In 1986, Bai Xianhui, the second daughter of General Bai Chongxi, suddenly appeared in Guilin, Guangxi, and got in touch with Li Xiuwen, the wife of Li Zongren. This immediately aroused speculation: "What is the purpose of her coming, it can't be that the Kuomintang has a conspiracy, right?" ”
The local ** had already been informed of the news and took immediate action. So, what is the real purpose of Bai Xianhui's trip? What kind of treatment will she suffer?
As the first deputy of China, Li Zongren, after the end of the Liberation War, chose to flee to the United States with his wife because of discord with Chiang Kai-shek, and this escape was 16 years.
In April 1956, Li Zongren got in touch with *** and began to prepare to return to China. As a senior leader of the Kuomintang, his journey back to China was not smooth, and Chiang Kai-shek, who had fled to Taiwan, tried to obstruct it many times, but finally succeeded in returning with the help of the mainland.
After returning to China, Li Zongren apologized for his past, and was received by *** and other leaders, and officially became a member of New China.
In 1969, he died of pneumonia, leaving his wife Li Xiuwen with only deep nostalgia for Guilin, Guangxi. In the first few years after returning to the mainland, despite poverty and hardship, as time went by, Li Xiuwen saw the rapid changes in the mainland, especially after the reform and opening up, the development of New China advanced by leaps and bounds.
However, just when life was gradually getting better, Li Xiuwen suddenly ushered in an uninvited guest - Bai Xianhui, who was the daughter of Bai Chongxi, a senior Kuomintang general.
As a high-ranking Kuomintang general, Bai Chongxi caused a lot of trouble to the Chinese Communist Party, and then followed Chiang Kai-shek to Taiwan. Although Bai Chongxi died not long after he was in Taiwan, his daughter suddenly returned to the mainland to find Li Zongren's wife.
Does this mean that the Kuomintang has a new conspiracy? Mrs. Li Xiuwen had some doubts about this, because her husband Li Zongren had a close relationship with Bai Chongxi during his lifetime, and often regretted that the two could not see each other again.
Therefore, she has always regarded Bai Xianhui as her daughter, and as soon as she saw her return to the mainland, she chatted with her enthusiastically all night. However, Li Xiuwen is still curious about why Bai Xianhui returned to the mainland at this critical juncture.
Li Xiuwen's curiosity made Bai Xianhui grit her teeth and confide in her inner secret: "My trip back to the mainland is a private trip, don't tell others!" Li Xiuwen was surprised and urged Bai Xianhui to tell the reason.
My return to the mainland this time is a secret operation that is not public! This sentence made Li Xiuwen take a big surprise, could it be that after so many years, the Taiwan authorities are still harboring illusions, and even sent Bai Xianhui to the mainland for this reason?
Bai Xianhui hurriedly clarified: "Aunt Li, you misunderstood, I didn't have ulterior motives when I went back to the mainland, and it has nothing to do with those people." ”
When Li Xiuwen was talking to Bai Xianhui about those people, Bai Xianhui showed anger at them, which made Li Xiuwen believe her words. But this makes it even more puzzling, since they didn't come back with malicious intent, then why are they so sneaky.
Bai Xianhui was worried that because his father Bai Chongxi had done something wrong before, they would be arrested. Li Xiuwen was surprised at first, and then laughed: "Silly boy, what are you thinking, although your father is a Kuomintang general, he is also a famous general of the Anti-Japanese War."
Now the times have long since changed, and those things have long passed. Bai Xianhui was skeptical, but in the next few days, she still stayed at Li Xiuwen's house every day, and she didn't dare to go out to the street to have a look.
Mrs. Li Xiuwen was troubled by Bai Xianhui's eager appearance and decided to forcibly pull her out one morning. So, a heroic old lady and a middle-aged woman with a panicked look appeared on the streets of Guilin, Guangxi.
On the road they walked, Bai Xianhui noticed that the pedestrians on the side of the road were wearing all kinds of fashionable clothes, and no one cared if she was being hunted down, but just treated her as an ordinary passerby.
After walking for a while, Bai Xianhui let down the guard in his heart. Considering that Mrs. Li Xiuwen was too old to walk for a long time, she persuaded her to go home and began her journey alone.
On that day, she first went to see her father's former home, looking for the colors left by her father. When she saw that her father's former residence had been well preserved, her heart was filled with warmth.
Then, she went back to the place where she used to live, and used her camera to record people's lifestyles.
She wanted to show her late father how her hometown had changed over the decades. This trip made Bai Xianhui gradually let go of the estrangement in his heart, and even deeply moved by the great changes in the country.
It wasn't until late at night that Bai Xianhui reluctantly put down the camera and began to look for a place to stay. It's not that Mrs. Li Xiuwen's family doesn't welcome her, it's just that she was worried about causing trouble to Li Xiuwen, so she decided to stay in a hotel.
In the hotel, Bai Xianhui tidied up the room and planned the next trip. However, at the checkout, a sentence from the hotel front desk surprised her. "Miss Bai Xianhui, you are the daughter of General Bai Chongxi, right?
What is the matter with your return to the mainland? It turned out that Bai Xianhui's identity had been discovered by the local **.
After the liberation of Beiping in 1949, Chiang Kai-shek and other senior Kuomintang leaders felt that it was only self-deception to continue the confrontation, and fled to Taiwan one after another. Li Zongren knew that they would be regarded as a thorn in Chiang Kai-shek's side in Taiwan, and he tried to persuade his friend Bai Chongxi to flee to the United States with him.
However, Bai Chongxi, who had great trust in Chiang Kai-shek, refused the invitation and chose to follow Chiang Kai-shek to Taiwan. After arriving in Taiwan, Chiang Kai-shek did not reuse Bai Chongxi as before, but instead gave him an inconsequential position, mainly out of fear and distrust of Bai Chongxi's talents.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Bai Chongxi won the reputation of "Little Zhuge with his outstanding military command ability", and he also had a considerable impact on our party during the War of Liberation.
Although he is our enemy, it is impossible to deny his outstanding military talent, and even *** has praised him as "the most cunning and insidious warlord in China". However, despite his great talent in military affairs, his political calculations were a little immature, and even the basic "merit of the master" was not well understood.
In addition to not reusing him, Chiang Kai-shek also set up a police station in front of Bai Chongxi's house to monitor him around the clock and put him under house arrest.
Chiang Kai-shek feared that Bai Chongxi would return to the mainland, after all, there were many people in the Kuomintang who had abandoned the dark and turned to the light. Although their relationship became uneventful, they remained uneventful until Li Zongren returned to the mainland in 1965.
This made Chiang Kai-shek so angry that he even gave Bai Chongxi the task of persuading Li Zongren to return to Taiwan. However, after Bai Chongxi took over this task, he made Li Zongren's heart return to the mainland.
This made Chiang Kai-shek hate both Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi.
In the following year, Chiang Kai-shek's anger at Bai Chongxi was vividly expressed, and he even believed that Bai Chongxi had prompted Li Zongren to return to the mainland. For this reason, he deliberately sent people to monitor Bai Chongxi day and night, and even Bai Chongxi's personal dignity was seriously violated.
Finally, on December 2, 1966, Bai Chongxi died of a heart attack under the endless torture of Chiang Kai-shek. And the cause of Bai Chongxi's death was also declared by Chiang Kai-shek.
In fact, Bai Chongxi fell alone at home when he died, with bruises all over his body, and even the ** who took care of him disappeared without a trace. Later, a spy claimed to be ordered by Chiang Kai-shek to poison Bai Chongxi and kill him.
However, this claim is not very credible. After all, if Chiang Kai-shek wanted to kill Bai Chongxi, he had countless ways to do it, and even Bai Chongxi's eldest son did not believe in this statement.
Although Bai Chongxi's death was inextricably linked to Chiang Kai-shek's attitude towards him, even Bai Xianhui, who was studying in the United States, was convinced of this. When she learned of her father's death, she could only mourn in front of the tombstone when she returned to Taiwan, and when she looked to the mainland, she realized that she had to help her father realize his dream of returning to the mainland.
However, her idea was opposed by her family, who were worried about Chiang Kai-shek's ** and also feared that the mainland would regard Bai Chongxi as a war criminal. Although facing reality, Bai Xianhui temporarily put aside the idea of returning to the mainland, this idea took root in her heart like a seed.
It wasn't until 1986 that Bai Xianhui saw his opportunity in "The Battle of Taierzhuang" released in mainland China and Taiwan. The film tells the story of the battle that made the world know the resilience of the Chinese people, in which Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren showed their deep love for the motherland and aroused the homesickness of countless mainland and Taiwan veterans.
The release of this film prompted Chiang Ching-kuo to open up cross-strait exchanges, bringing everything back to decades ago, and countless Taiwanese veterans were able to return to their hometowns to visit relatives. In the midst of this craze, Bai Xianhui decided to return to his hometown and, with the help of Mrs. Li Xiuwen, witnessed China's development with her own eyes.
Originally, Bai Xianhui thought that no one knew about her trip to the mainland except Mrs. Li Xiuwen, but she never expected that the local ** had already learned of her return. The mainland arranged for her to stay at the front desk of the hotel for free, and after the front desk staff recognized Bai Xianhui's identity, she immediately became nervous, and her expression became panicked, explaining: "I, I don't have ulterior motives, I'm just coming back to see my relatives." ”
The front desk staff was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and quickly explained: "Miss Bai misunderstood, it was the local ** who knew that you were coming, so she helped you avoid accommodation fees, and let us take you on a good tour." ”
Hearing this, Bai Xianhui's face changed from panic to surprise, as if he couldn't believe that he would be treated so favorably.
General Bai Chongxi was a great hero of the anti-Japanese resistance, and his deeds are well known to everyone, especially his heroic performance in the Battle of Taierzhuang. Bai Xianhui, as the daughter of a general, was naturally treated favorably by people.
The experience in the mainland made Bai Xianhui understand that for decades, the army and civilians of the Continental Army have never regarded her as an enemy, but as the daughter of an anti-Japanese hero, and this realization moved Bai Xianhui.
During her days on the mainland, Bai Xianhui became no longer nervous, but actively searched for his father's traces and communicated with local residents. Before returning to Taiwan, Bai Xianhui specially packed a small bottle of soil in front of his father's former residence and brought a stone, preparing to give them as a gift to his father, who was buried deep in loess.
When boarding the flight back to Taiwan, Bai Xianhui was recognized by the crew again. The crew asked with concern if she needed help checking in the large rocks she had picked up for free.
After this trip to the mainland, other descendants of the Bai family also boldly returned to their hometowns to find traces of their lives with their fathers. On their journey home, they met a lot of other **descendants.
Seeing that their ancestors' former residence was well preserved, they couldn't help but shed tears of emotion. Although there is still a gap between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, we are always compatriots and Chinese.
One day, we will break through other obstacles, sit together, and eliminate the regrets of the older generation.