In January 1941, in the beautiful mountains of southern Anhui, a conspiracy was brewing, and soon the Kuomintang reactionaries organized and planned to shock China and foreign countriesThe Southern Anhui Incident
The premeditated Kuomintang reactionaries soon sent heavy troops to surround the New Fourth Army troops, Ye Ting had participated in many battles, his revolutionary experience was very rich, and in the face of an enemy that was far outnumbered by several times the number of the New Fourth Army troops, Ye Ting, as the commander, did not panic.
Next, Ye Ting organized troops to break through the encirclement again and again, and the soldiers of the New Fourth Army fought fiercely with the enemy for seven or eight days and nights with the belief of fighting to the death; in the face of the passive situation of being outnumbered by the enemy and the serious threat of running out of ammunition and food, the morale of the soldiers of the New Fourth Army was still very high.
In the end, only more than 2,000 soldiers of the New Fourth Army successfully broke through the army led by Ye Ting, and most of the remaining people were killed or captured. In the course of negotiations with the Kuomintang reactionaries, Ye Ting and many other famous generals were detained by the enemy.
These people were imprisoned by the Kuomintang reactionaries in the Shangrao concentration camp, which did not see the light of day. Next, Ye Ting was successively transferred by the enemy to Enshi, Guilin, Chongqing and other regions, and this detention was more than five years!
It was during this period of imprisonment that Ye Ting was tortured and ill-treated, but his revolutionary will was still very strong, and later, with high revolutionary enthusiasm, he finally wrote the famous poem "Prisoner's Song".
Through the modern poem "Prisoner's Song", Ye Ting profoundly exposed the essence of the Kuomintang reactionaries, as well as the ugly face of trying to wipe out the troops of the New Fourth Army, and showed his noble integrity and excellent qualities as a revolutionary, as well as the great spirit of being willing to sacrifice everything for the revolutionary cause.
In this poem, Ye Ting writes: ".I longed for freedom, but I also knew deep down that the human body could crawl out of a dog's hole! I can only look forward to the day when the fire in the ground will rush and burn this living coffin with me, and I should have eternal life in the fire and blood!
After the victory of the arduous War of Resistance Against Japan, after the all-out rescue of the CCP, in the end, the Kuomintang reactionaries released Ye Ting in early March 1946, and in this way, Ye Ting, who had been imprisoned for 5 years, was free again.
Everyone thought that this was a great event worth celebrating, and after that, Ye Ting would definitely continue to fight wholeheartedly for the revolutionary cause of our party. However, fate played a big joke on all of us.
On April 8, 1946, Ye Ting was on a plane from Chongqing to Yan'an, but he was unfortunately killed due to a plane failure. Soon, the news of Ye Ting's sacrifice spread across the motherland, and the whole country fell into a huge state of grief.
Subsequently, ** wrote these nine words in his own published commemorative article, and he wrote at the time: ".Die for the people, even if you die, it is still glorious!
Ye Ting is a well-known military strategist and statesman of our party, and he has left an extremely deep impression in the minds of the masses of the people through his unflinching loyalty to the revolutionary cause. So much so that in the decades since the "Ye Ting plane malfunctioned", people have been discussing it, and everyone is asking: Is it really just an accident? Who did something on that plane to kill Ye Ting?
In 1951, ** found Ye Ting's two sons, Ye Zhengda and Ye Zhengming, and he had a secret conversation with the two brothers, in which ** analyzed in detail the matter of "Ye Ting's plane malfunctioned".
Through the words of ***, we can roughly understand such information.
On the day the plane broke down, there was only a little rain in Yan'an, and the plane had obviously arrived over Yan'an, and everyone had even heard the piercing roar of the plane. Just when everyone on the ground was waiting to greet Ye Ting, the plane suddenly changed direction and flew towards Black Tea Mountain.
On the other hand, on that day, several important revolutionary comrades of our party, such as Qin Bangxian and Wang Ruofei, were on the plane, and the passengers were all our own people.
In the more than five years that Ye Ting was imprisoned by the Kuomintang reactionaries, the enemy had repeatedly wooed Ye Ting, after all, who didn't want to get such an experienced, brave and good general as Ye Ting?
As a result, as soon as Ye Ting was released, he immediately applied for membership in the Communist Party, and felt that this incident was likely to be one of the reasons for the "accident" of the plane, and Ye Ting's behavior should have annoyed the Kuomintang reactionaries.
With the development of the revolutionary cause, through many dealings with the Kuomintang reactionaries, he gradually figured out the habits of Chiang Kai-shek. Facing Ye Ting's two sons, ** said solemnly: "I know a little bit about the character of Chiang Kai-shek, he is ruthless, cunning and insidious, as long as he can eliminate political enemies, no matter what kind of vicious means he dares to use, using spies to move on the dashboard of the plane, which is very easy for Chiang Kai-shek." ”
After a long period of revolutionary battles, **'s insight and political sensitivity are far beyond ordinary people, after the above analysis, facing Ye Ting's sons Ye Zhengda and Ye Zhengming, ** finally made such a summary, he said at the time:
"The plane had an accident, and it used to be said that it hit the mountain because of the thick fog, but today I can tell you with certainty that on that plane, someone must have deliberately sabotage, and this incident was premeditated, not an accident! ”The above analysis sounds quite reasonable, but when verifying something, people often talk about human and physical evidence, if you only rely on some clues, ** to conclude that someone is making trouble, it feels still not convincing enough, not enough to convince the people who love General Ye Ting.
In a blink of an eye, at the beginning of the 21st century, a confessional article by a Taiwanese veteran finally confirmed ***'s analysis and conclusion. In this way, after Ye Ting died in the "Black Tea Mountain Air Crash", after more than half a century, the truth was finally revealed to the world.
So, in the confessional article of the Taiwan veteran, what did he say, what was the process of the plane crash, and what other touching stories happened about General Ye Ting? Read on.
Ye Ting was born on September 10, 1896, into a poor peasant family in Zhoutian Village, Huiyang County, Guangdong Province. When he was very young, Ye Ting studied at a private school in the village, and when he was 7 years old, he entered the local primary school and began to study.
In 1911, Ye Ting entered the Huizhou Provincial Sericulture School to continue his studies, during this time, Ye Ting's revolutionary spirit has gradually been revealed, he mainly did two things, one is to cut his braids in order to oppose the decadent rule of the Qing Dynasty; The second is to support the Huanghuagang Uprising in Guangzhou.
It was because of his support for the Huanghuagang Uprising that Ye Ting was finally arrested and put in prison, and after being released, Ye Ting was transferred to Huizhou Prefecture Middle School.
Subsequently, inWuchang UprisingAfter being fed up with the dark and unjust society and the corrupt rule of the Qing Dynasty, he vowed to explore a good way to govern the country and save the people, and was determined to join the army and serve the motherland.
Next, Ye Ting was admitted to the Guangzhou Army Primary School with excellent results, and then he was successfully promoted to the Second Preparatory School of the Wuchang Army, and a few years later, he entered the Engineer Department of the Baoding Army Military School to continue his studies.
You must know that the Baoding Army Military Academy was the highest military academy at that time. Being able to enter here for further study made Ye Ting very excited, and in this way, he paid silently and made unremitting efforts to get closer to his life goal step by step.
After graduating from the Baoding Army Military Academy, Ye Ting joined the Cantonese Army led by Sun Yat-sen, and subsequently, Ye Ting joined the Chinese Nationalist Party. After the rebellion of Chen Jiongming, the commander-in-chief of the Guangdong Army, at the critical moment when Chen Jiongming gathered troops to bombard the ** Mansion, Ye Ting once desperately guarded the front yard of the ** Mansion, and he led the troops to fight fiercely with the rebels and successfully covered Song Qingling.
In 1924, Ye Ting successively entered the Communist University of Eastern Workers of the Soviet Union and the Chinese class of the Red Army School. During this time, Ye Ting joined the Chinese Communist Youth League, and it wasn't long before he honorably joined the Chinese Communist Party. From this moment on, Ye Ting officially began his career as a professional revolutionary.
During the Northern Expedition, Ye Ting led his troops to conquer the south and the north, and under his wise command, this army won many major victories. Over time, everyone began to call this unit "Ye Ting Independent Regiment", and at the same time, everyone also began to use it".Famous general of the Northern ExpeditionFour words to praise Ye Ting's outstanding performance in battle.
At the beginning of 1927, at the same time as the Nationalist ** moved from Guangzhou to Wuhan, the National Revolutionary Army carried out a large-scale expansion, and then Ye Ting officially served as the deputy commander of the 25th Division and the commander of the 24th Division of the 11th Army.
In July of that year, after receiving the delegated order, Ye Ting led the soldiers of the 24th Division to follow the Second Front Army to "Fight Chiang", and then the troops arrived in the Jiujiang area. Soon, Wang Jingwei convened a meeting of the "Split Communists", and then, the Communist Party members and many revolutionaries were brutally arrested and **.
After Wang Jingwei's betrayal of the revolution, Ye Ting completely recognized the ugly face of the Kuomintang reactionaries, and Ye Ting was very angry, which made Ye Ting's inner thinking change a lot.
After this, Ye Ting, who had basically maintained a neutral posture before, was clearly biased towards the Communist Party, and he decided to follow the leadership of the Communist Party of China and actively fight against the Kuomintang reactionaries.
Soon after, in accordance with the instructions of ***, he served as the secretary of the former enemy military committeeDeparted from Wuhan and arrived at Ye Ting's headquarters. Next, ** told Ye Ting the news that *** was preparing for the Nanchang armed riot, and when *** asked Ye Ting for his opinion on this riot, Ye Ting said eight words very excitedly, he said: "Go to the soup and fight the fire, don't give up!" ”
Immediately afterwards, Ye Ting followed Li Li.
Three, Yun (yùnDai Ying, ** and others attended the Jiujiang Talks, which was chaired by Tan Pingshan, and at this meeting, everyone seriously discussed some specific matters concerning the armed uprising in Nanchang. While our party was intensively preparing for the Nanchang uprising, the enemy was plotting a conspiracy.
At that time, some people in the Kuomintang also noticed the obvious bias of the troops led by ** and Ye Ting towards the Communist Party, so Zhang Fakui, Zhu Peide and others felt that the troops led by ** and Ye Ting were "too red".
Subsequently, Zhang Fakui, Zhu Peide and others issued an order in the name of the commander-in-chief of the Second Front Army, informing ** and Ye Ting to go to Lushan for a meeting. Of course, the so-called meeting is just an excuse, they are actually preparing to deprive ** and Ye Ting of their military rights.
** served as the chief of staff of the 4th Army of the Second Front Army, and by chance, the conspiracy of Zhang Fakui, Zhu Peide and others was discovered. Subsequently, **found** and Ye Ting, and then several comrades joined in, and everyone enjoyed the scenery on a lake in Jiujiang while secretly discussing strategies to deal with this conspiracy.
In the end, the group reached a consensus and decided not to let goand Ye Ting went to Lushan for a meeting, but directly led the troops to Nanchang to participate in the Nanchang armed uprising that was being prepared. In late July, Ye Ting led the troops to officially arrive in Nanchang, and next, he set up the headquarters of the troops in Nanchang Xinyuan Middle School, which is now Nanchang No. 2 Middle School.
Before the outbreak of the Nanchang Uprising, the Committee of Former Enemies of our Party decided to form the General Headquarters of the Nanchang Uprising. Subsequently, Ye Ting officially convened a meeting of cadres above the battalion level of the 24th Division at the headquarters of his troops, at which Ye Ting conveyed the party's decision, he said:
"At this time, Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Ching-wei had betrayed the revolution one after another, the Ning-Han confluence had become an unstoppable situation, and the national revolution was facing a great threat. Next, we had only one combat mission, that is, to occupy Nanchang City, and then completely wipe out the counter-revolutionary forces inside and outside the city pass. ”At 2 o'clock in the morning on August 1, the gunfire of the Nanchang Uprising officially began. After the victory of this armed uprising, the Revolutionary Committee appointed Ye Ting as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy and the commander of the 11th Army.
Subsequently, in accordance with the original plan of the CCP, the rebel army withdrew from Nanchang City in batches, and Ye Ting also led his troops to start south along the Fuhe River and set off in the direction of Guangdong.
After the main force of the Nanchang rebel army failed in Chaoshan, in accordance with the order of ***, Ye Ting led nextCanton Uprising, who at that time was the commander-in-chief of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.
In the autumn of 1928, Ye Ting went to Berlin, the capital of Germany, and during this time, Ye Ting had been earning income by translating German articles to make ends meet.
Two years later, ** met Ye Ting when he arrived in Berlin, and in the conversation between the two later, ** realized that Ye Ting's revolutionary will was not as firm as before, in order to help Ye Ting regain his revolutionary confidence and courage, ** kept saying one sentence repeatedly, he said: ".When participating in the revolutionary cause, we must not only think about ourselves, but also know how to endure and sacrifice!
Soon after, the Japanese invaders launched the 918 Incident, and then, the Japanese invaders soon occupied the three northeastern provinces, after learning of this situation, Ye Ting cared about all kinds of domestic news every day, but because he was overseas, there was too little information he could get.
Out of concern for the motherland and the nation, Ye Ting felt that he could no longer hide abroad, he did not forget his life ambition of "aspiring to join the army and serve the motherland", at this moment, the country and the nation are facing great danger, this is a good opportunity for him to serve the motherland.
In the end, Ye Ting resolutely left Germany and then arrived in Macau, and in this way, Ye Ting ended his life in exile overseas.
In 1937, after the prelude to the National War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression officially opened, for the purpose of uniting to resist Japan, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party decided to reorganize the Red Army guerrillas in the eight southern provinces into the New Fourth Army, and decided to let Ye Tinglai serve as the commander of the New Fourth Army.
At the beginning of 1938, after Ye Ting and Deputy Army Commander Xiang Ying arrived in Nanchang, they officially established the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army in the local area. At that time, Ye Ting and Xiang Ying arrived in Nanchang together, as well as some cadres sent by the Preparatory Department of the Wuhan Military Department and ***, if you add up, there are more than 30 people in total.
At the beginning of April, Ye Ting led a mighty New Fourth Army team to go behind enemy lines in southern AnhuiNext, Ye Ting has been holding high the banner of resistance against Japan and leading the troops to gallop north and south of the motherland.
Later, the scene mentioned at the beginning of this article occurred, in the "Southern Anhui Incident" that shocked China and the rest of the world, Ye Ting, who served as the commander of the New Fourth Army, and many anti-Japanese generals were imprisoned by the Kuomintang reactionaries.
At that time, Ye Ting was imprisoned by the enemy in Shangrao Li Village. Although he has been imprisoned, Ye Ting's revolutionary will has become more and more courageous, he is very calm and calm, and often laughs heartily. After surviving the long life of overseas exile, Ye Ting's body and mind have been greatly exercised, and there is no difficulty that can easily stump him.
During the time that Ye Ting was locked up, he refused to get a haircut or shave. After a long time, the people around him asked him why he did this, and he replied at the time: "Since I, Ye Ting, am already a prisoner now, then I should look like a prisoner, and if I don't regain my freedom for a day, I won't get a haircut or shave my beard for a day!" ”
As early as the Northern Expedition War, Ye Ting's name of "Famous General of the Northern Expedition" had resounded all over the country, no matter who it was, they all admired Ye Ting, a famous general, and of course Chiang Kai-shek and others were the same.
Therefore, during the period when Ye Ting was imprisoned, many military and political dignitaries of the Kuomintang almost lined up to persuade Ye Ting, and they promised ** Houlu, hoping that Ye Ting could betray the Communist Party, and then joined the ranks of the Kuomintang. In the end, these people were all decisively rejected by Ye Ting.
Later, Gu Zhu, the commander of the Third Theater of Operations, sent a traitor Zhao Lingbo to persuade Ye Ting to surrender. Zhao Lingbo had just entered the prison, and before he could say a word, Ye Ting had already walked over quickly and slapped him, and then, Ye Ting scolded Zhao Lingbo loudly: ".You filthy traitor, you scum, get out of here, get out of here!
Immediately afterwards, Ye Ting picked up the stove and teapot beside him and threw them at Zhao Lingbo, after Zhao Lingbo was scared away, in the face of Ye Ting with such a resolute attitude, no bold traitor dared to persuade him to surrender.
Regarding Zhao Lingbo, Ye Ting later said to the comrades around him: "In my opinion, if a person becomes a traitor, it is the most shameless, and he will be spurned and laughed at after all!" As a revolutionary, you must have a very strong will, the three armies can win the commandery, but the horseman cannot win the ambition! Through these words, Ye Ting expressed his tenacity and noble integrity as a revolutionary.
Finally, let's return to the topic mentioned at the beginning of the article, what is the ins and outs of the plane crash in which General Ye Ting was riding, and what did the Taiwan veteran say in his confession?
This Taiwan veteran was the leader of the Sino-US Cooperation Institute that year, and when he was working in Chongqing, he personally participated in the conspiracy organized by the military command to kill General Ye Ting.
At the beginning of April 1946, the military commander learned that Ye Ting was about to go to Yan'an through spies, and the veteran received the task of assassinating General Ye Ting. Subsequently, a ** suggested that it could be done by destroying the dashboard on the plane, and then let the plane crash naturally, since it was a natural crash, no one would specifically investigate it in the future.
After this suggestion was adopted, on the morning of April 8, a ** followed the maintenance staff into the maintenance site of the aircraft, and took advantage of the lack of attention of the people around him, this ** came to the cockpit of the plane, and finally, a magnet was secretly hidden behind the dashboard. In the end, this magnet became the direct **General Ye Ting and other revolutionary comrades on the plane**.
On the morning of this day, when the plane left Xi'an, the sky had begun to hail, in order to avoid the hail area, the plane turned around slightly, and the result was out of control, and finally, the plane crashed into the peak of Heicha Mountain in Xing County, Xibei, Shanxi, and the plane was destroyed and killed. For this matter, history said".Black Tea Mountain Air Crash
In any case, after more than half a century of speculation, the truth of this air crash has finally been revealed to the world, which can be regarded as a consolation to General Ye Ting and other martyrs who died at that time.
General Ye Ting left us early, but he will always live in our hearts, just as *** said: Die for the people, Ye Ting is still glorious even though he dies!