Even among bandits, there are different levels. How many evil things does one person have to do to be hated by tens of thousands of people and beat women? The bandit Chen Guangzhong is one of them.

Chairman Mao and Chiang Kai-shek's photo

Foreword

Even bandits have different degrees. How many evil things does one person have to do to be hated by tens of thousands of people and beat up women? Robbing civilian girls? Murder and arson? I'm afraid no one knows. But there are always some people who can achieve these to the extreme. Bandit Chen Guangzhong is one of them.

Chairman Mao once said with tears: "Is it okay without revolution?!" That was definitely a true expression of true feelings. Only Chairman Mao can eliminate these bad apples who dehumanize one by one. Can Chiang Kai-shek do it?

The gangster Chen Guangzhong was shot

In 1949, Chiang Kai-shek was defeated and fled to Taiwan.

Before leaving, Chiang Kai-shek, in order to create an opportunity to "counterattack the mainland," ordered Mao Renfeng to organize a large number of Kuomintang agents, collecting many Kuomintang stragglers, as well as some Kuomintang reactionaries with numerous crimes that he was unwilling to bring to Taiwan. , formed a stubborn bandit, occupying the mountain as king, and often carried out criminal activities such as beating, smashing, and robbing poor people.

Chiang Kai-shek

Chen Guangzhong in Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan, was one of these people. This is the man who perfectly embodies the word "evil bandit".

In August of this year, Cheng Qian and General Chen Mingren announced an uprising in Changsha, and Hunan was peacefully liberated. Subsequently, various parts of Hunan gradually returned to the hands of the people.

At this time, Chen Guangzhong, the county magistrate of Longhui County, Shaoyang City, Hunan Province, not only failed to hand Longhui County into the hands of the people in the context of peaceful liberation of Hunan, but instead used Longhui County as an "anti-communist base" and continued to carry out responsibilities. Resistance.

On October 1, 1949, Chairman Mao stood on the Tiananmen Gate Tower and solemnly announced to the world: " The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China has been established! "

At this moment, most of the country has been liberated, and the people in the liberated areas have stood up and After becoming the master of the country, everyone was beaming and rejoicing. However, at this time, Longhui County had not yet been liberated, and the people were suffering.

On October 11, under the order of Commander Lin Biao, the Fourth Field Army troops invaded Longhui County from Baoqing and Shaoyang , drove away the Tantou Township Self-Defense Force, and Longhui County was declared liberated. Subsequently, the new Longhui County People's Government was established, and Longhui County turned a new page.

Lin Biao deploys troops to fight

After the liberation of the county, some people in Longhui County still did not have a stable life. They were often harassed by bandits. Among them, the bandits led by Chen Guangzhong were the most hateful.

In the process of being a bandit, the adulterous and lustful Chen Guangzhong continued to burn, kill, and plunder local people, kidnapped women to serve as his temporary "wives," and ravaged them to the point of becoming insane.

Lin Biao, commander of the Fourth Field Army, who was well aware of Chen Guangzhong's evil deeds, decided to send the 158th Division of the People's Liberation Army to carry out this bandit suppression mission. After

was ordered, the commander of the 158th Division of the People's Liberation Army Li Daozhi and the political commissar Wang Xiaosheng set up their headquarters in Taohuaping and took command. After research, Li Daozhi decided to send 3 regiments and 8 battalions of the 158th Division, the Wugang Independent Regiment and the 5 Xinhua , Longhui , Wugang 3 county brigades to cooperate and invest 4,000 people in suppressing bandits to carry out this task. The specific deployment of the bandit suppression mission is:

"The 474th Regiment of the 158th Division went from Xinhua to attack the water truck and Chen Guangzhong and He Younong in Wentian; the 472nd Regiment went from Baoqing Shaoyang to attack the bridge and under the bird tree; the 473rd Regiment went to the mountain gate and flower at the entrance of the cave. The 2nd Battalion of the 472nd Regiment entered the Hexiang Bridge in Longhui to prevent the bandits from escaping to the Wugang area. The battle began on November 28, 1949. "

General Li Daozhi's photo

was received by Li Daozhi. After the division commander assigned the combat mission, the 474th Regiment set out from Jukoupu and marched to Shichongkou in the south of Xinhua on November 26. During the eight-hour fierce battle, the bandits He Younongbu's two regiments and Chen Guangzhong were about to be killed. 800 people were wiped out and He Zhiya was captured alive. Seeing that the momentum was not good, Chen Guangzhong led more than 1,000 of his subordinates to escape to the Lengxi Mountain and Jinshiqiao areas, and arranged bandit Yuan Qingguang at Huangjinjing to block the People's Liberation Army.

In the early morning of November 30, the People's Liberation Army commandos launched an attack on the sleeping bandits. The bandits were unprepared and fled one after another. Yuan Qingguang led more than 500 people to flee to Lengxi Mountain. When they fled to Wangyun Mountain and the area under Niaoshu, , there were less than 100 people chased by the People's Liberation Army.

In the morning, Ouyang Fang of Baoqing's third detachment intercepted Chen Guangzhong's bandit troops near Xiaoshajiang. On December 1, the 474th Regiment surrounded Chen Guangzhong near the border of Xupu District (Longzhuang Bay). After only holding on for less than a day, the 474th Regiment captured the bandit leader Peng Guohua alive, captured more than 300 bandits, and seized more than 500 guns. At this time, Chen Guangzhong and his remaining troops continued to escape towards Tangwan, trying to enter Xupu.

After learning that Chen Guangzhong's bandits had entered the Wugang border, the 473 regiment, which was on standby in the Xiqiao and Huaqiao areas of Dongkou, rushed to Tangwan and surrounded Chen Guangzhong's headquarters in Kexi. In a panic, Chen Guangzhong fled with more than 50 people.

People's Liberation Army troops are suppressing bandits

On December 5, Chen Guangzhong fled to Long and returned to Xiejiachong. Except for two concubines, there were not many people left around him. That night, Chen Guangzhong was unbearably hungry and no longer had the strength to commit evil. Later, Chen Guangzhong asked his men to take Dayang, knocked on the door of a shop, and prayed to the shop owner for a bite of food.

The shop owner saw that he was making money, so he gave Chen Guangzhong and others some sauerkraut and rice. After seeing the rice, Chen Guangzhong almost grabbed the rice bowl and wolfed it down, sweeping away all the rice grains in the bowl.

After finishing the meal, Chen Guangzhong took out some more oceans and asked the shop owner to let him rest for a night. On the bed, the two concubines were sleeping beside each other, but Chen Guangzhong did not dare to sleep properly. He leaned sideways, holding a gun in his hand, and his eyes were fascinated.

At the same time, soldiers from the 3rd Company of the 473rd Regiment of the People's Liberation Army, led by local people, found the whereabouts of Chen Guangzhong after a night of searching. Before dawn the next morning, the soldiers began to arrest Chen Guangzhong.

With several gunshots, two of Chen Guangzhong's men were shot and killed. After hearing the gunshot, Chen Guangzhong immediately jumped out of bed, kicked open the door and ran out of the yard. He tried to escape through the back door, but was unable to escape due to his heavy body. He was pinned to the ground by PLA soldiers and captured alive.

Chen Guangzhong who was captured alive

When Chen Guangzhong ran out, the two concubines were frightened. They knelt on the ground and begged the shop owner: "Grandma, save me. When they came in, they said I was your granddaughter." Listen. Despite the pleas of the two concubines, the shopkeeper's wife was afraid of being implicated and did not dare to agree. Seeing that the landlady refused, the two concubines had no choice but to hide under the bed, trembling.

After a while, several People's Liberation Army soldiers rushed in. One of the concubines took out some oceans from his arms and threw them out, hoping to take this opportunity to escape. They did not expect that the People's Liberation Army soldiers were not the money-minded soldiers of the Kuomintang. They did not accept this trick at all and captured them on the spot with guns in hand. Subsequently, Chen Guangzhong and his party were escorted to Longhui by PLA soldiers.

At the same time, the 472 regiment on standby at Hexiang Bridge in Longhui carried out an encirclement and suppression campaign against Liu Jianzhang, Hu Ti and other bandits entrenched in Mei Tang, Baizhuping . Later, Liu Jianzhang fled to Hong Kong and eventually went to Taiwan; Hu Tihua was arrested in Xiangxiang, China in 1951.

On December 8, 1949, the 10-day battle against bandits came to an end. In the process of this bandit suppression, more than 2,600 bandits including Chen Guangzhong, He Younong and others were wiped out. At this point, Longhui County has truly returned to the hands of the people.

Educate the captured bandits

Just before the suppression of bandits, although Chen Guangzhong committed numerous crimes, the government still gave Chen Guangzhong a glimmer of hope, but Chen Guangzhong did not appreciate it and still chose to resist to the end. According to the article titled "Reminiscences of Li Jue's Arrival in Shaoyang" in "Shaoyang Literary History":

"On November 21, 1949, after Cheng Qian and Chen Mingren peacefully revolted in Changsha, Li Jue, who served as deputy commander of the First Corps, and deputy commander Dai Wen and others were instructed by their superiors to come to Baixi, Xinhua, to persuade Chen Guangzhong to revolt and ask him to lead his troops to accept the reorganization of the People's Liberation Army. Li Jue and Dai Wen told Chen Guangzhong about the Communist Party's policies and asked him to believe in the Communist Party and the People's Government.He also told Chen Guangzhong that after the reorganization, he could go to Changsha, Beijing, or Lushan . But Chen Guangzhong was stubborn and refused to accept the PLA's adaptation. "

Regarding Chen Guangzhong's ugly behavior at that time, a section chief named Zhao who had participated in the negotiations said:

"Chen Guangzhong's whole body was swollen, his belly was big, he had difficulty moving, and he had difficulty walking. He needed four people to carry him. There were several aunts and wives following him, and it seemed that this man wouldn't live long. "

For people like Chen Guangzhong, even Chiang Kai-shek, who was extremely reactionary, could not look down on him. Otherwise, when Chiang Kai-shek was defeated in Taiwan, why not take him away?

Chen Guangzhong who pretended to be dead

December 25, 1949, At the airport in Shaoyang City, the Shaoyang District Temporary People's Court held a public trial. More than 30,000 people from various social groups and people participated in the public trial. During the public trial, people from Pingjiang , Liuyang , and You County attended. Representatives from , Chaling, Lianhua, Longhui, Shaoyang and other places came to the stage one after another to accuse Chen Guangzhong of the heinous crimes he committed.

During the intervals between the representatives' accusations, the people in the audience were all excited. Shout loudly: " redress injustice and seek revenge! " " shoot Chen Guangzhong! " and sang the song "Punish Chen Guangzhong" from time to time. The crowd at the public trial was emotional and indignant, and the scene was very lively.

At 2:20 pm that day, Chen Guangzhong was executed by firing squad amidst a sea of ​​curses. It can be said that Chen Guangzhong deserved his death. Even Chen Guangzhong’s son, who worked in Ili, Xinjiang after the reform and opening up, said:

“My father’s hands are covered with the blood of Communists. Even if the new government shoots him a hundred times, his relatives will have no complaints. Blood debts should be repaid with blood.” "

General Lin Biao's old photos

Judging from Chen Guangzhong's experience, it was not accidental that he became a bandit. He acted as Chiang Kai-shek to kill Red Army soldiers, and he was also ruthless and ruthless. Regarding Chen Guangzhong, a ruthless bandit who did many evil things, Lin Biao once said: " This person is a scum! ”

This person is a scum

In 1897, Chen Guangzhong was born in Shuangquanpu, Shaodong, Baoqing, Hunan, also known as Guishan and named Delong. He was a typical rich second generation.

When he was a child, due to his wealthy family, Chen Guangzhong received a good education He is a well-educated person with excellent educational resources, but his thoughts are extremely dirty and he never takes other people's lives and dignity seriously.

In his youth, Chen Guangzhong once lived in Shuangquan, his hometown. Pu taught for a period of time. During his teaching period, the students were very afraid of Chen Guangzhong. They were all very "well-behaved" and were very motivated in studying. When the locals saw the students' good grades, they praised him as " "Precious talents" and "precious killings".

Teachers during the Republic of China

Seeing that Chen Guangzhong had made great achievements in teaching, his brother Chen Laiyi introduced him to the Lingwu Temple in Baoqing City to teach in a private school. After becoming famous, Chen Guangzhong was specially hired by Zhang Jiachong Academy as a teacher. Teacher, taught Chinese and physical education in the school.

After two years of teaching, Chen Guangzhong was tired of this life. He thought that in the autumn of troubled times, he wanted to develop outside.

1918. Chen Guangzhong came to Changsha, Hunan Province at the age of 18. In Changsha, Chen Guangzhong joined the Qinggang and colluded with local gangsters to engage in gambling and drug trafficking. After a while, Chen Guangzhong joined the local warlord's army and was incorporated into the First Division of the Hunan Army. Barracks.

However, Chen Guangzhong couldn't bear the intrigues and intrigues among the warlords, so he stole a shell gun and left the Hunan Army in 1923, returning to his hometown of Shaoyang.

In Shaoyang, Chen Guangzhong relied on his martial arts and stolen weapons. After that, Chen Guangzhong became a gangster and started a "mountain gathering" with Li Bojiao, Wang Guocai, Chen Qi, He Younong, Liang Zhengbiao and others. Team.

In 1926, Tang Shengzhi trapped and killed Baoqing garrison Liu Chongwei.Taking this opportunity, Chen Guangzhong sold his family's fifty acres of fertile land, purchased more than 300 guns from Liu Chongwei's men, and expanded his team to four to five hundred people.

Old photo of Tang Shengzhi

As the number of people increased, the team became stronger and stronger. Chen Guang had a bigger plot in the center, so he launched the banner of " punishing evil and promoting good, robbing the rich and helping the poor", specifically targeting opium dealers and local tyrants. Corrupt officials commit robberies. For a time, Chen Guangzhong's reputation reached the level of a household name.

Soon after, Tang Shengzhi decided to recruit Chen Guangzhong. After some negotiations, Chen Guangzhong was appointed as the commander of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Regiment, 1st Division, 8th Army of the National Revolutionary Army. Later, under the orders of his superiors, Chen Guangzhong led his men to participate in the Northern Expedition.

In 1927, in the "Maritime Incident", Chen Guangzhong massacred many backbones of the workers' and peasants' movement, and his hands were stained with the blood of a large amount of revolutionary ancestors.

In 1928, Chen Guangzhong was appointed by the Kuomintang reactionaries as the commander of the suppression of communism in eastern Hunan because of his "merit" in massacring revolutionaries. In 1929, Chen Guangzhong was appointed commander of the 7th Independent Brigade and commander of the Qing Suppression Column.

In 1930, Chen Guangzhong was promoted again and was appointed commander of the new 32nd Division. When attacking the Liuyang Red Army, Chen Guangzhong issued an order to his subordinates: "After killing someone, cut off the left ear to receive the reward. For each person killed, the reward will be 5 yuan of silver. " This order directly led to Liuyang Tieshushan, Hengshan, Fo Ridge and other places were washed with blood, and there was no one left within a 10-kilometer radius.

However, bandits are bandits. Even if they are crowned as monkeys, they cannot conceal Chen Guangzhong’s true nature as a bandit. For his own selfish desires, the lecherous Chen Guangzhong ravaged many women. It is said that every time Chen Guangzhong's troops arrived at a garrison point, he would take a fancy to a woman and treat the woman as a temporary "wife" and completely ravage her. When it comes to how many temporary "wives" he has, Chen Guangzhong's close subordinates all say "countless."

Photos of Chen Guangzhong when he was a teacher

In addition, Chen Guangzhong also had the habit of raping maids. In order to achieve this goal, Chen Guangzhong often changed the maids at home to satisfy his selfish desires. It is said that no fewer than a thousand women were bullied by Chen Guangzhong.

When he was in Shaoyang, when Chen Guangzhong met Hua Zhongxi, a famous actress at the Shaoyang Charity Theater, he stared at Hua Zhongxi with both eyes, but Hua Zhongxi insisted and refused to give in. Soon after, under the pressure of Chen Guangzhong, Hua Zhongxi chose to commit suicide by drowning in the river.

In 1931, Chen Guangzhong was appointed commander of the 63rd Division. The following year, Chen Guangzhong led his troops to attack Lianhua County, Jiangxi. In Wutang Village, Lianhua County, Chen Guangzhong was surrounded by armed people. After losing more than a dozen followers, Chen Guangzhong fled back to the division headquarters. Subsequently, Chen Guangzhong ordered Li Bojiao to lead a battalion to surround Wutang Village.

Under Li Bojiao's order, the special agent company carried out an inhumane massacre of "people over fifteen years old and under sixty years old" in Wutang Village with horse leaf knives. "Bloodbath of the Lotus" completely nailed Chen Guangzhong to the pillar of shame for killing innocent people .

In 1934, during the Battle of Jueshanpu, Lin Biao led two divisions of the First Red Army in a fierce battle with Zhang Liangji and Chen Guangzhong. In this battle, Chen Guangzhong killed more than 4,000 Red Army soldiers. Nie Rongzhen, political commissar of the regiment, was injured. Yang Chengwu, political commissar of the fourth regiment, and Zhong Xuegao, leader of the fifth regiment, were also seriously injured. Yi Dang, political commissar of the fifth regiment, and others died. Even Lin Biao, Zuo Quan and others were almost killed. captured.

Photos of Lin Biao in the Red Army

After the war, Lin Biao looked at the mountains of corpses of Red Army soldiers, remembered Chen Guangzhong's name deeply in his heart, and vowed to avenge them in the future. At the same time, Lin Biao shed tears of pain in his eyes. This was one of the few times in Lin Biao's life that he shed tears.

Regarding Chen Guangzhong, who was almost inhumane, the Kuomintang government repeatedly commended him for " he took the lead in suppressing the Communists, repeatedly made extraordinary achievements, stabilized the local area, and completely eradicated the evil people."

During the Anti-Japanese War, Chen Guangzhong participated in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Western Hunan. Later, due to factional struggles within the army, Chen Guangzhong was dismissed and returned to his hometown in Hunan.

In his hometown, Chen Guangzhong still did not think about introspection or keep a low profile. Instead, he used a large amount of people's wealth and money to bribe Kuomintang officials and bought the title of commander of the Sixth Column of the Marching Army. Soon after, Chen Guangzhong took advantage of this position to recruit troops and horses with his former scumbag friends to continue the fish and meat village.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Chen Guangzhong became so notorious that even Chiang Kai-shek found it very annoying and disbanded his troops. However, Chen Guangzhong still refused to give up and took his "brothers" back to his old business and started the bandit business.

In 1946, Chen Guangzhong became a disciple of the Qinggang Du Xinwu . He did all kinds of evil things and vigorously developed his underworld subordinates, extending his minions to nearby places. The local people gnashed their teeth when they heard this, wishing they could eat its meat raw.

The last photo of Chiang Kai-shek and Bai Chongxi in mainland China

Although Chiang Kai-shek did not want to see him, Chen Guangzhong still unswervingly implemented Chiang Kai-shek's anti-communist policy during the War of Liberation. Under the overwhelming offensive of the People's Liberation Army, Chen Guangzhong still refused to lay down his arms and surrender to the people.

In May 1949, Bai Chongxi and Huang Jie sent secret orders to Chen Guangzhong, asking him to secretly carry out sabotage and prevent Cheng Qian from carrying out a peaceful uprising. Bai Chongxi and Chen Guangzhong did this very secretly, and Cheng Qian and Chen Mingren were kept in the dark.

Before Cheng Qian and General Chen Mingren announced the Hunan Uprising, Cheng Qian went to Shaoyang and persuaded Chen Guangzhong to surrender to the People's Liberation Army.

After meeting Cheng Qian, Chen Guangzhong pretended to be meek on the surface and showed great courtesy to Cheng Qian, but secretly he was doing spy work, hoping to get useful information from Cheng Qian in exchange for his glory and wealth.

When Cheng Qian asked Chen Guangzhong to join the uprising, Chen Guangzhong appeared obedient and had no objection, but secretly rejected Cheng Qian's kindness and chose to resist to the end and continue to be his bandit in Longhui County.

On December 6, 1949, under the offensive of the People's Liberation Army, Chen Guangzhong escaped again and again, and was finally captured alive by soldiers of the People's Liberation Army. On December 25, Chen Guangzhong was executed by firing squad in Shaoyang, Hunan Province. Regarding such a die-hard element, Lin Biao commented: "This person is a scum!"

Old photo of Marshal Lin Biao

More than 50 years after Chen Guangzhong's death, some people began to find some good deeds for Chen Guangzhong, saying that he had funded the establishment of public welfare undertakings , raised funds and donated Chen's Garden on Rulin Street, Shaoyang City to open Shaoyang Public Hospital, contributed funds to purchase academic fields for Zidong Academy and repaired the academy, etc.

If you have done a few good deeds, you can comfort the tens of thousands of souls who died in Chen Guangzhong's hands, then where is the justice? Regarding Chen Guangzhong’s evaluation, it seems that we should be more inclined to Marshal Lin Biao’s conclusion: “This person is a scum!”