introduction
The TV series "Two-Gun Old Lady" was once hot, but in reality, there really appeared a "two-gun old woman", her title was given by the people, her deeds were full of legends, and her ending was lamentable. This real figure in history is Zhao Hongwenguo of Hongqigou in Xiuyan County, Liaoning Province. She was the mother of the anti-Japanese hero Zhao Tong, who was revered as "Old Lady Zhao" and "Old Lady with Two Guns", and even the old Chiang Kai-shek at that time had to respect her for a few points, and Chairman Mao also took good care of her, and personally approved her after she was executed: We must treat her family kindly. So, what is the legendary experience of this "old woman"? How was she arrested and sentenced to death?
Pictured| Zhao Hongwenguo
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Since the beginning of the last century, China has been in an era of wars, the great powers have oppressed China, making the country a country and the people are not happy, many new ideas and cultures have appeared in society, and a large number of people with lofty ideals have emerged. China, which was originally powerful, became cowardly under the joint hegemony of the great powers.
In the era of national decline, social turmoil, and national decline, a group of social elites embarked on the road to national salvation, including teenagers, women, and the elderly, who used their own enthusiasm to illuminate the beautiful future of the motherland.
In the 1930s, Japan wantonly launched a war of aggression in an effort to establish a so-called "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere," but Japan suffered stubborn resistance from patriots from all walks of life, and people were dissatisfied with Japan's aggressive behavior and scoffed at Japan's claims. Japan first occupied the Korean Peninsula and then tried to attack China, and since China's defeat in the Sino-Japanese War, Japan has mastered China's comprehensive strength and began to gradually plan to invade China, and Japan's occupation of the Korean Peninsula is precisely this first step!
Pictured| Japanese army
After the "918" incident, Zhao Tong, the son of Zhao Hongwenguo, returned to Beiping to organize an anti-Japanese armed organization. At this time, although Zhao Hongwenguo was almost 70 years old, her patriotic enthusiasm still did not fade, she was emotionally indignant, running around, and even sold her property to support anti-Japanese activities.
At that time, Zhao Hongwenguo also led his family to serve the volunteer army, turning his home into an anti-Japanese command post and transportation station, becoming a force in the anti-Japanese resistance at that time. Under the coercion of the Japanese soldiers, Zhao Hongwenguo did not give in, she advocated Chinese studies, opposed Japan's enslavement education, and taught children to rebel and never be slaves to the country.
In 1933, Bai Junshi, Liu Zhuangfei and others rushed to Mrs. Zhao's house on hearing the news, and with the help of Mrs. Zhao and her son, they formed an anti-Japanese organization, the "Einsatzgruppen". Zhao Tong, the son of Old Lady Zhao, and Miao Kexiu returned to the Zhao family and joined the "Einsatzgruppen" together. According to the needs of the revolutionary situation at that time, the "Einsatzgruppen" was formed into a "young iron-blooded army". Mrs. Zhao acted as a logistician in it, responsible for organizing the issue of weapons and ammunition, gathering intelligence and arranging meetings.
Figure |" Two-gun old lady"
Soon this rank grew, mostly made up of students, as did farmers and workers. This student army was admired by the local people, who, with full patriotic enthusiasm, declared to the land of China not to be a slave to the country. This army has faith, they are for the sake of the country and the nation's great righteousness, and they exchange their sincerity for the rise of the country and the nation.
This armed organization was the most powerful at that time, which embodied patriotism, national self-esteem, and blood. As the main person in charge at that time, Mrs. Zhao's credit is self-evident, and it also highlights Mrs. Zhao's patriotic feelings and indomitable spirit of struggle.
At the beginning of 1934, the Japanese army learned that there was a "young predatory army" hidden in Mrs. Zhao's home, and she was ashamed and angry, so she sent troops to the Zhao family to burn more than a dozen houses of the Zhao family with fire, and destroyed the family property for decades, but Mrs. Zhao did not show sadness and sadness, but did not yield, did not admit defeat, and did not compromise, she led the whole family to print anti-Japanese propaganda publications, organized and mobilized the people, and let the people unite against the Japanese.
Mrs. Zhao's propaganda was correct and very effective, and the Japanese were unfavorable in public opinion, and the lackeys of the Japanese were also afraid of it.
Picture | stills of the old woman with two guns
In August of the same year, the Japanese army once again invaded the Zhao family and arrested and imprisoned six members of Mrs. Zhao's family, including some neighbors. Mrs. Zhao remained indifferent under the coercion and inducement of the Japanese Kou and always maintained her original intention and belief. The Japanese army had no choice but to execute Mrs. Zhao's family and wanted to carry it out in secret.
Before the execution, Mrs. Zhao successfully escaped from prison with the secret cooperation of the Young Predator and rescued the innocent villagers imprisoned in prison. Subsequently, Mrs. Zhao went to Beiping, and with the help of local patriotic organizations, actively prepared weapons and ammunition, recruited anti-Japanese talents, expanded the anti-Japanese contingent, and supported the anti-Japanese upsurge throughout the country.
In December 1935, the Young Predator Army developed rapidly in the Liaoning area, the number gradually increased, and gradually developed to more than a dozen fronts, and at first glance, the Predator Army fought more than 300 battles in a row, killing more than 4,000 enemies and capturing more than 2,000 Japanese puppet military and police. This was the most favorable counterattack against the Japanese Kou, who stepped into China with an iron hoof and did nothing evil to strike a military blow at the Japanese Kou so that they did not dare to run rampant, and it was the best strategy for the Japanese Kou.
Figure | Son of Zhao Hongwenguo (second from left)
In 1940, Zhao Hongwenguo, as an anti-Japanese hero, was received by Chiang Kai-shek, who called him the "mother of guerrillas." Jiang praised him.
With the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the struggle between the Kuomintang and the Communists was inevitable, and the War of Liberation broke out. In order to win over Mrs. Zhao, Chiang Kai-shek seduced her for her interests, let her attack our party with her backhand, and gave her the official position of commander-in-chief.
She ran back to her hometown to pull up the team to prepare for the struggle against the Communists, and as a result, after the "Liaoshen Campaign", her team was torn apart and did not become a climate. The Kuomintang soldiers were defeated like mountains, the general trend was gone, and Mrs. Zhao saw the situation and had to run to Chongqing to hide.
Pictured| Chiang Kai-shek
During those few days in Chongqing, Mrs. Zhao was anxious, but when Chiang Kai-shek sent someone to hand over the letter of appointment to her, she was moved again. In the five days left for the liberation of Chongqing, Mrs. Zhao took her confidants and held in her arms the letter of appointment issued by Chiang Kai-shek, preparing to cooperate with the Kuomintang army in a battle. However, at this time, the Kuomintang soldiers were slashed sharply, and the Chengdu War was a mess, and many people either died in vain or surrendered one after another.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Mrs. Zhao still did not repent, fled to the township to hide, and prepared to wait for the opportunity to move. At this time, Zhao Hongwenguo did not realize her own mistakes, did not realize the aspirations of the masses of the people, did not realize the trend of the general trend of history, she was always blinded by interests, and always fantasized about fame and authority.
Therefore, at this time, she is no longer the anti-Japanese old woman she used to be, she has lost her brilliant goal, the cause she has carried out is unjust and unpopular, her goal will be broken, and her behavior will be punished by the people.
Pictured| Chairman Mao
In the spring of 1950, bandits in western Sichuan rebelled, and Mrs. Zhao took advantage of this opportunity to immediately gather thousands of people and horses and began to attack the Communist Party, but how could a group of rabble-rousers compare with the People's Liberation Army?
Although Mrs. Zhao bravely advanced and was tenacious and unyielding, she also recruited some anti-communist elements and some people who had been deceived by her along the way, and this team was completely destroyed by the People's Liberation Army stationed in the county town before it made much waves. Mrs. Zhao was not willing to let her get ready again the next day, brandishing two guns, leading tens of thousands of bandits to rush to the People's Liberation Army garrison, but the result was that she could not attack for a long time and had to retreat.
Obviously, although Mrs. Zhao was heroic, she did not clearly recognize the importance of the people, she deceived the people, shirked her own responsibilities, and let the people live in the high-pressure environment of the reactionaries. Since then, Zhao Hongwenguo has continued to flee, and has repeatedly preached reactionary remarks to the outside world, and the anti-Japanese heroine of that year has turned into a lackey, which is difficult to accept and regrettable.
Pictured| People's Liberation Army
After Zhao Hongwenguo was arrested by the People's Liberation Army, his superiors had hoped to open up to him, because Mrs. Zhao had made certain contributions in the War of Resistance Against Japan and had done some beneficial things to the country and the nation, and Chairman Mao had instructed him to treat Mrs. Zhao's family kindly and make proper arrangements.
However, due to mrs. Zhao's many evil deeds behind her, it caused strong dissatisfaction among the local people, "not killing is not enough for the civilians to be angry", mrs. Zhao must die in order to give justice to the local people who were innocently killed by her.
So, in line with the people's position, Mrs. Zhao was executed and got the fate she deserved. After Mrs. Zhao's death, the local villagers were overjoyed, as if they had done nothing but a great harm.
Indeed, Mrs. Zhao did not hesitate to kill many people who disobeyed her by any means to seek the end, which was very unwise and easily aroused the hatred of the people. Just as the so-called "self-inflicted sins cannot be lived", Mrs. Zhao finally fell unpopular and fell on the execution ground, burying her glorious deeds.
epilogue
"Who can be blameless if a man is not a sage?" It is not terrible to have faults, but it is terrible to die unrepentant and stubborn. Such a person will be eliminated by the times and rejected by all. Mrs. Zhao's death is an inevitable result and she deserves it. But it is undeniable that Mrs. Zhao is a person who has made meritorious contributions to the confrontation, but in the later stage, she stood on the hostile side of the people and openly struggled with the masses of the people, and her approach was slightly stupid.
There are many people with two sides in the ocean of history, we can not only look at the good side and ignore the bad side, nor can we only see the bad side and forget the good side, it is precisely because of this complex synthesis of human nature that things happen perfectly. Although Zhao Hongwenguo presents herself as a heroine, no one can escape punishment in front of the law. The arrangements made by the Communist Party of China for Mrs. Zhao were appropriate, and such arrangements were more in line with the wishes of the masses of the people.