The famous anti-Japanese general Yu Chengwan had a tragic ending, and was shot and killed indiscriminately at home, and his daughter became the queen of the wind and moon film
I have to say that a person's fate is largely determined by the general trend of history, and Yu Chengwan is the most typical one. His life seems to have no luck with good luck, and his early career was not smooth, but with his enthusiasm, he made great contributions to the neutrality of the War of Resistance Against Japan. After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he thought he could enjoy the glory and wealth, but Chiang Kai-shek's army was rapidly defeated in the ensuing civil war, which eventually led to a tragic fate in his later years.
Yu Chengwan is a native of Taishan, Guangdong Province, graduated from Huangpu Phase I, and is an authentic "Tianzi" protégé. After graduation, he worked in the military academy and the party affairs system for a long time, and his career was quite unsmooth, until 1934, when most of his classmates had been promoted to brigade commanders and division commanders, and he was only the commander of a miscellaneous unit. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he took the initiative to ask the troops to kill the enemy and defend the country and make meritorious achievements. Because of his excellent command, he was soon promoted to the commander of the 57th Division of the 74th Army.
When the Battle of Shanggao broke out in 1941, he led the 57th Division to hold its position, fought a bloody battle with the Japanese army, and blocked the main force of the Japanese 34th Army in front of the downhill bridge position, making great contributions to the battle. After the end of the war, the 57th Division received the title of Tiger Ben, which was the highest honor for the army in all chinese dynasties.
When the Battle of Changde broke out in 1943, Chiang Kai-shek hand-picked Yu Chengwan's 57th Division to guard Changde City. With more than 8,000 troops, Yu Chengwan resisted the attack of more than 30,000 Japanese troops and held Changde City for 12 days, but reinforcements never arrived. In the end, the ammunition ran out of food, only more than 200 people were left, and only a few houses were left in the position, so they had to break through to the outside of the city for help. Yu Chengwan's insistence bought time for reinforcements to encircle the Japanese army, and after the Japanese army occupied Changde, it found it under siege and immediately withdrew. The Chinese army recaptured Changde four days later. However, Chiang Kai-shek believed that Yu Chengwan abandoned the city and fled to execute him, and finally the sentence was changed to 2 years under the intercession of generals at all levels and the people of Changde. It was not until the end of the War of Resistance that the commander Wang Yaowu bailed him out.
After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Yu Cheng's journey was still not smooth, but it was a great blessing in his life. Yu Chengwan, who was already the deputy commander of the 74th Army at that time, was stationed in Nanjing with his troops, and the next year (1946), the Nationalist Army was reorganized into elite troops, and the 74th Army was reorganized into the 74th Division, with Zhang Lingfu as the division commander. In February 1947, Yu Chengwan was transferred to the commander of the Guangdong Division, and in May of the same year, Zhang Lingfu's reorganized 74th Division was completely destroyed in the Battle of Mengliang. In 1948, Yu Chengwan was transferred to Yunnan to take over as the commander of the 26th Army.
On December 9, 1949, Lu Han, then chairman of the Nationalist government's Yunnan Province, telegraphed an uprising and tricked Yu Chengwan into detaining him at home on the pretext of holding a meeting, asking him to join him in the uprising. When the 26th Army attacked Kunming and demanded the release of the commander, Lu Han repeatedly persuaded Yu Chengwan to revolt together and went out of the city to persuade the 26th Army to surrender. After Yu Chengwan thought repeatedly received 40,000 silver dollars from Lu Han, he went out of the city to persuade the 26th Army to retreat, but most people expressed opposition. At the same time, the Taiwan side also ordered that he be relieved of his military commander's post and appointed to the post of director of the Yunnan Appeasement Office.
Later, Yu Chengwan was recalled to Taiwan by Chiang Kai-shek to report for duty, and Chiang Kai-shek did not give him a good look and asked him in person: "How much money did Lu Han give you?" Yu whispered, "Forty thousand silver dollars." The atmosphere was once awkward, and Chiang Kai-shek could not bear it, but Yu Chengwan already felt that danger was approaching.
When he fought to the death to kill the enemy, he almost did not die on the battlefield, and was still asked by Chiang Kai-shek to be sentenced to death. Now that there is a suspicion of collaborating with the enemy, even if Chiang Kai-shek can save his life with one side, his future life will certainly not be good. In addition, Yu Chengwan had already settled the family in Hong Kong, and he got off the plane in Hainan on the way back to Yunnan, and then took a boat from Hainan to Hong Kong. According to Kuang Wenqing, an aide-de-camp who had been following him, "In fact, at that time, he was in a dilemma, and he was afraid of being imprisoned, and When he returned to Jiang, he was afraid of his doubts, and finally chose to go to Hong Kong, the British territory at that time." ”
The Battle of Changde, a scorched earth in the city
When I first arrived in Hong Kong, Chengwan had a good life, with the rich wealth accumulated during the mainland period, I invested in some business, the operation was very well managed, and the business was very hot. With his family and rich industry, it is a fortunate thing to be able to spend his old age in Hong Kong, but the god of fate still did not take care of him. I don't know whether it was his wealth that caused the bandits to covet, or whether he exchanged with his old colleagues on weekdays and said that Chiang Kai-shek always had too many complaints, so he invited the disaster of killing.
On August 27, 1955, three armed bandits broke into Yu Chengwan's home in Wanping Mountain, Hong Kong, and took control of Yu's second room and servants. At this time, Yu Chengwan had just returned home from outside, completely unaware of the situation at home, and was also controlled by bandits as soon as he entered the door. His cousin Zhen Mingyu, who lived in the attic of the neighboring house, quietly escaped from the back door and called the police after discovering the situation. After the police arrived at Yu's house, they exchanged fire with the bandits in the dark. Yu Chengwan was also shot and killed in the dark. Later, after following his lieutenant to see the body, Yu was hit in the chest and abdomen by a row of bullets, presumably from a submachine gun or light machine gun. But at that time, the bandits did not have these guns, and who killed Yu Chengwan, no one dared to investigate, and finally the case was closed.
Yu Sally
After Yu Chengwan's death, the family lost its income, and the Yu family began to decline. At that time, the second lady had a young girl named Yu Huafang, who did not like to read very much, and her academic performance was not good, but she was very good-looking. In the early 1970s, in order to make a living, Yu Huafang entered the film industry with her looks, and took the stage name Yu Sally. Just entered the industry, no acting skills and no resources, participated in several movies have a mediocre response. Later, the rise of Hong Kong wind and moon films, in order to make a living and in order to obtain fame and fortune, she did not hesitate to abandon the glory after the famous generals and turned to making wind and moon films. Successively filmed "Wind Flower Snow Moon", "Red Chamber Spring Dream", "Call Roster" several wind and moon films have received good responses, and soon she also spread all over the country and became the queen of wind and moon films in the 70s.
A generation of famous anti-Japanese generals, on the battlefield, escaped the rain of guns and bullets of the Japanese army, but they were killed in their own homes. Neither a good death nor a blessing to future generations, the misery of fate has to be lamented.