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In the early morning of September 13, 1971, the members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee in Beijing were awakened by the rapid ringing of telephones, and they rushed to the Great Hall of the People one after another with sleepy eyes and full of doubts.
At this time, it was three or four o'clock in the morning, the sky was not yet bright, the Great Hall of the People was still brightly lit, and Premier Zhou, who had not slept all night, was sitting in his position with a serious face.
After seeing that everyone was almost here, Premier Zhou slowly got up and announced a fact to everyone in an extremely serious and dignified tone: Lin Biao fled by plane!
As soon as these words came out, they were immediately shocked, and the central senior cadres present were all shocked, including Huang Yongsheng.
After learning that Lin Biao had fled, Huang Yongsheng scolded the battle map out of control and became emotional, so what did Huang Yongsheng scold? Why did he do this?
Unexpected
As one of the "Four King Kongs", Huang Yongsheng did not know about Lin Biao's escape from abroad in advance.
The day before the 913 incident, that is, September 12, was a Sunday, and compared with the tense atmosphere in Lin Biao's residence in Beidaihe, Huang Yongsheng's side was much more relaxed.
On this morning, Huang Yongsheng first went to the barber room to get a haircut, and then walked with his eldest son Huang Chunguang for more than an hour, and then went to see his newborn grandson, Huang Yongsheng's grandson was born in May 1971, at this time he was already 4 months old, and like all grandfathers, Huang Yongsheng also loved his children very much.
Unconsciously, it was noon, as usual, Huang Yongsheng slept for a while after lunch, got up and started to work, at this time, the time has come to the afternoon, Chairman Mao's special train quietly returned to Beijing from the field, which means that the conspiracy of Lin Liguo and others failed, and a political storm is coming, however, Huang Yongsheng did not notice it at all.
At about 8 o'clock in the evening, Huang Yongsheng rushed from his residence in Xishan to the Great Hall of the People for a meeting according to his original work arrangement; as the chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army, it is very common for him to participate in such a meeting, and Huang Yongsheng did not think that there was anything strange about it, but he would not have thought that this would be the end of his political career in this life.
According to Huang Yongsheng's personal guards, during the meeting, Premier Zhou went out to answer the phone twice, and at about 12 o'clock in the night, Premier Zhou suddenly left with the guards, and it was the time when Lin Biao's special plane took off from Shanhaiguan Airport without authorization.
At this time, Huang Yongsheng still did not understand what was happening, and it was not until about 3 o'clock in the morning that Premier Zhou convened an emergency meeting of the Politburo and informed all the members of the Politburo of the Central Committee in Beijing about Lin Biao's flight escape.
After learning that Lin Biao had fled, Huang Yongsheng was first shocked, then angry and puzzled. A few days later, Qiu Huizuo, who is also one of the Four King Kongs, brought his son to Huang Yongsheng's house to visit him.
After a long while, he slowly got up, turned his back to Qiu Huizuo, looked at the "Three Norths" defense situation map behind him, stared at one of them for a long time, was silent, I don't know how long he looked at it, Huang Yongsheng suddenly lost control of his emotions, and shouted hoarsely at the map: "What are you running, it's really killing people!"
The "you" in Huang Yongsheng's mouth refers to Lin Biao, he can't understand why Lin Biao fled suddenly, but what is certain is that Lin Biao's escape will definitely bring unimaginable consequences to people related to him, which is what Huang Yongsheng said "killing people".
As Lin Biao's most trusted and relied on subordinate, Huang Yongsheng undoubtedly belongs to these people who will be "killed".
Sure enough, ten days after the 913 incident, that is, on September 24, 1971, Huang Yongsheng, along with the other three "King Kongs", was announced to be isolated and censored in the Great Hall of the People, and since then he has lost his freedom, and he has also lost all his status and glory.
In fact, Huang Yongsheng didn't necessarily have to end up with such a result, to be honest, he didn't know about it beforehand, and what really sent him to prison was his series of actions after the 913 incident.
锒铛入狱
After Lin Biao fled, the central government did not take measures against Huang Yongsheng, a subordinate who had a close relationship with Lin Biao, but chose to be lenient.
On the day of the September 13 incident, Chairman Mao instructed Premier Zhou: "Give them 10 days to see if they can confess and correct their mistakes, which can be regarded as giving the veteran comrades a chance to fight for leniency." ”
The four of them are not only old comrades who have been in the army for half their lives, but also hold senior positions in the army, especially Huang Yongsheng, who was the chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army at that time, presiding over the daily work of the Military Commission, Chairman Mao also admired him very much, and the name "Huang Yongsheng" was obtained by Chairman Mao himself for him.
However, he did not confess as Chairman Mao expected, in ten days, Huang Yongsheng neither made a review, nor did he take the initiative to expose Lin Biao, his son Huang Chunguang persuaded him: "If such a big thing happens, do you want to write a review to the chairman?"
Huang Yongsheng said very stubbornly: "Lin Biao ran away, I don't know about this matter, what is the review?"
The son persuaded him not to write a review, so he could make a statement, but Huang Yongsheng said: "It's the same whether you express your position or not." ”
In addition to not reviewing and not expressing his position, Huang Yongsheng was also busy burning his and Lin Biao's photos and some documents in the past ten days, because the photos were too difficult to burn, so he had to burn them repeatedly, and finally because there were too many things and the temperature was too high, the cylinders used to burn things were all cracked.
The result of the destruction of materials without review, explanation, and destruction is that the central authorities have finally made up their minds to take measures against them.
On the morning of September 24, Premier Zhou summoned Huang, Wu, Li, and Qiu to the Great Hall of the People for a meeting and read to them the decision of the central authorities to quarantine and review.
For the next few years, Huang Yongsheng was imprisoned in a camp in the Beijing garrison, and in 1976, he was transferred to Qincheng Prison.
In the years of review, Huang Yongsheng confessed many things, but he always insisted that he did not know about Lin Biao's escape.
In fact, it is true that when the central government conducted a public trial of Lin Biao's group in 1980, it did not find any evidence to prove that Huang Yongsheng knew in advance, and the final conclusion was that Huang, Wu, Li, and Qiu had nothing to do with Lin Biao's escape.
Huang Yongsheng agrees with this result very much, but he has always been haunted by Lin Biao's escape for many years.
Once, Huang Yongsheng's son asked his father why he wanted to burn Lin Biao's photo, and Huang Yongsheng's answer was that he was angry when he saw Lin Biao's photo, so he burned them all.
Huang Yongsheng said this sentence once shortly after the 913 incident, but that time he said it to the map, but this time he was in prison.
Even in his later years, Huang Yongsheng's body has deteriorated day by day, but whenever Lin Biao is mentioned, Huang Yongsheng will say this sentence excitedly and never forget it until he dies.
It's hard to let go
"Who is your best superior?"
In Huang Yongsheng's later years, his son once asked him such a question.
"Chairman Mao, Luo Ronghuan, and Tao Zhu. Huang Yongsheng blurted out these three names.
"What about Lin Biao?" asked Huang Yongsheng's son curiously.
"Lin Biao, of course he is also my best superior, but ......", after being silent for a long time, Huang Yongsheng said angrily: "What is he running!"
At this time, Huang Yongsheng was in his twilight years, and there were not many years left in his life, but when it came to Lin Biao, he still said this indignantly, which shows that he is difficult to let go of Lin Biao's escape.
Huang Yongsheng said that Lin Biao was his best superior, this is not a lie, from Jinggangshan to the Red First Army, the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, Siye, and nearly 20 years of revolutionary career, Lin Biao has always been Huang Yongsheng's boss.
During the Red Army, Lin Biao said to Huang Yongsheng: "I will rest assured that the battle will be handed over to you", and during the War of Liberation, Huang Yongsheng led the Eighth Column to fight a one-to-one battle loss ratio with a one-to-one force, and Lin Biao said that "Huang Yongsheng's Eighth Column really has the appearance of a main force."
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Huang Yongsheng had problems in his style of life, which was criticized by many people, Lin Biao made a speech on "big and small sections", which was regarded as a platform for him, during the ten-year movement, Yang Chengwu, acting chief of the general staff, fell, Lin Biao intended Huang Yongsheng to serve as chief of the general staff, so, a paper order, Huang Yongsheng came to Beijing from the Guangzhou Military Region and became the chief of the general staff of the whole army.
Lin Biao is Huang Yongsheng's boss and Bole who appreciates him, and decades of life and death together have produced a deep affection between them, however, all this finally came to an abrupt end with the escape in 1971.
Huang Yongsheng became a generation of famous generals because of Lin Biao's support and appreciation, but in the end he was ruined because of Lin Biao, so although Huang Yongsheng said that Lin Biao was his best boss, he also did not understand and accept Lin Biao's escape.
In January 1981, the central government sentenced the main culprits in the Lin and Jiang cases to 18 years in prison.
Huang Yongsheng has since left the prison and been placed in Qingdao, Shandong, although he has regained a certain degree of freedom and the care of the organization, Huang Yongsheng is still haunted by the 913 incident, and his long-term depression has also affected his health.
Around the Spring Festival of 1983, Huang Yongsheng, who had been released from prison for less than two years, was diagnosed with advanced liver cancer in the hospital and was admitted to a hospital in Qingdao.
Once, his son came to the hospital to see him, and he told his son that he dreamed of autumn, he participated in the revolution during the Autumn Harvest Uprising, it was an autumn, and he also won a lot ......of battles in the autumn, and the 913 incident in 1971 was also an autumn.
In April, Huang Yongsheng's illness worsened, and before he died, his last words were: "military uniform", and his family knew that he wanted to wear a military uniform to be buried.
On April 26, 1983, Huang Yongsheng died of illness in a hospital in Qingdao, and his family, despite the strict prohibition of the local public security bureau, found the military uniform he wore when he was awarded the title in 1955, and sewed a collar badge on the military uniform, a five-pointed star on the military cap, and a long military salute by his children and grandchildren, which was regarded as a farewell to the general who had made great contributions but also made great mistakes.
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Resources:
Huang Yongsheng - Baidu Encyclopedia
"On September 13, 1971, Lin Biao fled treason and crashed to his death" - People's Daily Online
"What were the "Four King Kongs" doing on the day of Lin Biao's escape?" - People's Daily Online
"The Twilight Life of Lin Biao's "Four King Kongs" - Guangming Network
"Anecdote of "King of Central and South" Huang Yongsheng: Traveling to Hong Kong for Three Days Without Authorization in 1950" - Phoenix.com
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