During the Anti-Japanese War, the "Southern Anhui Incident" could be called an indelible stain on the Kuomintang, Ye Ting, the commander of the New Fourth Army, was detained, and political commissar Xiang Ying, deputy chief of staff Zhou Zikun, and director of the political department Yuan Guoping were all killed, and the whole country was outraged. The mastermind of the Southern Anhui Incident was naturally Chiang Kai-shek, and the person who actually operated it was one of Chiang Kai-shek's five tiger generals: Gu Zhutong. 
On October 19, 1940, Chiang Kai-shek, in order to disintegrate the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, issued an order to let the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army go north to the Yellow River to participate in the War of Resistance. Of course, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army knew Lao Chiang's crooked thoughts, but for the sake of the overall situation, they still decided to let the New Fourth Army go north of the Yangtze River. However, Chiang Kai-shek was still not satisfied, and secretly sent Gu Zhutong to lead an army to attack the New Fourth Army going north. After receiving the order, Gu Zhutong did not act rashly, but held a meeting to secretly formulate a battle plan against the New Fourth Army. After discussion and careful consideration at the meeting, Gu Zhutong decided to let the 40th Division, which was the most advanced equipment and equipped with German mountain artillery, fight the front line first, and he strategized and sent each unit to a suitable position, and arranged for the 62nd and 77th Divisions in eastern Zhejiang to be responsible for supporting the work, and finally doubled the number of troops, and strictly ordered the army to take turns to monitor the New Fourth Army. 
In December, Lao Jiang couldn't hold back and urged Gu Zhutong to complete the task as soon as possible. Therefore, Gu Zhutong sent an army of 80,000 people to arrange a bag-shaped position, and at the same time ordered the bag-shaped position to lead troops to encircle and pursue and intercept it, cutting off the connection between the New Fourth Army in southern Jiangsu and southern Anhui. Gu Zhutong also gave a death order to his troops in accordance with Lao Jiang's instructions: "We must not only force the New Fourth Army to go, but also make them unable to ,......."To be completely eradicated, there must be no fish that slip through the net. On the evening of January 4, 1941, Ye Ting and Xiang Ying led about 9,000 people in 6 regiments of the New Fourth Army. Although the New Fourth Army resisted stubbornly, it was ultimately invincible with two fists and four hands, and finally suffered heavy losses, the army commander Ye Ting was detained, and the political commissar Xiang Ying, deputy chief of staff Zhou Zikun, and director of the Political Department Yuan Guoping were all killed, which was for the southern Anhui incident. After the incident, although people throughout the country were condemning and demanding severe punishment, Chiang Kai-shek not only did not punish Gu Zhutong, but used it more seriously, fully exposing his reactionary nature. 
In fact, Gu Zhutong and Ye Ting are classmates of the Baoding Military Academy, and the relationship is not bad, before leaving, Ye Ting also sent a telegram to Gu Zhutong to inquire about the situation in the north, Gu Zhutong replied, please rest assured that Brother Xiyi will definitely guarantee the safety of the New Fourth Army. The result?It seems that the words of the big man are really unbelievable!For such loyal subordinates, Chiang Kai-shek was naturally very satisfied with Gu Zhutong, and later promoted to commander-in-chief of the army, chief of staff, and promoted to first-class general, especially in Chiang Kai-shek's later years, if there is any major matter, Gu Zhutong will be involved, such as "Tuogu". In 1975, Chiang Kai-shek knew that he had few days to live, so he wanted his son Chiang Ching-kuo**, but Chiang Ching-kuo had little qualifications after all, and he had to find a "respectable" minister to assist him, who was suitable?Chiang Kai-shek found Gu Zhutong. Gu Zhutong is naturally duty-bound, and after some operations, Jiang Jingguo successfully became "** Jiang Jingguo is also very grateful for Gu Zhutong's help and respects him very much, and in the end, Gu Zhutong lived to 1987 and lived to be 94 years old.