The spy revealed himself: The chief of staff of the military region is an accomplice, and everyone is stunned.
In 1951, the Hebei public security department arrested a spy. During the interrogation, the spy shockingly revealed that his accomplice was Wang Changjiang, chief of staff of the North China Military Region. This news shocked all the public security officers present, and they immediately reported it to their superiors.
Who is Wang Changjiang?What does he have to do with the spy?Let's unravel this mystery together.
On June 9, 1944, a 21-member delegation came to Yan'an from Chongqing. The delegation included journalists from all over the country, as well as six ** people from the United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union.
These foreigners were: Forman of the United Press and The Times, Epstein of The New York Times and Time Magazine, Stein of the Manchester Guardian, Wu Dao of Reuters and Star Weekly, Chanan Han of the church journal Signal, and Pudocenko of the Soviet TASS news agency.
*The head of the delegation is Zhang Husheng, Chongqing Information Officer. He didn't come for sightseeing, but to investigate the truth. At that time, Chiang's newspapers reported on their war of resistance one after another, claiming that their soldiers were very brave.
At the same time, they vigorously belittled the War of Resistance of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, saying that these troops were "swimming but not fighting" with their salaries. As a result, reporters from all over the country and foreign ** people formed an investigation team to see what the Eighth Route Army was doing.
After studying the Eighth Route Army, it was decided to let them observe the battle of Wang Changjiang's headquarters.
Why does it have to be Wang Changjiang?Because he is brave on the battlefield and can win battles. Wang Changjiang was born in Baoding City, Hebei Province in 1899, from a well-to-do family and a well-educated family.
His father was a talented and school principal in the Qing Dynasty, and hoped that he could achieve something in his studies, so that he could embark on a career and glorify his ancestors. However, Wang Changjiang did not follow his father's plan and eventually became a soldier.
This has to do with both the circumstances in which he lived and the turbulent situation of the time. Baoding is a hometown of martial arts, the hidden dragon and the crouching tiger, Wang Changjiang often patronized the martial arts hall, and became interested in Baguazhang and Taijiquan, and began to practice Xi swords, guns and sticks.
At that time, the warlords were fighting, the world was in chaos, and only the powerful could gain a foothold. Although Wang Changjiang has excellent grades, he thinks that studying is useless in troubled times, and he should go to a military academy to serve the country.
However, his decision was not supported by his father, who opposed him joining the army and said he would not pay for his tuition. Wang Changjiang did not back down because of this, he joined the vaudeville troupe, and after half a year, he earned enough tuition fees to successfully enter the primary school for the children of officers of the 2nd Division of the Army in Dongguan, Baoding.
However, half a year later, Wang Changjiang's family suffered an accident and soon became destitute and in debt. Under such circumstances, Wang Changjiang had to make the decision to drop out of school and leave the school.
If he hadn't left school at that time, then our army would have one less fierce general.
The arrangement of fate is always surprising, when he walked to the school gate with his luggage roll, he met a middle-aged man unexpectedly. This middle-aged man named Qu Tongfeng is a noble person in Wang Changjiang's life.
Qu Tongfeng, a native of Shandong, was born in 1873 and participated in the Beiyang Naval Division and the First Sino-Japanese War. After the defeat of the Qing army, he decided to take Japan as a teacher, and at the age of 25, he went east to Japan to attend a military academy.
At the age of 30, he graduated from the third phase of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School and participated in the Xinhai Uprising. At that time, Qu Tongfeng's identity was the principal of Baoding Military Academy. On that day, he happened to come to Zidi Primary School to inspect and happened to meet Wang Changjiang.
Qu Tongfeng looked at the young man in front of him, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a straight nose and a square mouth, and a heroic spirit between his eyebrows. He immediately decided to help Wang Changjiang, so he took Wang Changjiang to the principal's office and said, "I will cover the tuition for this child."
In this way, Wang Changjiang completed his studies and was admitted to the Baoding Army Military Academy with excellent grades in July 1917. In October 1919, Wang Changjiang graduated, but he was confused about where he would go in the future.
At that time, there was a war all over the country, there were troops everywhere, and he didn't know what to go to. Because of Wang Changjiang's excellent academic Xi, many warlords extended olive branches to him.
At this time, Qu Tongfeng appeared. He told Wang Changjiang that Duan Qirui invited him to go out of the mountain to serve as the commander of the Second Route Army, and asked Wang Changjiang about his plans. Wang Changjiang decided to follow the old principal without hesitation.
Because Qu Tongfeng sympathized with the revolution in the south, Wang Changjiang was also affected and became a follower of the revolution.
After being wanted, Wang Changjiang took refuge in Fengjun. However, he didn't stay long, because he couldn't stand Fengjun's style, so he chose to "jump ship" and defected to his fellow Hebei countryman, Zhang Yinwu, the fifth senior of Baoding Military Academy.
Zhang Yinwu was the deputy commander of the 7th Army of the Northern National Revolutionary Army under Yan Xishan, and Wang Changjiang was a talented military but not interested in warlord melee, so his performance in battle was mediocre.
Until the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, in the face of family feuds and national difficulties, Wang Changjiang's potential was finally released and uncontrollable. For his outstanding performance in the Great Wall War of Resistance, Wang Changjiang was awarded the Order of the Blue Sky and White Sun.
As famous anti-Japanese generals, Wang Yaowu, Sun Liren, Luo Zhuoying and others also won this medal, but Wang Changjiang received the medal earlier than them. If you follow this trajectory and continue to work in Jiang's army, Wang Changjiang will be able to get a lieutenant general to do it at the end of the Anti-Japanese War.
However, he later changed his course and joined our army. It turned out that when Zhang Yinwu was in the face of a national crisis, he did not actively resist Japan, but used the banner of anti-Japanese resistance to eliminate dissidents, expand his power, adopt a hostile policy towards the Eighth Route Army, which was really anti-Japanese, and regarded friction as commonplace.
Wang Changjiang once persuaded him, but Zhang Yinwu was obsessed, and instead said: "If you don't want to do it with Lao Tzu, you can get out!."In December 1938, Wang Changjiang resolutely parted ways with his old boss and led three regiments to join the team led by Lu Zhengcao.
Wang Changjiang's headquarters and the special service regiment and advance detachment of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army were combined into the Jizhong People's Anti-Japanese Self-Defense Army, with Wang Changjiang as the commander. In October 1939, the Jizhong Minkang led by Wang Changjiang and the advance detachment of the Jizhong Military Region were combined into the Jizhong Military Region Garrison Brigade.
After receiving the appointment, the old subordinates talked a lot, and they were unhappy with Wang Changjiang, feeling that he was demoted. But Wang Changjiang laughed it off, he didn't like the position. If he wants to be an official, he can gain fame and fortune from Zhang Yinwu, and what he pursues is to be able to fight Japan heartily.
In the ranks of our army, Wang Changjiang's military talent was brought into full play, and he led the garrison brigade to perform many miraculous feats, and political commissar Deng later learned his name and said that the garrison brigade "fought well."
Due to his outstanding performance, Wang Changjiang was promoted to commander of the Sixth Army Division of the Jizhong Military Region in 1940. The Sixth Division fought bravely, attacked the Japanese invaders many times, became a thorn in the side of the Japanese army, and was blacklisted by Okamura Ninji.
In May 1942, in the "May Day Sweep" launched by Okamura Ningji, Wang Changjiang's Sixth Division destroyed more than 1,000 enemies, wounded a Japanese wing commander, and killed a group leader, but the Sixth Division also suffered heavy losses.
General Wang Changjiang's main force of the 6th Division was almost completely wiped out, and Chen Deren, political commissar of the 1st Regiment, Guo Mufen, chief of staff, and Zhang Renhuai, director of the propaganda department of the military division, died heroically in the battle.
In front of the graves of his comrades-in-arms, Wang Changjiang clenched his fists, his face was pale, he didn't say anything, but silently swore in his heart that he would make the Japanese army pay the price of blood. On July 8, 1942, more than 3,000 Japanese puppet troops and 300 cars set off from Cangxian County and advanced along the Guantao Highway in Qiu County, launching a large-scale "sweep" against the base area in southern Hebei.
On the 11th, Wang Changjiang led the Central Hebei Garrison Brigade from Shenxian and Hengshui, passed through southern Hebei, and arrived in Yanggu and Fanxian in Shandong to assemble. At dawn on July 13, Wang Changjiang's troops met a wing of the Japanese army that was "sweeping" on a narrow road.
When we met each other, the atmosphere was extremely tense. However, Wang Changjiang's troops were only more than 500 people, and the enemy was strong and weak, so he could not fight hard. He made a quick decision and brought the troops into Beiyang Fort.
The enemy followed, and a vicious battle broke out. The battle was extremely fierce, and in addition to artillery, the Japanese also used poison gas shells. After more than ten hours of fierce fighting, the Eighth Route Army successfully broke through, and the corpses of the Japanese army were all over the battlefield.
In the end, the Japanese army used a convoy of cars and pulled away hundreds of corpses. In this battle, the commanders of the Japanese army above the rank of Nakasa, two ***, one seriously wounded, and one lightly wounded.
This is not a divine drama, but the famous battle of Beiyang Fort in the Anti-Japanese War, which is comparable to the victory of Pingxingguan, and even more fierce than the breakthrough of Lufang. The victory at Pingxingguan was an ambush war, our army occupied favorable terrain, and our army's strength was several times that of the Japanese army, and it was the Japanese army's baggage troops that were attackedAlthough more than 1,000 enemies were annihilated in the Lufang breakthrough, our army lost more than 300 people, and our army took advantage of the favorable terrain.
And the battle of Beiyang Fort was an encounter, a hard-fought battle;The Eighth Route Army fought more with less, or in the plains, and it was indeed rare to be able to fight this part. Therefore, at that time, Yan'an's "Liberation**" was out of the number, reporting the news of the victory in the battle of Beiyangbao.
Wang Changjiang became famous in the first battle and became a hot figure, attracting competition among the heads of the military regions. He successively served as deputy commander of the First Army Division and commander of the Eighth Army Division of the Taihang Military Region.
During Wang Changjiang's tenure as commander of the Eighth Division, it was at a time when the Japanese army was in danger of launching a large-scale sweep. The location of the 8th Division is very important, connecting the 6th Division in the north, the 3rd Division in the west, and Taiyuan in the east, which is the southern gate of Yan'an to Jinsui, so it has become the key target of the Japanese army.
However, the emergence of Wang Changjiang changed this situation. In a short period of half a year, he commanded his troops to engage the Japanese invaders more than 100 times, and was the unit with the most brilliant record among the troops participating in the Jinsui Military Region.
As a result, he received the titles of "King Maniac" and "Commander of the Maniac". When the press corps arrived in Yan'an in June 1944, Wang Changjiang was pushed to the forefront. At that time, Jiang Jun spread rumors everywhere, saying that the Eighth Route Army did not move to resist Japan and "swim but not attack".
Zhou Gong invited the reporters to Yan'an to see for themselves and learn the truth. When they arrived in Yan'an in June 1944, they were deeply moved by the spiritual outlook of the Yan'an people, which was completely different from the propaganda in Chongqing.
Although the reporters were in Yan'an, they were not satisfied with this, but strongly demanded to go to the front line and witness the combat situation of the Eighth Route Army with their own eyes. Among them, the American journalist Foreman was even more "crazy" and insisted on going to the front line to personally observe the combat tactics of the Eighth Route Army.
In this case, the chief recommended to them the troops led by Wang Changjiang.
Wang Changjiang, a valiant general of the Eighth Route Army, was tasked by his chief to ensure the safety of the American press corps during their coverage and to demonstrate the fighting prowess of the Eighth Route Army.
Despite the chief's concerns, Wang Changjiang took on the challenge and devised a plan for a raid on Fenyang. During the interview, American reporters were surprised to see the initiative of the Eighth Route Army, and they were arranged on the hill of Potou Village to experience this thrilling battle at close range.
The fierce battle lasted four days and three nights, and did not end until the early morning of the 17th. Foreman and others captured many precious battle moments while watching the battle, including the Eighth Route Army's attack on the Japanese pillbox, which caused a sensation.
This enabled people at home and abroad to understand the true situation of the Eighth Route Army's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, thus destroying the lie of "swimming but not attacking". At that time, Stilwell, chief of staff of the Chinese theater of operations, was deeply moved by the reporter's report on the Eighth Route Army's war of resistance, and he suggested that the United States provide assistance to the Eighth Route Army, however, due to pressure from Chiang Kai-shek, he was forced to resign.
It can be seen that Wang Changjiang, the general of the Eighth Route Army, who was very eye-catching at that time, was one. When it comes to Wang Luoshan, people naturally think of Wang Jinshan, but Wang Changjiang was already the commander of the military region in 1940, and Wang Jinshan was still a deputy in 1941.
Moreover, Wang Jinshan is good at actual combat, but not good at theory, while Wang Changjiang is also very good in theory. Wang Changjiang is not only brave, but also strategic, he also has a nickname "Mr. Wang", which means that he is only eight years old, and his military theory is also very good.
Wang Changjiang graduated from the Baoding Military Academy, and seventy percent of the teachers at the Huangpu Military Academy were Baoding students, and Zhang Zhen, the chief instructor of tactics at the Huangpu Military Academy, was a Baoding student. Of course, there are many talents in Baoding, but Wang Changjiang is one of them.
Wang Changjiang, a high-profile general, served as the president of the seventh branch of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, served as the deputy chief of staff of the North China Military Region during the Liberation War, and was transferred to the vice president and chief of education of the North China Army Military Academy after the founding of New China, and served as the deputy commander-in-chief in the military parade.
However, this outstanding general was implicated in a spy case uncovered by the Hebei police in 1951, removed from his post and placed under investigation. It turned out that one day in early 1950, he was found by his old friend, Zhang Shuqiao, an adjutant during the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War.
Zhang Shuqiao recalled the past painfully and said to the old chief Wang Changjiang: "Old sir, don't mention it. When my father was seriously ill, I was bankrupt and in debt, but I still couldn't save him.
Then, my mother fell ill again, and after I buried my mother, I started a business, and finally paid off my debts and married my daughter-in-law, but suddenly ** in the store, my wife and children were killed.
Wang Changjiang listened, and said with tears in his eyes: "Shuqiao, I just got a salary here, you can take it." Unexpectedly, Zhang Shuqiao resolutely refused, and said sincerely: "Old battalion commander, I don't need your money, you also have a family to take care of;."I just wanted to get a job and try to get through it on my own.
Wang Changjiang is a kind person, and he can't stand the difficulties of others, especially his old subordinates. So, he ran around and eventually found a job for Zhang Shuqiao at the state-owned Zhonghai Oil Refinery in Shijiazhuang.
Zhang Shuqiao found a job and was grateful to Wang Changjiang. However, what Wang Changjiang didn't expect was that Zhang Shuqiao turned out to be a spy of the Jiang army, collecting intelligence at the oil refinery and providing it to the Jiang army's secret service.
After the East Window incident, Zhang Shuqiao took revenge and said that Wang Changjiang was an accomplice, thinking that this might make the public security organs jealous and turn the big thing into a small one. Wang Changjiang, like a farmer, had a kind heart, but he was bitten back.
After the security department investigated, Wang Changjiang was cleared, but he was also punished by demotion.
In June 1952, Wang Changjiang was reactivated and transferred to the post of deputy commander of the Heze Military Division of the Shandong Military Region, and in July 1955, he was promoted to commander.
However, these promotions did not fully compensate for his losses. In September of the same year, the once famous general was only awarded the rank of colonel, while his partner Kuang Fuzhao was awarded the rank of lieutenant general, and deputy commander Han Wei was also a lieutenant general.
In the 8th Division, Deputy Chief of Staff Zhang Xiqin was a major general. Under him, at least 10 people were awarded the rank of major general, including Li Kezhong, Ye Chuping, Cao Guanglin and Zhang He.
And the old head of these people, Wang Changjiang, was only awarded the rank of colonel, which is undoubtedly a pity. Wang Changjiang and Wang Jinshan are both "Wang Maniac", their fates are very bumpy, the former is for the countrymen, and the latter is for women.
In contrast, Wang Changjiang seems even less worthy. And the battle of Beiyangbao, which was very famous in the Anti-Japanese War, is not known much now, is it related to what happened to Wang Changjiang?100 help plan