The Nationalist army captured an old peasant, who thought he was the commander of the Eighth Route Army, and went to ask for credit, but became his own commander
As we all know, Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang army has two major factions, one is the Huangpu clan called the Central Army, and the other is the miscellaneous army, including the local warlord troops who have surrendered to the city, Chiang Kai-shek is a favor and a jealous of the two major factions, because he is the president of Huangpu, the generals of the Central Army are his own students, and some of the generals of the Miscellaneous Army can sit on an equal footing with themselves many years ago, so Chiang Kai-shek will always use the means of rising and falling to gain substantial control of the Miscellaneous Army, and if the Miscellaneous Army has made great contributions, Chiang Kai-shek will be jealous, and if the Central Army has made great contributions, Chiang Kai-shek would praise him vigorously.
Chen Shizhang, a student of the fifth phase of Huangpu, a rare martial general, in the War of Resistance Against Japan, Chen Shizhang can be regarded as an anti-Japanese hero, once led the troops to snipe the Japanese army for three days and nights, so that the enemy who came to attack was fruitless, but in the Anhui Incident, he was also a division commander who attacked the New Fourth Army, which was considered to be a liangzi with the Eighth Route Army, and the soldiers took obedience to orders as their natural duty, and Chen Shizhang was also a dilemma.
When the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, Chen Shizhang, who was the colonel of the 190th Division, participated in the Battle of Wuhan with his troops. In the battle of Gaolong Chen Village, Chen Shizhang led his troops to hold their positions in coordination with a regiment of friendly troops, and began to block the Japanese army for three days and nights from July 22, successfully repelling the Japanese army. After the war, the 190th Division was named the "Zhongyong" Division, and he himself received the commendation.
The 40th Division he led belonged to the 25th Army, and the commander of the 25th Army was frequently replaced, until 1944, when a new commander was finally replaced, this person was Huang Baitao, a non-concubine general, but he had great strength, most of the Huangpu generals were high-minded, and they regarded themselves as arrogant, but Chen Shizhang was also an exception, he respected Huang Baitao and obeyed his orders, so when Huang Baitao was transferred to commander, he assured that he gave chen Shizhang the position of commander of the 25th Army.
In the Battle of Nianzhuang in 1948, the Kuomintang 100,000 troops were almost completely destroyed in the end, the commander of the corps, Huang Baitao, committed suicide, the four commanders of the unit under his command were killed and captured, and two commanders escaped from the battlefield, Chen Shizhang was one of the commanders who escaped.
The 7th Corps was completely destroyed at Mill Village, and the 25th Army was naturally not spared. Considering his experience during the Anhui Incident, Chen Shizhang would certainly not choose to revolt, let alone become a prisoner of the People's Liberation Army, so he decided to flee to the Huitong area in disguise. Chen Shizhang was used to suffering from snacks, his hands and feet were covered with calluses, and he looked like an old peasant, if he was not familiar with people, he could not recognize the commander of the Kuomintang, although the People's Liberation Army went around to check the Kuomintang generals who had slipped through the net, but Chen Shizhang walked over with a small bag of dry food and a big pipe with a big grin, and he was not found, because he stood among the ordinary people who were the most inconspicuous one.
Who knew that although he escaped the plattering of the People's Liberation Army, he was caught by the search soldiers of the Eighth Army of the Nationalist Army, the commander of the Eighth Army was Zhou Kaicheng, and Chen Shizhang was arrested by the search troops as soon as he entered the eighth army garrison.
Zhou Kaicheng did not look at it, but was shocked at first glance, and scolded: "How did you arrest the commander of the 25th Army, and did not hurry to loosen the binding" At this time, the soldiers who searched the troops understood that it was not the commander of the People's Liberation Army but his own commander who had been caught, and although he had lost the battle, he was not removed from his post and continued to be the commander of the 25th Army.