Historical figures | the changing life of Haizhou in the Anping section

When it comes to Duan Haizhou in Anping, it can be said to be a big name in Jizhong in the 1930s. He was born into a large family of landowners in Anping County. When he was young, he studied at the Cadre School of the 13th Route Army in Xingtai, Hebei Province, and the principal was Shi Youxin, the younger brother of Shi Yousan, a famous general of the Kuomintang Army.

In 1937, after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, under extremely chaotic circumstances, some landlords, bandits, and frustrated warlords in central and southern Hebei, either in the name of "caring for homes" and "defending the localities," or under the banner of "resisting Japan," organized their armed forces and formed gangs. According to statistics, there were as many as 120 bandits and various armed people at that time, many thousands, and dozens of people. At the same time, various daoist organizations also flocked to raise flags and recruit troops to gather strength. These various miscellaneous armed forces, each according to one side, dominates the king, and in order to solve their grain and salaries, they constantly rob the prosperous villages and towns and plague the people. It is really a foreign insult and internal strife, chickens and dogs are difficult to calm down, and the people of central Hebei and southern Hebei are caught in the depths of the water. At this time, Duan Haizhou also formed an "anti-Japanese volunteer regiment" in his hometown. In fact, it is a bandit force, taking the opportunity to loot the people's wealth. This is Duan Haizhou's first life after entering the society.

It is rumored that there were only 6 of his men at first. But through recruitment, there were soon more than 300 people. After that, he led these 300 people to conquer Wuqiang County from the puppet army and built an arsenal.

At the beginning of 1938, Duan Haizhou's troops were already 3,400 men, and a few months later they were further expanded to 6,000 men. At this time, Duan Haizhou's troops received attention from the Eighth Route Army. In order to unite Duan Bu to resist the Japanese, the CCP members went to persuade and mobilized Duan Haizhou to join the Eighth Route Army, and was appointed commander of the Youth Guerrilla Column of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army. The youth guerrilla column was a brigade-level formation, and the political commissar at that time was the founding general Li Jukui, which shows how much the Eighth Route Army attached importance to Duan Haizhou and his troops at that time. This became the second major change in Duan Haizhou's life. However, the time was not long, and the hard life of the Eighth Route Army made Duan Haizhou shake his thinking again.

In May 1938, in Nangong, Hebei Province, the headquarters of the 129th Division's Youth Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Column. Shi Youxin, the principal of the Xingtai Thirteenth Route Army Cadre School in Hebei Province, found Duan Haizhou, shouted one by one, and mobilized him to leave the Eighth Route Army. At the beginning, Duan Haizhou still looked embarrassed, feeling that the Eighth Route Army did not treat him thinly, and if he wanted to leave the Eighth Route Army, he would undoubtedly betray him, and he was afraid that he would bear the name of disloyalty and injustice. Therefore, he politely refused Shi Youxin's persuasion.

However, after Shi Youxin left, Duan Haizhou thought about it left and right, and finally chose to leave the Eighth Route Army. Soon, Duan Haizhou proposed to go to the division headquarters for a period of recuperation on the grounds of eye disease. But soon after arriving at the division headquarters, he returned to his hometown of Anping.

In February 1939, Duan Haizhou, who was recuperating in his hometown, visited his subordinates one after another and advised him to leave the Eighth Route Army and pull the team to re-do it himself, free and free. At this time, Duan Haizhou could not bear it. Therefore, he wrote a "letter of resignation" to the leaders of the Eighth Route Army division and sent someone to the headquarters of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army stationed in southern Hebei, officially breaking away from the Eighth Route Army. This became the third major change in Duan Haizhou's life.

From March 1939 onwards, Haizhou began to re-erect the banner and rebuild the troops. In order to solve the problem of military expenses and military supplies, he began his bandit robbery again. It was mainly looted from local landowners, big merchants and wealthy city villages. According to the "History of Maguantun Village" in ShenXian County, Hebei Province, at that time, there were many people doing business in Maguantun Village, and there were many rich and large households, so they waited for the opportunity to rob. This news was heard by the Maguantun people who were doing business in Anping and spread back to the village, where the rich families made precautions. However, after half a month, no one came to rob him. He let his guard down. At this moment, on the morning of the end of the first lunar month (March 20 of the solar calendar), Duan Haizhou sent his subordinate Chen Ergang with a small team and 20 large vehicles to suddenly surround the village of Maguantun, first shooting into the sky to scare the villagers, and then, starting a barbaric robbery. Finally, he snatched up food, clothing, etc., filled 20 large trucks, and flew away. At this time, the important members of the Kuomintang government in the city had already fled, and there was nowhere to sue the officials. Suing officials may not necessarily be resolved. The villagers of Maguantun were miserable.

Soon, Duan Haizhou relied on the money looted from various places to pull up a team of nearly 1,000 people. Soon after, it was reorganized by the Kuomintang Army into the 2nd Regiment of the 69th Army, and Duan served as the regimental commander. In this way, Duan Haizhou changed from a brigade-level cadre of the Eighth Route Army to a regimental-level cadre of the Kuomintang Army. Losing him was a great opportunity to become a revolutionary and a founding general after liberation.

In fact, Duan Haizhou's life after becoming a national army was not good. Shi Yousan, commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang 39th Group Army, where he belonged, quickly turned his face to the Eighth Route Army and was severely attacked by the Eighth Route Army. Duan's teachings the 2nd Regiment was beaten from 1,000 men at the beginning to about 500 men. At this time, Duan Haizhou was a little disappointed, regretting his impulsive move to leave the Eighth Route Army. But the wood was already a boat, and he could only follow Shi Yousan and Shi Youxin step by step.

Soon, both of Shi You's three brothers were killed, and the Kuomintang 39th Army fell into chaos. At this time, Duan Haizhou could have returned to the Eighth Route Army. However, Duan Haizhou again led the team to join the Kuomintang army Wang Qinghan's troops. Two years later, Wang Qinghan defected to the Japanese and became a traitor. Duan Haizhou did not want to be a traitor and broke away from Wang Qinghan's department. Soon, Duan Zhouzhou led the troops to join another Kuomintang unit, the 33rd Division of the 97th Army. In 1944, Duan Haizhou was promoted to major general of the 33rd Division of the 97th Army of the Kuomintang Army.

In 1945, after the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Jiang Dangyi, commander of the 97th Army to which Duan Haizhou belonged, in order to deprive Duan Haizhou of his military power, adopted the method of rising from the light and descending secretly, promoted Duan Haizhou to deputy commander, and seized the real power of his division commander. Since then, Duan Haizhou has become a light rod commander.

During the Liberation War, Duan Haizhou followed the Kuomintang army in fighting with the People's Liberation Army, and seeing that the General Trend of the Kuomintang had gone, coupled with the lack of ambition in the official field, Duan Haizhou was discouraged, and in a fit of anger, he took the initiative to contact the CCP, and chose an uprising in Chongqing in the southwest and became a general of the Kuomintang uprising. This became the fourth change in Duan Haizhou's life. It's also the right choice.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Duan Haizhou successively served as vice chairman of the Sichuan Wanxian CPPCC Committee and member of the Sichuan Provincial CPPCC Committee. In 1990, Duan Haizhou died of illness at the age of 81. In addition, according to anecdotal legend, Duan Haizhou once opened a barber shop in Chongqing for the rest of his life, and it is unknown whether it is true or not. But it is true that he abandoned the dark and chose to revolt and return to the embrace of the people.

Looking back now, if Duan Haizhou had not left the Eighth Route Army and had been working as a brigade commander of the Eighth Route Army, then, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Duan Haizhou would at least be a founding lieutenant general. Because Li Jukui, the political commissar of the Youth Column of the Eighth Route Army, who was his partner at the time, was rated as a founding lieutenant general after liberation. Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in the world, and Duan Haizhou's life is the result of his own choices. Fortunately, he finally chose the right choice and was able to die well.