On July 17, 1948, after the successful liberation of Xiangfan led by the famous Nakano general Wang Jinshan, he immediately received an urgent telegram from Chairman Mao from Noji: "Send reliable weapons, quickly send Kang Ze to North China, and escort him with shackles." "Chairman Mao once said that the two people who led to the final collapse of the Soviet zone were Chiang Kai-shek and Kang Ze. But why, after the arrest of Kang Ze, Chairman Mao did not order him to be shot, but instead captured him alive and sent to the Central Committee?
Some people say that it was because Chairman Mao personally shot him, but in fact, after taking Kang Ze to the Central Committee, Chairman Mao only imprisoned him as a war criminal for reform. Speaking of Kang Ze, he has a deep hatred with our party, and countless relatives of our party have lost their lives at his hands. But why exactly did Chairman Mao refuse to kill him?
Today, Rich and Noble will take you to explore the story behind this. Before the start of the main topic, new friends should not forget to pay attention to it, so that it is convenient to review the previous content and not miss the wonderful content later.
Kuomintang celebrity, enemy of the Communist Party
Born in 1904 in a family in Anyue County, Sichuan Province, Kang Ze also went to a private school when he was a child, attended middle school, and later entered the Whampoa Military Academy. During this period, he was appreciated by Chiang Kai-shek. After graduation, under the recommendation of Chiang Kai-shek, he went to Moscow Sun Yat-sen University to continue his studies.
During his studies at Sun Yat-sen University, Kang Ze developed a strong interest in politics, and once wanted to form a political force with a group of classmates in the same period, although it did not end in the end, but it can also be seen that Kang Ze already had a lot of ambitions at this time. In 1927, Kang Ze returned to China from Moscow, and since then he has been following Chiang Kai-shek and becoming the leader of the "suppression of the Communists" propaganda brigade in Jiangxi, and has won Chiang Kai-shek's trust.
After the outbreak of the "918" incident, Chiang Kai-shek not only did not organize an army to resist Japan at the first time, but wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to consolidate his position and rule. Therefore, at the behest of Chiang Kai-shek, Kang Ze and others founded the "Revival Society", which was the predecessor of the future infamous military unification. Kang Ze also naturally became a famous agent in the Kuomintang secret service system, and was called "Kang Dai Ergong" along with another well-known agent, Dai Kasa.
Shortly thereafter, in order to further encircle and suppress the Red Army, Chiang Kai-shek established the Nanchang Xingying Einsatzgruppen And appointed Kang Ze as the commander of the Major General. The Einsatzgruppen had great power at that time and belonged to Chiang Kai-shek's concubine forces, also known as "secret agent assembly." Mainly responsible for the collection of intelligence.
In 1933, because of the wrong command of Bogu, Li De and others, the Red Army was severely damaged in the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" war, and had no choice but to make a strategic transfer. After the main forces of the Red Army left the Soviet zone, Kang Ze carried out a strict inspection of the Soviet zone and implemented the inhumane "five-household joint guarantee" "armor protection system" for the local people, that is, it was necessary to ensure that there was no communication with the enemy, no acceptance of the Communist Party, and no provision of materials to the Soviet zone, otherwise the five families would be implicated in sitting together. Moreover, it was extremely cruel means and torture, which made the people in the Soviet area hate Kang Ze to the bone. Not only that, but in collusion with the reactionary forces in the Soviet area, they carried out arbitrary searches and arrests of our Party figures in the Soviet area, and killed many progressive people, which seriously destroyed the underground organization of the CCP.
Kang Ze and Chiang Kai-shek
At that time, the Kuomintang also had a famous organization called the "Three Youth Leagues" (三青团). During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chiang Kai-shek integrated all the forces of the Revival Society into the Three Youth Leagues and served as the backbone of them. Chiang Kai-shek served as the head of the regiment, and Kang Ze, Chen Cheng, and others served as the central executive committee. During this period, Kang Ze was deeply trusted and favored by Chiang Kai-shek, and even once it was rumored that Kang Ze was likely to be a descendant of Chiang Kai-shek. However, with Chiang Ching-kuo's return, Kang Ze's position in the Kuomintang began to decline.
Abandoned pieces, tough to fight
In 1948, due to the expansion of Kang Ze's power within the Kuomintang, Chiang Kai-shek handed over the Three Youth League to Chiang Ching-kuo to manage, and at first Kang Ze did not understand the current affairs to oppose, but was angrily rebuked by Chiang Kai-shek. Subsequently, Kang Ze was arranged to go abroad for investigation, but it was easy to go abroad and difficult to return to China, and every time Kang Ze's application to return to China was rejected by Chiang Kai-shek. It was not until a year later that Kang Ze secretly ran back to China on the pretext of attending the Third Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee, which made Chiang Kai-shek very unhappy. At that time, Kang Ze was a member of the sixth Central Executive Committee, and at this meeting, he became a standing committee member.
Although it seems that Kang Ze's position has been promoted, Chiang Kai-shek at this time has no favor for Kang Ze. At the end of the year, Kang Ze was appointed commander of the fifteenth appeasement district, and Kang Ze did not express any opinion after receiving the order. A week later, Chiang Kai-shek summoned Kang Ze to inquire about his thoughts, and Kang Ze had to say that he was willing to obey the order.
Chiang Kai-shek also promised Kang Ze that he would dispatch two divisions and three brigades to put Kang Ze under his command, but later Kang Ze learned that these were empty checks and that there were no troops to allocate to him. In addition, although Kang Ze graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, he had no experience in commanding the army on the front line or leading soldiers to fight. At this time, Chiang Kai-shek's arrangement was almost like giving up Kang Ze.
The 15th Appeasement District was stationed in the Xiangyang area of Hubei Province. Xiangyang also belongs to the place where soldiers must fight in history, although Kang Ze tried his best to delay, but in the end, the military order was difficult to violate, or came to Xiangyang to take office. After arriving in Wuhan, Kang Ze and his party stayed here for several months under the pretext of insufficient communication equipment and weapons. It was not until February 1, 1948, that Kang Ze and his party arrived in Xiangyang.
In June 1948, according to the planned deployment, the People's Liberation Army marched towards Xiangfan and began a battle. At the beginning of the campaign, the PLA aimed at Laohekou and Gucheng, northwest of Xiangyang. The Kuomintang in these two areas was stopped and not allowed to go to Xiangyang for support. This battle was not difficult for the People's Liberation Army, and in just one day, it cut off the enemy's retreat south of Gucheng.
As for the defense of this place in the old estuary, Kang Ze himself had little confidence, because the 104th Brigade stationed at the old estuary was basically a new recruit, and the chance of escaping from the front would be very large. When Kang Ze first arrived in Xiangyang, the most effective of the three brigades on his hands was the reorganized 23rd Brigade, but it was not long before he was transferred, which made Kang Ze fall into despair. Taking advantage of this opportunity, our army, led by Wang Jinshan, launched an attack on the mouth of the Old River.
After a day and a night of rapid marching, the People's Liberation Army finally reached the mouth of the Old River and successfully repelled the Kuomintang troops stationed there, causing the enemy to retreat in the direction of Gucheng. Our army took advantage of the victory to pursue, and the Platon Army on the Gucheng side attacked back and forth, so that all of the enemy in this part was annihilated.
After this, at Kang Ze's strong request, the Kuomintang side transferred the 163rd Brigade from Henan, which made Kang Ze feel more at ease. For the garrison of Xiangyang, Kang Ze, who had no experience in leading troops, could only rely on the terrain advantage here. Unfortunately, Kang Ze underestimated the enemy he was going to face, and the main force of our army participating in the Xiangfan Campaign was the Sixth Column, and the commander of the Sixth Column was the famous Wang Jinshan, "Wang Crazy.".
Greedy for life and afraid of death, he became a prisoner of war
Kang Ze thought that our army would attack from Hutou Mountain in the south, and there were already fortifications built in these places, and Kang Ze thought that it was more than enough to use these to resist the backwardly equipped Platon Army. But what he did not expect was that Wang Jinshan did not follow his expectations, but launched an attack from a narrow corridor to the west.
After repeated investigations of the enemy situation, Wang Jinshan found that there was a corridor of nearly a kilometer under the South Mountain west of Xiangyang City. This is the only passage to Xiangyang without natural barriers. But at the foot of the mountain, there were Kuomintang troops guarding it. After some consideration, Wang Jinshan decided to abandon the traditional way of playing and concentrate his forces to carry out the "heart-out tactic", mainly attacking from the west. Li Desheng of the 117th Brigade was arranged to take on the general offensive task, and You Taizhong of the 116th Brigade and Xiao Yonggen of the 118th Brigade led the team to cooperate.
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On July 9, Li Desheng led his troops to launch an offensive against Pipa Mountain, and after a fierce battle, successfully captured Pipa Mountain. After that, he took advantage of the victory to pursue, and took the Zhenwu Mountain. When approaching the last pass of Xiangyang, when attacking the Iron Buddha Temple, it is not only necessary for soldiers to fight bravely, but also need to pay attention to concealment, which increases the difficulty of the People's Liberation Army. The People's Liberation Army approached the Tiefo Temple by digging trenches and occupied the Tiefo Temple and the surrounding Tongji Hospital after the fierce battle.
In this way, Li Desheng led his troops to attack all the way to the west gate of Xiangyang. The defensive unit set up by Kang Ze on the South Mountain fell short, and he had no choice but to collect his troops. Chiang Kai-shek was also commanding the battle from a distance at this time, and twice ordered Kang Ze to shrink his troops in the city and stubbornly resist and wait for support.
Kang Ze still listened to Chiang Kai-shek's words, and then transferred all his forces to the city. Even the 164th Brigade, which was supposed to be defending Fancheng, was all transferred back to Xiangyang City. Because several existing brigades were concentrated in the city, Guo Xunqi of the Sichuan Army volunteered to become the commander of the city defense at this time.
On July 15, with the two red and green signal flares lifted off, the People's Liberation Army launched a general offensive against Xiangyang. Wang Jinshan gave li desheng almost all the shells in the team, and he led the team to ensure that an opening was opened in the western city wall. Then Yu Taizhong took over and led the team to continue to advance in depth. At this time, Xiao Yongyin and the rest of the people were quietly approaching the east of Xiangyang City from Wenbi Peak in the eastern foothills of the South Mountain. After the west gate was opened, it immediately made a cooperation to attack the city from the east, and first arrived at Kang Ze's command post, the Yang Family Ancestral Hall.
It can be said that this battle caught Kang Ze by surprise. In the early morning of the 16th, after Kang Ze came to the watchtower, he found that the surrounding walls were full of enemy troops, and at this time Kang Ze had already understood that Xiangyang had fallen. At this time, Kang Ze received a telegram from Chiang Kai-shek, but the news brought by Kang Ze did not make Kang Ze reinvigorate, but completely lost confidence. Chiang Kai-shek indicated in the telegram that the support troops, which were supposed to depart from Hankou on the 16th, now needed to wait until the 20th before they could leave, and hoped that Kang Ze could wait.
Not only has Kang Ze lost the desire to fight, but the Soldiers of the Kuomintang have also discussed the possibility of raising a white flag to surrender to the People's Liberation Army. Guo Xunqi, the only one who still had the fighting spirit, moved out the banknotes of the headquarters, falsely claiming that reinforcements would arrive soon, encouraging everyone to continue fighting. But at this time, it was impossible for the Kuomintang to fight back, and could only stick to it. The tunnel is more dangerous at present, so Guo Xunqi led everyone to retreat in the tower. The soldiers fired their guns through the firing holes in the tower and made a final resistance.
At this moment, a grenade flew from the firing hole and landed in front of Kang Ze. Fortunately, Kang Ze was wearing a helmet at the time, but he was shot in the head, although he was seriously injured, but fortunately he did not lose his life. At this point, the People's Liberation Army has won the Battle of Xiangfan. The victory in this battle is also known as one of the "Five Road Victories". He was praised by Jude.
The PLA was able to win this battle because of Wang Jinshan's resourceful command, and it also benefited from Wang Jinshan's three fierce generals: Li Desheng, who was not afraid of hardship, You Taizhong, who was resourceful and flexible, and Xiao Yongyin, who acted opportunistically. With the cooperation of these three fierce generals, the battle was successfully concluded.
Commander Wang Jinshan
After Chiang Kai-shek knew that Xiangyang was no longer safe, he was still full of blind confidence in Kang Ze. Chiang Kai-shek believed that Kang Ze would definitely be like Zhang Lingfu, and even if he sacrificed heroically, he would certainly not be willing to be arrested. In fact, Chiang Kai-shek also had a reason for thinking so; during Kang Ze's tenure as the leader of the Einsatzgruppen, it can be said that he was rampant and domineering in the Soviet zone, and the red army cadres, family members, and so on who were singled out were even more cruel after being arrested, and the means used were even more hateful than those of the ordinary army. It can be said that Kang Ze's hands are stained with the blood of communists. However, in the end, Chiang Kai-shek still looked up to his subordinates.
The People's Liberation Army finally found Kang Ze from the pile of dead people and asked the military doctor to bandage his wounds. After seeing Xiao Yonggen, Kang Ze was even more worried and asked whether he would be crippled, which made Xiao Yonggen understand that Kang Ze, who was afraid of death, would definitely not choose to commit suicide. Therefore, he reported this situation to Wang Jinshan.
Kang ze
Later, after learning that Kang Ze had been captured alive, Chairman Mao attached great importance to it and sent a special telegram to escort Kang Ze to the Central Committee. Although, at that time, there was a lot of speculation that Chairman Mao was going to personally execute this sinner who had committed a heinous crime against the Communists. However, this was not the case, and Chairman Mao still treated Kang Ze like other prisoners, adhering to the principle of preferential treatment of prisoners, and sent them to prison for ideological reform.
I have to say that Chairman Mao, as the leader of the state, really has a belly that ordinary people cannot match, and he also has farsightedness. Just as the so-called killing will not make them confess guilt, but will damage the reputation of the Communist Party itself. On the contrary, educating them, making them reflect and repent, so that everyone may be the best way to solve it!
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