Author: Lantai.
Throughout the Liberation War, the PLA captured more than 30,000 Kuomintang officers. Among them, in just three years from July 1946 to June 1949, the PLA captured 1,064 Kuomintang generals. This does not include the Kuomintang generals who took the initiative to revolt on the battlefield and surrendered. However, whether these captured Kuomintang generals really accepted the new China is a complex and profound question.
In the 90s of the 20th century, Huang Jiren, the son of Kuomintang general Huang Jianfu, wrote a book reflecting the transformation of the captured Kuomintang generals in Gongdelin, "The General's Decisive Battle Is Not Just on the Battlefield". This book became the first work in China to stand in the perspective of the captured generals of the Kuomintang, how the "generals of the defeated army" were transformed and sincerely accepted New China, which attracted widespread attention.
However, I am more interested in a passage from the past of General Huang Wei that Huang Jiren mentioned in his speech. Some of the elements embodied in this past seem to be more thought-provoking.
Mr. Huang Jiren recalled that after Huang Wei's amnesty, he personally went to visit. Huang Jiren was dusty and embarrassed. After Huang Wei learned of his origin and origin, he hurriedly asked him to change into clean shoes and socks. General Huang Wei looked at Huang Jiren's embarrassment and emotionally held his shoulder: "I'm sorry, blame us for losing the battle and losing the country, which caused you to suffer and suffer." ”
Of course, not all captured Kuomintang generals showed such sincere remorse. In fact, General Huang Wei became the last Kuomintang war criminal to be pardoned because he was stubborn and unrepentant. According to "The General's Decisive Battle Is Not Just on the Battlefield", General Huang Wei's most common sentence in the war criminals management center is: "My biggest mistake was to lose the battle. This shows that it is still difficult to determine whether Huang Wei is truly repentant in his heart.
However, Huang Wei is not the only one facing such a dilemma. Many Kuomintang generals who retreated to Taiwan in 1949 with Chiang Kai-shek's defeat expressed mixed inner thoughts in their memoirs. Some generals returned to the mainland in the 20th century to pay respects to their ancestors and to meet with their colleagues and friends. According to these memoirs, even some Kuomintang generals who voluntarily defected to their hearts, their inner thoughts were elusive.
For example, Pan Dehui, who served as the head of the intelligence team of the Kuomintang New First Army, the chief of staff of the Changchun Garrison Department, and the director of the Changchun and North Manchurian Strategic Intelligence Office. In his memoirs, he mentioned that when he had dinner with a Kuomintang general who had voluntarily surrendered, he confessed that his real thoughts at that time were "that as long as the cadres are retained, they can still be reorganized." Pan Dehui dined with the general, many years after the reform and opening up, showing that the Kuomintang general who had voluntarily surrendered regarded surrender as a "last resort" and hoped to save it for the future.
Perhaps "The General's Decisive Battle Is Not Just on the Battlefield" only shows the inner side of these generals. At a certain moment, these Kuomintang generals may have shown a greedy attitude of fear of death in front of their old subordinates. But that doesn't completely negate the possibility of a real conversion in their hearts.
In general, the true inner thoughts of the captured generals in the Kuomintang-Communist War are a complex and esoteric topic. "The General's Decisive Battle Is Not Just on the Battlefield" provides us with a window into this historical fragment, however, this is only the tip of the iceberg. Each captured general has his own story, and these stories may be the real treasures worth digging into.
This article is a creation, reference: "The General's Decisive Battle Is Not Just on the Battlefield", Huang Jiren, China Youth Publishing House, Chongqing Publishing Group;"The Mystery of Li Kenong in the Case of Sun Liren", Li Chuanxi, Essence of Literature and History, 201422）
In this article, the author introduces the book "The General's Decisive Battle Is Not Just on the Battlefield", and delves into the true thoughts and inner world of the captured generals during the Kuomintang-Communist War. Through Mr. Huang Jiren's memories of his father, General Huang Wei, and the experiences of other Kuomintang generals, the article outlines a picture of the mental journey of the captured generals.
First of all, the article reveals the inner contradictions and struggles of some captured generals during the Kuomintang-Communist War. As the last group of Kuomintang war criminals to be pardoned, General Huang Wei, although he showed a stubborn and unrepentant attitude, showed a trace of remorse when he met with Huang Jiren after the amnesty. This inner contradiction is also reflected in some other Kuomintang generals, such as the general who took the initiative to surrender to Cheng expressed the mentality of "thinking that as long as the cadres are retained, they can still be reorganized" when they had dinner with Pan Dehui. This internal and external contradiction makes the reader think deeply about the complexity of human nature in war, and even the generals who are the defeated side have deep struggles and self-blame.
Secondly, the article highlights the dialectical relationship between "repentance" and "true thoughts". After the amnesty, General Huang Wei said that "my biggest mistake was to lose the battle", and while this may be seen as a form of remorse, it is not actually entirely certain whether he is truly remorseful in his heart. This raises the crucial question of whether these captured generals were genuinely changing or performing in a particular context. The author succeeds in drawing the reader into reflection on this period of history by making the reader question the true motives of General Huang Wei and other Kuomintang generals.
Finally, the article cleverly extends this discussion to the entire period of the Kuomintang-Communist War. Through the depiction of the individual experiences of the captured generals in the context of the Kuomintang-Communist war, the reader is better able to understand the complexity of the entire era. This is not only a retrospective of the psychological journey of individual generals, but also an in-depth analysis of the entire historical event. This method not only profoundly reveals the mental journey of the captured generals, but also presents the twists and turns and complexities of human nature in the war during the entire period.
Overall, this article successfully depicts the inner world of the captured generals during the National-Communist War through vivid descriptions, sharp perspectives and deep thinking, leaving readers with many questions worth pondering. Such a historical analysis not only helps us to better understand that era, but also provides some inspiration for us to think about the human predicament of today's society.
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