Chapter 79 2. "Friction" expert Zhu Huaibing

In November 1939, at the Sixth Plenary Session of the Fifth Central Committee, the Kuomintang further determined the policy of focusing on military anti-communism and supplemented by political anti-communism, and issued a secret order to attack the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army. In December, marked by Yan Xishan's attack on the Shanxi New Army and the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi, the Kuomintang set off its first anti-communist upsurge. The reason why Yan Xishan dared to unscrupulously launch a large-scale attack on the base areas in Northwest Shanxi was because he had secretly made friends with the Japanese army. In November 1939, Yan Xishan secretly ordered Wang Jingguo, commander-in-chief of the 13th Army of the old army, and Chen Changjie, commander-in-chief of the 6th Army, to each send a representative to negotiate with the Japanese army in Houcun, Linfen.In order to get Yan Xishan to oppose the Communist Party, the Japanese promised to return 49% of Yan Xishan’s industrial and mining enterprises in Shanxi, and return all the residences of Yan Xishan’s generals.At the same time, the Japanese army also promised to provide arms and ammunition to the Jinsui Army to help Yan Xishan suppress the Communist Party.

When Yan Xishan created the "December Incident", the Kuomintang Central Army launched a massive attack on the Communist Party and the anti-Japanese forces led by it in Taibei and Hebei. Chiang Kai-shek is determined to win Hebei.The Kuomintang's "Overview of Abnormal Political Facilities" stated: "Hebei is rich in land and people, not in northern Shaanxi." After Chiang Kai-shek dismissed Zhang Yinwu for investigation, he appointed Zhu Huaibing, commander of the 97th Army of the Kuomintang Central Army, concurrently as the director of the Political Department of the Hebei-Chahar Theater and the director of the Civil Affairs Department of Hebei Province.

Zhu Huaibing, a native of Zhuqiganwan, Yangluo, Huanggang (now Xinzhou, Wuhan).When he was young, his family was poor, and he was enlightened and sponsored by Mr. Zhou, a private school teacher, to study in the private Hubei Law and Politics School. During the Wuchang Uprising of 1911, he joined the student army. In 1914, he was admitted to the fourth phase of the Infantry Division of the Baoding Military Academy. After graduating in 1917, he traveled with Kong Geng, a fellow from Hubei, the division commander of the Jin Army and the guard envoy of the northern Shanxi Province, between Jin, Henan, Guizhou, and Shu, organizing the defense of the country against Yuan Yi's division. , Participated in the struggle of "Hubei people ruled Hubei" and expelled the warlord Wang Zhanyuan.

He entered Yunnan in 1924 and worked in the Shi Qingyang Department of the Sichuan Army and the Yunnan Army Lecture Hall.The next year, he went to Guangdong to join the National Revolutionary Army. He served as company commander, battalion commander, regiment commander, and colonel and section chief of the recruitment department of the Northern Expedition Army General Headquarters. He participated in the Northern Expedition. In November 1927, he served as the Director of the Second Bureau of the General Office of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government.In January of the following year, he was transferred to the chief of staff of the new 10th Army of the National Revolutionary Army. Later, the army was renamed the 27th Army and remained the chief of staff. In September, the army was demobilized and dispatched, and was appointed as the commander of the 38th Brigade of the 13th Division of the Army, stationed in Yanzhou, and soon promoted to the deputy commander of the 13th Division.

In May 1931, the 13th Division departed for Hubei, transferred to the commander of the Wuhan Garrison Brigade, and entered the political circles of Hubei Province, serving as a member of the Hubei Provincial Government and director of the Provincial Department of Civil Affairs.Formulate and promulgate the "Political Combat Plans for Counties in Hubei", organize landlords' armed forces, cooperate with regular troops such as Xu Yuanquan in the "Qingxiang" on the border of Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan to supervise the regular troops such as Xu Yuanquan, and continuously launch "encirclement and suppression campaigns" against the Soviet areas such as Hubei, Henan, Anhui, western Hunan and Hubei, and the Red Army ", personally led the troops to blockade and search the Jianli and Mianyang areas, and surrounded the Honghu base area.Since February 1933, he has served as Chairman of the Military Commission, Director of the Fourth Office of the Nanchang Camp, Political Instructor and Director of the General Office of the Lushan Officer Training Corps, Chairman of the Military Commission, and Director of the Army Reorganization and Research Committee of the Yichang Camp. , Army commander of the 94th Division of the 18th Army, etc.

After the July 7th Incident, the department was ordered to go to North China to fight against Japan, and was changed to be the commander of the 97th Army and the commander-in-chief of the Northern Henan Self-Defense Forces. Promoted to lieutenant general in April 1938.In March of the following year, he served as the director of the Political Department of the Jicha theater, concurrently in charge of Hebei civil affairs, and commanded the Hebei civilian army.Zhu Huaibing continued to create anti-communist frictions. In 1939 alone, the tragedy in Jizhong and other counties caused by Zhang Yinwu, a subordinate minister, killed more than 400 Eighth Route Army cadres and soldiers. At that time, Zhu Huaibing was called a "friction expert".