The deputy commander of the corps, who did not cooperate with Chen Mingren in launching the uprising, was later captured and imprisoned for 25 years
Xiong Xinmin, a native of Taoyuan, Hunan Province, was born in 1904 and graduated from the Sixth Infantry Section of the Whampoa Military Academy and participated in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Xiong Xinmin served as the commander of the Kuomintang 87th Division as a major general. During the Liberation War, Xiong Xinmin successively served as deputy commander of the Kuomintang 71st Army, commander of the 23rd Army, and commander of the 71st Army, and was promoted to the rank of Kuomintang lieutenant general. In November 1948, the 71st Army, along with other units, was reorganized into the Kuomintang First Corps, and the commander of the corps was Chen Mingren (a native of Liling, Hunan, who graduated from the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy).
At the time of the formation of the Kuomintang First Corps, Xiong Xinmin served as the deputy commander of the corps and the commander of the 71st Army. Soon after, as the Fourth Field Army launched a campaign to cross the river south, the Kuomintang First Corps stationed in changsha, Hunan, was in danger. Under such a situation, Chen Mingren, who loved peace and hated civil war, joined forces with Cheng Qian, who was then the chairman of the Kuomintang's Hunan Province, to issue an uprising telegram in Changsha, Hunan Province, officially announcing his separation from the Kuomintang camp, standing on the side of the people, and making certain contributions to the peaceful liberation of Hunan.
When Chen Mingren led the First Corps to launch an uprising, Xiong Xinmin, as the deputy commander of the Corps, refused to cooperate, seduced and led the 71st Army to flee to the southern part of Hunan. Later, Xiong Xinmin's 71st Army was incorporated by Bai Chongxi in the southern region of Hunan and reorganized into the Kuomintang First Corps, with Huang Ming as the commander of the corps, while Xiong Xinmin continued to serve as the deputy commander of the First Corps and the commander of the 71st Army. At the end of September 1949, the Battle of Hengbao broke out, and most of the elite Gui led by Bai Chongxi were annihilated, and the remnants of the army fled to guangxi, including the remnants of the 71st Army led by Xiong Xinmin.
Soon after, in November 1949, the Battle of Guangxi broke out. In the Battle of Guangxi, Xiong Xinmin's 71st Army was completely destroyed in the Shangsi area of Guangxi, and Xiong Xinmin was also taken prisoner. Initially, Xiong Xinmin was imprisoned in the Military Justice Department of the Central and Southern Military Region for rehabilitation, and later transferred to a farm in Inner Mongolia to continue his reforms, until March 1975, when he was reborn as the last batch of amnesty war criminals. From being taken prisoner in late 1949 to being released by the last group in March 1975, Xiong Xinmin was held captive for 25 years.
However, Xiong Xinmin's subsequent end was not bad, and after receiving amnesty and release in 1975, Xiong Xinmin settled in Changde, Hunan Province, with the care and help of the organization. Later, Xiong Xinmin also served as the secretary of the Changde CPPCC, the standing committee member of the Changde CPPCC, the member of the Hunan CPPCC and other positions, and was also elected as a director of the Wuhan Huangpu Military Academy Alumni Association and an advisor to the Huangpu Military Academy Alumni Association in Hubei Province. In April 1992, Xiong Xinmin died of illness in Beijing at the age of 88.