On November 6, 1948, the People's Liberation Army launched the Huaihai Campaign, which took just over a month to eliminate the Kuomintang Twelfth Corps, that is, the Huang Wei Corps, in addition to Hu Lian and others who escaped, even the commander Huang Wei himself was captured, along with his deputy commander Wu Shaozhou.
Compared with Huang Wei, Wu Shaozhou can be said to be lonely and nameless, he and Huang Wei were captured together and sent for reform, Huang Wei was not pardoned until December 1975, and Wu Shaozhou was pardoned after 4 years of captivity, why was he released in such a short period of time?
In fact, although Wu Shaozhou's fame is not as good as Huang Wei's, his contribution to the War of Resistance is not low, and he also has a special contribution, which Huang Wei does not have, and it is precisely because of his anti-war merits, coupled with a special contribution, that he can be released so early.
Wu Shaozhou is a native of Tianzhu County, Guizhou, during his studies, he was influenced by progressive ideas, in 1922, at the age of 20, he was admitted from Rong to the Guizhou Academy to study military, and with excellent results, he was sent to the fifth phase of Guizhou Daowutang for further study, and after graduation, he entered the second division of the Qianjun Army for probation.
Before the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wu Shaozhou was the chief of staff of the Kuomintang 89th Division, and after the outbreak of the War of Resistance, he followed the troops to the anti-Japanese front and participated in the defense of Nankou.
He used a dozen homemade weather lamps to use the wind direction to drift to the front of the Japanese position, the Japanese soldiers mistakenly thought that the new weapons unconsciously stopped shooting, at this time he led the reserve to quickly launch a charge, in one fell swoop to crush the attack of the Itagaki Division, capturing many Japanese soldiers.
In this battle, Wu Shaozhou won the Baoding Medal of the Fourth Class, and was appointed as the commander of the 269th Brigade of the 89th Division, he successively led his troops to fight against the Japanese in Anyang, Zhanghe and other places, in 1938, Wu Shaozhou's brigade was expanded into the 110th Division, Wu Shaozhou served as the commander of the division, and was sent to Shandong Zaozhuang and Taierzhuang to block the Japanese army.
In 1939, in the defense of Gaocheng in northern Hubei, Wu Shaozhou held firm on the front, and at the same time sent troops to capture the enemy's rear key roads, so that the Japanese army could not attack and retreat and could not defend, and successfully prevented the Japanese Kou from advancing, so Wu Shaozhou's division was treated as a first-class division, that is, more military expenditure and excellent equipment.
In 1942, Wu Shaozhou was promoted to the commander of the 13th Army, and in May he was transferred to the commander of the 85th Army, leading his troops to Zhengzhou to guard the Yellow River, the Japanese army did not dare to cross the thunder pond half a step, the war Wu Shaozhou was almost a "fire brigade leader", where the fighting was fierce, he was transferred there.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Wu Shaozhou's department was reorganized into the 85th Division, Wu Shaozhou served as the division commander to prepare for the civil war, he once served as the deputy commander of the Second Corps, and in 1948 he was transferred to the deputy commander of the 12th Corps and the commander of the 58th Army, but he did not expect to be captured by the People's Liberation Army together with Huang Wei in Shuangdui.
After Wu Shaozhou was captured, he actively accepted reform, while Huang Wei was more stubborn, and more importantly, during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he responded to the call to contribute to the volunteer army, because he understood the equipment and performance of the US army, and participated in the US military tactical research class to explain how to deal with the weapons of the US army.
Wu Shaozhou's suggestion played a certain role in the volunteer army, and it contributed to the confrontation with the United States and aid to Korea, and he was well reformed, so in 1952, he was lenient, sent back to his hometown to settle down, and given appropriate care, Wu Shaozhou died of illness in 1966 at the age of 64.