In the 40s of the last century, in the northern Henan region, a young man named Wang Sanzhu quickly rose to become the largest local bandit leader. He was born in a landlord family, studied martial arts with his father Wang Taigong since he was a child, and entered the military academy at the age of fifteen. However, the trajectory of his life suddenly took a turn for the worse, dropping out of school halfway and returning home to start a career as a tiger.
During the Japan War of Aggression against China, Wang Sanzhu's father, Wang Taigong, defected to the Japanese army, frantically slaughtered anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians, and became a notorious traitor. In 1944, Wang Taigong was annihilated by the Eighth Route Army, and the 18-year-old Wang Sanzhu inherited the remnants of his father's strength, recruited the defeated bandits, and created a team of nearly 2,000 bandits in just one month.
After the surrender of the Japanese army, Wang Sanzhu nominally lost his backer, but was soon incorporated into the "security" force by the Kuomintang government. With the support of the Kuomintang warlords, Wang Sanzhu was like a tiger with wings, commanding more than 3,000 men and horses, becoming the most powerful bandit separatist force in northern Henan. This "Emperor of the Soil", who was only in his early twenties, committed heinous crimes: arbitrarily killing, robbing people, and cutting out his heart...... Let the local people live better than die. What is the reason for a young man who became famous at a young age to embark on this road of no return? And what was the force that finally punished this heinous bandit? Let's find out!
In 1926, Wang Sanzhu was born in a landlord family in Huaxian County, Henan. He was born with a strong spirit, loved martial arts since he was a child, and learned martial arts with his father Wang Taigong, a well-known local "joint security director" and bandit leader. When he was 15 years old, Wang Taigong asked his son to drop out of school and go home to help him deal with the daily affairs of the bandits.
After the Lugou Bridge Incident, the traitor Wang Taigong completely defected to the Japanese, and his power rapidly expanded to more than 2,000 people. In collusion with them, there are also several local snake kings Wu Lantian, Li Rongqing, Li Xudong and others. This gang of bandits was extremely vicious and frantically slaughtered anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians, which was outrageous. In 1944, Wang Taigong was finally ambushed, captured alive and killed by the Eighth Route Army.
Wang Sanzhu, who was 18 years old at the time, escaped by luck and regrouped with more than 100 remnants of bandits in Qingzhuang and other places. In just over a month, he recruited rebels and grew his men to nearly 2,000. Although the Japanese army was at the end of its rope, Wang Sanzhu still followed his father's banner and called himself "Commander". The bandit army began a frenzied raid, and hundreds of villages were spared.
After Japan surrendered, Wang Sanzhu nominally lost his backer, and he was about to live in four walls. At this time, Liu Zhi, director of the Kuomintang Zhengzhou Pacification Office, threw an olive branch to him and appointed Wang Sanzhu as the "commander of the security column." As a result, this young man, who was only in his early 20s, commanded more than 3,000 people and became the leader of the largest bandit group in northern Henan.
The first thing Wang Sanzhu did was to overturn the case for his wolf-ambitious father, Wang Taigong. He found a few down-and-out literati and compiled a book for the traitor, in a vain attempt to glorify him as an "anti-Japanese hero". It's a pity that even Liu Zhi, the "runaway general", wrote a preface to the book, and Wang Taigong's crime is already a household name, so the book is naturally unpopular.
Since he couldn't get back his father's reputation, Wang Sanzhu focused his attention on himself. This little hairy man is particularly good at "sealing officials and making wishes", and his subordinates have set up five "deputy commanders", seven "county magistrates", dozens of "security commanders" and other false titles. Ironically, he issued more than 4,000 letters of appointment, far exceeding the total number of 3,000 men under his command.
In this way, it is unbelievable that a young hairy boy, with the "big official" style of fake play, has become the most prestigious bandit leader in northern Henan......
Although Wang Sanzhu is arrogant, he also has a little bit of caution. In 1946, Liu Zhi suffered a crushing defeat and was dismissed by Chiang Kai-shek. In order to please his new boss Gu Zhutong, Wang Sanzhu personally led a team to infiltrate the liberated areas and assassinate local cadres and progressive masses.
In September, Gu Zhutong really commanded 15 divisions to attack the liberated areas of Hebei, Shandong, and Henan. Wang Sanzhu saw the wind and the rudder, and immediately patted the horse and followed. With his familiarity with the terrain, he sneaked up on the county brigade of our army, causing heavy casualties, and the captain Pei Mengzhou was killed. In addition, more than 100 wounded and the masses also fell into the clutches of Wang Sanzhu.
Treating the captives, Wang Sanzhu was extremely cruel. Some were buried alive and beheaded, some were crucified to trees, and some were cut out of their hearts...... It's human torture. Within 100 days, more than 800 cadres and people in Huaxian and other places were brutally killed, not to mention those innocent people.
Seeing that Wang Sanzhu's wolf ambition was revived, our army decided to launch the Huaxian Campaign and severely punish him. Within a week, more than 12,000 Kuomintang soldiers were ambushed, and Wang Sanzhu had to temporarily disperse the bandits and guerrillas. Among them, 600 people of the Fifth Brigade were completely annihilated by our army, and more than ten bandit leaders including Captain Wang Shulin were righteous on the spot. When Wang Sanzhu heard the news, he was heartbroken and vowed to avenge his dead brother.
In the spring of 1947, Wang Sanzhu's remnants regrouped in Xinxiang, and their subordinates had swelled to eight regiments and six security regiments, with a strength of more than 30,000 troops. Seeing this, Chiang Kai-shek appreciated Wang Sanzhu very much, and immediately appointed him as a "lieutenant general" and "commander-in-chief of the suppression of bandits in northern Henan" and entrusted him with important tasks.
However, at this moment, the main forces of East China, Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan launched a strategic counteroffensive, almost annihilating more than 40,000 Kuomintang troops. Wang Sanzhu also had to evacuate the old nest in northern Henan and retreat to the Xinxiang area.
After that, Wang Sanzhu almost no longer confronted the main force of our army head-on, but used "guerrilla tactics" to attack and harass scattered small troops. In October 1947, three platoons of a military engineering team in Yanjin County were attacked by Wang Sanzhu and suffered heavy losses. In the end, 28 soldiers were captured alive, and Wang Sanzhu actually ordered to cut out his heart and abdomen, cut off his hands and feet... It's cruel!
In order to eliminate this mad dog, our army urgently mobilized forces and carried out a series of sweeping campaigns. By the summer of 1948, Wang Sanzhu's bandits had been wiped out. He himself lost his fighting spirit during the long trip and finally surrendered...
From a young soldier who enlisted in the army at the age of 15 to a bandit leader who was named a "lieutenant general" at the age of 22, Wang Sanzhu's life trajectory is really bizarre. He relied on the two reactionary forces, the Japanese puppet regime and the Kuomintang, to frantically massacre the common people, wantonly plunder and plunder, and committed the most heinous crimes.
Fortunately, under the heroic battle of the People's Liberation Army, this "soil emperor" who was rampant in the countryside was finally defeated, ending his absurd dream of wealth for several years. From Wang Sanzhu's life, we can see how a small person was used by reactionary forces to breed evil. Only by thoroughly sweeping away all reactionary forces can the people live a good life in peace and contentment.
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