Author: Xianghuyu
In November 1949, our army marched into the southwest, and three major field armies participated.
After the 3rd Corps of the Second Field and the 47th Army of the Fourth Field broke through the natural danger of Baima Mountain, their troops headed directly for the "capital" Chongqing, while the 5th Corps came to Guiyang. At this time, Chai Junwu (later renamed Chai Chengwen), director of the Second Field Intelligence Division, received a clear telegram: Deputy Chief of the Southwest Office, Commander of the 20th Army, and Commander-in-Chief of the Chongqing Garrison Yang Sen requested an "uprising" on the battlefield.
Chief Liu and Deng
Chai Junwu, who was engaged in intelligence work in the 129th Division during the Anti-Japanese War, certainly knew that the matter was important and immediately reported it to Chief Liu and Deng. Commander Liu Bocheng, who had always been amiable, became rarely angry. He instructed Chai Junwu and the intelligence department: Yang Sen would not talk about anything but surrendering, and he could not find such a person to instigate rebellion.
Liu Bocheng, who has always been known as the "Famous General in Sichuan" and the "Military God", why does he hate Yang Sen so much?
Yang Sen, born in February 1884, is 8 years older than Liu Bocheng and 2 years older than Mr. Zhu.
Yang Sen's hometown is Guang'an, Sichuan. His father worked as a military attaché and a minor official for a period of time, so Yang Sen loved military preparations since he was a child. Although his family background is not prominent, Yang Sen received a good education. In 1908, 24-year-old Yang Sen entered the Sichuan Army Crash Course and became classmates with future "crash-course" warlords, including 25-year-old Tang Shizun, 22-year-old Wang Zuanxu and Pan Wenhua, and 20-year-old Liu Xiang. wait.
To be fair, Yang Sen's military ability is quite outstanding among the warlords. After graduation, he started as a platoon leader and became a battalion commander in the 1st Division of Wanglingji of the Sichuan Army. In 1913, he joined the 5th Division of Xiong Kewu Department, and Liu Bocheng was still the company commander at this time. Soon, Yang Sen was captured in a battle with the Yunnan Army General Huang Yucheng and became the aide-de-camp of the Yunnan Army General Huang Yucheng.
Later, Yang Sen and Mr. Zhu participated in the War to Protect the Country and were promoted to Chief of Staff of the 2nd Army of the Yunnan Army. In 1920, Liu Bocheng's Sichuan Army defeated the Yunnan Army with the slogan "Sichuan people rule Sichuan". Yang Sen was transferred to the Sichuan Army brigade commander and division commander, which was a higher position than Mr. Zhu and Liu Bocheng. At this time, Mr. Zhu was the brigade commander of the Yunnan Army, and Liu Bocheng was the commander of the Sichuan Army.
People are divided into groups, and birds of a feather flock together. Liu Bocheng and Mr. Zhu hit it off immediately, but they met Yang Sen on the same road.
The first conflict between young Liu Bocheng
Liu Bocheng and Yang Sen occurred during the warlord period.
The Sichuan Army defeated the Yunnan Army. Danmaoxin's 1st Army under the command of Sichuan Governor Xiong Kewu and Liu Xiang's 2nd Army, a powerful force of the "Quick Success Department", competed for control of Sichuan, and a war was about to break out. Dan Maoxin, commander of the 1st Army, used the tactic of "drawing fire upon himself" and asked warlords from all walks of life to push Liu Xiang out of the field. The ambitious Yang Sen naturally took over the command of the 2nd Army.
One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. Yang Sen's 2nd Army had 2 divisions and 2 brigades, one more brigade than the 1st Army, and gained the upper hand as soon as the battle began.
But Maoxin retreated steadily until he retreated to Du Jiayan, with his back to the Jialing River, , before he took up his position and determined to fight Yang Sen here. He asked Liu Bocheng, chief of staff of the 9th Brigade of the 5th Division, to replace the brigade commander Zhang Chong and take full command of the front-line troops in the decisive battle with Yang Sen's 2nd Army.
Liu Bocheng withstood the violent attack of the 2nd Army and turned from defense to offense. Liu Bocheng showed courage and used troops unexpectedly to break through in the rice fields and defeat the main force of the 2nd Army. In this battle, Liu Bocheng captured more than 10,000 Yang Sen, establishing his status as a "famous general in central Sichuan".
During the battle with Du Jiayan, Yang Sen lost his armor and fled to Wuhan, Hubei Province in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
Soon, Yang Sen, who had taken refuge with the Beiyang warlord Wu Peifu, made a comeback and led the Beiyang and Ganjun and Shaanxi armies to counterattack Sichuan again. The process was different, but the result was still frustrating for him. He was once again killed by Liu Bocheng and returned defeated. The Gan army surrendered collectively.
But Maoxin
Liu Bocheng was seriously injured in his thigh during the battle, and met Yang Anggong while recuperating in Chengdu.
At first, Yang Angong did not have much good impression of the officers of the old army, but when he talked with Liu Bocheng, he was very surprised to meet his confidant. He wrote in his diary: Bocheng is indeed a rare talent, and he is a soldier. Particularly rare in .
Under the guidance of Yang Angong, Liu Bocheng made a qualitative leap in his thinking. After he and Wu Yuzhang went out to Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places for inspection, he finally decided to join the organization under the introduction of Wu Yuzhang and Yang Angong. During the Luzhou and Shunqing uprisings at the end of 1926, the secretary was Yang Angong, and the commander-in-chief Liu Bocheng. He also had two assistants: Mr. Zhu and Chen Yi.
In order to ensure the success of the uprising, Mr. Zhu and "special commissioner" Liu Bocheng successively worked for Liu Xiang and Yang Sen, but these two people "ridden the wall" very tactfully. After the Lushun Uprising, Liu Wenhui instructed Deng Xihou to come forward to "mediate", while Liu Xiang and Yang Sen defected to the Nanjing authorities, killed Yang Anggong, and offered a reward of 50,000 yuan for Liu Bocheng. With the help of brigade commander Yuan Pinwen and regiment commander Xu Jianshuang, Liu Bocheng fled to Wuhan in disguise.
Yang Anggong
The Lushun Uprising lasted for 167 days and was a large-scale armed riot. After , Liu Bocheng, Mr. Zhu and Chen Yi all participated in the Nanchang Uprising . However, the sacrifices of Yang Angong and many martyrs have always haunted Liu Bocheng and are unforgettable. After the outbreak of the all-out Anti-Japanese War, Liu Xiang, Yang Sen and many Sichuan Army generals went to the front line of the Anti-Japanese War. Liu Xiang died of illness in January 1938. Yang Sen and the 20th Army of the Sichuan Army participated in three battles including the Battle of Changsha and .
In 1939, the stubborn troops in North China continued to rub against me. Shaanxi Hu Zongnan , Hebei Shiyousan and Zhu Huaibing, Shandong Shen Honglie and other units, regardless of the general trend of the Anti-Japanese War, madly attacked the Eighth Route Army base areas. On June 12, Yang Sen's troops also attacked the New Fourth Army's communications office in Pingjiang, Hunan, killing more than 1,000 people from the New Fourth Army's 1st detachment, 1st regiment, and their family members, creating the "Pingjiang Massacre."
Duplicitous, turbulent, treacherous, and treacherous are not enough to describe Yang Sen.
[November 30, 1949, Chongqing was liberated]
In September 1949, Chongqing Mayor Yang Sen falsely accused our underground organization of causing a fire, and his niece Yang Hanxiu who was imprisoned in Zhazidong publicly refuted it. On November 23, Yang Sen became so angry that he sent someone to strangle his niece to death. On November 29, the eve of the liberation of Chongqing, Yang Sen ordered the killing of Xu Xiaoxuan, Tan Shenming and nearly 200 other people in detention, and set fire to the men's cell in Zhazidong.
In the end, more than 300 people were killed in Chongqing’s Zhazidong Concentration Camp, and only 35 people were lucky to escape. Yang Sen, what a huge crime!
Martyr Yang Hanxiu
For such a vicious warlord, Liu Bocheng would naturally not accept his hypocritical "uprising".
However, Yang Sen was not willing to surrender. After our army liberated Chongqing, Yang Sen, who was lucky and speculative, shamelessly sent a "lobbyist" to demand an "uprising" again. After being angrily rebuked by Liu Bocheng, the lobbyist had to leave in despair.
The People's Liberation Army marched into the southwest
On December 9, 1949, Liu Wenhui, Deng Xihou, and Liu Xiang's old subordinate Pan Wenhua, powerful factions of the local warlords in Chengdu, launched an uprising in Peng County. This move was immediately warmly welcomed by Liu, Deng, and Beijing. Why are they treated as "guests" even though they are also warlords?
In the final analysis, it is because these people have not committed any serious crimes and have always had a good relationship with our army.
For example, Liu Xiang's old subordinate and successor Pan Wenhua, the "King of Sichuan", took charge of Chongqing in February 1929, and devoted a lot of effort and energy to urban construction. In January 1938, after Liu Xiang died of illness, Pan Wenhua overcame Zhang Qun and Wang Zuanxu to serve as commander-in-chief of the 28th Group Army and deputy director of Sichuan-Kang appeasement.
In January 1950, Liu Wenhui, Deng Xihou and Pan Wenhua all entered the Southwest Military and Political Commission. After the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Pan Wenhua donated 20 million yuan to the front line. On November 12, 1950, 64-year-old Pan Wenhua passed away in Chengdu. Liu, Deng, He and others presented him with elegiac couplets and wreaths. His body was covered with a national flag and he was buried in Wuhou Temple in Chengdu.
In September 1955, Pan Wenhua was posthumously awarded the First-Class Liberation Medal. Yang Sen, who fled, died of illness in May 1977 at the age of 93.
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