The construction of a new regime requires not only the infusion of fresh ideas, but also the bloodshed and sacrifice. Since ancient times, there has been a change of regime, and countless pioneers have rushed to the road of construction, and they will never return.
Take the founding of New China as an example, from the beginning of the Opium War to the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the end of the War of Liberation, countless revolutionary martyrs did not know how many heads and blood they shed to create today's prosperous society.
There will always be sacrifices in the revolution, and this is the understanding of revolution in the minds of most people. But war is always brutal, with displacement and family destruction, and it is the ordinary people who pay the bill.
There is a way to prosper the people and die. Therefore, in the case of regime change that can be resolved without the use of force, peaceful liberation has emerged.
Peaceful liberation not only protects the people's property from threats, but also avoids the situation of labor and money. Before the founding of New China, some places were revolutions by force, some places adopted peaceful liberation, and the most far-reaching impact was the liberation of Beijing.
As a famous historical and cultural city on the mainland and an ancient capital of all dynasties, Beijing's peaceful liberation not only retained a large number of historical and cultural monuments, but also played a tremendous role in promoting the cause of the liberation of the whole country at that time, and accelerated the process of the country's liberation.
The Pingjin Campaign at the time of liberation was inseparable from the joint efforts of people from all walks of life in our party, as well as Fu Zuoyi and his generals who took the initiative to revolt at that time. Now that decades have passed, what happened to the four army commanders who rebelled under Fu Zuoyi?
Long-term vision and righteousness
Since ancient times, China has been a whole, and many ethnic groups are inseparable. However, after the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Kuomintang represented by Chiang Kai-shek tried to split China and wanted to share the country equally with our party. So the War of Liberation began, because of the corruption of the upper echelons of the Kuomintang, they gradually lost the support of the people, and the war was lost one after another.
In 1948, the war had entered a white-hot stage, and our army took advantage of the victory to pursue and issued an ultimatum to the Kuomintang. At that time, the Kuomintang saw that the defeat was decided, but it still did not give up, and tried in vain to use Fu Zuoyi's 500,000 troops in Beiping to contain our army and implement a counterattack plan. But their wolf ambitions will eventually fall through.
The actual situation at that time was that Fu Zuoyi, who claimed to have an army of 500,000 troops, actually had a greatly reduced combat effectiveness. Although the Kuomintang troops are well-equipped, many of the soldiers did not sign up voluntarily, and most of them were "caught by strong men," so the instability of the army's morale became a hidden danger.
Imagine how much a team with a discordant military spirit can do? In addition, the courage and strength of our soldiers also caused huge losses to a large part of the Kuomintang army.
Therefore, Fu Zuoyi, the general stationed in Beiping at that time, thought that the exchange of fire with our army would not get any benefit in the end. Even if he wins by luck, his subordinates will be damaged incalculably, and the country will live in dire straits, and this outcome is definitely not what he wants to see.
Back then, the purpose of fighting desperately with the Japanese was to let the people return to the life of the people of China and the people, but now that the enemy has driven out of the country, what is the reason for their own family members to fight their own families?
Therefore, under the persuasion of our party and progressives from all walks of life, and under the pressure exerted by our army's policy, Fu Zuoyi made a major decision, that is, he would peacefully liberate Beiping together with our army personnel. When he told this decision to the four army commanders under his subordinates, he did not expect to get unanimous approval.
The four army commanders are well aware of the righteousness
Obviously, it was impossible for Fu Zuoyi to complete the task of peacefully liberating Beiping with the strength of one person, and at that time he had four army commanders, namely Zhu Dachun, a major general of the 35th Army, Huang Xiang, a lieutenant general of the 92nd Army, Li Shilin, a lieutenant general of the 101st Army, and An Chunshan, a lieutenant general of the 104th Army.
These four army commanders have been following General Fu Zuoyi from birth to death, and they can be regarded as brothers-like existence, and their relationship is a bit like that of Liu Guanzhang and the others, so it is no surprise that these four people rebelled with Fu Zuoyi again.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, these four army commanders also made considerable contributions to the cause of building new China by our party and our army. For example, after the founding of New China, Commander Zhu Dachun served as the second deputy commander of the 49th Army of our army, and also served as a teacher at the Nanjing Military Academy, passing on the experience he had accumulated during the war years to the soldiers of the new era until his retirement, and he died of illness in Beijing in 1991 at the age of 85.
But not everyone lives as long as Commander Zhu Dachun, such as Commander Li Shilin. He is a particularly jealous and hateful, conscientious and conscientious person, after the founding of New China, he still shines in the post of serving the people, in 1958 when he was the director of the Zhangjiakou Water Conservancy Bureau, unfortunately died in the line of duty, it is really regrettable.
However, on the contrary, the commander of An Chunshan, his life was dedicated to his job, after he participated in the Beiping Uprising, because of his outstanding performance and was assigned to Suiyuan, and later held public positions in Suiyuan and Inner Mongolia, contributing to the local modernization process. He died of illness in 1979 at the age of 72.
The last commander Huang Xiang, as the most trusted brother of General Fu Zuoyi, was also by Fu Zuoyi's side after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and successively held positions in the Ministry of Water Resources, becoming a member of the second, third, and fourth National Committee. He has also made great contributions to the water conservancy cause in the mainland. He died of illness in 1990 at the age of 85.
Thinking in the war, what is the meaning
Fu Zuoyi and the army commanders understood the righteousness and finally liberated Beiping peacefully. As they say, the original intention of participating in the war was to drive the enemy out of the country and let the common people live a good life in peace and contentment. Although the final ending may be a little different from the original idea, this ending has already satisfied them.
The peaceful liberation of Peiping accelerated the process of national liberation, broke the absolute superiority of the Kuomintang on the northern battlefield at that time, strengthened the confidence of our army and the people in liberating the whole country, and dealt a blow to the morale of the Kuomintang in reunifying the whole country. It also protected many ancient buildings and traditional culture left behind in Beiping at that time, leaving a large amount of valuable wealth.
In addition, General Fu Zuoyi's defection played a propaganda role among the senior Kuomintang generals, providing the foundation for the peaceful liberation of Sichuan and other places later.
epilogue
Now that era of war and strife has left us, but the efforts of our ancestors have never dared to forget. Sometimes the soldiers who fought to the death against the enemy on the battlefield deserve our memory, but those who fought for the rise and fall of the country are also worthy of respect.
For example, General Fu Zuoyi, although on the surface they only chose the most favorable way of war in accordance with the changes of the times, their positive significance to the country is indelible.
Without their concessions, the liberation of the whole country would have been delayed for some time. For example, like some underground party members, they are also fighting for the country, but they are in a battlefield without gunpowder, and without the information they provide, they may be hindered in the war. So every such person deserves our respect and love!
Looking back at that bloody and humiliating history, we can only work hard now to take up the heavy task of building the motherland while not forgetting the national shame. As students, we should study hard and serve the motherland in the future, and as ordinary office workers, we should abide by the law and create value for the society with our own hands.
Only when there is a country can there be a home, and we should always bear in mind this truth, establish a patriotic heart, swear to defend the motherland's due rights to the death, and do not cause trouble or be afraid of it, so that we can make the country prosperous and prosperous, and have long-term peace and stability.