On July 7, 1937, Japan launched a full-scale war of aggression against China. The following month, when Long Yun attended the national defense conference in Nanjing, he made a generous statement: "All of us here are representatives of different places, and at this time it is the time of the survival of our homeland, we should do our best to contribute human and financial resources, and in order to defend the country, even if we sacrifice everything, we must fight to the end." ”
Soon after, the reorganized Sixtieth Army in Yunnan Province, about 40,000 people, under the leadership of the commander Lu Han, took an oath in Kunming and went north to resist japan.
The weapons and equipment of the newly reorganized Sixty Army are very good, even compared with Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army. And all this is due to the yunnan king, Long Yun, who spent more than half of Yunnan Province's financial expenditure on the purchase of weapons and equipment from abroad.
In that period when most of the army was still using large knives and spears, the Dian Army could be regarded as a tiger and wolf division. Moreover, later history also proved to everyone that Long Yun's decision-making was very wise, and several very critical battles were fought by this bloody Dian army. This money can be said to be a great value.
The initiation of the Civil War
In 1945, the fourteen-year long anti-Japanese journey finally came to an end. But peace in China did not come as promised, and Chiang Kai-shek did not want to share the fruits of this victory with the Communists, believing that China could only have one party, the Kuomintang.
Chiang Kai-shek, who rejected communist peace talks and was very confident in his military might, launched a second revolutionary civil war. In October of that year, Chiang Kai-shek conveyed instructions to senior national officers everywhere and quickly organized forces to launch a coup d'état.
Du Yuming, who received the order, immediately staged a coup d'état in Kunming, transferring Wang Longyun of Yunnan to Chongqing for an idle post, and making his cousin Lu Han, the former commander of the Dian Army, the chairman of the Yunnan provincial government.
Later, Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang troops in the War of Liberation were defeated and retreated, and they were beaten by the Communists and did not dare to fight back. By 1949, the Communist Party had liberated more than ninety percent of the country. At the same time, Lu Han, who had been planning for a long time, also launched an uprising in Yunnan, expressing his heartfelt heart to the Communist Party.
In fact, Luján's uprising was not the first. In the process of the liberation of the Communist Party, many Kuomintang generals abandoned the secret and surrendered to the light, and they later held important positions within the Communist Party organization, and the treatment and rewards would not be worse than the original.
Originally, the Luhan uprising was a thing worthy of everyone's praise and admiration, but at this time he did something to let Premier Zhou know and was very sorry.
Cousins
Long Yun was born in 1884 and Lu Han was born in 1895, although the age difference between the two was as much as eleven years, but since the two joined the army together, the trajectories of their lives have almost overlapped.
Lu Han and Long Yun joined the Baolu Comrades Army in Sichuan in 1911, and returned to the Yunnan Army to study at the Wu tang the following year. The author would like to interject here that the vast majority of the officers of the Yunnan Army are from the Yunnan Army's Wutang, which is a clear difference from other local troops.
The two brothers experienced more than ten years of struggle in Yunnan, and finally firmly controlled the whole of Yunnan. If Long Yun is a wise general like Zhuge Liang, then Lu Han is a warrior like Guan Yu who is trapped in battle and kills the enemy. With the tacit cooperation of the two, Long Yun became the first leader in Yunnan, and Lu Han was the second in command.
But sometimes getting more power is not a good thing, but it can blind a person's eyes and his once red heart. Readers who have watched historical dramas should have some understanding that many emperors will become more and more suspicious after they ascend the throne, afraid that they will not know when someone will rebel and take away the power in their hands. As a result, even the defending generals or prime ministers who had made great contributions to him suffered injustice.
In order to strengthen his control over the Dian army, Long Yun implemented a series of policies. Some of these policies were formulated for the interests of their division commanders, and the division commanders did not agree to this time.
If other insignificant things are tolerated, but how can they be tolerated if they are deprived of real power? The intolerable division commanders directly rebelled (including Lu Han) and directly forced Long Yun out of Yunnan.
On the surface, it was the division commanders who defended their rights and were the final victors. But things are far from simple.
Many departments of the Yunnan provincial government that left Longyun have gradually come to a standstill, without a brain with excellent ability, and no matter how strong the limbs are, they cannot coordinate. These division commanders led the troops to fight or something, but if they were allowed to handle government affairs, they would be bigger than the other.
In desperation, Long Yun was invited back again. Of course, Long Yun also promised that their previous policy would make new adjustments to ensure the maximum rights of the division commander. At this time, Long Yun and The Division Commander Fang had verbally reconciled, but the secret estrangement had become deeper. The relationship between Long Yun and his cousin Lu Han also became more complicated, with a thread woven by family affection and interests connecting the two.
The War of Resistance, surrender, and the last King of Yunnan
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in full swing, the Yunnan Army went out of the province to resist Japan. Long Yun gave the Dian army sophisticated weapons and equipment, and Lu Han gave the Dian army a fearless heart. The Battle of Yuwangshan in the Battle of Taierzhuang was when the Dian army, which was in danger, intercepted the Japanese army and did not let them threaten the rear that had not yet assembled. This battle was the first battle of the Dian Army, and it was also their battle for fame.
At the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Luhan was sent by Chiang Kai-shek to Vietnam to accept the surrender of the Japanese army. Accepting the surrender of a country is a great honor for Luján, who is the representative. After all, everyone with a military rank or something can slowly rise up through meritorious service, but there is only one such thing as "being demoted" in life. Of course, this matter is far from being as simple as we seem. This was a strategy of Chiang Kai-shek, allowing Lu Han to go to Vietnam to be surrendered, not only by giving him honors to win him over, but also by transferring him out of Yunnan to give Du Yuming the opportunity to launch a mutiny.
By the time LuHan returned from Vietnam and Long Yun had stepped down, he was appointed chairman of the Yunnan provincial government and the last king of Yunnan by Chiang Kai-shek.
uprising
In 1949, Chiang Kai-shek's army was defeated, and Chinese mainland was basically liberated. Seeing that Chiang Kai-shek's general trend had gone, Lu Han immediately contacted the Communist side and began to prepare for the uprising. In fact, as early as a few years ago, Lu Han already had this idea, but at that time Chiang Kai-shek was not as depressed as he is now, and he felt that he could wait and see for a while, but he had already begun to plan.
After the Yunnan uprising, Lu Han released Zhang Qun, Chiang Kai-shek's brother-in-law and elder of the Nationalist government, without any instructions. At first, Premier Zhou made plans to return Zhang Qun to Chiang Kai-shek in exchange for Zhang Xueliang.
Although it was a major mistake to let Zhang Qun go, for the sake of his Yunnan uprising, the organization did not punish him too much. Afterwards, Premier Zhou asked Lu Han why he had let Zhang Qun go, and he told the reason for this.
Before the Yunnan uprising, Chiang Kai-shek wanted to take advantage of Lu Han's visit to Chongqing to put him under house arrest. At this time, it was Zhang Qun who came forward, and he was able to return to Yunnan. He always remembered this kindness.
Even when Zhang Qun was put under house arrest during the Yunnan uprising, he treated him with courtesy. Lu Han also advised Zhang Qun to side with the people, but Zhang Qun refused because of his personal relationship with Chiang Kai-shek. Luhan had no choice but to let him go and repay his share of the favor.
brief summary:
"Fish and bear paws can not be both, and those who sacrifice their lives for righteousness" will always have all kinds of very contradictory things or choices in our lives that make us entangled, in which case we should choose exactly. Everyone has a scale in their hearts, some people will be more emotional, some people will be more rational. It is precisely because man is a very complex animal that there are so many stories for us to discuss and debate.