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In 1943, China's all-out War of Resistance was in a stalemate phase, and the Japanese army continued to take "sweeping" operations in an attempt to eliminate the resistance.
On February 23, the cold wind in northern Jiangsu was so strong that more than 7,000 Japanese puppet troops, with the cooperation of the air force and cavalry, rushed to Caodian, Fenggu Village and other places. In the face of the offensive of the Japanese puppet army, the Kuomintang army collapsed.
At this time, Huang Kecheng, commander of the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army, Zhang Aiping, deputy division commander, and Hong Xuezhi, chief of staff, were studying the anti-sweeping plan in front of the military map, when suddenly the staff officers came to report that Han Deqin, chairman of the Kuomintang Jiangsu Province, and Huo Shouyi, commander of the Kuomintang 112th Division, sent people to see Huang Kecheng.
Huang Kecheng ordered the people to bring the people to the headquarters, and the people who came were covered in sweat and breathless, and he reported to Huang Kecheng in horror that in the face of the powerful offensive of the Japanese puppet army, Han Deqin and Huo Shouyi's troops could not resist and urgently asked for help from the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army.
Huang Kecheng listened to the silence for a while, because Han Deqin was a diehard kuomintang faction who had committed unforgivable crimes against the New Fourth Army, and he had prevented the New Fourth Army from resisting Japan several times and provoked many anti-communist frictions, and the officers and men of the New Fourth Army hated him to the bone.
However, Huang Kecheng also thought that the current period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, in the face of the large-scale sweep of the Japanese army and in the face of national contradictions, if they are allowed to be eliminated by the Japanese army, the happiest will be the Japanese, and the Japanese are the enemies of the whole Chinese.
Finally, after consultation between Huang Kecheng and Zhang Aiping, it was decided to send the troops of the 3rd Division to cover the retreat of Han and Huo into the Huaihai base area of the 3rd Division. He also actively attacked the Japanese puppet army to ease the offensive of the Japanese puppet army against the ROK and Huo forces.
Under the strong cover of the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army, Han Deloitte gathered the scattered troops out of danger and retreated to the Huaibei base area of the 3rd Division for recuperation.
After Han Deqin saw Huang Kecheng, he immediately pretended to be grateful, and he praised the New Fourth Army as a frank gentleman.
Huang Kecheng said to Han Deqin: Japan is our common enemy, and in the face of the great national righteousness, we should unanimously go to the outside world, and I hope that in the future you will be able to live up to the New Fourth Army, not follow Chiang Kai-shek's footsteps in engaging in anti-communist friction, and do more things that are beneficial to the nation and the people.
Han Deqin nodded his head and said yes, Huang Kecheng inspected Han's troops accompanied by Han Deloitte, and Huang Kecheng saw that the officers and men of the Han Department were scattered and embarrassed, and immediately decided to allocate a batch of grain, grass and funds to relieve Han Deloitte. This made the officers and men of Han Deloitte's department very grateful.
As for Huo Shouyi's department, Huang Kecheng did not forget that according to his initiative, the soldiers and civilians of the Huaibei base area warmly entertained and comforted the Huo Shouyi department that passed through Huaibei to the west of Theopu Road. Huo Shouyi's 112th Division's vitality was restored to a certain extent.
Huang Kecheng sent a telegram to Liu Shaoqi, the political commissar of the New Fourth Army, who had returned to Yan'an but continued to direct central China after receiving Huang Kecheng's telegram.
In this telegram, Liu Shaoqi pointed out that it is correct to help Han Deqin and Huo Shouyi, but we must take strict precautions against them, we must never let down our vigilance, and after the Japanese army sweeps, we must let them return to the original defense area, and we must not let them occupy the defense area of the New Fourth Army and not leave.
Just as Liu Shaoqi had predicted, Han Deqin and Huo Shouyi's troops, under the cover and relief of the 4th Division of the New Fourth Army, had been fully recuperated, and their vitality had been greatly restored, and they began to betray their faith and take revenge.
Under the smoke screen of "returning to the original defense in the south and recovering the lost land," Han Deloitte smuggled across the canal in an attempt to attack Peng Xuefeng's 4th Division, which had just fought with the Japanese puppet army for 33 consecutive days, and established a new anti-communist position in the Hongze Lake area after winning the battle. He led a counter-attack on the defensive area of the 4th Division of the New Fourth Army.
After Han Deloitte's department suddenly attacked the Shanzitou area, it not only did not abide by the agreement signed with the New Fourth Army, but also arrested the deputy district chief of the Zhongyang District of Siyang County, handed over the guns of the Zhongyang District Team, killed its wounded, local cadres, and the masses, and convened some "gentry meeting" in a vain attempt to appoint their own pseudo-district chiefs and pseudo-township chiefs.
Han Deloitte's ungrateful and criminal acts aroused the incomparable indignation of the anti-Japanese soldiers and people in the base areas. They shook their fists and demanded that Han be severely punished. Han Must be captured and executed.
Han Deloitte's troops were under surveillance by the New Fourth Army, and as soon as his reactionary nature was exposed, the New Fourth Army began to move, and on March 14, 1943, the New Fourth Army issued a pre-battle order to the 4th, 2nd, and 3rd Divisions to annihilate Han Deloitte's forces.
The order ordered the main force of the 4th Division, the 5th Brigade of the 2nd Division, the 7th Brigade of the 3rd Division, and the Huai Naval Sub-district to be under the unified command of Peng (Xuefeng) and Deng (Zihui) of the 4th Division to annihilate the stubborn.
Because it was a period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communists, in order to give Han Deloitte one last chance, the Huaihai Naval Sub-district sent people to persuade and warn Han Deloitte and Wang Zhonglian, hoping that they would abide by the agreement, take into account the overall situation, and retreat to the original defense, if they were not advised or deliberately delayed, all the consequences would be borne by themselves.
However, Liu Zhen, commander of the Huai naval sub-district, and Jin Ming, political commissar, reported that Han Deloitte had no intention of restraining himself and was very arrogant.
Peng Xuefeng, commander of the 4th Division of the New Fourth Army, ordered Wei Guoqing, commander of the 9th Brigade, to attack immediately, and demanded a quick battle and a quick decision to destroy the enemy with lightning speed.
Wei Guoqing adopted the tactic of long-distance attack and quickly captured Wang Wei, where Han Deloitte's headquarters was located, and Han Deloitte's headquarters was located in a landlord's manor in Wang Wei, where Han Deloitte and Wang Guangxia lived, and the courtyard was strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
However, under the strong offensive of the New Fourth Army, Wang Guangxia, commander of the Third Security Column, was killed on the spot, and Han Deqin had to surrender his gun and become a prisoner.
In this combat operation, the New Fourth Army completely annihilated the headquarters of the deputy commander of the Kuomintang Lusu Theater, the 3rd Column of the Security Corps, and the Independent 6th Brigade, captured more than 1,000 people under Han Deqin, chairman of the Jiangsu Provincial Government and deputy commander of the Lusu Theater, and Lü Hanqing, chief of staff, and killed Wang Guangxia, commander of the 3rd Security Column, and Li Zhonghuan, commander of the Independent 6th Brigade.
At that time, the headquarters of the 4th Division was located in a semi-town on the west bank of Hongze Lake. On the same day, after Han Deloitte was escorted to the division headquarters, he first performed a farce of "killing oneself and becoming a benevolent person", and ate more than a dozen matches in a row.
He knew that even if he swallowed a box of matchheads, he would not die, so he began a hunger strike again, and the 4th Division specially prepared a fine meal for him under extremely difficult circumstances, but he did not eat a bite. He also wrote down a so-called will, which means that "if you don't succeed, you will become a benevolent person."
Wu Zhipu, director of the Political Department of the 4th Division, came forward to talk to him first, and Han Deqin put on a look of grievance, crying bitterly, talking about how he had been in northern Jiangsu for 5 years, saying a lot of nonsense, but still refusing to eat. Early the next morning, the division commander Peng Xuefeng came to see him and persuaded him to eat. Han Deloitte probably couldn't hold on, borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, and ended the hunger strike.
After Han Deqin was captured, officers and men of the New Fourth Army demanded that he be executed because his hands were stained with the blood of the officers and men of the New Fourth Army. As for the ideas of the officers and men of the New Fourth Army, although Chen Yi, acting commander of the New Fourth Army, expressed understanding, he resolutely disagreed, because the execution of Han Deloitte would do more harm than good.
1. Han Deloitte's troops have been wiped out, and there is no wave to be made, even if he wants to do evil, there are no troops in his hands.
2. If Han Deloitte, as chairman of the Kuomintang Jiangsu Provincial Government, were executed by the New Fourth Army, he would certainly give Chiang Kai-shek an excuse to oppose communism and be politically unfavorable.
3. Han Deloitte's ability is low, so Chiang Kai-shek has always wanted to replace Han Deloitte with Tang Enbo as chairman of the Kuomintang Jiangsu Provincial Government, the New Fourth Army executed Han Deloitte, the happiest is Chiang Kai-shek, and now Han Deloitte occupies the pit and does not, which is a good thing for the New Fourth Army.
4. The release of Han Deloitte can aggravate the contradictions within the Kuomintang, and Han Deloitte should be released quickly to deny Chiang Kai-shek time to appoint the new chairman of the Jiangsu provincial government.
Chen Yi's analysis was reasonable and far-sighted, and after receiving Chen Yi's telegram, the CPC Central Committee deeply agreed with it and asked Chen Yi to quickly send Han Deloitte.
On the evening after Chen Yi received a call back from the central authorities, he rushed to the headquarters of the 4th Division and held a 7-hour solo meeting with Han Deloitte.
Han Deqin was ashamed and embarrassed to see Chen Yi, and he said with a bitter smile: "Commander Chen jun can bend down to see me, the general of the defeated army, I have no place for myself, and I am deeply honored." "After saying this, it is proposed to take a joint photograph and set up a document to show mutual trust." Chen Yi agreed to him.
Chen Yi said to Han Deloitte: "Chairman Han, there is a Chinese saying called "three things but three", I think we should not meet in this situation in the future." ”
When Han Deqin listened, his head nodded like a chicken pecking rice and said:
"Yes, I Han Mou has repeatedly lost battles in front of General Chen, and this is the third time." The first was on April 4, 1931. In anfu City, I lost a whole division, and I became your prisoner. In September of the same year, at Stone Ridge, I became your captive again. This is the third time now. Han mou was really ashamed of General Chen. In ancient times, Zhuge Liang captured Meng, and now there is Chen Yisan who has captured me Han Deloitte, and I want to be a laughing stock for future generations. ”
Chen Yi said, "If you understand, our New Fourth Army's speech counts, you also count when you speak, and this is the end of your speech." ”
Then Han Deqin reviewed things from the Battle of Huangqiao and the Battle of Caodian to the capture of Shanzitou, and told the bitterness of obeying orders and being involuntarily. Chen Yi enlightened and criticized Han Deloitte with national righteousness and specific facts.
Chen Yi knew that Han Deloitte was shirking responsibility for the anti-communists, but he did not point out, but said:
"Chairman Han, everyone has bitter feelings, and we know your grievances, as long as you give up your anti-communist stance and do your duty for the anti-Japanese resistance." This time we release you back, do you have any other requests? ”
Hearing Chen Yi say that he was going to let himself go, Han Deloitte's eyes widened and he seemed a little disbelieving, but he saw that Chen Yi didn't say a lie.
Chen Yi saw that Han Deloitte did not speak and asked, "What's wrong?" Don't you want to go back? ”
Han Deloitte said with a look of embarrassment: "I definitely want to go back, but I have two requests, I don't know if Commander Chen can agree." First, I am afraid that I will return alone, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to explain whether I can return some of my guns and personnel; second, whether I can lend me some money so that I can go back to survive. ”
Chen Yi knew that what Han Deqin said was also reasonable, and agreed to his request. He was given $80,000 and returned his watch, purse and pistol.
After the talks, Han Deqin left his chief of staff to accept guns from the captured people. At the same time, its chief of staff, on behalf of Han Deloitte's department and Peng Xuefeng on behalf of the New Fourth Army, held consultations, set up an agreement, agreed on matters, and handed them over to Chen and Han for approval, and Chen Yi and Han Deloitte exchanged a letter to show their consent and pay for implementation.
On April 1, Han Deloitte's representative, Lu Hanjin, and Peng Xuefeng signed the "Ten Memorandums of Understanding between Chen Yi, Commander of the New Fourth Army, and Han Deloitte." Due to Han Deloitte's physical discomfort, the 4th Division of the New Fourth Army prepared an ox cart to replace him.
Chen Yi and Peng Xuefeng set up a banquet for Han Deqin. After the banquet, Han Deqin happily took to the road, which frustrated Chiang Kai-shek's plot.
Soon after Han Returned, he moved his headquarters and the capital of Jiangsu Province to Fuyang, Anhui, which provided an opportunity for the development of the New Fourth Army in northern Jiangsu.
After Han Deloitte was captured by the New Fourth Army, Chiang Kai-shek, who was far away in Chongqing, soon received the news that Chiang Kai-shek was not satisfied with Han Deloitte, who could not fight and was repeatedly defeated, but he was not good enough to remove Han Deloitte's chairman of the Jiangsu Provincial Government for no reason.
Jiangsu is a strategic place, and Chiang Kai-shek is very important, and he has been looking for an opportunity to replace Han Deloitte as chairman of the Jiangsu provincial government.
After Han Deloitte was captured, Chiang Kai-shek was very happy, and if the New Fourth Army executed Han Deloitte, he not only found an excuse to create friction, but also allowed Tang Enbo to ascend to the throne, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
However, before Chiang Kai-shek could act, Chen Yi released Han Deqin and gave him 80,000 yuan and some troops, which made Chiang Kai-shek very upset, and he said to Chen Cheng: "Chen Yi is too cunning, this move is too cruel!" ”
If we compare the military commanders of the Kuomintang and the Communists, we will find that the military commanders of the Chinese Communists will not only fight wars, but also think about and deal with problems from the overall strategic situation and political height, and can always win the military and political initiative.
The military generals of the Kuomintang all proceed from local interests and personal interests in order to preserve their strength, because if there are troops in the Kuomintang army, they will have the status, treatment, and right to speak, which is a well-known rule.
From this point of view, it is not difficult for us to understand the reason why the Kuomintang army, although numerous and well-equipped, eventually collapsed and fell apart.
Tianxuan is the author's pen name, who has studied history and philosophy and is welcome to pay attention to it.