After 1948, the Kuomintang offensive on the mainland had already shown a trend of defeat and retreat, and in 1949, under the invincible attack of the Communist Party, the situation of the Kuomintang had actually been successful or defeated, and the leader Chiang Kai-shek had already fled to Taiwan, leaving some of the mainland's generals alone.
Among them, there have also been many popular gossip and anecdotes. Regarding the liberation of Shanghai, there are always three people, namely Wu Guozhen, Chen Liang and Zhao Zukang. As the three mayors of Shanghai before the liberation of Shanghai, what kind of story happened between them?
Retreat to Taiwan, before leaving
On April 23, 1949, our army took the Nationalist government in Nanjing in one fell swoop, and the flag flying over Nanjing, the blue sky and white sun flag, has become history, and the rolling wheel of history has not finally sailed towards Chiang Kai-shek. And before he left, he did three things on the mainland.
The first was the launching of a false newspaper news in many places in Nanjing that shook the people's hearts, which stated that Chairman Chiang Kai-shek would join hands with the United States to counterattack the mainland in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and that he would regain control of the mainland.
The second was the release of all the prisoners held in the National Prison, which was only intended to cause chaos in the society of the time.
The third thing was to loot the national wealth, the gold and cultural relics of the mainland, which became Chiang Kai-shek's private property within his reach. According to incomplete statistics, the amount of gold brought to Taiwan by Chiang Kai-shek is as high as 2.27 million taels, which translates to the current value of up to 250 billion yuan, which is jaw-dropping and indignant.
Before Chiang Kai-shek left for Taiwan, when faced with the problem of the loss of Shanghai, he issued an order to blow up all industrial facilities such as the Shanghai waterworks and factories. If Shanghai cannot be used for its own use, it will be destroyed if it is not obtained.
For Wu Guozhen, the mayor of Shanghai at the time, the most difficult thing was not to blow up the industrial facilities, let alone to think of the people of Shanghai, Wu Guozhen was never an excellent leader with advanced ideological consciousness and wanted to save the people from fire and water.
Since Wu Guozhen was promoted to mayor of Shanghai in 1946, the first thing he bore was the madness of amassing wealth and carrying forward the glorious traditions within the National Government, and in the past two or three years, he has gone from being poor before taking office to eating the big belly and poop he is now.
The problem he worries most now is that Shanghai, which seems to be the land of the Kuomintang, is actually half of the territory of the Communist Party. Communist knives, guns, and sticks flaunted their might in front of Shanghai, and the white light refracted by the knives was about to reach his eyes. Wu Guozhen now only wants to find a mayor for Shanghai to take over the market so that he can escape.
Hot potatoes
The position of mayor of Shanghai, which used to be hot, is now not only ignored, but also avoided. After all, the senior officials in the Shanghai government all know that taking office at this time is only a moment, and maybe they will lose their heads later.
So Wu Guozhen inquired around internally, and saw that everyone sighed helplessly with a frightened expression, but no one was willing to take over and there were warriors who stepped forward, he simply did not stop and found Chen Liang, the secretary of the municipal government.
Wu Guozhen was sure that with his own face and majesty, Chen Liang absolutely did not dare to openly disobey the order, and then two more kind words, the issue of the mayor's position would be solved. And it is also true that Chen Liang had to wear the top hat of the mayor of Shanghai under the persuasion of Wu Guozhen.
Chen Liang had his own plans, originally thinking of another wave of wealth within two or three months of the Kuomintang army holding out. But in just half a month, our army's offensive has reached the Suzhou River. Chen Liang panicked, the most important thing at this time was to draw a scoop according to the gourd, and also find a "substitute ghost" for himself. The so-called capture of the thief first captures the king, and when the Communist army completely enters Shanghai, there will be no way back for itself.
Chen Liang accidentally heard the name Zhao Zukang ringing on the radio, and suddenly thought that he was the director of the Shanghai Public Works Bureau, chen conscience was very happy, at this time let him come to shanghai mayor, but it is really appropriate.
Zhao Zukang was the director of the Public Works Bureau, and he rarely asked about politics, but only took technical matters more seriously, and such talents were unattainable for both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, let alone talked about being shot after the fall.
Patriotic Hero Zhao Zukang
Zhao Zukang was born on September 1, 1900 in Chengxiang Town, Jiangsu Province, and since he was a child, he loved to read the stories of ancient generals who joined the army with blood and love literature. His mother sent him to school with great foresight, and Zhao Zukang studied hard and tirelessly in the school, and has always been a top student from childhood to adulthood.
After the Outbreak of the May Fourth Movement in the whole country, Zhao Zukang, who was at Nanyang University, did not hesitate to join, and after that, he worked in the Ministry of Railways in many regions of China, in order to add bricks to the construction of the motherland, he went to Cornell University in the United States in 1930 for further study, and after returning to China, he served as the director of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Public Works.
Originally, he wanted to show his grand ambitions, but he was overwhelmed by the corruption within the Kuomintang. When Chen Liang found him, Zhao Zukang was originally a refusal, he was originally an ordinary worker, he had racked his brains for the railway cause of the motherland, and he really had no time to take care of politics.
Chen Liang saw Zhao Zukang's resolute look and simply told the truth: "Before the Communists invaded, if Shanghai was leaderless, what position would the international community place in the future?" ”
Zhao Zukang listened to the embarrassment behind him and wanted to argue on the basis of reason, but suddenly he thought of something and agreed to take over. Chen Liang was overjoyed to hear this, and could not care about Zhao Zukang's mood change, and after arranging the matter behind him, he quickly got up and fled Shanghai.
The reason why Zhao Zukang changed his mind was because as early as February 4 of the same year, he met Li Min, a member of our party's underground organization, and Li Min's real name was Wang Yueying. Wang Yueying described to him how the Communists would bring about changes after the liberation of Shanghai and gave Zhao Zukang a book on the Communists.
Zhao Zukang was already impressed by our party at this time, and he had been forging ahead with the goal of building the motherland since he was a child, and he would not have missed the slightest opportunity to let the motherland improve. In the conversation with Chen Liang, he remembered the peaceful liberation of Shanghai by the Communist Party and agreed to it.
After Zhao Zukang took office as acting mayor, he immediately took the post of mayor and ordered the Kuomintang troops guarding Shanghai to lay down their weapons, not to block the People's Liberation Army from entering the city, and to maintain the normal operation of Shanghai without sparing any effort, cleaning up the mess left by the previous two mayors.
It was not until May 28, after Marshal Chen Yi entered the city and handed over the administration of Shanghai, that Zhao Zukang was able to step down. Although Zhao Zukang was qualified for five days in a short period of time, the actual effect brought by it was incalculable.
brief summary:
Zhao Zukang has been a patriot since he was a child, and when he was in school, he often motivated himself by saving the country and not forgetting to read, and reading without forgetting to save the country.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, it was precisely because of so many generals and soldiers that the Cause of The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and Liberation came to a successful end, and the Chinese nation will never lack heroes.