On January 10, 1949, at dawn, in the west of Zhanglaozhuang Village in Xiao County, Anhui Province, villager Duan Qingxiang got up early to collect dung and encountered a small group of scattered soldiers, all ten people.
A soldier asked Duan Shi, "Does the old man pick up the dung?" ”
Duan replied: "Pick up feces." ”
The soldier asked, "Is there a team in the village?" ”
Duan replied: "Everywhere is full." ”
The soldier was polite: "Old man, please help us find a few plainclothes and change them." ”
Duan Shi shook his head: Plainclothes are not easy to find.
The soldiers took off the gold ring and stuffed it into Duan's hand; a group of people rushed to the northeast and hurried away.
Duan Qingxiang was called "Old Gentleman", and when he saw a group of people panicking, his vigilance suddenly arose; so he immediately went to the village and reported to the People's Liberation Army stationed in the village.
Fan Zhengguo and Cui Xiyun, soldiers of a certain division's recuperation company, chased in the direction pointed out by Duan, chased for more than a mile, and caught up with the gang under a large tree north of Zhang Laozhuang.
Fan and Cui asked: Which part of you are?
Answer: "Sent to the captives." ”
"Cow's lips don't match the horse's mouth"! It's not right to hear it.
The two warriors ordered: Exchange guns.
This was a group of defeated Kuomintang soldiers, and when they were frightened, they obediently disarmed: four Tom guns, one carbine, three fast and slow machines, and four Canadian pistols.
After that, eleven prisoners were sent to the political department of the division.
The prisoners who looked like a chief officer were interrogated by Chen Maohui, director of the Political Department; the interrogated person claimed to be "highly civilized in military quarters."
Chen reprimanded, "This official position is not of any kind. ”
A person in the same group who was interrogated, claiming to be a reporter accompanying the army of Xuzhou Daily, was busy correcting: "It is the quartermaster general." ”
Chen Maohui was even more confused, so he tried the "reporter" alone...
The "reporter" was actually an aide-de-camp, and finally confessed that the person who was "highly civilized in military quarters" was actually Du Yuming.
Soon, a photo of Du Shi was delivered.
Chen Maohui interrogated the "highly civilized quartermasters" again, waving his hand and smiling:
"You are not 'highly civilized in military supplies', but du Yuming, the chief of the army, right?"
Du Yuming looked frustrated: "Since we all know, what else do you ask?" ”
Duan Qingxiang was commended by the Xiao County Government, and Fan Zhengguo and Cui Xiyun were credited with first- and second-class merits respectively.
Duan Qingxiang was single and had no ancestral shrine; in his later years, he lived on government subsidies and was cared for by his brother's descendants.
Source: "Anhui Palm Ancestors"
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