The author of "The Last Story" spent ten years conducting rescue interviews with dozens of old people with legendary experiences. Among these old people, there are not only the last uncles and horses of the late Qing Dynasty, but also the guards of Chiang Kai-shek, the heroes of the mine warfare and the Yanling team during the Anti-Japanese War, the police and Japanese spies of the puppet Manchukuo, the brothers of the "righteous bandits" and "mountain carvings" who resisted the Japanese invaders, the Chinese students who experienced the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and the Chinese laborers and comfort women who had a tragic fate.
The people who participated in the killing of Yang Hucheng and Little Radish Head
During October 1, 2002, in a cornfield in a village in Yuncheng County, Henan Province, an old man with white hair and beard was reading a book about the involvement of Yang Qindian, the caretaker of the White Mansion in Chongqing, in the killing of Yang Hucheng and the little radish head. The old man's lips and hands trembled violently.
This old man is Yang Qindian.
Yang Qindian was born in 1919 in Yuncheng County, Henan Province, in a poor family that has been a farmer for generations. In 1942, he joined the Kuomintang army in southern Huzong. "When a soldier carries a gun, he doesn't panic in his stomach", he said that he joined the army only to be able to eat three meals a day. After 3 months of training, he was selected by Chiang Kai-shek to be a guard of the guard regiment, and Chiang Kai-shek chose Henan people at that time. Later, he was promoted to squad leader of the special service team of the traffic police corps.
In 1945, he was sent to the White Mansion in the Geyue Mountain Concentration Camp as the head of the guard squad. He came into contact with "political prisoners" such as Song Qiyun, Xu Xiaoxuan, and Huang Xiansheng who were imprisoned. Song Qiyun, Xu Xiaoxuan, etc. are all masters of rebellion. They found that Yang Qindian had a good nature and could be cured, so they looked for an opportunity to "influence" him. They talked about the situation and policies, and encouraged Yang Qindian to make meritorious contributions to atone for his sins, and abandon the darkness and turn to the light. After Chen Ran, Wang Pu, Luo Guangbin, Zhou Conghua, and other 30 Communist Party members and cadres of the "Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang" were detained in the Bai Mansion, they also made every effort to educate Yang Qindian. The speed of Yang Qindian's transformation accelerated, and he tried his best to ventilate the revolutionaries, transmit books and newspapers, and extend the release time.
In April 1949, the People's Liberation Army crossed the Yangtze River and occupied Nanjing. Then they quickly marched into South China, and the end of the Kuomintang reactionaries arrived. Chiang Kai-shek instructed Mao Renfeng to kill a number of "political prisoners" in the Chongqing concentration camp. Mao Renfeng specifically mentioned Yang Hucheng, and Chiang Kai-shek squeezed out a word from between his teeth: "Kill." On the morning of August 27, Mao Renfeng began to work on the murder plan. In He Longqing Mansion in Luojiawan, Chongqing, he conspired with Xu Yuanju and Zhou Yanghao to kill Yang Hucheng and others.
On September 6, Yang Hucheng, who had been imprisoned in Guiyang for nearly eight years, and his party slowly marched towards Chongqing.
Yang Hucheng
After Yang Hucheng's motorcade arrived at Songlinpo, Zhang Hu opened the car door and said, "Please stay for two days and wait for the president's reception." Yang Hucheng believed it and followed him. Zhang Hu led the way, and Yang Zhengzhong held his mother's urn and followed closely. When Yang Hucheng's father and son entered the "Dai Gong Ancestral Hall", Wang Shaoshan rushed out from behind the door and quickly stabbed the dagger into Yang Zhengzhong's waist. Yang Zhengzhong screamed and fell to the ground. Yang Hucheng looked back and saw that Xiong Xiang's dagger had stabbed into his waist. Yang Jinxing quickly ran over and covered his mouth with a handkerchief, and Xiong Xiang stabbed him a few times. Yang Hucheng fell down.
Yang Jinxing waved his bloody hand and said to An Wenfang and Yang Qindian: "The little cub in the back car will be handed over to you!"
After Song Qiyun and his entourage arrived, Wang Shaoshan immediately killed Xu Linxia, and Yang Jinxing and Xiong Xiang killed Song Qiyun. Yang Qindian rushed up and stuck the neck of the little radish head with his hand, and the little radish head struggled desperately, kicking his calves. Yang Qindian hurriedly covered his mouth, wanting to suffocate him. After a long time of hurrying, the little radish head was still moaning. Seeing this, Yang Jinxing scolded Yang Qindian for being a waste. He swung his dagger and stabbed the little radish head in the back with another fatal blow......
On September 10, Mao Renfeng rewarded the "meritorious" of the "murderers", Zhou Yanghao, Xiong Xiang, and Yang Jinxing each got 200 yuan for Yinyang, Zhang Hu got 150 yuan, and Yang Qindian and others each got 50 yuan.
One day in October, Yang Qindian patrolled to the door of the Bai Mansion's cell, and Luo Guangbin said to him: "Old Yang, do you know that New China has been founded!" Yang Qindian was startled, looked around, and whispered: "Don't talk nonsense!" Luo Guangbin admonished Yang Qindian: "Old Yang, listen to me, the Kuomintang is going to be finished, don't give them their lives!" Everyone told Yang Qindian: "If you want to look forward, you must leave a way back for yourself." "It touched him so much that he often couldn't sleep.
Yang Qindian
On November 27, 1949, during the Chongqing Massacre, Yang Qindian was on duty. At that time, more than 50 political prisoners were held in the White Mansion, which were managed by the Judicial Division of the Secrecy Bureau and the Second Division of the Southwest Governor's Office. The massacres were also carried out separately by them. By 10 p.m., only 19 people were left to slaughter. Yang Jinxing led a group of guards to flee for their lives. Yang Qindian was also panicked, he knew that the blood stained on his hands was difficult to wash away, especially the tragic death of the little radish head, which made him tremble. The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, so he packed up his belongings and hurriedly joined the fleeing team.
Fleeing to Geyue Mountain, he was persuaded by his brother Li Yusheng to return to the Bai Mansion. Luo Guangbin hurriedly asked him: "What are you going to do when you put us here?" You won't think of ideas for everyone? You will also leave a way out for yourself!" They also promised: "We can prove that you have made contributions to the Communist Party, strive to arrange a job for you, and promise not to pursue your past again!" Another person said: "Don't worry, the Communist Party is the only one who says it!"
What I want is such a guarantee, and Yang Qindian has opened the door to life for everyone.
On the afternoon of November 30, Chongqing was liberated. The next day, under the guidance of Luo Guangbin, Yang Qindian went to the Chongqing Municipal Public Security Bureau to register and surrender. Luo Guangbin and others also proved Yang Qindian's meritorious service to the Chongqing Military Management Commission and asked for leniency. The government listened to them and was ready to arrange a job for Yang Qindian. At that time, Yang Qindian's old mother resolutely asked him to go home, and the government considered the actual situation, paid him the travel fee, and let him go on the road.
In 1966, the "Cultural Revolution" began. One day in July of that year, Chongqing Municipal Public Security officers came to Yuncheng and announced on the spot that they would "arrest Yang Qindian, a Kuomintang agent," and forced him to admit that the 19 people were not released by him, but were all hidden agents of the Kuomintang, but Yang Qindian always insisted that "they were released by themselves." After that, Yang Qindian was escorted back to Chongqing and sentenced to 20 years in prison. At that time, all 19 people were killed, and no one could testify for him. He was locked up for 5 years.
After the end of the "Cultural Revolution", the comrades who escaped again ran for Yang Qindian. In 1982, the Chongqing Intermediate People's Court revoked the original verdict, and Yang Qindian returned to his hometown to work as a farmer. His eldest son, Yang Cunliang, was implicated because of his "spy" father, and the accountant of the production team, who had done a good job, was dismissed, and the marriage matter was not resolved until the children of his partners were in junior high school. The most suffering was Yang Qindian's wife, who finally died of grief in 1977. When Yang Qindian returned to his hometown after more than 10 years of separation, his wife's grave was full of weeds.
Yang Qindian had 3 daughters, 2 sons and 12 grandchildren, and in his later years he lived with his eldest son, who was seriously ill. The Yang family has an average of 1.7 acres of land per person, and in the best year, 1 mu of land can produce more than 500 catties of wheat, and 200 catties of public grain must be paid per mu, and the rest can be fed. He said that he was short of money to spend.
After Chiang Kai-shek was defeated in Taiwan, Mao Renfeng also went to Taiwan. He served as director of the "National Security Bureau" until his death in 1956, and Yang Jinxing escaped and concealed his identity and became chairman of the "Poverty Association", where he was captured after years of hiding and executed on May 16, 1958.
Sitting on the mountain carving of the brothers
In the winter of 1999, a snowstorm was pervasive. It was dark, and the snow was knee-deep.
By feeling, he and his friend Li Qiwen helped each other and touched the direction of Ren Baofu's old man's house, which was 8 miles away. The wind swept the snow and ice on his cheeks, and his eyes wept, and the tears mixed with the snow and froze the ice. After 3 hours, we pushed open the door of the old man's house. The old man was familiar with Qiwen, and I naturally got steaming black tea. It is said that the old man was very hot-tempered, and when he was in his 70s, he stood on a ladder to help people build houses, and the crowd on the ground chatted. A strong young man is dancing with his eyebrows dancing to simulate the rape of a Chinese woman by a devil in the film he just watched, and the laughter of the crowd is wave after wave. Ren Baofu turned his head and glared at him like a wolf, the young man didn't notice it, and continued. Ren Baofu jumped down from the ladder, rushed up with an arrow, and slapped the young man to the ground.
In "Lin Hai Snow Plain", the bandit leader "Sitting on the Mountain Carving" is insidious and cunning, which leaves a deep impression. The old man Ren Baofu is the ancestor of the "Mountain Carving" Xie Wendong's worship brother, who has fought with Xie for many years and killed countless devils.
In 1913, Ren Baofu was born in Shuangcheng County, Heilongjiang Province. When he was 3 years old, his parents died, leaving him and his 11-year-old sister to live together. At that time, he didn't know what death was, and watched in a daze as his parents were wrapped in straw mats and carried away. It was only after dark that he asked his sister where her parents had gone and why they hadn't come back. My sister just cried vigorously.
Since he was 6 years old, Ren Baofu, who is not much taller than a fat pig, came to Huanan County to herd pigs for the landlord's family, and people called him "running errands". The landlord was very mean to him, did not give him enough to eat, and often beat and scolded him. In his young heart, hatred was accumulating, and he was waiting to grow up. When he was 13 years old, he began to herd horses for the landlord Liu Mazi. Liu Mazi's heart is like a snake and scorpion, and he is very picky. Ren Baofu has worked for his family for 4 years, and his family has not eaten a single melon and fruit in the garden. One day, Ren Baofu couldn't help but pick a melon, but he was discovered by Liu Mazi before he could eat it. Liu Mazi scolded and raised his hand to fight. Ren Baofu thought to himself: "Anyway, I have grown up, it's a big deal to kill Liu Mazi to be a beard." He turned his heart sideways and said to Liu Mazi: "You are too black-hearted, melons and persimmons are all grown by us for long and short jobs, but you don't give us any to eat, today I not only want to eat, but also destroy the melon field and persimmon field!" Liu Mazi roared and pounced. Ren Baofu knew that Liu Mazi was tall and strong, and he would definitely suffer a loss if he fought hard. He ran all over the garden, until he was so tired that Liu Mazi couldn't breathe. At that time, he turned around and rushed to Liu Mazi, and beat Liu Mazi with a horse whip to cry his father and mother. Subsequently, he went up the mountain and became a beard.
In 1931, the September 18 Incident broke out. The Japanese army attacked the northeast, although Ma Zhanshan led his troops to fight fiercely, and finally lost in 1932. Zhang Xueliang led his troops to flee in the direction farther and farther away from the northeast. The people of the Northeast in the occupied area have a common name: the slave of the dead country. The Japanese army confiscated the peasants' guns and photographs, and did not allow the peasants to eat rice and white flour, only sorghum and corn. If you disobey, you risk losing your life. Every day, Chinese heads are cut off like watermelons. The bloody Chinese have raised the banner of righteousness and carried out armed resistance. Ren Baofu devoted himself to the Northeast Mountains and Forests Volunteer Army and became an anti-Japanese fighter.
The Northeast Mountains and Forests Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army, also known as the "Mingshan Team", was named after its leader Qibaotang reported the number "Mingshan". Qibaotang originally worked in the gold mine in Huanan County, because he couldn't stand the brutal rule of the Japanese devils, he united with more than 30 friends such as Long Chenglu to hold a riot that shocked the Northeast, and established the Northeast Mountains and Forests Volunteer Army, Ren Baofu was the first person to participate in the Northeast Mountains and Forests Volunteer Army. Ren Baofu is not afraid of death by nature, "It is mine to knock off the head, and it is everyone's to beat the country" This sentence is his verbal language. He used two guns in his hand, charged into battle, and wanted to kill the Japanese devil when he saw it, and soon became the right-hand man of the Prayer Treasure Hall.
Long before Qibaotang established the Northeast Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army, Li Huatang had already set up the anti-Japanese "Li Huatang Detachment". In March 1934, peasants in the Tulong Mountain area of Huanan County conspired to carry out an anti-Japanese uprising. They invited Qibaotang and Li Huatang to discuss the plan. In order to make the uprising more appealing, everyone decided to pull Xie Wendong out as the leader.
Xie Wendong was originally a poor Manchu from Kuandian, Liaoning. After immigrating to Heilongjiang, he found that the Japanese needed a lot of timber to mine the Jixi coal mine, so he trafficked it in large quantities and made a lot of money. He bought a house and land, and finally had a group of wives and children. He also served as a security officer, with soldiers and guns. Ruming said, afraid that he would not agree, everyone decided to use a plan. Subsequently, an invitation card was prepared, and he was invited out for a drink in the name of Qibaotang and Li Huatang. Everyone knows that if Xie Wendong finds out, there is a good chance that the head of the person who sent the invitation will be gone. Everyone's eyes finally focused on Ren Baofu's face, he didn't even frown, he his guns, hid it in his sleeve, picked up the invitation, and went on the road.
Xie Wendong lived in Banjuhezi at the time, and there was a platoon of soldiers around him, all of whom were Japanese-speaking Koreans and Ryukyuans, and their eyes were wide and round, like wolf dogs. Ren Baofu passed their interrogation with an unchanging face, came to Xie Wendong's side, and calmly handed over the invitation. Xie Wendong checked for a long time, found no flaws, and followed him away. As soon as he arrived at the camp of Qibao Hall and Li Huatang, the muzzle of the black hole hole was against Xie Wendong's head. Xie Wendong's team also quickly raised their guns and aimed at Qibaotang, Li Huatang and others. Xie Wendong looked at Qibaotang and Li Huatang, calmly inquired about the reason, and then he waved his hand and asked his soldiers to put down their weapons.
On March 8, the riot went on as planned. More than 2,000 Tulongshan peasants, led by Xie Wendong and Cui Zhenqing, the first chief, captured the puppet police station in Taiping Town. The rioting peasants also devised a plot to deceive the puppet police leader Gai Wenyi to gather Japanese troops, bandits, and puppet police to encircle and suppress the rioting peasants, and then carried out an ambush in Baijiagoutun, Taiping Town, killing 17 Japanese soldiers including Iizuka Asaho and Second Lieutenant Suzuki of the 63rd Wing of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army, as well as Gai Wenyi. On March 12, the rioting peasants formed the Northeast People's Salvation Army. Soon, Xie Wendong and Cui Zhenqing led the crowd to ambush the Japanese Pinggang troops in Liulitun, Yilan County. He killed 74 Japanese soldiers, including Captain Kitagawa, and wounded more than 50 Japanese soldiers, including Captain Hojo and Captain Koizumi. In late April, the National Salvation Army united with the anti-Japanese mountain and forest teams to eliminate more than 60 Japanese puppet soldiers and seized a large amount of military supplies. The strength of the People's National Salvation Army (PRA) has gradually increased. Xie Wendong, Cui Zhenqing and others began to plan an attack on the Japanese armed immigration group in the Hunan camp.
After the Japanese army invaded the northeast, large-scale armed immigration began. The National Salvation Army (NRF) adopted the strategy of attacking the emigrant groups separately. The "Mingshan Team" was responsible for attacking the immigration regiment of the Eight Tiger Forces. In order to find out the enemy's situation, Xie Wendong, Li Huatang and Qibaotang decided to send people to find out. The migrants were cunning and murderous, often putting Chinese in sacks and throwing them into the river to drown. Picking and choosing, Xie Wendong, Li Huatang, and Qibaotang finally let their youngest brother Ren Baofu go. Ren Baofu didn't say a word, put on a raccoon dog fur hat, changed into a large padded jacket and large waist cotton pants, hid the double gun in the sleeve, and went on the road with the sugar box on his back. There are some North Koreans in the immigration group, who love to eat bud rice candy very much, and Ren Baofu's half box of candy was robbed by the immigration group. The next day, he went to the station of the migrant group again. This aroused the alarm of the head of the immigration regiment. He carefully examined Ren Baofu, and Ren Baofu responded with prepared lies. Squad leader Kim seemed to believe him. After that, squad leader Jin not only helped him sell sugar, but also often inquired about the situation of the National Salvation Army, and invited him to his home for dinner many times. couldn't shirk it, and one day, Ren Baofu came to Jin's house. Kim prepared him two sugar cakes, four dishes, and a pot of soju. After drinking and eating, Jin said: "I have something to ask for, please help me introduce me, I will meet Xie Wendong, Li Huatang and Qibaotang!" Ren Baofu was stunned for a moment, but immediately calmed down.
Ren Baofu immediately reported the situation to the National Salvation Army Headquarters. Li Huatang and Qi Baotang thought that Jin might have the heart of uprising, so they asked Ren Baofu to fight further. Finally, one day Ren Baofu risked his life to have a showdown, and Jin decided to revolt. Ren Baofu led people to control the commanding heights, and Jin locked up the weapons of the immigration group. Mobilized by Kim, the emigrant regiment revolted. Kim stayed in the National Salvation Army as a staff officer because of his courage and resourcefulness. Later, the National Salvation Army set up a heroic guerrilla force composed of Koreans, with Kim as the captain.
In October 1934, the National Salvation Army was attacked by the Japanese army and suffered heavy casualties. The ranks were compressed into an open field near Birch Hill, and the Japanese set up artillery on the hills on all sides to bombard the besieged National Salvation Army. Xie Wendong, Li Huatang and other organizations broke through, and Ren Baofu was ordered to fight behind the palace. Holding a crooked machine gun, he led the crowd to meet the Japanese who pounced down from the mountain, and the rows of enemies were killed, and his comrades around him became fewer and fewer. Red-eyed, he roared and swept his bullets towards the crowd...... The wolf-like devil was finally repulsed. Ren Baofu broke through the siege with some National Salvation Army, but lost contact with the large army. They moved to the mountains and insisted on resisting the Japanese. Soon, he was completely dispersed by the Japanese invaders, and Ren Baofu hid among the villagers, waiting for the opportunity. The Korean guerrillas led by Kim were also dispersed, and they later went to Changbai Mountain in Jilin to continue their guerrilla warfare.
After Xie Wendong broke through with Li Huatang, Qibaotang and others, he recruited old troops, recruited troops, and the team continued to expand. Later, he led his troops to participate in the Northeast Anti-Japanese Alliance, and his team had plenty of soldiers and food, becoming an important force in the Northeast Anti-Japanese Alliance. In 1936, the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army's Joint Military and Political Enlarged Conference was held, Zhao Shangzhi was elected commander-in-chief of the Allied Army, Xie Wendong was appointed deputy commander, and later the commander of the Eighth Army of the Allied Army, and Li Huatang was appointed commander of the Ninth Army. Xie Wendong became a famous anti-Japanese hero at that time. "The three small eastern provinces, the big Xie Wendong", it is said that this is the helpless lament of the Japanese devils to Xie Wendong back then!
In 1939, Xie Wendong's team was broken up, and he was finally captured by the Japanese army. Pu Yi met him in Changchun. Even the emperor of Japan wants to see how many heads this Tohoku "beard" has. Soon, Xie Wendong surrendered. He did not want to be an official, so the Japanese built five tiled houses for him in Boli, and gave him the title of honorary president of the "Japan-Manchurian Friendship Association" in Boli, and at the same time, he also became the head of the Jixi Coal Mine. He did everything possible to find Ren Baofu, and persuaded Ren Baofu to join him with hot wine and tears. Ren Baofu insisted on returning to his hometown to farm. Finally, Ren Baofu said goodbye to him in tears.
In August 1945, Japan surrendered. Xie Wendong accepted Chiang Kai-shek's appointment and became the commander of the Northeast Self-Defense Army. The Northeast was liberated, and the communist army entered the mountains to clear Xie Wendong. After several fierce battles, Xie's main force was annihilated, leaving only him and a few men and horses, fleeing into the deep mountains and old forests. In the winter of 1946, Xie Wendong was arrested. In November, he was taken to the execution ground in Boli County, Heilongjiang Province, in a wooden cage and in a car. A few gunshots rang out, and his life ended.
Xie Wendong
In December of that year, Li Huatang, then the general commander of the Kuomintang Northeast Advance First Group Army, was also captured alive by the People's Liberation Army and later died on the way to escort.
In the second year after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Ren Baofu moved his family from Huanan County to Luobei County. He got married at the age of 21 and has 3 daughters and 1 son. In his later years, he has been living a light life with his children and grandchildren, eating sauerkraut stewed vermicelli in winter and cucumber dipped in sauce in summer.
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