Chapter 696 Junior Committee Chairman

"Good, good, good!"

Jiang Jieshi was very excited when he heard this, and he said three good words in a row.

The two talked for a while, and a man came in.

His name is Chen Cheng, with the courtesy name Cixiu. He is from Qingtian County, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, and is a fellow villager of Jiang Jieshi.

The relationship between Chen Cheng and Jiang Jieshi is very complicated. They are both fellow villagers and alumni.

He graduated from the Baoding Army Officers School and has a lot of experience in artillery.

The Baoding Army Officers School is very famous. The military god Jiang Baili served as the principal. Famous alumni include Jiang Jieshi, Bai Chongxi, Xue Yue, etc.!

In addition, when Jiang Jieshi and others founded the Huangpu Military Academy, Chen Cheng also served as the adjutant of education.

Because Chen Cheng was from the artillery department of the Baoding Military Academy, he was proficient in the use of various cannons. Later, he was changed to an instructor of the artillery department and the captain of the artillery team.

In fact, in addition to being a fellow villager and alumni, Chen Cheng is also Jiang Jieshi's son-in-law.

The military and political veteran Tan Yankai once served as the chairman of the government and had a daughter named Tan Xiang.

Because Tan Xiang had a good relationship with Song Meiling and was Song Meiling's goddaughter.

Seeing that Chen Cheng had good character and ability, Song Meiling introduced Tan Xiang to him.

Chen Cheng lived a simple life, and like Jiang Jieshi, he did not smoke or drink.

Most importantly, Chen Cheng was loyal to Jiang Jieshi, so he was trusted by Jiang Jieshi.

This level of trust was very deep, and no one could compare with Chen Cheng.

In fact, during the Xi'an Incident in 1936, Chen Cheng and Jiang Jieshi were detained together.

Every time Chen Cheng and Jiang Jieshi disagreed, as long as Jiang Jieshi made a decision, Chen Cheng would always execute it silently.

In addition, Chen Cheng had another outstanding feature, that is, he could take the blame for Jiang Jieshi.

Because of this, he was deeply appreciated by Jiang Jieshi.

Because of the above reasons, Chen Cheng had a particularly high status in the government and the government army.

He was worshipped as a first-class general and was called the Little Chairman, second only to Jiang Jieshi.

The Little Chairman, Jiang Jieshi's substitute, and the second person, are enough to explain everything!

It must be said that Chen Cheng held many positions, all of which were very important.

After the outbreak of the full-scale war of resistance, the government moved to Wuhan before moving to Chongqing.

Therefore, Hubei became the gateway to the rear area, and Chen Cheng served as the chairman of Hubei Province, the commander of the Wuhan garrison and the commander-in-chief of the Sixth War Zone, responsible for the defense of Wuhan.

At the same time, he also served as the Minister of the General Political Department of the Military Commission, a member of the Aviation Committee, the Chairman of the Central Training Committee, and the Director of Education of the Central Training Corps.

In the later period, Chen Cheng also served as the Minister of Military and Political Affairs, the Commander-in-Chief of Logistics, the Chief of Staff of the Ministry of National Defense, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy.

In fact, Chen Cheng's contribution is mainly reflected in the military.

Because he had a connection with Jiang Baili, the first military god of China, Chen Cheng and Jiang Baili had the same opinion.

The full-scale war of resistance broke out, and Wang Jingwei and others, as representatives, expressed their willingness to surrender.

However, at this time, Chen Cheng stood up, and while angrily rebuking Wang Jingwei, he raised his arms and shouted, saying that he wanted to be a resolute war faction!

While firmly advocating war, Chen Cheng put forward similar opinions to the first military god Jiang Baili.

Chen Cheng said that China should contain the main force of the Japanese army near Shanghai, so that the enemy would attack China from the east to the west, and not from the north to the south.

It must be mentioned that after the outbreak of the full-scale war of resistance, for various reasons, the government army was divided into three major military groups:

Chen Cheng group, Hu Zongnan group, and Tang Enbo group.

In fact, Chen Cheng group also has another nickname, called Tumu group.

Tu is 11, and Mu is 18.

Most of the generals of Tumu group came from the 11th Division of the 18th Army, which was also the starting unit of Chen Cheng.

Of course, some generals did not come from this unit, but had a good relationship with Chen Cheng, and were also classified into Tumu group.

Chen Cheng not only did not smoke or drink, but also had very strict requirements for his subordinates.

Therefore, in the Tumu group, there was no phenomenon of empty salary and withholding of military pay in other units.

In addition, in these units, democracy was very important, so the combat effectiveness was very strong, and they won countless military exploits in the history of the War of Resistance.

Speaking of the military exploits of the Tumu group, one person must be mentioned.

His name is Xue Yue, and he is the general who killed the most Japanese in the history of the War of Resistance.

In the Battle of Changsha, Xue Yue created the Tianlu Tactics.

With this tactic, he led his troops to kill more than 100,000 Japanese and won a great victory in the history of the War of Resistance.

For this, Xue Yue was rewarded numerous times.

Among them, the two most important ones are:

the Medal of Freedom awarded by US President Truman;

the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal awarded by the government army.

It must be said that Xue Yue and Chen Cheng both had the same highest military rank, both were first-class generals, but Chen Cheng's contribution was greater.

In addition to being a senior military officer, Chen Cheng also held an important position in the government;

Both of them were from the Baoding Army Officers School, but Chen Cheng had been an instructor at the Huangpu Military Academy, which determined that Chen Cheng was more trusted by Jiang Jieshi;

Although Xue Yue had a greater record and was a general, Chen Cheng was better at forming an army, training soldiers, and employing talents, and was a marshal;

In addition to discovering and promoting Xue Yue, Chen Cheng also trained many famous generals: Hu Lian, Huang Wei, Zhou Zhirou, Luo Zhuoying...

He set an example, was loyal to Jiang Jieshi, had an honest style of work, and had strong combat effectiveness!

With so many advantages added to Chen Cheng, plus he was a direct descendant of Jiang Jieshi and a relative, it was hard for Chen Cheng not to be reused.

In fact, in the history of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, in 1943, Chen Cheng led the Chinese Expeditionary Force to fight against the devils in Burma, India and other countries.

However, Chen Cheng has a more important task at the moment.

In front of Ye Tian, ​​Chen Cheng and Jiang Jieshi did not hide their secrets and told the strategic deployment of the Battle of Shanghai.

The full-scale war of resistance has broken out, and the government has issued a general mobilization order to the whole country.

As expected, Jiang Jieshi became the supreme commander, and the country was divided into 5 war zones.

Shanghai belongs to the third war zone, Feng Yuxiang is the commander-in-chief, Gu Zhutong is the deputy commander-in-chief, and Chen Cheng is the commander-in-chief of the front.

However, considering that when the Battle of Shanghai starts, the government army will be fully deployed, so senior officials will be reappointed.

The commander-in-chief is Jiang Jieshi, and the deputy commander-in-chief is Gu Zhutong;

The commander-in-chief of the right-wing army is Zhang Fakui;

The commander-in-chief of the central army is Zhu Shaoliang;

The commander-in-chief of the left-wing army is Chen Cheng, under which are Xue Yue's 19th Army and Luo Zhuoying's 15th Army.

At that time, the most elite troops of the government army, such as the Central Teaching Corps, the 87th Division, the 88th Division, the Tax Police Corps and other troops, will all go to battle.

It must be said that in this battle, Jiang Jieshi brought out all his biggest trump cards!

In China, there is an ace special force with the best combat effectiveness - the Chairman's Special Guard, whose code name is the Chinese Military Police!

The members of this guard are all skilled and can fight against a hundred on the battlefield.