In 1948, the National War of LiberationIt is in full swing, and the domestic situation has undergone earth-shaking changes. In November, after the Liaoshen Campaign was victorious, the Military Commission of the Communist Party of China led by the Communist Party of China gradually turned the spearhead to Beiping and Tianjin.
If you want to win the war completely and liberate the whole of China, then Beiping and Tianjin are a link that cannot be abandoned, and it can even be said that it is the most important. Considering the current situation and complex historical reasons, even the *** of the battlefield veteran seems to be very cautious.
Just when there was a panic in Beiping City and the results of the peace talks had not yet been settled, the battles of Xinbao and Zhangjiakou took the lead. After several days and nights of fighting, the People's Liberation Army, with its high morale and proper command, unsurprisingly won the war.
The news was immediately transmitted back to Beiping. On this day, Fu Zuoyi, who was in Beiping City, learned the news and knew that he was famousThe ace units of the 35th Army are already history, which has been completely annihilated at this moment.
When Fu Zuoyi first received the news, he was so shocked that he froze in place for several seconds. Then, an indescribable anger swept through his body, and he waved his arm angrily, sweeping the **, teacups, and various thick documents on the desk to the ground. Then he staggered and walked towards the bedroom, only to hit the door frame and fall to the ground.
Waiting for Fu to do righteousnessdaughter Fu DongjuWhen I heard the sound and rushed to my father's side, I saw him staring blankly and muttering intermittently: "It's over, everything is over, and political life is over."
So,Fu ZuoyiWho the hell is it? What the hell is over? Why did the destruction of the 35th Army hit him so hard? If he is really the opposite, how can he sit in the position of Minister of Water Resources for 23 years after the founding of New China?
1948 yearBefore the guns of the Liaoshen Campaign cooled down, they prepared to launch the Pingjin Campaign while the iron was hot, trying to solve the problems in North China as soon as possible. Facing the fierce People's Liberation Army was the Fu Zuo Volunteer Corps guarding North China.
At that time, there were more than 500,000 people in Fu Zuoyi's army, and for Chiang Kai-shek, whose power was declining, this was already the most important force of the Kuomintang in North China.
The southern region was gradually out of Chiang Kai-shek's control, and he was concerned about this vital force entrenched in North China, and repeatedly hinted at Fu Zuoyi to retreat south in order to consolidate itJianghuai Defense Lineand other areas that Chiang Kai-shek could only barely control.
However, Fu Zuoyi's troops were not Chiang Kai-shek's descendants in the first place. He September 1918 fromBaoding Military AcademyAfter graduation, I returned to Shanxi and participatedYan Xishan's Jin army, in the army, he was promoted from a second lieutenant midshipman all the way to the commander of the headquarters, so he was very affectionate towards Jin Suijun.
Naturally, he was also reluctant to lead his troops away from Suiyuan Province, which he regarded as his base area, that is, one of the four northern provinces of the ** period, covering the central and southern parts of the present-day Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Although he failed to bring troops to the south as Chiang Kai-shek wished, Fu Zuoyi was not indifferent in the face of the ever-changing battlefield situation. He distributed his forces in a line, twisting and turning like a long snake. It starts from Zhangjiakou in the west and reaches Tanggu in the east, which is the central part of the present-day Tianjin area.
The purpose of this is to control the access to the sea, so as not to cause any sudden accidents on the waterway, and also to provide some guarantee for the transportation of materials. The second is to connect Beiping and his hometown Suiyuan Province, once the situation is difficult to control, he can quickly withdraw to his hometown.
Let's not talk about what convenience this arrangement can provide for the war, this is a proper way out for yourself.
In this sensitive period, Fu Zuoyi is like a third party outside the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, wandering between the two parties, but he has a close and disconnected connection with both parties.
It's a pity that his idea was almost immediately recognized by ***, and the *** who had been on the battlefield for a long time touched Fu Zuoyi's psychology very thoroughly, so he immediately sent two corps to surround Zhangjiakou.
was controlled by this necessary place from Beiping to SuiyuanFu Zuoyi, the long snake that took a lot of effort to arrange, was beaten seven inches at once.
And when the battle of Xinbao and Zhangjiakou ended, Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army no longer existed. Although he has 500,000 troops in his hands, while the 35th Army only has more than 20,000 people, this ratio does not seem to be very different, but the latter is the only elite army in Fu Zuoyi's hands. That's why he's as disillusioned as he was at the beginning.
From this time on, the depressed Fu Zuoyi's heart,In fact, the seeds of Toucheng have been born。He really had no confidence in the victory of his remaining troops. Even the commander has such a mentality, if he really wants to go to the battlefield, it will not be taken by the People's Liberation ArmyKilling it is like chopping melons and vegetables
All this was naturally seen by Chiang Kai-shek, who was far from the center of the battlefield, but the artillery fire was the great pulse of the land, constantly shaking the hand of a regime trying to hold it.
Even when he was about to run out of ammunition, Chiang Kai-shek's suspicious temperament still did not change. In order to win over Fu Zuoyi, he promised him the position of commander-in-chief of the North China Suppression, which was quite weighty no matter what time it was.
Nominally, Chiang Kai-shek was trying his best to show favor to Fu Zuoyi, but behind the scenes, he was not at ease with this potential "ally", and even sent his cronies to Fu Zuoyi's side to closely monitor him. With such an act, it is really impossible to see whether Chiang Kai-shek really has the heart to win over Fu Zuoyi, at least the sincerity is definitely gone.
And Fu Zuoyi knows all this, his current situation is very embarrassing, and he can't easily choose to take sides. If you are so far away, you have to send someone to monitor it, not to mention that if you go to the south, you will be locked up directly. What Chiang Kai-shek did,But it ironed his heart to go to the south
November 3, 1948, Chiang Kai-shek saw that Fu Zuoyi did not move, so he couldn't help but take the initiative to call. On the grounds of the defeat of the Liaoshen Campaign, he was sent to Nanjing to attend a military conference.
The reason is high-sounding, and in that environment, no one will feel that the purpose of this invitation is simple. The subordinates around Fu Zuoyi immediately expressed their clear opposition, which was clearly a Hongmen banquet. YesGeneral Yang HuchengThe precedent is that everyone is afraid that Fu Zuoyi will be directly detained in Nanjing, and it is uncertain what will happen in the end.
However, Fu Zuoyi thought about it again and again, and still felt that it was always good to have one more way out, so he still decided to go to Nanjing in person.
But he couldn't rest assured that he would leave his daughter in Beiping, and he left at the risk of being detained, what if he never saw his daughter again? So that night, he called his daughter to his side.
Looking at his baby daughter, Fu Zuoyi said with a heavy heart: "I will go to Nanjing for a meeting tomorrow, and when I am not in Beiping, you should go out less, so as not to be watched by the spies." ”
Hearing this, Fu Dongju nodded in agreement. As a communist, although she was in the center of the storm, she was very aware of the situation outside. She knew that the theme of the meeting in Nanjing was bound to be related to the Pingjin battlefield.
Fu Dongju was very clear that in terms of the situation at that time,The Communist Party will surely win the final victory。She believes in these pros and cons, and her father is well aware of them, but the situation is complicated and cannot be easily decided.
But she was still very worried that her father would be fooled by Chiang Kai-shek's rhetoric, and that in such a difficult moment, the consequences of any wrong decision would be fatal, so she rolled her eyes and had an idea.
In the name of a Communist Party classmate, she said to her father: "The situation of the war is developing rapidly, but my father is an anti-Japanese hero, and he has also cooperated with the Communist Party and the Eighth Route Army to resist Japan, and he is a comrade-in-arms who fought side by side, so it is possible to accept peace talks." Now the Communist Party wants to cooperate with you againResolve the Pingjin issue in a peaceful manner, so as to avoid Beiping and Tianjin from being devastated by war again! ”
When these words came out of his daughter's mouth, Fu Zuoyi was startled. He almost jumped up and hurriedly covered his daughter's mouth: "The old classmate you are talking about, is it really the Communist Party, or is it a spy of the military command?" If this kind of thing is fooled, it will be troublesome. ”
In fact, by this time, Fu Zuoyi already felt that something was wrong, and it wasn't until his daughter looked at him sincerely and said, "It's the real Communist Party", that Fu Zuoyi understood what was going on with this "old classmate".
Although at this moment, Fu Zuoyi is still a little reluctant to surrender directly, butNovember 17, 1948, Fu Zuoyi still asked his daughter to send a telegram to ***.
Seeing that her father's attitude had changed dramatically, Fu Dongju was very excited, she picked up the pen and paper and was about to record, and her hands trembled slightly. Who knew that when her father Fu Zuoyi saw her behaving like this, he opened his mouth and scolded, saying that this is something that can be recorded with paper and pen?
Fu Dongju reflected that he was too excited, and then Fu Zuoyi dictated the content of the telegram, and asked Fu Dongju to repeat it, and after confirming that the content was transmitted correctly, Fu Zuoyi put his mind at ease.
However, after the telegram was sent, there was no reply for a long time. It was as if the Communist Party's desire to make peace with Fu Zuoyi was just an illusion.
It turned out that after receiving the telegram, he was keenly aware that Fu Zuoyi believed that he was the commander of the Jin Sui Army, and he also wanted to use the 500,000 army as a bargaining chip to play a game with the Communist Party in order to seek greater benefits.
Since the purpose of the peace talks is not simple enough, they should not be discussed at all. Subsequently, ** called all the soldiers, and ** and *** led the two forces, while advancing to the Pingjin area, they cut off Fu Zuoyi's retreat at the speed of light.
It didn't take long for the ranks of the People's Liberation Army to appear on the outskirts of Beiping, and Fu Zuoyi was thoroughbecame a caged bird
The sudden change in the battle situation frightened Fu Zuoyi, he didn't expect that he had sent a telegram asking for peace, but he would receive such a response. Not only that, but it was announced in the CCPList of 43 war criminals of the Kuomintang, Fu Zuoyi's three words are impressively listed.
Two things followed, and Fu Zuoyi was furious. In a fit of rage, he made three resolutions: First, whewHe called for a peaceful settlement of the Peiping issue；The second isDischarge of military authority on your own；The third isHe took the initiative to wait for Chiang Kai-shek's fall
If these three resolutions are impulsively made public, then the peaceful liberation of Peking will inevitably come to naught. However, the most fortunate thing is that Fu Dongju is by his father's side at the moment, watching the development of everything.
She immediately passed on these important pieces of information to the party organization, and it attracted great attention from the party.
It turned out that the list of war criminals was a complete bitter ploy. If this is not done, Chiang Kai-shek will have every reason to suspect Fu Zuoyi's "collusion" with the Communists, and he will be able to use this as an excuse to dismiss him from military power, and the lives of Fu Zuoyi's father and daughter may not be guaranteed.
And now, Fu Zuoyi can basically be stabilized in Beiping, and the army is also in his hands, as long as the peace talks are successfully reached, the whole of North China can be peacefully liberated.
After that, although Fu Zuoyi still had the careful idea of delaying time, after our army quickly broke through the heavily defended Tianjin City, Fu Zuoyi still obediently handed over the military power. In this way, Beiping, an ancient historical city, was finally saved from the destruction of the warPeacefully liberated
So, how could such a former Kuomintang general later hold an important position in the state after the founding of the People's Republic of China?
In fact, Fu Zuoyi can become China's Minister of Water Resources after the founding of the People's Republic of ChinaThere are already eyebrowsTarget.
As early as the early days of his lord Suiyuan, he had led his troops to stationThe western section of the LoopWith officers and men as the main body, a large-scale tuntian campaign was launched, which was supplemented by vigorous efforts to build water conservancy.
In1941 to 1945During this period, that is, on the eve of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the troops led by Fu Zuoyi were dug outThe canal is 15 meters wide and 1,700 miles long。If you count the branch canals with a width of more than 3 meters, the total length is even more exceededAn astonishing 10,000 miles, so that the area of watered land reached10 million acresAbove.
This move had a ripple effect on the Loop. The western section of the Hetao area is known as "the south of the Yangtze River" and "the land of fish and rice", and its water and soil conditions are already superior, coupled with the rational development of the troops led by Fu Zuoyi, the water birds inhabit, and the environment is quite beautiful. People use the canals to breed carp, which has also driven the local economy, and the production of agricultural and sideline industries is a bumper harvest.
It can be seen from this that Fu Zuoyi's idea of "paying equal attention to governing the army and water" has been eyebrow-raising for a long time, and he has done a very good job in both aspects.
Therefore, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the prime minister took a fancy to Fu Zuoyi's ability to control the water.
In fact, there are other reasons for the bonus. For all reasons, the government has just been founded, and the regime is not very stable, and there are a lot of problems left over from history waiting to be resolved.
Fu Zuoyi, who was born in the Jin Sui Army, will inevitably not be able to get military power, and in the fields of science, education, culture, health and sports, there are already suitable candidates to take the lead. However, in the field of water conservancy, neither the Communist Party nor the democratic parties have very professional personnel.
So all eyes fell on this oneI have experience in water controlon the former commander.
After being officially appointed as the Minister of Water Resources, Fu Zuoyi said excitedly."I am a guilty person, but I am loved, how can I not be grateful.
However, his long road to a film is by no means smooth.
Once, when I was looking through the documents sent by the Ministry of Water Resources, I felt that something was wrong.
Because of the entire official document on water conservancy, Fu Zuoyi, as the minister, didn't have any idea at all, and only signed a name alone. But the deputy minister wrote a long paragraph with gusto, what is this contrast?
At the time of the peaceful liberation of Beiping, ** had read Fu Zuoyi's handwritten letter, and now with this official document, I feel that it does not look like Fu Zuoyi's handwriting.
**Don't worry, just let *** ask. It turned out that some comrades of the Ministry of Water Resources did not take those uprising cadres seriously, believing that they were former Kuomintang people, full of corruption, and completely did not know how to serve the people.
Therefore, most of the time they skip Fu Zuoyi, and the documents that need to be signed are signed by the office, which completely voids Fu Zuoyi, the minister of water resources.
Fu Zuoyi himself was also very distressed about this matter, he knew that he was the general of the Kuomintang uprising, and the other comrades were old revolutionaries, and he had become their boss, so they were inevitably resentful, so they never reported this matter to the top.
Later, by *** twice came forward, and even emphasized".Don't send documents that don't have Minister Fu's signatureThe matter was resolved.
Fu Zuoyi's life may not be like other patriotic generals who joined the revolution at a young age and ended with it.
However, whether it is from the perspective of his young study experience or the perspective of leading officers and soldiers to control the water, he is different from other selfish warlords. In the later peaceful liberation of Beiping, although the process was tortuous and complicated, Fu Zuoyi undoubtedly took a huge risk and made great contributions.
Among those who sacrificed to protect this historic city in the War of Liberation, there must be the name of Fu Zuoyi.