Chapter 149 149. "Please aim higher"

■In his speech on May 19, 1947, Chiang Kai-shek said: Last July, when the 74th Division fought in Huaiyin, it took 3,000 prisoners.Later, when Zhang Lingfu, the commander of the division, came to see me, I warned him face to face: "The prisoners of the bandit army must never be taken in, they must be sent to the rear for shelter." He said: "Many of the prisoners were captured by our army in the past, and It’s not used to supplement combat soldiers, it’s just to be a handyman, so it’s probably okay.” I said, “It’s not good to be a bandit handyman. Didn't do it.This time the division was fighting against the bandit army, and when it encountered heavy artillery fire, the position became chaotic...

But the memory of Chen Zuohua, who was on the front line, is: The 74th Division left Beijing to participate in the war in August 35th until it was annihilated in Menglianggu on May 16th 36th. , fought endlessly.During this period, Zhang Lingfu did not leave the army to go back to the rear, nor did Mr. Jiang go to the front on an expedition.There was a close communication between them by telecommunication; it seems untrue to say that Zhang Lingfu had personally visited Mr. Jiang and listened to him.If my memory is correct, it is Mr. Jiang who lied—to show off his foresight and observation. Chiang Kai-shek is so afraid of captives, but the Communist Party has a solution, as Zhou Enlai said:

The source of our team is that in addition to the participation of a large number of turned farmers, there are also a large number of captives participating.In our army, liberation fighters account for more than half.After complaining and educating, they turned their guns on Chiang Kai-shek.For example, the artillerymen who fought against Shanzhou this time were liberated from Lingbao the day before, and the original artillery took part in the battle the next day, which is rare in the world in history. How wonderful, after a night of "complaining and education", the next day, the original soup turned into the original food.

■When you were a soldier, didn't you bring captured Kuomintang soldiers with you? □It is a veteran.I went down to the forty-ninth regiment of the seventeenth division.As soon as he arrived, he was sent to the 42nd Artillery Company as the deputy platoon leader.Soon after, he was transferred from the 42nd Artillery Company to the Regiment Headquarters Company as the search platoon leader, and reported to the "Search Training Team".There is a veteran named Cao Zihua who is always smiling.He told me a story: "We were once captured by the Communist bandits. The female bandits gave us a warm reception and advised us to stay and fight the Kuomintang, but we refused. They let us go back, made us eat and drink, and gave us travel expenses. Finally said: "After you go back, the Kuomintang will still capture you as soldiers. The next time you see us on the battlefield, please aim higher when aiming." - The Communist Party turns enemies into friends, clever and delicate There are those who do!

■According to Chiang Kai-shek's standards, the captured veteran Cao Zihua can't be used, right? □That is the case in theory, but it has already been defeated in Taiwan, and there are not enough troops, so you can make do with it. ■How could Long Yingtai know such "1949" stories? □She has never smelled the stinky feet of veterans, she will never get this kind of interview records.