After General Ye Fei stepped down from the post of commander of the Fuzhou Military Region, the selection of the new commander of the Fuzhou Military Region became an urgent issue for Chairman Mao to consider, and Ye Jianying suggested to Chairman Mao: "Xiao Jinguang has done a very good job in the Navy, and Xiao Jinguang can be allowed to preside over the work of the Fuzhou Military Region!" ”
Regarding Ye Jianying's suggestion, Chairman Mao did not fail to consider it, but at that time, the construction work of the navy had just started, and it was probably not appropriate to suddenly transfer Xiao Jinguang away from the navy at this time, plus Chairman Mao once promised Xiao Jinguang: "As long as I am here one day, you will always be the commander-in-chief of the navy!" ”
Photo of Admiral Han Xianchu
In the end, Chairman Mao did not let Xiao Jinguang go to work in the Fuzhou Military Region; the establishment of the Fuzhou Military Region was an inevitable result of the historical environment at that time; the Fuzhou Military Region was originally only a sub-military region of the Nanjing Military Region; in 1956 Chairman Mao, considering that he wanted to resolve the Taiwan issue in the future, issued instructions to separate the Fuzhou Military Region from the Nanjing Military Region, and Ye Fei, a former general of the East China Field Army, became the first commander of the Fuzhou Military Region.
Now that General Ye Fei has stepped down from his post, who exactly will be chosen to succeed him has a bearing on the trend of the situation in the Taiwan Strait, and Chairman Mao naturally has to carefully consider the right candidate, because Chairman Mao specially summoned Premier Zhou and Commander-in-Chief Zhu De at the Ziguang Pavilion in Zhongnanhai to discuss it together.
Premier Zhou said two names in a row, Chairman Mao felt that it was not appropriate, Commander-in-Chief Zhu De did not speak at the side, until the end of the conversation between Premier Zhou and Chairman Mao, Commander-in-Chief Zhu De began to say his thoughts, he suggested to Chairman Mao: "I recommend Han Xianchu to take on this heavy responsibility!" ”
Premier Zhou, who was beside him, nodded his head lightly after hearing Han Xianchu and said, "This is a good candidate!" I agree! Chairman Mao carefully considered and said: "Han Xianchu has made great contributions to the liberation of Hainan Island, has rich experience in naval warfare, led his troops to engage the US army during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and knows the imperialist army very well, and is indeed a suitable candidate!" ”
In 1966, according to the instructions of Chairman Mao and the Central Military Commission, Han Xianchu went to the Fuzhou Military Region to serve as a commander, and his arrival made Chiang Kai-shek very panicked, and Chiang Kai-shek inquired about Han Xianchu's ability in many ways, at that time Bai Chongxi was already bedridden, and Chiang Kai-shek went to ask Bai Chongxi's views on Han Xianchu.
Bai Chongxi shook his head and said to Chiang Kai-shek: "If Han Xianchu had served as commander of the Fuzhou Military Region of the CPC, Taiwan would never have a peaceful day, and this person would have the title of 'Commander of the Whirlwind' in the northeast; Du Yuming, Chen Cheng, Wei Lihuang, and Liao Yaoxiang would have been defeated at the hands of this person, and the defensive line xue Yue had built on Hainan Island had also been crushed by Han Xianchu, and this person was a difficult opponent!" ”
Bai Chongxi's remarks worried Chiang Kai-shek for several days, and he was not sure what impact Han Xianchu's arrival would have on Taiwan, and Chiang Kai-shek ordered an increase in troops and weapons and equipment in matsu overnight.
Han Xianchu is a person with a high emotional intelligence; before he took office, he made a detailed analysis of the cross-strait situation, and Han Xianchu had a wish in his heart, that is, he wanted to liberate Taiwan in his own hands, and this wish of his was also the wish of the whole world.
However, what Han Xianchu did not expect was that in just one month after he arrived at the Fuzhou Military Region, a major incident occurred in the Fuzhou Military Region, and this incident had a great impact, which surprised Han Xianchu.
All this must start from the radio station in the hands of Chiang Kai-shek, who is delusional and delusional and has always dreamed of a comeback; he used a high-power radio station in Taiwan to set up a column called "Voice of Taiwan." The enemy specially used this radio station to propagate reactionary theory, and many people's thinking was deeply affected, but in the final analysis, these means of the enemy are difficult to ascend to the hall of elegance, and they are nothing more than the dying struggle before their demise.
However, some people who were not firm in their thinking were seduced by the enemy's radio and even committed some acts of betrayal of the revolution, such as Chen Dongping ten years later, who was the son of General Chen Zaidao, and it was because he was confused by the enemy's radio that he was actually prepared to defect to Taiwan with the secrets of our army, and was finally executed by firing squad.
On January 8, 1966, Han Xianchu ordered the garrison division of the Fuzhou Military Region to deliver supplies to the PLA soldiers stationed in Xiapu, and several landing ships of our army set off from the Mawei area and sailed toward Xiapu at a very fast speed.
Such a small landing ship has a displacement of about 50 tons, and a landing ship is equipped with 10 soldiers, under the unified command of the captain. One of the ships sailed at the front of the line, and just as the ship was about to arrive in Kasumigata, a long-planned conspiracy ensued.
There were 3 warriors surnamed Wu on this ship, namely Wu Wenwen, Wu Zhenjia, and Wu Fuchun, these three were cousins, they met two years ago to join the army together, Wu Wenwen was the brother of the other two, Wu Zhenjia and Wu Fuchun had always listened to Wu Wenwen's words and did things.
Just when the ship was less than two kilometers away from Xiapu, Wu Wenwen suddenly made a color to Wu Zhenjia and Wu Fuchun, and the three men quickly drew their guns and fired, and the other 7 people on the ship fell in a pool of blood, and the captain of the ship was also killed. Wu Wenwen instructed the two cousins to change the course of the ship and march straight to the Matsu area.
The soldiers on the ships behind our army heard the gunshots in front of them, knew that things were not good, and immediately drove full horsepower to pursue the ships controlled by Wu Wenwen, but because Xiapu was very close to Matsu, in time our army's ships could not catch up with Wu Wenwen and others who had defected.
Behind this incident, Chiang Kai-shek's radio station was the culprit, and Wu Wenwen's purpose of joining the army was not simple, and he once said to other comrades-in-arms: "I came to join the People's Liberation Army to promote officials and get rich!" ”
Because of Wu Wenwen's remarks, he had been criticized by the leaders of the army, and later asked first that the life of the army was too boring, so he secretly hid a small radio, he often listened to Taiwan's radio columns through the radio, and those reactionary remarks made Wu Wenwen have ideas in his heart, he felt that if he fled to Taiwan, he would definitely live the life he wanted, so on January 7, he pulled his two cousins and began to discuss the plan to defect.
Soon Wu Wenwen killed 7 comrades-in-arms and defected to Taiwan was reported to Han Xianchu, it was already 9 o'clock in the evening, Han Xianchu was holding a meeting with other colleagues in the military region, his face changed greatly after receiving the news, and Han Xianchu punched the conference table in front of him for a long time without speaking.
After a while, Han Xianchu said to Pi Dingjun, deputy commander of the Fuzhou Military Region, who was next to him: "In the few days since I took office, such a major incident has occurred within the military region, and I am deeply sorry for Chairman Mao's trust!" ”
Pi Dingjun stepped forward to comfort Han Xianchu and said, "Commander! You don't have to blame yourself! The responsibility for this matter is not on you, but we, the old leaders of the Fuzhou Military Region, have failed to do a good job in the ideological work of the soldiers! ”
Han Xianchu shook his head and said, "When this happened, I, the commander, could not escape the blame!" All that needs to be done now is to report this matter to the central authorities and come up with a remedy, preferably to get rid of these three traitors! ”
General Li Youzhang, who was then chief of staff of the Fuzhou Military Region, said: "Now that Wu Wenwen and others have fled to Matsu, where there are heavy enemy troops guarding, if we directly attack Matsu because of this incident, it is bound to cause a huge chain reaction, and if we want to carry out action, we must get permission from the central authorities!" ”
Han Xianchu nodded and said, "Now first turn on all the high-power radio stations of our army, pay attention to intercepting the enemy's intelligence, and be sure to know the enemy's attitude toward this matter and the follow-up handling methods, and then we will prescribe the right medicine!" I will now report this matter to the Central Committee! ”
Han Xianchu picked up the special telephone line of the Fuzhou Military Region and hurriedly reported the Wu Wenwen incident to the central authorities; at that time, chairman Mao and Premier Zhou had not yet rested, and Premier Zhou immediately reported the matter to Chairman Mao after receiving Han Xianchu's report, and Chairman Mao was very surprised, and then Chairman Mao issued instructions to let Premier Zhou take full responsibility for handling the matter.
Late that night, when Premier Zhou dialed the phone of the Fuzhou Military Region, Han Xianchu said like a child who had made a mistake: "Premier! Everything is in accordance with the instructions of the central government, please arrange it! ”
Photo of Premier Zhou
Premier Zhou said, "Han Xianchu! Now that it has happened, don't be in the midst of self-blame, to put it down to the bottom of the day, you don't have any responsibility for this! ”
Hearing Premier Zhou say this, the stone in Han Xianchu's heart slowly fell to the ground, and Premier Zhou continued: "According to my judgment, Chiang Kai-shek will definitely use this time to create public opinion, absolutely will never leave these three traitors in Matsu, will definitely take them to Taipei, pay close attention to the movement of enemy planes and warships, and our army will launch an operation to eliminate these three traitors in the middle of the road!" ”
As Premier Zhou said, Chiang Kai-shek was very happy when he learned of this, and he immediately issued an order to let the plane go to Matsu and then the three people to Taipei, and Chiang Kai-shek informed hundreds of reporters to prepare to create public opinion in Taipei.
That night, Chiang Kai-shek personally sent a telegram to Matsu's garrison, demanding that Wu Wenwen and the other three be strictly protected, and that a plane would take them to Taipei the next day. Our army successfully intercepted the telegram, and learned from the telegram that the enemy would use the plane to chant Wu Wenwen and three other traitors.
Han Xianchu couldn't help but sigh, "Premier Zhou is really like a god! The enemy's follow-up was exactly as he said! Han Xianchu ordered the air force units of the Fuzhou Military Region to take turns to reconnoiter the enemy's situation in the airspace near Matsu, and once they found that a plane had taken off from Matsu, they would directly shoot it down.
The Kuomintang side showed that a transport plane had been sent from Taipei to Matsu, but when it landed, due to the captain's mistake, the transport plane was damaged, and Chiang Kai-shek ordered a patrol plane to be sent to Matsu.
After the enemy's patrol plane arrived in Matsu, because the patrol plane could not sit too many people, the enemy had to wait for the transport plane to be repaired before returning, at which time the enemy began to release smoke bombs, deliberately using the fake return time to confuse our army, they used the radio on the plane to get in touch with Taipei, saying that they would return in an hour.
An hour later, a small patrol plane took off from Matsu, when the Fuzhou Military Region dispatched four fighter jets to carry out the operation, two to monitor the movements of the enemy in Matsu, and the other two to pursue.
The main attack was the captain Li Chunguang, who was flying and hovering in the air with a fighter of the J-5 type, at this time matsu's patrol plane responsible for confusing our army's vision had taken off, and the soldiers of our army who were in charge of ground command said: "Find the enemy's patrol aircraft, prepare to attack!" ”
Li Chunguang is a veteran soldier of the Air Force; during the Liberation War, the Northeast Air Force had just been established, and he had piloted fighter jets to destroy three enemy planes; years of combat experience had told Li Chunguang that this patrol plane must be the enemy's smoke bomb, and once our army followed, the enemy would definitely flee from the other direction in a plane carrying traitors.
Photo of General Pi Dingjun
Li Chunguang immediately reported: "This patrol plane is too small to accommodate too many people, the enemy's plane is definitely a smoke bomb, let's wait!" ”
Pi Dingjun, who was in charge of ground command, thought that Li Chunguang's analysis was very reasonable, and Pi Dingjun said: "If our army does not catch up, the enemy will not take off the real plane carrying the traitors and let Hu Yingfa catch up!" ”
Hu Yingfa, another pilot of our army, was flying another J-5 fighter in charge of the wingman's mission, And Hu Yingfa immediately raised his altitude and flew the plane to catch up with the enemy's patrol aircraft.
When matsu's enemies saw this situation, they thought that our army had been deceived, and they immediately ordered Wu Wenwen and three others to board the repaired transport plane and take off from the south of Matsu back to Taipei.
At this time, the enemy knew that the really deceived person was himself, the enemy's transport plane drove full horsepower to escape, but the speed of the transport plane was not faster than that of the J-5 fighter, Li Chunguang flew the fighter to rush up, to attack slightly higher than the enemy transport aircraft, the first two shells hit the tail of the enemy transport plane, a burst of smoke spread in the air, although the enemy's aircraft was not seriously damaged, but also began to lose its balance.
The pilot of the enemy transport plane hurriedly called for help through the radio, but in the situation our army already had the advantage, the enemy at this time to send another plane to rescue it is too late, Li Chunguang immediately grasped the fighter, he piloted the plane around the enemy transport plane to shoot, the first three attacks, Li Chunguang destroyed the engine on the left side of the enemy transport plane, the enemy transport plane speed slowed down a lot, can only sit still.
The traitor Wu Wenwen and the others shouted in fright on the enemy's transport plane, and even if they regretted it, it was too late, and the three traitors would definitely pay for their crimes.
When Li Chunguang piloted the J-5 fighter jet for the fifth attack, the right wing of the enemy transport plane was blown open with a large hole, and the enemy plane rushed towards the sea, accompanied by a loud noise, the enemy's transport plane was completely destroyed, and Wu Wenwen and three other traitors were also buried in the sea of fire and received the punishment they deserved.
After the battle, Pi Dingjun personally came to the airport to welcome the return of the heroes Li Chunguang and Hu Yingfa, and as soon as the two got off the plane, General Pi Dingjun rushed up and shook their hands and said: "I personally ask for credit for all of you, this battle is fought beautifully!" ”
General Han Xianchu's military uniform photo
When Chiang Kai-shek learned that his transport plane had been destroyed, he trembled with anger, and the press conference he had carefully prepared in Taipei had become a joke by this time, and he had no choice but to announce that the press conference would be stopped.
Han Xianchu finally used an iron fist to stop the spread of this incident, and Premier Zhou specially called Han Xianchu and said: "Fight well! This battle is also a test of the combat effectiveness of the Fuzhou Military Region's Air Force! ”