The final outcome of Major General Zhao Yongfu

Died of illness on October 18, 1987.

Zhao Yongfu, born in 1915, is from Zhengding County, Hebei Province. Joined the Eighth Route Army in December 1937, and joined the Communist Party of China in December 1938. He has successively served as platoon commander, company commander, deputy battalion commander, regiment commander, deputy division commander, and tank base commander.

Participated in the battles of Huaiyang and Jinzhou. In May 1966, he was appointed deputy commander of the Qinghai Provincial Military Region. He was imprisoned for the "February 23" incident in Qinghai in 1967. After his release, he served as an armored adviser to the Beijing Military Region. He later retired as a full-time military cadre and died of illness on October 18, 1987.

Extended information:

On January 23, 1967, the day the decision to support the Left was issued, Liu Xianquan, commander of the Qinghai Provincial Military Region, convened a meeting of the military region party committee and decided to support the August 18th. Although this decision was in line with Chairman Mao's intention, it was not in line with the general trend within the military.

Especially not accepted by most cadres in the provincial military region. As Zhang Yunsheng said, they would never consider the complex rebels to be leftists, not to mention that many cadres' family members have joined the conservative party at the local level.

Less than three hours after the district party committee meeting, the cadres of the military region convened a meeting, elected 15 representatives, and established the "Qinghai Military Region Revolutionary Rebellion Mass Headquarters" (later changed to the headquarters).

Deputy Commander Zhao Yongfu appeared on the spot and said: "Of course I support your rebellion." So Zhao became an adviser to the command headquarters. That night, the command headquarters issued an "emergency notice" and dispatched propaganda vehicles to broadcast on the streets.

Declare Liu Xianquan as a person in power who stubbornly implements the bourgeois reactionary line. The headquarters established a secretarial group, a liaison group, a publicity group and other agencies, effectively taking over the power of the military region. Liu Xianquan was placed under house arrest, his phone calls were cut off, and two guards were posted at the door. No guards or secretaries could contact him.

On January 25, Zhao Yongfu invited the heads of the Qinghai garrison units to a meeting. With the support of Zhang Xiaochuan, deputy commander of the 205th Army, Zhao Yongfu obtained the support of all units.

On January 28, Zhang Xiaochuan united with the garrison troops and displayed the banner of "unified actions of the troops to support the local cultural revolution." The troops in Qinghai Province basically reached consensus.

After the sudden change in the situation in the military region, the August 18th Red Guard Combat Team posted a big-character poster in front of the military region building, stating that "when the commander betrays the revolution, the revolutionary soldiers should not only not listen to his command, but also turn around." The gun was pointed at him."

And a huge slogan was displayed: "Down with the handful of bastards in the military region!" The Qinghai Provincial Party Committee also split. Wang Zhao went to other places for medical treatment, but most of the provincial party committee leaders still communicated with him and planned to support the defense team in seizing power.

Yang Zhilin held several meetings and decided to support the August 18th seizure of power. On January 29, the August 18th Movement seized the power of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee in one fell swoop. Because the defense team, provincial party committee, and military region cadres all accused the August 18th team of being impure.

After seizing power, the August 18th Red Guard Combat Team decided to initiate rectification. They designated Yang Shouli and several other members from poor family backgrounds as "counterrevolutionaries" and sent them to the public security organs, demanding serious treatment as a sign of revolution. Unexpectedly, they shot themselves in the foot.

On February 2, Zhang Xiaochuan held a meeting of Qinghai garrison leaders in Unit 205. The meeting decided to arrest nine members of the 8.18 Red Guard Combat Team on Cangmen Street and Xinghai Road, and send troops to hold a meeting to accuse counterrevolutionary crimes together with the "Poor and Lower-Middle Peasant Red Guards".

On the morning of February 3, a complaint meeting was held at the Nanmenwai Stadium, the Working People’s Cultural Palace, Xinghai Road and other places. At 12 o'clock, the team took to the streets. Unit 205 dispatched 250 military vehicles and each unit dispatched more than 4,000 soldiers.

Joined with the Red Guards and defense teams of poor and lower-middle peasants, they held an armed parade to suppress counterrevolution and support the left. The arrested "counterrevolutionaries" Yang Shouli and others had August 18 painted on their faces.

Wearing August 18 sleeves on their arms and August 18 hats on their heads, they paraded through the streets. The spearhead of the suppression was directed at the August 18th Red Guard Combat Team. On February 4, the August 18th Red Guards at Qinghai University posted big-character posters.

"Bombarding a small group of people in authority within the Qinghai Provincial Military Region who are taking the capitalist road" declares, "We will not rest in peace until we expose Xiao He Long and Xiao Luo Ruiqing among them!"

Liu Xianquan, who was under house arrest, was deeply aware of the seriousness of the problem and personally drafted a telegram: "The Qinghai August 18th Movement is the real rebel group, and the (Red Guard) headquarters and defense team are conservative organizations with very clear boundaries. We firmly support the Eighth Route Army. ·18."

He requested to send the telegram to the Central Committee, but the confidential officer returned the telegram. The reply was: "Deputy Commander Zhao does not agree to send it." Liu Xianquan's wife An Shaojie sent the telegram back. I wrapped gauze around my legs, put on cotton trousers, asked for leave and arrived in Lanzhou.

The Lanzhou Military Region sent the telegram to the Central Military Commission, but received no response. On February 13, the August 18th Red Guard Combat Team in Beixiaojie, Nanxiaojie, Xinghai Road, Cangmen Street and other places were designated as counterrevolutionary organizations and banned.

On the night of February 17, Zhao Yongfu and Zhang Xiaochuan proposed the establishment of a "Joint Office for Xining Regional Troops to Support the Local Proletarian Cultural Revolution" at a meeting of garrison leaders, and it was approved. Later, the office was renamed "Joint Command", and Zhao Yongfu and Zhang Xiaochuan were both members of the core leadership group.

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