In March 1943, Marshal Chen Yi sent a telegram to Yan'an, saying that the New Fourth Army had captured the Kuomintang Han Deloitte, can we pretend not to know him and let him go? Soon the central government replied to the message and agreed to the request. However, in the subsequent release process, Han Deloitte not only declared his name and resolutely refused to leave, but also asked to see Marshal Chen Yi. In 1943, during the period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communists in the War of Resistance Against Japan, why did our army arrest the Kuomintang general and pretend not to know him and let him go? Why doesn't Han Deloitte want to go? How about the end?
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<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" > the beginning and end of The hunt for Han Deloitte</h1>
1943 was the sixth year of the War of Resistance Against Japan, and the strategic stalemate between China and Japan lasted for several years, and large-scale operations have not appeared for a long time, replaced by small-scale fighting and pursuit. In February 1943, the Japanese army decided to carry out a large-scale sweep plan against the northern Jiangsu region. At that time, there were two troops stationed in the area, one was Marshal Chen Yi's New Fourth Army, and the other was Han Deloitte, deputy commander of the Lusu Theater of the Kuomintang troops.
At that time, the Kuomintang government once again showed signs of undermining unity, and under the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek, some of the veteran troops always adhered to the attitude of "passive resistance to Japan and active anti-communism" to our army, and Han Deloitte was an active member of it. As early as the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he had a case of conniving at his troops to attack the anti-Japanese contingent organized by the CPC Central Committee in the non-governmental organizations. Even when the New Fourth Army was actively resisting Japan and establishing good relations with the local military and people, Han Deloitte also made a move to create friction near the base area, which caused the good situation in the region to collapse a lot.
Unlike the strong combat effectiveness of the New Fourth Army in fighting guerrillas, Han Deloitte's troops were weak and could not help but feel weak in the face of the Japanese army, which was a headache. Although the anti-Japanese resistance was not good, the ability of the pit friendly troops was not ordinary, especially in the early days of this Japanese sweep, both the Kuomintang and the Communists received intelligence. Uncharacteristically, Han Deloitte took the initiative to find the headquarters of the New Fourth Army to discuss a grand plan to jointly deal with the enemy.
(General Huang Kecheng)
After Huang Kecheng, commander of the Third Division of the New Fourth Army, saw Han Deloitte, he knew in his heart that he did not have much sincerity in coming to negotiate, but out of the consideration of unity and resistance against Japan, he had to receive him. After discussion, the two sides finally signed an agreement, which is probably the content
In the face of this sweep, the two sides jointly resisted, when encountering difficulties, Han Deloitte's provincial government agencies and troops can move to the base area of the New Fourth Army, and promised not to harm the military and civilians in the base area, after the Japanese side ended the sweep, Han Deloitte's ministry should immediately withdraw, in addition, if the Japanese army sweeps the base area of the New Fourth Army, Han Deloitte's ministry should give the same support for the above provisions.
This agreement is nothing at a glance, but in fact, for the New Fourth Army, there is a crisis everywhere, Han Deloitte this person is not trustworthy, this agreement itself is like a lock on the door, anti-gentleman does not prevent villains, how to say it is not important, the key is how to do it, can not do it. Not only Huang Kecheng, but also other leaders of the New Fourth Army were suspicious of Han Deloitte, and the New Fourth Army's concerns were not superfluous, and they soon saw Han Deloitte's capriciousness.
Soon after, the Japanese army did organize a large number of troops to come to sweep up, Han Deloitte's Kuomintang army, as the government army at that time, bore the brunt of the Japanese army's concentrated fire attack, the result was not suspenseful, his team was a typical "civil war insider and foreign war layman", directly defeated by the Japanese army, part of the direct sacrifice in the battle, part of the surrender to the Japanese army, the other part followed Han Deloitte, according to the agreement at that time to the New Fourth Army garrison for transfer.
Before arriving at the garrison, the New Fourth Army once again reiterated the content of the agreement, in addition to providing support to the remnants of Han Deloitte to supply ammunition, hoping that he could also abide by the principle of peaceful coexistence and not destroy or interfere in the base areas. After arriving at the base area, Han Deloitte's department was indeed supported, and he personally called Marshal Chen Yi to express his gratitude.
The news that Han Deqin led the remnants of the new fourth army into the garrison was soon learned by the Japanese Kou, and in an instant the new fourth army became the focus of the Japanese army's next fire collection, and the new fourth army needed to bear most of the next firepower on the battlefield. According to the content of the agreement, Han Deloitte's department, which had been resting for many days at this time, also needed to fight with the New Fourth Army, but he used various excuses to prevaricate, and the New Fourth Army had to disperse most of its troops and continue to fight with the Japanese army.
At this moment, the New Fourth Army's concerns about Han Deloitte did indeed become a reality, and when the New Fourth Army was actively responding to the Japanese Kou, Han Deloitte immediately telegraphed Chiang Kai-shek that "the time has come" to demand combat, and then launched an attack on the base area of the New Fourth Army, and soon occupied a large part of the important area. Peng Xuefeng, commander of the Fourth Division, who had long been concerned about the movements of Han Deloitte's troops, immediately made representations to Han Deloitte, hoping that he would not make moves to undermine unity and resistance against Japan.
Han Deloitte not only turned a blind eye, but also frantically continued to lead his troops to occupy more of the New Fourth Army base areas, and his idea was very direct, that is, to attack the New Fourth Army with Tang Enbolai who was not far away, to devour all the new Fourth Army enemy areas in Huaibei, and to establish a new anti-communist system.
After Receiving the telegram, Marshal Chen Yi immediately consulted with the other personnel of the command headquarters that at present, Han Deloitte's department had seriously affected the anti-Japanese resistance and had become the biggest obstacle to the New Fourth Army's resistance to japan. Soon, the command formed a unified opinion, first to solve Han Deqin, drive him out of the New Fourth Army base area, and then concentrate on resisting Japan, and reported the situation to the Central Military Commission, and after receiving a clear command, began to formulate a battle plan.
Lai Chuanzhu, chief of staff, believes that after a long journey some time ago, the contingent of Han Deloitte's department is resting at Shanzitou, which is a good opportunity for us to attack, and there is a large number of military forces deployed by our army near the area, and it is also convenient to transfer troops for combat.
On March 14, the Headquarters of the New Fourth Army sent a telegram ordering Luo Binghui, commander of the Second Division, Huang Kecheng, commander of the Third Division, and Peng Xuefeng, commander of the Fourth Division, to jointly lead the operation, and the front-line deployment was under the unified command of Peng Xuefeng, and the Fourth Division was also responsible for the task of the main attack. After the deployment was completed, the strength of the three divisions of the New Fourth Army quietly advanced towards Shanzitou, and Wei Guoqing of the Ninth Brigade was responsible for leading his troops to take the lead in touching Shanzitou and directly annihilating Han Deloitte's headquarters and Wang Guangxia's security column. 、
At dusk that day, the New Fourth Army had arrived at the designated place according to the plan to prepare for the battle, and through the intelligence of prior inquiry, it was learned that Han Deloitte was in the landlord's manor in the village and was now going to take advantage of the nightfall to take Han Deloitte in one fell swoop. At dinnertime, it suddenly rained heavily, and Han Deloitte went back to bed early after eating, and the sentries in charge of the guards in the village also deserted and went directly back to the barracks to sleep.
In the middle of the night, most of Han Deloitte's troops fell asleep, and the New Fourth Army fired two signal bombs into the sky and launched a general attack on Han Deloitte's department. The Kuomintang troops were caught off guard, and many of them were still in bed, and before they could wake up, they were awakened by the sound of artillery fire and were directly captured by the New Fourth Army, which rushed in. Some of them reacted faster, took up guns to fight the New Fourth Army, and were almost completely annihilated.
The New Fourth Army rushed to the outskirts of Han Deloitte's headquarters and surrounded the manor, Wang Guangxia ran directly into Han Deloitte's bedroom, informing him that the New Fourth Army had rushed in, Wang Guangxia still wanted to order resistance, Han Deloitte immediately stopped, he knew in his heart, in order to unify the anti-Japanese, the New Fourth Army is unlikely to kill him, and now there may be talk of surrender.
Han Deloitte ordered Wang Guangxia to go out to negotiate with the New Fourth Army, hoping that they would not shoot anymore, Wang Guangxia did not know how much blood of the New Fourth Army had been on his hands in the past six months, and he dared to go out. At the urging of Han Deloitte, he had to open the gate of the manor with a hard scalp, shouting not to shoot as he walked, the New Fourth Army outside asked him who he was, Wang Guangxia just finished his name, the New Fourth Army soldiers directly shot him to death, and the Kuomintang soldiers in the courtyard no longer dared to resist, and they all put down their guns and surrendered.
Han Deloitte mixed with the prisoners, followed the team out of the courtyard door, and did not dare to respond when the New Fourth Army asked who Was Han Deloitte. In fact, some people in the New Fourth Army had already noticed him, and they probably guessed who he was from the way he was dressed, but Han Deqin, as a senior Kuomintang official, even if he wanted to kill him, it could not be as simple as shooting Wang Guangxia, and there were still many sensitive issues that needed the instructions of the superiors.
After the battle, the soldiers reported han Deloitte's presence among prisoners of war, Marshal Chen Yi learned of the situation and made a mistake, it was not good to kill Han Deqin directly, and the Kuomintang might send a more troublesome Tang Enbo to replace Han Deloitte, so that the conflict between the two sides would continue, and the rear of the New Fourth Army against Japan would still be unsafe.
Marshal Chen Yi, after consulting with the comrades in the command headquarters, sent a telegram to the central authorities, perhaps pretending not to know that Han Deloitte was among the prisoners, and directly releasing him and other prisoners. The Central Committee quickly called back and agreed to Marshal Chen Yi's plan to release prisoners of war. Who would have thought that during the release process, Han Deloitte would loudly report his identity and offer to see Marshal Chen Yi.
This can embarrass the soldiers, before the release of the prisoners of war they received orders, after seeing Han Deloitte must pretend not to know him, let him go directly, save trouble, the result is now that he reported himself to the door, the soldiers did not know how to be good for a while, had to report the situation.
Marshal Chen Yi decided to meet Han Deloitte. When he met Marshal Chen Yi, Han Deqin expressed his gratitude and immediately made his own request, hoping that Marshal Chen Yi would release his first soldier and provide him with certain weapons subsidies so that he could continue to sit on the throne of the provincial chairman, and he also promised that after he returned, he would change his past mistakes and never oppose the New Fourth Army again, and then he could provide certain information to the New Fourth Army.
The conversation lasted for 7 hours, and finally Marshal Chen Yi agreed to Han Deloitte's request, not only releasing his men and horses, rationing them with guns and ammunition, returning the radio station, and giving him 80,000 yuan in funding. After Han Deloitte returned, he did not oppose the New Fourth Army again, and he also repeatedly informed the New Fourth Army of the Kuomintang's operational deployment, which can also be regarded as keeping his promise.
After this incident, the strength of the anti-Japanese base areas in northern Jiangsu continued to grow, eliminating the interference of the Kuomintang rear and making important contributions to the victory of the War of Resistance as soon as possible.