Zhang Junsong was a native of Hepu, Guangdong (now Guangxi) during the Republic of China, and was a general of the 19th Route Army in the first phase of Huangpu. In the Songhu Anti-Japanese War in 1932, he served as the commander of the 446th Regiment of the Weng Zhaoyuan Brigade of the 19th Route Army, and commanded the whole regiment to fire the first shot of armed resistance against the Japanese army on Tong'an Road, Zhabei, Shanghai.
After the defeat and collapse of the 19th Route Army in Fujian in 1933, Zhang Junsong was the only officer in the army who was selected to be sent to the Army University for further study.
The person standing (left) is Zhang Junsong, and the fourth from the left in the front row is the former commander of the 19th Route Army
In 1936, Chen Jitang stepped down, Guangdong returned to the center, Zhang Junsong was transferred back to Guangdong to work, and concurrently served as the head of the tax police corps, and had a relationship with Song Ziwen, the founder of the tax police corps. After the Anti-Japanese War, Zhang Junsong served as the commander of the Temporary Eighth Division of the Second Army, and participated in the Battle of Northern Guangdong, the Battle of Changsha, and the Battle of Hengyang.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhang Junsong served as the chief officer of the Central Training Corps (with the rank of lieutenant general), and was later transferred back to Guangdong to serve as the commander of the 10th Clearance and Suppression Area. In September 1947, Zhang Junsong concurrently served as the acting commander-in-chief of the Guangdong-Guizhou Southern Suppression General Headquarters, and only a few months later, when Zhang inspected the 10th Security Regiment in Suixi, Zhanjiang, he was ambushed by Chen Yilin, the head of the regiment, and was killed by several bullets.
Chen Yilin is a native of Jiaoling, Meizhou, Guangdong, and when he worked in the Fourth War Zone during the Anti-Japanese War, he was selected by Zhang Fakui to study at the Army University, and later served as the head of the Intelligence Section of the War Zone. In 1946, the regular army of Guangdong, Deng Longguang and Yu Hanmou, were both transferred north to participate in the civil war, Zhang Fakui expanded the security regiment responsible for local appeasement, and Chen Yilin was transferred from the colonel of the camp to the head of the 10th Security Regiment, responsible for the task of clearing and suppressing Zhanjiang and Maoming.
Chen Yilin, who has been mainly engaged in staff work since joining the army, has greatly cherished this opportunity to lead troops, and after he took office, he meticulously stepped up training, implemented the establishment, and enhanced the combat effectiveness of the troops.
Chen Yilin understood the phrase "war resists death" said by Mark, the author of "All Quiet on the Western Front", as to eliminate extinction in the rain of bullets, and only by fighting desperately can we open a way of life. Therefore, when he swept up the guerrilla areas at the junction of Maoming and Zhanjiang, he personally practiced what he preached, and he was unrelenting in his attack, dealing a heavy blow to the guerrillas in the border areas. He personally admitted that he had carried out a policy of burning, looting, and killing in the occupied areas, and it was also reported that the 10th Security Regiment had killed a guerrilla commander.
Chen Yilin also won the "Herald Award" of the Guangzhou camp for his "outstanding military exploits". After the regular army was transferred to the north, the head of the security regiment was an important position in Guangdong, and when Chen Yilin returned to Guangzhou for a meeting, he could stay in the most luxurious Oi Kwan hotel suite at that time.
Just when Regiment Commander Chen was immersed in the longing of his official career, his backstage boss and director of the Guangzhou Xingying (the name of the Guangzhou Xingyuan had been changed to Guangzhou Xingyuan, but the system always thought it was a typo, so he had to continue to use the name of the original Guangzhou Xingying) Zhang Fakui (the top military and political leader in Guangdong) was dismissed. In the second half of 1947, when the Kuomintang had been in a deteriorating situation in the civil war, Chiang Kai-shek, in order to run Guangdong ahead of schedule, dismissed Zhang Fakui, who had always adhered to his duties but was not a direct descendant (Zhang was transferred to the strategic adviser of the Military Commission with no real power), and arranged for his brother-in-law Song Ziwen, who had been dismissed not long ago due to the "golden tide", to take over the important post, and at the same time, Song was also the chairman of Guangdong Province.
Song Ziwen
In the Republic of China, which pays attention to factions on the mountain, this news made Chen Yilin feel very depressed, he was born in intelligence, and he had heard too many stories about officers who became victims of factional struggles during the war years.
At this time, the national army suffered frequent defeats in the northern battlefield, and many frustrated politicians and down-and-out soldiers ran to Guangzhou, where there were many monks and few porridges, especially some of the Guangdong army robes who had returned from defeat, and confided in Chen Yilin about the situation of the defeat of the army on the front line, which made him feel even more frightened.
Under this restless mood, Captain Chen, who has always been prescient, had to think about his future. When he was on a business trip in Guangzhou, he asked his friends Li Hanchong and Chen Yuping from the former Fourth War Zone to talk about this issue together, and everyone agreed that the "king" (the name given to Zhang Fakui by many subordinates) was not there, and there was no one to guide them if they wanted to go to Taiwan. When I go to Hong Kong and overseas, my pockets are not bulging enough, and it is difficult to move an inch with a family in tow, and everyone has only learned the skills of fighting and killing people for decades, and I don't know what I can make a living when I go out.
Zhang Fakui when he was the director of the Guangzhou camp (second from the left, Luo Zhuoying, then chairman of Guangdong Province)
In the environment where the situation is rapidly deteriorating, the three of them think that there is no "king" to cover, and each other is like duckweed in the waves, and the only way to break free from this fate is to firmly grasp the existing strength, act at the opportunity, and take a new path.
To put it simply, after Zhang Fakui was dismissed as the director of the Guangzhou Xingyuan, his shrewd subordinates already had the intention of surrendering to the uprising according to the environment of the civil war at that time.
After having this idea, Chen Yilin decided to visit Zhang Fakui first, listen to his views on the current situation, and at the same time find out if there is any way out for the old leader.
One quiet night, Chen Yilin visited Zhang Fakui's Mansion in Shamian alone, and the guard at the door still recognized him and led him into the door to see the "king".
Republic of China architecture in Shamian, Guangzhou
Republic of China architecture in Shamian, Guangzhou
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