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Mo Zhengmin was born in 1913 in Mojiayatou Village, Wanghu Town, Wulian County. Born in a chaotic world, I can't help myself. Mo Zhengmin's military career can be described as full of legends, which is "breathtaking", and also makes the world sigh: masters in the folk, in any era, "entrepreneurship" is nine deaths.
In 1928, the 15-year-old Mo Zhengmin joined the army and followed Zhang Zongchang and Zhang Buyun. We all know what kind of goods Zhang Zongchang is - "Dog Meat General", "Chaos Demon King", "Three Unknown Generals", "Five Poisonous Generals", "Zhang Sanduo", and his experience will not be repeated.
After Zhang Zongchang was defeated and shot in 1928, Mo Zhengmin switched to Zhang Buyun, who knows, Zhang Buyun defected to the Japanese as a traitor in December 1937. The 24-year-old Mo Zhengmin, who was young and vigorous, drew more than a dozen people to flee back to their hometown with guns and carry the anti-Japanese banner, and with the help of our party, the team once grew to more than 1,000 people.
After that, Mo Zhengmin first defected to Gao Shuxun's Kuomintang 69th Army, not only resisting Japan, but also opposing communism. In the winter of 1939, after Mo Zhengmin was defeated by the Eighth Route Army, he actually defected to the Japanese army.
With the support of the Japanese army, Mo Zhengmin organized a "self-defense regiment for suppressing the communists" of more than 1,000 people, and in March 1941, Mo Zhengmin once again defected to the Kuomintang 51st Army, and in 1942, he led his troops to defect to the Japanese army again, and developed the troops to more than 30 squadrons, more than 3,500 people. I have to say that Mo Zhengmin really has "two brushes" and is a talent, otherwise, it is impossible to "repeat itself" and "be safe and sound".
In the spring of 1944, after Some Consideration, Mo Zhengmin simply led 3,500 of his subordinates to revolt anyway, and stabbed the Japanese army in the back. After the war, Mo Zhengmin was directly promoted to brigade commander of the Eighth Route Army, and from then on, he wholeheartedly followed the Eighth Route Army and held various positions until his death in 1983.
Isn't such a life legendary enough? What kind of story does Mo Zhengmin have in life?
Legend of the Troubled World - Mo Zhengmin
Mo Zhengmin was born in a chaotic world and belongs to the typical "three noes" personnel - no money, no power and no background. People do not take the young man lightly, Mo Zhengmin joined the army with a dream of "getting ahead", how nai Nai "the ideal is very full, the reality is very bone", he did not meet the "noble people to help, high people to guide the way", the first entry into society, touched the nose and blue face swollen.
After leaving Zhang Buyun and returning to his hometown, the most commendable thing he did was to attack Yangjia Xiazhuang in 1938, eliminate the bully landlords, open warehouses to help the poor, and make the nearby farmers receive relief. Later, due to his excellent ability to lead troops, Mo Zhengmin was appreciated by Gao Shuxun and quickly became the "Independent First Brigade" of the New Sixth Division, and became the brigade commander of the major general at the age of 25.
Mo Zhengmin may have believed in the way of survival in the chaotic world - the weak eat the strong, and the cannibals survive. He chose to cling to the strong, capricious, in order to protect himself! In 1939, there was an anti-communist upsurge within the Kuomintang, and Mo Zhengmin led his troops to attack the Eighth Route Army, only to be besieged by the Eighth Route Army, and seeing that the entire army was about to be destroyed, he simply surrendered to the Japanese.
The Japanese did not trust him at first, and put his officers under house arrest, all of whom worked as hard laborers in building the railways. In the end, Mo Zhengmin compromised and promised the Japanese to return to their hometowns to organize the "Suppression of Communist Self-Defense Regiment", which was actually a puppet army, under the control of the Japanese army stationed in Juxian County.
Reduced to a traitor and reviled by the world, Mo Zhengmin was not willing, but he wavered and did not have the integrity of "preferring to die unyieldingly". In March 1941, Mo Zhengmin once again defected to the Kuomintang and was appointed commander of the 32nd Independent Detachment of the Kuomintang Sulu Theater. Mo Zhengmin was once again used heavily, full of spirit, and originally wanted to submit a name for himself in the first battle.
Who knows, the Japanese army is not easy to provoke, Mo Zhengmin was heavily besieged by the Japanese army, unable to break through the siege. Mo Zhengmin simply surrendered to the Japanese army again, and the Japanese army appointed him as the commander of the Lunan Suppression Of The Communists, with the rank of (pseudo) major general. Mo Zhengmin did not dare to slacken off, and in one fell swoop developed the team to more than 30 squadrons and more than 3,500 people, and stationed in Juxian County to form a pseudo-Juxian security brigade, with Mo Zhengmin as deputy commander.
In order to "fulfill loyalty", Mo Zhengmin led the japanese army to follow the Japanese army into the anti-Japanese base areas of Junzhong and Junan on many occasions to "sweep up"; at the same time, Mo Zhengmin left a hand, and when "sweeping", he did not exterminate them like the Japanese army, but "showed mercy" everywhere. Therefore, our army has included Mo Zhengmin in the list of "there is still hope that can be fought for."
In order to preserve his strength, Mo Zhengmin also sent people to contact the Eighth Route Army, and chose to accept the three-point demands put forward by the Eighth Route Army to a limited extent, which were: "First, timely report information on the Japanese army's "sweeping up"; second, they must not disturb the base areas and cover the anti-Japanese workers; and third, they must wait for the opportunity to revolt and surrender. ”
At that time, the situation of the War of Resistance in Shandong was extremely complicated, especially the large number of puppet troops. Xiao Hua, director of the Political Department of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, gave instructions to the needs of the struggle: "There are many puppet troops in Shandong, and we must create a typical example of internal and external cooperation, and we must go to Juxian County to win over the puppet Mo Zhengmin Department anyway." ”
Against this background, a group of cadres of the Eighth Route Army went deep into Juxian County to carry out the work of plotting against the puppet army, of which Wang Dongnian and Gu Fengming's main work was to plot against Mo Zhengmin's ministry. Wang Dongnian and Gu Fengming, through Wang Shaoshi, an officer of the puppet army on the inside line, developed a large number of "uprising anyway" activists in Mo Zhengmin's department.
However, Mo Zhengmin is a "pragmatist", but he is not a "believer", he thinks that he is strong and strong, the Kuomintang, the Communist Party, and the Japanese all have to win him over, he can be at ease, wait for the price, and maximize his own interests. Soon, the Eighth Route Army told the two that he had no self-aware fate.
In the spring of 1944, Mobu was repeatedly attacked by the coastal troops of the Eighth Route Army, suffering heavy losses. Mo Zhengmin held a secret meeting in an attempt to persuade everyone to join the troops of the traitor Wu Huawen, but it was strongly opposed by most of the officers under his command, who were no longer willing to be scolded by people with the hat of the traitor at both ends of the rat.
In April 1944, our army raided the Zhaojialing stronghold. After a bloody battle, our army completely annihilated a large group of the defenders and hurt Mo Zhengmin. Then, our army uprooted the Jingqiu stronghold and annihilated three squadrons of Mo Zhengmin's department. In this way, Mo Zhengmin was defeated again and again, and no less than 600 people were lost successively.
In desperation, Mo Zhengmin stepped up liaison with the Eighth Route Army. Gu Fengming served as Mo's aide-de-camp, and established semi-open contact points in 12 squadrons of Mobu, and sent additional liaison personnel, laying the foundation for persuading Mo Zhengmin to be anyway.
In September 1944, the Japanese army went to "Luzhong" to sweep, but was defeated by the Eighth Route Army, and the puppet army He Xuanbu who followed the "sweeping" was completely destroyed. Mo Zhengmin found that the Japanese army had become vulnerable, and finally made up his mind to revolt anyway.
He took the initiative to contact the Eighth Route Army, put down his posture, and took the initiative to ask for cooperation in the work to make up for the gap. Shi Zhen, chief of the enemy engineering section of the Binhai Military Region, came to Juxian County, and in order to completely dispel Mo Zhengmin's concerns, the Eighth Route Army released a group of prisoners and sent him a letter of guarantee that "there is no blame for the past."
At this point, Mo Zhengmin completely let down his guard, and agreed that the Eighth Route Army would send a group of cadres and veterans directly into the county seat of Juxian County, grasp the backbone of anyway, and assist him in guarding the south gate of Juxian County to prevent the Japanese army from counterattacking.
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On November 14, 1944, the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army organized the main forces of the Binhai and Luzhong Military Regions to surround and attack Juxian County, and Mo Zhengmin led his troops to attack the main strongholds of the Japanese army together with the Northern Route Army, and overnight, they conquered Jucheng and 16 pseudo-strongholds, liberating more than 700 villages and more than 300,000 people.
After the war, Mo Zhengmin's department was reorganized into the Independent Second Brigade of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, and Mo Zhengmin served as the first brigade commander. In 1945, Mo Zhengmin was approved to join the party.
After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, this detachment and the Linshu Independent Regiment were merged into the 11th Garrison Brigade of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army. He was the brigade commander, Qin Shimian the political commissar, and Wang Xiao as the chief of staff. The two regimental commanders were Guo Tingwan and Zhong Xianwen, and the political commissars of the two regiments were Yan Chengshan and Yuan Honghui. In April 1946, this unit and its fraternal units were merged into the Coastal Military District Garrison Brigade, which gradually developed into the 66th Division of the 22nd Army of Sanye.
The "Independent Second Brigade of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army", which was reorganized by Mo Zhengmin's department, had a total of more than 3,000 people in the brigade, with Mo Zhengmin as the brigade commander, and his subordinates Qin Shimian, Guo Tingwan, and Zhong Xianwen were all awarded the rank of major general after the founding of the country (Qin Shimian served as political commissar, Guo Tingwan and Zhong Xianwen served as regimental commanders, and Wang Dongnian served as director of the political department).
After Mo Zhengmin joined the Eighth Route Army, he changed his previous "lazy" style, worked in a wasted night, forgot to eat, and did not stop day and night. Mo Zhengmin, who knew that his military ability would be difficult to convince the public, proposed his resignation, and the head of the Coastal Military Region tried his best to retain him; Mo Zhengmin still had a resolute attitude, and organizationally he had no choice but to transfer him to the Coastal Military Region. Later, Mo Zhengmin took the initiative to ask for ideological reform, and organizationally arranged for him to go to the Party School of the East China Bureau for further study and further study.
In 1947, Mo Zhengmin was ordered to work in the northeast, and served as the deputy head of the Liberation Regiment of the Political Department of the Northeast Military Region, mainly responsible for reforming the captured Middle and Lower-ranking Kuomintang officers, and performed quite well, receiving high praise from people including Tan Zheng and Zhou Huan.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Mo Zhengmin repeatedly asked to work on the farm, so he came to Hegang and became one of the pioneers of Baoquanling Farm. After that, Mo Zhengmin did not leave the agricultural reclamation front and held various positions until his death in 1983 due to cerebral hemorrhage.
In July 1952, he was transferred with the Liberation Regiment of the Liaoning Military Region and served as the director of the Secretariat of the Northeast Farm Administration. In July 1953, he insisted on going to a difficult place to do a career, and served as the director of the Saltu Ranch in the Northern Wilderness, making the ranch develop into one of the four major livestock bases in the country and an important breeding base in the country.
He has successively served as the secretariat director of the Northeast State Farm Administration, the vice president of the Agricultural Mechanization College of heilongjiang Agricultural Machinery Bureau, the director of the state-owned Saltu livestock farm, the director of the state-run red grassland pasture, and the director of the red grassland agricultural reclamation bureau. In 1978, he became deputy director of the Suihua State Farm Administration, and later died in 1983.
In 1960, he was transferred to the vice president of Heilongjiang Agricultural Mechanization College. In 1962, at his earnest request, he went with his family to the Northern Wilderness and served as the director of the Red Grassland Agricultural Reclamation Bureau.
epilogue
Like many outstanding Communist Party members of that era, Mo Zhengmin was devoted to the cause of agricultural reclamation, working hard and complaining, only talking about dedication and not seeking returns; in the Agricultural Reclamation Bureau, as a high-ranking cadre of the 12th grade, he lived for a long time in an office converted from a cowshed, and many of the subordinates of the old unit he was in before held important positions and held high positions of authority. He never cared, nor complained, and gave everything to the motherland and the people.
The 11th Brigade of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, this team produced many founding heroes. Among them, the more famous ones are: Major General Qin Shimian, Major General Guo Tingwan, Major General Zhong Xianwen, Colonel Wang Xiao, Colonel Yan Chengshan, Yuan Honghui, former commander of the Jinhua Military Subdistrict of the Zhejiang Provincial Military Region, Wang Dongnian, former mayor of Suzhou, Gu Fengming, former third political commissar of the Shaanxi Provincial Military Region, Yuan Guangquan, former deputy commander of the Tai'an Military Subdistrict of the Shandong Provincial Military Region, and Liu Wei, former minister of the Second Ministry of Machinery Industry.
Spring silkworm to the end of the dead silk, the wax torch into gray tears began to dry. It is hard to imagine that this kind of dedication will happen to a former "puppet army major general" officer, and I can't help but think of a sentence said by the US West Point Military Academy in an interview after the end of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea: "The US military is not afraid of the modernization of the Chinese army, and the most afraid of the Maoization of the Chinese army." ”
The great era produces great warriors, and I would like to pay high tribute to the countless revolutionary veterans of the Eighth Route Army!
(Editor's note: This article is 3543 words, the 74th original article in 2022)