From Chiang Kai-shek's staff officer to the founding lieutenant general! Jiang Weiguo: The most dangerous spy around the old president. Hello everyone, I am @ Cloud Flying, I wish you all a happy and happy day.
In 1959, Du Yuming, deputy commander of the Kuomintang's former Xuzhou "Suppression General", was released as one of the first batch of amnesty war criminals. In March 1975, founding lieutenant general Han Liancheng took the initiative to greet Du Yuming, who was already a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Du Yuming said, "Brother Liancheng, have you ever hated me for so many years?" Han Liancheng said, "What do you remember hating?" Du Yuming said, "I said in front of Old Chiang Kai-shek that you were a communist." I've wanted to apologize to you in person several times. Han Liancheng said, "What apology?" It's all over. Besides, you weren't wrong, I was a Communist Party!"
Until The Death of Han Liancheng, Jiang Weiguo, who was far away in Taiwan, was still grumpy: "He is the longest and most dangerous co-spy who has been hiding around the old president." ”
On the communist side, Mao Zedong commented on Han Liancheng: "With you by Chairman Chiang Kai-shek's side, I can also mobilize the Kuomintang army of a million." Zhou En: "He is a Communist Party member who has not gone through the formalities of joining the Party." Li Kenong often called Han Lian an "invisible man", and everyone praised Han Lian as an "invisible general".
What kind of legendary experience did Han Liancheng have that was so evaluated by the Kuomintang and the Communist Party?
In February 1909, Han Liancheng was born in The Valley Terrace of Tongxin County, Ningxia. In the winter of 1924, his parents wanted to send him to the Whampoa Military Academy, so they borrowed a diploma from Han Guizhang, a graduate of the "Gansu Provincial No. 2 Middle School", to apply for the examination, and the date of birth was changed to February 1908. But somehow, the teacher who came to the county town to say that he was recruiting students for Huangpu took them to the officer teaching team of the Seventh Division of the Northwest Army in January 1925, and the teacher went to the Soviet Union and was not heard from.
The Seventh Division of the Northwest Army was expanded from Ma Hongkui's Fifth Mixed Brigade and came under the jurisdiction of Feng Yuxiang, who was then the Inspector of Border Defense in the Northwest. In May 1926, after Feng Yuxiang took the oath of office, he invited communists to work in the army. In September 1926, the 7th Division of the Northwest Army was reorganized into the Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army and sent troops to the Northern Expedition. Han Liancheng, who was a platoon commander in the army, got to know Liu Zhidan, a communist.
In November 1926, Han Liancheng, who had been promoted to company commander after the siege of Xi'an, participated in a political training course taught by Liu Bojian and Liu Zhidan. Han Liancheng was inspired, and Liu Zhidan found that Han Liancheng was active in the revolution and wanted to develop him into a communist. In May 1927, during a small night raid on the way to the Northern Expedition, Han Liancheng led his troops to rescue the General Headquarters in time, which made Feng Yuxiang very moved. Later, when Feng Yuxiang mentioned this matter, he also said: "Han Guizhang shared hardships with me during the Northern Expedition. ”
In June 1927, Feng Yuxiang began to join forces with Chiang Kai-shek's Qing Party, sending Liu Zhidan and other public communist party members out of the country, interrupting Han Liancheng's process of joining the party. In 1929, Jiang Feng lost peace, and Feng Yuxiang sent a telegram to jiang. However, he did not expect that Ma Hongkui's subordinates would surrender to Jiang feng, and Han Liancheng had already been promoted to the head of the independent regiment of the Sixty-fourth Division of Ma Hongkui's department at that time.
In 1930, the Central Plains War broke out. In May, Jiang Feng's main force started a war in eastern Henan. Chiang Kai-shek personally commanded the "Commander-in-Chief's Train Camp" at the Guide (present-day Shangqiu) railway station. At this time, one of Feng Yuxiang's cavalry suddenly attacked Guide, and Chiang Kai-shek's headquarters was surrounded. Nearby, Han Liancheng received the news that the general headquarters was surrounded and immediately went to the rescue of Chiang Kai-shek.
Holding the hand of Han Liancheng who rescued himself, Chiang Kai-shek was very moved. When he learned that Han Liancheng was not a Whampoa student, he immediately ordered: "Han Guizhang, the leader of the Independent Regiment of the Sixty-fourth Division, is ordered to be loyal and courageous, and the graduates of the third phase of the Chartered Military Academy are included in the student register and are known by internal orders." This is the story of "wearing a yellow coat" that was later circulated among Whampoa students. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek only informed the Huangpu Department internally, not publicly.
In the autumn of 1932, with the intervention of Chiang Kai-shek, Ma Hongkui sent Han Liancheng to Nanjing to study in the "First Phase of the Political Training Research Class of the Central Army Officer Academy" and approved the second phase of the higher education class of the Tong military academy. This is Han Liancheng's first admission to the Whampoa Military Academy.
However, on the third day of entering the school, Liu Jianqun, director of the Political Training Department, asked Han to confess to his participation in the Communist Party and was imprisoned for three months. It turned out that Liu Jianqun was not a Huangpu student, but only knew that he was a suspect communist sent by Ma Hongkui's department, and did not know han Liancheng's relationship with Chiang Kai-shek. When Chiang Kai-shek found out, he immediately demanded that the confinement be lifted. Subsequently, Han Lian was appointed as the director of the Jiangsu Provincial Security Cadre Training Corps, the deputy director of the Provincial Security Department, the brigade commander of the Independent Eleventh Brigade, and the commander of the Zhenjiang Garrison.
In 1935, Han Liancheng was promoted to major general and entered the third phase of the special class of the Army University under the special approval of Chiang Kai-shek. At that time, Feng Yuxiang and others were in this class. In this class, Han Liancheng met Bai Chongxi's lieutenant, ShiHualong, who tried his best to persuade Han Liancheng to defect to the Gui clan.
After the outbreak of the All-out War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in 1937, Bai Chongxi, then deputy chief of the General Staff of the Kuomintang Military Commission, had a long conversation with Han Liancheng under the contact of Shihualong. Han Liancheng expressed his willingness to develop in the Gui clan, and his erudition was also appreciated by Bai Chongxi. With Chiang Kai-shek's consent, Han Became a senior staff officer of Li Zongren, commander of the Fifth Theater. In August 1937, Han Liancheng accompanied Bai Chongxi to meet for the first time with Zhou Enlai and Ye Jianying, who had come to attend the National Defense Conference.
In November 1938, while serving as the deputy commander of the 170th Division in Guilin, Han Liancheng met Xia Yan, the editor-in-chief of the "Salvation Daily" who had moved to Guilin at that time, and the two gradually became acquainted. Xia Yan was touched by Han Liancheng's sincerity and reported Han Liancheng's situation to Zhou Enlai, secretary of the Southern Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.
In February 1942, Han Was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and appointed chief of staff of the 16th Army, and soon after, he entered the National Defense Research Institute (the president was Chiang Kai-shek) and became the first researcher. After many years of warlord melee and military experience within the Kuomintang, Han Liancheng, who was bent on resisting Japan, was already tired of the open strife and secret struggle within the Kuomintang. Especially in the face of national difficulties, chiang kai-shek and other high-level Kuomintang anti-communist and even more important than the anti-Japanese atmosphere made him feel particularly depressed and depressed. Han Liancheng discovered that only the Chinese Communist Party was the most resolute anti-Japanese force, and he began to secretly contact the Chinese Communist Party.
In June 1942, in Chongqing, Han Liancheng and Zhou Enlai had their first separate meeting under the arrangement of Yu Ling, the son-in-law of zhou Shiguan, a non-partisan zhou shiguan. The two had a long conversation at first sight. In this conversation, Zhou Enlai finally knew that the Han Liancheng in front of him was Han Guizhang in the mouth of Liu Zhidan, who died 6 years ago. It was also during this conversation that Han Liancheng strengthened his determination to follow the Communist Party and began to engage in secret work under the direct leadership of Zhou Enlai.
In May 1943, Han Liancheng was transferred by Chiang Kai-shek to the Chairman's Attendant Office as a senior staff officer, and at the same time served as the head of the staff of the Office of the Chief of Staff. During this period, Han Liancheng got to know Chiang Ching-kuo and Chiang Wei-kuo. The two called Han Lian a brother.
Chiang Kai-shek and Bai Chongxi
In 1945, Han Liancheng, who was trusted by both Chiang Kai-shek and the Gui clan, was appointed commander of the 46th Army, the main force of the Gui clan. In September, Han Liancheng led the Kuomintang 46th Army into Hainan Island, and at the same time served as the commander of the Hainan Island Defense and the chairman of the Reception Committee of the Executive Yuan.
Before leaving, Chiang Kai-shek demanded that on the one hand, he should accept the surrender of Japan, and on the other hand, he would go to suppress the Communist Qiongya guerrillas, and he should use more brains, three points of military, seven points of politics.
Han Liancheng told Zhou Enlai about his situation through secret channels, and Zhou Enlai relayed a secret letter to tell him: "Now you can only use your personal influence and the power in your hands to protect the safety of the Qiongya Party organization as much as possible without compromising the overall plan... To start from reality, how much can be done and how much can be done..."
On October 10, 1945, representatives of the Kuomintang and the Communists signed the Double Tenth Agreement. At this time, it was a sensitive period of whether the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were at war or at peace. Han Liancheng seized the opportunity and, as soon as he arrived in Haikou, he forcibly ordered Cai Jinjun, director of the Haikou Office of the Guangdong Provincial Government, to hand over to the Haikou Garrison Headquarters the captured personnel and materials of the Qiongya Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Independent Column (i.e., Qiongzhong) stolen from the Japanese army, and after screening, all personnel were released in accordance with the so-called principle of "three points of military and seven points of politics."
At the same time, one of the people who was selected as a cadre of Qiongzhong gave Feng Baiju, the head of Qiongzhong, an open letter, meaning that the two parties had signed the "Double Tenth Agreement" and asked Qiongzhong to send people to discuss the reorganization of the guerrillas in order to restore order in Hainan. But privately told him not to pay attention to the superficial wording of the letter.
Soon, Qiong Zhong sent representatives to negotiate with Han Liancheng, who hoped that Qiong Zhong would conceal self-defense, reduce his actions, and wait for the opportunity. However, due to the loss of the radio, Qiong Zhong could not contact the central government and had always been skeptical of Han Liancheng's words. Han Liancheng could only act unilaterally, covering Qiongzhong by restricting the expansion of the Hainan Security Regiment and disbanding the Japanese puppet army (originally intended to be the independent brigade as the vanguard of the attack on Qiongzhong).
In January 1946, Han Washung was injured in an ambush by Qiong, disrupting his deployment. In February, he left his post due to injury and was recalled to Nanjing by Chiang Kai-shek. Han Liancheng knew that the impression given to Chiang Kai-shek by taking office in Hainan this time was that he was not suitable for politics and should only be a soldier.
In the winter of 1950, Zhou Enlai received Han Liancheng and Feng Baiju at Huairen Hall in Beijing, along with Chen Yi and He Long. Chen Yi asked Feng Baiju and Han Liancheng, "Did you two go to the Huairentang party last night?" "Three Forks" this play, have you seen it? Han Liancheng smiled and did not answer. Feng Baiju shook his head and said, "I see, I can't understand it." Chen Yi said humorously: "Two people who don't know each other have a fierce battle in the dark night, and they don't know each other until dawn, which is really interesting!" Zhou Enlai pointed to Han Liancheng and Feng Baiju and said, "This is why we didn't connect you to the line." ”
In October 1946, Han Liancheng's 46th Army was ordered to go north, first landing at Wusongkou in Shanghai, and a few days later receiving orders to march to Qingdao, Shandong. At that time, Han Liancheng attended the most senior military meeting presided over by Chiang Kai-shek to understand his plans for a full-scale civil war. Before leaving, Han Liancheng secretly contacted Dong Biwu to inform him of the relevant situation, and agreed that the contact code would be "Hong Weiji".
In mid-December 1946, Han Liancheng connected the head with the liaison cadre Chen Zigu through a secret code. In January 1947, since two divisions of the 46th Army led by Han Liancheng were relatives of Bai Chongxi and others, it was impossible to launch an uprising, and the East China Bureau agreed with Han Liancheng on a plan for campaign coordination.
On February 20, 1946, the Battle of Laiwu began. Since it had been learned in advance that the East China Field Army planned to abandon Linyi and secretly go north to seek the annihilation of Li Xianzhou's corps, Han Liancheng delayed the time for retreating and breaking through from the 22nd to the 23rd on the grounds that the troops needed to prepare for time.
In the early morning of the 23rd, when the troops were preparing to break through, Li Xianzhou found that Han Liancheng was missing, and immediately sent people to look around. This change led to chaos within Li Xianzhou's Kuomintang group army, and after the general offensive of the East China Field Army was launched, the Kuomintang army collapsed. The entire campaign lasted only 63 hours, annihilating more than 56,000 Kuomintang troops and recovering 13 counties such as Boshan and Zichuan. In one fell swoop, it broke the plan of the Kuomintang army to attack from the north and south, and stabilized the overall situation of the Shandong Liberated Area.
After hearing the news, Wang Yaowu sighed: "More than 50,000 people, 3 days will be wiped out, that is, put 50,000 pigs there, 3 days can not be caught!" In this battle, Han Liancheng played an important role in the victory of the Battle of Laiwu.
After the war, Han Liancheng and Chen Yi agreed to return to Nanjing to continue to make more contributions to the party and the people. In response to Chen Yi's concern, Han Liancheng said: "Chiang Kai-shek and Bai Chongxi have great trust in both of them, and there are many defeated generals in the Kuomintang side, and I believe that Bai Chongxi will protect me." With the consent of the central authorities, Zhang Baoxiang, who had extensive experience behind enemy lines, disguised himself as Han Liancheng's nephew and accompanied Han Liancheng to Nanjing as a liaison officer.
In the Nanjing conference room, the summary meeting of the campaign chaired by Bai Chongxi exposed the mistakes in the command system led by Chen Cheng (mainly caused by Chen Cheng's only orders from Chiang Kai-shek). Bai Chongxi concluded that the main reason for the failure was improper command. After listening to the report, Chiang Kai-shek did not suspect Han Liancheng, but praised him for "returning to Beijing as soon as he ran out, extremely loyal and courageous." He also ordered Han Liancheng's memoirs to be published in newspapers under the title "Escape from danger in the Bandit Area of Luzhong" to boost morale. At the same time, it was planned to appoint him as the deputy commander of the Eighth Appeasement District, and after Han Liancheng's resignation, Chiang Kai-shek continued to transfer him to the senior staff officer of the chairman's attendant office in March 1947.
The second time he came to Chiang Kai-shek's side, the level of participation was higher than the first time, and many of Chiang Kai-shek's orders would pass through Han Liancheng's hand. In the Battle of Menglianggu, Han Liancheng's suggestion helped Chiang Kai-shek a favor and indirectly contributed to the victory of the Battle of Menglianggu.
In October 1947, Han Liancheng heard that Du Yuming had denounced Chiang Kai-shek that he had arrested a regimental cadre under Chen Yi and identified him as conspiring with Chen Yi. Han Liancheng took the initiative to go to see Chiang Kai-shek to complain. Chiang Kai-shek knew that Du Yuming and Han Liancheng were not in harmony, and there was no doubt about it. At the end of 1947, Han Liancheng arrived in Hong Kong in the name of playing to meet with Pan Hannian, reported on the relevant situation, and agreed on strengthening contacts in the future.
At this time, Chen Cheng, jealous of Han Liancheng, instructed some people to demand that Chiang Kai-shek appoint Han Lian as the commander of the Gansu Provincial Security In the name of petitioning, in order to protect Sangzi. Chen Cheng's confidant changed the security commander to the security brigade commander. In May 1948, Han Liancheng received the appointment of "deputy chief of staff of the Northwest Xing battalion, commander of the Gansu Provincial Security Brigade and commander of the Lanzhou Security Brigade" and went to the northwest to take up his post. He secretly informed Pan Hannian of his own situation.
During his tenure in the northwest, he received special attention from Zhang Zhizhong, the military and political commander of the northwest. During this time, although Chiang Kai-shek did not show doubts about Han Liancheng for the time being, the military command has been secretly investigating Han Liancheng's breakthrough. In the winter of 1948, with the help of Zhang Zhizhong and Guan Linzheng, Han Liancheng, who had been exposed, arrived in Hong Kong under the pseudonym of Xu Bing according to the arrangements of the party organization, and then Han Liancheng's family was also sent to Hong Kong by the party organization. Under the arrangement of the Cpc South China Party organization, Han Liancheng was secretly sent to the northeast and crossed the sea in Dalian via Yantai, Jinan, and Shijiazhuang to Xibaipo, the seat of the CPC Central Committee, where he was cordially received by Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Zhu De.
In late August 1949, Han Liancheng arrived in the northwest to serve as deputy chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army and deputy director of the Lanzhou Military Control Commission. In January 1950, he was appointed as a member of the Northwest Military and Political Committee. In May of the same year, with Zhou Enlai as the witness, Zhang Zongxun and Gan Siqi as the introducers, Han Liancheng officially joined the Communist Party of China. In September 1955, Han Liancheng, then the first deputy commander of the Lanzhou Military Region, was awarded the rank of lieutenant general and the Liberation Medal of the First Class.
While Han Liancheng's legendary experience is amazing, we will also have some questions. He was a red man around Chiang Kai-shek, not without a way out, and he had been promoted by Chiang Kai-shek many times, so why would he follow the Communist Party without hesitation? On this issue, Zhang Zhizhong also specifically asked Zhou Enlai, and Zhou Enlai only said one sentence: "This is the power of faith." On February 27, 1984, Han Liancheng completed his legendary life. At the memorial service, Deng Xiaoping, Ye Jianying, and other CPC central leaders spoke highly of it.
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