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On November 5, 1948, Mao Zedong, who was far away in Xibaipo, , could not sleep at night.
He held a cigarette in his hand, leaning on the railing and looking into the distance, as if he could see Nanyang far away in the Central Plains through the mountain fog.
Not long ago, he learned the news that our army in the Central Plains defeated Wang Lingyun and successfully occupied Nanyang. The history of the Kuomintang's thirteenth Jinsui District occupying Nanyang City is over.
Mao Zedong has always attached great importance to the strategic position of Nanyang City. At this moment, his brows were filled with excitement, and his thoughts extended from Nanyang City to the entire Central Plains war situation.
From the chaotic and complicated local wars, he seemed to have glimpsed the road leading to the dawn of victory. While the troops were at war, Mao Zedong wrote a thousand-word "Our Army Occupied Nanyang in the Central Plains" in one go.
Wang Lingyun, the ace commander of the Second Army of the Kuomintang garrison in Nanyang, was like a bereaved dog at this moment, leading the defeated troops south along the banks of the Baihe River , trying to cross the Han River and fleeing to Xiangyang, Hubei.
Wang Lingyun
Seeing that his situation was over, Wang Lingyun ordered Nanyang City to be looted, and more than 3,000 teachers and students and more than 10,000 workers from 13 schools in Nanyang City were plundered.
Later, Sun Shan was defeated, and a generation of famous anti-Japanese generals disappeared. But not long after, the news leaked out that he wanted to marry a girl because he fell in love at first sight with a bride price.
Where did Wang Lingyun go after his defeat? What happened to the 48 taels of gold that caused the whereabouts to be revealed?
The rise of the storm
In 1899, Wang Lingyun was born in a scholarly family in Ruyang County, Henan Province. With his family background, he studied at the No. 1 Higher Primary School in Yiyang County.
Wang Lingyun
coincided with troubled times, wars broke out and the Wang family declined. In 1920, Henan was experiencing constant wars, and warlords from all walks of life came on stage. Among them, the rise of the Zhili warlord Wu Peifu is unstoppable. In order to strengthen his power, he is recruiting troops on a large scale.
As a scholar, he is good at assessing situations, and just like his name, he has the ambition to reach the top.
Wang Lingyun is determined to join Wu Peifu's team, and wants to take this fast ship and go straight to the top. So he entered Wu Peifu's West Engineering Barracks and became an ordinary soldier.
However, reality did not develop in the direction Wang Lingyun expected.
Wu Peifu
Wu Peifu's troops are highly disciplined and well-trained. It is precisely because of this that its power can grow step by step.
Wang Lingyun, who came from a wealthy family, has been training hard in the army for more than three months. The day-long training life has already made him physically and mentally exhausted.
He has the arrogance of a scholar, and he deeply feels that he should stand higher, instead of being an ordinary soldier at the bottom, and then die in confusion among countless warlords. . Driven by this, he chose to leave Wu Peifu's army.
Wang Lingyun, who left the army, did not remain silent. He turned to his teacher, the man who changed his life, the militia leader Zheng Guohan.
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In his later years, in the Qing Dynasty was decadent and decadent, but Zheng Guohan was a rare piece of good wood in this dangerous building.
As the magistrate of Yiyang County, Henan Province, he loves the people, is considerate of their sentiments, is an honest official, and has a breeze on his sleeves. But the funny thing is that it was his lofty quality that made him so marginalized in the officialdom that was full of snakes and rats, making it difficult for him to make any progress.
Such a good official who loves the people as his own son has had his salary deducted repeatedly, making life extremely difficult for the whole family.
In devastated Henan, banditry is everywhere, and the people are in dire straits. The Yiyang County magistrate who has been an official for half his life has finally accumulated his disappointment with the Qing government to the extreme.
He made up his mind to no longer rely on the Qing government and began his road to self-help.
Zheng Guohan abandoned his pen and joined the army, formed a militia group, and wiped out bandits everywhere.With the sound of a gunshot in Wuchang , the Qing Dynasty fell apart. Zheng Guohan's journey of suppressing bandits did not end, and his name gradually spread across the land of Henan.
Wang Lingyun’s joining surprised Zheng Guohan. As Wang Lingyun's teacher, he naturally knows his students' abilities.
Unlike when he was in Wu Peifu's army, Wang Lingyun could only be an ordinary soldier. This important status of teacher and student made him highly valued from the moment he joined the teacher's militia, and he was directly appointed as an officer.
Unlike ordinary militiamen who cannot read a word of Chinese characters, Wang Lingyun, who came from a literary background, is well-informed and good at arranging troops and using strategies.
Coupled with the fact that he had received military training in the engineering camp before, he became capable of both civil and military skills, and it was no problem to rush into battle and kill the enemy. Here, Wang Lingyun began to show his military talents.
However, this good situation of teachers and students working together did not last long.
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Going the wrong way
At that time, bandits from all walks of life oppressed the people everywhere in the name of protecting the party and saving the country. In the confrontation with these bandits, Zheng Guohan died unfortunately.
It is a pity that this militia commander who has suppressed bandits all his life still died in the hands of the bandits. For a time, the militia was leaderless, and the one who took on the leading role was naturally Wang Lingyun. Wang Lingyun, who took over Zheng Guohan's legacy, was determined to put down the bandits.
The war in Henan seems to have no end, year after year. And natural disasters follow closely behind man-made disasters.
Successive years of severe drought seem to have taken away the last strength of the people on this land. The poor people who saw no hope of living turned to bandits one after another. For a time, bandits were everywhere.
Wang Lingyun, who persisted in suppressing bandits in the militia, felt deeply saddened by the endless banditry.
People originally lived together with the same roots, but they fought with each other for survival. His subordinates also suffered heavy losses in the battles against bandits.
Knowing that blockage is worse than sparseness, he began to vigorously recruit and recruit bandits. For a time, Wang Lingyun's power began to grow. He was known as the commander-in-chief of bandit suppression in the four counties, and his troops expanded to more than 6,000 people.
The separatism of various forces is always accompanied by annexation; the melee between various warlords will always come to an end.
Wang Lingyun, who was born as a grass bandit and grew up step by step, faced a choice in 1930: should he separatist power or be recruited by the Kuomintang?
In September 1930, at the end of the Central Plains War , Wang Lingyun chose to contact Zhang Fang, the commander-in-chief of the 20th Route of the National Revolutionary Army. After
was reorganized into the 20th Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army, Wang Lingyun was also appointed as the major general commander of the 3rd Division of the 20th Route. On December 9 of the same year, Wang Lingyun was appointed as the major general commander of the 225th Brigade.
Since Wang Lingyun was famous for suppressing bandits before he was incorporated, Chiang Kai-shek ordered him to be sent to the Soviet area to "suppress bandits."
Wang Lingyun has been dealing with all kinds of bandits since he led his troops to fight, and he thinks he is already familiar with it. I thought this would be his moment to show off his talents since taking office. However, after several encounters, he realized that this so-called "bandit" was not a "bandit" of refugees.
This group of "bandits" neither burned, killed, looted, nor looted and made money. They quietly lurked deep in the mountains and strengthened their power.
In several matches with them, Wang Lingyun was always amazed by the perseverance of this team. Their firearms and equipment are extremely scarce and can even be described as rudimentary. Their equipment is so scarce that some warriors can only fight with swords and spears.
are just such a group of " idiots ", but they come and go and rarely lose. Time and time again, they took advantage of the darkness to suddenly burst out from the mountains and deep ravines, defeating their own men.
He realized that his career of "suppressing bandits" would eventually achieve nothing.
In mid-March 1932, the secret service brigade led by Wang Lingyun was defeated by the Red Army in the Battle of Huangguang.
From the winter solstice of 1931 to 1934, Wang Lingyun was ordered to lead his troops to participate in the third, fourth, and fifth "encirclement and suppression" campaigns against the Hubei, Henan, and Anhui Soviet areas.
The life of "suppressing bandits" without any achievements all year round made Wang Lingyun depressed, haggard, and even infected with heavy smoke. Until July 7, 1937, a gunshot was fired at Marco Polo Bridge, setting the entire Chinese mainland on fire.
As a soldier, it is your bounden duty to protect your home and country. The brutal war actions of the Japanese army rekindled the general's military soul.
He swept away his previous depression and wrote to his superiors many times, requesting to go to the anti-Japanese front line. At that time, Wang Lingyun had just received higher military education in Nanjing. What he had learned over the years was finally put to use. He vowed to sweep the invaders out of the country.
On August 13, 1937, the Battle of Songhu started. Wang Lingyun embarked on the front line of the anti-Japanese war, and the 227th Brigade he led was tasked with building and guarding the fortifications of Fushan.
However, Wang Lingyun had to face a problem when he set foot on the anti-Japanese battlefield for the first time.
Due to the hasty preparation time and the extremely shortage of materials for building fortifications, the built fortifications were extremely crude. But such a rash general had to rely on such crude fortifications to face the arrogant and well-equipped Japanese army. One can imagine the difficulty of his task.
However, it is only in desperate situations that we can survive. The battle lasted for four full days and nights. The four Japanese brigades took turns charging, but they were unable to shake the simple fortifications built with bamboo slices and lime.
In the battle of Fushan, the entire 227th brigade led by Wang Lingyun fought to the end, with only a few dozen survivors. Chiang Kai-shek was moved by this and promoted Wang Lingyun to the commander of the 76th Division of the 76th Army. He personally ordered the 76th Division to be renamed "Fushan Force" and gave priority to replenishing the troops of the 76th Division.
Wang Lingyun’s chapter of the War of Resistance is heavy and lengthy, written with blood and flames of war. He fought successively in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangxi and other places, and his course of the Anti-Japanese War spread all over the country.
After participating in the Songhu Battle, Wang Lingyun led his troops to fight in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places. He successively participated in the Wuhan battle, Changsha battle , Nanchang battle , Sui Zao battle , Yueyang battle, and attacked Yichang . Battle of Guinan , He is present in every important frontal battle of the Kuomintang. His war of resistance runs through the whole story.
After experiencing countless near-death battles, Wang Lingyun finally won the recognition of Chiang Kai-shek with his "reckless body". In January 1940, Wang Lingyun's 76th Division was assigned to the 2nd Army and became a direct force of Chiang Kai-shek.
In January 1942, Wang Lingyun was appointed deputy commander of the 2nd Army and commander of the 76th Division, and in June he was appointed commander of the 2nd Army.
In 1943, the Yunnan-Burma Anti-Japanese War, which was famous both at home and abroad, began.
Wang Lingyun led his troops into Yunnan via Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Xikang. During the Songshan Battle of the Yunnan-Myanmar Anti-Japanese War, he led his troops to forcibly cross the Wujiang River and successfully joined forces with the New First Army, writing in the history of the Anti-Japanese War A rich and colorful stroke.
Throughout the counteroffensive operations in northern Burma and western Yunnan, the Chinese army liberated more than 50 small and large towns, recovered more than 80,000 square kilometers of lost land, and killed more than 40,000 Japanese soldiers.
Seeing that this battle was included in the history textbooks of the British and American countries, Wang Lingyun was awarded the US Silver Medal of Freedom. It can be said that he has outstanding achievements. Chiang Kai-shek personally wrote for him: "Always victorious general".
At this point, Wang Lingyun has reached the peak of his career.
High-rise buildings collapsed
In 1945, the Anti-Japanese War ended. Domestic peace negotiations broke down because Chiang Kai-shek blatantly tore up the Double Ten Agreement, and the Liberation War began.
Soldiers have a bounden duty to obey orders. As a senior officer of the Kuomintang, Wang Lingyun was naturally involved.
However, Chiang Kai-shek felt that the performance of this "victorious general" in the War of Liberation was unsatisfactory.
Wang Lingyun does not want the civil war to happen. He had already suffered a lot during the encirclement and suppression war in the past.
After years of development, the size of the Communist Party’s team has continued to grow, and the training of its personnel has become more complete. In the past, they could beat him to such a miserable state with just a bayonet and a red-tasseled gun. Can the current and of the National Army really win this unpopular battle?
Obviously, Wang Lingyun has no confidence.
In May 1947, during the Battle of Menglianggu, Wang Lingyun led the American mechanized troops to support Zhang Lingfu's 6th Division of the 74th Division. However, after arriving, could only stand still because of an order from Gu Zhuan from the top.
It has long been common for the Kuomintang army to have many hills, but watching the friendly forces being wiped out is really not something a soldier can do.
Therefore, at the meeting held by Qingdao , Chiang Kai-shek, who learned of the matter, was furious and ordered Wang Lingyun to be dismissed and investigated.
In late December, Chiang Kai-shek, who really had no generals available, could only reuse Wang Lingyun.
He appointed Wang Lingyun as the lieutenant general of the 13th Jinsui District, which was under the jurisdiction of the Kuomintang's Second Army, Fifteenth Army, Sixty-fourth Army and some local militia groups, and was ordered to garrison Nanyang to confront the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
It was here that Wang Lingyun met the most powerful opponent in his life, Su Yu.
After the two battles of Wanxi and Wandong, Nanyang City has become an isolated city with no food and grass inside the city and no reinforcements outside the city. Wang Lingyun did not want to sit still and wait for death. He frantically grabbed strong men, and then sent troops to expand Nanyang City's troops from one division to two corps, trying to fight to the death.
But as the troops outside the city were defeated one by one, a series of bad news made the defenders in the city tremble with fear.
At a time of external troubles, there are especially internal worries. The already weak 13 appeasement zone should have been guarded by Wang Lingyun's strongest main force, the Second Army. This army, which had made great achievements on the battlefield of Yunnan and Burma, did not know that it was about to change hands at this moment.
In September 1948, Song Xilian, deputy commander-in-chief of the "Suppression General" in Central China and commander of the 14th Corps , led his troops to move to Sha City in central Hubei. At that time, most of the soldiers led by Song Xilian were newly formed troops. They were short of personnel and seriously lacked combat effectiveness.
Based on the purpose of expanding his strength, and he did not dare to provoke the surrounding warlords, he set his sights on Wang Lingyun's troops, who were still in dire straits.
Song Xilian took a step back and transferred the most powerful Second Army away from Nanyang through the Ministry of National Defense. This undoubtedly made Wang Lingyun worse.
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At the same time, the People's Liberation Army keenly captured the information that the Second Army had been transferred.
In November 1948, a meeting of the Communist Party was held to deploy the task of liberating Nanyang. At the meeting, Commander Wang Jinshan clarified the goal of liberating Nanyang City and proposed the strategy of liberating the periphery of Nanyang City first and then attacking the city.
During the month-long encirclement and reinforcement battle, the Kuomintang troops stationed in the 5th Security Brigade of Nanyang Chenghe were completely wiped out. The 1st Mobile Regiment of Fu Yinxuan's Ministry, which came to rescue, was annihilated by the People's Liberation Army that had ambushed in advance.
As the national army strongholds around Nanyang City were pulled out one by one by the People's Liberation Army, Nanyang became an isolated city.
After experiencing such a huge failure, Wang Lingyun no longer had the confidence to defend Nanyang City. He decided to abandon the city and escape, and sent his men to attack to the west to deceive others.
Xiangyang
He himself took his troops south along the Baihe River and fled towards Xiangyang. At this point, the glory of a generation of "victorious generals" came to an end in such an embarrassing way.
In December 1948, Mao Zedong and the Central Military Commission ordered the 18th Corps to pursue the victory and go south to Sichuan to eliminate the remnants of the Kuomintang here. And the newly formed Fourth Army that Wang Lingyun put together after defeating Xiangyang was also included in the pursuit and suppression.
Wang Lingyun's expression was gloomy as he was escaping, and his whole body was exhausted. He was surrounded from the north and south by the 163rd Regiment and the 164th Regiment, and was compressed in an unknown mountain with a radius of less than 50 miles in Sichuan, unable to move.
He knew that if he continued to resist, he would undoubtedly be trying to defeat the enemy, so he announced to his subordinates: "Let's all disperse and lurk, and we must bear in mind Chairman Chiang's teachings!"
Sichuan
Then, his subordinates scurried around like mice. And go. And Wang Lingyun, a famous general who helped the Kuomintang resist Japan, just disappeared from everyone's sight.
After that, in less than a year, the remnants of the stubborn resistance were defeated one by one by the People's Liberation Army. Most of the remaining defeated soldiers dispersed like birds and beasts like Wang Lingyun's troops.
So where did the once-famous Wang Lingyun go?
At the end of 1950, the Second Battalion of the 163rd Regiment was ordered to be stationed in Qingyukou, Sichuan, responsible for maintaining public security and solving various problems of the masses.
Guan Zizhu, the instructor of the Second Battalion, was at his desk copying an investigation report when he suddenly heard a loud noise at the door and hurriedly went out.
I saw only three or five strong men escorting a man. He recognized the leader as the security chief of the village.
As soon as he went out, the old man from the Yang family saw him. Seeing his frown, Guan Zizhu couldn't help but ask what happened, so he took out 48 taels of gold from his arms.
This really surprised Guan Zizhu. He looked at the man who was escorted over. He was dressed in ordinary coarse linen clothes and a pair of rag shoes, looking like an honest farmer. Is it possible that this person has something to do with this gold?
He turned around and said to Old Man Yang: "Old man, don't worry, tell me slowly what happened."
Old Man Yang told him anxiously that the man they were escorting did not know where he came from. , as soon as he arrived in the village, he fell in love with the daughter of Old Man Yang's family and wanted to get married without saying a word.
This man was so polite and well-spoken, but how could he be so arrogant and unreasonable? He suddenly took out a lot of gold, saying it was a betrothal gift, and wanted to forcefully marry his daughter.
Old man Yang had never seen such a scene before. He thought of the People's Liberation Army's propaganda in the village a few days ago not to contact suspicious people. So Old Man Yang teamed up with the village chief and took this suspicious person over.
After listening to the old man's explanation, Guan Zizhu looked at the man. The latter was calm and admitted his identity openly.
The person who tried to forcefully marry the mountain woman was the famous Wang Lingyun. It is really sad that a generation of generals was reduced to the countryside and his identity was exposed when he wanted to marry a wife.
Subsequently, Wang Lingyun was imprisoned in Gongdelin War Criminals Management Center in Beijing and began his journey of transformation.
In the Forest of Merit, due to his outstanding performance, he was eventually pardoned and was assigned to work in the CPPCC in Zhengzhou, Henan.
Wang Lingyun’s life as a soldier was magnificent. In his early years, he suppressed bandits and pacified the people, striving to keep the residents stable in troubled times. When the country was in danger, he also took the initiative to volunteer, bravely killed the enemy, and survived after being put to death on the battlefield.
Although Wang Lingyun once chose the wrong path because of his different positions, after experiencing the war, he had a deeper understanding of peace. He accepted the transformation of his communist beliefs, learned from his mistakes, and finally chose to serve the people. This spirit of returning from his mistakes is also commendable.
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