"Teacher, I am ashamed that I chose to stand on the wrong side, in these years of study, I have recognized my mistakes, and I hope to contribute to the construction of New China. ”
** He praised Li Xianzhou, he said that Li Xianzhou is a rare talent, and he hopes to work together for the construction of New China. Although Li Xianzhou said that there were no difficulties and requirements, *** smiled and encouraged him to ask questions.
Li Xianzhou raised doubts about the Laiwu Battle and asked Han Liancheng's identity and situation. ** smiled and replied that Han Liancheng was in Beijing now, and arranged for them to meet and ask in person.
Li Xianzhou fell into deep thought after hearing the news, and seemed to have understood the truth of the matter, just as he had guessed in prison.
Han Liancheng was born in Guyuan County, Gansu Province in 1909, and due to his family's poverty, he entered a private school at the age of 12. In order to survive, he studied and worked part-time, and also worshipped a martial arts master.
At the age of sixteen, he joined the Northwest Army and was subordinate to Ma Hongkui's subordinate under Feng Yuxiang. Because of his intelligence and bravery, he was greatly appreciated, and was soon promoted to the rank of regimental commander.
In 1929, relations between Feng Yuxiang and Chiang Kai-shek broke down and they openly opposed Chiang. Chiang Kai-shek used a lot of money to win over Feng's subordinates, including Ma Hongkui. Han Liancheng also took refuge with Chiang Kai-shek at this time.
During the Central Plains War in 1930, Feng Yuxiang, Yan Xishan, and Li Zongren jointly launched a large-scale crusade against Chiang Kai-shek. In this battle, Chiang Kai-shek was attacked by enemy troops, and Han Liancheng risked his life to lead his troops to come to the rescue, fought bravely, and repelled the enemy forces that surrounded Chiang Kai-shek.
Chiang Kai-shek escaped death and praised Han Liancheng and asked him which Whampoa student he was. Han Liancheng said that he was not a Whampoa student. Chiang Kai-shek did not care about this, but in order to win over Han Liancheng and reward him for his rescue, he ordered: Han Liancheng, the commander of the 64th Division, is commendable for his bravery, graduated from the third phase of the charter military academy, and entrusted him with reuse.
Since then, Han Liancheng has become Chiang Kai-shek's confidant.
Han Liancheng, a student at the Army University, met Bai Chongxi's secretary Shi Shilong and began to deal with the core figures of the Gui family. During his time in the Gui department, he was promoted from chief of staff to chief of staff of the group army, and won the trust of Bai Chongxi.
However, he was attracted to the Communist Party and impressed by its anti-Japanese spirit and ideals and beliefs. Through contact with Liu Zhidan, he came up with the idea of joining the Communist Party, and met Comrade *** under the recommendation of Zhou Shiguan.
** Comrades welcomed him to join, but also told him that he must remain in Chiang Kai-shek's army, use his position and identity, and unite the Kuomintang against Japan.
Han Liancheng accepted this arrangement, and carried out secret intelligence work under the leadership of ***, providing our party with a lot of valuable military intelligence. After the end of the Sino-Japanese War, Han Liancheng's 46th Army was sent to the Shandong battlefield, and soon after, Chiang Kai-shek planned the "Lunan Operation" in an attempt to besiege our army and annihilate them.
After Han Liancheng learned of Chiang Kai-shek's battle plan, he immediately contacted the ** of the East China Field Army. So he took the initiative to abandon Linyi and created the illusion of advancing westward, in order to confuse the Kuomintang army.
In February 1942, the East China Field Army arrived at the outskirts of Laiwu and cooperated with Han Liancheng inside and outside to encircle Li Xianzhou, commander-in-chief of the 28th Group Army. Originally, Li Xianzhou's department saw that the overall situation had been decided, and planned to break through before the East China Field Army was completely surrounded, but Han Lian became a time to win, and deliberately used various reasons to persuade Li Xianzhou to stay for a day.
It was on this day that our army successfully blocked all the passages for the escape of the Kuomintang troops. By the time Li Xianzhou decided to break through, Han Liancheng could no longer be found, and he had been transferred by our army to the headquarters of the East China Field Army.
In this Laiwu Battle, with the internal and external cooperation of Han Liancheng and **, more than 60,000 people in seven divisions led by Li Xianzhou were wiped out, and all the officers above the battalion level, including Li Xianzhou, were captured.
After the Battle of Laiwu, Han Liancheng did not return to the organization, but ventured back to Nanjing again, hoping to continue to contribute to the cause of liberation by Chiang Kai-shek's side.
Because he saved Chiang Kai-shek, after Han Liancheng returned to Nanjing, he was not punished for his defeat, but because he returned to Nanjing as soon as he broke through the siege, he expressed his appreciation for his bravery and cleverness.
At the end of 1947, Chiang Kai-shek appointed Han Liancheng as a national leader to join the army and entered the core confidential department of the Kuomintang. Since then, all information sent to Chiang Kai-shek has to pass through Han Liancheng's hands, and Chiang Kai-shek's orders are also transmitted through him.
In the subsequent military decisions, Han Liancheng deliberately expressed his "opinions", which not only interfered with Chiang Kai-shek's decision-making, resulting in successive defeats, but also made the troops seriously insufficient.
In order to replenish the supply of troops, in April 1948, Chiang Kai-shek sent Han Liancheng to Gansu to recruit troops. However, due to Han Liancheng's continuous transmission of information, his identity began to arouse everyone's suspicions.
Soon, He Yingqin found evidence that Han Liancheng "collaborated with the Communists" in the Battle of Laiwu, so he pretended to transfer Han Liancheng back to Nanjing and prepared to arrest him. At this time, Han Liancheng successfully escaped under the cover of underground party comrades and fled to Hong Kong, and later moved to the liberated area, and was received by *** and *** and others.
At this point, Han Liancheng's career as a "** general" ended, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he devoted himself to the construction of New China and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general. By chance, Han Liancheng met his former "comrade-in-arms" Li Xianzhou again in Beijing, and the two former comrades-in-arms reunited with a lot of emotion.
Han Liancheng was the first to speak: "Brother Xianzhou, I was really forced to do it back then, because of the needs of the party's work, I had to have reservations about you. Li Xianzhou has been relieved of this, he said deeply: "Train to become an old brother, in fact, I also have negligence, although I love the country and the people deeply, but I failed to see through the corruption of the Kuomintang in time, and also did some fratricidal things, I feel very ashamed. ”
The two looked at each other for a long time, then shook hands and made peace, and promised to become comrades-in-arms in the joint construction of New China.