Zhang Kaifan dictated and recalled what he had seen when he was ordered to meet Li Mingyang and coordinate the relationship between Zhang Aiping and Sheng Zijin

In August 1939, the Fifth Detachment of the New Fourth Army crossed the Tianjin-Pudong Railway, advanced to the east of the road, and entered the Banta area of Lai'an County to carry out guerrilla warfare. Soon after, Comrade Liu Shaoqi came to eastern Anhui to inspect and convene a meeting of cadres at and above the battalion and regimental level of all detachments of the New Fourth Army in Huanghuatang, Xuyi County, to make a report on opening up base areas and establishing an anti-Japanese democratic regime. Liu Shaoqi was under the pseudonym Hufu at that time, he was approachable and good at talking, and people admired him. The first time I met him was in Dingyuan County, Xidingyuan County, Jinpu Road, and he and Comrade Wei Wenbo discussed the issue of how to be a good county magistrate, and I was also here.

Comrade Luo Binghui trusted me very much and talked to me about everything. He was particularly vigilant, sleeping with a revolver under his head, and waking up at the slightest ringing. One night, when I was asleep, there was an urgent call to Luo Binghui from the central government, and the confidential officer translated to Commander Luo's residence, walked to the bed and shouted "Commander Luo". It can be seen that Commander Luo's vigilance is very high.

Luo Binghui has a lot of combat experience. He went to the front, sometimes with me. Once, when I was fighting Wang Yuying's recalcitrant army at the Zhulong Bridge in Luxi, I stood with him behind a grave platform, and he held a tree branch in his hand and shook it to determine the distance of the enemy's range. He told me that during the civil war, he often commanded battles like this, and sometimes when a branch was broken by a bullet, the guard would hand another one, and it was really a forest of guns and bullets. He told me: "The sound of a gunfire is very close, and you have to lie down quickly." The sound of 'shhhh "

Luo Binghui loves cadres and takes good care of his subordinates. In one battle, Comrade Feng Wenhua commanded the front line for a day and a night, and his leg was wounded, but not his bones. Luo Binghui felt very guilty and said to me: "It's my fault, I shouldn't have let him stay in the front line for such a long time, come back and go again, there will be problems after too long." "He was very nice to the guards, and when he ate the food, he put it in the guard's bowl. When it comes to caring for his subordinates, I have seen many military generals in the army, and it is rare to see Luo Binghui caring for his subordinates like this.

At the end of 1939, on the orders of Commander Luo Binghui, I went to Taizhou in central Jiangsu and met with Li Mingyang, commander-in-chief of the guerrilla army on the Sulu-Anhui border. During the Northern Expedition, Luo Binghui worked with Li Mingyang under Zhu Peide's subordinates, and was relatively friendly. At that time, Li Mingyang had a conflict with Han Deqin, and he had a certain foundation for cooperation with the New Fourth Army.

Li Mingyang lived in Taizhou at the time. Commander Ye Fei's residence is only 30 or 40 miles away from Taizhou, with Comrade Mei Jiasheng as deputy commander and Chen Tongsheng as director of the Political Department. At that time, Comrade Ye Fei sent Comrade Xia Lan to contact Commander Luo in disguise, and he was about to return after completing his work. I walked with him.

Before leaving, Comrade Luo Binghui talked in detail about the relationship with Li Mingyang during the Northern Expedition, and Li was Commander Luo's superior. Luo Binghui said to me: "Li Mingyang is not a bad person, as long as he works well, he can do some good things for the nation." He had a conflict with Han Deqin. You go on my behalf and have a good talk with him, hoping that he will put the general interests of the nation first, sincerely cooperate with our party and our army, and welcome him to come to Banta at a convenient time to have a look. "

Luo Binghui asked me to write a letter to Li Mingyang in his tone, sign it by him, and give it to me to take with me.

From Lai'an to Taizhou, we had to pass through the enemy's blockade line, so Comrade Xia Lan and I had to change to civilian clothes, starting from Lai'an, passing through Tianchang, Yizheng, Ganquan, and until outside the city of Yangzhou, which was the area under our control, and the area around Yiyang was Comrade Tao Yong's activity zone. We walked to the place not far from Yangzhou Pingshan Hall, Xia Lan pointed to the verdant mountains and said, "That is Pingshan Hall, a famous scenic spot in Yangzhou." "The city is a stronghold of the Japanese invaders.

On the way, we stayed overnight at a people's house.

From Banta to Taizhou, there is only one Japanese devil blockade: Guazhou and Fairy Temple. After crossing the river, it is the area of Ye Feibu. There is no permanent stronghold of the enemy on this river, and the enemy patrols two or three times a day, and there is a pattern to be found. Xia Lan said: "Without further ado. Hurry across the river. "The boats are all moored on the opposite shore. We shouted, "Cross the river!" and give us five dollars!" We added ten dollars, and the boat came. As soon as we crossed the river, the enemy's patrol arrived, and we quickened our pace and arrived at the headquarters of Comrade Ye Fei.

When Ye Fei saw me, he was very warm and welcoming, and introduced Hui Yuyu and Chen Tongsheng to me. They knew that I had come to visit Li Mingyang on behalf of Commander Luo Binghui, and immediately sent a few guards to protect me, and I, Hui Yuyu, and Chen Tongsheng rode three horses to Taizhou City.

Walking into Taizhou City, I saw that the city was very large and prosperous, which was by no means comparable to the general county. The streets were plastered with slogans welcoming Commander Chen Yi, and Hui Yuyu told me that Comrade Chen Yi had visited Taizhou not long ago.

When I saw Li Mingyang, I handed him the letter that Luo Binghui asked me to write, and he was very happy and very cordial, and talked about the past when he participated in the Northern Expedition side by side with Luo Binghui, and he was very emotional and excited. Obviously, Li Mingyang is an emotional person. He's a little shorter than you (the author).

We stayed at Wanhualou Hotel, which is a big hotel. Li Mingyang had a small banquet on the third day and a big banquet on the fifth day, and he was warmly entertained. During the banquet, we expressed the New Fourth Army's willingness to cooperate with him and jointly resist Japan, and invited us to visit Banta at a convenient time. Comrades Hui and Chen Er openly stirred up the relationship between Li and Han, and I said behind my back: "Isn't it too explicit?" They replied with a smile: "We have a number, and it doesn't matter." They encouraged Li Mingyang to work with Han Deqin, saying, "We support you." "

Among the accompanying guests was Li Changjiang, deputy commander-in-chief of the Sulu-Anhui border guerrilla army. Every time I accompany a guest, I sit next to me. He is a vegetarian, and there is a Maoshan monk who lives in his house. The table was full of meat dishes, and he only sat and talked with him, and did not move his chopsticks. Li Changjiang was tall and very bad, and soon took refuge in Wang Jingwei and became a traitor. He said to me: "I used to roll straw with He Long, and now, He Long is famous all over the world for a kitchen knife!"

I stayed in Taizhou for a few days and am going back. Li Mingyang personally wrote a reply letter to Luo Binghui, handed it back to him, and said that he would definitely visit Banta in the future. He asked me if there was anything I wanted him to help with in the fifth detachment and if there was any difficulty I wanted him to help with. I think that people can't be short-minded and even say "nothing".

Leave Taizhou and go to Ye Fei's headquarters. Ye Fei was afraid that it would not be safe for me to return alone, so he sent four plainclothes guards to escort me to the half tower. We stayed in a village called "Qili" in Qihuali, south of Yangzhou, and in order to avoid the attention of the enemy, we stayed in the house of the maintenance president. The president was enthusiastic and asked us to "sleep in peace." He also counted, five of us with five guns, and if we fought, we would definitely beat his house to pieces.

Return to the headquarters of the fifth detachment and report the situation to Commander Luo. When Li Mingyang asked us if we were in trouble, and I replied that I didn't, Luo Binghui laughed at me: "You Zhang Kaifan are too honest! I should say that if you are in difficulty, wouldn't it be good to get some money?" I said, "You haven't told me again." Why should I send poverty to others?" Luo Binghui said: "Comrade Ye Fei invited Li Mingyang to watch the play and watch "Put Down Your Whip", and he was greatly moved, and gave the troupe a reward of 50,000 yuan at once. As long as you open your mouth, there is no problem with 100,000 yuan. The troops can be greatly replenished. "

Not long after returning from Taizhou, Comrade Luo Binghui heard that Sheng Zijin and Comrade Zhang Aiping had a tense relationship and asked me to do my work.

At the end of February 1940, I changed into civilian clothes, took a guard, and sent north. Sheng Zijin's headquarters is located in a place called XX Temple near Shuanggou Town, which produces Shuanggou Daqu. Sheng Zijin is beautiful, short and concise, and can speak well. His wife is a doctor, and it is said that she has seen a doctor for Song Meiling and has a good relationship with Song Meiling.

Sheng read Luo Binghui's letter to him, was very happy, and treated me warmly, held three or four tables of banquets, and called the heads of the three detachments to accompany me to dinner. During the banquet, Sheng Zijin said: "Sheng has admired Commander Luo's name for a long time, but Captain Zhang doesn't treat me as a human being. Shangfeng sent Wang Guangxia to replace me, you beat Wang Guangxia, I agree. But he didn't consult with me beforehand to wear a military uniform marked with my ministry number to fight the king. If the chairman of the committee found out, wouldn't he send me into the water? Captain Zhang regarded me as a piece of mud in his feet. Today, Secretary-General Zhang is here and brings Commander Luo's letter, and I am deeply grateful. I promise that I will not care about the unpleasant things in the past, have a good relationship with Captain Zhang, fight side by side, and persist in the war of resistance. Please rest assured that Commander Luo. "

I stayed in Moribe for two days. Sheng talked to me.

Sheng said: "I am under the command of Li Mingyang, the commander-in-chief of the Sulu-Anhui border guerrilla army, but I have not been able to accept the mission so far. I want to go to Taizhou once: Secretary General Zhang, which way to go?"

I asked, "How many people are you taking with you?"

Sheng replied: "Only bring one company." "

I said, "That's a coincidence." Not long ago, I went to Taizhou and visited Commander-in-Chief Li. There were no dangers along the way. Except for a blockade line from Guazhou to the Fairy Temple, it is all the territory of our New Fourth Army. When are you going to leave?"

Sheng said, "I'll be there soon." I insist here that there is no problem. I want to send my wife to the rear so that I don't have to worry about it. Then he said, "When the time comes, I will borrow a way from your army."

The next day, I was going to Comrade Zhang Aiping's place, and Sheng Zijin sent four armed guards to escort me. After crossing a river, we reached half of the city. Bancheng is the location of Zhang Aiping's headquarters, but Zhang Aiping does not live in Bancheng. I continued north to Qingyang Town. Although the market town is small, it is very neat, especially the houses on both sides of the street have arcades, and pedestrians do not get drenched in the rain on the street, which is rare elsewhere. The captain of the Zhao Huichuan detachment took a few hundred people and stationed them in the town. Zhang Aiping lives in the Li family's Daweizi, which is still seven or eight miles away from Qingyang, and I took a short rest at Zhao Huichuan. Zhao accompanied me out of Qingyang, crossed a bridge and traveled westward, to Zhang Aiping's residence. When we met, we were very affectionate.

I stayed with Zhang Aiping for two days. It's March.

One day, I was talking with Comrade Aiping, when suddenly a phone call came, reporting: "Sheng Zijin is mobilizing troops. I don't know what I want to do. I said, "He once talked to me that he wanted to take a company to see Li Mingyang, and by the way, he would send his wife to the rear." He has repeatedly told me that he wants to fight alongside you. Is this transfer of troops to escort him to Taizhou?"

After a while, the call came again, reporting on the dynamics of the Shengbu. Zhang Aiping said to me: "Let's go to Qingyang together." So, we arrived at Zhao Huichuan. Comrade Zhang Aiping also ordered the troops to concentrate and asked me to address the soldiers.

The phone kept coming, saying that Sheng Zijin was not with a company, and all three detachments were dispatched. At this time, Comrade Liu Yuzhu came, and I met him for the first time, he had just come from Sheng Zijin, and said: "Secretary General Zhang walked on the front foot, and I arrived at the Sheng place on the back foot. Sheng's attitude is quite good. said that he wanted to fight side by side with Captain Zhang. At this time, I was full of doubts: "Sheng said that he took a company to see Li Mingyang, why did the three detachments move?" Liu Yuzhu was a very good person, and even said: "There will be nothing wrong." No, it won't. "

The phone calls are getting more and more urgent. The reports continued: "Where is the first detachment of the Moribe now, where is the second detachment, and where is the third detachment." Sheng's wife sat in a sedan chair. "Sheng has all crossed the river. "We also took away Zhao Min (who served as chairman of the Hubei Provincial Federation of Trade Unions after liberation) and Shi Qing, who we sent to be instructors. "

The atmosphere was tense. Zhang Aiping asked me, "What do you think?" I said, "Sheng personally told me to take only one company with me." Now the three detachments are moving together, which is not normal. Zhang asked me again, "Which way will they go?" I said, "Sheng once asked me which road to Taizhou is safer, and I told him to take Banta and Yiyang, which are the defense areas of our army, and they are safe." Elsewhere, it is estimated that he will not dare to leave. "

Zhang Aiping thought for a while and said, "Send a telegram to Commander Luo in the name of the two of us and ambush him, do you think you think about it?" I said, "Okay." At the moment, he drafted a telegram to Luo Binghui and Guo Shushen, asking them to quickly arrange and ambush in the mountainous areas around Jianxi, Qiuji, and Banta, and as a result, all the Sheng troops were disarmed by the five detachments, Sheng Zijin was arrested, and the five detachments made a fortune.

After the telegram was sent, I bid farewell to Comrade Aiping and returned to the south. When I walked to Qiuji and saw Zhao Qimin, I asked urgently: "Has Commander Luo received the telegram?" Zhao replied happily: "Received, solved." "The ambush was very successful, and Sheng did not resist, otherwise he had nearly 3,000 people, and the total number of five detachments was only 2,000 people, and it would be difficult to disarm them all.

We are still polite to Sheng Zijin. I went back to Banta to see him, and he said repeatedly, "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding." I said, "Why did you tell me that you only brought one company and sent them all?" He was embarrassed and speechless, and repeatedly demanded: "I asked to go to Yan'an to study and Xi." "

We pushed the boat down the river, sent him to Zhang Baling, and let him go by train. Before getting on the train, our fighters pretended not to know who he was. beat him up hard before he was released.

A few days later, Commander Luo sent me to Si County to meet with Kuomintang county magistrate Zhang Baifei in a place called Jiuxian to do his united front work. There, someone told me that the landlord of the Pan family's Daweizi had gathered a lot of grain, but the grain at the bottom of the warehouse was rotten, and he refused to sell it to Lao Baixing, which was too hateful. So, we negotiated with the county magistrate Zhang Baifei and mobilized the local people to divide it. Afterwards, I asked the landlord, "Why do you refuse to sell your grain to the masses when it is rotten?" The landlord said, "You don't know, even this rotten grain is sold to Nanjing and Shanghai, and it is also sold at a high price." "

[Zhang Kaifan, 1908~1991, a native of Wuwei City, Anhui Province, joined the Communist Party of China in 1928, and successively served as secretary of the district party committee, acting secretary of the county party committee, secretary of the Baoshan District Party Committee of Shanghai, and secretary of the Huxi District Party Committee. Later, he was betrayed by a traitor and arrested and imprisoned. He served as the secretary general of the Fifth Detachment of the New Fourth Army, the secretary of the Lai'an County Party Committee, the deputy secretary of the Southern Anhui Prefectural Party Committee and the head of the Organization Department, the secretary general of the government of the Suzhou-Anhui Border District, the secretary of the Hefei Municipal Party Committee, the head of the United Front Work Department of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee, the vice chairman of the Anhui Provincial People's Government, the vice governor of the Anhui Provincial People's Committee, the secretary of the Secretariat of the Provincial Party Committee, and the third vice chairman of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. 】