Throughout the war of resistance against Japanese Aggression, many generals were executed for unfavorable combat, among which the highest-ranking and most influential was Han Fuyu.
The History Inn has specifically introduced this person before, although posterity has a lot of ugly treatment of him, as if he is a reckless and reckless man, but in fact, Han Fuyu is a very accomplished warlord, during the reign of Shandong, it was a model area in the country. But because of one thing, he was doomed and could never turn over.
This matter, of course, is to flee without a fight.
If you look at it from the traditional narrative, Han Fuyu's actions are indeed heinous. At that time, Jinan, Shandong Was a strategic place connecting the two major battlefields of North China and East China, so Chiang Kai-shek strictly ordered Han Fuyu to stick to Jinan, and even if he could not hold it, he would try to delay the progress of the Japanese army as much as possible.
However, Han Fuyu ignored Chiang Kai-shek's military orders, and before the Japanese army could approach Jinan, he led his troops to flee south and ceded Jinan to the Japanese army.
There is no doubt that such an act is unforgivable, so Chiang Kai-shek was extremely angry and secretly arrested Han Fuyu and executed by firing squad, becoming the only commander of the group army to be shot during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
However, Han Fuyu was smart, why did he plant a heel in this matter? Is it really just a momentary confusion? I am afraid it is not so simple, but it must be analyzed from the historical environment at that time.
People who are familiar with modern history know that in the twenty or thirty years before the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, there were basically warlords and warlords fighting each other, cheating and deceitful, no one can be trusted, only strength is the last word. As a prominent figure of that era, Han Fuyu naturally knew this well.
When Han Fuyu made the decision to evacuate Jinan, one of his staff officers had raised objections, but Han Fuyu said: "You are too naïve, can you believe Chiang Kai-shek's words?" Who knows when he will compromise with Japan again? We are tens of thousands of people, the bottom of the family is shaking, he suddenly came to an agreement with the Japanese, north China will definitely not have our share. Wouldn't it be unfair for Chiang Kai-shek not to guard Nanjing, but let us cling to Jinan? ”
This sentence is Han Fuyu's biggest concern.
In fact, not only Han Fuyu, but many warlords at that time also had such a mentality, such as Song Zheyuan, commander of the 29th Army, who was known as a famous anti-Japanese general, and after the July 7 Incident just broke out, his subordinate He Jifeng advocated an all-out counterattack and beat up the Japanese, but Song Zheyuan said: "If we really fight with the Japanese, Chiang Kai-shek will use the anti-Japanese army to eliminate miscellaneous cards, and this situation that our Northwest Army has worked so hard to create will be over!" ”
Even when the whole country donated money and materials to support the 29th Army's War of Resistance, Song Zheyuan declined. Later, many people thought that he was a high wind and bright festival, in fact, where there are so many "high wind and bright festivals", in the face of reality is nothing, Song Zheyuan is worried that if he accepts these anti-Japanese donations, it will be equivalent to sending the 29th Army to the front line of anti-Japanese resistance, and it is likely that even the family foundation will be entered, so that Chiang Kai-shek can see the joke.
It can be seen that in that chaotic world where the situation is unclear, preserving strength is the only thing to consider.
Of course, to preserve strength is to preserve strength, but in the face of national righteousness, it is still not sloppy, which is also a point that Song Zheyuan can see more clearly than Han Fuyu.
According to Song Zheyuan's chief of staff, Zhang Fanting, one night in January 1938, Song Zheyuan told him that Han Fuyu and Liu Xiang had already conspired and jointly sent a telegram against Chiang Kai-shek, hoping that Song Zheyuan would also join this camp.
Zhang Fanting asked Song Zheyuan how to do it, and Song Zheyuan said: "Can't do it, it has been a stink for ten thousand years." ”
As for Liu Xiang, the "King of Sichuan", although he also had anti-Chiang Kai-shek ideas, at the crucial time, he still fully supported the all-people War of Resistance and left a will to all the Sichuan soldiers before his death:
"To the end of the War of Resistance, it has always been unswerving, that is, the enemy army will not withdraw from the country for a day, and the Sichuan army will not return to its hometown for a day!"
It can also be seen from this that although the warlords are constantly fighting among themselves, they are absolutely in the same vendetta in resisting external humiliation. As Song Zheyuan said, there are some things that "cannot be done, and have been left behind for ten thousand years."
Speaking of Chiang Kai-shek, it should be said that during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, it should be said that during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Central Army and the Huangpu Department were the main forces of the War of Resistance, but his exclusion of miscellaneous armies was also obvious to all, for example, after the great victory in Wuyuan in 1940, Fu Zuoyi sent his commander Dong Qiwu to report good news to Chiang Kai-shek and apply for supplementary equipment.
However, when he arrived at the Ministry of Military Affairs, he did not get a reply for a long time, and Dong Qiwu ran and broke his leg, and finally reluctantly replenished 27 machine guns and 250 rifles.
At the same time, there was also a military commander, Dong Zhao, who also came to apply for a replacement of equipment, because he was a concubine of Chiang Kai-shek, and although the losses of the army were not as great as Dong Qiwu's, and the merits could not be compared, the Ministry of Military Affairs still gave him all new equipment.
Dong Qiwu reported the incident to Fu Zuoyi after he returned, and Fu Zuoyi could only sigh a long sigh.
Speaking of the Ministry of Military Affairs, there is another thing worth mentioning, in the late period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chen Cheng served as the head of the Military and Political Department, but after the investigation, he was surprised, "The budget post of the National Army is five million, and in fact, the number of people who eat military food is 7.2 million." According to the authorities' deduction, it would be nice to have three million combatable troops after verification and reorganization. In this sense, more than half of the military expenditure is untrue. ”
Are you surprised too?
With 3 million troops, but 7.2 million people leading the way, how big a treasury can withstand such corruption?
What was even more helpless was that although Chen Cheng knew this, he could not do anything about it. Even Chen Cheng can't manage it, who else can manage it? Who else can be saved?
On the other hand, although our party's army also has all kinds of hills, it is absolutely forbidden, military discipline is solemn, and no one dares to preserve its strength, let alone corruption and corruption.
Such two armies, who loses and who wins, have long been clear at a glance.