General Chen Geng had an open-minded and cheerful personality, and in our army, he was called a "pistachio" by the central leadership, and even in the hostile Kuomintang army, he had a good popularity.
It is said that after capturing Hu Zongnan's subordinates on the battlefield, General Chen Geng would say to them, "I am Chen Geng and you Hu Commanders are the same time as Huangpu!" I Chen Geng will not open the back door to let you go privately, but the student who Huang Wei said that 'a good meal, a cotton jacket' is still treated. ”
General Chen Geng has his own measure in speaking and doing things, and Huang Wei's sentence "a good meal, a cotton jacket" has another source.
General Chen Geng
In 1935, General Chen Geng was a classmate of the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy and the commander of the 10th Army of the Red Army, Liu Yuxi, was surrounded by the Kuomintang army and unfortunately captured.
When Yu Jishi saw Liu Yuxi, a ragged Huangpu classmate, he actually ignored the minimum classmate sentiments, did not even say hello, and waved his hand, letting Liu Yuxi be escorted away.
The incident soon spread in the "circle of classmates" in The First Phase of Whampoa, where they poked yu Jishi in the back and pointed at him, showing contempt for his way of being a human being.
Only the "nerd" Huang Weiqi did not fight, counting Yu Ji in front of his face: "It is so cold, how should you let him eat a good meal and wear a cotton jacket!" Everyone is a good classmate, you are also too cruel, right? ”
Since graduating from Huangpu, Chen Geng and several other Huangpu students have chosen the path of proletarian revolution, while Huang Wei, Yu Jishi, Hu Zongnan and other students in the first term have followed their "principal" Chiang Kai-shek and become the right-hand men of the old Chiang Kai-shek's domination of the world.
As we all know, Chen Geng was a prominent figure during his time at the Whampoa Military Academy, he was lively by nature, had many ideas, and had many friends, and he once risked his life during the Eastern Crusade to save Chiang Kai-shek's life.
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Old Jiang's feelings for Chen Geng were also very complicated, and he once said to his students with emotion: "What is the Huangpu Spirit?" Chen Geng is the spirit of Huangpu! ”
However, whether it was the conferring of the official's wish or "moving with affection", old Jiang could not keep Chen Geng.
After the "April 12 Incident", the old Chiang Kai-shek completely tore his face with the CCP, so the Huangpu students who used to be in the same window of Huangpu and now belong to two opposing camps have no choice but to go to the battlefield, and the swords and soldiers meet each other and fight mercilessly.
The Whampoa Military Academy is a famous military academy in modern China, which has trained a large number of outstanding military talents for the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and as one of the main generals of our party, Chen Geng has a well-known military talent, but his Huangpu classmates are also tiger generals who choose one of the hundred miles.
The two males competed, the sword and light sword shadow, exactly "Whose hand did the deer die?" ”
This issue is not only of particular concern to their "principal", I believe that all Chinese will wait and see.
From a personal point of view, Lao Jiang is optimistic about Chen Geng, but standing on the basis of the Kuomintang, lao Jiang naturally hopes that the side that "wins" is his loyal followers.
However, what Old Jiang finally saw was the result of "bleakness and sadness", and in the life-and-death struggle with Chen Geng, the proud protégés of "Principal Jiang" lost one soldier after another, and they were overwhelmed and defeated, making him, the "Principal", lose face.
Among the huangpu students, the first to be defeated by General Chen Geng was Li Mo'an.
During his time at the school, Huangpu had the saying that "Jiang Xianyun's pen and He Zhenghan's mouth were inferior to Chen Geng's legs", and there was also the saying that "Wen has He Zhenghan, Wu has Hu Zongnan".
Li Mo'an was not convinced, and he himself added a sentence of "Noh Wen Neng Wu Li Mo An", because of this matter, Li Mo An was not less ridiculed by his classmates in Huangpu.
And what really makes Li Mo'an feel self-contained is on the battlefield.
In June 1932, Li Mo'an, then commander of the 10th Division of the Kuomintang Army, led his troops to attack Huang'an, and met Chen Geng, the commander of the Red 12th Division.
The two Huangpu classmates each led a fierce battle, and as a result, Li Mo'an's division killed and wounded more than 1500 people, if it were not for Li Mo'an's fast escape, he would almost become a prisoner of his old classmates.
The second to lose under General Chen Geng was Hu Zongnan.
Hu Zongnan was also born in the first phase of Huangpu, known as the "first person to be born in Tianzi", and was favored by Chiang Kai-shek and reused for most of his life.
When he was still at the Whampoa Military Academy, Hu Zongnan and General Chen Geng were "like water and fire, and there must be no conspiracy." "At that time, two people couldn't argue, of course, they also made fists and feet when they were in a hurry.
However, Hu Zongnan has never won a battle once.
In 1932, Chen Geng and Hu Zongnan engaged in a knife-to-knife and gun-to-gun duel.
At that time, Hu Zongnan, the commander of the Kuomintang 1st Division, fought the Red Army for the first time in Eyuwan, but he encountered an "old rival", Chen Geng, commander of the Red 12th Division.
As a result, Hu Zongnan, who had not won the battle in Huangpu, still lost on the battlefield, and his old classmate had just been wounded not long ago, and General Chen Geng was sitting on a stretcher to command the battle.
Since then, Hu Zongnan and Chen Geng, who did not accept defeat, have fought for more than 20 years, but they have never won a battle.
The third Huangpu classmate chen Geng defeated was named Li Tiejun.
Li Tiejun was also a classmate of General Chen Geng in the first phase of Huangpu, and he also went to the Army Command College in Berlin, Germany, for further study, a man who fought bravely and strategically, known as the "Guangdong Fox".
When he was at the Whampoa Military Academy, Chen Geng and Li Tiejun's relationship had always been good, and because of this, Chen Geng had a banquet for several classmates with relatively good relations on the eve of leaving the Whampoa Military Academy, and Li Tiejun was also among them.
Because of different political views, in the future they will go their separate ways, and maybe one day they will duel on the battlefield, so everyone's feelings are very complicated.
During the banquet, Li Tiejun persuaded Chen Geng to stay for the last time, and Chen Geng was already determined, so angry that Li Tiejun threw the cup and left.
More than twenty years later, Li Tiejun and Chen Geng met again, at this time, Chen Geng and Chen Xie's regiment crossed the Yellow River south and galloped across the land of western Henan, while Li Tiejun personally led the Kuomintang 5th Corps to pounce on him.
In the face of the menacing old classmates, General Chen Geng decided to "avoid his sharp edge" and fight a "morning glory war".
Chen Geng ordered the 13th Brigade to contain the main force of the enemy army and lure Li Tiejun's troops to run east and west in the land of western Henan, tossing and turning back and forth, and tossing Li Tiejun to exhaustion.
Li Tiejun knew that his old classmates were definitely not "playing games" with him, so when chasing Chen Geng's troops, Li Tiejun repeatedly asked his subordinates to "be careful."
However, Chen Geng suddenly ordered his troops to attack a little harder, forcing Li Tiejun to transfer troops to support, and then suddenly withdrew, making Li Tiejun dizzy and overwhelmed.
In the end, the Fifth Corps of Li Tiejun and the reorganized Third Division were surrounded by Chen Geng's column, and the entire army was destroyed, and Li Tiejun led a small group of remnants to escape.
Qiu Xingxiang was the fourth Huangpu classmate defeated by General Chen Geng.
Nicknamed "Qiu Laohu", Qiu Xingxiang graduated from the fifth term of Huangpu and became a general in the Kuomintang army at the age of 35 who was "good at fighting hard battles".
In early 1948, Qiu Xingxiang was ordered to defend Luoyang, relying on strict defensive fortifications, Qiu Xingxiang was full of confidence, and the only thing that made him afraid was that the supreme commander of the People's Liberation Army attacking Luoyang was Chen Geng, the huangpu senior.
Chen Geng did not have "mercy" for Qiu Xingxiang, a Huangpu scholar, and the People's Liberation Army attacked the city of Luoyang without any suspense, and Qiu Xingxiang attempted to shoot himself and became a prisoner of the Huangpu scholar Chen Geng.
In the winter of 1948, the Battle of Huaihai began, and a large number of Huangpu graduates in the Kuomintang army gathered here, which can be described as "luxurious lineup" and "brave soldiers".
General Chen Geng's 4th Corps participated in the second phase of the Battle of Huaihai, and one of his major opponents was Huang Wei, a classmate of the Huangpu First Phase.
Among the huangpu classmates, Huang Wei was a well-known "nerd", he recognized the reason of death, very stubborn, and General Chen Geng knew these characteristics of him well and understood them clearly.
After Huang Wei's corps was surrounded, Chen Geng made full use of these characteristics (or defects) of Huang Wei, luring Huang Wei, who was superstitious and did not know how to be flexible, into a trap and hit him with one blow.
The funny thing is that after Huang Wei was captured, he asked to see his old classmate Chen Geng and said to the PLA cadres in charge of escorting: "Chen Geng is my classmate, and it is not unjust to lose to Chen Geng today, and I can't beat him when I was in Huangpu!" ”
In the autumn of 1949, General Chen Geng led the 4th Corps to the south, and in the Yangjiang area of Guangzhou, General Chen Geng defeated two Huangpu "apprentices", namely Liu Anqi, a classmate of the third phase of Huangpu and commander of the Kuomintang 21st Corps, and Shen Fazao, a student of the second phase of Huangpu and commander of the 13th Corps.
In mid-February 1950, Chen Geng's 4th Corps suddenly launched the Battle of Xichang, defeating the last remnants of his old classmate Hu Zongnan, and Hu Zongnan's chief of staff, Luo Lie, a fourth-term student of Huangpu, escaped by chance.
This was the final battle between General Chen Geng and his former Huangpu classmates.
The life of General Chen Geng is a legend, the former "Huangpu Sanjie" later became the founding general of the Republic, and his legendary story is still loved and admired!