but when it came to his own interests, he was very shrewd and black-bellied, Yu Jishi wanted to take away the 58th Division that he brought with him when he left the 74th Army, Wang Yaowu ignored his personal friendship and successfully retained the 58th Division with the help of Xu Tingyao, and kept this basic cadre for the 74th Army. In general, Wang Yaowu was good at self-preservation, and on this basis, he developed and strengthened himself, which made him enter the ranks of senior Kuomintang generals at the age of 35.
In 1941, in order to speed up the pace of the war, the Japanese army opened up the north-south passage and launched the second Battle of Changsha. On the other hand, on the Kuomintang side, the Ninth Theater headed by Xue Yue continued Luo Zhuoying's combat style and used the main force on the front line of Xiushui, causing the Japanese army to drive down and break through to the east of Changsha and threaten Changsha from the flank.
Wang Yaowu's 74th Army was ordered to advance westward from western Jiangxi, and assisted the 79th Army to hold Changsha in the Huanghua and Yongan areas east of Changsha, but the hasty advance army committed the taboo of advancing on the flank. After breaking through the defense line of the Miluo River, the Japanese army did not go straight to Changsha, but rushed to the direction of Liuyang, just in time to meet the 74th Army advancing westward; At this time, the 74th Army marched in a long snake in order to support Changsha, and the Japanese army took advantage of the situation to move south and cut it into several pieces, and the 57th and 58th divisions lost half, and Wang Yaowu was almost captured.
Liao Lingqi, commander of the 58th Division of the 74th Army, had never suffered such a defeat since graduating from Huangpu, and he was eager to make meritorious contributions soon after his marriage, so he could not accept this humiliation, so he privately led the remnants of the 58th Division to retreat to Hengyang, preparing to return to his hometown to fight guerrillas; The matter was reported to Xue Yue, chairman of the provincial government, by the local county magistrate, who immediately ordered Liao Lingqi to be arrested and detained.
Chiang Kai-shek was very shocked when he learned that the 74th Army was almost annihilated, and went to Hengyang to preside over the military meeting; Xue Yue believed that the 26th Army should bear the main responsibility for not blocking the Japanese army at the Laodao River and covering the 74th Army's entry into the position as deployed, but Chiang Kai-shek did not want to deal with Xiao Zhichu, the commander of the 26th Army, but pointed the finger at Liao Lingqi. It is said that Liao Lingqi's private separation from the army is a post-defeat act, and the heavy casualties of the 74th Army should be attributed to the improper deployment of the command, and objectively the 26th Army was ineffective in blocking the attack, but Chiang Kai-shek believed that the problem of the 74th Army should be found from itself.
Chiang Kai-shek had a habit of dealing with derelict generals - turning over old accounts, and before the meeting, the chairman's chamber received an anonymous report letter, reporting that Liao Lingqi had occupied more than 50,000 yuan of condolences for wounded soldiers, which reminded Chiang Kai-shek of Sun Yuanliang in 1938 that Sun Yuanliang had reported a matter about Liao Lingqi, when the 88th Division purchased a batch of military horses, and the regiment commander Liao Lingqi had a dispute with Sun Yuanliang due to the uneven distribution of procurement costs, and Sun Yuanliang compensated Liao 5,000 yuan and promised the post of brigade commander to expose the matter; Sun Yuanliang was the steward of Chiang Kai-shek's "Imperial Forest Army", and he was loyal to Chiang Yuzhong and reported the matter as it was.
When Chiang Kai-shek had not yet arrived in Hengyang, he personally drafted a letter of guilt and reported it to Chiang Kai-shek one step ahead of the commander of the theater, in which Wang Yaowu took all the faults of the 74th Army's losses and losses, and this view of the overall situation moved Chiang Kai-shek very much.
There is also a reason why Chiang Kai-shek did not dispose of Xiao Zhichu, this person was originally the old department of Feng Yuxiang of the Northeast Army, and belonged to the miscellaneous army generals, and the two deputy commanders of the Ninth Theater, Yang Sen and Wang Lingji, are both representatives of the miscellaneous army. In addition, the Northwest Army has always been a problem for Chiang Kai-shek, and keeping Xiao Zhichu to mediate from it is conducive to controlling these local snakes.
From this point of view, Liao Lingqi is very suitable as a scapegoat, but it is not this anonymous letter that pushes Liao Lingqi to a dead end; After Liao Lingqi was detained, the Liao Department of the 57th Division couldn't sit still, and immediately went around to discuss rescue countermeasures, among which Wang Yubin, deputy director of the Quartermaster Department, was the most eager, and he sat in this position not long ago, and the relationship had just been dredged, and it would be rewarded, if Liao Lingqi had an accident at this time, he would not be busy in vain. He asked Director Bai Wenbing to give advice, Bai Wenbing said: "At present, the only one who can save the division commander is himself, Chief Xue will definitely not help, Commander Wang is also guilty, and he is powerless, there is only one way at present, let the division sit and go directly to see the chairman of the committee." Wang Yubin said suspiciously: "The chairman of the committee is angry, isn't it asking for hardship now?" ”
Bai Wenbing gave two examples, the first is Fang Jing, in 1933, Fang Jing's troops thought that there were bandits in the direction of Linchuan due to wrong intelligence, and as a result, an oolong incident occurred, which he did not expect, Chiang Kai-shek happened to inspect Linchuan and was unexpectedly shocked. Afterwards, Fang Jing was frightened and confessed his mistake to Chiang Kai-shek's face, and after a reprimand, Fang Jing not only did not lose his position, but was more trusted by Chiang Kai-shek. The second is Sun Yuanliang, the 88th Division of the Nanjing Defense War was ineffective, and the division commander Sun Yuanliang was said to be held responsible, but Sun Yuanliang was promoted to commander of the 72nd Army after facing Chiang.
Liao Lingqi
Bai Wenbing once stayed in the Inspirational Society, which is a bit similar to the Kuomintang's logistics organs, many of whom made mistakes to "study", don't look at these people who are not welcomed, but they are very familiar with all aspects of the Kuomintang's high-level leadership. When Wang Yubin heard Bai Wenbing say this, he immediately believed it, and he had also heard the people around Chiang Kai-shek say that the more the chairman scolded, the more he trusted you, so he passed on this self-help method to Liao Lingqi through the relationship, so that Liao Lingqi and Wang Yubin did not expect that this time they met Jiang directly sent them to a dead end.
Chiang Kai-shek said a word after seeing Liao Lingqi: "Get out", Liao Lingqi was born in Huangpu, has a hot personality, and leading troops to fight is a master who does not want to die, seeing that Chiang Kai-shek did not even give a chance to plead, he felt even more aggrieved, so he stood in place and did not leave and wanted an explanation; Chiang Kai-shek has always hated others arguing with him the most, thinking of the old accounts and anonymous letters that he had turned over before, plus the fact that he had withdrawn from the battlefield with his troops without permission, so he had the intention of killing. At the end of October, at the Third Nanyue Military Conference, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Liao Lingqi to be dealt with severely, and the Law Enforcement Department executed him on the same day.
The cause of Liao Lingqi's death has always been different, some people think that Xue Yue wanted to use him as a scapegoat, but in fact, Liao Lingqi's death has a lot to do with Wang Yaowu. When Wang Yaowu took over the post of army commander from Yu Jishi, he promoted Chen Shizheng of the 58th Division to be the division commander, the purpose of which was to suppress the deputy division commander Liao Lingqi, when Yu Jishi was transferred to the new commander of the Fifth Army, Liao Lingqi encouraged the 58th Division to be transferred together, isn't this a slap in Wang Yaowu's face, in addition, Liao Lingqi was very dissatisfied with Wang Yaowu's promotion to army commander.
Wang Yaowu did not allow any outliers in the 74th Army, but Liao Lingqi was in the fourth phase of Huangpu, participated in the Northern Expedition, was injured and made military exploits, and could not treat him like the deputy brigade commander back then, so he must have a proper time and reason. And Wang Wenbing has always been Wang Yaowu's confidant, and when he got rid of the deputy commander of the First Brigade, he was also the one who took charge of it, and Wang Yaowu was very surprised by the ingenuity of his methods, and then helped Wang Yaowu take care of Shanghai's business. After the fall of Shanghai, Bai Wenbing followed Wang Yaowu to serve in the army; Around 1938, the commander of the 172nd Brigade of the 58th Division of the 74th Army was vacant, and Wang Yaowu sent his cronie Qiu Weida to him, and at the same time sent Bai Wenbing to help.
Qiu Weida and Bai Wenbing were not yet hot on the butt of the 172nd Brigade, and when they were blocking the Japanese troops moving south along the Nanxun Line, they were placed together by the division commander Feng Shengfa and the deputy division commander Liao Lingqi, and the two left the 172nd Brigade in a gloomy manner, so that the gap between the two divisions became wider and wider. Bai Wenbing is good at playing tricks, and he naturally refuses to give up after suffering a big loss in the 172nd Brigade. After Wang Yaowu was promoted to army commander, he had the right to speak on the 58th Division, and one day, Bai Wenbing found Wang Yaowu and said very abruptly: "Military seat, I still want to go back to the 58th Division." Wang Yaowu said: "Just you?" Bai Wenbing said: "It's best for me to go back alone!" There were no superfluous words between the two, and a tacit understanding was reached in their hearts.
Bai Wenbing became the director of the Quartermaster Department with the help of the division commander Chen Shizheng (Chen Shizheng was transferred away soon after becoming the division commander, and the deputy division commander Liao Lingqi became a regular), in order to win the trust of Liao Lingqi's faction, the affairs of the Quartermaster Department were pushed to the deputy director Wang Yubin, and Liao Lingqi gradually relaxed his vigilance against Bai Wenbing after he became a regular, but they didn't know that Bai Wenbing had been silently waiting for the opportunity to fight back.
Bai Wenbing's design of this bureau can be described as seamless, and the anonymous letter is naturally from his handwriting; Instigating Liao Lingqi to meet Chiang Kai-shek is also an important part, Bai Wenbing knows that there may be two results in meeting Chiang Kai-shek, one is to soar, and the other is to be doomed, but the former must have someone to intercede behind his back, such as Xia Chuzhong behind Fang Jing, and Xia Chuzhong is Chen Cheng's cronies, in addition, Xuan Tiewu, who served as Chiang Kai-shek's attendant, also took good care of Fang Jing, and these people inevitably said good things behind their backs; As for Sun Yuanliang, he is the "commander of the Imperial Forest Army" cultivated by Chiang Kai-shek's novices, and Yu Jishi served as the commander of the Guard Brigade of the National Government and the commander of the Guard Division at the same time, in addition, Sun Yuanliang's father Sun Zhen is a famous general of the Sichuan Army, and he is also Chiang Kai-shek's predecessor in the Baoding Military Academy, Sun Zhen is the hardest working in the Sichuan army, and Chiang Kai-shek will not move Sun Yuanliang with this relationship, as for Liao Lingqi, he has nothing but the identity of Huangpu, as the saying goes: "If you have money in your pocket, you can sell wine, and no one in the court will be an official", it is difficult to get Chiang Kai-shek's sympathy with Liao Lingqi's temper, The result can only be a dead end.
Xia Chuzhong
After "sending away" Liao Lingqi, Bai Wenbing prepared an additional "gift" to give to Wang Yaowu, and when Liao Lingqi met Jiang, he contacted the three commanders of the 58th Division, jointly signed a letter, and threatened to resign; Wang Yaowu, as the army commander, remained silent on this matter, but behind his back, he asked the deputy division commander Zhang Lingfu to deal with it, making the matter bigger, and the 58th Division was immediately lively, and the last three regiment commanders had to leave. Zhang Lingfu was very glad and said to his confidant Cai Renjie: "If these three people don't leave, the 58th Division will be difficult to control, and we will be the last to go." ”
Cai Renjie soon found out that Bai Wenbing supported the three regiment commanders behind the scenes to "make trouble", Zhang Lingfu knew his identity and handed it over to Wang Yaowu to deal with, Wang Yaowu ordered him to be removed from the post of quartermaster and transferred back to the 51st Division; Bai Wenbing left in a dashing manner, he was confident that this matter was done beautifully, but he didn't dare to show any merit in front of Wang Yaowu, he knew that he couldn't hide this trick from Wang Yaowu's eyes.
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