In 1959, beijing Gongdelin Prison was released from prison by such a special group of "criminals", who were arrested by our army because of the war and were detained here, and after 9 years of education and reform of our party, they became the first batch of amnesty war criminals in New China.
For this reason, Chairman Mao also said: "Merit is merit, and passing is wrong, as long as we are at ease with reform, we will soon be able to return to the people." Because among them, there were also famous anti-Japanese generals who made great contributions during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, but because they stood against our army, they participated in the transformation and updated the old thinking.
One of them can be called a hero of the Anti-Japanese War: Wang Yaowu, who was born into a peasant family, joined the army after graduating from the Whampoa Military Academy to reimburse the state, and then made many achievements in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and was regarded as a close confidant by Lao Jiang.
In the Battle of Jinan in 1948, Wang Yaowu was defeated.
When our army searched, it found that there were no valuable items in his home, only two tractors, and Wang Yaowu's answer at that time was: "I have no desire for money, and I am not the kind of person who covets pleasure."
Wang Yaowu's answer at that time was deeply surprising to the personnel of our army, and General Chen Yi, the commander of Chen Shuai, also admired this iron-clad man.
As we all know, most of Old Jiang's men are greedy people, they scavenging the people's fat and people's ointment, frantically amassing wealth for themselves, but why can Wang Yaowu be alone? And what are those two tractors for?
Born as a poor peasant, he joined the army after graduating from the Whampoa Military Academy
This has to start from the origin of Wang Yaowu, Wang Yaowu is not greedy for wealth, because he is also born poor, Wang Yaowu is a poor peasant family in Shandong Province, the son of a peasant.
Shortly after Wang Yaowu was born, his father Wang Jinzeng died, and not long after Wang Yaowu's brother also died prematurely, Wang Yaowu was brought up by his mother, and when he was 9 years old, his mother sent him to the academy to study, when he worshiped Mr. Zhang Baoting as a teacher and read the Four Books and Five Classics.
At the age of 19, Wang Yaowu's family suddenly changed, and his family situation became more and more difficult, so Wang Yaowu had to drop out of school to earn a living to support the family in his youth, and Wang Yaowu worked as a worker and a clerk.
In 1924, the Whampoa Military Academy enrolled in Guangdong, Wang Yaowu applied for the examination and was hired, becoming a cadet of the Whampoa Military Academy, Wang Yaowu studied very diligently in the school.
After graduating from school, Wang Yaowu participated in the Second Crusade, and later participated in the Northern Expedition and the campaign to encircle and suppress the Red Army, and almost captured General Su Yu of our army alive.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wang Yaowu bore the brunt of it and joined the Anti-Japanese Army, and he was bent on killing the enemy and protecting his homeland. In the neutrality of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he made countless military achievements, so he became the confidant of the group's top level and veteran generals.
In 1945, Japan finally lost and surrendered, but a civil war broke out in China, although Wang Yaowu longed for peace in his heart and resisted the civil war, but because he was different from the camp of our army, he was a general, so he could only charge into the front.
When civil war broke out, two tractors were found in the home
In the Battle of Jinan in 1948, the Huaye unit of our army faced the troops led by Wang Yaowu, when the two armies continued to fight, and our army was like a bamboo, so that Wang Yaowu had no confidence, and he also told the soldiers of the troops that they did not care about winning or losing, and they could save their lives.
Wang Yaowu wrote to his home to report safety, but the letter was full of pessimism and uncertainty about the war.
At that time, there were 140,000 heroic soldiers in Huaye of our army, and although Wang Yaowu also set up more than 100 firepower points outside Jinan City, he did not have the slightest confidence to defeat our army.
For this reason, Wang Yaowu had already made preparations early, not only privately releasing the captured officers and patriots of our army, but also giving them a sum of money to let them return home.
Wang Yaowu finally miscalculated a step, the nationalist 96th Army and the 84th Division revolted, so that Wang Yaowu was caught off guard, he hurried to Huang Baitao for help, but was decisively rejected by the other side.
Under such circumstances, more than 100,000 large troops of our army easily attacked Jinan and captured Wang Yaowu alive a few days later.
When I found Wang Yaowu's home, I found that there were two tractors parked in the backyard of Wang Yaowu's family, and the senior officials of the Nationalist Army should not all drive cars? Why is this high-ranking official's home parked with tractors for farmers to cultivate the land?
Moreover, in addition to these two tractors, there is no money or other valuable items in the home, which is in stark contrast to the gold and silver treasures and antique paintings in the homes of other high-ranking officials.
General Chen Yi of our army was also greatly puzzled by this, and he personally interrogated Wang Yaowu, and as a result Wang Yaowu said that he did not love money and money, but only wanted to go home after the end of the civil war to see his wife, children, and children, and to live the life of ordinary peasants with them, so there was the existence of these two tractors.
Moreover, between Wang Yaowu's words, he showed that he hated war and did not support the idea of civil war.
After listening, Chen Yi had a little sympathy for the enemy general in front of him, and also recognized his personality, and encouraged him to make a good transformation after he was imprisoned, and after the founding of New China, there was definitely hope to have a new life.
Wang Yaowu knew that he was on the wrong side, but he was bent on reimbursing the country, and he did not want to take off the general's uniform, so he could only continue to resist our army with a hard scalp, and he would be wrong.
Now that I have been captured by our army, I suddenly have a feeling of relief in my heart.
He was reformed in prison and became a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
After hearing General Chengyi's heartfelt words, Wang Yaowu decided to study and reform well in prison, abandon the evil customs of the old troops, and become a man again.
Wang Yaowu was very prominent in prison, actively studying and working hard to reform, and General Chen Yi also visited him many times to give him encouragement.
In 1959, through 9 years of transformation, Wang Yaowu had been reborn and reborn as a man.
He was examined by our Party and, after his approval, became one of the first war criminals to be released in December of the same year.
After Wang Yaowu was released from prison, he saw a brand-new China with no exploitation, no oppression, and no war.
Farmers who were born in the cold like themselves are finally in charge of the family in this new country, and everyone's face is full of happiness and satisfaction with a new life.
This is completely different from the people living in the old society of darkness and darkness before.
Wang Yaowu began to fall in love with the China in front of him, and his thinking also became more progressive.
epilogue
Through his own efforts, Wang Yaowu let the people let the party see a new self, and after his release from prison, he has been actively contributing to new China, and later became the cultural and historical commissioner of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, responsible for the compilation of military culture.
Later, Wang Yaowu's progressive ideas won greater recognition from our party, and he became a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and since then he has been conscientiously serving the motherland and the people until 1968, when Wang Yaowu died of illness.
Wang Yaowu's transformation was successful, partly because of the help and transformation of our party, and partly because his own heart was not willing to degenerate, and his previous poor birth allowed him to constantly reflect and correct his own thinking.