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One day at the end of 1968, a worker from a commune in Weichang County, Chengde City, Hebei Province rushed to the Public Security Bureau in a panic and said he wanted to report the criminal.
Zida Bang was a bandit when he was young, and was sentenced to 18 years in prison. He was released just after his sentence. The cadres in my hometown were tolerant and specially arranged a job to catch a big car, allowing him to support himself and return to society.
Zida List was grateful for this, and made up his mind to abandon everything in the past and cherish this hard-won stable life.
Unexpectedly, the unexpected reunion with an old friend suddenly evoked that unbearable memory.
When working one day, Zidabang met an old farmer on the roadside. The other party seemed honest and ordinary, but through the traces of vicissitudes of life, Zidaban recognized it at a glance - This is the culprit that killed five senior Communist cadres 21 years ago.
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During the War of Resistance Against Japan, wars were raging, all industries were in decline, and people were living in poverty.
While the people at the bottom were ravaged by the Japanese invaders, they were often bullied by warlords and bureaucrats. Starving and freezing and displaced became the norm.
The country is in trouble, some people stand up and shoulder the burden of defending their country; some people are struggling to survive in dire straits.
Of course, "people die for money, birds die for food", and some people will do whatever they want to seek personal gain. This is true for traitors and lackeys, and so is the bandits.
Zida list belongs to the last one. Because of the difficult times in the world, he made a mistake and became a bandit. Following the two bosses, Bai Jinhui and Yu Xiucheng, they are doing things like bullying men and women and robbing families all day long.
However, in 1937, broke out. After the Japanese invaders quickly occupied Beiping , they immediately pointed to Hebei, a strategic important place, and completed their layout throughout Hebei at the end of the same year. The Japanese devils swept wildly, burning, killing, looting, and blood flowing everywhere.
Finally, the War of Liberation broke out again. The war has been going on for years, and even the people have become a luxury to "living in vain". There is no way to leave any oil and water for the bandits to reap.
Affected by this, the bandit nest on Zida's list is actually not easy to live.
Until one day in May 1947, a group of uninvited guests suddenly broke into the mountain village. Wu Yangyang has more than 400 people, and is fully armed with guns and sticks.
Seeing this scene, Zida Bang felt a sudden heartbroken, thinking that the other party wanted to be evil and might have a fierce battle. Unexpectedly, after some negotiations, Bai Jinhui and Yu Xiucheng surrendered without fighting and announced that they would join the team.
Facing this inexplicable development, Zida's list was a little confused for a moment, but he was a small minion and was not just obedient.
After following the road in a daze, Zida's list learned about it. This is a civilian armed force from Qipanshan area, named Ren Fangwu.
He reached cooperation with more than 30 remnants of the Kuomintang's intelligence department, and planned to join the nearby Kuomintang temporary 22nd Division. My boss also decided to join in thinking that he was "being on a big tree to enjoy the shade".
In short, the group was moving quickly towards the Chifeng stationed by the 22nd Division of the Kuomintang, and was stationed.
quickly arrived near Chaihu Lanzi Village, Chifeng County. Because they were exhausted, everyone decided to rest and rectify for a while. Ren Fangwu also took advantage of this space and took a few people into the village to find some water to drink.
The current situation is sensitive, and the identity of the national army and the armed forces must not be placed on the surface.
Ren Fangwu disguised himself as a refugee and saw two old farmers picking up manure on the side of the road. He ran forward and asked politely: "My fellow villager, we are here to escape. We are thirsty all the way. Can you give me some water to drink?"
Because Ren Fangwu's smile and tone were quite honest, the nearby paddock happened to be fighting again. The simple old farmer did not take much precautions and directly took a few people back to the village.
The old farmer never expected that this would lead a wolf into the house.
As soon as he entered the village, Ren Fangwu was The quilts covered with all kinds of colors made him confused. May is not the New Year, and the weather is not as sunny as sunny. Why are every household drying quilts?
Out of curiosity, Ren Fangwu asked casually. Unexpectedly, the old farmer's answer was like a thunder sound on the ground, which surprised Ren Fangwu.
"A delegation is coming today. Let's take the quilt out for a night in advance and let's take it out and spread it out to welcome the leader. "
Danger approaches
The delegation in Lao Nong's mouth refers to the delegation of the Communist Party of China Hebei East.
Hebei East is located in the northeast of North China Plain , and contains the current Tangshan , Qinhuangdao and other places. It is collectively known as the "Hebei Re Liao Region" with Rehe and western Liaoning.
held in 1945 on the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Chairman Mao clearly pointed out: "With the four northeastern provinces, we have the basis for victory. "
Chairman Mao
It can be seen that the Northeast, with rich resources, developed transportation and strong heavy industry foundation, is a place that military strategists must fight for.
Correspondingly, as the only way to advance from North China to the Northeast, the importance of the Hebei-Re-Liao region is self-evident.
Justice just won the Anti-Japanese War in October 1945, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China quickly established the Hebei-Religion and Liaoning Branch and decided to build it into a "bridgehead" to seize the Northeast.
In October 1946, after everything was ready, the Hebei-Religion and Liaoning Branch was changed to the Hebei-Chahar-Hebei Central Bureau of the Communist Party of China, and was officially transferred to the Northeast Central Bureau on March 30 of the following year. In order to improve the advantages of our army in the Northeast war situation.
It is under this background that in order to formulate detailed plans and boost morale, the Hebei-Chare and Reliao Branch held the first party representative meeting in Linxi County, Chifeng City.
From April 2, 1947, it has been more than 40 days During the time, 10 delegations including the Hebei Provincial Government, including the Hebei-East, Redong, and Rehe Provincial Government conducted a comprehensive analysis of the struggle situation in the country and the Hebei-Chahar-Religious Region, and formulated a detailed strategic counterattack plan.
Party Congress successfully concluded in mid-May. Since Hebei Military Sub-district was preparing to launch the Luandong Campaign, the Communist Party of China's Hebei delegation immediately set off for the return journey. The long journey lasted for several days, It was not until the 17th that I was exhausted and decided to rest for one night in Chaihu Lanzi Village.
It is worth mentioning that during the convening of the Party Congress, our army launched the Battle of Rexi in Chengde City , and then successfully liberated Weichang County .
and this happened to be Ren Fangwu's nest. He was He was defeated in this battle and rushed to escape with his remaining troops.
Just like that, by chance, on the same day, in the same village, the delegation collided with Ren Fangwu.
Ren Fangwu was born in a landlord family in Weichang County. Under the influence of his parents, he caused trouble everywhere and was domineering at a young age. tml5 Although his family spent money to go through the back door and sent Ren Fangwu to Tongzhou Normal University to study, he later arranged a principal position for him. However, Ren Fangwu did not restrain himself at all, but became more arrogant and lawless. It would be fine if he was arrogant and extravagant and bullied the people on weekdays. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Ren Fangwu, who was greedy and afraid of death, even became a traitor. The Japanese devils were in front of the horse. 946, as the Kuomintang attacked the Liberated Area of Hebei, Reliao, and Liao, it began to recruit reactionary forces such as pseudo-army and police, armed landlords, bandits and militias. Ren Fangwu, a fence-bearer, couldn't wait to turn to the Kuomintang.
As a former landlord, Ren Fangwu had already hated the Communist Party to the core due to the policies of "fighting the local tyrants and dividing the land".He did not need instructions from the Kuomintang at all. He paid for his own pocket to strengthen his team, equip his armed forces, searched for revolutionaries everywhere, and launched frequent raids on the People's Liberation Army.
In the Battle of Rexi, the cruel reality that the old nest was exposed made Ren Fangwu even more angry.
So, when he accidentally heard from the old farmer that the CCP was coming, Ren Fangwu was in an instant and excited.
delegation! Chief! This is clearly a senior Communist Party cadre. If you can swallow this "big fish", you can not only take revenge on your hatred, but also use it as a "step-down" to ask for a good job from the Kuomintang.
filled the kettle and walked out of the village entrance pretending to be calm. Ren Fangwu immediately showed a treacherous smile. He hurried back to the garrison, and after briefly explaining the whole story, he began to deploy a sneak attack. The tragedy of
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mentioned earlier that at this time, the Hebei Military Region was preparing to launch the Luandong Battle and urgently needed the replenishment of weapons and ammunition. Therefore, before the Party Congress ended, the guards of the Hebei delegation took the lead in defecation and carried more than 10,000 bullets allocated by the above to return to Hebei.
A total of 13 party representatives came to the Hebei District, including Minister of Organization Su Linyan, Director of Political Department Li Zhongquan, and Director of Finance of the Administration Wang Keru.
Li Zhongquan
In order to protect the safety of core cadres in the eastern Hebei region, the Hebei-Cha-Reliao Military Region specially dispatched a cavalry company with more than 70 people from the 22nd Military Sub-district to escort the entire process. There is also an infantry guard platoon with more than 30 people, guarding each other in close proximity.
html At dusk on the 217th, the group arrived at Chaihu Lanzi Village. Since the village is under the control of our party and army on the south, north and west sides, only the east side of the Chifeng County was occupied by the 93rd Army of the National Army. In addition, Chaihu Lanzi Village is too small, with only more than 30 households and cannot accommodate everyone.
After some discussion, the delegation decided to arrange the cavalry company to live in Caifengyingzi Village 1,750 meters away to guard against the enemy in Chifeng. The party representatives, guard platoons and accompanying staff, totaling more than 70 people, stayed in Chaihu Lanzi Village.
In order to be foolproof, Su Linyan also held an extraordinary meeting that night to arrange personnel to take turns to guard the guards, and must not relax.
It's a pity that they never expected that the enemy would accidentally lurk within the defense range in advance, and the danger was approaching.
Although sneak attacks usually occur in the late night, it is possible to catch the enemy off guard.
However, facing the People's Liberation Army, which is extremely good at night combat and is closely guarded, Ren Fangwu did not dare to act rashly. He hid patiently in the dark, observing the delegation's every move without blinking, looking for an opportunity to take advantage of.
One night passed, everything was peaceful.
htmlAt around 5 a.m. on the 218th, Li Zhongquan woke up early as usual and began to patrol the guard post. This is a habit he developed over the past 10 years of war. No matter how windy, rainy, severe cold and hot, it never stops.
was probably due to subconsciousness. The guards all felt that if an enemy really appeared, it would be the national army coming from Chifeng, so they subconsciously concentrated in the east.
Li Zhongquan didn't say much, and walked alone while walking in the other three directions. As soon as he arrived at the southern guard post, Li Zhongquan saw a large number of people not far away, rushing towards him.
Before he could ask "Who is coming?" only heard "bang-bang-" sounds, and the sentry fell heavily in a pool of blood. Seeing this, Li Zhongquan hurriedly retreated to the village. He remained calm in the face of danger and quickly arranged guards to occupy favorable terrain such as the roof and launched a comprehensive counterattack.
However, our army has too short of weapons and equipment. The guards were only equipped with long guns, while the party representatives and other staff only had small guns, and even the number of grenades and was only a handful of .
In contrast, the enemy relies on Ren Fangwu's financial resources and the equipment of the remnants of the National Army's "slim camels are bigger than horses".They actually carried out a row of mortars and machine guns , aimed at Chaihu Lanzi Village, and launched crazy bombing and strafing.
Facing the disadvantage of the enemy's attack and our defense, as well as the excessively disparity in weapons and equipment, the Jidong delegation was instantly in desperate situation.
In fact, after the battle started, the delegation sent two groups of soldiers to break through to the death and deliver letters to the cavalry company.
Unexpectedly, the cavalry company mistakenly thought that the delegation was attacked by the main force of the National Army. , fearful company commander thought that the delegation was in danger, and he rushed to reinforcements would be in vain. In order to reduce the losses, he led the team directly to Niutou Mountain in the north of Caifengyingzi Village.
Even though the second group of people finally found them and explained the situation, the company commander decisively refused reinforcements on the grounds that "no superior's instructions."
Even so, the cavalry company went straight back to the 22nd Military Sub-district, intending to report to the superiors about the attack on the Hebei delegation and then obey the command.
The cavalry company's greedy and fear of death directly led to the Jidong delegation missing the best time for self-rescue.
By 9 a.m., more than 200 enemies had already attacked Chaihu Lanzi Village, and the situation became increasingly jeopardized.
At this time, the delegation of unknown circumstances thought that as long as they persisted for a while, they could wait for the support of the cavalry company. Everyone gathered in one yard and gritted their teeth and resisted desperately. At the same time, it began to burn all documents and secret codes to prevent the party's secrets from falling into the hands of the enemy.
Until he was surrounded by several rooms, the enemy had dug up the roof and threw a torch into the room. The delegation, which was forced into a dead end, had to break through on its own.
A raging fire was burning inside the house, and countless enemies were waiting for battle outside the house. This is abrupt at this time, undoubtedly equivalent to a sheep entering the tiger's mouth.
As expected, Wang Pingmin, deputy political commissar of the 15th Military Sub-district, was shot and died as soon as he rushed out of the gate. The delegation director Su Linyan also failed to break through and the hero was splattered on the spot.
Wang Keru and Jiguang (Propaganda Minister of the 15th Prefectural Committee), who consumed ammunition, would rather die than be a prisoner, and both shot the last bullet at him and sacrificed heroically.
Plus Hu Liguang, deputy director of the Political Department of the 12th Military Sub-district, in this cruel and bloody battle, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China lost 5 senior cadres. Another 17 people died.
This is also the battle with the largest number of senior cadres in our party and army in the entire Liberation War.
If it weren't for the cavalry of the Second Regiment of the 22nd Military Sub-district Guard Regiment, the Cavalry of the Rezhong Division and the Chixi County Cavalry Brigade, and rushed to rescue from all directions, the delegation of Jidong might have been wiped out.
After the news of this battle spread, Chairman Mao was furious. He immediately ordered the shooting of the cavalry company commander and sent troops to eliminate all evil.
Soon, under the deployment of the Central Branch of Hebei-Chahar-Reliao and Military Region, the two cavalry regiments of Rebei and Rexi were both dispatched to annihilate more than 500 people in a row, and uproot Ren Fang's bandits' troops. It was during this period that Zida Ban was arrested and imprisoned.
It’s a pity that “the disaster has been left for thousands of years”. The minions were all beaten up, but Ren Fangwu, the culprit, escaped without realizing it.
Ren Fangwu, who knew that he would never escape the death penalty, finally did not dare to be arrogant anymore. He changed his name and hid in the mountains, living a secluded life without leaving the gate or leaving the two gates.
Until the end of the War of Liberation, New China was founded . Ren Fang and Wu Cai carefully sneaked back to Weichang County, his hometown, and found a job on the farm. For more than 10 years since then, he has always been low-key and conscientious, and has been commended by the organization many times for his outstanding work.
If it weren't for Zida's rebirth and accidentally bumped into and recognized him, Ren Fangwu might have lived in such an ordinary life and enjoyed his old age until his death.
Fortunately, justice has come late. Zida Bang promptly reported Ren Fangwu to the public security and exposed his dark past.
On March 24, 1970, 72-year-old Ren Fangwu was executed under the gaze of the general public, ending his life full of evil.
After 23 years, the 22 martyrs who were sleeping in the Martyrs Cemetery of Chaihu Lanzi were finally able to rest in peace.
