Mention the name Li Zhilong, I believe that everyone here does not know much, but during the first Kuomintang-Communist cooperation, his name was the presence of the Chinese military circles at that time.
He was not only a good friend of General Chen Geng, but also one of the few young officers among the members of our party who was highly valued by Chiang Kai-shek, and the Kuomintang even awarded him the rank of lieutenant general in order to win him over.
Not only that, Li Zhilong is also deeply valued in our party, Premier Zhou is his teacher, and Mr. Dong Biwu is his introducer to the party, but unfortunately, it is such a young and promising general.
When he was only thirty-one years old, he died at the gunpoint of the Kuomintang reactionaries, so since he was a party member, he died under the guns of the enemy, and when Li Zhilong died, his family posthumously recognized him as a martyr, why was he rejected?
Of course, if we want to find out this mysterious "unsolved case", we have to start with Li Zhilong's life experience.
In 1897, Li Zhilong was born in a relatively wealthy family in Qiuyang, Hubei Province, although his parents were not landlords, but by relying on diligent accumulation, they also had a lot of land, and their lives were much better than others, and as the only son in the family.
They are naturally particularly fond of Li Zhilong, and they are not only satisfied with food, clothing, shelter and transportation on weekdays, but they also especially hope that their son can become a talent, so when Li Zhilong was very young, they sent him to the provincial city, that is, Wuhan to attend primary school.
Of course, Li Zhilong did not disappoint his parents, his academic performance has always been outstanding, compared to those children who come out of the big family.
Especially in Terms of English, his excellent level was favored by the leaders of Wuhan Foreign Language College, so he was admitted to the school after Graduating from Li Zhilong Primary School.
If this trajectory continues, Li Zhilong is likely to become a diplomat or a foreign language translator in the future, but just as Li Zhilong was studying hard in school, a huge change swept through china, and it was because of this change that Li Zhilong's life was changed.
At that time, the Xinhai Revolution had just been won, and the people of the whole country were immersed in the joy of overthrowing the feudal dynasty and could not extricate themselves, but what everyone did not expect was that after the victory of the revolution, Mr. Sun Yat-sen, who was originally pinned high hopes by the world and jointly elected by the vast number of revolutionaries, did not become the leader of the Republic of China.
The fruits of the revolution were stolen by Yuan Shikai, the head of the Beiyang warlords, and such a result made the vast number of patriots extremely annoyed, but Dr. Sun Yat-sen did not say anything, he believed that as long as the Qing Dynasty collapsed, whoever became the president would be the same, so the people of the world would have to sit back and watch the results.
However, soon, the true face of Yuan Shikai was exposed, and it was clear that Yuan Shikai's real purpose was to claim the emperor's Sun Yat-sen and others, so he hurriedly launched a rebellion, and Li Zhilong, as a patriotic student, learned of the news and resolutely gave up his studies.
At the age of sixteen, he joined the army and participated in the vigorous "second revolution". During this period, Li Zhilong performed very well and made a lot of merits on the battlefield.
However, his single strength could not turn the tide of the war, and under the powerful military suppression of Yuan Shikai, the revolutionary army had to retreat and eventually lose.
As a member of the revolutionary army, seeing that the team had dispersed, in order to avoid the wanted by the Beiyang government, Li Zhilong had no choice but to leave his hometown and take refuge in Yantai, Shandong.
It is gold that can shine everywhere, just when Li Zhilong just arrived in Yantai, he came to a naval school, the security personnel at the door looked at him in rags, and refused his request to enter the school, "Xiu Cai met the soldiers who are unreasonable to say" At this time, Li Zhilong, even if he has all kinds of ability, he has not been able to change the stereotype of the guards in front of him.
Fortunately, at this moment, he saw a foreign teacher behind the school gate, he hurriedly stopped the other party with fluent English, the foreign teacher looked at his English level, and immediately became fond of talent, and Li Zhilong had a chance to prove himself, which had a place to live.
After this, Li Zhilong began his study career, and in the process of studying, he also got to know some early Communist Party members, and under their introduction, Li Zhilong deeply understood communist ideas, after the end of the Paris Peace Talks.
He also followed them to participate in many demonstrations, and because he was so full of talent, he was also valued by Dong Biwu, Chen Tanqiu and others, and finally joined the Communist Party of China in 1921 and officially became a proletarian revolutionary fighter.
And because li Zhilong's English proficiency was excellent, and because he was a graduate of the Naval Academy, the party organization gave him a very difficult task when he first joined the party.
That is, he participated in the organization of the workers' strike movement in Wuhan, but unfortunately, in this movement, he failed with his inexperienced revolutionary experience, and the demonstrators were arrested by the warlords, and he himself was wanted and had to flee to Hankou.
After this, Li Zhilong understood a truth, that is, without the army, there would be no right to speak, without the support of the army, even if the ideas of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were excellent and outstanding, they could not defeat the Beiyang warlords.
Therefore, with this concept in mind, he was admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy and became a member of the first phase of the military academy, and for this high-profile, excellent academic performance, and practical combat experience, as the principal of the military school.
Chiang Kai-shek himself attached great importance to him, and he not only allowed Li Zhilong to join the Kuomintang, but also left him in the political department of the military academy after graduation.
And not only Chiang Kai-shek, but even Wang Jingwei, who had not yet become a "traitor" at that time, also admired Li Zhilong, and under his operation, Li Zhilong, who was in his twenties, became the captain of the Zhongshan ship and the youngest vice admiral in China.
At this time, Li Zhilong could be described as having unlimited scenery, and both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party favored him, and Zhou Premier Chiang Kai-shek Wang Jingwei believed that he would become a great instrument in the future.
If this situation continues to develop, no matter which party Li Zhilong chooses in the Future, he will inevitably become a figure of the pillar level, but unfortunately, Li Zhilong's arrogance and inhumanity have harmed him.
To tell the truth, he became a vice admiral in his twenties, and was also valued by many "big guys" in China, not to mention his young and vigorous Li Zhilong, I believe that any normal person will have a very high self-esteem.
In fact, this is nothing, but his mistake is that he offended the narrow-minded Chiang Kai-shek when he was still a member of the Communist Party.
Li Zhilong, who was a vice admiral at the time, was appointed by Chiang Kai-shek to become the director of the Political Department of the Naval Bureau of the Nationalist Government and the director of the Naval Staff Office, and the energy of this position was not insignificant.
Therefore, there were also many people within the Kuomintang who wanted to curry favor with him and try to profit from coastal defense, including Chen Zhaoying, a close confidant of Chiang Kai-shek, who had repeatedly expressed to Li Zhilong that he hoped that the other side would be able to do his own convenience.
But what he did not expect was that Li Zhilong not only did not give him face, but he did not even give Chiang Kai-shek's face, and directly arrested him without saying a word.
This was originally an act of enforcing the law in accordance with the public, but Chiang Kai-shek did not think so, and he thought that this was Li Zhilong's loyalty to our party and drawing a clear line with him Chiang Kai-shek, so from this time on he was somewhat dissatisfied with Li Zhilong.
However, due to the lack of definite evidence, Chiang Kai-shek had to observe it for the time being, and it was not until after the Zhongshan incident broke out that he finally showed his minions.
At that time, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the Zhongshan warship to go to Huangpu to deter the members of our party, but did not say so explicitly, so after Li Zhilong vaguely commanded the warship to come to the Huangpu River, he saw that there was nothing unusual, and after being stationed for two days, he returned to Guangzhou according to the regulations.
This frightened Chiang Kai-shek, who also thought that Li Zhilong was flying the Zhongshan warship, which meant that our party was going to carry out a coup d'état, so he instructed Chen Zhaoying, who had been offended by Li Zhilong before, to arrest Li Zhilong on his wedding night.
In fact, at this time, in terms of Li Zhilong's status and the fact that the two parties are cooperating, after all, this is only a misunderstanding, as long as my party members come to say good things, Chiang Kai-shek will not be too directed at Li Zhilong.
Unfortunately, however, Zhang Guotao, the representative of our party who was dealing with this matter at that time, did not know the truth, and he only knew that Li Zhilong commanded the Zhongshan warship to carry out a two-day operation on the Huangpu River to deter our party's action.
He thought that Li Zhilong had completely fallen to Chiang Kai-shek's side, so he did not speak for Li Zhilong at all and did not explain anything for him.
Of course, it is precisely because of this that in the end, the innocent Li Zhilong was dismissed from all posts by the Kuomintang and the Communist Party and became an idle man, so since he became an idle man, why was Li Zhilong later killed by the Kuomintang reactionaries?
It turned out that after this, Li Zhilong saw clearly the true face of the Kuomintang top brass, and he immediately made up his mind to return to the embrace of our party, but due to some previous misunderstandings, he did not directly contact the party organization.
Instead, he thought of using his previous status as a lieutenant general to plot against the kuomintang naval members, first making a petition and then saying it, but unfortunately, his two successive rebellions ended in failure, the first time he failed and fled to Japan, and the second time he was directly arrested in prison.
In fact, at this time, Li Zhilong was still guilty of not dying, but unfortunately, the person who arrested him was his previous enemy, that is, Chen Ce, the commander of the Navy's Fourth Fleet at that time.
Chen Ce was afraid that Chiang Kai-shek would use him again, so just as Li Zhilong had just been imprisoned, he casually found several charges and killed him.
So since he died in order to plot against the navy and reduce the pressure on our party, why was Li Zhilong not posthumously recognized as a martyr in the end? The reason for this is somewhat complicated.
First, before Li Zhilong was killed, he had actually left the Communist Party, and since he had not yet joined our Party, he naturally could not be posthumously recognized as a martyr.
Second, although Li Zhilong was killed by the Kuomintang reactionaries, the reason why the enemy killed him had nothing to do with whether he had his heart set on our party or not, but was more due to personal grievances.
Third, Li Zhilong's anti-Navy behavior is more of his personal ideas, and he has not consulted with the party organization before.
Of course, it is precisely under the trend of these three reasons that Li Zhilong has not been posthumously recognized as a martyr.