On January 4, 1941, Ye Ting, commander of the New Fourth Army, and Xiang Ying, deputy commander of the New Fourth Army, led more than 9,000 troops directly under the army to the north of the Yangtze River at Chiang Kai-shek's unreasonable request. When the troops marched to the Maolin area of Jing County, Anhui Province, they were suddenly attacked by about 80,000 people of the 7 divisions of the Kuomintang, and under the harsh conditions of the enemy being outnumbered and out of ammunition, the New Fourth Army still resisted bravely, and finally, the commander Ye Ting was captured, and the deputy commander Xiang Ying and the deputy chief of staff Zhou Zikun were killed because of the betrayal of traitors. This was the "Anhui Southern Incident" that shocked China and foreign countries, and it was also the peak of the second anti-communist upsurge of the Kuomintang reactionaries.
Xiang Ying, deputy commander of the New Fourth Army
In this incident, the rebellion of three regiment-level cadres Zhao Lingbo, Zhao Xizhong, and Liu Houzong brought great disasters to the New Fourth Army. However, it was not that the time had not yet come, and in the end, the three traitors were in different places and got the fate they deserved.
I. Liu Houzong, the murderer of deputy commander Xiang Ying, was executed by order of Marshal Chen Yi
In 1926, Liu Houzong participated in the revolution in his hometown of Hunan, successively serving as the leader of the Red Guards and the political commissar of the Third Brigade of the Hunan Guerrilla Army, and was later incorporated into the New Fourth Army as the deputy battalion commander of the Special Service Battalion of the New Fourth Army.
However, Liu Hou was greedy and afraid of death, arrogant and lascivious, and could not get used to the hard life of the New Fourth Army, so he had the idea of fleeing and surrendering. Later, due to serious violations of military discipline, he was demoted and used as an adjutant of the third section of the Adjutant Department of the New Fourth Army.
After the "Anhui Southern Incident", deputy commander Xiang Ying, deputy chief of staff Zhou Zikun, and guard Huang Cheng led a small number of troops to break through to the vicinity of Chikeng Mountain, where they met Liu Houzong, who was fleeing in a daze, so they joined forces and broke through.
On the night of March 13, 1941, Liu Houzong, who coveted glory and wealth and was bent on surrendering to the Kuomintang, fired several shots at deputy commander Xiang Ying, deputy chief of staff Zhou Zikun, and guard Huang Chenglian, causing deputy army commander Xiang Ying and deputy chief of staff Zhou Zikun to die on the spot, and guard Huang Cheng was seriously wounded. subsequently
Liu Houzong went through the whole body of Xiang Ying and Zhou Zikun, took everything he could take away, secretly ran down the mountain, and surrendered to the Kuomintang.
Dramatically, the Kuomintang authorities did not trust Liu Houzong and immediately imprisoned him and interrogated him severely. In the winter of 1943, the Kuomintang authorities imprisoned Liu Houzong in the famous Chongqing Zha di Dong and continued his interrogation. It was not until 1948 that the Kuomintang authorities released Liu Houzong.
Liu Hou was always a thief with a weak heart, did not dare to return to his hometown, and fled all the way to Xinyu County, Jiangxi Province, as a mr. accountant.
On July 28, 1952, Liu Houzong was finally arrested by the Xinyu County Public Security Bureau.
Zhou Zikun, deputy chief of staff of the New Fourth Army
When Marshal Chen Yi learned that the murderers of Xiang Ying, deputy commander of the New Fourth Army, and Zhou Zikun, deputy chief of staff, had been arrested, he was indignant and immediately called Chen Zhengren, then secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial CPC Committee, demanding that he must be verified and that this traitor who committed the most heinous crime must be executed. Coincidentally, at about the same moment, Tan Zhenlin, then vice chairman of the East China Military and Political Committee, also called Chen Zhengren, secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee, and in line with Marshal Chen Yi's request, he must execute Liu Houzong, a traitor who committed the most heinous crimes.
In August 1952, Liu Houzong, the biggest traitor in the "Anhui Southern Incident" and the executioner who killed Xiang Ying, deputy commander of the New Fourth Army, and Zhou Zikun, deputy chief of staff, was executed according to law in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, and got his due fate.
Second, resisting arrest and resisting, the traitor Zhao Lingbo was killed on the spot
When the "Anhui Southern Incident" occurred, Zhao Lingbo was the deputy commander of the first column of the New Fourth Army, and immediately defected after being captured by the Kuomintang troops and became an anti-communist commissioner.
In May 1942, Zhao Lingbo was ordered to infiltrate the new Fourth Army garrison, and after some disguise, he used his special identity to pretend to be a cadre of the New Fourth Army who escaped from the "Anhui Southern Incident" to find the troops. However, the legal net was restored without leakage, and Zhao Lingbo's despicable tricks were discovered by the commanders and fighters of our New Fourth Army, and he was immediately arrested and arrested.
A few days later, Zhao Lingbo was escorted by the soldiers of the New Fourth Army to the headquarters of the New Fourth Army in northern Jiangsu for interrogation.
On the way, Zhao Lingbo took advantage of the fact that the escort soldiers were not prepared, fled in a hurry, and when the soldiers of our New Fourth Army fired a warning to know that they were standing, they still did not obey the orders to resist. In desperation, the soldiers of our New Fourth Army shot decisively and killed the traitor Zhao Lingbo on the spot.
Third, the identity was exposed, and Zhao Xizhong committed suicide by jumping into the river
Zhao Xizhong is also a high-caliber student, graduated from the fourth phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, first joined the Kuomintang, and then secretly joined the Chinese Communist Party, engaged in underground military movement work.
In 1929, because of the betrayal of traitors, Zhao Xizhong was arrested by the Kuomintang authorities, and then defected to the revolution, and was secretly released, re-infiltrated into our party, and served as the director of the training department of the New Fourth Army.
When the "Anhui Southern Incident" occurred, Zhao Xizhong was again captured by the Kuomintang troops on the way through the siege. Under the coercion and inducement of the Kuomintang, Zhao Xizhong once again rebelled against the revolution, not only revealing and expounding important secrets such as the total number of the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui, weapons and equipment, and military operations, but also providing a large amount of information such as the names and places of origin of important leaders of the New Fourth Army.
Zhao Xizhong was also given preferential treatment by the Kuomintang authorities and appointed him as a military instructor for lieutenant colonels in Shangrao concentration camps.
In May 1942, the Japanese army attacked Shangrao, and Zhao Xizhong escaped before he could escape, and was captured by the Japanese army. It was not until 1946, when Japan surrendered, that Zhao Xizhong was released, but he was wanted by the Kuomintang "Central Unification". Zhao Xizhong was frightened and fled all the way, like a street rat, hiding in Tibet. After liberation, Zhao Xizhong returned to his hometown.
In 1956, Zhao Xizhong's defection and defection were exposed, and he was arrested and arrested, losing his personal freedom.
In August 1968, Zhao Xizhong, in a state of panic, jumped into the Yellow River and committed suicide, ending his sinful life.
The "Anhui Southern Incident" was the peak of the Kuomintang's second anti-communist upsurge, and Chiang Kai-shek's anti-communist features were fully exposed in front of the people of the whole country. After the Anhui Incident, the New Fourth Army Headquarters was rebuilt, expanding from the original 6 detachments to 7 regular divisions, and has since embarked on a regular development path. And the three traitors in the "Anhui Southern Incident" also got their due fate.