On the evening of March 23, 1968, Fu Chongbi was transferred to the post of commander of the Beijing Garrison as deputy commander of the Shenyang Military Region, and the post of the garrison was replaced by Wen Yucheng.
After receiving the order, he was going to leave by plane overnight, and he was confused about it and did not know why. This transfer was unusual, as the previous principle was that he would not be allowed to leave suddenly, no matter how urgent, and that his post should not require him to be taken overnight in an emergency.
Because he was with the commander of the Shenyang Military Region, and he accompanied him to the airport, he also got on the plane, and he did not leave. All these signs indicated that the situation was extraordinary, but he did not know what was happening.
After Fu Chongbi left, most people didn't know about it, such as Wu De, deputy director of the Beijing Revolutionary Committee.
Since its establishment, the Beijing Municipal Revolutionary Committee has been chaired by Xie Fuzhi and vice chaired by Wu De, Zheng Weishan, and Fu Chongbi. Fu Chongbi worked closely with Wu De and discussed many times to solve local problems in Beijing.
However, at the morning meeting on March 24, Wu De did not see Xie Fuzhi, Fu Chongbi, Zheng Weishan and others, and felt a little strange. Although Xie Fuzhi was unable to attend the meeting because of his multiple positions, Wu was not surprised.
However, Fu Chongbi and Zheng Weishan's failure to attend the meeting attracted Wu De's attention. He called ** to inquire about Fu Chongbi's whereabouts, and got a reply that he was not there, and then he called ** to ask if Xie Fuzhi would still attend the meeting, and asked Fu Chongbi about the situation by the way.
Xie Fuzhi told him not to ask, and that there would be a meeting in a few days. As for Fu Chongbi's situation, he didn't know, because the two were still chatting together at the municipal party committee on the evening of the 23rd, when Xie Fuzhi saw that the time was almost up, so he decided to go to the Great Hall for a meeting.
Wu De was puzzled, he didn't know Fu Chongbi's whereabouts, and he was used to this matter. He understood that there were some things that should not be asked too much, and that he would not mention them in the hall again. A few days later, he attended a meeting in the Great Hall, and the deputy political commissar of the garrison sitting next to him told him that something was wrong with Fu Chongbi.
Wu De asked about the specific situation, but the other party didn't say much, and maybe even they didn't know. For Wu De, since the Great Movement, many inexplicable things have happened, and many people live in fear and do not know when disaster will come.
Then, the office team led by Huang Yongsheng and the people of the Cultural Revolution came out and shouted the slogan of defeating Yang, Yu and Fu. Wu De immediately felt the seriousness of the situation, and he learned that they were referring to the "North China Mountain".
The three of them were assigned to three different locations and did not receive notice of reinstatement until 1974. Subsequently, they returned to their respective posts one after another. During that period, a lot of things seemed to change rapidly, whether it was a promotion or a demotion.