Jin Fozhuang was an early member of the Communist Party of China, was an outstanding revolutionary fighter, ** said that he was "our best comrade", Chiang Kai-shek regarded him as a rare talent, but this outstanding general who established immortal feats, but died tragically under the butcher's knife of the warlord Sun Chuanfang, and the death of Jin Fozhuang caused an uproar in the Kuomintang and the Communist PartyCould it be that Chiang Kai-shek is "borrowing a knife to kill people"?
Jin Fozhuang was born in 1897 in Dongyang County, Zhejiang Province, Hengdian Liangdu Village, an apricot forest family, his father hoped that he could make meritorious contributions, make a great deed, so Jin Fozhuang was only 6 years old, was sent to a private school to study, ten years of cold window, lay a solid cultural foundation. In 1918, after graduating from Dongyang County High School, Jin Fozhuang saw that the country was poor and weak, and thought that he should be angry and try to serve the country, rather than just being a scholar, so he decided to put pen to paper and was admitted to the Baoding Army Military Academy.
Golden Buddha Village was baptized by the May Fourth New Culture Movement, and its thinking was further improved. In 1920, the warlords of Zhiwan fought and the military academy was suspended for a time, and Jin Fozhuang did not want to mix in the society and waste his good years, so he decided to go south and was admitted to Xiamen University in Fujian, where he came into contact with various new trends of thought and new doctrines. In 1921, when the Baoding Military Academy resumed, Jin Fozhuang returned to school, and after accepting the progressive ideas of Marxism, he witnessed the darkness of China under the rule of the Beiyang warlords, so he decided to join the revolution.
In 1922, Jin Fozhuang joined the Chinese Socialist Youth League, under the leadership of Li Dazhao, committed to revolutionary propaganda, in July of this year, after graduating from school, he returned to Zhejiang, in the second division of the army Chen Yi successively served as a platoon commander, deputy company commander, company commander, career is bright. It happened that Xu Meikun went to Hangzhou to develop the work of party building, and after an inspection of Jinfozhuang, he was very satisfied, so he introduced him to join the Communist Party of China.
In June 1923, the Third National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Guangzhou, and Jin Fozhuang was designated as a representative of Zhejiang to participate, and he also had frequent contact with Chen Yannian, Bao Huiseng, Lin Boqu and others. **I was very impressed by the Golden Buddha Village, and talked freely with candles many times. At that time, the Communist Party had only been established for two years, and a general like Jin Fozhuang, who was born in a professional class and had a certain amount of combat experience, was really a rare talent.
In the spring of 1924, the Whampoa Military Academy was founded, which was a product of the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and also reflected the desire of the CCP to build a regular revolutionary armed force. In Huangpu, where there are many talents, Jin Fozhuang soon stood out and was appointed as the captain of the third student team of the first phase of the Huangpu Military Academy.
At the end of this year, the Kuomintang Whampoa Military Academy Party Department held a general election, during the primary election, Zhou Yiqun, a member of the middle school, actively connected among the students, resulting in Chiang Kai-shek's defeat, Liao Zhongkai was surprised to see the results of the primary election, Jin Fozhuang also thought that such an election would anger Chiang Kai-shek, not conducive to the cooperation of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, so under the entrustment of Liao Zhongkai, Jin Fozhuang to do student work, and tell Zhou Yiqun the stakes, everyone understood this, so after the re-election, Chiang Kai-shek was elected to the school party department.
During this period, Chiang Kai-shek was very appreciative of the Golden Buddha Village, which was very talented, outstanding, and decent, and had an excellent reputation within Huangpu, coupled with the fact that he was also from Zhejiang, and had selfish intentions, Chiang Kai-shek had been thinking that if this person could be used by me, he would definitely be able to do something great in the future and make great achievements, so he took advantage of all the convenient conditions to cultivate, and as soon as the "Party Army" was established, he immediately appointed Jin Fozhuang as the commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment, and soon he was promoted to the party representative and regiment commander of the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Division of the 1st Army. At the same time, there were Liu Zhi and Gu Zhu in the same position, but they were already school-level officers when they entered the school, and Jinfozhuang rose all the way, which shows that Chiang Kai-shek valued him.
The military prowess of the Golden Buddha was soon revealed. In the Eastern Expedition to quell the rebellion of the merchant group and crusade against Chen Jiongming, the Golden Buddha Zhuang took the lead, charged into battle, strategized, and won the decisive battle, especially during the first Eastern Crusade, the first regiment led by Chiang Kai-shek and He Yingqin encountered a strong enemy, due to the slow movement of the second regiment led by Wang Bailing, which led it to fight alone, and at a critical juncture, it was the Golden Buddha Village that eliminated the interference of Wang Bailing's command mistakes, and led the soldiers of the third battalion to arrive in time to reverse the situation, Chiang Kai-shek was very moved, and was rewarded after the war.
At the beginning of March 1926, Jin Fozhuang had a premonition that the situation would change, so he tried his best to contact *** to report his thoughts, and ** also felt the same way. ** Jinfozhuang is required to pay attention to its own safety, and strengthen ties with secret CCP members Liao Yunze, Gu Zhongqi and others, and be prepared to deal with incidents. After returning home, Jin Fozhuang wrote more than 2,000 words of "Jin Fozhuang's Self-Statement", expressing his determination to dedicate himself to the revolution and explaining the future and family affairs. This fully shows that Jinfozhuang has always maintained the revolutionary spirit of not forgetting the original intention and the communists forgetting their lives and forgetting their deaths.
Sure enough, on March 20, 1926, Chiang Kai-shek planned the "Zhongshan Ship Incident", brazenly ordered a brigade of military police to attack the residence of Li Zhilong, acting director of the Navy Bureau, and arrested him on the charge of "espionage", which was the prelude to the definite "purging of the party". Chiang Kai-shek soon registered all the Communist Party members of the First Army and the Whampoa Military Academy, and forced all the members of the army represented by *** to withdraw from the army, and Jin Fozhuang was also dismissed from the post of regiment commander.
Chiang Kai-shek's transfer of Jin Fozhuang back to Huangpu Island, his important armed town, to serve as the chief military instructor of the First Infantry Regiment was a very delicate arrangement. Due to the expulsion of the Communists, a large number of cadres were lost for a while, and the management, work style, and combat effectiveness of the troops all declined sharply, and Chiang Kai-shek was very appreciative of the Golden Buddha Village, coupled with their relationship with the villagers, so he adopted a round-cut method to keep them in the military academy so that they could be fought for in the future. Chiang Kai-shek hoped that Jinfozhuang would break away from the Communist Party, but there was no need to publish a statement in the newspaper, but Jinfozhuang was unmoved from beginning to end, and he said: "Please allow me to consider it later." ”
Golden Buddha Village did not stay idle on Huangpu Island for too long, in July 1926, the national ** passed a resolution, ready to launch the Northern Expedition War, Chiang Kai-shek personally served as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition, in the preparation of the headquarters, he thought of the Golden Buddha Village, and appointed him as the head of the Guard Regiment of the General Headquarters, the main job is to protect the security of the command organs of the General Headquarters and the Soviet Military Advisory Group, it can be said that Chiang Kai-shek handed over his life to this Communist.
In fact, during this period, Chiang Kai-shek had great trust in the Golden Buddha Village. Because the Northern Expedition was jointly launched by the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and the purpose of both sides was the same, to fight the warlords and unify China, so although the Golden Buddha Village was defending Chiang Kai-shek's safety, from another point of view, this itself was also completing the party's tasks and work. Jin Fozhuang was conscientious and carried out by Chiang Kai-shek, and when Chiang Kai-shek gave orders, his tone was gentle, just like his own family, and there was no hypocrisy at all.
On the eve of the war, the Northern Expeditionary Army was like a bamboo, and it was not until the last battle of the Lianghu Battlefield that the offensive was frustrated, and Chiang Kai-shek led his troops into Jiangxi. At the beginning of November, Jin Fozhuang led the guard regiment to participate in the battle on the periphery of Nanchang, the battle was very fierce, Zhu Peide of the Northern Expeditionary Army, Cheng Qian of the Third Army, and the Sixth Army were all put into battle, they were the main forces to defeat the enemy, and Zhang Fakui's Fourth Army, Li Zongren's Seventh Army, was even more brave and good at fighting. In contrast, Chiang Kai-shek's descendants had a mediocre record and suffered two defeats, which also made him feel very shameless.
On November 8, the Northern Expeditionary Army conquered Nanchang City, and Jin Fozhuang led the guard regiment into the city to maintain law and order in the city and appease the people. In order to eliminate the remnants of the enemy as soon as possible and reduce the ** of the Northern Expeditionary Army, Chiang Kai-shek convened a military meeting of all officers to discuss the next military action, and decided to continue to use troops in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River to obtain half of the southeast battlefield. At this time, Sun Chuanfang was still stubbornly resisting in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui, so Jin Fozhuang took the initiative to ask for his life, and was willing to go to Zhejiang to rebel against Chen Yi's Zhejiang army uprising, Jin Fozhuang was Chen Yi's old subordinate, Chen Yi appreciated him very much, so Chiang Kai-shek agreed to his request.
Because not long ago, the governor of Zhejiang Province, Xia Chao, announced that he had failed to break away from Sun Chuanfang, but was suppressed, so Chen Yi was also hesitant at this time, and Sun Chuanfang deliberately strengthened the Yangtze River defense line in order to prevent the Northern Expeditionary Army's rebellion.
In order to ensure safety, Chiang Kai-shek wrote a letter to Chen Guofu, who was in Shanghai, asking him to take care of him. On December 9, 1926, Jin Fozhuang disguised himself as a comprador of a foreign company, and took a British merchant ship down the river from Jiujiang, because there were four guards to see him off, the movement was a little big, which attracted the attention of Sun Chuanfang's subordinates, and secretly telegraphed Nanjing, the shipping schedule and clothing of Jin Fozhuang and other two people were reported clearly, when the ship docked, the wharf was already under martial law, Sun Chuanfang's subordinates boarded the ship to search, and arrested Jin and Gu.
When the news came, the Northern Expeditionary Army immediately launched a rescue operation, and Chiang Kai-shek also personally called Chen Yi, saying that Jin Fozhuang was our representative, and should abide by the principle of "the two armies are at war, and they should not be killed", and openly stated that they could exchange prisoners of war, but what Chiang Kai-shek did not expect was that Sun Chuanfang had reached the point of madness at this time, and without any interrogation, he brutally killed Jin Fozhuang and Gu Mingshi on the grounds of "spy". **Hearing the news and weeping, Chiang Kai-shek was sad and indignant, condemned Sun Chuanfang's cruelty, and said:
He didn't think that more than 1,000 officers and three army commanders of his department were still treated favorably by me here, and if he killed my subordinates, he would commit suicide to his subordinates, which would be painful.Chiang Kai-shek's grief was not faked, because then he made an irrational act, beheaded Sun Chuanfang's subordinates and three guards in Nanchang, and executed two generals who had surrendered, Bai Chongxi had strongly advised Chiang Kai-shek not to fall into the charge of "indiscriminate killing of innocents" because of this matter, but Chiang Kai-shek insisted on avenging the Golden Buddha Village, and he couldn't care so much.
Jin Fozhuang was only 29 years old when he died. On the eve of the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 1945, the name of Golden Buddha Village was included in the "List of Martyrs" of the Communist Party of China.