During the Liberation War, most of the generals captured during the war were held in the centre of the War Crimes Administration, and some of them were pardoned and released from prison for the rest of their lives. However, some generals were executed directly, for example, in 1954, three generals were executed.
The three generals were Zhang Zhankui, Liu Peixu, and Han Buzhou. Why were they executed, is there a secret?
Zhang Zhankui, born in 1897 in Shangcai, Henan Province, served in the Northwest Army in his early years, from an ordinary soldier to an army officer division commander. In the 1930s, when the Central Plains War broke out, Zhang Zhankui fled to Chiang Kai-shek before the war, serving as the commander of the Anti-Japanese Second Cavalry Division, the commander of the Third Cavalry Brigade, the brigade commander of the Fourteenth Cavalry Brigade, and the governor of Henan Province. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Zhang Zhankui served as the commander of the Ninth Cavalry, and he led his troops to participate in the Anti-Japanese War in the northern section of Pinghan Road, and was soon promoted to deputy commander of the Thirty-sixth Army.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Zhang Zhankui served as a staff officer of the Headquarters of the First Theater and later became the commander of the Fourth Theater and the Reconciliation Army. However, Zhang Zhankui was captured during the Nanjing Liberation War and has been engaged in the management of the War Criminals Center ever since, and in 1954, a rebellion broke out across the country and Zhang Zhankui was executed.
Originally a direct descendant of Chiang Kai-shek, Liu Peixu graduated from the Baoding Military Academy and served as a general in Beijing, but in the 1920s transferred to the National Revolutionary Army as a general of the Third Group. In the 1920s, he fought with Tang Shengzhi against Chiang Kai-shek. After the defeat, he was demoted by Chiang Kai-shek and served as the commander of the new second brigade. In 1935 he was promoted to lieutenant general.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Liu Peixu did not receive much attention, but only served as a senior member of the general, which made him very dissatisfied, so in 1939, he worked for Wang Jingwei and a shameful traitor, Liu Peixu occupied an important position in the puppet king's regime and became the main educator of the puppet central army. However, during the Liberation War, Liu Peixu participated in the uprising in Beiping and later participated in the struggle against the Kuomintang generals.
On the eve of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Liu Peixu could have enjoyed the treatment of "killing relatives in righteousness", but was arrested by the Ministry of Public Security for secretly supporting robbery in Beiping City, and in 1954, Liu Peixu was sentenced to death and immediately executed.
Finally, Han Buzhou, from Shanxi, studied at the Taiyuan Military Academy, and after graduation, he joined Yan Xishan's troops as a training officer. The Battle of Han was very fierce, and he was soon put in a very high position by his superiors. He was soon promoted in the army and later served as chief of staff of the First Army Cavalry Unit. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Han Buzhou was appointed commander-in-chief of the World War II region, he struggled hard, led his troops to resist the Japanese invaders many times, and after achieving great success, he served as the commander of the 46th Division and the deputy commander of the 43rd Army. After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he successively served as the commander of the Shanxi Provincial Defense Force and the general of the 33rd Army.
In 1948, Han Buzhou was transferred to Taiyuan, when the People's Liberation Army repeatedly advised him to surrender. But he was still very stubborn, refusing to accept that after the Taiyuan People's Liberation Army was captured by the People's Liberation Army, he was subsequently imprisoned in the Taiyuan War Criminals Management Center, and soon handed him over to Beijing Gongdelin. In 1954, Han Buzhou was sentenced to death and immediately executed.
Summary: Our country has always been kind to prisoners, and our country has also been clearly rewarded and punished, and even in the past years of war, our country did not have a different view of the enemy because of some hatred. Treat everyone equally, never hurt others because of their own ideas. We should be proud of our presence in a country of great love.