introduction
After the liberation of the whole country, New China was established, and the original dictatorship fled to Taiwan with few remaining troops. But that's not the end. The old Chiang Kai-shek, who was far away on the island, did not give up the plan of counterattack, but it was impossible to realize this dream by relying only on three million troops, so he could only confront the mainland along the coast, occasionally playing a divisive trick to lure the PLA generals to defect.
Although many of our PLA officers and men were heroes and heroes who fought all the way from the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, they could not prevent some of them from being rebels who were not determined, coupled with the temptation of money and beautiful women in Taiwan at that time, and as a result, a deputy mayor of the anti-aircraft artillery unit really defected. However, less than a year later, he was executed by the Taiwanese side.
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This deputy division commander who had betrayed the motherland and the people was Zhang Qingrong. He was a native of Baoding, Hebei Province, and was born into a family of rich peasants. Since childhood, I have basically not suffered from food and clothing, and I have read a lot of books. As he grew older, his ambition to make a career grew, and the best way to achieve this ideal was to join the army. So after the outbreak of the War of Resistance, at the age of 17, he joined the Eighth Route Army. The reason why he chose to join the Eighth Route Army was because he heard that the Eighth Route Army specifically attacked the landlords and local tycoons. Although their family was a rich peasant, they were inevitably oppressed by landlords and local tycoons.
Because of his desire to achieve fame and success, Zhang Qingrong was very good at things in the army after joining the army. In addition to normal combat, he is very good at interpersonal communication and has gained a lot of popularity in the army, which also provides a good guarantee for his promotion. After the end of the War of Resistance, he had been promoted to battalion commander of the army. Later, he was transferred to the artillery unit, made meritorious contributions again in the war to liberate the whole country, and after the founding of the country, he rushed to the Korean battlefield as the commander of the artillery division of the Volunteer Army.
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The artillery division of the Volunteer Army has made many contributions on the Korean battlefield, and the commanders at all levels of the artillery unit are naturally indispensable. Upon his return in 1954, he was sent to artillery school for further studies, meaning that further promotions awaited him. At the same time, his pride and complacency were constantly expanding, and finally he caused a disaster because of a return to his hometown to visit his family.
After many years as a soldier and fighting everywhere, it was also a very honorable thing for Zhang Qingrong to return to his hometown, plus he was already a deputy division commander in the army at that time, which can be said to be a glorious lintel. After returning to his hometown, he found that the local people's government was carrying out land reform, and the land that originally belonged to the landlords and gentry was distributed equally among the people. Because his family was a rich peasant, the land was already above the average, so it was also confiscated. In this regard, he was very unfair and forced the local government to leave his land behind.
03
In order to satisfy his vanity, he later saved the land for several landlords and squires who came to bribe him. After the matter was revealed, he was severely punished by the troops and carried a cauldron. When he was awarded the rank in 1955, he was suppressed for this and was only given a lieutenant colonel. However, the leaders of the troops did not abandon him, but sent him to garrison the fujian coast, hoping that he would make up for his mistakes. At that time, although there was no large-scale war between the two sides of the strait, they never gave up psychological warfare.
Every day, our army abandons the policy of abandoning the dark and casting light on the opposite side of the broadcast, and the other side is also trying to disintegrate our soldiers with money and beauty. Zhang Qingrong thought of the punishment on his back and felt that his future was far away, so he had the idea of defecting to the other side. Finally, one day in 1957, he took advantage of the opportunity to inspect coastal equipment, snatched a fishing boat and fled to Kinmen. The Taiwanese side immediately escorted him to Taipei. Because the incident was sudden, our army did not have time to intercept it.
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It is said that Zhang Qingrong was warmly welcomed when he arrived in Taiwan, and the ceremony was very solemn, and Lao Jiang personally awarded him the colonel, and the accompanying rewards were equally generous, both 500 taels of gold and beautiful wives. In order to show his sincerity, he said all the military intelligence he knew about the People's Liberation Army, and changed his name to "Chunsheng", meaning that he had a chance to have a new life.
However, blindly arrogant, he did not know that Old Jiang was only breaking the hearts of the people on the mainland by publicizing his defection, and did not really want to reuse him, let alone trust. Even the beautiful wife assigned to him was nothing more than a spy, responsible for monitoring his every move. In order to show his sincerity, he gave speeches in public places such as schools and stations in Taiwan to denigrate the mainland, but the result was counterproductive. Old Jiang later felt that he had no use value, so he ordered his execution, which was less than a year before he defected.
epilogue
Many acts of injustice will kill themselves, which is probably the best word to evaluate Zhang Qingrong. There is nothing wrong with having a positive heart at all times, but it is absolutely impossible to put one's personal desires above the interests of the motherland and the people, and it is even more unforgivable to violate the legal and moral bottom line. Taking history as a mirror, this kind of truth is still applicable today, and I hope to encourage more people to abide by discipline and the law, especially in safeguarding the sovereignty and dignity of the motherland, and never tolerate any mistakes.