On May 30, 1946, Chiang Kai-shek , who had just landed in Shenyang to personally supervise the war, had not yet established himself, when he received a phone call from the front line of the Northeast battlefield and was so angry that he was shaking all over.
Regardless of his status as chairman of the committee, he yelled in front of everyone: "Mother Xipi, if you want to leave, leave early, but you are destroying me at this time!"
Hearing this, everyone looked at each other, they only understood Chiang Kai-shek had a bad temper, but he didn't know which god could make him angry.
It was the 184th Division of the Yunnan Army that Chiang Kai-shek had looked down upon since his incorporation.
On May 30, 1946, the 184th Division, under the leadership of division commander Pan Shuoduan, and most of the 552nd Regiment carried out a battlefield uprising in the Northeast Theater. The morale of the originally superior Kuomintang army dropped sharply, and the battlefield situation suddenly changed. .
What Chiang Kai-shek didn't expect was that just a year later in May, the 184th Division of the 60th Army of the Yunnan Army was annihilated by the troops led by Lin Biao, and he declared that he would never accept an uprising again.
What happened in this year? Why did the 184th Division, as a rebel army, fall under the gun of Lin Biao's troops?
Haicheng Uprising
Let time return to May 28, 1946, and return to the Northeastern battlefield where the 184th Division is located.
Since the beginning of summer in May, the temperature here has gradually risen, and the scorching sun seems to be burning out of control, scorching every inch of the land.
What is also out of control is the situation on the battlefield.
Four days ago, Pan Shuoduan, commander of the 184th Division, received news that during the Battle of Anhai, the 551st Regiment guarding Anshan, except for its commander Zhang Bingchang and a few people, were all shrouded in horse leather.
Feeling the heaviness and misery behind the few words, Pan Shuoduan felt angry, aggrieved, and powerless in his heart.
He couldn't figure out why the country was still in constant civil strife even though Japan had surrendered for a year. He couldn't figure out why Chiang Kai-shek had clearly signed the " Double Ten Agreement " and why he had to go against it and send troops to capture the Northeast.
But what he knew was that the Kuomintang troops at this time had completely become a breeding ground for corruption and lust for power. If they wanted to unify the country, they had to find another way out.
He is now waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to join the Communist Party.
Pan Shuoduan
He had already started planning this matter a month ago.
He knew that his chief of staff, Ma Yifei, had joined the Communist Party in 1927, but was forced to cut off contact because the local party organization was destroyed.
Although Ma Yifei has left the party for many years, he is still very familiar with the CCPโs program and policies.
In order to better understand the Communist Party, he, together with like-minded people such as Ma Yifei and deputy division commander Zheng Zuzhi, listened to the Yan'an broadcast every day, and Ma Yifei was responsible for recording and discussing after breakfast.
Pan Shuoduan said to them:
"The Chiang Kai-shek government is corrupt and has no regard for the safety of the country and the suffering of the people. Following the Kuomintang will only bring disaster to the country and the people and will be infamy for thousands of years. Even if they are not killed by the Communist army, they will be divided and disintegrated by Chiang Kai-shek and cursed to death by the people. Only by Only by overthrowing the Eighth Route Army to pursue the revolutionary path can we truly achieve peace."
Yes, the 184th Division, as the Yunnan Army , is not a direct force of the Kuomintang. As a recruited team, the Yunnan Army had a hard time with the Kuomintang. Not only was it looked down upon by other direct troops, but it was also used as cannon fodder every time.
When he came to the Northeast this time, Chiang Kai-shek had already placed his own spies in the team in order to monitor whether Pan Shuoduan and others had any intentions of rebellion.
He ordered two major generals, Zhang and Peng, to join the army and lead an "intelligence team" composed of 39 people, stationed in the 184th Division , to monitor everyone's words and deeds at all times.
This approach made the Yunnan Army, including Pan Shuoduan, unhappy and disgusted.
In order to ensure everyone's safety, Pan Shuoduan no longer blatantly led his comrades to listen to the Yan'an telegram. He only asked his adjutant to record the contents of the Yan'an news every night, and then sorted out the files, put them into confidential files, and secretly sent them to the main generals of each division and regiment. Use it for daily "homework".
After dozens of consecutive days of study, Pan Shuoduan strengthened his direction and decided to join the Eighth Route Army to join the revolution.
On May 27, 1946, Lin Biao, the commander of the Northeastern Democratic Alliance Army, sent a secret letter to Pan Shuoduan. The letter said:
"We parted ways at the military academy and went our separate ways. We met unexpectedly now. A match made in heaven, and I hope we can work together again so that we can reach the same goal through different paths."
Looking at the letter in his hand, Pan Shuoduan had mixed feelings in his heart. He and Lin Biao were classmates in the fourth phase of Huangpu, and they established a deep friendship during their time at school. Now that we meet again, we don't want to meet each other.
Recalling the tragic situation of the 551st Regiment a few days ago and Chiang Kai-shek's attitude towards the people and the Yunnan Army, he immediately decided to lead the entire division in an anti-Chiang and anti-civil war uprising.
At dusk on May 29, Pan Shuoduan successfully contacted the Democratic Alliance Army.
At 11 o'clock that night, Pan Shuoduan met with the special representatives of the fourth column of the Democratic Alliance Army, and the two sides reached an ideological agreement.
In the early morning of the next day, in order to cooperate with Pan Shuoduan's uprising, the democratic coalition surrounded Haicheng with the force of dark clouds. The soldiers who were still willing to resist suddenly became depressed when they saw this situation.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Pan Shuoduan held high the banner of opposing the civil war and promoting peace. With the cooperation of the Northeastern Democratic Alliance, he successfully faced the sun and joined the revolution to liberate the whole of China.
But at this time, Pan Shuoduan never thought that because he ignored a person, the 184th Division fell into death with him.
"Forced" alliance and defection
When Pan Shuoduan's "family" uprising occurred, Yang Chaolun, the leader of the 550th regiment who was far away at the Dashiqiao position, also received an order to surrender and accept reorganization.
But what Pan Shuoduan didn't know was that in addition to keeping in touch with Yang Chaolun, Commander-in-Chief of the Northeast Suppression Du Yuming also had an "agreement" with him.
Du Yuming used the position of commander of the 184th Division as bait and asked Yang Chaolun to stick to Dashiqiao and wait for the arrival of reinforcements.
This temptation wavered Yang Chaolun's already weak will. Between morality and fame and fortune, he began to lean towards Du Yuming.
He knew that the Kuomintang was not good to the Yunnan Army because he himself was from the Yunnan Army.
But this time after Long Yun, the "leader" of the Yunnan Army, was marginalized, he began to gravitate towards the "Central Army" and hoped that he could enter the core level of the Kuomintang army.
This uprising is a good opportunity for him.
But while he was waiting for reinforcements to arrive and daydreaming about scolding Fang Qiu in the future, the 550th Regiment was suddenly taken over by the Democratic Alliance Forces, and he himself became a prisoner.
Seeing his dream shattered, Yang Chaolun had only one question in his mind: He had clearly promised to wait for reinforcements, so why did he wait for the democratic coalition forces? This change made him somewhat confused about the situation.
Regarding the issue of Yang Chaolun's disposal, the military decided after combining the opinions of Pan Shuoduan and others: first incorporate him, and then slowly change his mind .
Considering that Yang Chaolun was the "Paoze" of the old Yunnan Army and had a certain prestige in the army, he was appointed as the deputy commander of the 184th Division of the newly established First Army of the Democratic Alliance Army, and the 550th Regiment under his command was originally Some personnel have also been appointed.
At this point, Yang Chaolun was "forced" to join the Communist Alliance camp.
But this is not what Yang Chaolun wants. A deputy division commander's fictitious position cannot have the real power of a full division commander.
So he used his daily training and leisure time to win over a large number of grassroots officers with ideological problems.
On the surface, they are harmless to humans and animals, but secretly they are becoming more and more unscrupulous in the military.
Since the 184th Division was brought by Pan Shuoduan, the military region leaders considered that their thinking had not yet changed and they could not adapt to the difficult conditions of the Communist Party for the time being, so they took great care of the 184th Division. Not only did they have priority in living materials, but they also provided Can eat rice.
In contrast, the rest of our army can only eat steamed buns mixed with sorghum and wild vegetables, and it is not guaranteed that everyone is full.
This method of buying bones with a lot of money is undoubtedly to let these people feel the care of the people's army and give them a feeling of "going home". But who knew that once the conditions were lowered, they started to make trouble, saying that there was no difference between our army and Chiang Kai-shek, and they all bullied them that the Yunnan Army was not a direct force.
Slowly, a arrogant and extravagant atmosphere developed in the 184th Division. The officers used their money to eat, drink and gamble, and the soldiers below followed suit.
There is naturally the shadow of Yang Chaolun behind all this, but at this time he did not pay attention to these small fights. He wanted to understand the movements of the Kuomintang army.
In October 1946, Yang Chaolun learned from the radio that the Kuomintang army was about to launch a large-scale attack on the southern Manchu base area, so he made a plan in his mind.
On October 30, the Communist Party was forced to abandon Tonghua , and the entire army moved in the direction of Linjiang . Before leaving, the army ordered the 184th Division to evacuate from Shiren Station.
Hearing the news, Yang Chaolun felt that his opportunity had come.
At 11 o'clock in the night, Yang Chaolun contacted the old ministry, incited the reactionaries, coerced and forced 1,300 people to leave the revolutionary ranks, blew the economic rally horn while others were sleeping, and led the reactionaries to defect. Although the opposition team of
was quickly defeated, Yang Chaolun still escaped and successfully entered the Kuomintang-controlled area .
Lin Biao: Determined to Annihilate
Yang Chaolun, who returned to the Kuomintang, successfully became the commander of the 184th Division with the help of Du Yuming.
Although the 184th Division existed in name only at this time, he still showed a posture of "willing to devote himself to the party and the country" and was prepared to fight the Communist Party to the end.
But the general trend of the world is like a rolling river. Those who block the progress of history will surely be trampled under its feet by history, and Yang Chaolun is no exception.
After three campaigns in Jiangnan and four campaigns in Linjiang, the Kuomintang not only lost the hearts of the people, but also lost the initiative on the battlefield.
Under the leadership of Lin Biao and Nie Rongzhen, the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army has become a steel team. Every soldier in the team is like a sharp spear, piercing the vital points of the Kuomintang.
In mid-May 1947, the Northeastern Democratic Alliance decided to launch a summer offensive against the Kuomintang. As the intersection of the Shenyang-Yongji and the 4-Siping-HT5-Tonghua railways, Meihekou also became a battleground for military strategists.
Our army wants Meihekou, and so does the Kuomintang's army. But what neither side expected was that when the two sides met here, they found that the other side was actually their "acquaintance" - the 184th Army.
Regarding the defection at Shiren Station, everyone in the Democratic United Army was holding their breath in their hearts. Now, in addition to having to capture the strategic transportation point of Meihekou, they also had an enemy to meet, making them extremely jealous.
At the pre-war strategy meeting, Lin Biao, who was usually taciturn, rarely got angry. He specifically instructed the Southern Manchu troops:
"In dealing with the 184th Division, all those who have fought after the battle will be resolutely annihilated. Do not accept the decision not to disarm midway." Uprising. "
Never accept the uprising. This sentence is enough to show Lin Biao's thoughts on the previous betrayal. His purpose is simple, which is to fight.
Moreover, in this battle, the 184th Division must be completely broken up and beaten to the ground. All attempts to negotiate peace and uprising should be ignored. Such duplicitous people must not be given another chance.
After receiving the order, deputy commander of the fourth column Han Xianchu led the team to the front line quickly to carry out pre-war mobilization and military construction.
22, the siege team surrounded Meihekou.
html On the afternoon of the 24th, with the support of artillery fire, the 10th Division captured the northern peripheral positions of Meihekou Town. The 30th Regiment launched a fierce attack on the enemy along the railway. html On the 25th, under the continuous bombardment of two artillery regiments , a hole was blown out of the defenders at Meihekou, and the assault team rushed in instantly to prepare for the second round of attack.However, due to the open terrain here, infantry and artillery coordination was not possible. In the absence of artillery support, our army was suppressed by enemy fire and suffered heavy casualties.
html On the 26th, after a night of discussions and adjustments, Han Xianchu decided to choose another assault point and transfer his troops and firepower towards the station.The soldiers of the 184th Division guarding here knew that there was no way out and decided to fight to the death. This encounter was a fierce battle between the two sides. The 30th Regiment responsible for the assault suffered heavy damage, and the enemy army was only left with the last breath. Finally, the station was destroyed after the arrival of our army's support.
28, the final battle comes.
In order to annihilate the 184 defenders and take control of Meihekou in one fell swoop, the Liaodong Military Region decided to attack simultaneously from the south, east and northeast, and broke into the core position of the defenders in one fell swoop.
During the battle that day, the building where the defenders were located was bombed to an unknown extent, and the craters on the ground were filled in and exploded several times.
Both sides used their big knives after firing all the bullets. After curling their blades, they started fighting hand-to-hand. The ground was filled with corpses.
This battle completely pumped out the energy of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army and vented all the frustration and humiliation they had suffered due to the 184th Division.
In this battle, our army displayed a heroic and fearless momentum, annihilating all the 184th Division, capturing Major General Chen Kaiwen alive, controlling the extremely important transportation hub in the area, and successfully joined forces with the main force of North Manchu south of Siping, ending the war in the South Manchuria and the situation in which the liberated areas of northern Manchuria were divided.
As the commander of the 184th Division, Yang Chaolun was also sentenced to death by Pan Shuoduan himself in 1950.
It has always been our party's policy to treat prisoners preferentially, but as an army belonging to the people, we will never tolerate the emergence of traitors, and we will never give traitors a lenient sentence easily.
