Chiang Kai-shek likes being captured. Chen Yi went to see him specially: You are an official. Why did you hide this thing?

1In the autumn of 948, Wang, a famous Kuomintang general, was defeated and fled in the battle of Jinan, and was finally captured and began his career as a prisoner of war.

The People's Liberation Army confiscated Wang's assets. Unlike some greedy Kuomintang officers, Wang has almost no assets. After searching, he only found two American tractors.

This "anecdote" reached Chen Yi's ears, and Chen Yi sighed: "Interesting, I'm going to meet this Shandong president."

After the meeting, Chen Yi directly asked him if he had any other property. Wang shook his head directly: "I don't love money all my life. I only have two tractors and nothing else."

Chen Yi really don't understand: "You are an official. Why are you hiding this thing? "

In Chen Yi's eyes, Wang doesn't need a tractor, but in Wang's mind, this tractor originally used by farmers is of great use to him.

Much transformed, in front of Chen Yi, Wang only lamented. .......

1In August, 945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender, and the general of the Anti-Japanese War, Wang, was ordered to be the chief surrender officer of the region. At the beginning of September, Sakamoto respectfully raised his combat knives and presented his hands to the king.

After many years in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Wang finally saw that the enemy on the battlefield had bowed his head, and the people of China finally won through arduous struggle!

James Wang was wonderful, but this joy didn't last long, because Chiang Kai-shek ignored the peaceful aspirations of the people of the whole country and deliberately launched a civil war. Wang knew that once the war resumed, Chiang Kai-shek would definitely let him go to the front.

After years in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Wang was exhausted and didn't want to go to war at all. On the contrary, he is looking forward to returning to the battlefield and living a quiet and simple life.

Friends advised Wang that since he had achieved great success, he would rather retire and reunite with his family. Once involved in the civil war, he may give up all his efforts and even become a "sinner."

Wang knew that what his friends said was true, so before Chiang Kai-shek summoned him, Wang called in sick and went to a hospital in Wuchang, claiming to rest at ease.

When Chiang Kai-shek heard the news, he immediately sent a telegram to Wang and sent experts to take him from Wuchang to Chongqing. Chiang Kai-shek came to see the king and asked him, "You look good and energetic. What's wrong with you? "

"Stomach problems and hemoptysis are due to years of diet and life," Wang replied.

Chiang Kai-shek persuaded Wang: "Have a rest. Once life is normal, it will be fine soon. Although the Japanese army was driven out, there were still internal and external troubles. * * * Can the producer cooperate with us? Civil war is still to be fought. Can the situation give you a rest? "

Wang is from Taian, Shandong. Chiang Kai-shek told him, "You are from Shandong. I think it is most appropriate for you to go to Jinan. Don't be afraid of difficulties. I have everything. "

Chiang Kai-shek's kindness and kindness forced Wang to reconsider. First, he fought with * * * producers before; Second, he dared not disobey Chiang Kai-shek's orders.

Finally, Wang walked out of the hospital bed and chose to obey Chiang Kai-shek's orders.

1at the beginning of 946, Chiang Kai-shek reached an "armistice agreement" with the producers after negotiations in Chongqing, but he was actively preparing for civil war behind it. 1 At the end of the year, Chiang Kai-shek summoned Wang and ordered him to lead the Fourth Army Command to secretly airlift Jinan, and set up the second appeasement area command in an attempt to cut off the links between the liberated areas.

During his stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Wang served as the commander of the 74th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, so before going to Jinan, Wang proposed to Chiang Kai-shek that he hoped to take his old troops with him.

Chiang Kai-shek disagreed: "They are all as important as Shandong. It is more important to transfer the 74th Army back to Nanjing than to Shandong. Why not bring your own troops? " Isn't that the warlord's idea? "

Chiang Kai-shek gagged the king with this sentence. Wang had nothing to say, so he had to settle for the second best: "Just put the 18th Army and the New Sixth Army under my command."

Wang didn't expect Chiang Kai-shek to disagree with this request. He arranged for the eighteenth army to defend Wuhan, and the new sixth army to support the northeast, which Wang could not take.

Chiang Kai-shek said: "You can only lead 70 armed forces. You must take the overall situation into consideration. In addition, I can transfer other powerful troops to you. You go first! "

The king had to be disgruntled and go to Shandong.

1947 In February, Su Yu commanded the East China Field Army and started the Laiwu Campaign. Li Juntuan was completely annihilated, and Wang lost more than 56,000 people in seven divisions.

1947 In May, Su Yu and Chen Yi commanded the East China Field Army, launched a campaign, and reorganized the seventy-fourth division, that is, the seventy-fourth army of Wang Jiujun was completely annihilated, and Zhang, then the commander of the seventy-fourth division, was killed.

The 74th Division, which once made Wang proud, was reorganized and became the first team of the Kuomintang to be completely annihilated. When Wang learned about it, he could not sleep well. He sighed, "It's like the pain of losing his father."

At this time, Chiang Kai-shek wrote a personal letter to Wang to the effect that he was very sad about Zhang's death. He hoped that Wang Neng would undertake the task of rebuilding the 74th Army.

Of course, Wang couldn't bear to see his old army "disappear" on the battlefield. He immediately called the backbone of the former 74 th Army for a meeting to discuss. At the meeting, he firmly promised: "We must rebuild the entire 74 th Army."

After the reorganization of the 74th Army, Wang's old men were appointed as new commanders. Not only that, Wang also sent a personal letter to Chiang Kai-shek, hoping to reorganize it into the 74th Division. Wang spared no expense to recruit and maintain the organizational system of 74th Division, 1 Division and 3rd Brigade.

By 1948, Changle, Weifang and Boshan were successively liberated by the East China Field Army, leaving only an "isolated city" in Jinan.

In Jinan, there are only Wang He and his 65,438+10,000 soldiers. He hasn't recovered from his failures and setbacks, but he must face the coming crisis.

Wang believes that it is better to give up at an appropriate time than wait for annihilation because there are no reinforcements on all sides. 1948 May 15, Wang Cheng flew from Jinan to Nanjing to meet Chiang Kai-shek. Before he left, he decided to persuade Chiang Kai-shek to give up Jinan and retreat to Xuzhou to prepare for tomorrow's battle.

However, Wang was not sure whether Chiang Kai-shek would accept his suggestion. ......

Chen Bulei, Chiang Kai-shek's confidant, was waiting at the airport early. When Wang got off the plane, he stepped forward and said, "Commander Wang, the headmaster is already waiting for you."

Wang told his plan truthfully. Chen Bulei frowned on the spot and said anxiously, "Let me remind you first that the headmaster has been so angry recently that nothing can go against his will."

Obviously, I am not optimistic about Wang's proposal.

They arrived at Chiang Kai-shek's residence by bus soon, and Chiang Kai-shek and Song Meiling had already prepared meals for him. It is worth mentioning that he also specially cooked for himself and made his favorite meal for Wang.

Chiang Kai-shek called Wang to sit down and eat and drink. After three rounds of drinking, Chiang Kai-shek and Wang entered the theme and talked about the current situation.

Wang said that Jinan has now become an isolated city, and suggested that Chiang Kai-shek withdraw his troops to the north of Xuzhou to form a defense line around Xuzhou with Qiu Qingquan and Huang's troops.

As expected, when Wang made these remarks, Chiang Kai-shek lost his temper on the spot, and he would never give up Jinan.

Chiang Kai-shek believes that Jinan is an important strategic location, and once it is abandoned, it will inevitably affect the whole war situation. Moreover, Chiang Kai-shek insisted that Wang's army was not at the end of the road, and he could airdrop Jinan City to provide assistance.

He said that Du, deputy commander-in-chief of Xuzhou's "suppression general", has been ordered to be ready to help Jinan at any time, and if necessary, he will go to Jinan in person.

Just as he advised the king to go to war, Chiang Kai-shek showed kindness and gentleness again, ordered the king to stick to Jinan and mentioned his kindness to him. Chiang Kai-shek said:

Song Meiling personally cooks, and Chiang Kai-shek earnestly entrusts him. Wang had no reason to refuse again, so he had to promise to stick to Jinan.

On the way back to Jinan, Wang was filled with anxiety. If he can't keep Jinan, will he die in battle?

Wang moved his mother, wife and children out of Jinan and told them, "If anything happens to me, you can go to Hongkong, but not to Taiwan Province." Then stay by yourself and keep your promise to Chiang Kai-shek.

1In July, 948, the Central Military Commission and Chairman Mao sent several telegrams, ordering: "You should strive to seize Jinan within ten days."

The campaign was under the unified command of Su Yu, and the commander of Shandong Corps, Xu, and political commissar Tan Zhenlin concentrated all their main forces to participate in the war. /kloc-in September, 2000, Su Yu issued a political mobilization order for the battle of Jinan, calling for "attacking Jinan Prefecture and capturing Wang alive".

At the same time, Chiang Kai-shek used his quick wits and called a think tank to draw up a "battle plan" for sending troops to reinforce.

On September 16, the East China Field Army of the People's Liberation Army launched an attack on the national army in Jinan, and the battle of Jinan officially started. Soldiers of the People's Liberation Army shouted "Open Jinan House and Capture the King alive", and the fierce battle lasted for many days and nights, with a huge momentum.

Under the powerful offensive of the People's Liberation Army, Wang's troops retreated one after another, and the inner and outer cities of Jinan were successively breached. After 8 days, that is, on September 24, Wang's "Chairman's Office" was occupied, and Luo Xinli, chief of staff of the second appeasement office, and a large number of senior officers were captured.

Soldiers of the People's Liberation Army pried open the lock of the drawer of the "Chairman's Office" and found Wang's sidearm in it. The words "Wang and General Mai Cheng" were engraved on one side of the pistol, and the English version was on the other side.

The soldiers searched everywhere, but they couldn't find Wang.

In fact, Wang had already escaped at this time. One day ago, after the People's Liberation Army invaded the outer city of Jinan, Liu Zhi, commander-in-chief of Xuzhou's "suppression general", flew over Jinan with Wang Shuming, deputy commander-in-chief of the Air Force, and shouted to Wang: "The reinforcements are progressing rapidly and will arrive in Jinan in a few days. You must insist on assistance. "

Although Wang Shuming said that "there is hope for the clearance, I hope you will stick to it" and dropped some bombs in Jinan City, Wang knew very well that the tide was gone and the defeat was set, and he had to think of a good way out for himself.

He took the secretary of the provincial government, Wang, the accompanying staff, the accompanying adjutant, and four guards, and took three jeeps to inspect various defense points in the inner city. Then take a boat to the underground building of Chengren Temple on the west side of Arctic Temple, ready to escape.

On the evening of 23rd, Xu ordered an attack on the inner city of Jinan, and the People's Liberation Army rallied and fought bravely again. By the early morning of the 24th, the PLA had invaded the inner city.

Wang called Luo Xinli, chief of staff of the second appeasement area, and said with a heavy tone: "The situation is difficult, you should take care."

On the same day, Luo Xinli was arrested in the provincial government compound, and Wang had absconded. He tried to call his wife Zheng, who had left Jinan, to explain his situation.

Zheng was worried when he heard that Jinan was defeated. Now that she heard Wang's voice on the phone, she immediately burst into tears and choked and asked, "Where are you?" Wang said he was safe now, and Zheng told him that his mother was old and seriously ill, which made Wang, who was already disheartened, even more worried.

He decided to take a few people to break through, because the accompanying Wang was not a soldier, so Wang asked him to go home, and then he took a few followers to the front of the fifteenth brigade Gaozi Day regiment in the northeast corner of the city to launch a breakthrough.

Wang's strength is so weak that he has almost no army. Speaking of the People's Liberation Army, Wang did not dare to move forward at all. Taking advantage of the heavy gunfire on the battlefield, Wang took off his general's official position, put on a civilian suit, made up in a hurry, and joined the fleeing team.

Along the way, Wang and his party changed their identities at any time, avoiding interrogation, marching hungry and cold, sometimes living in villagers' homes, and sometimes covering up their identities with women.

On September 28th, Adam Wang came to Zhangjianqiao, east of Shouguang County. Soldiers Liu, Liu Yumin and Zhang Zongxue of Shouguang County Public Security Bureau were ordered to be on duty at the bridgehead to strictly investigate passers-by.

Because the battle-hardened Xu once said, "If Wang escapes to Qingdao, Zhang Jianqiao is his Huarong Road." Therefore, Shouguang County Public Security Bureau strictly investigated according to the instructions to prevent deserters from escaping.

Of course, Wang and his girlfriends were stopped. He sat in the carriage, covered with a quilt and wrapped in a white towel. Interrogator Wang Hongtao tore off the towel on his head, and the white mark on his head was directly exposed.

Wang Hongtao is a very cautious person. He believes that this is the characteristic of Chiang Kai-shek's men wearing hats for many years. He thought the people in front of him must be suspicious, so he ordered them to get off for questioning.

Wang claimed that his name was Wang, and he came to do business. During the trial, Wang's answer was that there were many loopholes, and it was hard not to make people suspicious. After the trial, the interrogator first locked Wang and his companions up.

Li Peizhi, director of Shouguang County Public Security Bureau, and Wang, chief of the interrogation unit, told them about this situation when they came back. Wang said with a smile: "After Jinan was attacked by our army, some senior officers absconded in disguise. I heard that Wang went to Linyi and was captured alive by the militia. "

Wang Hongtao was very happy when he heard that the war criminals had been arrested. How could he be unhappy? He smiled and said, "Ah, Wang was captured alive." Director Li Peizhi humorously joked: "Maybe you caught the' Wang'!"

In the detention center, I called myself to see the county magistrate. Director Li and Wang Kechang came to see him and said that they were in charge. "Qiao Kun" put his head in his hands and collapsed on the ground and said, "Let me confess to you that I am the king!"

I was dumbfounded. Didn't he say that Wang was arrested in Linyi? How can another king appear in front of me?

The king told them:

Since Jinan, the king has told us how Wu escaped during the uprising. As for the other king, he also arranged to pretend to be with his own men and women.

In this way, the king who fled was finally captured.

After the king confessed his identity, he said with emotion:

Wang was escorted to Yidu Political Department of East China Military Region. He offered to meet Chen Yi, his former "old rival" on the battlefield, but now the war in Chen Yi is busy, and he simply can't spare the time to see him.

Shu Tong, then director of the Political Department of the East China Military Region, met with Wang. He told Wang about the tolerant policy of the * * * production party and told him to settle down and not to worry too much.

Wang Wuyao told Shu Tong that he didn't want to go out to fight. After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, he wanted to retire, stay away from the war, reunite with his family and live a stable life. But Chiang Kai-shek is gentle and kind, and he really has no choice.

Shu Tong not only encouraged Wang, but also promised that he would try his best to take care of his family in Nanjing, which moved Wang as a prisoner.

On the other hand, after Wang was captured, the People's Liberation Army confiscated all his assets.

We must know that the national government under the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek is corrupt, and many Kuomintang officers have wealth and gold and silver at home. In fact, they were all plundered from ordinary people.

I thought Wang's house was the same, but after searching for a long time, I found two American tractors, and there was nothing valuable. After Wang investigated the assets, they were still empty.

Chen Yi soon learned about it. He smiled and said, "Interesting, I'm going to meet this Shandong headmaster."

Chen Yi and Wang have met. They used to be rivals on the battlefield. Now one is a commander and the other is a war criminal. Chen Yi cut to the chase: "Do you have any other property?"

"I don't love money all my life. There are only two tractors and nothing else." Wang shook his head and said.

Chen Yi puzzled: "You are an official. Why are you hiding this thing? "

Wang calmly replied to Chen Yi: "Originally, I wanted to go back to my hometown to be a farmer when I was old. It is more convenient to have tractors to cultivate land. "

If Chiang Kai-shek hadn't "forced" him to go to the battlefield and join the civil war, if Wang had no choice, maybe he would be a farmer returning to the field now, and his tractor would have come in handy long ago.

In front of Chen Yi, Wang lamented: "Now that I have been arrested by you, I am afraid that there will never be that day, alas."

Wang was sent to the East China Military Region Senior Captive Corps and the Tokugawa Shogunate War Criminals Management Office in Beijing for study and reform. At first, he was unhappy and full of frustration. Later, with the encouragement of the staff, Wang gradually had the courage to live again.

Wang studied hard and took an active part in the reform. Chairman Mao specially asked Luo Ruiqing to send him a message to encourage him:

Wang became one of the first prisoners of war to be pardoned. Since then, under the care of the leaders, Wang has embarked on a new job and started a new life.

The so-called "another village with a bright future"