The Archive · 1938

Pinghan Commander

General Tang En-po, Commander of the 4th Army Corps, who won fame as the defender of the Nankou Pass, has completed the reorganization of his forces. General Tang, it is reliably learned, will be given virtual command of the Chinese forces on the Peiping-Hankow Railway, although General Chen Chien will retain his nominal post as Commander-in-Chief, General Wei Li-huang, whose troops fought both in the Nankou and Hsinkou passes, is now virtual Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Communications Cut And

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