Who would have thought that a piece of toilet paper would have become a great hero, and Wang Yaowu would not have if he had known about it earlier.
After Wang Yaowu was arrested by the People's Liberation Army, these words spread wildly among the local peasants in Shandong, and in fact, the words spoken by the peasants were describing the whole process of Wang Yaowu's arrest.
Because no one thought that the famous general of the national army, the chairman of Shandong Province, would actually be found and reported by the peasants because the paper used when going to the toilet was too advanced, and it was also because the high-level paper became a prisoner of the People's Liberation Army, not to mention the jokes between the peasants, I am afraid that Wang Yaowu himself is also depressed, right?
Wang Yaowu
As for what happened?
Today's Brief History Archive will tell you about the story of Wang Yaowu becoming a prisoner because of a piece of paper.
Dressed as a peasant and fled to the city of Jinan
First of all, let's talk about Wang Yaowu as a person, in fact, the evaluation of Wang Yaowu in later generations is still mixed.
It is said that Wang Yaowu is a serious villain, but it is rumored that Wang Yaowu released the people in the city and underground party members before the Battle of Jinan, which can be regarded as a person of great righteousness.
It is said that Wang Yaowu is a decent person, but in the War of Liberation, stubborn resistance still caused many casualties in our army, so Wang Yaowu is definitely a controversial figure compared to other national armies.
Xu Shiyou
On July 16, 1948, the central government issued the task of "conquering Jinan", and Su Yu and Xu Shiyou immediately began to study the capture of Jinan.
Two months later, Su Yu and others led the East China Field Army of about 140,000 troops to begin to assemble and attack the city, and on the other side, Nie Fengzhi of the 9th Column and the Song Shilun of the 10th Column attacked from both flanks, forming a clamp on the east and west of Jinan.
Finally, after 8 days and nights of fierce fighting, before the enemies in Xuzhou and Qingdao could assemble for effective reinforcements, our army successfully annihilated more than 100,000 enemy troops and won the Battle of Jinan.
At the end of the victory, the People's Liberation Army entered the city to look for the main officer Wang Yaowu, but except for the rebel army that found Wu Huawen, Wang Yaowu seemed to have evaporated in the human world and generally disappeared completely.
Su Yu
In fact, the reason why Wang Yaowu was able to disappear so without a trace was because Wang Yaowu had long been fully prepared to escape.
The reason why Wang Yaowu can become the leader of the national army is that one thing is certain, that is, he has foresight and long vision, and on the eve of the imminent breach of Jinan City, Wang Yaowu has already seen a hopeless future.
To this end, Wang Yaowu decided to start preparing to flee to Jinan, in order to disrupt the People's Liberation Army's search plan, Wang Yaowu instructed his subordinates to find several people with similar shapes and appearances, in order to make more
"Wang Yaowu"
Go separately together to disrupt the plaster's energy.
After a short period of training and makeup, several other "Wang Yaowu" fled separately, while the real Wang Yaowu himself disguised himself and escaped from the sewers of Jinan City with several lieutenants.
A piece of toilet paper is returned to its original shape
After fleeing, Wang Yaowu and several lieutenants found several peasant outfits to wear, wearing blue cloth gray pants, a towel, and a pile of white cloth tied to their legs, looking indeed like an injured peasant.
Subsequently, Wang Yaowu and his party disguised themselves as peasants who were accidentally injured in the process of fleeing, and fled toward the east side of Jiaoji Road, preparing to cross the border and then return to Qingdao.
Because Wang Yaowu was originally from Shandong, speaking with a thick Tai'an accent, the previous Guanguan inspection, Wang Yaowu successfully passed, Wang Yaowu also gradually felt that there was no trouble, and gradually relaxed his vigilance.
On September 28, Wang Yaowu, who had been running for 4 days, had arrived in Shouguang County, Weifang City, and when he reached the halfway point, Wang Yaowu suddenly felt abdominal pain, so he rushed to a nearby farmer's house to solve the internal emergency.
Because the first four days had escaped inspection, Wang Yaowu also relaxed his vigilance, and when going to the toilet, Wang Yaowu chose to use the toilet paper imported from the United States, completely unaware that the high-grade toilet paper was not used by ordinary farmers at all.
After the convenience, Wang Yaowu and his party continued to hurry, but when the farmer went to the toilet, he suddenly found the white toilet paper in the toilet, and the farmer suddenly became suspicious.
At that time, when farmers went to the toilet, they basically used tree bark or dirt blocks to solve problems, even if they were rich landlords, they were only loess paper. Such white toilet paper is definitely imported, and it is definitely not affordable for farmers.
With doubts, the peasant hurriedly reported the matter to the local field army officer, and this clue provided by the peasant immediately attracted the great attention of the field army leaders.
The Field Army Command believes that the people who can afford to use high-grade paper are not ordinary peasants, but most likely senior officers of the Kuomintang, and possibly even Wang Yaowu.
So the field army sent soldiers and hurried to the next checkpoint, intensified the search, and strictly investigated everyone passing by.
Suddenly, a group of peasants who were looking left and right attracted the attention of the soldiers at the checkpoint, so the soldiers stepped forward to stop the peasants and began to interrogate where they came from, where they were going, and what they were doing.
A tall and mighty peasant stood out in the ranks, and this person was None other than Wang Yaowu, and in the face of the soldiers' cross-examination, Wang Yaowu replied:
"I came from Jinan, originally opened a restaurant, but the restaurant was destroyed in the Battle of Jinan, and a group of us planned to go to Qingdao to find relatives on this trip."
The field soldier asked what was the name of the restaurant? Where is it located?
This could make Wang Yaowu difficult, the previous level had not been asked so carefully, so Wang Yaowu was completely unprepared, and began to hesitate.
The soldiers saw that the situation was not right, and began to search Wang Yaowu and his party, and sure enough, they found white toilet paper from their bodies.
At this time, Wang Yaowu had nothing more to say, and could only obediently become a prisoner of the order.
The first batch were pardoned
Full of loopholes, Wang Yaowu was quickly captured by the People's Liberation Army and returned to the headquarters.
After careful interrogation, the soldiers determined that the peasant in front of them was Wang Yaowu, the commander of Shandong, and other places also replied that a man named Wang Yaowu had also been captured in Linyi and other boundaries.
Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Yaowu
Faced with the soldiers' questioning, Wang Yaowu confided the truth.
After the defeat in the Battle of Jinan, Wang Yaowu specially arranged for several soldiers to disguise themselves as him and run around, and Wang Yaowu thought that if it was fake
After being captured, he could sit back and relax, even if he was recognized, then he would have arrived in Qingdao at that time, and he would be safe.
Unfortunately, who let Wang Yaowu enjoy a momentary comfort, had to use high-grade hand paper to untie his hands, it is estimated that the later Wang Yaowu will often blame his stomach for how he can't bear to suffer, right?
After Wang Yaowu was captured, he was sent to the Gongdelin Prisoner of War Camp Management Center in Beijing for reform.
At the beginning, Wang Yaowu still had a lot of thoughts in his heart, and he always felt that his stubborn resistance had caused many deaths and injuries to PLA soldiers, and he would certainly not be pardoned and would have another day.
Chairman Mao oil painting
After understanding Wang Yaowu's ideas, Chairman Mao specifically asked Luo Ruiqing to convey his thoughts to Wang Yaowu:
"Your work is work, and your life is too much." Your anti-Japanese merits will always be remembered by us Communists, and as long as you are at ease with reform, you will soon return to the people. ”
With Chairman Mao's personal forgiveness, Wang Yaowu no longer had chaotic thoughts, and after that, in the management office, Wang Yaowu actively reformed and worked hard to review the mistakes he had committed in the past.
Later, when the first list of amnesty in New China came out, Wang Yaowu's name was prominently listed, and Wang Yaowu was also grateful for this, and thanked Chairman Mao and the Communist Party for his forgiveness many times.
Bai Chongxi
Although Wang Yaowu was captured and returned as a prisoner of war, compared to Bai Chongxi and others who successfully escaped, what was the better or worse end?
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