At 24:00 on September 16, 1948, the Battle of Jinan began, under the powerful political and military offensive of the People's Liberation Army, more than 20,000 people of the Kuomintang 96th Army guarding Jinan revolted on September 19, 1948, and they abandoned the dark and surrendered to the Light under the leadership of Commander Wu Huawen, withdrew from their positions, opened the city gates, and accepted the reorganization of the People's Liberation Army. In this way, the Battle of Jinan lasted 8 days and ended.
So, today we will talk about the predecessors and descendants of the Kuomintang Ninety-sixth Army, and their main generals.
The predecessor of the Kuomintang Ninety-sixth Army was the Kuomintang Fifth Route Army, and the predecessor of the Fifth Route Army was the Third Front Army of the Wang puppet regime, which is what we now commonly call the puppet army. The predecessor of the Wang Pseudo Third Front was the newly organized 4th Division of the Kuomintang Lusu Theater, and further ahead, they were Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army.
Wu Huawen, commander of the Kuomintang Ninety-sixth Army, born in 1904 in Ye County, Shandong Province, joined Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army in 1920, successively entered the teaching regiment and the Beiyang Army University, and served as the chief of staff of the division in Feng Bu. In 1930, he abandoned Feng Touhan (Fuyu) and successively served as the head of the senior teaching regiment, the commander of the pistol brigade, and the commander of the Jinan garrison. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the troops were reorganized into the newly organized 4th Division of the Lusu Theater as the commander of the division and concurrently served as the commander of the 1st Shandong Security Division. In 1943, he led his troops to defect to Wang Puppet, served as the commander of the Third Front Army of Wang Puppet, became a traitor, and cooperated with the Japanese army to deal with the Eighth Route Army. After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Kuomintang incorporated the Third Front Army and served as the commander of the Fifth Route Army and the commander of the southern section of the Jinpu Railway, and the later troops were reorganized into the Ninety-sixth Army, serving as the commander.
The deputy commander of the Ninety-sixth Army was Named Yang Youbai, and he also acted as the commander of the Eighty-fourth Division and the brigade commander of the 155th Brigade. Yang Youbai is a native of Woyang, Anhui Province, born in 1904, joined Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army in 1924, because of his courage and outstanding, he repeatedly made military achievements, and was promoted to squad leader, platoon leader, company commander and other positions. After that, he has been in the Wuhua Cultural Department and served as the commander of the 3rd Regiment of the newly organized 4th Division of the Lusu Theater. In 1943, he defected to Wang Puppet with Wuhua's Ministry of Culture and served as the commander of the Seventh Army of the Third Front. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the commander of the 7th Army of the newly organized 5th Route Army and the commander of the Bengbu Garrison, and the brigade commander of the 155th Brigade of the 84th Division.
The brigade commander of the 161st Brigade of the Reorganized Eighty-fourth Division was named Zhao Guangxing, a native of Juancheng, Shandong, born in 1902, joined Feng Yuxiang's department in 1922 as a squad leader, platoon leader, company commander, and other positions, followed By Wu Huawen to han Fuyu, served as a battalion commander in Wu Huawen's pistol brigade, the commander of the kuomintang's newly organized Fourth Division, followed Wu Huawen to the Japanese during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, served as the commander of the Wang Pseudo Third Front, and after the victory of the War of Resistance, served as the deputy brigade commander of the 155th Brigade of the 84th Division of the Kuomintang reorganized division and the commander of the 403rd Regiment.
Another member of the Ninety-sixth Army who participated in the Jinan uprising was He Zhibin, brigade commander of the Independent Brigade, because he had not been a traitor in the Wang Pseudo Third Front, so it will not be detailed in this case; after the uprising, he served as the commander of the 105th Division of the 35th Army of the People's Liberation Army, and later the vice chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee, and died in 1998 at the age of eighty-nine, with a high life expectancy.
After the uprising of the Kuomintang 96th Army in the Jinan War, in February 1949, the unit was reorganized into the 35th Army of the People's Liberation Army. Wu Huawen served as the commander, Yang Youbai served as the deputy commander of the 35th Army and commander of the 103rd Division, and Zhao Guangxing served as the commander of the 104th Division.
The Thirty-fifth Army later participated in the Battle of Huaihai and the Battle of Crossing the River, and was the first to rush into the Kuomintang Nanjing Presidential Palace and plant a red flag. However, this force was withdrawn in January 1950 and existed for exactly one year.
So finally, what is the fate of these who once served as the main generals of the Wang Pseudo Third Front?
Wu Huawen, vice chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and director of the Department of Communications, died of illness in 1962 at the age of 58. Yang Youbai, vice chairman of the CppcC National Committee of Dongtai County, Jiangsu Province, counselor of the People's Government of Jiangsu Province, died in 1986 at the age of 82. Zhao Guangxing, a clerk in the Transportation Department of Anhui Province, died in the winter of 1960 at the age of 58. Generally speaking, because they all participated in the Jinan Uprising, they pointed out a bright road to the officers and men of the Kuomintang army throughout the country at that time, and finally won a good death.
Further reading:
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