In January 1941, the Southern Anhui Incident broke out, which shocked China and the rest of the world. Although this heart-wrenching act made *** very sad, in order to take into account the overall situation, we did not destroy the anti-Japanese united front.
However, what was unexpected was that less than two years after the incident in southern Anhui, Han Deqin, deputy commander of the Lusu Theater, launched another attack on the New Fourth Army. However, this time, the New Fourth Army did not choose to retreat, but personally commanded, successfully defeated Han Deqin, and captured him alive.
At that time, all the soldiers were very angry and demanded the death of this unconscionable Kuomintang officer. However, ** chose to release Han Deqin quietly, and *** also agreed.
So, what kind of person is Han Deqin? Why did he attack the New Fourth Army during the anti-Japanese period? And why would *** agree to release him?
On March 19, 1943, he was nervously studying the map in the headquarters of Northern Jiangsu, worried about the situation of the full-scale war of resistance against Japan.
The pressure on the New Fourth Army was tremendous both inside and outside, with the Japanese aggressors eyeing them outside and the Kuomintang reactionaries secretly plotting inside, and the war situation was extremely grim. Therefore, ** often sleepless at night, preoccupied with the direction of the war.
Suddenly, a telegram that "Deputy Commander-in-Chief Han Deqin has been captured" reached the headquarters, and ** was immediately overjoyed. After all, not long ago, Han Deqin took advantage of the "sweep" of the New Fourth Army by the Japanese army to launch an attack on our army and also occupied a large part of the territory of northern Jiangsu.
However, the New Fourth Army quickly recovered its vitality and launched a ** campaign against Han Deqin's department, which was soon defeated and Han Deqin himself was captured alive, which was undoubtedly a great joy.
**personally commended **, commended his bravery and wisdom, and also injected strong confidence into the national war of resistance against Japan.
* I didn't find it easy to deal with Deloitte's problem, because how to deal with it became a difficult problem. At that time, the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was quite tense, but *** had already made a resolution to give priority to resisting Japan.
However, Han Deqin is the deputy commander-in-chief of the Lusu Theater and is highly valued by Chiang Kai-shek and Gu Zhutong, so he does not dare to make a decision easily. After much deliberation, he told *** his thoughts and suggested "pretending not to know him and quietly letting him go".
What I didn't expect was to reply to him on the same day and agree to his suggestion. In this way, ** finally solved a problem that was bothering him.
However, this has raised doubts from some military figures. After all, Han Deqin once attacked the New Fourth Army, causing countless personnel, and the soldiers hated him to the core, if he was directly let go back, wouldn't it be cheaper for him?
Of course, the orders of the superiors had to be carried out, but on the day Han Deqin was released, he himself was reluctant to leave. Not only was he reluctant to go, but he was also clamoring to see **, and in desperation, ** could only meet him.
However, instead of expressing his gratitude to **, Han Deqin made three requests to him, which caused a lot of dissatisfaction. Of course, the matter was finally resolved satisfactorily, and the soldiers of the New Fourth Army gradually understood the plan and thoughtfulness, and Han Deqin later made important contributions to the New Fourth Army.
Speaking of which, some friends may be curious, why did you agree to release him? What are the three requests made by Deqin Han?
Han Deqin's life can be said to be inseparable from the help of nobles. In 1892, he was born in a scholarly family in Yanghe Town, Siyang County, Jiangsu Province, and his father was a late Qing dynasty talent, who owned a private school and attracted many local talents.
Han Deqin showed outstanding talent from an early age, and studied scriptures with his father at the age of three or five. Later, due to his outstanding talent, the county recommended him to the fourth phase of the Jiangsu Army Primary School in Nanjing.
There, he met Gu Zhutong, a fellow villager, who had similar backgrounds and similar interests, and were both top students in school, so they became good friends. Later, they were admitted to the Hebei Army Academy and the Baoding Military Academy together, and their friendship was deepened by their years of classmates.
Before graduation, they agreed with each other that if anyone succeeds first, they must support each other and support each other to complete the great cause together.
Gu Zhutong would become the most important noble person in Han Deqin's life, and this turn of fate was already doomed when the two pursued their dreams after graduating in 1918.
Gu Zhutong followed in the footsteps of Sun Yat-sen and traveled to Guilin, while Han Deqin served as a midshipman in the mixed brigade of the Anhui warlords, and with his wisdom and intelligence, he was promoted to second lieutenant in just one year.
Subsequently, he was transferred to serve in the Sichuan Army, where he became a colleague of the later Founding Marshal. In the past few years in the Sichuan Army, Han Deqin has steadily improved and gradually gained a certain prestige, but compared to Gu Zhutong, his achievements are insignificant.
In 1925, Gu Zhutong, commander of the Third Division of the National Revolutionary Army, enjoyed a high position in the Kuomintang. Although Han Deqin was depressed at that time, he maintained close contact with Gu Zhutong.
Gu Zhutong hoped that Han Deqin would defect to the Kuomintang and work with him. Han Deqin welcomed this, because in addition to Gu Zhu's old classmate, he had other connections within the Kuomintang.
His uncle Han Hui has always followed Mr. Sun Yat-sen, from the Huanghuagang Uprising to the Xinhai Revolution, he was Mr. Sun Yat-sen's right-hand man, and even saved Mr. Sun Yat-sen's life in Shanghai.
Therefore, Mr. Sun Yat-sen attaches great importance to Han Hui.
Han Hui was killed in 1922, and Sun Yat-sen even posthumously awarded him the rank of army general, which fully demonstrated his appreciation for Han Hui. Therefore, Han Deqin firmly believed that with his uncle's high position within the KMT and Gu Zhutong's support, he would do well in the KMT.
So, in 1926, he officially joined the Kuomintang and served as a staff officer in the Third Division of the National Revolutionary Army. During his tenure as a staff officer, he won the admiration of Chiang Kai-shek because he was good at making friends, good at literary writing, and made achievements in military theory, and rose through the ranks with Gu Zhu.
However, when it came time to actually go into battle to kill the enemy, he didn't seem to know much about it, especially in the head-on clash with the New Fourth Army in 1931. This battle not only revealed his true colors, but also made him see the power of ** for the first time.
In June 1931, Chiang Kai-shek, after experiencing two failed "encirclement and suppression", decided that Han Deqin personally led the ** 52nd Division and was responsible for commanding the third "encirclement and suppression".
At that time, Han Deqin was promoted rapidly in the **, and he was complacent with nearly 20,000 heavily equipped ** troops, thinking that he had the chance to win. He swaggered all the way to the area of Gufang Shiling in the east of the Ganjiang River, in an attempt to outflank the Red Army.
He was in a difficult situation in an unexpected battle, because the terrain of Fangshi Ridge was complex, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and his heavy ** could not play its role. Not only that, but the Red Army had already mastered the operation of the first and laid ambushes on various hills.
In the predicament of being flanked, Han Deqin was unable to react for a while, and his subordinates suffered heavy losses, and soon abandoned their armor and fled in a hurry. In less than two days, the Red Army successfully defeated the mighty 52nd Division, annihilating more than 3,000 enemy troops and capturing 5,000 people, and Han Deqin was also captured.
Han Deqin was a blessing in disguise this time, he successfully blended into the junior soldiers with his mediocre appearance and was released, and received two silver dollars from the Red Army. However, after returning to **, Chiang Kai-shek was furious, and Han Deqin took the initiative to resign.
Fortunately, Gu Zhutong interceded for him and avoided suffering"Military disposition"。In the end, Han Deqin was demoted to deputy division commander and remained in the 52nd Division. It is worth mentioning that the commander of the Battle of Fangshiling was **, which was also the first time he captured Han Deqin.
At this time, he may not have expected that many years later, Han Deloitte would take the initiative to join Cheng again.
Although Han Deqin's performance in the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was not good, he always maintained the spirit of daring to fight and fighting repeatedly, and won high praise and respect from Chiang Kai-shek.
He is regarded as one of the more active anti-Japanese generals among the generally weak and corrupt ** generals. Despite this, under the fierce offensive of the Japanese army, his territory continued to shrink, and he was eventually captured in the Jiangsu area.
At the beginning of 1943, due to the sweep of the Japanese, he was overwhelmed and could only turn to the New Fourth Army for help. The New Fourth Army was very supportive of Han Deloitte's request to jointly resist Japan.
However, considering that in the Battle of Huangqiao and the Battle of Caodian, he had brought heavy losses to the New Fourth Army, so while agreeing to unite with him to resist the war, the commander-in-chief also left a hand.
In the agreement, he stipulated that no matter which side was attacked by the Japanese, the other side must provide assistance, otherwise it would be considered a breach of contract. Soon after, Han Deqin's headquarters was indeed swept away by the Japanese army, and the New Fourth Army also quickly supported and successfully lifted the threat.
Although it was supposed to unite against Japan, Han Deqin was treacherous and was exactly as expected. When the Japanese army suffered a setback in Han Deqin's field, they immediately turned to attack Siyang County, which was controlled by the New Fourth Army.
Faced with this situation, ** ordered Peng Xuefeng to lead his troops to meet the battle, and tried to contact Han Deqin, hoping that they could provide assistance. However, Han Deqin not only did not provide support, but instead took the opportunity to launch an attack on Qingyang Town, the anti-Japanese base of the New Fourth Army, in an attempt to take advantage of the fire and loot and seize the entire Huaibei region.
At the critical moment, the New Fourth Army successfully thwarted the Japanese attack, and Han Deqin's plot did not succeed. He tore up the agreement without authorization and decided to teach him a lesson. So, under the command of **, the Fourth Division of the New Fourth Army led by Peng Xuefeng carried out ** in the area of Shanzitou.
Han Deqin thought that the New Fourth Army had suffered serious losses and was complacent, but his troops suffered heavy losses that night. On the morning of March 18, the New Fourth Army quickly ended the fighting, and Han Deqin and more than 1,000 of his men were captured and awaited the disposal of the New Fourth Army.
Han Deqin tried to disguise himself as an ordinary soldier again to escape, but because of his bad behavior in the past, he was recognized by the officers and soldiers of the New Fourth Army at a glance. Considering that Han Deqin was the deputy commander of the Lusu Theater, he was ordered to be captured alive and not to be harmed or identified.
* After much deliberation, it was decided to mix him with ordinary soldiers, pretend not to know him, and quietly release. Why? He understood that only in this way could he protect the safety of Han Deqin, and at the same time maintain the stability of the overall anti-Japanese situation.
Han Deqin won the trust of Chiang Kai-shek and played a pivotal role in **, if he was killed, it would be more difficult for the New Fourth Army to be under the attack of ** and the Japanese invaders.
During the Southern Anhui Incident, Ye Ting was imprisoned by the Kuomintang, and we negotiated many times but failed. We hope to use Han Deqin as a bargaining chip to rescue Ye Ting as soon as possible. ** made up his mind about this, but for the sake of prudence, he reported to ***, and ** immediately agreed**'s opinion.
At the end of the telegram, ** deliberately emphasized, "You can let him go, but don't let him become a mole." At that time, ** was also confused by ***'s words, but the day before Han Deqin was released, he suddenly understood.
It turned out that Han Deqin knew that he was about to be secretly released, and he was afraid of being reproached by Chiang Kai-shek, so he insisted on seeing ** and made three demands. First, return part of the army and **; the second is to give 80,000 yuan of activity funds; The third is to continue to recognize the status of the chairman of the provincial government.
All this shows that at the moment of life and death, Han Deqin is still concerned about his reputation.
* Gladly accepting these innocuous little things, Han Deqin was courteous and grateful, and he said that he would always remember the leniency of the Communist Party and the New Fourth Army, and was willing to become the inner line of the New Fourth Army.
At this time, ** really understood ***'s vision. In this way, Han Deqin took the army and silver dollars given by the New Fourth Army to a small place between Suining and Suqian, and continued to serve as his "chairman of Jiangsu Province".
Since then, Han Deqin's position in the Kuomintang has declined sharply, and Chiang Kai-shek has stopped using him. However, Han Deqin seemed to be frightened by the New Fourth Army and no longer dared to break his promise.