General Chen Geng has encountered countless thrilling moments in his decades of revolutionary career, the closest one to death was in 1933. While working underground in Shanghai, he accidentally fell into the hands of the Kuomintang reactionaries. When Chiang Kai-shek failed to win over him, he wanted to execute him. But later he changed his mind and just imprisoned him, and the reasons were very complicated.
Let us turn our time back to 1924, when Chen Geng had just entered Whampoa Military Academy for training. Chiang Kai-shek, who was the principal, wanted to find some "promising" talents from the students to take them for his own use as the capital to seize power in the future, so he often talked to the students in the name of training. When he first met Chen Geng, he felt that the young man in front of him was not simple. He spoke humorously, but also had standards, so he would never feel uncomfortable. Moreover, he had excellent grades in various subjects and was a talented person. He thus developed the desire to recruit and intentionally or unintentionally threw an olive branch to Chen Geng.
The first Eastern Expedition When Chen Jiongming was Chen Geng fought bravely and led by the way. Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek became more and more fond of him and transferred him to his own guard company and kept looking for opportunities to win him over. During the second Eastern Expedition , Chiang Kai-shek went to the front line to inspect in order to boost morale. Unexpectedly, the enemy suddenly launched a counterattack and defeated the National Revolutionary Army. Chiang Kai-shek was very angry for a moment and simply refused to retreat, making an act to sacrifice his life for his country and apologize to the people.
At this time, Chen Geng stood up, carried the old principal and ran out, and finally got out of the trap smoothly. Now, Chiang Kai-shek admired him even more and directly transferred him to his side as a staff officer, trying hard to persuade him to withdraw from the Communist Party and follow him. Chen Geng naturally refused, and his revolutionary belief was unshakable! In 1927, Chiang began to slander the Communist Party and dictatorship. Chen Geng was furious after receiving the news, and thus broke up with the old principal and parted ways.
Time came in 1932. Chen Geng was accidentally injured while fighting with the Red Army in and was transferred to Shanghai for recuperation. During this period, he accidentally exposed his whereabouts and was immediately arrested by the enemy. Not long after, he was sent to Nanjing. Chiang Kai-shek was still considering his love at the beginning and ordered people to take good care of him, and then invited him to a banquet. During the meal, he said everything he wanted to say that he was his good student. He had "taken the wrong way" before, but now he still has time to regret it. As long as he is willing to turn around, he will definitely not treat him badly.
Chen Geng was not corroded by the enemy's sugar-coated shells. He maintained his due rationality and integrity and repeatedly refused to win over. This made Chiang Kai-shek very reluctant to come to Taiwan, and thus he became determined to kill. At this moment, Ms. Soong Ching Ling came forward. She had a deep friendship with Chen Geng back then. Now that Chen Geng is in trouble, she naturally won’t stand by. While joining forces with a group of democrats, she spoke out, saying that Chen Geng is not guilty and cannot be sentenced to death, she mobilized the students of Huangpu to plead with Jiang.
Hu Zongnan and others were grateful for the friendship between classmates and personally pleaded for their old classmates, saying that Chen Geng was so outstanding back then and made such great contributions during the Eastern Expedition. If he really killed him, it would probably be a disheartening heart of the students in Huangpu. When other young talents who planned to defect to the National Government learned about this, they would inevitably be afraid of Chiang Kai-shek. At that time, who would dare to serve the "party-state"?
Chiang Kai-shek was suddenly put on the fire by everyone. If he really killed him, it would probably trigger a frenzy of public opinion and ruin himself overnight. The Guangxi Li Zongren , Bai Chongxi , Jinsui Army , Yan Xishan and others will definitely take the opportunity to attack and force themselves to step down. At that time, their political career may end. In the end, under heavy pressure, Chiang Kai-shek changed his mind and put his former good students in prison. After hearing the news, the party organization took action immediately and tried his best to rescue Chen Geng, leaving a good seed for the revolution!
was extremely unfortunate to be arrested by the enemy during the revolutionary period. During this period, you will inevitably encounter various tortures, and the physical and mental torture almost makes people collapse.But Chen Geng persevered and never surrendered no matter what the enemy used. Such a tenacious spirit is admirable! However, this experience in prison also left a sequelae of General Chen Geng. His heart was greatly damaged, which indirectly affected his health, causing him to die at the age of 58 and not be able to witness the prosperity and strength of the New China with his own eyes!
