In 1948, the People's Liberation Army successfully liberated Jinzhou, and our army won a complete victory and captured many senior generals of the Kuomintang army, liao yaoxiang was one of them. Preferential treatment of prisoners has always been the fine tradition of our army, and it is also a great magic weapon for our army to defeat the enemy, because he can let the soldiers in a desperate situation see a glimmer of hope, and then disintegrate the enemy's will to fight.
Therefore, many senior generals of the Kuomintang army were treated very well after they were captured, and our party not only did not embarrass them, but also set up a banquet for them to "suppress the shock." At that time, Liu Yalou, who was then the chief of staff of the Northeast Field Army, held a sumptuous dinner for these Kuomintang generals, as the saying goes: the winner is the king and the loser is the Kou. The People's Liberation Army was able to "suppress" these prisoners.
However, Liao Yaoxiang, who had already been taken prisoner, had a very bad attitude, and he did not appreciate the kindness of General Liu Yalou. At the dinner party, Liu Yalou humbly toasted to him, but he was very arrogant and put up a shelf, not only refusing Liu Yalou's toast but also breaking the glass.
At this moment, Liu Yalou invited a person out, and after this person said something to Liao Yaoxiang, his attitude immediately changed, and he turned to Liu Yalou and toasted liu Yalou with three glasses of wine.
So who is this person? What did he say to make the arrogant Kuomintang general's attitude change so quickly?
Abandoning his pen from Rong rong to becoming a generation of famous anti-Japanese generals
Liao Yaoxiang character Jianchu, born in 1906 in Shaoyang City, Hunan Province, Xinshao County, Jiuxi Town, Huilong Village, a well-off family, not to say that the family is very rich, but life is also passable.
Liao Yaoxiang
Liao Yaoxiang's family began to study in his grandfather's generation and run schools in the township. Although his father had farmed at home, he had never given up his studies and was a literate and hyphenated man.
Under the influence of the strong learning atmosphere at home, Liao Yaoxiang began to study at the age of six. The family gave him hopes that he will become a pillar of the country when he grows up. Therefore, he carried the hope of the family, studied hard and wanted to light the lintel and the famous Three Xiangs, hoping that through his own efforts, he could become a talent of Jianchu in the future.
In 1918, Liao Yaoxiang was admitted to the prefectural higher primary school with excellent results, and began to receive formal modern education. After graduation, he entered changsha private Yueyun Middle School.
Since the defeat of the Xinhai Revolution, the revolutionaries headed by Dr. Sun Yat-sen have continued to carry out democratic revolutionary activities, and although the warlords in various places have nominally fallen under the leadership of the Beiyang government, in fact they have not taken the Beiyang government seriously, and in order to expand their own forces, they have not hesitated to adopt various means to expand their armaments, constantly launch wars to expand their territory, the whole of China is full of smoke and smoke, the Chinese people are suffering from war, and the imperialists are eager to divide China. The Chinese nation is at a critical moment of life and death.
Sun Yat-sen
This put Sun Yat-sen, who was bent on saving China, into a dilemma, and in 1919, Sun Yat-sen reorganized the Chinese Revolutionary Party into the Chinese Nationalist Party and carried out revolutionary work in China.
In 1921, the Communist Party of China began to lead the workers' movement centrally, thus setting off a climax of the workers' movement in China, making the Chinese Communist Party quickly become an important political force in Chinese society.
In 1924, with the help of the Communist Party, Sun Yat-sen held the first national congress of the Kuomintang in Guangzhou, at which the three major policies of "uniting with Russia, the United Communist Party, and supporting peasants and workers" were determined, and the Guangzhou National Government was established in Guangzhou, and later the Whampoa Military Academy was established to cultivate military talents for the Chinese army.
Liao Yaoxiang came into contact with advanced ideas during his school studies, and full of revolutionary enthusiasm, he was bent on finding a way to save the country and survive, and just when the Kuomintang and the Communist Party led the great revolution in a vigorous manner, he found a way to save the country, so he resolutely decided to abandon his pen and follow Rong.
In 1926, Liao Yaoxiang entered the Whampoa Military Academy with excellent results. During his studies at school, he conscientiously studied various subjects arranged by the school, and because of his excellent academic performance, he was hand-picked by Chiang Kai-shek to study in France at public expense, and studied mechanized cavalry at the Saint-Cyr Military Academy.
Chiang Kai-shek
Liao Yaoxiang cherished the opportunity to study abroad, and during his time at saint-cyr military academy, he worked hard and finally successfully completed his studies with the first place in the mechanized cavalry major.
In 1936, Liao Yaoxiang returned to China after completing his studies, and he was appointed as the commander of the cavalry brigade of the Central Military Academy of the National Revolutionary Army.
In 1937, Japan launched the "Lugou Bridge Incident" and met with strong resistance from the Chinese army, and since then the Japanese army has accelerated the pace of aggression and started a full-scale war of aggression against China.
On August 13, 1937, the Japanese army launched the Battle of Songhu. In this battle, Chiang Kai-shek adopted the strategy of attacking instead of defending in Shanghai, and both sides invested a large number of troops, resulting in heavy losses for the Japanese army, but in the end the Battle of Songhu ended in defeat.
In order to force Chiang Kai-shek to surrender, the Japanese army immediately marched to Nanjing, the capital at that time. The city of Nanjing was in a hurry, and Liao Yaoxiang, then the chief of staff of the lieutenant colonel of the Second Brigade, led his troops to participate in the defense of Nanjing, and he led his troops to hold the city and kill the enemy bravely, but in the end he could not save the defeat.
The Battle of Nanking
After the fall of Nanjing, the Japanese army entered the city in a mighty way, but Liao Yaoxiang failed to retreat in time, resulting in being trapped in the city. Later, he successfully escaped from danger in Nanjing, where the Japanese army was heavily defended, and went to Hankou.
After arriving in Hankou, he summed up the lessons learned and wrote to Chiang Kai-shek under the title of "The Experience of the Battle of Nanjing and the Improvements That the Nationalist Army Should Make in Building the Army in the Future." After Chiang Kai-shek saw his letters, he greatly praised him, and because of his Huangpu origin and his letters, he won Chiang Kai-shek's respect and appreciation, and soon he became Chiang Kai-shek's confidant and loved one, and from then on he embarked on the Qingyun Road.
In 1938, the Nationalist government established the first mechanized unit, because Liao Yaoxiang had studied mechanized combat in France, in order to make the best use of his talents, Chiang Kai-shek promoted him to chief of staff of the 200th Division.
Not long after, Chiang Kai-shek promoted Liao Yaoxiang to deputy commander of the 22nd Division, and he led his troops to participate in the Battle of Kunlun Pass, personally commanding the 64th Regiment to fight against the Japanese army. In this battle, he commanded his troops to capture the Ma'anshan position south of Kunlun Pass in one fell swoop, thus cutting off the kunlun pass defenders from the Japanese army in Nanning.
Unable to form a joint force for the Japanese army, Liao Yaoxiang made great achievements in the Battle of Kunlun Pass. It was also because of his merits that Chiang Kai-shek promoted him to the commander of the new 22nd Division.
After the end of the Battle of Wuhan, Japan was forced to stop its offensive on the Chinese battlefield, the War of Resistance Against Japan entered a stalemate stage, and the strategic focus of Japan's foreign expansion began to change from land policy to maritime policy.
Due to the adjustment of Japan's strategic policy, Japan began to send troops to invade Burma, India and other places in an attempt to cut off the aid channels of the United States, Britain, and other countries to China, forcing the Kuomintang top brass to submit and thus get rid of the predicament of the Japanese army on the battlefield in China, so as to seize more natural resources.
Pacific War
In 1941, Japan secretly attacked the U.S. naval base in Hawaii to launch the Pacific War and declared war on the United States, and Japan has been in a two-way combat situation ever since. In order to cut off Japan's transportation route to the Pacific Theater, the Chinese government formed the Chinese Expeditionary Force and went to Burma to assist the Allied forces in fighting Japan.
In 1942, Liao Yaoxiang led the 22nd Division to join the Chinese Expeditionary Force and went to the Burmese battlefield to cooperate with the Allied forces in the war against Japan. On the Burmese battlefield, no matter how harsh the conditions, he led his troops to actively cooperate with the Allies to block the Japanese army and help Burma recover many cities.
Due to the change in the war situation, the British decided to abandon Burma, and the Fifth Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force was ordered to cross the Nu River westward to receive the retreat of the 200th Division. After the successful withdrawal of the large troops from Burma, Du Yuming led the large troops back to China.
Liao Yaoxiang continued to lead the 22nd Division to India and formed a new army with the 38th Division led by Sun Liren, with Zheng Dongguo as the commander, and since then he has fought alongside his long-admired old alumnus Zheng Dongguo to resist the Japanese army.
Sun Liren
In the Second Burma Campaign, the 22nd Division led by Liao Yaoxiang worked closely with the New 38th Division, once again entered the Savage Mountain, occupied the Hukang River Valley area, and successfully recovered three cities for Burma, thus cutting off the transportation route of the Japanese army and making great contributions to the victory of the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japan, and since then he has become a generation of famous anti-Japanese generals.
Turned to the northeast and returned with a big defeat
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the two parties of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party eventually went against each other, and the northeast region became the focus of contention between the two parties and the two armies of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and in early 1946, Liao Yaoxiang led the troops to the northeast.
In June 1946, Kuomintang troops launched an offensive against the Communist Liberated Areas. In the early days of entering the northeast battlefield, Liao Yaoxiang led his troops to continuously conquer the liberated areas of Zhanpanshan, Tai'an, and Liaozhong, and controlled the communication line from Liaoyang to Shenyang, thus helping the Kuomintang army seize the initiative in the northeast battlefield.
Chiang Kai-shek was very happy when he received the news, and immediately appointed Liao Yaoxiang as the commander of the 9th Corps, with 5 corps under his command. This unit was well-armed and well-equipped, and claimed to be the most elite unit of the Kuomintang, which showed the importance That Chiang Kai-shek placed on him.
Du Yuming
However, with the changes in the battlefield situation, Du Yuming, who was then the commander of the Northeast Security, repeatedly lost fighters on the battlefield and retreated, and finally was unable to reverse the decline and thus lost the initiative in the northeast battlefield, Chiang Kai-shek was forced to change the generals, relieved Du Yuming of his military power on the grounds that he needed medical treatment, and assigned Chen Cheng to succeed Du Yuming.
Temporary
Chen Chengxin vowed to Chiang Kai-shek that it would take only six months to save the war. However, he was still too light on the enemy, and at this time the People's Liberation Army under the leadership of the Communist Party of China was no longer what it used to be, so the People's Liberation Army began to arrange troops in an intensive manner to play a game with Chen Cheng on the battlefield.
In 1948, the People's Liberation Army launched the Liaoshen Campaign. The large army approached Jinzhou City, encircling Jinzhou, Jinzhou City is the main traffic route of the Western Liaoning Corridor, since ancient times it has been a place where soldiers must fight, the gains and losses of Jinzhou are related to the situation of the entire northeast battlefield, and the defenders of Jinzhou City continue to ask Chen Cheng for support.
In order to protect Jinzhou, Chen Cheng immediately dispatched troops and ordered Liao Yaoxiang to lead the so-called elite kuomintang troops to reinforce the Jinzhou defenders, but what he did not expect was that he led the troops to Montenegro before they had time to line up and deploy troops, when they were stubbornly blocked by the People's Liberation Army.
The Kuomintang army continued to launch attacks with sophisticated weapons and equipment, and the Kuomintang army and the People's Liberation Army continued to encircle and counter-encircle, which eventually led to the dispersion of the armies of both sides, to the point where the soldiers could not find officers and officers could not take care of the troops. The warring sides were all confused.
Liu Yalou
At this time, General Liu Yalou, who was then the chief of staff of the Northeast Field Army, resolutely ordered the troops: "Boldly intersperse comprehensive infiltration, do not be afraid to disrupt the establishment." Implement the strategy of controlling chaos with chaos and winning in chaos. All units are required not to look for their own units at higher levels, to give full play to their subjective initiative, and to insist on hitting wherever there is gunfire and rushing wherever gunfire is intense. It doesn't matter if your superior unit can't find it, as long as you can find Liao Yaoxiang's troops."
Finally, under the command of General Liu Yalou's combat strategy, after two days and one night of fighting between the two warring sides, the People's Liberation Army successfully won the victory in the Black Mountain Blockade Battle, and Liao Yaoxiang's more than 100,000 troops were all annihilated.
The jinzhou city defenders were still looking forward to waiting for the arrival of reinforcements to help them get out of trouble, but who knew that the reinforcements were completely annihilated, completely cutting off their thoughts, and the Jinzhou defenders were isolated and helpless, which finally led to the breach of Jinzhou.
Identity revealed and he became a captive
As the saying goes: the defeat of the soldiers is like a mountain, liao Yaoxiang immediately disguises himself and escapes as soon as he sees that he is powerless to save the defeat. After the end of the campaign, when the People's Liberation Army was cleaning up the battlefield, it found that at this time, he had disappeared completely, just like the evaporation of the human world.
The People's Liberation Army immediately issued a wanted notice, requiring all major transportation routes to strictly interrogate suspicious people in the past, and after receiving orders, armed forces in various localities led the militia to search everywhere without abandoning any corner.
Just after dinner, the armed team of the Zhong'anbao Village Farmers' Association received a report from the local people: "There are several suspicious people in an inn, and their accents do not look like locals, and they always look around and probe their brains."
The armed forces immediately organized personnel to go to the inn to arrest them, and when they arrived at the hotel, they immediately interrogated the hotel's guests one by one, and when asked about a middle-aged man wearing a peasant's torn felt hat, he nodded and reported to his home: "My name is Hu Qingxiang, I am 45 years old this year, I am originally from Jiangsu, I now live in Jiangtun, Montenegro County, and I am a businessman who travels between Shenyang and Tianjin all year round. ”
This man named "Hu Qingxiang" immediately attracted the attention of the staff, he was full of Hunan accent, although he tried his best to pretend to please, but from his expression and inner temperament, it did not look like a businessman, like a soldier posture.
So, the staff asked "Hu Qingxiang" for identity proof, he immediately took out the "identity certificate" and handed it to the staff, the staff took the "identity certificate" to see, although the name is the same, but the photo is very blurry, more suspicious.
The staff immediately took Hu Qingxiang and others back for interrogation, and after interrogation: "Liao Yaoxiang finally admitted his identity."
Set up a banquet to "suppress the shock", pat the table and smash the cup
After Liu Yalou, then chief of staff of the Northeast Field Army, received the news of Liao Yaoxiang's capture, he immediately came to offer condolences and arranged a table of wine and dishes in a room of the Northeast Field Army Headquarters to "suppress the shock" of Liao Yaoxiang and other captured Kuomintang generals.
Although Liao Yaoxiang was defeated and captured, after all, he was a senior general of the Kuomintang army who had commanded thousands of troops, so at this time he still maintained a military arrogance.
After the banquet began, the anger between the banquets was very embarrassing, appearing unusually dull, in order to alleviate the embarrassing anger, but also to show sincerity, Liu Yalou decided to toast to these captured Kuomintang generals.
When Liu Yalou was in the first half of the toast, the atmosphere was quite harmonious. However, just when Liu Yalou raised his wine glass and came to Liao Yaoxiang to toast him, he only saw him pick up the wine glass and fall on the ground, and then slapped the table: "How did your People's Liberation Army fight, there is no order, my troops have not yet opened the position, you began to attack, we have the ability to re-open the position and fight again." ”
Liu Yalou had a very hot temper in the army, and was always known as a "fiery general"; at this time, instead of getting angry, he was so angry that he cried and laughed, and he said to Liao Yaoxiang: "General Liao, it is not that we do not pay attention to tactics, it is that you cannot understand our tactics. Marching and fighting is naturally based on the principle of victory, and now the results are self-evident, and we do not need to prove anything to you. Liao Yaoxiang was dumbfounded after listening.
After saying this, Liu Yalou got up and walked to the door of the room to invite a Nationalist general, when this Nationalist general entered the room, all the captured Nationalist generals immediately stood up, liao Yaoxiang was also stunned, so who is this person?
The old people met each other, and the big dream first woke up
He is Liao Yaoxiang's master brother at the Whampoa Military Academy, Huangpu I cadet Zheng Dongguo, because Liao Yaoxiang has always been Chiang Kai-shek's confidant and general plus his own arrogance, so there are few people who can make Liao Yaoxiang admire, and Zheng Dongguo is one of them, he has always been a model for Liao Yaoxiang to learn, and Liao Yaoxiang also has great respect for him in ordinary days.
Jeong Dong-kook
Liao Yaoxiang did not expect to meet Zheng Dongguo here, he thought that Zheng Dongguo had already died in the Battle of Changchun, for which Chiang Kai-shek also commended Zheng Dongguo's "feats" and called on all the generals of the Nationalist army to learn from Zheng Dongguo.
Zheng Dongguo explained the inside story to Liao Yaoxiang and said: "Just so-called: Wen dies, wu dies in battle. As a soldier, I was never afraid of death, but then I figured out that our weapons and equipment were not many times stronger than the People's Liberation Army, and there were more personnel than them, but why did we lose? The reason is that the Communist Party represents the interests of the people, and with the support of the masses of the people, what battle cannot be won? The corrupt government of the People of the People's Republic of China is well known to you and me, and I think it is not worth it for me to dedicate myself to such a corrupt government."
Liao Yaoxiang was well aware of Zheng Dongguo's personality, and he also knew that he admired loyalty and integrity, and when he saw that even his admired brother had changed his original intentions, he recalled what Chiang Kai-shek had done before. Although Chiang Kai-shek did not treat him poorly, he completely woke up at this time from the standpoint of the people.
Liao Yaoxiang immediately turned around and walked to Liu Yalou and toasted Liu Yalou three consecutive glasses of wine, hoping that Liu Yalou would forgive his recklessness and ignorance. After the feast, he willingly entered the Gongdelin for transformation.
Because Liao Yaoxiang sincerely repented and actively accepted reform, he was pardoned and released in 1961. In 1968, Liao Yaoxiang died of a heart attack in Beijing.
The ancients said: "Those who win the hearts and minds of the people win the world" It is precisely because the Communist Party of China has always stood on the side of the people and thus won the strong support of the broad masses of the people that it was able to finally win the victory of the revolution.