Chapter 23 fourth quarter

Chen Zaidao is very well-known among the generals of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. This is not only famous for his bravery in combat during the war years, but also because of the "7.20" incident that broke out in Wuhan during the "Cultural Revolution". Shocked the whole of China.As the commander of the Wuhan Military Region, he was falsely accused of being the "leader" of the "mutiny" and dismissed from his position, almost losing his life. In the summer of 1966, after the outbreak of the "Cultural Revolution" movement, the national situation gradually became chaotic. On February 8, 1967, the radicals in Wuhan published the "Statement on the Current Situation in Wuhan" in the "Changjiang Daily", openly opposing the Party and the army.On February 18, the Wuhan Military Region issued a "Solemn Statement", refuting the statement of the radicals.It was a tragedy that the army got involved in the Cultural Revolution movement, but in China at that time, there was no oasis of peace.

In Wuhan, the mass organizations at that time were divided into two factions.Organizations supporting the "Strict Statement" of the Wuhan Military Region established a "Million Army" on May 16, claiming to have 1.2 million people. The "Million Heroes" actually gathered many people who opposed and fundamentally rejected the Hubei Provincial Party Committee and the Wuhan Municipal Party Committee. They were relatively consistent with the Wuhan Military Region in terms of political orientation and were supported by the Wuhan Military Region. After the "Million Heroes" was established, it clashed with the radicals on a series of issues.The focus of the conflict is: the "Millions of Heroes" support the army, while the radicals want to find out "Wu Laotan" (that is, "Tan Zhenlin of Wuhan").The contradictions between the two factions are irreconcilable, resulting in constant fighting. The "Million Heroes" has a large number of people and the support of the military region. Although the number of radicals is small, they have the support of the "Central Cultural Revolution" in Beijing. Master Wan Xiong".

Before July 20, the party and government organizations at all levels in Hubei Province and Wuhan City had already been paralyzed. A large number of leading cadres were put on top hats, black cards, and paraded in the streets. Schools and factories were suspended. After March 1967, Lin Biao told Wu Faxian and others many times, "We must find out and burn all the bad people in the army." Wu Faxian called Liu Feng and others of the Air Force of Wuhan Military Region many times, asking them to Don't listen to the big military area. On April 16, when Jiang Qing met with the rebels inside and outside the army at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, he said, "Chengdu and Wuhan are places where the problem is relatively serious, and they can make a dash for it." Now that the radicals in Wuhan had a sword in hand, they He immediately put forward the slogan "Down with Chen Zaidao and liberate the entire Central Plains", publicly kidnapped and denounced Zhong Hanhua, the political commissar of the Wuhan Military Region, and abused, besieged and beat the commanders and fighters who carried out the mission of "Three Supports and Two Armies", arousing the indignation of the soldiers and civilians in Wuhan.Today's "Million Heroes" is particularly dissatisfied that the leaders of the Wuhan Military Region who supported the "Million Heroes" were considered to have made a "mistake in line". , Conservatives are equated with reactionaries.

On July 14, Xie Fuzhi and Wang Li arrived in Wuhan from Sichuan in the name of the "central delegation".They violated Zhou Enlai's instructions that the central delegation should not make public appearances for the time being. They moved around, supporting one faction and suppressing the other faction. The comrades in the army of "The Great Army" are very disgusted. On July 19, big-character posters and slogans denouncing Wang Li were plastered all over the streets of Wuhan. On the afternoon of July 19, the Wuhan Military Region held a meeting of cadres above the division level.

At the beginning, Xie Fuzhi and Wang Li agreed that Xie Fuzhi would speak in person, and Wang Li would not speak at the meeting. However, after Xie Fuzhi finished speaking, Wang Li probably felt that Xie Fuye's speech was not strong enough, so he made another impromptu speech.He pointed at Chen Zaidao and other generals in a lecturing tone and said: "It seems that you don't understand the Cultural Revolution at all. Therefore, I have to teach the first lesson of the first grade as if I were teaching elementary school students." Hearing Wang Li's words, many cadres in the venue were angered.Some of them wanted to stand up and stop, and wanted to stand up and question Wang Li; some wanted to talk and sit down, and wanted to leave the venue immediately;

Wang Li, who was sitting on the stage, didn't seem to be aware of this, and he talked endlessly, until the corners of his mouth were foaming, and the talk didn't end until after 11 o'clock at night. After Wang Li finished speaking, the military region had to convey his and Xie Fuzhi's speech to his superiors overnight.Before the military region had finished conveying the message, some members of the "Million Heroes" had already staged demonstrations in Hankou to protest.Another group of people rushed into the compound of the military region in dozens of fire trucks with sirens sounding and hundreds of large trucks.They indignantly asked the military region: Why did Wang Li label the "Million Army" as a "conservative organization"?And why are several rebel organizations named "revolutionary leftists"?

The on-site commander said to the reporter stationed in Wuhan by the Central Cultural Revolution Group: We want to ask Vice Premier Xie and Comrade Wang Li whether the "Million Heroes" is a revolutionary mass organization?Did the Wuhan Military Region make a wrong direction?If the above questions are not answered, the whole city may go on strike tomorrow, and we will have to stay in the military area for a month. At around 7 o'clock on the 20th, the "Million Heroes" represented more than 200 people and some soldiers went to the residence of Xie Fuzhi and Wang Li in East Lake, Wuhan, and asked Wang Li to go to the military compound to answer questions.Wang Li refused to leave, but the Beihang "Red Flag" and other rebels brought by the "Central Delegation" aggressively insulted the masses.The crowd couldn't bear it anymore, they took Wang Li out, stuffed him into a car, and dragged him to Building No. 4 of the military compound, asking Wang Li to answer questions.

On the morning of July 20, tens of thousands of people, wearing helmets and holding spears, marched in Wuhan.Nearly a thousand people from the Wuhan Military Region, the Hubei Provincial Military Region, the Wuhan People's Armed Forces Department, and the Independent Division of the Provincial Military Region participated in the demonstration.Hundreds of soldiers from the Independent Division were fully armed, wearing "Million Heroes" armbands, bayonets on guns, and machine guns on cars, and acted together with "Million Heroes".In the three towns of Wuhan, factories were shut down, traffic was interrupted, streets were congested, and slogans against Xie Fuzhi and Wang Li were everywhere.

On July 21, the "Million Heroes" held another large-scale parade in Wuhan, dispatching more than 400 trucks.More than 30 trucks also came from Huangshi City to participate in the parade. The "Million Heroes" also received messages of solidarity from more than 20 counties and cities in Hubei, and received solidarity from some mass organizations in Shaanxi, Liaoning, and Sichuan. On July 21, such large slogans appeared on the streets of Wuhan: "Chairman Mao was deceived", "Down with Xie Fuqia", "Down with Wang Li, down with Qi Benyu", "Down with Zhang Chunqiao, Jiang Qing stood aside", "Xie Fuzhi from the Get out of Wuhan!"...

On July 22, a Red Guard organization in Chengdu, Sichuan sent another tribute message to Chen Zaidao, which said: "Most beloved Comrade Chen Zaidao, we firmly support your great actions of the old man, and hope that you will use your current power... If you don’t do anything, you will never stop, to avenge the revolutionary martyrs, to avenge thousands of veteran revolutionary cadres who were paraded in the streets and brutally fought, and to wipe out these dictators who don’t want history, don’t want culture, and are unprecedented in the world…” Chen Zaidao, who was helpless during the "7.20" incident, was suddenly pushed to the forefront by some people. He couldn't get away, and he couldn't escape. What made him even more disturbed was that the palace soldiers of the Independent Division went to the street with guns in their hands. The army supported the "conservatives" against the "Central Cultural Revolution." Isn't this something that people can grasp?

This is where the "Chen Zaidao mutiny" that shocked the entire army and the whole country came from. Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that the "7.20" incident in Wuhan was not organized by Chen Zaidao.The outbreak of the incident was certainly caused by Xie Fuzhi and Wang Li's public support for one faction to suppress the other, but the main reason is that the general army and civilians are dissatisfied with labeling the mass organizations with millions of people as "conservatives" and denying the Wuhan Military Region's support for them. Dissatisfied with support. It cannot be said that the "Million Army" has no shortcomings and mistakes, it cannot be said that it has not been affected by the "Cultural Revolution", and it cannot be said that it has no factionalism. They believe that the achievements of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee and the Wuhan Municipal Party Committee in the 17 years after the founding of the People's Republic of China cannot be erased.So the essence of the problem is that the masses are dissatisfied with the complete negation of the "Central Cultural Revolution" by the Hubei Provincial Committee and the Wuhan Municipal Committee.This is the will of the people. News of the military and civilian demonstrations against Wang Li in Wuhan quickly spread to Beijing. When Zhou Enlai learned of this situation, he was deeply worried about the situation in Wuhan. He immediately put aside what he had to deal with and came to deal with the Wuhan issue in person. On the afternoon of July 20, Zhou Enlai took off from Beijing by special plane.During the flight, Wu Faxian, a member of the Lin Biao Group and the then commander of the Air Force, deceived Zhou Enlai. Chen Zaidao sent troops to surround Wangjiadun Airport. He wanted to hijack Zhou Enlai, and the special plane could not land there.Need to land at Hillside Airport.Shanpo Airport is more than 60 kilometers away from Wuhan.When Zhou Enlai got off the special plane, Wu Faxian had instructed the leaders of a certain Wukong army to urgently call in the airborne troops under the pretext of carrying out some "anti-mutiny" and occupied the Shanpo Airport in advance. When Zhou Enlai got off the plane, he saw swords, lights and swords, but he didn't take it seriously. He only took the two guards with him, boarded the car and rushed to Wuhan, and sent the secretary, the leader of the Central Guard Corps, and the guards of the two squadrons to Wuhan. Lost at the hillside airport. As soon as Zhou Enlai arrived in Wuhan, he asked the Wuhan Military Region to find Wang Li back as soon as possible.Chen Zaidao and others understood Zhou Enlai's good intentions, and he wanted to stabilize the situation in Wuhan as soon as possible. However, Wang Li disappeared at this time. He was not in the hands of the "Million Heroes" at this time, and the "Million Heroes" just argued with him when they grabbed him, and he was escorted back by the troops not long after.However, the once invincible man was frightened by the anger of the masses and hid in the Xiaohongshan army barracks in Wuhan. Later, he was transferred to the Air Force Command of the Wuhan Military Region by Lin Biao's minions. Wang Li was finally "found". On the afternoon of July 22, Xie Fuzhi and Wang Lifei returned to Beijing. Lin Biao, Jiang Qing and others organized tens of thousands of people to welcome the two "heroes" at the Xijiao Airport. Originally, Zhou Enlai's special plane took off about half an hour later than the planes taken by Xie Fuzhi and Wang Li.But Lin Biao and Jiang Qing were extremely despicable. Through Wu Faxian's manipulation, Zhou Enlai's special plane flew to Beijing and landed in advance, so that Zhou Enlai was forced to participate in the welcome ceremony they organized. That night, Lin Biao presided over the meeting in person, and all members of the Central Cultural Revolution Group attended and listened to Xie Fuzhi's so-called report.According to Xie Fuzhi's report, Lin Biao decided to define the "7.20 Incident" as a "counter-revolutionary riot."Handling the "7.20 incident" is divided into two steps: the first step is to transfer Chen Zaidao and Zhong Hanhua to Beijing in the name of the central government to see whether Chen and Zhong dare to come. If they dare not come, it proves that Chen and Zhong have problems .The second step is to draft a central document on dealing with the Wuhan issue, hold a welcoming meeting of one million people, and notify all localities to hold rallies and demonstrations. Immediately, the Central Cultural Revolution Group issued an "urgent notice" to all localities, requesting that all localities hold "joint military action" armed demonstrations to denounce the "7.20 incident." From then on, a nationwide mass siege of public opinion on an unprecedented scale began, which kicked off the prelude to "pull out a small group of people in the army". At 3 o'clock in the morning on July 23, Chen Zaidao received a telegram in the name of the central government, asking him, Zhong Hanhua and others to go to Beijing immediately for a "meeting". When he saw this telegram, his mood calmed down a lot.He firmly believes that right and wrong will be clarified, and he will bear everything that is coming with the sincerity of a veteran! It was midnight when we left Wuhan, boarded the gangway of the plane, and stood at the door of the cabin. Chen Zaidao looked back at the city he was familiar with, and saw the lights above Wuhan, like thousands of eyes, cast towards Chen Zaidao from a distance. , each telling something to Chen Zaidao.Facing the tens of thousands of eyes, Chen Zaidao seemed to understand what they said, nodded silently, and walked quickly into the cabin door. In the cabin, Chen Zaidao and others sat in their seats and thought about their own thoughts in accordance with the regulations that no casual conversations were allowed.At first, Chen Zaidao felt that his mind was in a mess, and he didn't know what he was thinking. Gradually, several scenes of talking with Mao Zedong appeared in his mind: At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chen Zaidao served as the commander of the Henan Military Region. The headquarters of the Military Region was Kaifeng, the ancient capital of Henan Province at that time. One day in October 1952, Chen Zaidao and his colleagues received an urgent notice that Mao Zedong was inspecting the Yellow River, passing through Kaifeng, and would stay for a few days.The provincial military region must do a good job in the reception work, especially the security work, and must be foolproof. At that time, the ancient Kaifeng was waiting to be rebuilt, and it was better for Mao Zedong to live there. Chen Zaidao considered that there was no suitable place.In the end, Chen Zaidao decided to move out of Hongyanglou by himself and let Mao Zedong stay there.This two-story red ocean building was built by a foreigner before liberation.This was considered a good place to live in Kaifeng at that time. After Mao Zedong came to Kaifeng, he lived in the Hongyang Building.And Chen Zaidao's temporary residence was very close to Hongyanglou, so Chen Zaidao often went to Hongyanglou to visit Mao Zedong. The first direct contact with Mao Zedong left a very deep impression on Chen Zaidao.During the conversation, Mao Zedong asked Chen Zaidao about his background, his experience, and his work. Chen Zaidao answered them one by one. Commander, it's not easy! I know, you are a warrior!" In June 1956, one year after Chen Zaidao was transferred to the Wuhan Military Region, Mao Zedong came to Wuhan. Mao Zedong came to Wuhan this time, crossed the Yangtze River for the second time, and wrote the phrase "Shui Tuo Ge Tou·Swimming".Chen Zaidao, who usually doesn't like to read words, also memorized the famous sentence "no matter the wind and waves, it's better than strolling in the garden". One day, Chen Zaidao and others came back from swimming with Mao Zedong. Everyone sat on the motorboat to rest and talk. One of the escorts picked up an apple, and just grabbed a fruit knife to peel it, when Mao Zedong saw it and signaled not to peel it.Mao Zedong said to everyone very kindly: "I tell you, when eating fruit, it's best not to peel it, just wash it. If you want to peel it, you should also peel it thinly, because it depends on the skin and the fruit. The pulp that relies on the pit is the most nutritious." From that time on, when eating apples, Chen Zaidao remembered Mao Zedong's words, and rarely picked up a fruit knife again. In September 1961, Mao Zedong, who was in Wuhan, accompanied British Marshal Montgomery, who was invited to visit China, on a motorboat to tour the scenery along the Yangtze River.Chen Zaidao and the officials in charge of Hubei Province also boarded the motorboat. Mao Zedong saw Chen Zaidao walking over and introduced to Montgomery, "This is Chen Zaidao, the commander of the Wuhan Military Region. He was born as a farmer, had no education, and was very brave in war." After hearing this, Montgomery grabbed Chen Zaixiao's hand, and there seemed to be something strange in his gaze... Chen Zaidao remembered that in the summer before the "Cultural Revolution" broke out, Chen Randao, Xu Shiyou, Wang Jian'an and others went to Beijing to attend a meeting.One day, they made an appointment to visit Mao Zedong.By the swimming pool of Mao Zedong's residence in Zhongnanhai, Mao Zedong received Chen Xudao and others.While talking, Chen Zaidao couldn't stand the scorching heat of summer, and jumped into the swimming pool without saying hello to Mao Zedong. The others present were stunned upon seeing this.Although they were sweating profusely from the heat, none of them jumped into the swimming pool, probably because they thought they couldn't do that in front of Mao Zedong. But Mao Zedong didn't care. He stood by the pool and watched Chen Zaidao swim for a while, and then said to several generals present: "I'm going into the water too." After speaking, he entered the swimming pool with a smile on his face. On that day, Mao Zedong was in high spirits.After swimming, Chen Zaidao and others were left to eat together. How approachable Mao Zedong was back then! However, Mao Zedong launched the "Cultural Revolution", why did he do it this way?Chen Zaidao has worked with Chairman Mao for most of his life in revolution, and he has never wavered in the face of any difficulties and obstacles. Why does he feel unable to keep up now?This is how it happened?Chen Zaidao couldn't figure it out. At 3 o'clock in the morning on July 24, the plane taken by Chen Zaidao and others arrived in Beijing, and the car took them to the Jingxi Hotel.Chen Zaidao and Zhong Hanhua lived on the ninth floor. Before Chen Zaidao arrived in Beijing, Zhou Enlai did a lot of work in advance to protect Chen Zaidao and others.He asked the staff of the hotel to observe discipline and keep confidentiality, and sent additional guards. But Lin Biao, Jiang Qing and others are doing something else.On the day Chen Zaidao and others arrived in Beijing, they came to "headshot". This morning, the rebels in Wenyikou, Beijing, claimed to "debate with Chen Zaidao," and hundreds of people rushed into the Jingxi Hotel.Seeing that the situation was urgent, Fu Chongbi immediately sent someone to call Chen Zaidao and others out of the room and let Chen Zaidao and others hide in the elevator.Then, the elevator was driven between the two floors and stopped. When Zhou Enlai learned of this situation, he was worried that Chen Zaidao and others would be taken away, so he asked Fu Chongbi to take the rebels away.Fu Chongbi said truthfully, the rebels did not listen to me, and I had no choice but to see if Xie Fuzhi could do anything. Therefore, Zhou Enlai approached Xie Fuzhi again and asked him to mobilize the rebels to withdraw from the Jingxi Hotel to ensure the safety of Chen Zaidao and others.Zhou Enlai also said very sternly: "I don't care, if they have problems, you go and explain to the chairman!" Zhou En came to find Xie Fuzhi, and happened to find the "bell tie man".As soon as Xie Fuye came forward, the rebels quickly withdrew. At the same time, Zhou Enlai also called Wu Faxian and Qi Benyu, asking them to do the work of the "Three Armed Forces Rebels" and the Beijing Literary and Art Rebels respectively.However, not only did Wu and Qi not do their work, Wu Faxian also called Zhou Enlai back and said: "The rebels in the three armed forces demanded to criticize Chen Zaidao, Zhong Hanhua and others." Therefore, after the Beijing Wenyikou rebels withdrew from the Jingxi Hotel, "The Jingxi Hotel was soon surrounded.Its speed is like changing the guard of troops.This action was actually arranged by Ye Qun sent by Lin Biao through Wu Faxian and others.Ye Qun said to Wu Faxian: "Put up the red flag, occupy seats, sit in and demonstrate, and do it for several days in a row." In order to support the "three-army rebel faction", Ye Qun also asked the staff of Lin Biao's office to participate in the "three-army rebel faction" demonstration.She even went out in person, inviting Jiang Qing, Guan Feng, Qi Benyu and others to the Jingxi Hotel to "watch the battle", accompanied by responsible comrades from various headquarters, military and arms, and took dozens of small cars to circle around the Jingxi Hotel. Expressed support for the "Three Armed Forces Rebels". On the day Chen Zaidao arrived in Beijing, that is, on the night of July 24, the members of the Central Cultural Revolution Group held another meeting in order to implement Lin Biao's "second step" to study the issue of the propaganda caliber of the "7.20 Incident" . In the end, the meeting made a decision: all kinds of newspapers and periodicals should not mention the names of Wang Renzhong and Chen Zaidao, but only mention "a handful of people in power in the party and army who are taking the capitalist road"; The bosses must publicly roll their names in the newspapers; on the afternoon of July 25, a welcome meeting with millions of people will be held to welcome Xie Fuzhi and Wang Li for their "victorious return to Beijing." At 3 o'clock in the afternoon on July 25, two hours before the welcome meeting, Lin Biao called the Central Cultural Revolution Group again, saying: "After careful consideration, I think it is better for me to participate in this afternoon's meeting. The purpose is to To increase the power of the leftists and to combat the arrogance of the rightists. This welcome conference will essentially be a demonstration meeting to demonstrate with the rightists and accelerate the disintegration of the rightists. Therefore, I think it is beneficial to participate.” Jiang Qing, Chen Boda, Yao Wenyuan, Guan Feng and others were ecstatic when they heard that Lin Biao was going to attend the welcome meeting in person.Guan Feng and others also suggested that in order to "strengthen the momentum", Huang Yongsheng, Xian Henghan and others who reported in Beijing should also be included in the welcome meeting. Lin Biao appreciated Guan Feng's opinion very much, and couldn't help but praised: "Comrade Guan Feng's opinion is very good, we should strengthen the momentum and expand this momentum to the whole country." At around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Biao was supported by the staff, out of breath, and finally climbed up the Tiananmen Gate. At this time, Jiang Qing had arrived first. After exchanging greetings, Lin Biao said to Jiang Qing: "The problem in Wuhan is not only a problem in Wuhan, but a problem in the whole country." Then, Lin Biao said to Kuai Dafu, Han Aijing and other leaders of the Beijing rebels: "Things have developed to the apex of bad, and we must change to a good direction. In the past, we had to make articles, but we didn't have a topic. Now they give us a topic. We must seize the opportunity to make a big fuss. It is estimated that the last month will be a period of intensified national conflicts." On the Tiananmen Gate tower, Lin Biao took the method of "seeing the stitches in the sea" and explained the truth to the leaders of the Beijing rebels, asking them to take action to "catch a small number of people in the army." At that time, people like Kuai Dafu regarded themselves as the "rebel leaders" of students, and they got carried away with pride and were extremely rampant.During the conference, Kuai Dafu asked Wang Li: "The whole country's old insurance is so unified, is there any black hand in the central government? Now, is it time to solve the problems in the army?" After listening to the work, Wang Li nodded again and again, expressing his agreement: "Yes, yes." In this conversation, Wang Li also deliberately expressed his dissatisfaction with Ye Jianying, Xu Xiangqian and other veterans, as well as the Nanjing and Fuzhou military regions. Therefore, Kuai Dafu asked Wang Li again: "Did the generals of the former 4th Front Army listen to Chairman Mao's words?" Wang Li replied, "Some listen, some don't." Since people like Kuai Dafu acted as thugs, they were very good at observing and distinguishing the direction of the wind.When the slogans of "Down with Chen Zaidao" and "Down with a handful of capitalist roaders in the army!" were shouted at the meeting, he carefully observed Lin Biao's actions, and saw Lin Biao raised his arms in agreement. The next day, Kuai Dafu and Han Yuanjing jointly convened a meeting at the two headquarters of Tsinghua University "Jinggangshan" and Beihang University "Red Flag" to convey the instructions of Lin Biao and Wang Li.Tsinghua's "Jinggangshan" rebel faction set up the "Foreign Operations Department" and the "Military Dynamics Group" in order to "catch a small number of people in the army", and prepared to do a big job. After Lin Biao and others finished the meeting to welcome Xie and Wang, they were about to question Chen Zaidao and others. On the morning of July 26, Chen Zaidao and others received a written notice to hold an expanded meeting of the Central Standing Committee in the afternoon to discuss the Central Committee's reply to the Standing Committee of the Wuhan Military Region. Chen Zaixiao read the notice and found it strange that Chen Zaidao was called "comrade" in the notice.Because although Chen Zaidao had only been in Beijing for two days, judging from the momentum of the attack on the Jingxi Hotel and the convening of the Xie Xie and Wang Conferences, Lin Biao, Jiang Qing and others were determined to overthrow Chen Zaidao.But in this written notice, why is Chen Zaidao called a comrade?Chen Zaidao took a closer look and realized something. It turned out that under this notice, there was also the full text of the Central Committee's reply telegram, with Mao Zedong's comments on it. Mao Zedong added the word "comrade" after Chen Zaidao's name.Mao Zedong still referred to Chen Zaidao as "comrade", Lin Biao and Jiang Qing would not dare to delete it. If there were no such words as Mao Zedong, it would be easy for Xiu Biao and others to kill Chen Zaidao. The expanded meeting of the Central Standing Committee was held in the first meeting room of Jingxi Hotel.The meeting was attended by: members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, members of the Central Cultural Revolution Group, heads of various headquarters, military branches, and heads of major military regions and provincial military regions in Beijing.The entire conference room was full. As soon as Chen Zaidao walked into this meeting room, he felt that the atmosphere of the meeting place was not right.There seems to be a "storm" hidden in people's serious expressions.In fact, the name of the meeting was to discuss boring issues, but in reality it was a stance of fighting against Chen Zaidao and others. Chen Zaidao also found that the arrangement of seats at the meeting took a lot of thought.The seats in the Wuhan Military Region are divided into three rows, facing the venue and diagonally towards the conference rostrum.Chen Zaidao, Zhong Hanhua, Niu Huailong, Cai Bingchen, and Ba Fangting were assigned to sit in the first row. As expected, as soon as Chen Zaidao and others came to their seats, they were ordered to stand, as if waiting to be judged. At the beginning of the meeting, Xie Fuzhi fired the "first shot" in order to set the tone.He eagerly declared that the "July 20 Incident" was a "counter-revolutionary rebellion" by Chen Zaidao and his gang by manipulating the Independent Division, the Public Security Bureau, the People's Armed Forces Department, and the "Millions of Troops". of the Central Cultural Revolution Group. The lingering sound of Xie Fuzhi's "first shot" has not yet faded, but Wu Faxian is already bending his bow.The arrow he wants to shoot has a background, and he wants to achieve the effect of killing two birds with one stone.It turned out that just after 4 o'clock in the morning, Ye Qun called Wu Faxian urgently, asking Wu Faxian to connect with Zhang Xiuchuan before the meeting.When speaking, we must "involve" Xu Xiangqian, let Xu Xiangqian express his position on the "7.20 Incident", and grab the "flag" that holds Xu Xiangqian. With Ye Qun's hint, Wu Faxian appeared aggressive as soon as he came up, saying that "Chen Zaidao is the chief culprit of the counter-revolutionary riot in Wuhan"; "the executioner who suppressed the revolution and massacred the revolutionary masses"; The vanguard of Liu Deng's restoration of capitalism..." Scary big hats were thrown one after another like bombs. Wu Faxian also said in his speech that Chen Zaidao has close relations with He Long, Tao Zhu, and Liu Zhijian. He is Suharto of China, Zhang Guotao of modern times, Chiang Kai-shek who sneaked into the revolutionary ranks, and a scum of the People's Liberation Army. Chiang Kai-shek cannot do it. Things, Chen Zaidao did it. He almost didn't say the words that Chen Zaidao should be shot. Wu Faxian's speech became more and more outrageous the more he said it.Zhou Enlai, who was present, couldn't listen anymore. He interrupted Wu Faxian's speech twice to ask him to talk about the main issues. However, Wu Faxian was still talking nonsense, scolding Chen Zaidao, and attacking Xu Xiangqian, claiming that Xu Xiangqian had guaranteed Chen Zaidao as early as February, saying that Chen Zaidao was not a traitor and could not be defeated even if he made mistakes.Xu Xiangqian is responsible for the Wuhan issue, and this responsibility should be held accountable! Xu Xiangqian, who was present, couldn't bear it when he heard this, and said loudly: "I said this before" according to the situation at the time. If there is any discrepancy, you can investigate and find out! After finishing speaking, Xu Xiangqian wrote a note, handed it to Zhou Enlai, and left the venue angrily.At this moment, Wu Faxian was like a mad dog, jumping and biting wildly. He ran up to Chen Zaidao viciously, stretched out his hand and slapped Chen Zaidao across the face. The slap in the face of the enlarged meeting of the Central Standing Committee is unique in the top leadership meeting of the Chinese Communist Party. Chen Yi, Tan Zhenlin and others who were present couldn't stand it anymore, and left the venue angrily. After Chen Zaidao was beaten, he still defended on the grounds. He said, if I carry out a "mutiny", I must have a few people, and I must hold a meeting, right?If you say that I am engaged in a "mutiny", you can find someone to corroborate it! Wu Faxian didn't wait for Chen Zaidao to finish his speech, he led Liu Feng and others from Wukong to rush over like wolves, first tore off Chen Zaidao's cap badge and collar badge, and then punched and kicked him. Zhou Enlai couldn't stand it anymore, and immediately stopped Wu Faxian's actions. But Jiang Qing praised Wu Faxian afterwards, saying that Wu Faxian was a rebel with a rebellious spirit! At that time, Chen Zaidao saw Kang Sheng sitting there calmly, looking like a gentleman, and thought to himself, Kang Sheng is old and is an adviser to the Central Cultural Revolution Group, if he can speak, maybe the meeting can be more orderly. Out of this motivation, Chen Zaidao shouted loudly: "Mr. Kang, Mr. Kang, I was born as a cowherd boy. I am almost 60 years old. I think I have been in the revolution for 40 years..." Unexpectedly, before Chen Zaidao finished speaking, Kang Sheng's old face grew longer, and he reprimanded Chen Zaidao viciously: "People can change! You, Chen Zaidao, don't pretend to be a veteran, and don't think that Chairman Mao called you a comrade, and you are not a counter-revolutionary." 30 years ago, Zhang Guotao rebelled against the central government in Wuhan, and now you are launching a counter-revolutionary rebellion in Wuhan, this is a repeat of the Zhang Guotao incident!" If you don't say it, let it go, and if you say it, you will be sentenced to death.After Kang Sheng said this, Chen Zaidao became a traitor to the party, and Mao Zedong's meaning of calling Chen Zaidao "comrade" completely changed following Kang Sheng's explanation. This is a marathon struggle meeting, which lasted until nightfall. Originally, according to Mao Zedong's comments, there was no need to hold such a "discussion" at a meeting.The purpose of Lin Biao, Jiang Qing and others holding this meeting was to conduct a political test to see who in the party and the army would dare to oppose the line they promoted.If anyone dares to stand up and oppose him again, his fate will be the same as that of Chen Zaidao, in order to achieve the purpose of killing everyone. After the struggle meeting, Lin Biao and his gang instigated Kuai Dafu and a group of rebels to raid Xu Xiangqian's home and robbed the five iron cabinets of confidential documents in order to dig out Chen Zaidao's "black backstage".Later, under Zhou Enlai's compulsion, all the stolen documents were returned. The struggle meeting on July 26 gave Lin Biao, Jiang Qing and others the illusion that they had completely controlled the situation and could make waves at will.As a result, they used various propaganda channels and tools to quickly spread the vicious trend of "pushing out a small number of people in the army" all over the country.For a while, Chen Zaidao's name became synonymous with "a small group of people in the army", and "Li Zaidao" and "Zhao Zaidao" were being picked on everywhere... At that time, almost all men, women and children across the country knew Chen Zaidao's name, and it can be said that his "famous name spread far and wide" overnight. "Putting out a handful of people in the army" was a long-planned action by Lin Biao, Jiang Qing and others.As early as January 10, 1967, that is, on the eve of the "January Storm" in Shanghai, Guan Feng, Wang Li and others, under the instruction of some people, shook their pens and wrote "Take a small group of people in the army." "Report.After Lin Biao read the report, he wrote the words "totally agree" with a pen. Then, in order to supplement this report and take the opportunity to reveal the unique insights and "genius" of his precious son, Lin Biao asked Lin Liguo to write an article on "Putting a Few in the Army" to further create public opinion for the rebellious army to seize power. At the same time, Lin Biao also asked Wu Faxian to make preparations, "Give the list and materials of the people to be arrested to the students of the military academies connected in Beijing, and let the students find them." The reason why Lin Biao, Jiang Qing and others wanted to do this was to overthrow a large number of party and government leading cadres from the central and local governments, and at the same time to overthrow a large number of military leading cadres at all levels, so as to seize all the power of the party, government and army. In dealing with the Wuhan issue, they intentionally created difficulties for the Wuhan Military Region from the very beginning, and later created the "July 20 Incident" in order to open a breakthrough first, and then take advantage of the situation to find out "a small number of people in the army." On July 22, on the plane back to Beijing, Wang Li told the Beihang "Red Flag" rebels: "At this moment, we must seize the Wuhan incident and solve the problem of 'a small number of people in the army'." How eager is the mood of the "small handful" in the army! On the same day, Lin Liguo and others concocted an article on "Taking out a Few in the Army" under the pseudonym "Red Vanguard" and published it in the People's Daily.Then, newspapers and periodicals such as "People's Daily" and "Liberation Army Daily" published news, editorials, comments, articles, and photos in a row, focusing on denouncing the "7.20 incident" and "pushing out a handful of people in the army."Some people have made statistics, from July 26 to August 28, only one newspaper, "People's Daily", published and reprinted: 22 editorials.On the most day, four articles were published. Not only that, but the Central Cultural Revolution Group also issued a hard target, requiring news film studios to use "the fastest speed and the best copy" to produce "Beijing Supports You".How could New Film Studio dare to be negligent? By August 6, they rushed out the film and sent it to Wuhan by special plane for the premiere. All of this has never happened in the news history of our party. On July 27, Lin Biao, Shen Qing and others, in the name of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the State Council, the Central Military Commission, and the Central Cultural Revolution Group, published "A Letter to the Revolutionary Masses and Commanders and Fighters in Wuhan City." The letter said: "You heroically defeated the extremely arrogant attack of a small group of people in power who took the capitalist road in the party and the army. Your fearless spirit and decisive methods have completely defeated the rebellious behavior of a small group of people." "Your victorious song of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution is inspiring the whole country. A new upsurge of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution has begun!" On the same day that this letter was sent, Lin Biao personally presided over the meeting and announced the reorganization of the leadership of the Wuhan Military Region, with Zeng Siyu as the commander of the Wuhan Military Region and Liu Feng from Wukong as the first political commissar of the Wuhan Military Region. On August 8, Lin Biao ordered a special plane to take the leaders of the Wuhan rebel faction, as well as Liu Feng, who had been promoted to three ranks in a row, to Beijing.After these people arrived in Beijing, Chen Boda, Kang Sheng, Xie Fuzhi, Wang Li, Wu Faxian, Huang Yongsheng and others met them twice and had "cordial" talks.Afterwards, they sorted out the "Minutes of the Speech by the Head of the Central Committee Meeting the Representatives of the Wuhan Rebels", which is a naked program of anti-army and armed struggle, which said: "There was a counter-revolutionary rebellion in Wuhan, and the contradictions were fully exposed. The problems of the Wuhan Military Region and the dictatorship institutions were completely resolved in this big storm." "The central government has a policy of thoroughly solving the Wuhan Military Region and the People's Armed Forces. The '7.20 Incident' in Wuhan is a watershed. It tests the political attitudes of all organizations and people." “要把革命群众武装起来，武汉也要建立一支人民武装力量，由左派掌握，把枪支发给左派。” 从7月21日开始，江青、陈伯达、康生、谢富治和王力等人，就公开提出“文攻武卫”、“砸烂公检法”和“改组人武部”等口号，疯狂地煽动“揪军内一小撮”。那些造反派头头们，犹如一群逐臭的苍蝇，平时到处乱闯乱撞，一闻到适应的味道，便急急忙忙地行动起来。 欢迎大会之后，蒯大富立即在清华大学召集各地造反派的头目100多人，开了一个“目前形势分析会”。 会上，蒯大富传达了林彪、王力在天安门上的“指示”，声称现在要解决军队问题，全国都要注意这个新动态。 跑到武汉煽风点火的北航“红旗”的造反派立即传达关锋、王力的“指示”，公开地叫嚣：“文化大革命一年来，地方上的党内一小撮走资派差不多都揪出来了，中央首长认为，文化大革命的重心已由地方转向军队，把军内一小撮也揪出来，是文化大革命的新阶段、是第三战役，是两个司令部的最后决战。中央用这么大的决心，这么大的气魄处理陈再道制造的'7·20事件'，就是这个转折的标志。武汉问题的解决，可以说是拉开了序幕，吹响了进军号……” 在这段时间里，中央文革小组还向武汉造反派的一个头头当面布置了一项“任务”，要武汉的造反派组织，派出一批人马到各地去介绍、推广同军内走资派作斗争的经验。武汉的造反派接受“任务”后，先后派出了几万人次，到全国各地介绍经验，冲击当地的军事机关，到处揪“陈再道式的人物”。 林彪、江青等掀起的“揪军内一小撮”的恶浪，迅速地波及到了全国各地，造成了极为严重的后果。一些老帅、老将军的家被抄，各地部队系统的许多领导干部，被打成了“陈再道式的人物”，戴上了“军内走资派”的帽子，被任意批斗、监禁、迫害。甚至连公社人武干部、大队民兵干部，也被打成了“陈再道式的小人物”。 “7·20事件”中上街游行的武汉军区的独立师，被打成了“叛军”。林彪亲自下达命令，取消了这个部队的番号、代号，在东湖宾馆担任多年警卫任务的部队，亦被武装押送到农场进行劳动改造。 据湖北省委统计，全省在“7·20事件”以后，被打伤、打残、打死的干部、军人、群众，多达18.4万余人。仅武汉市就打死600多人，打伤、打残6.6万多人。如果加上1968年和1969年造反派之间进行武斗的伤亡人数，那就更加骇人听闻了。 林彪面对各地武斗升级及“全面内战”的局势，又发挥他的特有“才能”，总结出了“打”的“四种情况”，即：好人打好人、坏人打坏人、坏人打好人、好人打坏人。 依林彪的意思，好人打好人，误会；坏人打好人，报复；坏人打坏人，活该；好人打坏人，惩罚。总而言之一句话，打，狠狠地打。 就在林彪、江青等人最得意、最猖狂的时候，毛泽东出来说话了，他严厉地批评了“揪军内一小撮”的口号，制止了正在全中国蔓延的反军恶流。 8月1日，《红旗》杂志发表了由关锋主持起草、王力看过以后经陈伯达签发的两篇社论，内容都是煽动“揪军内一小撮”的。毛泽东看过这两篇社论时已是10天以后了，他感到震惊和愤怒，当即批示这两篇社论是“大毒草”。 同时，在林彪送审的下发部队的文件上，毛泽东划掉了多处“军内一小撮”的字样，并批示“不用”两个字，退给了林彪的办公室。 毛泽东的批示下达，林彪、江青等人慌作一团。 叶群把毛泽东退回的文件，悄悄地锁进了保险柜。然后，让林立果给江青写信，说明“红尖兵”文章中“揪军内一小撮”的提法，是后来别人加上去的。 江青和康生也找到了“理由”。他们先说《红旗》上发表的两篇社论，是陈伯达负责签发的，主要责任在陈伯达身上。 后来，毛泽东要追究责任，他们又觉得推到陈伯达身上不妥，江青便改变口气说，不能错误人人有份，不能怪陈伯达，是下面人干的。 而康生更是出尔反尔，赖得一干二净。他说在请示毛主席时，毛主席只同意开欢迎大会，根本就没有同意过“军内一小撮”的提法，声称“军内一小撮”的提法是王力等人私自提出来的。 就这样，王力、关锋、戚本禹这几个喽罗被打成了“变色龙”、“小爬虫”，被关进了监狱。 丢卒保车。 王力、关锋、戚本禹等人在“文化大革命”中的行径令人憎恨，其下场也是可悲的。所以有人说：凡是当狗、当枪的人最终多是当替罪羊，没有几个好下场的。古今如此。 陈再道记事起，就常听大人们说：善有善报，恶有恶报；不是不报，时候不到；时候一到，一定要报！ 陈再道相信这句话。 1971年9月，林彪等人摔死在异国；1976年10月，“四人帮”成为阶下囚。而陈再道和一大批老将军们终于获得解放。 陈再道在高兴之余，想起了当年的“7·20事件”，想起了曾遭迫害的湖北、武汉广大军民，心中就有一种说不出的负疚感，觉得自己作为当时武汉军区的领导人，应该在有生之年为“7·20事件”平反、昭雪。 为此，在以后的几年当中，陈再道曾经多次给中央和有关领导同志写信，陈述“7·20事件”的真相，请求中央重新审查“7·20事件”，尽快地作出为“7·20事件”平反、昭雪的决定。 陈再道终于还是看到了这一天。1978年7月24日，中共湖北省委、湖北省革命委员会、中共武汉军区委员会，联合向中央写了《关于处理武汉“7·20事件”的请示报告》。7月26日，中共中央发出通知，决定“7·20事件”应予平反、昭雪。 1978年11月28日，在湖北哲会武汉市，为“7·20事件”召开平反、昭雪广播大会。参加和收听平反、昭雪大会的人数，多达1000多万人。 至此，沉冤11年的“7·20事件”，终于以其本来的面目，昭示人间。 1993年4月6日，一代勇将陈再道在北京逝世，享年84岁。