March 1975,
Huang Wei
As the last group of Kuomintang war criminals to be pardoned, he decided to stay in Beijing and served as the cultural and historical commissioner of the Literature and History Research Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
During the meeting, Huang Wei met a disciple of the Whampoa Military Academy, but he did not talk to the other party with his neck in his neck, and stared at him for half a day, making everyone else think that Huang Wei and this person had a vendetta.
Huang Wei in his later years
This man is
Liao Yun Zhou
He had studied in the Fifth Phase of Huangpu and was Huang Wei's disciple, so what kind of grudge did he have with Huang Wei?
Born in 1903 in Liao Jiawan, Fengtai County, Huainan City, Anhui Province, Liao Yunzhou was gifted from an early age and was admitted to Zhongzhou University in Henan province in his early years.
In 1926, Liao Yunzhou was admitted to the Fifth Artillery Department of the Whampoa Military Academy.
The following year, with the victory of the Northern Expedition, the Fifth Political, Artillery and Engineer Section of Huangpu was moved from Guangzhou to Wuchang and renamed the Central Military and Political School.
Deng Yanda
Acting Principal,
Zhang Zhizhong
He served as the head of the teaching department and the head of the training department, and a communist
Yun Daiying
Served as Chief Political Instructor.
Liao Yunzhou received a good education and training here, and gained a deeper understanding of the Communist Party, and in May 1927 he was a communist
Jing Renqiu and Sun Yizhong
Under the introduction of the Communist Party of China, he was honorably joined the Communist Party of China.
In May 1927, Liao Yunzhou graduated from school and became a second lieutenant trainee platoon leader of the 2nd Artillery Regiment of the Nationalist Government in Wuhan. On August 1 of the same year, he participated in the world-famous Nanchang Uprising, which he came after the failure of the uprising
Feng Yuxiang
The Northwest Army engaged in underground work, but due to frequent troop movements, Liao Yunzhou gradually lost contact with the party organization.
After that, Liao Yun, while looking for an organization, endured humiliation and burdens within the enemy, persisted in his work, and successively served as an adjutant of the regimental headquarters, a deputy commander of the division headquarters, and a regimental commander in the Kuomintang army. In the autumn of 1937, he was the head of the Organization Department of the Northern Bureau of the Communist Party of China and the secretary of the Military Department
Juri
After learning that Liao Yunzhou, then commander of the 738th Regiment of the Independent 46th Brigade of the Nationalist Army, was a member of our Party hidden inside the enemy, he ordered him:
Long-term concealment, control of the troops, unity of progressive people in the army, and persistence in resisting Japan.
Since then, Liao Yunzhou has become a "idle chess player" hidden inside the enemy army, sacrificing his own piece of Dan heart in an extremely dangerous working environment.
Huang Wei and Liao Yunzhou's interaction began with the Battle of Wuhan in 1938. At that time, Liao Yunzhou was in charge
Commander of the 656th Regiment of the 110th Division
He commanded his troops to attack the Japanese heavy troops at Mount Ciba, capturing a large number of heavy weights and other booty.
At that time, Huang Weizheng, the commander of the 18th Army, led his troops to garrison nearby, and Liao Yunzhou, out of courtesy, brought a lot of booty as gifts to visit him.
Huang Wei was a student of Huangpu Phase I, and he learned that Liao Yunzhou was a student of Huangpu Phase V and belonged to the "Huangpu Department", so he was willing to receive him. After the two men met, they talked very closely, and Liao Yunzhou took the opportunity to propose to Huang Wei that the 656 Regiment lacked firepower and wanted to borrow a few guns from him in order to find an opportunity to attack the Japanese army.
Huang Wei then asked Liao Yunzhou a few questions about artillery, and Liao Yunzhou, who was born in the Huangpu Fifth Artillery Department, answered like a stream, and Huang Wei was very satisfied, so he generously borrowed 8 cannons for Liao Yunzhou.
After Liao Yunzhou returned to the army with 8 guns, he found that all the friendly troops around him had quietly withdrawn, and his troops were in danger of being surrounded by Japanese troops, so he immediately ordered the troops to retreat west and catch up with the main force.
That night, Liao Yunzhou rushed to Xiao'ao, west of Zhenxi, and met the brigade commander of the 328th Brigade
Xin Shaoting
At this time, the Japanese 27th Division was still in hot pursuit.
At this time, Xin Shaoting asked Liao Yunzhou:
"Commander Liao, do you want to fight a war here?"
Liao Yunzhou carefully observed the terrain and found that this place was a pass between the two mountains at the junction of Hubei and Jiangxi provinces, and the highway turned two sharp bends here in an S-shape, and in the middle was a small highland of more than ten meters high, which could be described as an excellent area for ambushing the Japanese army. And not far away there was an ammunition depot, which the defenders had forgotten to lock because they were so anxious to escape, and tens of thousands of shells were still stored here.
Liao Yunzhou then said to Xin Shaoting:
"Fight! Wouldn't it be a pity that so many shells were left for the Japanese? Just block the road and the mortar will hit the tank! ”
Xin Shaoting said happily:
"Well, it's up to you!" So he transferred 4 mortars to Liao Yunzhou before withdrawing with his troops.
Liao Yunzhou already had 12 guns at this time, and the troops were very excited to learn that they were going to ambush the Japanese ghosts here, and they all left their fatigue behind. The officers and men of the whole regiment quickly followed the combat arrangements and entered the ambush position.
That night, the vanguard of the Japanese 27th Division slowly entered the ambush circle, with several Japanese tanks leading the way in front and a long Japanese convoy behind.
After waiting for the enemy to enter, Liao Zhou decisively commanded the artillery to open fire, and the enemy tanks were shot one after another, blocking the road for more than 2 miles, and the angry and demoralized Japanese troops hurriedly strafed around, but Liao Yunzhou had already withdrawn with his troops at this time.
In this battle, Liao Yunzhou destroyed more than 20 Japanese tanks, and delayed a complete division of the Japanese army for more than a day, and there were no casualties of his own, which can be described as a miracle.
This beautiful ambush soon made Liao Yunzhou famous within the Nationalist army, and Huang Wei was also rewarded for providing artillery for Liao Yunzhou, and the relationship between the two soon developed by leaps and bounds.
However, in the autumn of 1939, Liao Yunzhou was suspected of "communism" and was transferred to the 31st Group Army Cadre Training Class as a brigade leader, in fact, he was deprived of military power.
He was more cautious until more than a year later, when he was relieved of his suspicions, promoted to deputy commander of the 110th Division in 1941, and in 1942 he took over as division commander.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Liao Yunzhou made contact with the Central Plains Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, and in the summer of 1947 established an underground party committee in the 110th Division, with him as the party secretary.
Liu Hao
Served as Deputy Secretary.
Liao Yunzhou had intended to reorganize the troops, but
Deng Xiaoping
As soon as he knew, he instructed:
"We preach every day that the Kuomintang is not good, but you want to do a good job in the discipline of the Kuomintang army, isn't that winning the glory for the Kuomintang and hitting our own mouths?"
Liao Yunzhou also very much agreed with Deng Xiaoping's words, he knew that doing secret work in the Kuomintang troops was very hard, that the troops were too strict, that the veterans and old officers were not convinced, and that they also contradicted the propaganda of the Kuomintang, and that the spies would suspect that you were a Communist. However, if we relax the management of the troops, burn and rob all the way, extort and plunder, rob men and women, and oppress the people, we will cause many disasters and sufferings to the masses of the people.
Therefore, Liao Yunzhou instructed the troops to respond to changes on the spur of the situation, and if they wanted to rob the people of their things, they would secretly keep accounts, and then send people to repay them one by one; and for the landlords' old wealth, the more the better, they often ate and drank in the homes of these big households, and they could not finish eating and walking, whether it was chai rice oil and salt, or gold and silver, all of which were eaten in vain.
In the end, many landlords could not stand it, and jointly wrote a letter to the Kuomintang authorities to inform the 110th Division of the complaint.
Chiang Kai-shek
Anger after seeing the letter:
"No wonder others say that our Central Army is a 'suffering army.'"
At this time, some people reported to Chiang Kai-shek that Liao Yunzhou was suspected of being "communist", so Chiang Kai-shek personally sent spies to the 110th Division, called The Rectification Discipline, which was actually secretly supervised. However, the agents never received any evidence and could only report to Chiang Kai-shek:
This is a force loyal to the party-state.
Liao Yunzhou's letter to a friend
In order to maintain the purity of the troops, Liao Yunzhou used various means to transfer the die-hard Kuomintang elements of the 110th Division:
Chief of Staff of the Division
Chen Zhenwei
Feeling that there was no "oil and water" in this seat, he complained to Liao Yunzhou many times, so Liao Yunzhou recommended him to Go to Henan to take the supplementary regiment, and he happily praised Liao Yunzhou as "enough friends"; the leader of the 329 regiment
Tang Kuifu
The thought was completely reactionary, Liao Yunzhou recommended him to be the commander of the 82nd Division, he was very grateful, and said good things about Liao Yunzhou everywhere...
In November 1948, after the Battle of Huaihai began,
Huang Baitao
The 7th Corps led by him fell under siege by the People's Liberation Army at Nianzhuang, and Chiang Kai-shek urgently ordered Huang Wei's 12th Corps to reinforce, and Liao Yunzhou's 110th Division was also under the command of Huang Wei. Soon after, Huang Baitao's 7th Corps was completely annihilated by our army, and Huang Wei's 12th Corps was also heavily surrounded by our army after it was transferred to the double pile.
Double stack set battlefield
At this time, the leaders of the Central Plains Field Army and Liao Yunzhou's ideas coincided, and they agreed:
If Liao Yunzhou's 110th Division revolted on the battlefield at this time, it would be doomed to plunge the Nationalist army into a great passivity, which would be a fatal blow to Huang Wei's corps.
On November 26, Huang Wei sent someone to summon Liao Yunzhou to the Corps Headquarters and told him:
"I wanted to take advantage of the fact that the enemy's footing was unstable and catch him off guard, so I decided to select one main division for each army, and four main divisions would advance in tandem and break through rapidly."
Liao Yunzhou was secretly surprised in his heart, thinking that Huang Wei's move was really powerful, at this time his army structure was basically complete, if he concentrated the strength of the four divisions and made a big effort, it was very likely to break out. He then said to Huang Wei, "Good! The commander's decision was really wise, and our division asked to take the lead and was willing to be the pioneer! ”
After Huang Wei heard these words, he was very happy and praised Liao Yunzhou one after another. But he then decided:
The four divisions went hand in hand, placing the 110th division in the middle.
Liao Yunzhou believed that in this way, the 110th Division would be sandwiched between the Nationalist troops, with enemies on both flanks, and it would be difficult to carry out a battlefield uprising. So he came to Huang Wei's corps headquarters that night and said to him:
"The four divisions went hand in hand, not as advanced as our division, and the other three divisions followed. If our division succeeds, other divisions can quickly follow, and if not, other reasons can be held on the spot, so as not to be taken advantage of by the communist army. ”
Huang Wei did not expect Liao Yunzhou to be so "loyal and courageous", he said excitedly:
"Or Old Brother Liao has a way, see the truth in danger, and know the loyal subjects." Give you whatever you want, tanks, howitzers, pick what you want. ”
That night, Liao Yunzhou sent someone to the opposite side
The 6th Column of the Central Plains Field Army
Headquarters, met the commander
Wang Near the Mountain
and commissar
Duyed
He informed them of Liao Yunzhou's plan for the uprising, and Wang Jinshan reported it to the General Front Committee of the Huaihai Campaign, and after receiving approval, he said to the messenger who came:
"When the rebel troops come, assemble in the area I have designated, and we will make thoughtful arrangements, including letting you eat and drink water.
In the early morning of November 27, two hours before the uprising, Liao Yunzhou ran to Huang Wei again and reported to him:
"We found that there was a gap in the joint of the enemy's position to drill, and it was most advantageous to act before dawn, so we came to ask for instructions."
Huang Wei was overjoyed when he heard this, and he took out a bottle of wine and said to Liao Yunzhou:
"Old classmate, this bottle of brandy has been hidden for a long time, and I have not been willing to drink it, and now I specially toast you and wish you victory!"
At exactly 6 o'clock on November 27, Liao Yunzhou led more than 5,000 people of the 110th Division to prepare to leave, and before leaving, he said to the troops:
"Now, we have been completely surrounded by the People's Liberation Army, we have no reinforcements, there is no way to retreat, and the ammunition is exhausted, so we can only sit and wait." Chiang Kai-shek has committed heinous crimes against the people, so why should we fight for him? We have made contact with the People's Liberation Army on the other side, and they are very welcome to our upcoming uprising. ”
As soon as the words fell out, everyone said in unison:
"We are in favor!"
Stills of Liao Yunzhou in Armageddon
To distinguish himself from the Kuomintang troops, Liao Yunzhou had the officers and men of the 110th Division wear white cloth strips or towels on their left arms. Two hours after departure, Huang Wei's call came from the radio:
"Yangtze River, Yangtze River, where have you been?"
Liao Yunzhou hastily replied:
"Wuchang, Wuchang, we arrived at ZhaoZhuang, and we traveled unimpeded along the way!"
On this morning, Liao Yunzhou led the rebel troops to the designated assembly area of the 6th Column and met Wang Jinshan and Du Yide.
The 6th Column prepared a sumptuous lunch for the rebel troops, including rice, white noodles, pork, cabbage, vermicelli, and the rebel troops cheered.
At this time, Liao Yunzhou ordered that all the radios in the division be turned off and all of them handed over to the division headquarters, and the radio stations of the division headquarters should be stopped, which meant that they had completely severed contact with the Kuomintang. Duyd also ordered the forward troops to seal the mouth and fire fiercely at the enemy breakthrough troops immediately behind the 110th Division.
Liao Yunzhou and the officers and men of the 110th Division rebelled
At this time, Huang Wei realized that Liao Yunzhou had already revolted on the battlefield, and he felt regretful, not only was the troops of more than 5,000 people gone, but he also took away a lot of tanks and artillery!
On this night, the political commissar of the 2nd Column of the Central Plains Field Army
Wang Weigang
Arriving at the 6th Column station, he held a grand welcome meeting for Liao Yunzhou on the orders of the leaders of the General Front Committee, and he also publicly announced:
Commander Liao Yunzhou was a communist, and the 110th Division was actually a team under the leadership of the Communists carrying the banner of the Kuomintang. Now he led his troops to hold a glorious battlefield uprising, broke away from the Kuomintang, embarked on the bright road, and joined the People's Liberation Army.
After the uprising of the 110th Division, it was organized into the 42nd Division of the 14th Army of the 4th Corps of the Second Field Corps of the People's Liberation Army, and Liao Yunzhou continued to serve as the commander of the division. Huang Wei's corps, on the other hand, was quickly destroyed by our army, and he himself was taken prisoner.
Huang Wei was captured by our army
After that, Liao Yunzhou led his troops to participate in the Battle of Crossing the River, and swept through Jiangxi, marching into Liangguang, Yunnan and Tibet, and making many achievements in the Liberation War.
After the founding of New China, Liao Yunzhou successively served as the principal and secretary of the party committee of the Shenyang Artillery School, the director of the Sports Committee of Jilin Province, and the standing committee member and secretary general of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of Founding Major General.
Back to the day of the "two sessions" meeting, Liao Yunzhou also saw Huang Wei in the crowd, although the other party refused to pay attention to him, he still took the initiative to find Huang Wei to talk, they talked about it from their respective experiences, until they encountered, to life, talked for several days, the old grace and resentment, in this sincere conversation, all turned into a cloud of vanishing smoke.
Finally, Huang Wei couldn't help but say to Liao Yunzhou:
"I can't imagine that the Communist Party is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, you have been engaged in underground work for more than 20 years, and I have been in the dark..."
Liao Yunzhou in his later years
On March 20, 1989, Huang Wei died of a heart attack in Beijing at the age of 85. On May 11, 1996, Liao Yunzhou also died of illness in Beijing at the age of 93. The decades-long relationship between the two came to an abrupt end.