Fan Shaozeng, a native of Dazhu County, eastern Sichuan, was born in 1894, nicknamed "Fan Hal", which means fool, but in fact he is not stupid at all. Dazhu County, as the name suggests, was established in 700 years during the Wu Zetian period of the Tang Dynasty, and is the "hometown of ramie in China", "the first county of Chinese toon", and "the hometown of green bamboo in eastern Sichuan".
He went from being a reckless man in the rivers and lakes to becoming the commander of the 88th Army of the Sichuan Army, and in the December 1949 uprising, new China successively served as a senior staff member of the 50th Army of the People's Liberation Army, deputy director of the Henan Provincial Sports Committee, and member of the provincial party committee, and died in Zhengzhou in March 1977.
First, the story of him and Liu Shuai
In the winter of 1917, Xiong Kewu, commander-in-chief of the Jingguo Army in Sichuan, recruited Fan Shaozeng, who was now the commander of the Sichuan Army, stationed in Chuandong Province, where fish and dragons were mixed, and the E and Yu armies raided the Sichuan Army, and Fan Shaozeng was caught off guard and had to flee.
He quickly gathered three thousand men and horses to kill a horse gun, and stipulated that after winning the battle, he would give a month's tobacco money, and in half a day, the Ejun Yu army escaped in a hurry, and Fan Shao was victorious.
The next day, Xiong Kewu sent Liu Bocheng, the commander of the Second Mixed Brigade, to take over the defense, and Fan Shaozeng was not happy in his heart, saying that the territory that he had taken down with his life would not be given by Xiong Kewu when he came. Liu Bocheng said happily that the defense areas of Kaixian County were exchanged, and another 50,000 rounds of bullets were given.
Fan Shaozeng happily ordered tea, the two chatted, Liu Bocheng asked him, by what to defeat the enemy to win? Fan Shaozeng laughed triumphantly, both one man and two guns. He pointed to the smoking gun and said that as long as he had enough of smoking, he could point to where to fight.
Liu Bocheng sincerely said that this law can no longer be used, and if we want to stand in an invincible position, we must strictly manage the army and rely on the people. The Sichuan Army has many factions and an unstable foundation, how can it survive?
Fan Shaozeng said with a confused face, it is reasonable to say well, but is it specific to do it? Liu Bocheng recommended a person to him, this person is Luo Hunchback, Luo Hunchback is not really Hunchback, his real name is Luo Juntong, is Liu Bocheng's hometown, Yunnan Daowutang graduated, at that time in KaiXian County.
Fan Shaozeng also studied Sangu Maolu, visited Luo Juntong, appointed him as deputy regimental commander, responsible for internal affairs and military training, after Luo Juntong took office, he stipulated that the discipline must be observed by everyone, fan Shaozeng was also punished for violating discipline, especially Luo Juntong must have the right to kill.
Fan Shaozeng agreed, Luo Juntong began to rectify military discipline, the troops went out to exercise training, angry and strong, a group of smokers and bandits, stunned to become a powerful force for life.
Moreover, Luo Juntong suggested that Fan Shaozeng return to his hometown, put on a feast to invite guests, even including the enemy family, Fan Shaozeng toasted one by one, apologized, took money to compensate, and re-established his image.
Since then, after Fan Shaozeng's team was defeated, he returned to his hometown, and many people were willing to follow him. His troops have changed from bandit smokers to iron troops, and Liu Shuai's guidance is really a stone into gold, which is really emotional.
Second, the story of him and Mr. He
In 1932, the main force of the Red Army in western Xiang'e led by He Long sent troops to Xiangbei, so the rear of the Honghu base area was somewhat empty. Fan Shaozeng saw that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, and led the 4th Division of the Sichuan Army to take advantage of the situation, and he pounced on the Honghu base area of the Red Army and attacked He Long's Red Army team.
Fan Shaozeng's troops were only three thousand men, but the combat effectiveness was powerful and explosive, especially the Stormtrooper Divine Corps. At that time, Liu Shuai pointed out the confusion, but he did not expect that Fan Shao had made great strides, and the fight turned to stars, and he actually fought with Liu Shuai's revolutionary comrades.
What is Fan Shaozeng's Divine Legion? It is composed of hundreds of robed brothers, they are fierce and brave, and pretend to be ghosts, they wear red clothes and red pants, carry large knives, fierce gods are evil, every time they charge, first drink curse water, sometimes smoke opium cigarettes, and then launch a charge, very crazy. It seems that Fan Shaozeng sometimes relies on opium, and he still does not learn liu shuai thoroughly.
Fan Shaozeng's troops fought hard and charged, the combat effectiveness was a bit arrogant, and for a while they gained momentum, they attacked and occupied some places like a bamboo, such as Laoxinkou, Longwan, Zhangjinhe, Gugang and other places, He Long's Red Army team retreated, Fan Shaozeng has been leading the team to attack, and the Red Army team has fought and retreated.
When Fan Shaozeng was overwhelmed, the Red Army adopted a guerrilla warfare that was good at, and then, they often took the surprise of taking the enemy into our retreat and the enemy stationed in us, which caused Fan Shaozeng a lot of headaches; of course, the Kuomintang Central Army was afraid of guerrilla warfare, not to mention Fan Shaozeng's Sichuan army.
Fan Shaozeng was in unfamiliar terrain, facing the attack of the Red Army, he had to follow along the Dongjing River, he gradually lost patience, ordered the troops to find the Red Army to fight a decisive battle, which was exactly the effect that the Red Army commanders and fighters wanted. Fan Shaozeng will make mistakes when he is impatient, and this is the time for the Red Army to fight the enemy and retreat to chase us.
The commander of the Red Army decided to take advantage of Fan Shaozeng's acute son to crush them in one fell swoop, and the Red Army first sent a small number of soldiers to brush the tiger's beard, attack the Divine Corps first, and then immediately withdraw, luring the enemy deep into the ambush area. The Divine Corps did not know what the plan was, recklessly entered the ambush circle, and at this moment, the Red Army fired its guns in unison, and the Divine Corps immediately killed and wounded more than half.
When Fan Shaozeng heard that the main force was besieged, he was anxious and sent a large army to arrive, but it was too late, and the Divine Legion had already gone to see the Immortals. Moreover, another part of the Red Army surrounded Fan Shaozeng from the rear, and the Red Army attacked back and forth, and the more courageous the Vietnam War, Fan Shaozeng's entire army was destroyed, his arm was also injured, and he hurriedly fled on a bull.
Fan Shaozeng was seriously injured in this battle, and he slipped back to Chongqing, no longer easily out of Sichuan, he was stealing chickens and not eating rice, it seems that he, a student of Liu Shuai, is not very qualified, or he still has to study well the Red Army contingent led by Boss He.
Third, he destroyed Lieutenant General Nichiko
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Fan Shaozeng, who did not come out easily, went out of Sichuan again, and this time he came out to ask Mian to resist Japan and fight the devils.
At that time, in order to strike at Japan's military forces, an air base was built in Quzhou, Zhejiang Province, to facilitate the bombing of the Japanese mainland and the Japanese overseas air bases, and Japan gathered tens of thousands of troops to rush directly to Quzhou, Zhejiang Province, in an attempt to destroy our air base, and the Zhejiang-Gansu Campaign began. Fan Shaozeng's troops took part in the campaign.
In order to block the Japanese army, Commander Fan Shaozeng led the 88th Army of the National Revolutionary Army to participate in the battle, and the 63rd Division was ordered to block the attack and hold a position in the Lanxi area of Zhejiang.
In mid-May 1942, Lieutenant General Naoji Sakai, commander of the Japanese 15th Division, commanded the Japanese forces to attack, and the 63rd Division was confronted by Sakai Naoji's 15th Division. The Japanese army did not take Lanxi for three days and nights, and Naoji Sakai personally rushed to Lanxi to take command.
The Japanese bombers and artillery bombarded indiscriminately, the Nationalist positions were in a sea of fire, and the infantry, cavalry, logistics, and men of the entire regiment of the 187th Regiment of the 63rd Division all went into battle to fight a white-knife battle, and the battle between the two sides was extremely fierce.
A few miles outside Lanxi City, there was a stone mountain overlooking Lanxi City, and the commander of the second battalion of the 189th Regiment sent a squad of more than a dozen people to ambush them to observe whether the Japanese army went up the mountain and let them lay mines on the way up the mountain.
Defending the mountain was the squad leader, Huang Shiwei, who led the class to collect the mines, and that night rushed to the bottom of the Shikuo Mountain, buried the mines on the path near the foot of the mountain, and slept in the mass grave.
Fan Shaozeng's image in the TV series
The next morning, Huang Shiwei woke up from his sleep, unable to sleep with a soak of urine, when he climbed up a small mound to pee, several Japanese cavalry were approaching, he leaned down and ran down the mound, kicked and woke up his comrades, and the soldiers quickly lay on the spot and prepared for battle.
Led by the Japanese Kou with a telescope in his hand and a saber hanging from his waist, Huang Shiwei ordered the fire to open fire, and immediately killed several people, the Japanese army fled from the path on horseback, but entered the minefield, and for a time the thunder was everywhere, and the blood and flesh of the devils were blurred. The Japanese army did not dare to fight, and fled on horseback.
This group of people were Naoji Sakai and his aide-de-camp staff officer, who conceited that the Japanese army was in front of them, and there were no Chinese defenders in this area, and he found that Mount Shikuo could overlook lanxi and was conducive to directing the battle, so he decided to climb the mountain.
Sakai Naoji rode a horse to touch the mine, he fell off the horse, the left foot stepped on another mine, the blood and flesh of the explosion were blurred, the Japanese military doctors went to the front line, had to hurry to notify the veterinarian to come to the treatment, the Japanese veterinarian on the road was also seriously injured by the mine explosion, due to excessive blood loss, at 14:13 on the same day, Sakai Naoji died.
For the morale of the Japanese army, after Sakai's death, the Japanese army did not openly, secretly held a memorial service, the supreme commander of the Battle of Zhejiang Gan, Sakai Naoji, committed a terrible crime, died a lot of guilt, he was the first division commander of the Japanese army to die in battle, Fan Shaozeng also rose in fame and became a veritable anti-Japanese hero.
Fourth, the story of his post-uprising
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Fan Shaozeng often participated in democratic activities, and his thinking gradually changed to opposing President Chiang Kai-shek; he did not participate in the civil war, and for a period of time even abandoned force to engage in business, so he also provided the People's Liberation Army with many military supplies.
In 1949, he was ordered to return to Chongqing to establish a team, and his superiors wanted him to lead the troops to fight a civil war, but he led the troops to revolt and liberated Sichuan with the People's Liberation Army.
After the founding of New China, Fan Shaozeng actively responded to the call for "monogamy" and dismissed more than forty of his wives and concubines. In 1977, Fan Shaozeng died at the age of eighty-three. However, due to the large number of children, there has been no unanimous opinion on issues related to the burial site and other issues, so the remains of General Fan Shaozeng have not been able to be buried.
On March 31, 2021, chongqing Guofushan Life Memorial Park, held the burial ceremony of Fan Shaozeng's ashes, the heroic soul of General Fan Shaozeng, after 44 years of death, finally returned to his hometown, although Chongqing is not his hometown, but it is close to his hometown.
General Fan Shaozeng, although nicknamed Fan Hare, his heroic deeds have not been forgotten, even if everyone praises and dislikes him. In fact, General Fan Shaozeng's life is also a life of advancing with the times, he began to mix in the rivers and lakes to participate in the warlord melee, and later he fought hard against the invaders and spilled his blood for the country, his patriotic spirit and pride in fighting righteousness are always worthy of admiration and respect, and he finally walked into the embrace of the people.