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Tang Yulin (Chinese: 汤玉麟; Pinyin: Tāng Yùlín; 1877 -- 1937) was a Chinese warlord in the Fengtien clique and Chairman of the government of Rehe(Jehol). A Chinese character, also known as a Han character ( is a Logogram used in writing Chinese (hanzi Japanese ( Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Fengtian Clique ( was one of several mutually hostile Cliques or factions that split from the Beiyang Clique in the Republic of China 's Warlord Administration Rehe was located north of the Great Wall, west of Manchuria, and east of Mongolia.

Biography

Tang Yulin was born in 1871 in Fuxin, Liaoning. Fuxin ( is a Prefecture-level city in the Liaoning province of northeastern China. ( is a northeastern province of the People's Republic of China. In 1902 he joined the Fengtian First Road Defense Sentry patrol battalion as an officer. In 1912 he was given command of the 27th Regiment, 27th Cavalry Division and the following year was promoted to command the 52nd Brigade. In 1917 he participated in Zhang Xun's Manchu restoration, after Duan Qirui defeated Zhang he fled to Fuxin to live in seclusion. Zhang Xun ( 1854-1923 Qing -loyalist general who attempted to restore the abdicated emperor Puyi in 1917 This article discusses history of the state which currently governs Taiwan Area. Duàn Qíruì (段祺瑞 ( Wade-Giles Tuan Ch'i-jui (1864 &ndash November 2, 1936) was a Chinese Warlord and politician commander

In 1919, Tang returned to be appointed as a Fengtian inspection official for the three Northeastern provinces. In May 1921, Tang was appointed the Fengtian army 11th Brigade Commander. During the Second Zhili-Fengtian War in 1924 he commanded the Fengtian 11th Infantry Division.

In 1926 was appointed to command Fengtian's 12th Army and to the chairmanship of the government of Rehe which he was to hold from April 5, 1926 to July 1932. After the Chinese reunification at the end of the Northern Expedition, Tang was confirmed in his control of Rehe by the Kuomintang and made governor and commander of the 36th Division. Chinese reunification (1928, better known in Chinese history as the Northeast Flag Replacement ( is a historical term that refers to Zhang Xueliang The Northern Expedition ( was a military campaign led by the Kuomintang (KMT from 1926 to 1928. Tang Yulin's many exactions, and taxes gave him a great deal of revenue that he used to purchase luxury residences in the Italian concession in Tianjin. ( Postal map spelling: Tientsin) is the second largest city in northern coastal China. He also engaged in the opium trade, having an opium factory at his residence in Chengde and sold Manchu antiques in the Treaty ports.

In late February 1933 Japanese attacked Jehol in the Battle of Rehe in Operation Nekka. The Battle of Rehe (sometimes called the Battle of Jehol) was the second part of Operation Nekka, a campaign by which the Empire of Japan successfully The Defense of the Great Wall ( (January 1 1933 &ndash May 31 1933 was a campaign between the armies of Republic of China and Empire of Japan, which With insufficient troops and those he had poorly equipped and led, his defenses soon fell, despite the mountainous terrain and snow storms hindering the Japanese. Some of his officers went over to the Japanese. With his capital soon to fall, Tang diverted 200 trucks assigned to support his army to transport his wealth to Tianjin. When they were stopped and the cargo seized at the Great Wall, Zhang Xueliang ordered Tang arrested. Zhang Xueliang or Chang Hsüeh-liang ( English occasionally Peter Hsueh Liang Chang) ( 3 June 1901 (according to other accounts in Tang fled the province with a 200 man bodyguard, into Chahar along with remnants of his provincial forces.

In September 10th, 1933 Tang met with Fang Zhenwu, Ji Hongchang and Liu Guitang, the remaining leaders of the Chahar People's Anti-Japanese Army at Yunzhou where it was reorganized. Fang Zhenwu or Fang Chen-wu (方振武 (1885 - 1941 was a Chinese military officer in the early twentieth century Ji Hongchang ( Chinese: 吉鴻昌 original name Ji Hengli 1895 - 1934 was a Chinese general and patriot Liu Guitang, Liu Kuei-tang, 刘桂堂(1892-1943 Chinese bandit and soldier involved in the Japanese attempt to control Chahar province in 1933 The Chahar People's Anti-Japanese Army consisted mostly of former Northwestern Army units under Feng Yuxiang, troops from Fang Zhenwu 's Resisting Japan and Saving Yunzhou a town about 16km NNE of Chicheng, Hebei, China. It was formerly in the far southeast of Chahar province. Tang was made its Deputy Commander-in-chief. Liu Guitang was persuaded to switch sides by Song Zheyuan and blocked Tang from marching to join Ji and Fang in their march south on Peiking. Sòng Zhéyuán (宋哲元 ( October 30, 1885 - April 5, 1940) was a Chinese General during the Chinese Civil War After the failure of Fang Zhenwu and Ji Hongchang’s march on Peiking, Tang turned on Liu Guitang and drove him out of Chahar in December 1933.

In May 1934, Tang became a senior adviser to Song Zheyuan in command of the Beijing Government and 29th Army. Six months later he had to resign and retire to his residence in the Italian concession in Tianjin. There he died in May 1937.

Sources

Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2004, ISBN 0786713186

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