The section chief of the military academy recognized the cadet as the head of the mutinous regiment of the Eighth Route Army
Is this really the old head I know?
Wang Wei suddenly recognized a figure and blurted out: "Oh, isn't this Liu Ziren and Captain Liu?" The other party denied it: "Comrade, you have recognized the wrong person." Wang Wei was very angry: "Old leader, don't pretend to be garlic, even if I pick your skin, I will recognize your bones!" ”
But the problem is that Liu Ziren is the section chief of the PLA Military and Political University, and his boss "old regiment leader" has a higher rank, which should be an honorable thing, why does the other party not admit that he is the regiment commander?
All this can be traced back to the Anti-Japanese War. Liu Ziren, a native of Yongcheng, Henan Province, was born in the countryside in 1900, his parents were farmers, and his family was poor. He began herding cattle for landlords at the age of 8, and for children from poor families, only being a soldier could change their fate.
In 1922, Liu Ziren joined Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army.
Liu Ziren betrayed Boss Feng after the Central Plains War and defected to Chiang Kai-shek, but he was dissatisfied with Chiang Kai-shek's exclusion of his descendants, and returned to his hometown with the looted money, becoming the captain of the Yongcheng County Security Brigade and having a stable job.
However, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Japan occupied Yongcheng, Henan, ** collapsed, and his iron rice bowl was also broken. Although he was once a soldier, Liu Ziren still had blood and consciousness, and he was unwilling to become a slave to the country, so he followed his old boss, Lu Yuting, the former magistrate of Yongcheng County of the Kuomintang, to form an anti-Japanese team.
The team led by Lu Yuting was originally called the "Huxi People's Volunteer Army", but due to the lack of training of most of the team members, their combat effectiveness was weak, and they could not resist the attack of the Japanese puppet army. Faced with such a predicament, Lu Yuting decided to seek help from the New Fourth Army, and after he made a request to the New Fourth Army, it was quickly approved.
In August 1939, the "Huxi People's Volunteer Army" was successfully reorganized into the No. 1 Corps of the Guerrilla Detachment of the New Fourth Army, with Lu Yuting as the captain and Kong Shiquan as the political commissar, with four brigades under its jurisdiction and a total of 966 people.
General Lu Yuting led the team to be expanded into two regiments at the end of the year, and Liu Ziren became the commander of the first regiment. Soon after, their team was merged into the 4th Column of the Eighth Route Army, in which Liu Ziren served as the commander of the 17th Regiment of the 6th Brigade of the column, and also served as the county magistrate of Xiayi County.
At that time, Liu Ziren almost controlled the military and political power of Xiayi County, and even more had financial power, which was more majestic than before the Anti-Japanese War. However, unexpectedly, at the end of the same year, Liu Ziren began to plan to betray the revolution.
The cause of all this originated from a secret telegram. On December 8, 1940, the communicator of the regiment headquarters handed over the secret telegram of Commander Peng Xuefeng to Liu Ziren.
Peng Xuefeng received a telegram that Li Zhongdao and Liu Ziren needed to persuade Geng Yunzhai and Wu Xinrong first, and if that didn't work, they would be controlled and brought back to the headquarters.
Both of them are from Xiao County, Anhui Province, and they live very close to each other and have a very close relationship. They participated in the anti-Japanese war before the outbreak of the all-out war of resistance, and later joined the New Fourth Army, and the ranks grew rapidly and became iron buddies.
Although Wu Xinrong was younger than Liu Ziren and Geng Yunzhai, his bravery, flexibility, and meritorious service made him the highest position among the three, serving as the deputy brigade commander of the 6th Brigade of the 4th Column and the commander of the 18th Regiment.
However, soon after, Wu Xinrong also had problems.
Wu Xinrong's ideological problems stemmed from a personnel change. In the autumn of 1940, Tan Youlin participated in the "Seventh National Congress" of the party, and Wu Xinrong thought that he was the only one who was the brigade commander, but organizationally let Rao Zijian serve as the brigade commander.
Although Rao Zijian was only one year younger than Wu Xinrong, he was an old Red Army with rich experience and strong command ability. Wu Xinrong felt that he was treated unfairly, believing that the "Southern Barbarians" excluded him.
So, he found his iron buddy Geng Yunzhai to complain, claiming that he had no future with the Eighth Route Army and planned to pull the team out. Geng Yunzhai was also in a mood, because the organization had just transferred him to be the security commander of the Henan-Anhui Soviet Border Region, responsible for local armed work, which was the organization's trust in him, but he thought that he was ostracized and attacked, and he rose and fell secretly.
He had only one battalion and one cavalry corps left in his hands, totaling more than 400 people. Although the revolutionary ranks developed rapidly, he was unmotivated and frustrated. Hearing Wu Xinrong's complaints, he held the other party's hand and said: "Our brothers' lives are too bitter, and we can't live this day, so it's better to jump ship to the Kuomintang Tang Enbo." ”
Wu Xinrong was moved by his words and thought that they should huddle together to keep warm and take concerted action. However, their superiors soon learned about their conversation, because after the reorganization of the three-man team, our party stationed many cadres in each regiment of the 6 brigade, and their words and deeds were soon known by the superiors.
Commander Peng Xuefeng was very concerned, and in order to prevent the slightest deterioration, he personally sent a telegram to Liu Ziren, the head of the 17th Regiment, and Li Zhongdao, secretary of the Lunan Prefectural Party Committee. Li Zhongdao, secretary of the Lunan Prefectural Party Committee, first tried to persuade Wu and Geng, but failed.
What's worse is that Geng Yunzhai also privately led the troops back to Xiao County. After Peng Xuefeng received the feedback, his expression was grim, he knew that it was a critical moment, and delay would only lead to chaos.
In order to prevent the slightest deterioration, he wrote a letter to Wu Zhipu, the political commissar of the 6th Column, asking him to come forward to solve this problem. Peng Xuefeng hoped that in the name of a meeting, the two would be summoned to the brigade headquarters for the last ideological education.
If they are still obsessed, take immediate steps to detain them and leave them to justice. After consideration, political commissar Wu Zhipu hurried to Dongcaozhuang near the 17th regiment station, and handed over the task of notifying the two of them to hold a meeting to Liu Ziren, the regiment commander.
Liu Ziren usually has a good relationship with Geng Wu, so he thinks that Liu Ziren's words are more acceptable to the other party. In addition, Liu Ziren had already joined the Communist Party at this time, and the main cadres of his 17th Regiment were all stationed by our party, which was relatively reliable.
However, no one expected that Liu Ziren also had the idea of rebellion at this time. Although Liu Ziren held the military and political power, he was now a cadre of the Eighth Route Army, and all actions were carried out under the supervision of the organization, and cadres could not be promoted at will, nor could they spend money at will.
These restrictions made Liu Ziren very unhappy. He used to be able to manage the team as he pleased, but now that the team has become the Eighth Route Army, his hands and feet are tied, and he is restricted everywhere, and he feels very aggrieved.
Therefore, he came up with the idea of defecting to the Kuomintang.
Liu Ziren, Geng Yunzhai and Wu Xinrong betrayed the Eighth Route Army, and in October 1938, because Wang Fengming, a young officer of the Eighth Route Army, arrested and killed many local cadres in Huxi, and even imprisoned Liang Xingchu, the deputy detachment leader and captain of the Fourth Brigade, so that everyone in the local cadres was in danger.
Fearing that he would be the next to be arrested, Liu Ziren decided to defect to the Kuomintang and reported to Geng and Wu. After arriving at the 18th regiment station, Geng Yunzhai and Wu Xinrong were drinking.
Seeing Liu Ziren coming, the two hurriedly got up: "Captain Liu, you came just in time, and the three of us brothers will rest as soon as they get drunk." Liu Ziren waved his hand and said, "The knife is resting on your neck, you two are still in the mood to drink!" ”
Wu Zhipu has set up a Hongmen banquet for you, let me find you, and arrest you all when the time comes! Geng Yunzhai and Wu Xinrong broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this, and they asked Liu Ziren together: "How is this good?" ”
Liu Ziren gritted his teeth and said: "Our little arms can't twist the big thick legs, only by looking for a thicker thigh and pulling the team to Tang Enbo, can we get through this difficulty!" ”
In fact, Geng Yunzhai and Wu Xinrong had long planned to do this, just waiting for Liu Ziren's words. So, the three of them began to whisper and decided to preemptively arrest the cadres of the Eighth Route Army in the team.
Political Commissar Cai Yong, Deputy Head Zhou Dacan and Director of the Political Department Mi Yunhui. Although Liu Ziren was afraid of shaking the morale of the army and did not kill them for the time being, the plan was successful.
The three of them were so excited that they decided to go to the cafeteria to celebrate. This gave the imprisoned cadres a glimmer of life, and although they were not shot, they understood that there was much luck in the crime. However, Cai Yong, the political commissar of the regiment, and Mi Yunhui, the director of the political department, believed that this was a favorable factor, because most of the soldiers of the 17th regiment were locals, and although they were willing to obey Liu Ziren's command, they also had some feelings for them, so they might hesitate in battle.
After listening to their analysis, everyone's spirits were lifted and they were full of confidence in breaking through the crisis.
Zhou Dacan, deputy head of Cai Yong, said: "As long as we seize the enemy's machine gun, we can rush out smoothly, and I am responsible!" Cai Yong agreed: "It's decided, life and death are here, and we must seize this last opportunity." ”
After hearing this, the comrades were enthusiastic and ready to rush out. As night fell, suddenly, a voice sounded from the prison horn: "Ouch......My stomach hurts and I'm going to pull into my pants. ”
It turned out that the deputy head of the regiment, Zhou Dacan, was creating chaos. Then, a battalion commander also shouted: "Are you poisoned, you are going to hurt people to death, we have to go to the thatched house!" ”
At this time, the sentry originally wanted to be friendly with the cadres and did not want to stop them. But when I saw that they really went to the toilet, I had to mumble to open the door.
As a result, Zhou Dacan knocked the sentry unconscious with one punch, and everyone took the opportunity to rush out. At this moment, Liu Ziren and the others just returned from dinner, and when they saw such a scene, they panicked.
Liu Ziren brandished his pistol and shouted hoarsely: "Shoot quickly, kill them!" However, Zhou Dacan had already rushed to the door of the machine gun room with a wooden stick, but before he could enter, the enemy opened fire, and he was shot and fell to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, Mi Yunhui, director of the Political Department, was also hit by a bullet and died heroically.
Cai Yong, the political commissar of the regiment, calmly responded at the critical moment, grabbed the rifle, and commanded his comrades to break through while confronting the enemy. At this point, the bullet of guilt hit him in the head, and he staggered.
A company commander acted urgently, holding him and carrying him on his back to evacuate safely. Cai Yong returned to the army after recovering from his injuries and became the founding major general. In this breakthrough, more than a dozen cadres such as Zhou Dacan and Mi Yunhui died bravely, they were the precious wealth of the party, although they did not fall under the guns of the Japanese army, they were wounded by their former comrades-in-arms.
The rebellion of Liu Ziren, Geng Yunzhai, and Wu Xinrong had a political impact and caused major problems to the Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese actions behind enemy lines. The Yongcheng, Xiaoxian, and Xiayi areas quickly fell under the control of the rebels, the situation in the Henan-Anhui Soviet border area deteriorated, and the Eighth Route Army lost a large area of important rear bases.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Liu Ziren, Geng Yunzhai and Wu Xinrong led more than 2,000 people from the 17th and 18th regiments to join the Kuomintang army. Although Chiang Kai-shek praised them and made them commanders or lieutenants, they did not escape the judgment of history in the end.
Wu Xinrong did not gain trust after defecting to the enemy, but was guarded by Tang Enbo as a thief, and finally died of depression at the age of 32. On his deathbed, he regretted his decision and told his younger brother Wu Xinyuan to go with the Communist Party.
In accordance with his brother's wishes, Wu Xinyuan led his troops to revolt in 1944, and was reorganized into the 4th Independent Brigade of the New Fourth Army and returned to the revolutionary ranks. This story tells us that defecting to the Kuomintang is not a way out, and only by following the Communist Party can we truly achieve the liberation of the people.
Liu Ziren is a famous defector in history, and his actions are incomprehensible to many. In 1944, he defected to the Japanese and became the commander of the puppet army.
However, after the surrender of Japan, he became the commander of the new 54th Division of the Kuomintang. At the beginning of the article, how did he get to the Military Academy? It turned out that on December 25, 1949, he saw that the general trend of the Kuomintang was gone, so he led his troops to revolt.
After the uprising, his identity was arranged to study at the Southwest Military and Political University. He was secretly proud of his good luck, and every time he defected, he could have a good life. However, his good fortune did not last long.
At school, he met his old subordinate, Wang Wei, who was already the head of the Political Education Section. Despite his best efforts to deny it, his identity was eventually exposed. In the end, Liu Ziren, who owed a lot of blood debts, was escorted to Henan and was ordered to be executed by Wu Zhipu, who was then the chairman of the Henan Provincial People's **.
What's even more surprising is that he and Geng, Wu and Liu captured the cadres of the Eighth Route Army and sent cavalry to chase and kill Wu Zhipu, but fortunately they did not succeed.
Wu Zhipu, Geng Yunzhai and Xu Chunyang had different fates during the Liberation War. Wu Zhipu sought justice for the sacrificed comrades and asked the executioner to repay the blood debt; Geng Yunzhai became an ordinary farmer after the founding of New China because of his cleverness and consciousness; And Xu Chunyang, with his own efforts, finally served as the political commissar of the 26th Army and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general.
Despite their different fates, they all paid the price for their actions. Liu Ziren was filled with remorse and tears before the execution, but he could not change his betrayal and must pay the price.
It also tells us that any betrayal and wrong behavior will have serious consequences, and we must take responsibility for our actions.