invited Guo Rentai to dinner, and the other party wanted to report the New Fourth Army.
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In 1937, the Japanese army invaded on a large scale, and the land of China suffered serious damage. During this period, some traitorous puppet armies posed a huge threat to our army, so they became the combat targets of our army.
Our army has always stressed the need to win the "right thing" of the puppet army, and has adopted different tactics to deal with it according to the time and place. Therefore, on January 19, 1940, the New Fourth Army instigated the first "anyway" puppet army in central Hubei - Guo Rentai in Hubei.
Guo Rentai actually defected after joining the New Fourth Army, what happened in this?However, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Guo Rentai met with the former leader again, but suddenly shouted: Commander, I want to report!
So, what is he going to report this time?In 1939, the Central Plains Bureau of the Communist Party of China established an anti-Japanese base in the Henan-Hubei border area at the junction of Henan, Hubei, Anhui, Hunan and Jiangxi provinces.
This base area is "strangles the Yangtze River in the south, the Huai River in the north, the western Anhui River in the east, and Qinshu in the west", and has an extremely important strategic position. In January of the same year, ** was ordered to enter the base area, and then the "Henan-Hubei Independent Guerrilla Detachment of the New Fourth Army" was established.
The Henan-Hubei Independent Guerrilla Detachment has always insisted on leading the common people in the base areas to resist the invaders. In order to increase its strength, the organization decided to instigate the puppet army Guo Rentai's department to "anyway".
However, for a variety of reasons, the chances of success in this operation are not high. Speaking of Guo Rentai, the puppet deputy commander of security in western Hubei Province, there is still a lot of contradiction between him and the New Fourth Army.
Guo Rentai's background was full of hardships and tribulations. He was born in a poor family in Xiantao, Yingcheng, his parents died young, and his grandmother went out to beg for rice to make ends meet. However, the death of his grandmother made Guo Rentai an orphan and was sold to the Guo family by black-hearted traffickers and renamed Guo Rentai.
The misfortunes of his childhood did not stop there, at the age of 12 he had to go down to the plaster hole and drag the anointment, tie a rope around his waist, bend over the trailer, and his knees were often worn out. This life experience changed the trajectory of Guo Rentai's life, and he joined the puppet army.
Although his behavior is incomprehensible, we can understand his helplessness and choice.
Although Guo Rentai suffered misfortune as a child, he did not become silent because of it. On the contrary, he likes to make friends, especially those who are like-minded brothers. One day, when Guo Rentai was working in the plaster cave, an accident suddenly occurred, and more than 300 people were trapped at the bottom of the well, and everyone was frightened and at a loss.
At this time, Guo Rentai did not hesitate to go down to the well to save people. His calmness and decisiveness allowed everyone to find the backbone, and he commanded everyone to act separately and successfully rescued everyone.
This underground escape made Guo Rentai famous in the rivers and lakes and became the number one person.
When Tao Zhu was preparing for the armed forces in Yingcheng, he found that Guo Rentai was a usable talent and decided to win him over. However, fearing that the Hong Gang would be used by the Japanese, the county magistrate of Yingcheng ordered the ban and arrest of a number of Hong Gang members, including Guo Rentai.
When Tao Zhu learned about it, he thought that this was an opportunity to win Guo Rentai, so he bailed him out through his connections. Guo Rentai was grateful, and Tao Zhu's life-saving grace made him remember it in his heart.
Soon, Yingcheng fell, Guo Rentai and his brothers collected *** and withdrew outside the city, and set up an anti-Japanese guerrilla brigade by himself. After Tao Zhu learned about it, he personally wrote a letter and asked Guo Rentai to meet in Jingshan.
Tao Zhu's invitation, Guo Rentai dared to refuse, he immediately went to Jingshan. There, the organization integrated Guo Rentai's team with several other groups of people to form the "Response".
Everyone decided to resist the invaders in Yingcheng together. At the beginning of 1939, Guo Rentai's detachment was expanded into the first detachment, and the size of the team reached more than 1,000 people. However, Kwok and his brothers had not been in the regular army and lacked combat experience.
Therefore, this "first detachment" quickly suffered setbacks, successive routs and almost collapsed. Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Guo Rentai led the remaining brothers to break away from the "resistance".
The enemy's pressing step by step forced Guo Rentai to choose to defect and become the deputy commander of the puppet security in western Hubei. Although the defection is shameful, Guo Rentai also has his own "considerations".
Since becoming deputy commander, Guo Rentai has not cared about the work of the puppet army, but is only keen to expand his strength. He actively recruited scattered armed forces and **, and soon formed a powerful army of more than a thousand people, collecting a considerable number of **.
Although they were puppet soldiers, Guo Rentai did not collude with the Japanese invaders. In his defense zone, he took a "turn a blind eye" attitude towards our troops and did not take hostile actions.
The party organization had sent people to collect donations and intelligence in Guo Rentai's defense area, but Guo Rentai remained silent about this and even helped the organization's operation. Guo Rentai and his subordinates were all mining workers who had received guidance from the party, and the organization believed that they were also willing to join in the joint struggle against Japan.
In addition, Tao Zhu is also Guo Rentai's savior. The organization is confident that this time it will be "anyway". In September 1939, Tao Zhu led people to sneak into Yujiazui Village.
After infiltrating Yujiazui, Tao Zhu first found his former comrade - "Red Flag Lao Wu".
The "Red Flag Old Five" is highly valued by Guo Rentai, and he is even more fortunate to become a member of the party. Tao Zhu and Cai Songyun harshly criticized the "Red Flag Old Five" who came in a hurry.
The Red Flag Old Five" felt deeply guilty, and the words of the two leaders deeply touched him. As a puppet army, he has turned his back on the party and lost his integrity, and he feels deeply sorry for the party, and even more sorry for his fathers and fellow villagers.
Tao Zhu proposed in a timely manner that he wanted the "Red Flag Old Five" to go back and strive for Guo Rentai to lead the team "anyway" and return to the organization. The "Red Flag Old Five" immediately agreed. Cai Songyun, who was on the side, said meaningfully: "As long as you abandon the darkness and turn to the light, you can not blame the past."
In fact, this is exactly what Li Xian said, and it also represents the attitude of our army. As long as you return to the organization, everything in the past is written off. Our party has always adhered to the concept of "treating comrades with warmth like spring".
The next day, Cai Songyun went to find Guo Rentai. When the two met, Cai Songyun directly criticized Guo Rentai's previous behavior of defecting to the enemy. An impassioned statement convinced Guo Rentai.
Cai Songyun said that the New Fourth Army had the ability to eliminate Guo Rentai's troops, but Tao Zhu thought that Guo Rentai still had value in fighting, so the organization decided to give him a chance. Guo Rentai was deeply moved by these words, and he immediately apologized and expressed his willingness to abandon the darkness and return to the organization.
Towards the end of the meeting, Cai Songyun also discussed the details of the uprising with Guo Rentai to ensure that the uprising was foolproof. After discussing properly, Cai Songyun reported the results to Tao Zhu, and the two returned to the station with the team that night.
Guo Rentai has always kept his promises, carried out secret activities, and did not dare to divulge any news. The enemy puppet and Kuomintang diehards have been secretly wooing Guo Rentai, and some members of his ranks have colluded with each other and turned against each other.
In this case, the party organization once again expressed its trust in Kuo In-tae and educated his troops.
The organization has always persisted, hoping that Guo Rentai and his troops will join the ranks of the revolution. After a long period of planning and thinking, one day, Guo Rentai gathered several of his brothers together.
In front of them, Guo Rentai talked about his views on the three paths of the "puppet army", "Kuomintang" and "Communist". He made it clear that it was impossible to accept the Japanese, that joining the Kuomintang was not a good choice, and that only the Communist Party was the best choice.
His brothers deeply agreed and decided to join the party organization together. In January 1940, Guo Rentai led his troops to the New Fourth Army garrison as agreed.
The banner of their "anti-resistance" team was raised again, the armbands of their "anti-resistance" team were re-worn, and they set off in a majestic manner again.
Although the road of revolution was full of difficulties and challenges, Guo Rentai eventually failed to stand the test and once again broke away from the organization. Despite this, Guo Rentai and his team were warmly welcomed at the New Fourth Army station, and Tao Zhu and Cai Songyun personally came to greet them, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
Group photo of cadres of the Hubei-Henan Column of the New Fourth Army The troops of the New Fourth Army have been injected with fresh blood, and the morale of the soldiers has been greatly boosted and they are full of enthusiasm. Subsequently, the organization announced the establishment of the "Henan-Hubei Advance Column of the New Fourth Army", and Guo Rentai's team was organized into the sixth team, with Guo Rentai as the head of the regiment and Zheng Shaowen as the political commissar of the sixth regiment.
Zheng Shaowen received instructions from his superiors and began a large-scale reorganization and training of the troops, with the aim of improving the discipline and combat effectiveness of the troops. However, many of Guo Rentai's cadres who came from reckless backgrounds have a weak sense of discipline and do not conform to the discipline of the party and the army, and they need to be reformed organizationally.
Zheng Shaowen strengthened the building of ideological work and vigorously publicized the discipline of the Communist Party to these "people in the rivers and lakes." However, there are still some "thorns" who are dissatisfied with this and try to evade the whole training.
Once, the 6th Regiment captured several deserters, one of whom resolutely did not repent, and even made provocative remarks, and Zheng Shaowen decisively shot him in accordance with discipline. This incident made all the personnel of the Sixth Regiment profoundly realize the importance of "strict military discipline."
After half a year of rigorous training, the discipline of the Sixth Regiment has been significantly improved, and the leaders have spoken highly of Zheng Shaowen's work. However, Zheng Shaowen was transferred away after a period of time, and what he never expected was that shortly after he left, Guo Rentai rebelled again!
It turned out that Guo Rentai couldn't stand the strict military discipline in the ranks of the Communist Party, and finally chose to leave. Before leaving, Guo Rentai left a letter and repeatedly said that "we will see each other in the future".
** Hitting the nail on the head, he pointed out that Guo Rentai was leaving a way out for himself, and told the indignant Zheng Shaowen that Guo Rentai would come back. A year later, Guo Rentai really sent a letter to *** hoping to rejoin the organization.
Guo Rentai finally realized his mistake, and after Zheng Shaowen learned the news, the two discussed and agreed that Guo Rentai's faith was not strong enough and he might betray the organization again.
After careful consideration, the organization decided to let Guo Rentai act as an informant to penetrate the Japanese army and provide intelligence.
In 1940, **left) shook hands with Guo Rentai of the Hubei-Henan Guerrilla Detachment of the New Fourth Army and discussed the plan. Although Guo Rentai was not valued by the Japanese army, the information he provided was still of great value.
When the time came in May 1949, ** passed through Yingcheng County and invited Zheng Shaowen and another friend to dinner. Zheng Shaowen was pleasantly surprised to find out at the dinner table that this friend was his old acquaintance - Guo Rentai.
The three of them smiled at each other, and the atmosphere was very pleasant. After three rounds of drinking, Zheng Shaowen suddenly made a request to Guo Rentai: "The 6 shell guns in your house should be handed over."
Guo Rentai immediately understood that ** and Zheng Shaowen were reminding him to keep to himself. Although he had betrayed the Order, the Order had been generous enough to ignore its past suspicions. Guo Rentai felt deeply guilty, and immediately smiled and nodded in agreement.
He toasted *** and said solemnly: "Commander, I still have a situation to report." Li Chunshan is working as a bandit in the mountains at the moment, and he may disturb public order at any time. * Glancing at Zheng Shaowen, his heart was settled.
Li Chunshan, Guo Rentai's former ally, has gone further and further down the wrong path, planning to continue to be a bandit in the mountains. The news came at the right time, and Zheng Shaowen and *** immediately took action on the ground to successfully address this potential threat.
Guo Rentai was also a bandit in the mountains, but he witnessed and remembered everything the Communist Party had done, and finally chose to follow the right path, no doubt because of the organization's correction of him.
The chairman stressed that we should use the right policies to help our party comrades who make mistakes. Guo Rentai has betrayed the organization twice, but the organization has decided to give him a chance to change, and this tolerant attitude is incomparable.
Our party's basic policy for dealing with mistakes is to punish them severely, but also to cure the sick and save people. We allow mistakes, but we value helping to correct them. The road of revolution was long and tortuous, and countless ancestors groped their way forward in the darkness to open up today's smooth road.
Some, like Guo Rentai, have lost their way on the road of revolution and have no firm faith. Only with firm belief can we find the way forward in the dark night and go further and more steadily.
But even if we go far, we can't forget why we set out.