See you after Li Xianzhou's amnestyThe problem is unsolved
In the third batch of amnesty prisoners after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Li Xianzhou was allowed to be released from prison on November 28, 1960. Soon after, the prime minister hosted a banquet for Li Xianzhou and others in the West Flower Hall in Zhongnanhai, including Li Xianzhou's long-standing mystery about Han Liancheng's escape from the Battle of Laiwu.
It turned out that in this battle in which Li Xianzhou was defeated and captured, Li Xianzhou's 50,000 troops were all annihilated by the People's Liberation Army, but Han Liancheng was able to successfully escape from the encirclement of the People's Liberation Army.
Li Xianzhou was deeply puzzled by this, and this problem had bothered him for 13 years. However, a simple sentence solved the mystery that Li Xianzhou had puzzled for 13 years.
So, what really happened in the Battle of Laiwu that year? How did Han Liancheng manage to escape?
In the Battle of Laiwu, Han Liancheng stayed in Shanghai, and the army was not active, delaying the speed of the march. Chiang Kai-shek demoted him to Hainan under the pretext of ineffective fighting, which made Han Liancheng, who had a high prestige in the Kuomintang and the Gui faction, feel very embarrassed.
However, instead of blaming him, Chiang Kai-shek compensated him and encouraged him to continue to serve the party-state in the following battles. After receiving the order for the emergency meeting in Laiwucheng, Han Liancheng finally rushed to Qingdao.
At the meeting, Li Xianzhou bluntly put forward the theme of the meeting: "Our army has been surrounded by heavy troops of the People's Liberation Army, what action should we take next?" I would like to ask for your opinions. ”
And before that, the commander of the 73rd Army, Han Jun, as a close confidant of Wang Yaowu, had already received an order in advance to preserve strength as much as possible and withdraw before the blockade of the PLA was formed.
As a result, Han Jun was the first to propose a retreat as soon as possible, but as the leader of the meeting, Li Xianzhou put forward a different opinion. "The defense facilities of Laiwu City are solid, and part of the PLA is pinned down by other theaters, so it is impossible to besiege Laiwu City for a long time.
If we make full use of the geographical advantage of the city, we should be able to withstand the attack of the PLA. At this time, Li Xianzhou and Han Jun each held their own opinions, and they were both looking forward to Han Liancheng's opinions.
After careful consideration, Han Liancheng agreed with Han Jun's proposal to retreat, but he gave a different opinion on Han Jun's proposal to retreat as soon as possible.
The troops are now outside, and it is difficult to assemble for a while, so it is better to postpone the retreat. Li Xianzhou listened to Han Liancheng's suggestion and decided to postpone the retreat until 6 o'clock in the morning of the 23rd.
However, the night before the retreat, the People's Liberation Army suddenly launched a fierce attack, and Li Xianzhou had to ask Han Liancheng to immediately lead reinforcements. Han Liancheng quickly arrived, left the main force of the 46th Army outside the city, and only brought part of the soldiers into Laiwu City.
After urgent deliberations, Li Xianzhou ordered to concentrate firepower and break through at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning as originally planned. But when the next day was about to break through, Han Liancheng suddenly said: "I'll go to the East City Gate to arrange one thing now, and I'll be back soon." ”
Li Xianzhou looked at the large army that was ready to go, and persuaded with some worry: "The People's Liberation Army is attacking outside, so let's send someone out of the city." ”
Li Xianzhou was forced to let Han Liancheng get orders from the army outside the city alone, but he didn't expect Han Liancheng to come back at the scheduled breakout time. Han Jun kept urging him to act according to the original plan, but the 46th Army fell into chaos in Han Liancheng's absence, which seriously affected the deployment of the other two armies.
In the end, under the fierce attack of well-trained PLA soldiers, the East China Field Army wiped out Li Xianzhou's 50,000-strong army in less than two hours, except for the 5,000 people led by Han Jun who took advantage of the chaos to escape.
After the Battle of Laiwu, Wang Yaowu was extremely dissatisfied with Li Xianzhou, and even called him "inferior to pigs", because in a few hours, it was impossible for all 50,000 pigs to be wiped out.
After Li Xianzhou was captured, he hid among the tens of thousands of prisoners of war of the Kuomintang, and the PLA needed to find him as soon as possible. ** gave a death order, and the tiger could not be let go back to the mountain. Despite all the difficulties, the PLA still adopted the most stupid method, looking for them one by one.
Fortunately, a small soldier revealed the news that Li Xianzhou was hiding in the ravine opposite. It turned out that he had been given a steamed bun from the People's Liberation Army when he was fainting from hunger, so he took the initiative to provide information.
After getting the news of Li Xianzhou, ** immediately ordered to control him.
With the help of the orderlies, Li Xianzhou's hiding place was quickly confirmed. He was sitting in a porridge shack with hundreds of prisoners when he suddenly saw the arrival of the People's Liberation Army, and everyone became vigilant.
However, the PLA publicized to them the policy of our army towards prisoners, and after hearing that they could be let go home, some people couldn't help but take a few steps forward. "Now those who are willing to go home, choose three people to get the pass and travel expenses, and it is better to choose someone who has been in the army for a long time and is more stable to go to the team headquarters to collect it. ”
Although the People's Liberation Army had hinted at Li Xianzhou, they still chose someone else to get the documents. In the end, the People's Liberation Army could only take the initiative to step forward and hope that Li Xianzhou could go to the team site with them to collect their documents.
Li Xianzhou saw that he couldn't escape, and he wanted to hide under the pretext that he was injured and couldn't move.
Although it had been confirmed that he was Li Xianzhou, in order not to panic the other prisoners, the PLA personally examined his wounds, and the result was only a slight abrasion, which did not affect walking.
The People's Liberation Army offered to take him to the medical room to clean his wounds, and Li Xianzhou could only leave the porridge shed accompanied by several people after he could not find any excuse. As soon as they arrived at the team headquarters, the People's Liberation Army, which had been waiting for a long time, immediately took control of Li Xianzhou and his entourage.
At first, Li Xianzhou refused to admit his identity, and it was not until others identified him that he recognized himself as Li Xianzhou, and his entourage were all members of his guard battalion.
Near the porridge shed where they left, there were nearly a hundred more loyal soldiers. After knowing that he could not deny it, Li Xianzhou immediately cooperated with the interrogation of the People's Liberation Army and took the initiative to confess what he knew.
However, after learning about the situation, the PLA did not embarrass him too much, but only transferred him to the war criminals management center in the northeast. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Li Xianzhou was transferred to Gongdelin to continue his reform, and was finally pardoned in 1960 for his good performance.
Soon after Li Xianzhou was pardoned and released from prison, ** took the initiative to entertain this group of amnesty war criminals in Zhongnanhai. After enduring it for many years, Li Xianzhou finally couldn't help but ask the doubt in his heart about the whereabouts of his comrade-in-arms Han Liancheng, who disappeared in the Battle of Laiwu.
He heard that Han Liancheng miraculously returned to Nanjing during the siege, and although the 50,000-strong army he led failed to break through, he could not understand how Han Liancheng escaped.
** noticed Li Xianzhou's doubts, and said with a smile after learning that this was the question he was going to ask, Han Liancheng is also in Beijing now, and he can let the two talk alone.
Hearing that Han Lian became a "comrade", Li Xianzhou instantly understood the truth of the matter, and the question that had plagued him for many years was finally answered.
In 1943, four years before the Battle of Laiwu, Han Liancheng had just graduated from the National Defense Research Institute, and he found Zhou Shiguan's son-in-law Yu Ling, and met Han Liancheng with enthusiasm to join the Communist Party.
However, due to the period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, in order to avoid irritating Chiang Kai-shek, the CCP decided not to recruit Communists within the Kuomintang. Although he understands Han Liancheng's wishes, he can only tell him that he can contribute to the country and the nation no matter where he is.
Despite the rejection, Han Liancheng was not discouraged, he knew that this was an objective situation, so he could only go back first and wait for the right opportunity. Just as he was about to leave, ** suddenly stopped him and asked him if he had been in the Northwest Army and if he knew a person named Han Guizhang.
When Han Liancheng heard this, he was instantly stunned, because he was Han Guizhang in ***'s mouth, but he didn't know *** before*** So, how did ** know this name?
After Han Liancheng confessed to *** that he was Han Gyuzhang, the prime minister was very surprised. It turned out that he only heard the name Han Guizhang after Comrade Liu Zhidan's sacrifice.
He is a probationary party member developed by Comrade Liu Zhidan. After listening to ***'s words, Han Liancheng said regretfully: "I have been looking for a long time but I have not found Comrade Liu Zhidan, so that the matter of joining the party has been delayed for so many years. ”
Since then, he has been engaged in underground party work under the leadership of ***, and used his position to help the Communist Party obtain intelligence. Before the Laiwu Battle began, he deliberately passed through Shanghai to tell Dong Biwu, an underground CCP member in Shanghai, about the battle, and asked for instructions on the next plan of action.
On the way, he used various excuses to delay the pace of the march and buy time for the transfer of large forces of the PLA. At this time, Han Liancheng's identity had not yet been revealed, and he was still a senior general of the Kuomintang, so after receiving Li Xianzhou's order to break out, he could not publicly refuse.
In order to reduce the ** of the People's Liberation Army as much as possible, Han Liancheng used his wits to make Li Xianzhou abandon the fortified Laiwu City and choose a breakthrough station that was conducive to the rapid annihilation of the enemy army by the People's Liberation Army.
At the same time, he delayed the breakthrough in the name of the assembly, and bought time for the PLA to arrive in time. Han Liancheng did not disappear mysteriously, but was arranged to hide in the underground stronghold of the Communist Party before the war, so as to ensure that the 46th Army was leaderless, create chaos, and create favorable conditions for the PLA as much as possible.
His cooperation made the Battle of Laiwu smoother than expected, avoiding the capture of the entire Kuomintang army, and at the same time avoiding the possibility of his identity being exposed. A few days passed, and no suspicion arose within the party.
Han Liancheng took the initiative to ask Ying to return to the Kuomintang to continue to work as an undercover agent, providing a lot of information for the PLA's subsequent campaigns. However, it was not until October 1948 that his identity was doubted, and he had to be urgently evacuated to Xibaipo.
Han Liancheng looked at him with satisfaction when he saw *** for the first time, and praised: "With a general like you who understands righteousness, the victory of the people is just around the corner." ”
After that, Han Liancheng officially returned to the ranks of the People's Liberation Army, and after the founding of New China, he was introduced to join the Communist Party of China under the recommendation of ***. In 1955, when the military rank was assessed, he was told that he could only be rated as a lieutenant general according to the time he joined the party, but if he was a general according to the general of the uprising, he could be rated as a general.
Han Liancheng said without hesitation: "I am fighting for the country and the people, not for the position." It has taken me many years to enter the door of the Communist Party, and I will always be a member of the Communist Party.
Please judge according to the time I joined the party. He also paid all the bonuses paid by the state to his rebel generals to the party dues. Until now, the story of Han Liancheng's battle of wits and courage within the Kuomintang is still widely circulated among the people.
He is the "** general" Han Liancheng, who has not only troubled Li Xianzhou for many years, but also a hero we will never forget.