No one can imagine that this old farmer who lived in seclusion in the mountains for many years and did not care about the world actually hides a huge secret. His experience caused a "Rashomon" incident . This "Rashomon" incident was the cause of death of Zhang Lingfu .
The cause of Zhang Lingfu's death has caused various widespread discussions. Some people think that Zhang Lingfu committed suicide, while others think that Zhang Lingfu was shot dead after being captured.
So, how did Zhang Lingfu die? What role does this old man play in Zhang Lingfu’s death?
Ge Zhaotian
Zhang Lingfu
Zhang Lingfu is also known as Zhang Zongling , and has an ordinary background. In 1926, he was admitted to Whampoa Military Academy . After graduation, he became a member of the National Revolutionary Army and participated in major battles such as the Battle of Songhu and Battle of Xuzhou.
Zhang Lingfu's performance was outstanding in several battles he participated in, and also attracted the attention of Chiang Kai-shek. In the end, Chiang Kai-shek handed over the 74th Division of the ace force to Zhang Lingfu to lead.
74 Division is the direct unit of Chiang Kai-shek and the entire American equipment division. Chiang Kai-shek put him in this position, which shows his importance to Zhang Lingfu. At this time, Zhang Lingfu also reached the peak of his life, but no one expected that Zhang Lingfu, who held the ace force, would actually be defeated in Menglianggu.
Zhang Lingfu
Menglianggu Battle
19487 On May 13, 19487, the first and eighth columns of the East China Field Army took advantage of the advantages of the terrain and quietly touched the hinterland of Zhang Lingfu's 74th Division, causing the 74th Division to completely lose contact with the friendly troops next to it and become an isolated army.
By the time Zhang Lingfu realized it was too late. Moreover, the entire American equipment equipment masters in Zhang Lingfu also encountered some trouble. It turned out that some machine guns are water-cooled. And they could not find any water source in Menglianggu.
, helpless, Zhang Lingfu started to make phone calls from both ends. The first call was naturally called to Lao Jiang, asking him to send troops to rescue him quickly. On the other hand, it was called to his colleagues. I hope I can save some of my colleagues after seeing it.
Zhang Lingfu's call for help is still very useful. After all, Jiang Jiang was reluctant to suffer such a trump card unit. Under Chiang Kai-shek's forced force, the troops closer to Zhang Lingfu left in a scattered manner.
Chiang Kai-shek
After our army learned of this news, we reacted very quickly and sent several teams to launch a fierce attack on Zhang Lingfu's command. Under the strong offensive of the People's Liberation Army, he finally took down Zhang Lingfu's 74th Division, and Zhang Lingfu himself was also shot dead. The result of was unexpected.
Not long after, the Kuomintang learned about Zhang Lingfu's death, and they were very shocked. In addition to being shocked, Chiang Kai-shek was also very angry. He attributed the reason for the failure to Tang Enbo and dismissed Tang Enbo to investigate and investigate. In addition to Tang Enbo, several generals were implicated in this matter. Afterwards, and the others published the news that Zhang Lingfu "Chengren" in related reports.
In the report, the Kuomintang claimed that Zhang Lingfu was "destroying his own destiny." Afterwards, Chiang Kai-shek delivered a speech in the second officer training regiment, saying that Zhang Lingfu's death was "the most heartbreaking and regrettable thing." After
, Chiang Kai-shek held a memorial service for Zhang Lingfu with great fanfare, and even erected a monument for Zhang Lingfu in Nanjing. Some people think. Chiang Kai-shek did this because Zhang Lingfu was a direct army, which made Chiang Kai-shek very sad.
Chiang Kai-shek
In fact, they have other plans. The reason they did this is to boost morale. In order to make people believe this fact, the Kuomintang did not know where to find a "witness". The witness said, "Team Commander Zhang Lingfu and Deputy Commander Cai died with the last bullet in their pistol after repelling the enemy."
This sentence once earned a lot of tears, and it is still OK to deceive those ordinary soldiers. But officers with a little knowledge will find the clues.
First of all, as a soldier, why did you watch your superior commit suicide with your own eyes? Moreover, the 74th Division was surrounded by the People's Liberation Army, and the troops coming to support could not break through the encirclement. How did he get out of such a tragic battlefield?
The Kuomintang once gave so-called evidence for this. This evidence is Zhang Lingfu's suicide note, one of which was given to his wife. This suicide note was made public, but no other letter has been seen so far.
Zhang Lingfu and his wife
Regarding these two suicide notes, many people suspect that they were forged. Zhang Lingfu likes calligraphy very much and can write to enjoy it when he has nothing to do. Over time, Zhang Lingfu became more and more famous and had many imitators.
Among them, there is a man named Li Xiaozi . His imitation ability is superb, making people unable to tell the truth or false at all. So some people say that this suicide note was written by Li Xiaozi.
Wu Litian, who once served in Zhang Lingfu's 74th Army, once published an article on this matter. In the article, he mentioned that Wang Yaowu entrusted Li Xiaozi to forge two suicide notes. All of the contents were carefully considered by Wang Yaowu based on Zhang Lingfu's usual tone.
Wang Yaowu originally thought that these two forged suicide notes were seamless, but there were still mistakes. In the "authorized letter" written to his wife, has a sentence like this: "Yu Ling's wife is farewell forever now."
Wang Yaowu
At first glance, there is actually nothing wrong with it. However, Wang Yaowu's wife's name is " Wang Yuling ". Zhang Lingfu has received higher education and I believe he will not be able to distinguish the two words "Ling" and "Ling". A huge loophole like
further confirms that the "authorized letter" was not written by Zhang Lingfu. Therefore, some people suspect that Zhang Lingfu did not commit suicide, and the so-called suicide note was also fabricated.
Why do you need to fabricate suicide notes? Some people analyzed that it is possible that Wang Yaowu wanted to maintain Zhang Lingfu's image, so he directed and acted in this drama himself.
It is worth mentioning that although many people have seen the loopholes in the suicide note, they have deceived two people. One is Lao Jiang, who is kept in the dark. The other is Zhang Lingfu's wife Wang Yuling. Wang Yuling firmly believes in Zhang Lingfu's suicide note and has not noticed any problem for decades.
Zhang Lingfu
Some people also say that Wang Yuling did not realize it, but did not dare to accept that this suicide note was fake.
Generally speaking, it is a loophole in the suicide note, which basically denies that Zhang Lingfu committed suicide. So, what is the cause of Zhang Lingfu's death?
autopsy report
While all walks of life were fighting for the cause of Zhang Lingfu's death, the People's Liberation Army once gave Zhang Lingfu's autopsy report. The report from shows that Zhang Lingfu died of a gunshot wound and the wound was on the back of his head. If you commit suicide, it is impossible to hit the back of the head with a gun, so suicide is definitely not valid.
He Fengshan, a person involved in the Menglianggu battle, once recalled: When our army entered the cave, we found Zhang Lingfu's body lying on the ground. In addition, the bodies of the deputy division commander Cai Renjie and the brigade commander 57 and 58th Brigades were also found. In other words, Zhang Lingfu was shot dead.
Zhang Lingfu and his colleagues
But this view was rejected by the people of Lao Jiang Group, and they always insisted that Zhang Lingfu committed suicide. In 1988, a newspaper also published an article in which completely denied the claim that Zhang Lingfu was shot dead.
The views of this article are very similar to those of the Jiang Group, and they all believe that Zhang Lingfu and others died of self-destruction. So, is this really the case?
It was not until 2004 that Ge Zhaotian, a 80-year-old man, told the secret that he had been hiding in his heart for many years in an interview. At this point, the problem that the outside world had been quarreling for so long has finally come to an end.
Ge Zhaotian
When mentioning Zhang Lingfu, Ge Zhaotian's emotions did not fluctuate at all. It’s just that Zhang Lingfu is a very arrogant person. With his excellent equipment, he doesn’t take the East China Field Army seriously.
Fierce war
According to him, after the Menglianggu battle broke out and Zhang Lingfu was surrounded, Zhang Lingfu sent a signal to the surrounding troops for help. If Zhang Lingfu supports reinforcements, the People's Liberation Army will be in a tough battle in this battle. To this end, the People's Liberation Army launched a fierce attack on Zhang Lingfu's command center. But Zhang Lingfu was very stubborn and was defeated after many attacks.
So, Dai Wenxian, deputy commander of the 23rd Division, drew elite soldiers and organized an assault team. The task of the assault team is to attack Zhang Lingfu's command center. After all, if you "capture the thief first", if you take Zhang Lingfu, the battle will end very quickly.
At that time, Ge Zhaotian was also assigned to the commando team. In the end, Ge Zhaotian, a deputy company commander and a soldier successfully rushed in.
Although there are only three people on Ge Zhaotian's side, they are not timid. Zhang Lingfu was already surrounded by enemies at this time. He was surprised to see Ge Zhaotian and the other two who suddenly broke through the defense line, and then he was disorganized. He immediately issued an order, and asked someone to shoot Ge Zhaotian and the other two.
march troops
After being attacked, Ge Zhaotian and others immediately launched a counterattack and killed the officers including Zhang Lingfu. Afterwards, they saw a group of people running out with guns to surrender.
It is worth mentioning that Ge Zhaotian did not know that the person he killed was Zhang Lingfu. He saw that Zhang Lingfu had bad legs and feet, so he called him a lame officer.
Zhang Lingfu's legs were caused by a battle with the Japanese army during the Anti-Japanese War. He led the way and greatly boosted morale. But while rushing, he accidentally got hit in the leg. Although I was admitted to the hospital for treatment for a while, I still suffered from disability.
23 The deputy commander of the Division was furious when he learned that Ge Zhaotian beat Zhang Lingfu to death, he ran out and asked Ge Zhaotian: Who killed this officer?
Zhang Lingfu
Ge Zhaotian's answer was also very confident, saying that he was beaten to death by himself. Afterwards, looking at the angry Dai Wenxian, Ge Zhaotian added: The gun he fired first. If I don’t fight back, I will die. Not to mention him, even if Jiang Jiang shot me, I would dare to shoot.
These words made Dai Wenxian's anger slightly subsided. After all, the situation was special at that time. If we did not respond in time, it would be very unfavorable to us.
After a long time, Ge Zhaotian realized that the lame officer he killed was the famous Zhang Lingfu. At this time, he was told by a soldier named Zhu Fanyou on the battlefield of 's resistance to U.S. aggression and aid Korea.
Zhu Fanyou was originally Zhang Lingfu's guard. After being captured, he joined the People's Liberation Army and was eventually assigned to Ge Zhaotian's squad. After that, the two became close friends who could talk about everything. Once, Zhu Fanyou told Ge Zhaotian that the lame officer he beaten to death that day was Zhang Lingfu.
Fierce war
This surprised Ge Zhaotian very much. Zhu Fanyou once asked Ge Zhaotian to react to his superiors, believing that he would definitely remember his achievements. But Ge Zhaotian refused, and he did not think it was a credit.
Moreover, we once held a summary meeting about Zhang Lingfu's death. At the meeting, Comrade Chen Yi and comrade gave instructions, saying: Zhang Lingfu did not commit suicide, but our report said that Zhang Lingfu died of suicide, which was deceiving the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao and Commander-in-Chief Zhu.
Comrade Chen Yi's speech has also been recognized by many people. During the War of Liberation, the reason why our army was able to win invincible and conquer was because of its strict military discipline. We have also made regulations on the issue of prisoners that prisoners shall not be beaten, scolded, hurt or insulted. Nor can you steal the prisoners' property privately.
Even Zhang Lingfu, who is cruel and ruthless, has brought many problems to the People's Liberation Army soldiers, is qualified to enjoy this right.
Chen Yi
Such policies have made many national army generals and soldiers change their minds and throw themselves into our arms, making great contributions to the War of Liberation. In contrast, the Kuomintang’s policy of treating prisoners was a bit rude, which formed a sharp contrast with the PLA soldiers, making the PLA a unit that people want.
But Zhang Lingfu's cause of death was concealed, which is a very incorrect attitude. Fortunately, we were able to correct our mistakes in time, so Comrade Chen Yi once severely criticized the army, which also demonstrated our determination and attitude.
After all, "those who have attained enlightenment will have more help, and those who have lost their power will have few help." Strictly implementing the preferential policy of prisoners will also help us.
Let’s talk about Ge Zhaotian again. After he learned that he had killed Zhang Lingfu with his own hands, he felt guilty for a long time. He once vowed to bury this secret in his heart and bring it into the soil when he died.
Zhang Lingfu
But in his later years, he changed his mind and decided not to hide this matter. He understood that if he didn't tell the whole story, this history might really become " Rashomon ".
In general, Zhang Lingfu was shot dead, there is nothing wrong with that. This is a fault we made during the Liberation War, but we did not escape the fault, but seriously reflected on it.
In comparison, the performance of Jiang's group is like a "jumping clown". They kept making a big fuss about Zhang Lingfu's death, hoping to boost morale. But true is true, false is false, no matter how you hide it, it is useless.
