In August 1949, Chen Mingren, the general of Changsha, led his troops to declare an uprising, and Changsha was peacefully liberated. A month later, the uprising general Chen Mingren received another invitation letter inviting him to Beijing to participate in political consultations.
When Mr. Zhu learned that Chen Mingren had arrived in Beijing, he came to visit Chen Mingren in a hurry the next day, but what was unpredictable was that Mr. Zhu did not knock on the door or go in directly when he arrived at the door of Chen Mingren's residence.
I saw Mr. Zhu standing at the door, straightening his clothes, and giving a military salute: "Report, I am **" This flattered Chen Mingren inside, and hurriedly came out to greet Mr. Zhu. Seeing this, we can't help but wonder, why does Mr. Zhu respect Chen Mingren so much?
What kind of story do they have?Why did Chen Mingren betray Chiang Kai-shek's uprising?
In fact, the reason why Mr. Zhu respects Chen Mingren so much is mainly due to his bloody struggle on the battlefield of resistance against Japan. After the September 18 Incident, Japan began to invade China's territory on a large scale, and until the Lugou Bridge Incident, China's three eastern provinces and regions had all fallen.
In June 1938, the Japanese army invaded the Jiujiang area, and the front line was fierce. At this time, Chen Mingren took the initiative to ask for help and led the army to help the front line.
The Second Division led by Chen Mingren was adapted from the local security regiment, in other words, it was a ragtag unit that had never been on the battlefield. But before the war began, Chen Mingren mobilized the whole army and vowed to fight the Japanese to the death.
In accordance with the established policy, the 2nd Advance Division defended the Lushan area according to the terrain and danger, and all the officers and men fought bravely to be the first, fearless of death, and blocked round after round of attacks by the Japanese army, which contained the Japanese army for several months, making the Japanese army extremely heavy.
But the war was brutal, and the number of the 2nd Division ** exceeded three-quarters. After that, in order to further attack the squadron, the Japanese army cut off the Guiyue communication line, and carried out key deployments here, in an attempt to cut off the supply line of the squadron.
Chen Mingren was ordered to lead his troops to Guangxi to recapture the Guiyue Line, and the famous Battle of Kunlun Pass began. Chen Mingren's department was responsible for attacking Jiutang, and he showed the enemy weakness, lured the enemy into a pre-arranged ambush circle, and annihilated more than 1,000 enemies.
After occupying Jiutang, Chen Mingren launched an attack on Gao Yan Peak, which was difficult to defend and difficult to attack, and could not break through from the front. Chen Mingren set up a death squad of several dozen people, went up from the back mountain at night, caught the Japanese army by surprise, and cooperated with the frontal troops to take the position.
In 1945, a large number of main forces were mobilized to besiege Huilongshan, but they could not be attacked for a long time, and the commander of the theater, Wei Lihuang, urgently transferred Chen Mingren to lead the army to attack. After observing the mountainous terrain of Huilong Mountain, Chen Mingren decided to adopt a roundabout attack method to annihilate the enemy army.
After the start of the war, in addition to the onslaught on the main position of the Japanese army, Chen Mingren also covered the rear area of the Japanese army with artillery fire and cut off its rear road. In the end, under Chen Mingren's two-pronged offensive, the Japanese army was completely annihilated. This battle was also hailed as a "tactical masterpiece".
After the end of the Anti-Japanese War, Chen Mingren was transferred to Siping to defend the town, and in the "Liaoshen Campaign", he also made ** deflated in the attack on Siping. Later, he was transferred to Changsha and served as the commander of the corps under Bai Chongxi, guarding Changsha with Cheng Qian, the chairman of Hunan Province at the time.
After arriving in Changsha, looking at the People's Liberation Army's tidal attack, all parts of Hunan were liberated one after another, Bai Chongxi actually gave Chen Mingren an order that if the People's Liberation Army invaded Changsha, let Chen Mingren burn Changsha to the ground, he did not expect that a theater commander would give such an order that disregarded the life and death of Li Min.
After receiving the order, Chen Mingren tossed and turned for the past few days, unable to sleep all night. Late one night, Cheng Qian knocked on Chen Mingren's door and said straight to the point: "Let's revolt together" Chen Mingren was frightened by Cheng Qian's words and was stunned at the door.
Although the Kuomintang has completely lost the support of the people, and he has long been extremely disappointed in the Kuomintang and Chiang Kai-shek, to be honest, he has never thought of an uprising, he is afraid of what he did to the Communist Party in the past, even if it is an uprising, the Communist Party will liquidate him.
Cheng Qian also saw Chen Mingren's concerns, so he said to him: "This is *** said, as long as you stand on the people's position against Chiang, you can not blame the past." But Chen Mingren still did not have a firm determination to revolt at the moment.
Is it really possible to get away with the past? In Siping back then, how much harm he caused to the Communist Party, because of him, how many PLA soldiers were buried in other places. Seeing that Chen Mingren hadn't made up his mind yet, Cheng Qian also knew how deep his worries were, so he didn't say more.
After going back, Cheng Qian asked Chen Mingren's concerns again, and knew that if he wanted to completely dispel Chen Mingren's concerns, he had to start by reversing his thinking. Because Chen Mingren admired Mr. Zhu very much, the matter of persuading Chen Mingren to revolt fell on Mr. Zhu.
Mr. Zhu found Chen Mingxin, who was captured in Siping that year, and asked him to write a letter to persuade Chen Mingren. Soon after, Chen Mingren received a letter from his younger brother, in which Chen Mingxin said that everything was fine on the Communist Party side and that he was currently undergoing ideological reform.
Mr. Zhu would not only talk to him about philosophy and politics, but also discuss military thinking and combat methods with him, which benefited him a lot, and gradually let him learn the purpose of serving the people.
Looking at the sincere words in his brother's letter, Chen Mingren was very moved, most of his worries had been dispelled at this time, and a few days later, Cheng Qian came to Chen Mingren's door again. It's just that this time he is not alone, Chen Mingren looked at Zhang Shizhao next to Cheng Qian, and was surprised.
Brother Chen, I came to visit you on behalf of Mr. Zhu, as long as you agree to the uprising, all your treatment will remain the same, don't you believe Cheng Qian, don't you believe Mr. Zhu? But at this time, Chen Mingren was still a little hesitant, "I'll think about it again."
A few days later, Chen Mingren's door was knocked again, and when he saw the person standing in front of the door, Chen Mingren was so excited that he couldn't help it, "Sir, I didn't expect it to be you" The person who came this time was Li Minghao, who was Chen Mingren's enlightenment teacher.
What Chen Mingren didn't expect was that the Communist Party actually sent his own mentor to persuade him, Li Minghao took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Chen Mingren, "This is a handwritten letter written by Mr. Zhu to you, you can take a look at it, and all problems can be solved after reading it."
After Chen Mingren opened the letter, he saw only four big words on the paper: "Reclamation of the sea and mending the sky". This is the inscription of Chen Mingren when he resisted the Japanese invaders, expressing his ambition at that time, and Chen Mingren suddenly felt that he was truly connected with the spirit of Mr. Zhu.
Chen Mingren immediately said that "the uprising is a major event, and it can be put into action in the near future." On August 4, 1949, Chen Mingren and Cheng Qian telegraphed to announce the uprising, and Changsha was peacefully liberated.
In September 1949, on the occasion of the convening of the Political Consultative Conference of our party, our party officially invited Chen Mingren to Beijing to attend the meeting, which was the beginning of the scene. At the invitation of our party, Chen Mingren and others stayed at the Liuguo Hotel.
That night, Mr. Zhu prepared a banquet for Chen Mingren, and invited *** and others to accompany him, which shows the high standard of this banquet. After all the dishes were served, Mr. Zhu looked at the table full of Western-style dishes, afraid that Chen Mingren would not be used to eating them.
Then he said: "It's all Western food, we all eat spicy food in Sichuan and Hunan, I'll fry two side dishes and drink wine." Saying that, Mr. Zhu got up and walked to the kitchen of the hotel, and after a while, Mr. Zhu came back with two steaming dishes.
Looking at such a simple Mr. Zhu, Chen Mingren was very emotional, which is why only the Communist Party can lead the broad masses of the people to stand up.
Who would dare to imagine that a big leader who commands the three armies can be so approachable and personally cook two side dishes for him?
I think that when I was in Kunming, Chiang Kai-shek came to inspect the troops, and saw that the quality of the soldiers' clothes was not good, and he just told him truthfully that it was caused by the untimely appropriation of funds, and it was indeed because of this that Chiang Kai-shek's face was swept away.
In contrast, Chen Mingren was even more convinced that his uprising was right. Mr. Zhu put the dish on the table and beckoned Chen Mingren: "Come and taste it, is this the taste", Chen Mingren did not shirk, picked up the dish and tasted it.
No spicy or unhappy, that's the taste", this remark made Mr. Zhu and others on the side laugh. Chen Mingren then said: "After eating Mr. Zhu's spicy food today, I will definitely carry out the revolution to the end."
After that, the troops that followed Chen Mingren's uprising were incorporated into the 21st Corps of the People's Liberation Army, led by Chen Mingren to Guangxi to suppress bandits, and later transferred to Zhanjiang, Guangdong, responsible for border defense. At the 1955 investiture ceremony, Chen Mingren was awarded the rank of general.
It is worth mentioning that Chen Mingren has been in contact with Mr. Zhu since then, as long as he goes to Beijing, he will visit Mr. Zhu, and the two "taste wine and reminisce about the past". If Mr. Zhu went to Chen Mingren's defense area, he would also go to him for a while.
In May 1974, Chen Mingren died of illness in Beijing, and before his death, he entrusted his family to donate all his inheritance to the country free of charge, contributing to the development of the country. This spirit of selfless dedication is impressive.
The so-called "knowing mistakes can be corrected, and being good is great", Chen Mingren, as a general of Chiang Kai-shek's lineage, although he was excluded by Chiang Kai-shek due to personality and other reasons, but the significance of Chen Mingren's uprising is extraordinary, it means that even Chiang Kai-shek's descendants within the Kuomintang are dissatisfied with his ** rule.
Chiang Kai-shek's betrayal was inevitable. And Chen Mingren's deep understanding of righteousness and taking into account the overall situation is also one of the reasons why he can win the respect of Mr. Zhu. This also shows that our party does not exclude those who sincerely serve the country and the people, but will unite all forces for the benefit of the people.