Among the senior generals who died in our army, General Ye Ting should be the most regrettable, this "first commander-in-chief of the Communist Party" and the first commander of the New Fourth Army, if he can survive to 1955, he should be in the top three marshals.
Unfortunately, such a great figure was killed in 1946 at the age of 50.
In fact, Ye Ting could not die, and he could even not sit in prison for five years, and even, as long as he said a word, he could enjoy the glory and wealth endlessly.
After the Anhui Incident, Chiang Kai-shek sent Gu Zhutong to persuade him to surrender, and at all costs he wanted to persuade Ye Ting to come over.
Gu Zhutong and Ye Ting were classmates of the Baoding Military Academy, and they still had some friendship, but even if Gu Zhutong broke his lips and promised the high-ranking official Houlu to pick at will, Ye Ting still said that sentence: You are treacherous, you have no shame, Ye Mou is ashamed to be with you!
Gu Zhutong could not do it, and Old Jiang sent Chen Cheng again. Chen Cheng had a trick he called a killer skill, saying: "We recognize the Communist Party to resist Japan, but the Kuomintang is also resisting Japan, and since you claim to be an anti-Japanese duty, why can't you resist Japan in the Kuomintang camp? ”
Ye Ting said: We are not all the way people, if you are really fighting against Japan, why do you want to frame the Anti-Japanese New Fourth Army?
Chen Cheng also tried to materially induce Ye Ting, raising the daily food standard to four oceans, how much is the four oceans? It is almost equivalent to 2,000 yuan, which is really generous!
What's even more ridiculous is that Chen Cheng also used a beauty trick and asked Ye Ting: Are you lonely or not? Do you need a beautiful lady to accompany you? Ye Ting almost laughed angrily and said, Ci Xiu (Chen Cheng's word) You are also a decent person, how can you say such a thing? Chen Cheng's big face turned red and he turned away.
After that, Ye Ting's old boss Zhang Fakui, as well as his friends Luo Zhuoying and Wu Qiwei, also came to the door to persuade them to surrender, and all of them were scolded by Ye Ting and ran away. Old Jiang had no choice but to go out on his own horse.
The following dialogue has a very high credibility, because it is a record made by Ye Ting himself afterwards, which is stored in the Central Archives, and later Ye Ting's son Ye Zhengda entrusted people everywhere to copy this record as an heirloom.
The dialogue between Chiang Kai-shek and Ye Ting was on the evening of May 12, 1942, when he came up and dug a pit, saying that in the past year, how have you reflected on your consciousness? Ye Ting didn't bother to pay attention to him, saying that I was weak and couldn't adapt to the new environment. Chiang Kai-shek pretended to be sorry: You are an honest man, and you are in the Communist Party when you don't know it yet. The Communists tell you to fight you, and when you're done, they'll unload and kill donkeys. That's how you listen to the Communist Party?
Ye Ting refuted and said: The Anhui Incident was obviously initiated by you, and now the chairman of the committee has beaten a rake upside down, don't say that I am not convinced, and all the soldiers of the New Fourth Army who sacrificed their lives are not convinced.
Chiang Kai-shek got angry and said that your New Fourth Army is all Communists, they are hiding in the rear to sabotage the anti-Japanese plan, you have fallen into the hands of others, do you still want to go black with them?
Ye Ting sneered: According to the chairman of the committee, the New Fourth Army should not be established. But wasn't the New Fourth Army also approved by the chairman of the committee?
Ye Tingyue became more and more angry, saying: If it were not for the chairman of the committee laying the ambush, I would have "gone all the way to the black"? At present, Shangrao is still imprisoning hundreds of our cadres, and the chairman of the committee must really treat me with great respect and release them all, and I am willing to be punished by military law.
Chiang Kai-shek knew that blindly attacking would be counterproductive, so he said: If you think the Communist Party is right, go there, and if you think the Kuomintang is right, come to the Kuomintang, there is no neutral place. I have instructed you on the right path, and if you can obey me absolutely and follow me, you will be able to succeed, otherwise you will be finished.
Ye Ting said: I have already decided that I am finished.
Chiang Kai-shek really didn't know what to say, and finally said: Think about it, Deputy Commander Guo Chen will communicate with you at any time.
Ye Ting was very polite, stood up and bowed to Chiang Kai-shek, and sent Chiang Kai-shek away. Turning around, Ye Ting told Guo Chen, who was staying behind: I can't do this, please shoot me!
Chiang Kai-shek's efforts to persuade Ye Ting to surrender had two main purposes: First, he really admired Ye Ting's military ability, which was much stronger than his own group of fools Tang Enbo, Liu Zhi, and Hu Zongnan; second, for political purposes, although Ye Ting was not a communist, he was the closest friend of the Communist Party and the commander of the New Fourth Army; if ye Ting was won over, he would be able to deal a serious blow to his opponent politically.
But old Chiang's wishful thinking was still wrong, if Ye Ting was greedy for fame and fortune, why should he suffer with the Communist Party? With his military merits and qualifications, mixed in the Kuomintang, at least at the level of deputy commander of the theater, what is the money beauty?
The word fame and fortune were just floating clouds for Ye Ting, something chiang kai-shek could never understand.