In the mid-50s of the last century, Wei Lihuang, one of the "Five Tiger Generals" of the Kuomintang, returned to Guangzhou, and Tao Zhu, then secretary of the South China Bureau, and Lin Liming, the first minister of the South China Bureau, personally came to receive him.
After Wei Lihuang returned to Beijing, ** specially sent a special car to pick up Wei Lihuang and held a dust washing banquet for him. On the same night, ** also invited him to dinner, ** also met with Wei Lihuang.
After the liberation, Wei Lihuang was still one of China's war criminals, so why did China's leaders give him a warm welcome?
Enigma" will. There are three major mysteries about Wei Lihuang, the first mystery is his relationship with Lao Jiang, it is reported that he has outstanding military achievements, and because he is not Lao Jiang's descendant troops, Lao Jiang has taken precautions against him, and subsequently sent spies to monitor Wei Lihuang's every move.
The second mystery is the relationship between Wei Lihuang and *** and others, why did he suddenly make friends with *** and others? In 1955, after Wei Lihuang returned to China, why did *** and *** have to meet him "in a hurry"?
The third mystery is Wei Lihuang's performance in the Liaoshen Campaign, some people think that Wei Lihuang had reached an agreement with us at that time, and it was an undercover agent we planted in Liaoshen.
In 1949, China released 43 top-secret special war criminals, and Wei Lihuang was also on the list, so why did he get the warm reception of our country's leaders when he returned to Beijing in 1955?
Admiral of the Five Tigers. Wei Lihuang joined the New Army at the age of 15, then joined the Hunan Army, and at the age of 20, he followed Sun Yat-sen and devoted himself to the country's revolutionary cause. Wei Lihuang was honest and won Sun Yat-sen's appreciation and trust.
In 1916, Sun Yat-sen served as the generalissimo of the army, and Wei Lihuang, who had been following him, also became a guard of the Generalissimo's Office, and was subsequently promoted to the platoon commander of the guard regiment and continued to follow Sun Yat-sen to do the revolution.
When they were in Guangxi, Wei Lihuang and Lao Jiang were still Sun Yat-sen's right and left hands. After Sun Yat-sen went to Shanghai, Wei Lihuang and Lao Jiang both went to the Second Army of the Guangdong Army, Lao Jiang was the chief of staff, and Wei Lihuang was the platoon commander under Xu Chongzhi.
But the relationship between the two became more intimate, and when Lao Jiang was the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy, he also invited Wei Lihuang to class. Sometimes, the two will chat and joke with each other, which is enough to see that the relationship between the two is good. Then why did Lao Jiang send spies to monitor Wei Lihuang?
Yan'an. Wei Lihuang fought many battles in his life, but the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain made him remember it deeply.
In that battle, the Kuomintang army suffered heavy losses, and the headquarters and guard regiment led by Wei Lihuang were blocked by the Japanese in the rear, while Lüliang and other places were almost all enemy troops and could only leave from other places.
At that time, Wei Lihuang's secretary Zhao Rongsheng was an underground worker of our party, and through his observation, he found that Wei Lihuang was a patriotic general who only wanted to fight Japan, so he deliberately mentioned Yan'an when Wei Lihuang was thinking about changing the line.
Wei Lihuang originally wanted to go to Yan'an to meet *** and others, learn from them, and talk about tactics, but Wei Lihuang was worried that this move would arouse Lao Jiang's suspicions. At this time, Lao Jiang sent a telegram asking Wei Lihuang to go to Luoyang for a meeting. This telegram gave Wei Lihuang a legitimate reason to go through northern Shaanxi.
In mid-April 1938, Wei Lihuang came to the Yan'an area, and when he was still more than 20 miles away from entering the city, Wei Lihuang saw slogans on both sides, including "unite to resist Japan", "strengthen cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party", and "Welcome Deputy Commander Wei" and so on.
When he was about to enter the city, there was also a gong and drum team, in addition, Teng Daiyuan, Xiao Jinguang and others also stood at the gate of the city to greet Wei Lihuang, which made Wei Lihuang particularly moved in his heart.
When Wei Lihuang arrived at the cathedral, ** also came out of the living room door to greet him. **Shook hands with Wei Lihuang cordially, and returned to the living room with him to sit down. Wei Lihuang praised the Eighth Route Army for fighting very well, and also said that he came specifically to ask for advice this time.
** said that Wei Lihuang was the first theater commander to go to Yan'an, and pointed out to Wei Lihuang that the next move of the Japanese army was to attack Xuzhou. The facts also proved ***, which shocked Wei Lihuang and admired him more and more.
At noon on this day, ** specially approved a meal fee of 50 yuan, served the best meals to the banquet, entertained Wei Lihuang and his party, and held a welcome party for them in the evening.
Wei Lihuang and *** have formed a deep friendship.
When Wei Lihuang returned to Xi'an after his trip to Yan'an, he deliberately took the time to find the Xi'an office of the 14th Group General Headquarters and asked them to quickly issue 1 million rounds of ammunition, 250,000 grenades, and 180 boxes of canned beef to the 18th Group Army. Solve the urgent needs of our army.
Since then, Wei Lihuang has had more and more contacts with our army, and has contacts with *** and others.
Wei Lihuang's behavior aroused Lao Jiang's suspicions, and he sent spies to monitor his every move, and later removed Wei Lihuang from his post and let him go abroad for inspection.
It was not until 1948 that Wei Lihuang was recalled by Lao Chiang and served as the commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang's northeast "suppression of bandits", commanding operations in Shenyang. Wei Lihuang didn't want his own people to beat his own people, but he couldn't resist, so he could only agree.
After the Liaoshen Campaign began, Wei Lihuang patted his chest to Liao Yaoxiang, one of Lao Jiang's capable generals, and said, "When you want us to close our eyes, we will close our eyes", making an appearance of loyalty to Lao Jiang.
But after Liao Yaoxiang led his troops out, Wei Lihuang passively slacked off the battle, and used various reasons not to supply Liao Yaoxiang, so that the Kuomintang army was exterminated by our army.
Lao Jiang angrily put Wei Lihuang under house arrest, and it was not until 1949 that Wei Lihuang went to Hong Kong, but he still lived under Lao Chiang's surveillance.
When our army was about to enter Wei Lihuang's hometown, Wei Lihuang specially wrote a letter to **, hoping that our army could protect his family. **Gave the letter to *** to read, **agreed, and asked *** to tell Hefei County** to protect Wei Lihuang's family.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Wei Lihuang, who was in Hong Kong, also sent a congratulatory telegram to ***, and ** also called him back.
In 1954, Lao Chiang and the United States were in the same stream, which made Wei Lihuang very annoyed, and scolded Lao Chiang, saying that patriotic Chinese should support the completion of the great cause of reunification.
Wei Lihuang's words spread, and after learning about it, he sent someone to Hong Kong to invite Wei Lihuang to return to China. Wei Lihuang didn't hesitate too much and agreed.
In March 1955, Wei Lihuang and his wife returned to Guangzhou, and specially sent a telegram to ***, telling them that they were back. ** Kindly replied to Wei Lihuang and said that he was very happy that Wei Lihuang could come back.
At the same time, Wei Lihuang also published the "Letter to Taiwan's Pao Ze Friends", exposing Lao Chiang's crimes, saying that Lao Chiang deliberately sabotaged the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, transferred him out of the First War Zone, and monitored him. In addition, the Liaoshen Battle was lost because Lao Jiang insisted on going his own way, but afterwards he put the blame on him, and scolded Lao Jiang for being mad and treacherous.
At the beginning of April this year, Wei Lihuang returned to Beijing, sent a special car to pick him up, and then met him in Zhongnanhai, and also met Wei Lihuang and caught up with him.
After Wei Lihuang returned, he contributed to the construction of the motherland. After his death in January 1960, he was buried in the Babaoshan Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery.
References: 1] Phoenix Network "Wei Daoran Dictated: My Father Wei Lihuang" 20071128
2] Archives World "Wei Lihuang's Interaction with ***" 20110520