On January 21, 1949, General Fu Zuoyi resolutely announced an uprising, and all troops went out of the city to accept the reorganization of the PLA.
When this news came, Chen Changjie, the former commander of Tianjin City Defense under Fu and now captured by the People's Liberation Army, was furious and scolded, he hated Fu Zuoyi.
Ten years later, it was still this Chen Changjie, but he said to the people around him: "I must meet the old chief and express my gratitude." ”
Why did Chen Changjie hate Fu Zuoyi so much at the beginning, why did he want to be grateful to him later, and what happened during this period?
Chen Changjie, born in 1892, is a native of Minhou, Fujian, and Fu Zuoyi is a native of Ronghe, Shanxi, born in 1895.
Later, both of them went to China's top military school, Baoding Military Academy, and they intersected.
It is said that the Whampoa Military Academy is the cradle of generals, but most of the instructors of Whampoa are students from the Baoding Military Academy.
It can be seen from this how powerful Baoding Military Academy is.
Because Chiang Kai-shek also studied at the Baoding Military Academy and was also the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy, many Baoding students became Chiang Kai-shek's descendants.
Four of Chiang Kai-shek's Eight King Kongs (Zhang Zhizhong, Gu Zhutong, Chen Cheng, Liu Zhi, and Chen Jiji) came from this school.
But Fu Zuoyi was a native of Shanxi, and after graduating from the military academy in 1918, he returned to Shanxi and came together with Yan Xishan and became a general under his command.
After graduating from the military academy, Chen Changjie also went to Yan Xishan, served for him, and became a general of the Jin army.
* During the period, the warlords were very regional concepts, and four of the five tiger generals under Yan Xishan were from Shanxi and one was from Baoding.
Chen Changjie is a native of Fujian, and the reason why he went to the north and joined Yan Xishan's camp was completely influenced by Fu Zuoyi.
In fact, the two are not classmates, Fu Zuoyi is a fifth-term student, Chen Changjie is a sixth-term student, and the two should not have any intersection. However, the Baoding Military Academy is a regular military academy, and the semester lasts for three years (in comparison, the semester is only one and a half years, and the Whampoa Military Academy, which is only 9 months later, can only be regarded as a crash course), and the two have two years to get along.
Although I am not a classmate, I also have the opportunity to get acquainted.
Although Fu Zuoyi is one year younger than the other party, he has the simplicity and boldness of the northerners, which makes Chen Changjie admire.
For Chen Changjie from the south, Fu Zuoyi cares about and takes care of him meticulously, just like his own brothers.
Fu Zuoyi was well-known in the Jin army, and he often paid his salary to poor soldiers.
This is one of the reasons why his subordinates fight to the death and rarely defect.
In Baoding Military Academy, Fu Zuoyi's style of acting cannot be unreflected, and it is not difficult to imagine the care of his younger brothers.
In addition, both of them were born poor and had the ambition to serve the country, Chen Changjie was inevitably affected to a certain extent, and chose to go to the Jin Army after graduation.
is also in the Jin Army, but the two are not in the same unit, Fu Zuoyi is in the first mixed brigade, and Chen Changjie is in the fourth mixed brigade.
Fu Zuoyi had studied in Taiyuan Army Primary School before Baoding Military Academy, so he had a solid military foundation and made rapid progress in the Jin Army, and by 1925 he was already a regiment commander in the Jin Army.
Chen Changjie was not far behind, and he made rapid progress, and by 1925 he also became a regimental officer.
But Chen Changjie is not from Shanxi after all, and his future in the Jin army will be affected to a certain extent.
A year later, the Jin army was expanded, Fu Zuoyi was promoted to division commander, and Chen Changjie was also promoted, but only a brigade commander.
It was not until 1928 that Chen Changjie became the division commander.
But a few months later, Chen Changjie was suddenly demoted to brigade commander.
The reason why this is so is that he was pitted by fellow townsman Shang Zhen.
Shang Zhen, whose ancestral home is Fujian, is one of Yan Xishan's Five Tiger Generals, and also comes from the Baoding Military Academy.
This thing was eaten inside and out, and he was eye-to-eye, secretly corresponding, Yan Xishan was furious when he learned about it, and transferred him out of the military circle.
Yan Laoxi thus deepened his stereotype and came to the conclusion that southerners were not reliable, and they were still reliable.
As a result, Chen Changjie was demoted and not reinstated until 1936.
Just a year later, Chen Changjie was promoted to army commander and awarded the rank of lieutenant general.
This also shows that Chen Changjie has withstood the test, and both his military talent and character have been recognized by Yan Xishan.
In the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chen Changjie lived up to expectations, performed brilliantly, and won almost every battle against Japan, and had the reputation of "a victorious general".
As for Fu Zuoyi, not to mention, he has won many battles in the warlord melee and is famous; He also strategized against Japan and rarely lost.
Whether it was the Great Wall War of Resistance or the Battle of Bailing Temple, Fu Zuoyi's troops defeated the Japanese army to the ground, talking about Fu's color change.
In 1935, Fu Zuoyi was already a second-class army general.
At this time, Fu Zuoyi and Chen Changjie's wings had grown stiff, and they began to fly solo, getting rid of Yan Xishan one after another, and becoming Chiang Kai-shek's loyal cadres.
After the start of the Liberation War, both were loyal to the Kuomintang and were tied to Chiang Kai-shek's chariot to oppose the people.
In the early days of the Liberation War, Fu Zuoyi's military talent continued to be brought into play, and he once made the People's Liberation Army suffer several times, so that the two marshals of our army were defeated and took Maicheng.
After the defeat of Chiang's army in the Liaoshen Campaign, Chiang Kai-shek panicked, if North China was lost again, then the Kuomintang would be completely finished.
Therefore, he began to take precautions and was determined to hold North China.
If you want to hold North China, whether Tianjin City can be held is very important, who will be the commander of the city defense, Chiang Kai-shek is very troubled.
At this time, Fu Zuoyi recommended Chen Changjie to Chiang Kai-shek.
It needs to be explained that at this time, Chen Changjie has become a loyal cadre under Fu Zuoyi.
The reason why this is so is for a reason, in 1940, Yan Xishan and Chiang Kai-shek intrigued, and the contradictions intensified.
Yan Xishan thought of Shang Zhen again, and suspected that Chen Changjie was also Lu Bu's second, and secretly colluded with Chiang Kai-shek.
As a result, he decisively relieved Chen of his military position.
Chen Changjie had no choice but to lead a guard battalion to flee to Suiyuan to join his senior, Fu Zuoyi, then deputy commander of the Eighth Theater.
Under Fu Zuoyi's protection, Chen Changjie served as the commander-in-chief of the garrison of the Yikezhao League.
Later, because of his lax discipline, his subordinates looted on a large scale, and a shocking incident occurred, Chen Changjie took the blame and resigned, and went to Chongqing Army University to study in the sixth general class.
In 1945, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Chen Changjie served as the chief officer of Wuhu, and he was idle.
It is precisely because of the special relationship between the two that Fu Zuoyi came forward to recommend Chen Changjie at the critical moment, and Chen Changjie re-emerged as the commander of the Tianjin garrison.
Fu Zuoyi also knew Chen Changjie's good war, and Chiang Kai-shek also knew the roots, so he had high hopes for him.
Chen Changjie was ordered to be in danger, but he was also full of ambition and belief in victory, patting his chest and assuring Chiang Kai-shek and Fu Zuoyi that people were in the city.
But at this time, Jiang Jun's morale was low, and the defeat was decided, how could it be that Chen Changjie could change it alone?
On January 2, 1949, the Northeast Field Army secretly entered the customs and completed the comprehensive encirclement of Tianjin.
Before the start of the war, the head of the four fields sent a letter to Chen Changjie, urging him to abandon the darkness and turn to the light and strive for the peaceful liberation of Tianjin.
But Chen Changjie never agreed, claiming that it was a shame for a soldier to let go.
On January 7, the Northeast Field Army issued an ultimatum: Chen must let go of ** by January 13!
This means that if you stick to it, you will inevitably lose your life.
At this time, Chen Changjie was a little shaken and asked Fu Zuoyi, who was in Beijing, for instructions on what to do.
At this time, Chen Changjie was "righteous", Fu Zuoyi was kind to himself, and he couldn't surrender without the permission of the other party and stab his benefactor in the back.
But Fu Zuoyi replied with eight words: "Stick to the end and wait for the turnaround!" ”
Fu Zuoyi was still not at ease, so he called Chen Changjie: "If you don't succeed, you will become a benevolent, and you will fight to the last soldier!" ”
In this way, Chen Changjie stubbornly persevered until the last moment, neither breaking through nor surrendering, until the city was broken on January 15, and he became a prisoner of war.
Despite this, Chen Changjie is also very calm, the person who dies for his confidant, and he has a clear conscience about Fu Zuoyi.
However, only a week later, the shocking news came that Fu Zuoyi and our party had signed an agreement on the peaceful liberation of Beiping.
On January 31, Peiping returned to the people.
Hearing the news, Chen Changjie's face turned blue with anger, which showed that when Fu Zuoyi let himself defend himself, he was already secretly negotiating with the CCP.
Later, Chen Changjie was imprisoned in Gongdelin for reform, and his thinking changed dramatically, realizing that the people were corrupt and that the fall of the Chiang dynasty was to blame.
He also understood that the Communist Party of China represents the people and represents the force of justice, and that the victory of the Communist Party is an inevitable choice of history.
However, deep down in his heart, he is still angry about Fu Zuoyi, you can abandon the dark and turn to the light, but why don't you take your good brothers together?
Why did you negotiate peace behind my back, you became a hero of New China, a great official, and let me be a sinner and a prisoner?
In fact, Fu Zuoyi also had a hard time doing this, his 400,000 troops were not monolithic, a considerable part of them were Chiang Kai-shek's descendants, and in order to ensure success, the negotiation process must be kept secret.
For various reasons, he was helpless because he could not inform Chen Changjie in advance.
Despite this, Fu Zuoyi has always felt guilty, so he has come forward many times to intercede with *** and other party and state leaders, hoping to be lenient with Chen Changjie.
Due to Fu Zuoyi's intercession and his good performance, Chen Changjie's name appeared in the first batch of amnesty for war criminals in 1959.
Chen Changjie finally gained a new life, regained his freedom, and was reunited with his family in Shanghai.
At this time, Chen Changjie learned that his good brother and old boss had made unremitting efforts to this end.
Therefore, his attitude towards Fu Zuoyi took a 180-degree turn, from incomprehension to understanding.
But the choice still had some negative consequences, in 1968, Chen Changjie was shocked, he chose to commit suicide after killing his wife.
If he hadn't been so stubborn and decisively chose to revolt, the outcome would definitely not have been like this.
Reference: "Biography of Senior Generals", People's Liberation Army Publishing House