Special front, more northwestern boys
In the Battle of Jinan, Wu Huawen revolted, allowing Wang Yaowu's elaborate outer defensive positions to be self-defeating. After the liberation of Nanjing, Wu Huawen led the 35th Army to be the first to plant the red flag in the presidential palace.
In the Battle of Huaihai, He Jifeng and Zhang Kexia announced an uprising on the front line of Jiawang and Taierzhuang, which opened the northern gateway of Xuzhou and enabled the two major field armies of Huaye and Nakano to take advantage of the void and directly attack the hinterland of Xuzhou.
In the bloody battle, Liao Yunzhou, commander of the 110th Division, led the troops to revolt, which directly made Huang Wei's breakthrough plan a failure, and the entire 12th Corps completely became a turtle in an urn.
Heroes on special fronts can often turn into a sharp knife stabbed into the heart of the enemy at the most critical node, thus affecting the direction of the entire battle. And these rebel generals, How Ji Feng, Zhang Kexia, Wu Huawen, and another common point, are all from the Northwest Army.
There are many heroic heroes in the Northwest Army, who are more able to distinguish between right and wrong and resolutely oppose the civil war. Many of the rebel generals joined the party secretly or made contact with our army in the early days, so they could become the key winners and losers in major battles. However, leading the uprising before the battle was also a very risky move, and when Xu Xiangqian commanded the Battle of Taiyuan, he once blamed himself for the failure of an uprising, and even personally ordered to avenge the hero.
A famous anti-Japanese general, carrying a coffin to guard Nanyang
Huang Qiaosong, a famous general of the Northwest Army, was also an anti-Japanese hero who participated in the defense of Niangziguan, Taierzhuang and Wuhan. In July 1937, the Lugou Bridge Incident broke out, and the 27th Division of the 26th Route Army, where Huang Qiaosong belonged, went to the North China Front for the first time. Huang Qiaosong, who was the brigade commander of the 79th Brigade at the time, wrote in a letter to his wife: "This Huan waving division will go north and will fight to the death with the Japanese!" If he does not die, I will die, and the last moment is today. ”
From north China to Henan, Huang Qiaosong's troops have been fighting in the forefront of the anti-Japanese resistance, and after great wars, they have fallen into a desperate situation several times. In march 1945, during the Nanyang Defense War, Huang Qiaosong, then commander of the 143rd Division of the 68th Army, personally went to the front line to direct the battle, and prepared a coffin, wrote "Huangqiao Song Lingshu", and vowed to coexist and die with the position, which was enough to prove the firm will of the general.
Like-minded friends of the Eighth Route Army
During the several years of persisting in the War of Resistance, Huang Qiaosong, who often fought with the Eighth Route Army, and Zhu Penghe summed up a profound friendship and exchanged strategies and tactics for fighting against Japan. When Huang Qiaosong was studying guerrilla tactics with Mr. Zhu, he saw that the boss often wore a set of coarse cotton military uniforms, and he sighed a little: "Some of our officers wear lambskin military uniforms, and some wear woolen military uniforms, but they can't tell the reason for leading soldiers to fight." Compared with the Eighth Route Army, I really feel ashamed. ”
Huang Qiaosong also asked some cadres of the Eighth Route Army to go to their own units to propagate the progressive ideas of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, calling on his subordinates to study the "three major disciplines and eight points of attention" and take the initiative to help the common people. However, Huang Qiaosong's "red" actions also greatly annoyed his superiors, and some progressive officers in the army were secretly arrested, but fortunately Huang Qiaosong was rescued to escape from danger.
Unwilling to go to civil war, determined to revolt
During the Liberation War, Huang Qiaosong still firmly opposed the civil war, often saying, "After fighting for half a lifetime, and now we are going to fight a civil war, when will the country be stable and the people will be born again?" In order to avoid with the same room, Huang Qiaosong, who had been promoted to the commander of the 30th Army, went home on a long vacation and even ran to the hospital to say that he could not get sick. However, because the Battle of Jinzhong ended in the complete victory of the North China Field Army, the situation in Taiyuan was in danger, the 30th Army was airlifted to Taiyuan for reinforcements, and Huang Qiaosong was forced to take charge of the army north at the repeated urging of Hu Zongnan.
Facing an isolated city, embattled, Huang Qiaosong was bitter in his heart. It was also at this time that he received a letter from General Gao Shuxun, a former general of the Northwest Army who had already led an uprising in Handan, advising him to "make a decision on the future of China and resolutely raise the banner of uprising." Gao Shuxun's words made Huang Qiaosong very happy, and he quickly found Dai Bingnan, the commander of the 27th Division, who had followed him for more than ten years, and revealed to him the idea of the uprising, and Dai Bingnan also expressed his willingness to go to the Tang Dynasty at the moment.
Soon, Huang Qiaosong's letter agreeing to revolt crossed the blockade line and was delivered to Xu Xiangqian, the commander-in-chief of the front line of the North China Field Army. If the 30th Army revolts, it will be able to promote the process of liberating Taiyuan as soon as possible, and Xu Xiangqian also wrote back to Huang Qiaosong in his own handwriting: "Your military commander intends to raise the banner of righteousness in order to liberate the 300,000 people of Taiyuan at an early date, which is indeed a great contribution to the people of Shanxi." General Gao Shuxun also wrote a letter to Huang Qiaosong to encourage him to serve the people.
Before he died, Xu Xiangqian ordered to avenge the hero
However, just as Huang Qiaosong was preparing for the uprising, Dai Bingnan, the first to know the plan of the uprising, hesitated and constantly persuaded Huang Qiaosong to postpone the uprising. However, after private consultations with his brother Qiu Dehou, the deputy commander of the 27th Division, Dai Bingnan finally decided to inform Yan Xishan and put Huang Qiaosong's uprising plan and plan out.
Huang Qiaosong, who was betrayed by Dai Bingnan and Dehou, was eventually arrested at the "Hongmen Banquet" set up by Yan Xishan. In prison, Huang Qiao Songning did not bend, resolutely refused to confess guilt, and struggled to write articles such as "Dark Morning" and "Evening View of the Iron Window" to show his heart. At the so-called trial meeting, Huang Qiao Songyi retorted in his words: "I am not a traitor, I am not willing to fight a civil war that slaughters the people!" A few days later, Huang Qiaosong and Jin Fu and Zhai Xuyou, chiefs of staff of the North China Field Army, who were also arrested at the same time, bravely defended themselves in Nanjing Prison.
After the liberation of Taiyuan, Dai Bingnan, who was promoted to commander of the 30th Army because of betraying Huang Qiaosong, was captured by the People's Liberation Army, and several times he failed to escape and was reported. Xu Xiangqian personally ordered that he was not a prisoner, but a war criminal, and that Dai Bingnan should be shot to avenge the martyrdom. Another culprit who betrayed Huang Qiaosong, Shu Dehou, was also sentenced to ten years in prison.
In 1979, the ashes of the martyr Huang Qiaosong were moved to Taiyuan, the place of juyi, and people from all walks of life spontaneously came to pay homage to the wreaths and tie the knot. In Huang Qiaosong's eulogy, there is such a sentence: "He is a soldier with a sense of justice and national integrity, a patriotic person who loves the motherland, the people, and peace, and he sacrificed his precious life for the liberation of Taiyuan. ”