He was an outstanding deputy division commander of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, but later blinded by "interests and pleasures", for honor and wealth, he sailed his own ship to China's Taiwan Province, where Chiang Kai-shek received him and rewarded him with 500 taels of gold.
Later, Chiang unexpectedly ordered him to be shot.
The division commander's name is Zhang Qingrong.
Zhang Qingrong, a native of Baoding, was born into a poor peasant family, and in 1938, he joined the Eighth Route Army in the Qingyuan area.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Zhang Qingrong fought bravely and made many achievements, and after 1945, he successively served as deputy battalion commander and battalion commander.
In 1950, Zhang Qingrong served as the commander of the artillery division.
After the start of the war, Zhang Qingrong participated in the Korean War, on the battlefield, he bravely killed the enemy, and was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief of the artillery division.
In August 1957, Zhang Qingrong was transferred to the 63rd Antiaircraft Artillery Division of the Fuzhou Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army as deputy division commander and was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel.
After becoming an associate teacher, Zhang Qingrong was blinded by "hedonism" in the face of a bright future, he believed that he had risked his life in the war, worked hard, was a revolutionary hero, and deserved a higher status in order to enjoy wealth and honor, so they were very dissatisfied with the status quo.
Zhang Qingrong heard that when Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan, he took with him a large amount of gold, silver, jewelry, and cultural relics, and in Taiwan Province, he also received financial assistance from the Americans, and as long as people who passed by, they would be treated well, and from then on, he began to yearn for the "beautiful scenery" of Taiwan.
In the end, under the huge bait, Zhang Qingrong, who had a stake, decided to choose to escape.
Before dawn on December 17, 1957, when the deputy division commander Zhang Qingrong found the right moment, the ship defected.
First, he boarded a fishing boat and sailed to Kinmen, the closest island to the mainland and controlled by Kuomintang troops.
After spending a few days on the island, Chang defected to Taiwan Province by boat with the approval of the military.
Jiang was shocked when he heard this, and said to his son Jiang Jingguo: "Zhang Qingrong is the deputy division commander, I don't know if he is right or wrong." ”
However, Chiang thought he could use Zhang's example to "attract" more people back.
Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek personally received Zhang Qingrong and held a grand welcome meeting for him.
At the meeting, Chiang Kai-shek awarded Zhang Qing the rank of colonel of the Kuomintang Army, appointed him as colonel of the Zhang Qingkong Anti-aircraft Artillery Command, and awarded him 500 taels of gold.
Later, Zhang Chunsheng changed his name to Zhang Chunsheng, and Chiang Kai-shek arranged a beautiful woman for him, in fact, this beauty was Chiang Kai-shek's spy, she was stationed by Zhang's side, monitoring Chiang Kai-shek's every move day and night, Zhang Chengze knew the intentions of the Kuomintang, but he still accepted it.
In Taiwan, Chiang Kai-shek ordered vigorous publicity of Zhang Xueliang's deeds and invited him to give lectures in various troops, units, and schools.
Qingrong made several speeches, saying: "Once a counteroffensive is launched, it will come back in a steady stream. ”
Chang Ching-rong gave speeches in various parts of Taiwan Province and became an exclusive interview and guest of major media outlets, and everyone hoped to learn more about the situation on the mainland from him.
As time went by, we found that Zhang Qingrong was greedy for money, bragging, greedy and vain, and after Chiang Kai-shek's observation, he also felt that a lot of the information provided by Zhang Qingrong was unreliable, so he paid close attention to him.
One day in October 1958, Chiang Ching-kuo's spies intercepted a message.
The intelligence said: Zhang Qingrong is a spy, and the other party sent Taiwan Province to be an undercover agent.
Chiang Ching-kuo reported the intelligence to Lao Chiang.
Chiang Kai-shek was suspicious by nature and was greatly annoyed by this, and Zhang had no use value, so the old Chiang ordered Zhang Qingrong to be arrested and interrogated strictly, and after being tortured, nothing of value was found.
At the end of December 1958, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the secret execution of Zhang Qingrong.