In the early morning of July 1950, mist shrouded the mountains of western Sichuan, and a gunshot pierced the silent sky.
Zhao Hongwenguo, who was once known as the "old woman with two guns", completed her legendary and tragic life. Before she was executed, she clenched her teeth, her eyes full of stubbornness and unyielding.
She was a national hero in the War of Resistance Against Japan, but in the end she became a reactionary spy, and walked to the execution ground with her stubbornness and stubbornness, what happened in the middle?
Born in 1880 into a family of Manchu nobles, Zhao Hongwenguo grew up with a golden spoon in her mouth, and her wealthy background made her receive a good education from an early age.
However, after all, the family could not resist the power of the times, and the fall of the Qing Dynasty plunged her family into turmoil. The Qing Dynasty ceased to exist, and Zhao Hongwenguo fled to Liaoning with his family and lived an incognito life.
Although her early life was ordinary, it also allowed Zhao Hongwenguo to live a peaceful life, and she obeyed her parents' orders to marry the local young master of the Zhao family.
At first, in life, Zhao Hongwenguo played more of the role of a traditional housewife, and with the turmoil of the country's situation, she became deeply worried about the fate of the country.
Under the incompetence of the late Qing government and the oppression of Western powers, she felt angrily that relying on such a government, there was no way out for the country, and if the country did not become a country, how could there be family happiness!
With a deep sense of national crisis, Zhao Hongwenguo donated the belongings he had accumulated over the years to establish a primary school. At that time, she was full of enthusiasm and hoped to change the fate of the country through education.
However, 21 years later, the three northeastern provinces fell under the iron heel of the Japan invaders, which deeply pierced her heart and inspired her determination to fight for the country.
In this way, Zhao Hongwenguo, who was over half a hundred years old, resolutely decided to join the anti-Japanese resistance and drive out the invaders.
During this period, Zhao Hongwenguo and his son set up a civilian anti-Japanese armed force, which was active in the Dandong area of Liaoning Province for a long time.
Zhao Hongwenguo holds a gun in his left hand and right hand, and he can hit the enemy without aiming, which is amazing. With the passage of time, the scale of the anti-Japanese armed forces led by her continued to expand, and more and more aspiring young people joined them.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhao Hongwenguo's troops were merged into the Jinchaji Army, during which they also broke through the Japanese prison and rescued many hostages and Communist Party members.
If she had always adhered to the correct will, perhaps Zhao Hongwen would have become a famous anti-Japanese heroine in the history of the revolution, however, when she became famous, she encountered a turning point in her fate, and Chiang Kai-shek personally sent her a "sugar-coated cannonball".
Chiang Kai-shek was very concerned about the deeds of Zhao Hongwenguo, invited her to his home, personally entertained her, and called her "sister".
This courtesy deeply moved Zhao Hongwenguo, and he firmly followed Chiang Kai-shek from then on. Gradually became a die-hard supporter of the Kuomintang. Later, even if the Kuomintang was defeated, Zhao Hongwenguo did not waver in his position at all, just to repay the "grace of knowledge".
Chiang Kai-shek was eventually defeated and fled to Taiwan, and Zhao Hongwenguo chose to remain in the southwest and organize reactionary forces against the PLA.
In February 1950, a People's Liberation Army (PLA) army quietly surrounded her place, and she narrowly escaped and continued to lurk.
Soon after, Zhao Hongwenguo regrouped the bandits and launched a riot, massacring peasant union cadres and PLA members, and committing a series of heinous atrocities.
The former anti-Japanese hero has long ceased to think about the life and death of the people, she embarked on a road of no return, with the counterattack of the People's Liberation Army and the cooperation of the masses, Zhao Hongwenguo was finally arrested.
On July 6, 1950, after a public trial, Zhao Hongwenguo was sentenced to death. At the moment of execution, she still clenched her teeth, and her eyes revealed unyielding and resistant.
Personal choices can affect the direction of fate, the deeds of the old woman with two guns, I have to say that it is a tragedy, once tenacious and brave made her a hero, but paranoia eventually pushed her into the abyss.