In October 1948, the Liaoshen Campaign began. Outside Jinzhou, a man in civilian clothes is hurrying through the influx of refugees. He looked flustered and looked back from time to time. This person was none other than the heavyweight in the Kuomintang army - Fan Hanjie. At this moment, he is experiencing a major turning point in his life. Who would have thought that this once commanding general was about to usher in a major turning point in his fate?
[Who is Fan Hanjie? The legendary experience from warlord to Whampoa Military Academy]
The name Fan Hanjie is well-known in the military circles of the Republic of China. He is not an ordinary soldier, but a first-phase student of Whampoa. However, they are different from other classmates, they were already at the rank of major general before entering the school, and they are even more powerful than Du Yuming and Xu Xiangqian, who later became bigwigs.
Speaking of Fan Hanjie's military career, it is legendary. He mixed in the warlord army in his early years, and within a few years, he became a senior staff officer of the General Headquarters of the Gui Army, and also served as the commander of the Sixth Route Army of the Guangdong Army. This guy is not only good at fighting, but also a top student, graduated from a surveying and mapping school. So after entering the Whampoa Military Academy, he not only became a student, but also taught topography part-time. You said that this treatment is the only one in the Whampoa Military Academy, and there is no other semicolon.
[A Twist of Fate: A Dramatic Change from Commander to Prisoner of War]
In October 1948, Fan Hanjie was commanding the defense of Jinzhou. Seeing that the situation was not good, the old general decided to play a big trick - to run away in disguise. He blended in with the refugees and wanted to sneak away to Huludao. Who knew that the heavens would not fulfill people's wishes, and they were caught by the communist army on the way.
At first, Fan Hanjie refused to admit his identity, saying that he was a southerner who did business. But if you say it's a coincidence, the communist army has already sent his headshot, and it's useless to hide it. In the end, Fan Hanjie was recognized, and Fan Hanjie had to admit it obediently.
After being captured, Fan Hanjie felt aggrieved in his heart. He felt that his troops were obviously very capable of fighting, and their equipment was not bad, but they lost because of the poor command from above. He also dreamed that the Kuomintang still had territory in the south, and the United States would support it, and maybe it could turn it around.
The commander of the communist army, Li Zhongquan, heard it and directly scolded him: "Fan Hanjie, don't dream!" The people are no longer yours, and your reactionary government will soon be doomed!"
[From Resistance to Compromise: Fan Hanjie in the War Criminals Management Center]
Fan Hanjie was sent to the Fushun War Criminals Management Center. In 1957, he was transferred to the Gongdelin War Criminals Management Center in Beijing. Here, Fan Hanjie's performance can be said to be very interesting.
He will do whatever the correctional cadres tell him to do, and he looks very obedient. But in reality, he has his own little cleverness. For example, it is stipulated that you have to report when you go to the toilet, and everyone else is embarrassed to say it. Fan Hanjie? Every time I go to the toilet, I shout: "Report, pee!" Report, poop!" It made the soldiers cry and laugh, and finally had to say that there was no need to report.
Fan Hanjie's attitude is neither as active as Wang Yaowu's, nor as stubbornly resisting as Huang Wei. He is like a soft nail, neither hard nor easily succumber. This approach is very much in line with his consistent philosophy of life.
[Amnesty Turmoil: Fan Hanjie's Heart Knot]
In December 1959, the People's Republic of China granted its first amnesty. Everyone elected Fan Hanjie, the "big brother", to announce the news, but he resigned. Why? Because he expected that he would definitely not be on the amnesty list this time.
Sure enough, Fan Hanjie was not on the list of amnesties in the first batch. It is said to be because of the opposition of some democrats, including his old rival Cai Tingkai. Cai Tingkai still remembered that during the Fujian Incident, Fan Hanjie leaked military secrets to Chiang Kai-shek.
It was not until November 1960 that Van was released in the second tranquil regime. After being released, he also deliberately went to Cai Tingkai and Jiang Guangnai to "plead guilty". This move shows Fan Hanjie's political wisdom.
[Later years: surviving in the cracks of history]
After his release, Fan Hanjie was assigned to work in the Cultural and Historical Materials Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He began to write all kinds of reminiscences, but his heart was not very happy. In his own words: "The writing is not organized, the writing is very messy, it is incomprehensible, so it is very laborious, and it is still not good to write."
In 1964, Fan Hanjie was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Fourth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Although he has experienced some twists and turns, his old age is quite stable. Fan Hanjie had a romantic life, with a group of wives and concubines and many children. He laughed at himself and said that he was "half a dozen wives and a class of children". Unfortunately, most of these family members are scattered overseas and can only be contacted by letter.
Fan Hanjie's life, to put it bluntly, is a "wall grass". He was left and right during the Kuomintang period, and he could barely get acquainted with the Communist Party. This kind of character always finds a place in the tide of history, but can never really gain respect.
In 1976, Fan Hanjie died of illness at the age of 80. The National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) held a memorial service for him, and many people attended, including hundreds of people. His ashes were buried in the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing. But what's interesting is that he left a message for his children before his death, saying that he wanted to be buried with the old bros. Later, his son Fan Dasheng understood what his father meant, dug up half of the ashes, and took them to Taiwan.
People like Fan Hanjie can be regarded as a talent when they are alive, and they can be buried in two places when they die. But if you think about it, this kind of two-sided flattering approach is inevitably too sophisticated. Maybe in his heart, there has always been an unspeakable entanglement. #头条首发大赛#