In the summer of 1977, 10 years after General Tao Yong was killed, a special plane flew from Changhai to Beijing, and on board general Tao Yong's comrades-in-arms and children.
There are three generals of the East China Field Army who are very successful in battle, they are called "Ye Wangtao", and all three of them are the commanders of the three columns of the Northern Jiangsu Command, and the names of these three people are Ye Fei, Wang Bicheng, and Tao Yong. As the commander of the East China Field Army, Su Yu also admired these three subordinates. He especially likes Tao Yong.
Later, in that year, Su Yu was criticized. At the enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission in 1958, the three generals were closely watched, and everyone hoped that the three of them could open their mouths to expose Su Yu.
Ye Fei faced the threats and inducements of a group of people and resolutely refused to open his mouth.
Tao Yong found the person in charge before the meeting and said: "My family conditions are difficult, I have never been to school, and I may not recognize my name in the past, so I can let your secretary write it down, and I will read it accordingly." ”
At the meeting, what Tao Yong said before speaking made everyone silent: "I am not educated, no literate rough man." This article was written by so-and-so's secretary, and I am afraid that I will not recognize the words in it, and if there is a problem, I can ask the writer a certain secretary..."
Hearing this, everyone knew that the manuscript was fake, and he came up with such a method in order to protect his comrades-in-arms.
Wang Bicheng was different, he did not have a draft, stood in front and really began to "expose" Su Yu: "I want to expose the great conspirator Su Yu, mainly aimed at 'big' and 'plotting'..." But the next thing he said was that Su Yu proposed to the central authorities to carry out the Huaihai War, and the victory of this battle caused the main force of old Chiang Kai-shek to be disintegrated, and the liberation of the whole country was two years ahead of schedule. Su Yu's "plot" is "big", and he asked the chairman unclearly.
Finally, he said: "As for 'yin', I really don't know, if I know, I will stand up and say that I understand, and everyone understands it." ”
Although the final meeting still imposed some slanderous and untrue words on Su Yu, the reactions of these three people can be seen in the depth of the former comradeship.
In 1955, the conferment ceremony was held, and Tao Yong was awarded the rank of lieutenant general, and since then he has held an important position. But as his grades got better, some people felt red eyed at him. In 1967, he was persecuted as a stumbling block for some. On 21 January, he was found dead in a well in the courtyard of the East China Sea Fleet Headquarters.
In the end, the conclusion was suicide, and the news reached Marshal Chen, who said that he did not believe that cutting off his head was just suicide.
Tao Yong was brave and fearless, dared to be bold, and how could he commit suicide at this moment after fighting the Japanese army for so many years without retreating. Marshal Chen expressed disbelief, Xu Shiyou slapped the table in a big way, and other people who knew Tao Yong did not think that there was a hidden feeling. There was even an old colleague who was angry and scolded when he found out, and he resolutely did not believe it.
At a meeting in early 1968, Marshal Chen was still asking whether the truth of Tao Yong's death had been clarified.
Soon, it turned out that it had been found out that Tao Yong committed suicide in fear of sin. Su Yu reported such a result to the prime minister, who was very sad, and he said that these claims were unreasonable.
In 1974, the situation was turbulent. The first serious investigation into Tao Yong's suicide ended with no evidence.
Although there is no evidence, the organization still insists on justifying Tao Yong's name: Tao Yong has military merits, and wants to add to the crime and rehabilitate him.
On July 29, 1977, the Party Committee of the Navy issued a notice to restore the honor of Comrade Tao Yong. In the circular, comrade Tao Yong's revolutionary experience was briefly described, and it was said that as early as October 15, 1975, the organization had approved the case of Tao Yong's death for review. It was therefore decided to restore all its reputation.
However, in February 1979, Ye Fei personally organized forces to conduct another detailed investigation, but there was still a lack of direct evidence.
On January 5, 1975, Deng Xiaoping became vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China and chief of the general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. No sooner had he taken office than Deng Xiaoping seized the job of rehabilitating Tao Yong. This directive shook the East China Sea Fleet. The lover of a staff member at the Longhua Crematorium, who was working in the East China Sea Fleet, heard that Tao Yong had been rehabilitated and mentioned this information during a small talk with a colleague named Cai Qijia.
"Really?" Cai Qijia's eyes lit up.
"Really, I heard that A memorial service should be held for Tao Yong." Unfortunately, Tao Yong's ashes are gone? ”
But unexpectedly, Cai Qijia said: "Tao Yong's ashes, I know." It turned out that in that year, Tao Yong's body was brought to be cremated, leaving no ashes, and it was Cai Qi's family who was responsible for burning. He knew General Tao Yong, so he buried the general's bones on a nearby rockery when others were not paying attention.
The news quickly reached the East China Sea Fleet and to the ears of Tao Yong's sons and daughters. They thanked the old man and took the ashes, and ten years after his death, Comrade Tao Yong's ashes were placed in the Babaoshan Cemetery. The Navy Party Committee also praised Comrade Tao Yong, affirming the great contributions he had made to the country and the people.
And General Su Yu also mentioned more than once in his later years that one of his great regrets in this life was that he could not find out the true cause of Tao Yong's death in his lifetime. Their comradeship was deep, and General Su Yu must have always felt angry and helpless about Tao Yong's death.
There are many regrettable points in history, the passage of time, the shady curtain of murdering Tao Yong, has not been able to come out. Although the investigation team from the central government had seized many important clues, the destruction of the scene and the chaos at that time brought many difficulties to the re-investigation.
The end of Tao Yong's life, the small well that watered flowers, has been dug wide and deep, built on the well platform, and added an iron cover, which is completely unrecognizable!
As it is now, it will drown people. However, the old comrades there said that the original well was small and shallow, and if the person was not knocked unconscious or forced into the well in advance, the person would not drown. The scene was so badly damaged.
Since there has never been evidence, this matter is still a mystery to this day, but as the movie "Dream Quest" said: "The real death of a person is that he is forgotten by everyone." "As long as we keep this revolutionary predecessor in mind, he will not really leave.