Among the generals of the Kuomintang army, Wang Yaowu is a very unique existence, whether it is military ability or personal morality, Wang Yaowu is extremely prominent, and can be called a unique existence among the first-class generals.
Although he is a military general, Wang Yaowu's emotional intelligence is very high, in the army, Wang Yaowu integrates the relationship between his superiors and subordinates very well, up to the commander, down to the ordinary soldiers, Wang Yaowu can always say a few words, and Wang Yaowu himself also opened a biscuit factory, and the profits earned by the biscuit factory, Wang Yaowu will use it to subsidize military spending, which also makes Wang Yaowu highly respected in the army.
During the Agrarian Revolution, Wang Yaowu was able to defeat the famous generals of our army in the two battles of Yihuang and Tanjiaqiao, but he did not fall behind, and during the War of Resistance Against Japan, Wang Yaowu led the 74th Army to inflict heavy losses on the Japanese army many times, and was once known as the "Anti-Japanese Iron Army".
However, during the Liberation War, Wang Yaowu's fate was reversed several times, due to Chiang Kai-shek's wrong command, after the Battle of Jinan, Wang Yaowu was captured by our army and imprisoned, and since then he has not seen his wife and children for more than ten years, and when Wang Yaowu was released, everything has long been wrong.
So, how was Wang Yaowu captured by our army? After more than ten years in prison, how did Wang Yaowu's wife and children spend it? After Wang Yaowu was released, did he find their whereabouts?
In 1904, Wang Yaowu was born in Tai'an, Shandong, at the age of 20 became a student of the third phase of Huangpu, when Wang Yaowu participated in the second Eastern Crusade before graduation, because of the courage and outstanding performance, Wang Yaowu was assigned to the first division of the National Revolutionary Army after graduation of the fourth company of the second lieutenant platoon commander.
In the continuous battle, Wang Yaowu's military ability began to gradually revealed, he was good at leading troops and commanding properly, he was soon noticed by Chiang Kai-shek, and in a short period of time he was successively promoted to captain company commander, regiment commander, brigade commander, division commander, army commander, commander, etc., for a time Wang Yaowu was in the Kuomintang army.
As a famous anti-Japanese general, Wang Yaowu has a hatred for the Japanese army from the bottom of his bones, and the sense of honor and disgrace of the soldiers prompted him to constantly fight with the Japanese army, and Wang Yaowu was found in the battles of Songhu, Nanjing, Lanfeng, Wanjialing, etc., and Wang Yaowu was also known as one of the most capable tiger generals in the Kuomintang army in the 8-year War of Resistance.
However, such a tiger general who was very good at positional warfare, night warfare, counter-encirclement, and annihilation warfare was reduced to a prisoner under Chiang Kai-shek's indiscriminate command, which eventually caused Wang Yaowu's later tragedy.
On August 15, 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender, Wang Yaowu was ordered to serve as the surrendered governor of the Changheng region, and after witnessing the hardships of the eight-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wang Yaowu had a retreat from the "civil war" in Chiang Kai-shek's mouth, especially when he thought of the thousands of subordinates who died with him in the War of Resistance, Wang Yaowu was even more unbearable.
Therefore, when Chiang Kai-shek asked him to continue to reorganize the army for war, Wang Yaowu immediately claimed that he was ill and was admitted to a hospital in Wuchang.
Later, Wang Yaowu described the scene of meeting Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing in the book "Self-Statement"."Look at your complexion and spirits, what's wrong with you? ”
Wang Yaowu had no choice but to reply"Hemoptysis in stomach disease, ** sick with abnormal diet and daily life for many years. ”
Despite this, Chiang Kai-shek still did not intend to let Wang Yaowu leave the front line, and seeing that Wang Yaowu was reluctant to lead his troops into battle, Chiang Kai-shek immediately said to him with emotion and reason
Rest and rest, life is normal, it will be fine soon, although the Japanese army has been driven out, but there are still internal troubles... The Bud Civil War still has to be fought. Can the current situation give you a break? You know that Jinan is the most important, and it is difficult to send others to do it, you are from Shandong, I think it is most appropriate for you to go. Don't be afraid of difficulties, I have a way to do everything.
Under Chiang Kai-shek's grace and might, Wang Yaowu finally had to obey his orders and lead the troops to garrison Jinan, but for this battle Wang Yaowu has no bottom in his heart, the strength of our army is strong Wang Yaowu has witnessed it with his own eyes, since the outbreak of the Liberation War, our army swept thousands of armies, like a bamboo, Wang Yaowu is very clear that the combat effectiveness of the Kuomintang army is no longer enough to hold Jinan.
Therefore, in May 1948, before the Battle of Jinan began, Wang Yaowu deliberately flew to Nanjing to explain his interests to Chiang Kai-shek, and suggested that Chiang Kai-shek immediately order the troops to withdraw to Xuzhou in order to preserve his strength and wait for the opportunity to fight again, but this suggestion was immediately opposed by Chiang Kai-shek, and the furious Chiang Kai-shek even reprimanded Wang Yaowu for "not looking at the big picture".
The reason why I said this is because in Chiang Kai-shek's view, Jinan is the provincial capital and strategic place of Shandong, and if Jinan is lost, our party will be able to connect East China and North China into a line, and more importantly, the US army was still stationed in Qingdao at that time with more than 3,000 people, and if Jinan is lost, the US aid of the Kuomintang army will also be greatly affected.
Therefore, after preaching to Wang Yaowu, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Wang Yaowu to hold Jinan, and promised that if Jinan was surrounded, he would personally urge the main force to reinforce it.
On September 16, 1948, the Battle of Jinan officially began, as Wang Yaowu expected, our army was like a bamboo, the siege progressed very smoothly, under the fierce offensive of our army, Wu Huawen, the commander of the 96th Army, led more than 20,000 people to revolt in front of the battle, resulting in the direction of Jinan was further torn apart, and Chiang Kai-shek's promised foreign aid did not come.
In this case, it was already a matter of time before Jinan was conquered, and Wang Yaowu understood that the defeat was decided, so he asked Chiang Kai-shek to lead the team to break through, but Chiang Kai-shek did not send foreign aid to help Wang Yaowu break through, but instead issued a prisoner order to Wang Yaowu, requiring no prisoners or surrenderers in Jinan City to stay.
It's just that Wang Yaowu is not a foolish and loyal person, he knows very well that if he really attacks the prisoners, he will inevitably be nailed to the pillar of shame in history, therefore, after weighing again and again, Wang Yaowu made up his mind to do two things, one is to evacuate the people in the city to avoid hurting the innocent, and the other is to release the prisoners, including all the members of our party, in order to help these people leave Jinan as soon as possible, Wang Yaowu also ordered to give the released personnel a sum of travel expenses, 5 yuan per officer, 3 yuan per soldier.
At the same time, Wang Yaowu also convened a meeting of all the officers in the early morning of September 24, at which Wang Yaowu said sincerely out of a responsible attitude towards his subordinates:
We persevered for 8 days and 8 nights, and we have done our duty. This war is different from the anti-Japanese war, and there is no need to germinate the idea of suicide. Now that the general trend has gone, it has reached the point where it is impossible to do anything, I advise everyone to let go of this useless** should be to join relatives, to invest in friends, I hope everyone cherishes each other.After doing these things, Wang Yaowu fled from Jinan with a small team of men and horses from the bunker in the north of the city, and after leaving the city, Wang Yaowu broke through all the way to the north, and finally arrived in Shouguang County, but what Wang Yaowu didn't know was that he was still discovered by our army by hiding in this remote small county.
After arriving in Shouguang County, everything went smoothly at first, and no one found out that he was Wang Yaowu, because Wang Yaowu was originally from Shandong, and his accent was also very similar to that of the local, so no one doubted him, but at that time, Wang Yaowu borrowed a farmer's toilet on the way, and also used a rare white tissue paper, and the local villagers felt very suspicious, so they reported to the county public security bureau.
In this way, Wang Yaowu became a prisoner of our army because of a piece of paper and was imprisoned in the Gongdelin Prisoner of War Prison in Beijing, because Wang Yaowu was a famous anti-Japanese general, and in the recent Battle of Jinan, a large number of prisoners of war of our army were released, which was a contribution
Your merit is merit, and your demerit is transgression. We will always remember your anti-Japanese contributions, and as long as you can reform with peace of mind, you will soon return to the people.It was these words that made Wang Yaowu regain his confidence, and then Wang Yaowu began to study hard, worked hard to transform, and also drove many people around him, and once became a model for transformation, and the reason why Wang Yaowu participated in the transformation so actively was to go out and reunite with his family as soon as possible.
Before being captured, Wang Yaowu already had a family, his wife was named Zheng Yilan, and the two gave birth to seven children after marriage, Wang Yaowu was a man who cared for his family, and his relationship with his wife has always been very good, therefore, Wang Yaowu never accepted three wives and four concubines like other Kuomintang generals.
After Wang Yaowu's accident, his wife Zheng Yilan went to Hong Kong to settle down with seven children according to Wang Yaowu's instructions, where Zheng Yilan received the help of Wang Yaowu's former adjutant Wang Xiangbin, and her life barely survived.
In this way, more than ten years later, Wang Yaowu's transformation was finally completed, and as soon as he was released from prison, Wang Yaowu began to look for the whereabouts of his family, but because it was too long, it had long been a matter of fact, fortunately, Wang Yaowu got help from *** at that time, and after looking for it in the newspaper, Wang Yaowu's youngest daughter Wang Luyun quickly got in touch with Wang Yaowu.
Later, under the contact of Wang Luyun, Wang Yaowu met with his six sons one after another, but Wang Yaowu never saw his wife Zheng Yilan, it turned out that Zheng Yilan had already been bewitched by Chiang Kai-shek, and was determined to divorce Wang Yaowu, soon after Wang Yaowu was released from prison, Zheng Yilan's divorce agreement was sent to Wang Yaowu's hands, after the divorce, Zheng Yilan left the United States, and Wang Yaowu never saw her again.
After parting ways with the original partner, Wang Yaowu's mood has been very low, and Wang Yaowu was also old at that time, and there was no one around to take care of him, so his daughter Wang Luyun introduced a female teacher in Beijing No. 82 Middle School to her father, Wang Yaowu was the commissioner of culture and history of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference at that time, with a salary of about 150 yuan, and the two of them lived more than enough.
The female teacher's name is Wu Bolun, more than ten years younger than Wang Yaowu, although there is an age gap, but Wu Bolun has a very good impression of Wang Yaowu, a famous anti-Japanese general, and the two soon tied the knot.
It's just that Wang Yaowu didn't know that Wu Bolun actually had an illegitimate daughter, because of his special identity, Wu Bolun has not disclosed his daughter's identity to the public, and this illegitimate daughter has been fostered by Wu Bolun in his adoptive mother's house, so the relationship between the mother and daughter has not been good, and then Wang Yaowu left, leaving Wu Bolun a piece of property, Wu Bolun gave these to his daughter, but he still couldn't get forgiveness from his daughter.
Because of this, Wu Bolun's mental state in his later years has been poor, and he even went to the hospital because of this, but even so, she still did not see her daughter's company, and finally could only spend the rest of her life alone silently, but no matter what the final outcome is, the relationship between Wu Bolun and Wang Yaowu is enough to be moving.