<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="91" > preface:</h1>
In September 1948, the Liaoshen Campaign began, in order to save the defeat in the northeast, Chiang Kai-shek personally went to the north plane to meet Fu Zuoyi, at that time Fu Zuoyi was the commander of the Kuomintang North China "Suppression General", so the two of them, after conspiracy, decided to sneak attack Shijiazhuang and Xibaipo, the seat of the CPC Central Committee, you know, the CPC Central Committee has just moved into Xibaipo, the main forces of the North China Liberation Army are far away in the Chasui area, the entire Shijiazhuang troops are only more than 1,000 people, and Mao Zedong has only one guard company, the number is equivalent to 4 infantry platoons. At best, fewer than 200 people. Fu Zuoyi had an army of 100,000, and if Fu Zuoyi's sneak attack was successful, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Figure | Chairman Mao is in Xibaipo
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="9" > Zhou Enlai led members of the underground party to crack the top-secret telegram and urgently callEd Nie Rongzhen</h1>
When Fu Zuoyi and Chiang Kai-shek plotted to sneak into Shijiazhuang, this information was absolutely confidential and would not be leaked, but he did not expect that his side had already infiltrated the underground workers of our party, and it was Liu Guangguo who first got this news into his hands.
At that time, the whole unit was panicked, and Liu Guangguo, who had been engaged in underground work for many years, soon realized that Fu Zuoyi must have made a big move, but he did not know what to do. All the operational orders and troop movements of Fu Zuoyi's top-secret plan were transmitted by code by the Kuomintang 's "Suppression General" in North China, and the specific work was handled by Fu Zuoyi's close chief of staff and the operational staff officer He Zuxiu.
Figure | Left one Liu Guangguo
In order to get information, Liu Guangguo asked his colleagues for information, the draftsman at that time was Cui Deyi, although Cui Deyi was a draftsman, but the specific fu zuoyi wanted to do, he did not know, but just told Liu Guangguo, saying that the above let him draw a map of the Fuping area of Shijiazhuang, and also mark the bombing target on it, and let him finish it immediately and send it to the Air Force.
Out of vigilance for intelligence work, Liu Guangguo looked at Cui Deyi's map a few times and immediately made a judgment, and the target of the bombing on the map was Xibaipo, chairman Mao's location, and the situation immediately became urgent.
Unexpectedly, on October 22, Fu Zuoyi's close associate He Zuxiu personally handed over the battle plan to Liu Guangguo and others to copy and copied to other commanders, Liu Guangguo was excited, it really did not take any effort, relying on many years of work experience, while copying this top secret information, and immediately reported it to the then head of the intelligence group, Ganling.
Figure | Ganling
On the morning of the 23rd, Fu Zuoyi issued an order to sneak attack Shijiazhuang, knowing that Fu Zuoyi had 100,000 troops in his hands, and the whole army was out, and it only took 3 days to reach Shijiazhuang.
The most important thing now is to send out intelligence, Liu Guangguo's intelligence organization, in early 1941, the Social Department of the Jin-Cha-Ji Branch of the CPC Central Committee established the Pingxi Intelligence And Transportation Liaison Station in Jiangou Village under the Miaofeng Mountain, the main task is to lead the intelligence work in Pingjin and the northeast region, with considerable experience, in order to pass out the intelligence, Ganling is in the small forest, urgently meet with another connector Liu Zhiji, Ganling said: "Now the situation is critical, you can't use the radio, you immediately remember what I said, hurry to the liberated areas, Call and report to the head of the agency. ”
Figure | A telegram that sneaked into Shijiazhuang
In this way, Liu Zhiji found Jin Guozhang, a traffic officer in his 50s at the Xushui Traffic Station of the Social Department of the North China Bureau hidden in the Great Jiangjia Hutong, and took a train at 3 p.m. at Qianmen East Station. After the train arrived in Songlindian Town, southwest of Zhuozhou, Hebei Province, it could not go.
Along the way, I saw Fu Zuoyi's troops' transport cars running through the fish, and the atmosphere was very tense. At about 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, Liu Zhiji and Jin Guozhang arrived at Gaobeidian. Without the car lights, it was too dark to see five fingers, and they could not continue to move forward, so they had to stay in a small shop first.
Figure | Right one Liu Zhiji
It was not until noon a day later that Liu Zhiji found the director of the Dingxing County Public Security Bureau, and with the help of the government's telephone, he called a chief, first reported his top secret code name "C01", and then truthfully reported Fu Zuoyi's plot.
After receiving the information, this chief immediately reported to Zhou Enlai, the highest commander who led the underground party group, and things took a turn for the better!
On October 25, Zhou Enlai, in the name of the Central Military Commission, urgently called Nie Rongzhen, commander of the North China Military Region, as well as the Second Corps and the Third Corps, to urgently mobilize the field troops south of Zhangjiakou to rush to Shijiazhuang day and night to defend the Party Central Committee and defend Chairman Mao.
Figure | Nie Rongzhen
After Nie Rongzhen received the order, he immediately mobilized the field troops in Wei County, and Ma Shan rushed to Xibaipo, and at the same time relayed to the troops on the Taiyuan side that they also rushed to Xibaipo immediately, and at the same time called the nearby troops to try to intercept Fu Zuoyi.
However, Fu Zuoyi's 100,000-strong army was already approaching the city, and even if it was fast, I am afraid it would be too late. Because the matter came so suddenly, when the secretary told Chairman Mao this news, Chairman Mao was also a little surprised, Fu Zuoyi could come up with such a sinister trick, it was indeed a little sudden, but Chairman Mao did not feel the slightest panic, but paced the room for a while, then sat down at the side of the case and asked the guards to grind ink for him.
On the morning of October 25, Liu Zhiji heard a Xinhua news agency message broadcast by the Xinhua Radio Station in northern Shaanxi Province, "Jiang Fujun's Vain Attempt to Sneak Attack Shijiazhuang", in the village of Xiluobao, and he realized that his intelligence party central committee had received it and that he had finally completed his task.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="109" > Chairman Mao made a small plan, and Fu Zuoyi retreated 100,000 troops</h1>
Chairman Mao's plan was to make Fu Zuoyi's plot public, and Chairman Mao, in "Jiang Fu Bandit Army's Vain Attempt to Sneak Attack Shijiazhuang," clearly pointed out Fu Zuoyi's plot, the specific location of the plan to sneak attack, and even the number of their troops, weapons and equipment.
North China 25, Xinhua News Agency, confirmed that when our People's Liberation Army won tremendous victories in the battlefields of North China and the whole country, Chiang Kai-shek and Fu Zuoyi in Beiping actually wanted to sneak attack Shijiazhuang. According to the latest news from the front, Fu Zuoyi decided to concentrate three divisions of the Ninety-fourth Army and two divisions of the New Second Army from Baoding to Shijiazhuang, of which the Ninety-fourth Army had already started operations in the Dingxing area of Zhuo County...
When Fu Zuoyi heard this news, he was also surprised that Mao Zedong knew about the sneak attack plan that he and Chiang Kai-shek had carefully deployed so quickly, and knew it in such detail.
Figure | Fu Zuoyi
Although Fu Zuoyi had an army of 100,000 troops, he could not avoid a lack of heart in the face of the tragic situation of the Liaoshen Campaign, and if he really knew his position as Mao Zedong said, if the People's Liberation Army rushed to support, it would inevitably catch its turtle in its urn.
However, Fu Zuoyi did not withdraw his troops, but continued to advance, taking Advantage of Mao Zedong's prejudgment and ignoring it. Unexpectedly, on the 26th, Chairman Mao wrote another draft entitled "The Chiefs of North China Call on the People Along the Baoshi Line to Confront Jiang Fu's Army for Harassment." In this message, Chairman Mao said in more detail, not only making Fu Zuoyi's troops and weapons public, but even knowing the names of some officers.
Figure | Chairman Mao's own manuscript
Fu Zuoyi was furious when he heard the broadcast again, knowing that his plan was all in Mao's hands, but he had already calculated that even if the People's Liberation Army came to reinforcements now, it should not be able to catch up with his own progress, so he ordered the troops to continue to advance and directly attack Xibaipo. Although Fu Zuoyi's dead nature did not change, his troops had already been demoralized, and successive defeats had long made his troops lifeless, and his subordinates knew very well that if the People's Liberation Army was really waiting for rabbits, they would undoubtedly die.
At 4:00 a.m. on October 27, Zhou Enlai sent three telegrams to Chairman Mao in succession, saying that the seven columns led by Nie Rongzhen would arrive at The Wangdu in Baonan that night, and the three columns led by Zheng Weishan were marching at a daily speed of 100 miles and would arrive in Baoding in 5 days.
Chairman Mao was in a happy mood after receiving Zhou Enlai's telegram, and a day later, he received information that Fu Zuoyi's troops were demoralized and seemed to have slowed down. Chairman Mao immediately sent a third draft, "Jiang Fuyi's Army Has Entered Fangshun Bridge South of Baoding," and as soon as this broadcast was issued, Fu Zuoyi was directly frightened, as if Mao Zedong was monitoring them, and knew their situation very well, and at this time Fu Zuoyi's troops had already been shaken and the people's hearts were not united, and Fu Zuoyi did not know what to do for a while.
Figure | Chiang Kai-shek
At the same time, Hua Ye rushed to Shahe day and night, and some of Fu Zuoyi's troops had already exchanged fire, and in desperation, Fu Zuoyi called Chiang Kai-shek, but Chiang Kai-shek did not know the situation at all, did not give Fu Zuoyi any advice, Fu Zuoyi felt that things were not good, and had begun to abandon the sneak attack plan and ordered the withdrawal of troops at full speed.
On the 31st, another article by Chairman Mao was published on the radio, "Commenting on Jiang Fujun's Dream of Sneaking Into Shijiazhuang," which said that Jiang Fu's army was about to die in a few months, and that they wanted to sneak into Shijiazhuang, and whether they wanted Beiping or not. At this time, Chiang Kai-shek quickly called Fu Zuoyi and asked Fu Zuoyi to collect his troops immediately. In this way, Fu Zuoyi ordered the retreat of 100,000 troops.
According to the data, when Fu Zuoyi withdrew, the entire unit was in a mess, and when he left, 90 heavy trucks were too late to drive away and were directly dropped. Not only did it not succeed in the sneak attack, but it also suffered more than 3,700 casualties and lost more than 240 warhorses, which can be described as a failure.
In his reminiscences, Li Yinqiao, the commander of the Guards, recorded Chairman Mao's reaction after learning of Fu Zuoyi's withdrawal, saying that Chairman Mao used a pen to scare off Fu Zuoyi's 100,000 troops, humming Peking Opera in his mouth, singing "Empty City Plan": I was watching the mountain scenery in the city tower, and I overheard chaos outside the city, and the flag was displayed in the air, and it turned out to be a soldier sent by Sima ...
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="116" > Fu Zuoyi surrendered to the Communist Party and personally called chairman Mao to show his goodwill</h1>
After this incident, Yu Fu Zuoyi personally changed his two attitudes. First, he was dissatisfied with Chiang Kai-shek, and Mao Zedong strategized, but Chiang Kai-shek actually had no way to do anything, and he had already determined that Chiang Kai-shek was doomed to failure. Second, his admiration for Chairman Mao was spontaneous, and although it was tit-for-tat on the battlefield, admiration was admiration.
It is precisely in this way that Fu Zuoyi already has the intention of following the Communist Party, just as Zhang Zhizhong said in the future, it is not shameful that a good minister chooses the lord and does things.
In 1949, shortly after Fu Zuoyi returned from a meeting in Nanjing, his dissatisfaction with Chiang Kai-shek became increasingly serious, and he wrote a telegram to Chairman Mao to show his goodwill:
I have realized that in the past it was completely wrong to take Chiang Kai-shek as the center to unify the country, rejuvenate the nation, and accompany Chiang Kai-shek in the war, and decided to hand over the about 600,000 troops and 200 aircraft under the command of Mao Zedong, so as to achieve the goal of saving the country and the people, and requested that the Southern Han Dynasty be sent to Pingping to discuss peace.
It said that he was willing to hand over part of the army to Mao Zedong, but Nie Rongzhen, after negotiating with Fu Zuoyi, believed that although Fu Zuoyi had a very good attitude, he did not give up the idea of defending the city and still had a hesitant attitude towards the liberation of Peiping.
Figure | Liberation of Peiping
In January 1949, the Chinese People's Liberation Army launched an attack on Tianjin, and Mao Zedong wrote a letter to Fu Zuoyi in the name of Lin Biao, hoping that he would lay down his arms and accept the reorganization. Chairman Mao's meaning is very clear: if we do not agree, we will wait until the People's Liberation Army attacks the city, and then it will be a different situation.
After careful consideration, Fu Zuoyi agreed with Mao Zedong's opinion, cooperated with the Communist Party, peacefully liberated Peiping, and signed the Preliminary Agreement on the Peaceful Liberation of Peiping. When Dong Qiwu, the governor of Suiyuan, went to see Fu Zuoyi, Fu Zuoyi replied to his original decision in this way: I risked three deaths for the peaceful liberation of Peiping, one was to fight with the Communist Party for several years, and those who did not understand the situation wanted to kill me; second, Chiang Kai-shek's spies and his concubines would kill me at any time; third, those who did not understand the situation internally might also want to kill me. I fought three deaths and was determined to follow the path of the people.
Fu Zuoyi's words are enough to show that Fu Zuoyi is a true patriot, and just by virtue of his last words, he can be forever remembered by history. In February 1949 Chinese the people's liberation army into the city was solemnly held, but Fu Zuoyi did not appear at the entrance ceremony, as a Kuomintang general guarding the city at that time, Fu Zuoyi's feelings must have been very complicated.
Figure | Reports on the liberation of Peiping
Sure enough, not long after, Fu Zuoyi told Nie Rongzhen and Ye Jianying that he wanted to see Chairman Mao, and Fu Zuoyi said that he had no other meaning but to express his admiration for Chairman Mao. Fu Zuoyi said: "In the past, subjectively, I also wanted to do things for the people, but objectively I acted as a bodyguard for the landlord capitalists. In the future, if you listen to the Communist Party and take over Peiping, the Communist Party will do what it thinks is good. Ye Jianying said: "General Fu's self-criticism spirit is admirable, and I believe we will cooperate well." ”
In view of this, Ye Jianying called Chairman Mao and said that General Fu Zuoyi wanted to see you. Chairman Mao readily agreed: Fu Zuoyi was welcome to come and hold talks together.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="122" > Fu Zuoyi talked about Chairman Mao's "Empty City Plan" again, and it was already after the return to sincerity</h1>
In February 1949, before Chairman Mao "entered Beijing", Fu Zuoyi arrived in Xibaipo, the seat of the CPC Central Committee, by plane, and it was Zhou Enlai who came to greet Fu Zuoyi. Zhou Enlai said: "Mr. Fu has come to see us from afar, of course, he can't be sloppy! ”
Fu Zuoyi's attitude toward the Communist Party was deeply impressed, and he saw a different sense of cordiality in Zhou Enlai, but unexpectedly, when he met Chairman Mao, Chairman Mao immediately shook Fu Zuoyi's hand and said: "In the past, we met on the battlefield, and it was clear. Today, we are uncles and relatives, and we are inseparable. Chiang Kai-shek has been playing docks all his life, and in the end you dumped him. ”
As soon as Chairman Mao finished speaking, Fu Zuoyi burst into tears, thinking of his previous delusions of sneaking up on Xibaipo, Fu Zuoyi felt infinite evil, and he said one after another: "I am guilty, I am guilty, I fu Zuoyi has been fighting horses for half a lifetime, except for fighting, the crime is not small." ”
Picture | Fu Zuoyi and his party in Xibaipo
Chairman Mao hurriedly comforted Fu Zuoyi, who said that Fu Zuoyi was meritorious and that the peaceful liberation of Peiping alone was a great achievement; in order to show the sincerity of the Communist Party toward Fu Zuoyi, Chairman Mao said that all fu Zuoyi's subordinates captured by the People's Liberation Army had been released, and Fu Zuoyi was shocked and moved. On this day, Fu Zuoyi and Chairman Mao chatted for a long time, and were once again deeply impressed by Chairman Mao's majestic and majestic strategy, and the two of them talked about Chairman Mao's "empty city plan" before and laughed.
During the speech, Chairman Mao also personally inquired about Fu Zuoyi's future plans, and if Fu Zuoyi was willing to stay in Beiping, the Communist Party would certainly welcome it, and Chairman Mao said that in the future, the Communist Party would continue to cooperate with Fu Zuoyi to continue to build our country. In the face of Chairman Mao's frank invitation, Fu Zuoyi was moved to almost tears, once in the battlefield tit-for-tat confrontation, and now he is actually taken such care of by Chairman Mao, Fu Zuoyi lamented how he could be. He said: "After returning to Beiping, I will certainly convey the concern and instructions of Chairman Mao and the head of the Central Committee to my subordinates and do a good job in the work of integrating the troops into peace." ”
Picture | Chairman Mao and Fu Zuoyi
Although he did not meet Chairman Mao for a long time, this was enough to change the life of Fu Zuoyi, who followed Chiang Kai-shek for many years, and during the War of Resistance Against Japan, he served as the commander-in-chief of the 7th Group Army of the Jin Sui Army, and also made great contributions to the Chinese battlefield, but when he thought of cooperating with Chiang Kai-shek to participate in the civil war, he regretted it at the beginning.
Today's conversation with Chairman Mao has completely opened Fu Zuoyi's heart knot, just as Li Kenong said: "After a long talk with Chairman Mao, Fu Zuoyi is simply like two people!" ”
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="127" After the founding of New > China, Fu Zuoyi served as minister of water resources for 23 years</h1>
Before the founding of New China, Chairman Mao asked Fu Zuoyi, "What kind of official do you want to be after the founding of the People's Republic of China?" Fu Zuoyi was frightened by a sentence, and Fu Zuoyi said that he wanted to engage in water conservancy work.
Fu Zuoyi was born in Yuncheng, Shanxi, which is a small village near the Yellow River, he was familiar with water since he was a child, he said that since he could swim, he often went to the Yellow River to swim, he also knew the flood disaster to the people, when he was a child, he wanted to do water conservancy-related work, and now that he has this opportunity, he mentioned it to Chairman Mao.
Picture | Fu Zuoyi spoke at the national CPPCC national committee meeting
Fu Zuoyi, as a former Kuomintang general, could have an official and a half-post after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and he felt that Chairman Mao was already the greatest concern for him; after the founding ceremony, the Central Committee once planned to arrange for Fu Zuoyi to serve as vice chairman of the National Defense Commission together with Cheng Qian, Zhang Zhizhong, Long Yun, and other former kuomintang generals who revolted. But Chairman Mao said: This is not enough for Fu Zuoyi, his merits are great, if Fu Zuoyi dies in beiping city, we cannot have this beiping city, Fu Zuoyi has made great contributions, we must arrange a minister for him.
After Chairman Mao's instructions, the Central Committee again solicited Fu Zuoyi's opinion, and Fu Zuoyi said that he did not need a high position, just go to the Ministry of Water Resources and have a petty official, and only want to do something practical for the country.
Finally, the Central Committee fully considered Fu Zuoyi's own opinions and combined chairman Mao's wishes to appoint Fu Zuoyi to the Ministry of Water Resources as a minister, at the age of 54.
Figure | Fu Zuoyi
From 1939 to the spring of 1945, he led the army and the people to repair and repair more than 40 trunk canals in the Houtao area, of which nearly 1,500 kilometers were large canals and more than 3,000 kilometers were small canals. After becoming the minister of water resources after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he used his valuable experience to do a lot of good things for the people.
From sitting in the position of minister of water resources to resigning due to illness in 1972, he worked diligently for 23 years, and Fu Zuoyi was the longest-serving minister in a ministry after the founding of New China. On April 19, 1974, Fu Zuoyi died of illness in Beijing at the age of 79. At the time of his death, he still did not forget the drought in the north, and asked the staff in a weak voice: "Is it raining in the northern region?" ”
Throughout the life of General Fu Zuoyi, he had feelings and righteousness, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he worked hard for the people and complained, and his life was even more frugal, and he was affectionately known as "General Cloth". Just as Chairman Mao once commented on him: The people will never forget you!