In 1975, after the pardon, he returned to his hometown in Shandong for 15 years, and came to Beijing at the invitation of Zhou Enlai.
Premier Zhou invited him to come this time for two purposes: one is to let him do the ideological work of "old stubborn" Huangwei as an old classmate in the first phase of Huangpu ; the other is to let him and the past be The old subordinate Han Liancheng met at the Battle of Laiwu to relieve the doubts that had lingered in his heart for many years.
Premier Zhou personally called Li Xianzhou: "Han Liancheng also lives in Qianmen Hotel. You can meet and talk about the Laiwu Battle, which can help you solve the mystery of Han Liancheng's disappearance back then."
Li Xianzhou just moved to Qianmen Hotel. Han Liancheng, who was then deputy commander of the Lanzhou Military Region, took the initiative to come to him. As soon as he entered the door, he bowed to Li Xianzhou and said, "Brother Li, I'm sorry for you! I feel deeply uneasy when I hear the news that you are hurting your silk tongue."
The two talked together, and Li Xianzhou talked to Laiwu The secret of the battle suddenly came to an end. It turned out that Han Liancheng was the "undercover" placed by the CCP by Chiang Kai-shek's side.
So, what should Han Liancheng apologize to Li Xianzhou? What did he do in the Battle of Laiwu?
Time returned to February 1947, the Kuomintang army suffered repeated defeats in the battlefield in East China. Chiang Kai-shek wanted to fight a few beautiful battles, so he mobilized the 73rd Army, the 12th Army and the reorganized 46th Division to form the Northern Line Corps. Li Xianzhou, deputy commander of the Second Appeasement Zone, commanded the " Battle of Shandong South ".
Han Liancheng was the lieutenant general commander of the reorganized 46th Division at the time. He was transferred from Hainan to Shandong battlefield and joined the Li Xianzhou Corps. The reorganized 46th Division was reduced by the 46th Army of the Guangxi clique. In fact, it is still a military establishment, and the combat effectiveness of the entire United States' equipment should not be underestimated.
Chiang Kai-shek handed over an American machine reorganizer to Han Liancheng, which shows that he has great trust in him. However, Jiang Jiang would never dream of Han Liancheng as the undercover CCP lurking beside him.
Chiang Kai-shek held a military meeting with Chen Cheng , Wang Yaowu and others, and formulated a combat plan for "to use Linyi as the main battlefield and annihilate the Communist army Chen Yi main force" .
Han Liancheng led his troops to the Shandong battlefield and had no time to meet with the commander of the Corps Li Xianzhou, so he sent someone to report to the CCP through secret channels.
After getting the information, Chen Yi thought of a solution.
East China Field Army voluntarily gave up Linyi and went north secretly in an attempt to annihilate Li Xianzhou's regiment. Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Cheng mistakenly thought that "Chen Yi's troops fled", and ordered Li Xianzhou to advance quickly and occupy the Laiwu area.
At the same time, Han Liancheng began to "make trouble" for Li Xianzhou and gain time for Chen Yi to turn troops north. The East China Field Army hiked out during the day and arrived at the Mengyin area in , and surrounded Laiwu County with lightning speed.
Li Xianzhou's regiment crashed into Chen Yi's "pocket array" and still knew nothing. It was not until February 21, 1947 that the Laiwu Campaign began and Wang Yaowu discovered through the plane that Chen Yi's troops were moving north.
He immediately sent Li Xianzhou an urgent telegram of 100,000: "The main force of the Communist army suddenly moved northward, and it has surrounded your troops, and quickly break northward."
Li Xianzhou was shocked. He couldn't figure out why Chen Yi's main force was in Linyi. , How could he suddenly go north to surround him? In panic, Li Xianzhou ordered the troops to set off urgently and break through from the direction of the silk spitting mouth overnight.
However, Han Liancheng, the commander of the 46th Division, received the retreat order, refused to execute on the grounds that "there was not deployed well", and asked to postpone the retreat for one day. Li Xianzhou had no choice but to order the troops to delay their retreat. How could he know that Han Liancheng was actually "deliberately dragging his feet."
was dragged until the early morning of February 23. The East China Field Army was already at the city, and it would be too late to not run away. Li Xianzhou ordered all parts of the corps to break through and break out of the People's Liberation Army's encirclement.
But at the critical moment, Han Liancheng, the commander of the 46th Division, disappeared. Han Liancheng disappeared, the reorganized 46th Division had no leader, and the command failed, and the command center was in panic.
This also disrupted Li Xianzhou's operation deployment, and the troops' retreat was delayed for 2 hours.It was these two critical hours that completely lost the opportunity to escape.
6 columns of the East China Field Army surrounded Laiwu like an iron barrel. Li Xianzhou became a turtle in the jar and could not escape with his wings. The battle lasted until dusk on the 23rd, and the entire Li Xianzhou Army was wiped out.
Laiwu Battle, the People's Liberation Army annihilated 1 Kuomintang army, 1 reorganized division, and 1 new division, with a total of more than 60,000 people from 7 divisions. Senior officers of the Kuomintang army, except for the reorganized 46th Division commander Han Liancheng and the newly formed 36th Division. The other commander Cao Zhenduo escaped, and the others were either shot dead or captured alive.
It is worth mentioning that Li Xianzhou, the commander of the Corps, saw that the situation was hopeless, quickly took off his clothes, mixed in the defeated army, and fled towards the silk spitting mouth. The People's Liberation Army soldiers cleaned the battlefield and carefully searched for Li Xianzhou's whereabouts but disappeared.
At this time, Li Xianzhou was injured in his leg and limped forward with the help of a guard, but was blocked by the Huaye soldiers. "What are you doing?" asked the People's Liberation Army soldier.
Li Xianzhou was still quibbling: "I am a primary school teacher in Changqing County and was arrested by the Kuomintang to join the army." Despite his disguise, he was soon identified by a captured Kuomintang soldier.
Li Xianzhou, who had fought for more than ten years, never expected that his 60,000 elite troops would be vulnerable and he became a prisoner in a daze.
In the Laiwu battle, why did Han Lian leave the reorganized 46th Division alone? Where did he go?
It turned out that long before the Laiwu Battle began, Han Liancheng contacted the Communist Party of China and began to secretly plan the reorganization of the 46th Division uprising. After Han Liancheng contacted the East China Bureau of the Communist Party of China and reached an agreement, Chen Yi sent two comrades, Yang Side and Xie Kui, to lurk directly to the 46th Division as liaison representatives.
Han Liancheng reached an agreement with Chen Yi to try his best to avoid fighting with the People's Liberation Army. However, because he had no time to do the work of officers and soldiers, and the reorganized 46th Division was adapted from the Guangxi army, Han Liancheng failed to fully control the troops and failed to successfully instigate the rebellion. All officers and soldiers.
Since combat is inevitable, Yang Side followed Chen Yi's instructions and persuaded Han Liancheng to withdraw from the battlefield immediately. So, Han Liancheng took a few entourages to leave Li Xianzhou and moved to a store of Xiguan Underground Party to hide.
The victory of the Laiwu battle has a direct relationship with Han Liancheng providing timely information and giving up command in a timely manner. A few days later, Han Liancheng and his entourage were taken to the East China Field Army Command and talked with Chen Yichang for a long time.
He also wrote a poem to congratulate Chen Yi on his victory in Laiwu: "Gao Mou took Qianyuan Mansion with a decisive victory and saw the distance for many years. I want to congratulate you and congratulate me, and the glorious results are dependent on the central government." Chen Yi also affirmed Han Liancheng's He made contributions and praised him for his extraordinary achievements.
Han Liancheng's identity has not been revealed. He wants to return to Nanjing and continue to lurk by Chiang Kai-shek and play a role. Chen Yi was worried that he would be in trouble this time, so he repeatedly advised him to stay. Han Liancheng said: "As long as you can contribute to the people, your personal safety is not planned."
Finally, after Chen Yi asked Zhou Enlai for instructions, he agreed to Han Liancheng's request and sent someone to escort Han Liancheng to change the route Qingdao . Back to Nanjing. When Chiang Kai-shek saw Han Liancheng, he not only did not hold him responsible for his defeat, but instead made him praise him for "extremely loyal and brave" .
Back to Li Xianzhou's experience. Since being captured in the Battle of Laiwu, Li Xianzhou has been escorted to the East China Field Army Command. Chen Yi heard that he had captured Li Xianzhou and hurried to see him.
When Li Xianzhou saw Chen Yi walk into the house, he looked embarrassed. Unexpectedly, Chen Yi said very close: "Mr. Li, you are frightened!" Chen Yi held his hand and asked about his injured leg with concern, which touched Li Xianzhou very much.
Under Chen Yi's arrangement, Li Xianzhou moved into a single room and arranged for medical staff to heal him. After careful care from medical staff, Li Xianzhou's wounds were healed quickly. Many years later, Li Xianzhou also asked someone to inquire about the name of the military doctor who had healed him.
PLA's magnanimity was beyond Li Xianzhou's expectations.Chen Yi affirmed Li Xianzhou's achievements in anti-Japanese war and said to him: "You are also a leader during the War of Resistance Against Japan. Later, you were promoted to the deputy commander-in-chief of the 15th Army. You are still fighting the Japanese!" Li Xianzhou felt very helpful.
Before I knew it, Chen Yi and Li Xianzhou talked for more than two hours. Before leaving, Li Xianzhou held Chen Yi's hands tightly and said repeatedly, "Mr. Chen, I wish we met too late!" This conversation with Chen Yi also led to a change in Li Xianzhou's thoughts.
3 days later, at a symposium of captured senior generals, Li Xianzhou spoke:
"Li is incompetent in command, and he is responsible for everyone. But General Chen is responsible for strategic responsibility. Strategic errors, even if the commanders at all levels below are tactical in terms of tactics. It would be useless to try to make up for it. Moreover, this war itself is a huge mistake. "At the end of the symposium, these senior Kuomintang generals unanimously agreed that an anti-civil war movement should be launched. So he publicly recommended Li Xianzhou to lead the way and drafted an anti-civil war statement.
On March 21, 1947, a telegram titled "Li Xianzhou and others sent a telegram to fight against civil war" was found in the newspapers. Seeing this telegram, Chiang Kai-shek was furious and scolded Li Xianzhou for being rebellious.
Just as Li Xianzhou was undergoing transformation as a war criminal, Han Liancheng continued to lurk in Chiang's army. When he returned to Nanjing, he was appointed as a lieutenant general in the military. Although he was separated from the front line of the battlefield, he was able to access more high-level secrets within the Kuomintang.
Han Zhengcheng used the hidden front and continued to send intelligence to the CCP, which played an important role in the later Battle of Yimeng and the Battle of Menglianggu.
Until early 1949, because a captured regiment commander of the former 46th Division fled back, and a regiment-level cadre in the Huaye rebelled, confessing that Han Liancheng "communist" in the Laiwu Battle. The Military Intelligence Bureau spies began to conduct secret investigations and deciphered some of the CCP’s military telegrams. Han Liancheng's identity was exposed and he was evacuated urgently under the arrangement of the underground party organization.
In January 1949, Han Liancheng led his entourage to Xibaipo, Pingshan County, Hebei Province, and was received by central leaders such as Mao Zedong, Zhu De, and Zhou Enlai. Zhu De praised Han Liancheng: "has made great contributions to the party and the revolution."
Learning that Han Liancheng had "submission to the Communist Party" and when he arrived at the liberated area, Chiang Kai-shek was so angry that he threw his cup.
In August 1949, Han Liancheng was appointed as the deputy chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army's First Field Army and deputy director of the Lanzhou Military Control Commission. No one knows Han Liancheng's special experience. Zhou Enlai once introduced to people: "Han Liancheng is a Communist Party member who has not completed the formal procedures for joining the party. His actions are a vow of loyalty."
In May 1950, Han Liancheng He officially joined the Communist Party. Since then, Han Liancheng has served as deputy chief of staff of the Northwest Military Region and former deputy commander of the Lanzhou Military Region. In 1955, Han Liancheng was awarded the rank of lieutenant general.
Li Xianzhou was later sent to Beijing Gongdelin War Criminals Management Institute for renovation. Because of the active transformation, the second batch was granted amnesty on November 28, 1960. After receiving the amnesty, Li Xianzhou returned to his hometown in Shandong to reunite with his family and lived an ordinary life. He was elected as a member of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
This former commander of the Kuomintang army group never thought that the defeat in the Laiwu battle was because he was "scaught" by Han Zhicheng. Li Xianzhou also knew nothing about Han Liancheng's whereabouts later.
It was not until 1975 that Premier Zhou took the initiative to propose and arranged a meeting between Li Xianzhou and Han Liancheng that he solved his doubts about "Han Liancheng's disappearance".
html Reunion after 028, Han Liancheng was sorry for leaving Li Xianzhou on the battlefield. Li Xianzhou, who learned the truth, was already relieved. He said:"You have nothing to do with sorry for me, I should thank you. If your 46th Division had not collapsed quickly, we would not have been solved so quickly. If we had been in absent from the corner Resistance, even if I don’t die on the battlefield, I will go to Taiwan. How can I live so freely?”
On October 2, 1988, Li Xianzhou died of illness in Jinan at the age of 94. Li Xianzhou has experienced the hardships of war and the ups and downs of life, and his life is still so long, which shows his comfort and happiness in his later years. He said he wanted to thank Han Liancheng at the beginning, and it was all the truth.
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