Chapter 3 3. Han Fuju was executed

It was not a big deal that the national government shot Han Fuju in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War.However, the great impact, the strong repercussions, and the depth of the deterrence were beyond the expectation of the Chinese authorities.Its positive influence can be said to have lasted until the end of the national war of resistance. Time flies like an arrow, the sun and the moon fly like a shuttle, and 72 years have passed in the blink of an eye. People can't help asking, who is Han Fuju?Why did the Kuomintang government arrest and kill him?Was his influence really that great?About this event and this person, history has long recorded.Han Fuju is a native of Ba County, Hebei Province. He is arrogant and self-willed.He initially enlisted in the Beiyang Army.At that time, there were very few officers and soldiers in the military camp who were literate, and Han Fuju had studied in a private school when he was young, so he was considered a scholar in the military camp, so he was promoted to be a secretary.His battalion commander is the famous Feng Yuxiang.

Feng Yuxiang fought bravely, and his position in the army continued to rise. By 1920, Feng Yuxiang had been promoted to the army inspector.Han Fuju was also highly valued by Feng Yuxiang because of his bravery in battle and his daring to fight for his life.A rising tide lifts all boats, and with Feng Yuxiang's promotion, he rose from company commander to regiment commander and brigade commander.Later, Feng Yuxiang sent him to Beijing Army University as an auditor. During Chiang Kai-shek and Feng Yuxiang's joint Northern Expedition in 1928, Han Fuju had been promoted to the commander of the 6th Army of the 2nd Army and the commander-in-chief of the 3rd Front Army.

It is said that Han Fuju should be grateful to Feng Yuxiang, but in fact, not only did he not thank him, but he repaid his kindness with revenge.Due to Feng Yuxiang's rigorous management of the army, those who violated the military regulations were punished to stand on duty, and those who violated the military regulations were punished with military sticks. Soldiers and officers were treated equally.Han Fuju often violated military regulations and was punished physically, which was a shame. So Han Fuju's hatred of Chief Feng Yuxiang was accumulated from such little things. After the victory of the Northern Expedition, Feng Yuxiang's conflicts with Chiang Kai-shek deepened. The reason was that Chiang Kai-shek's character was too poor, he did not pay attention to credibility, and often contradicted his promise.Warlords from all walks of life competed for interests, which finally led to the Central Plains War.Before the war, Chiang Kai-shek knew of the conflict between Feng Yuxiang and Han Fuju, so he used money and senior officials to bribe Han Fuju, Shi Yousan and others.Han Fuju defected and stationed in Henan.Later, Chiang Kai-shek was afraid that Han Fuju would change, and that Henan was too close to Shanxi, so he transferred him to Shandong, making his direct line Liu Zhi the chairman of Henan Province, and Han Fuju the chairman of Shandong Province.

Han Fuju served as Chairman of Shandong Province for 7 years until December 1937 when Japan occupied Shandong Province.During these seven years, the conflict between Han Fuju and Chiang Kai-shek deepened.Chiang Kai-shek had long wanted to deal with this domineering tyrant, but was unable to do so because of years of warlord melee.In this sense, Han Fuju took advantage of the contradictions between Jiang, Feng, Yan, Li and other warlords.What made Chiang Kai-shek most dissatisfied with Han Fuju was that during the Xi'an Incident, when Chiang Kai-shek was detained by Zhang Xueliang, Han Fuju sent a telegram to the whole country on December 21, calling for self-government of all provinces, which was a major blow to Chiang Kai-shek.After Chiang Kai-shek returned to Nanjing, he gritted his teeth and determined to get rid of Han Fuju.

Han Fuju is not a fuel-efficient lamp. During his tenure as the chairman of Shandong Province, he wantonly expanded the army, from the original 3 divisions to 5 divisions and 1 pistol brigade.In addition, he also developed a four-way militia with about 60,000 members.For so many years in the arena, Han Fuju deeply understands the importance of strength. As long as he has strength, no one can do anything to him. Due to the strength of Han Fuju, when the Xuzhou Fifth Theater was formed, he was appointed as the deputy commander of the theater and the commander-in-chief of the 3rd Army. The 5 divisions and 1 pistol brigade of the army were expanded into the 12th Army, the 55th Army and the 56th Army. Sun Tongxuan, Cao Fulin, and Gu Liangmin were the army commanders, and the 51st Army of Yu Xuezhong was added to the task of fighting the Japanese army in Shandong.

In 1937, China's full-scale war of resistance broke out. As far as Han Fuju himself was concerned, he didn't want to fight against Japan at all, and he wanted to preserve his Shandong territory.Just after the Japanese occupied Beiping and Tianjin and went south along the Jinpu line, Han Fuju panicked and sent secret envoys to secretly contact the commander-in-chief of the North China Expedition Army and the commander-in-chief of the Second Army Nishio Hisao, hoping that the two sides could reach an agreement.However, the conditions of the two sides are too far apart, and the enemy wants Han Fuju to declare the independence of Shandong and officially act as a traitor.However, Han Fuju did not dare to do this, and only hoped that the Japanese army would not invade Shandong and remain neutral so as to achieve his goal of preserving his strength.Of course we can't talk about it.However, the Japanese High Command still hoped that Han Fuju would become a traitor instead of forcing him to fight against Japan. Therefore, the Isoya Rensuke Division in the northern section of Jinpu Road did not cross the Yellow River for a long time, waiting for Han Fuju's surrender and rebellion.This just gave the Kuomintang Fifth Theater enough time to deploy defense.

As soon as Li Zongren arrived in Xuzhou, he talked to Han Fuju.They had that conversation all night, and Li Zongren recalled: As soon as Mrs. Han saw me, she asked: Sir, do you think we are confident in the war of resistance? I said: The war of resistance is sure, and the final victory must belong to me! After that, Li Zongren and Han Fuju got together to talk all night, and Li Zongren repeatedly explained the truth that "the final victory must belong to me".Li Zongren said that our war of resistance was a last resort. The Japanese forced us to have nowhere to go. There were only two paths: "war of resistance" and "subjugation of the country".We chose "Resistance War"!It should be known that Japan's invasion of China was not simply a matter of China and Japan, but had international significance.Japan invaded the Northeast, and the League of Nations was unable to sanction it, which encouraged Japan, and at the same time encouraged the aggressive groups of Western Germany and Italy.The strengthening of Western fascist aggression today has attracted the attention of Britain, the United States, and France, and also increased the courage of Japan to invade China, which is why today's war is possible.So the two aggression forces, east and west, influence each other.Today, Japan succeeded in invading China, and the countries of the world have nothing to do with it.You see, Germany and Italy must follow suit and follow suit.Judging from today's situation, the outbreak of the European war is only a matter of time.The European War broke out, Britain, France, Holland and other countries were too busy to take care of themselves, and their colonies in the Far East became the meat of the king, allowing others to slaughter them.At that time, how can Japan, the greedy wolf, just sit back and watch the fat man by his side without doing anything?

Then, Li Zongren analyzed the reason why Japan must move southward, saying that Japan's southward movement is not only an international interest, but also an inevitable consequence of the development of Japan's domestic problems.Among the Japanese warlords, the land and sea armies used to be jealous of each other and could not tolerate each other. Now the Japanese army is rampant in the Chinese mainland, showing its power for a while.However, the navy with Britain and the United States as imaginary enemies has not moved in place. At this moment, can you not be eager to try?According to the information I obtained on Japan's activities in Nanyang in South China, Japan will undoubtedly move southward in the future.If Japan advances southward, Britain, France, the Netherlands and other countries are unable to look eastward, so the United States will surely step forward and fight Japan.At that time, the Eurasian anti-aggression war will be integrated into one, and it will be time for our war of resistance to turn around.

The strategic focus of the War of Resistance against Japan was to exchange space for time, waiting for changes in the world situation.The longer our army can delay the better, we must not be discouraged.If we are discouraged and surrender, the forces of the aggressors will echo in the east and the west, and the invaded countries in the west may follow our mistakes and resist without restraint.If the European War could not break out because of this, or if it would be extinguished by the aggressive forces of Germany and Italy immediately after the breakout, the Second World War would not be possible, and we would be slaves of Japan forever.

After hearing Li Zongren's analysis, Han Fuju felt as if he had just woken up from a dream, and he also believed that the War of Resistance had a future, and the future was based on the European War and the World War.So he repeatedly asked Li Zongren, when do you think the European war will break out?Li Zongren said that it will explode sooner or later. As for the exact date, no one dares to say. When they broke up in Jinan, Han Fuju's view of the current situation was completely based on Li Zongren's words.He also believed that the War of Resistance was long-term and promising, and that traitors should not be treated as traitors.However, his stupid and self-willed simple mind finally misled him.He believes that "if you keep the green hills, you will not be afraid of running out of firewood."His two armies, under the situation of long-term resistance, must not be consumed in a short period of time.He cannot fight the Japanese army desperately, and preserving his strength is the top priority.

The miscellaneous army that came out of the old days was terrified of being beaten in the melee of warlords. Those were the cruelest years when big fish eat small fish.Whoever has the strength has the territory. Li Zongren has Li Zongren's Guangxi, Yan Xishan has Yan Xishan's Shanxi, and Sichuan and Yunnan.The Red Army led by the Communist Party of China took advantage of the gap between the warlords.Mao Zedong's wisdom lies in his understanding of China's national conditions, judging the situation, the east is not bright, the west is bright, and the south is dark.After going through untold hardships, they occupied a piece of land and preserved the revolutionary fire.In the flames of anti-Japanese war, the armed forces led by the Communist Party burned all over China, and finally won the victory of the new democratic revolution. Han Fuju did not have such ability, passive resistance would lead to death.He does not understand that to preserve oneself is to destroy the enemy, and to destroy the enemy is a means of better preserving oneself.In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, Han Fuju was probably the most painful person. He could not be a traitor, and he could not resist the War of Resistance. He wanted to take a neutral path, but neither the Japanese nor the Chinese agreed.What should I do with this matter?He couldn't find an effective way.Just after the Japanese army occupied Nanjing, the Japanese were still forcing Han Fuju to a showdown, but Han Fuju refused. The enemy then crossed the river between Qingcheng and Jiyang on December 23.Fundamentally speaking, the enemy's crossing of the Yellow River was caused by the conflict between Chiang Kai-shek and Han Fuju.Li Zongren decided at the military meeting of the fifth theater that Han Fuju be in charge of commanding the military in Shandong, and asked him to take on the important responsibility of preventing the Japanese army from crossing the Yellow River.Han Fuju requested 30 heavy artillery to be equipped on the south bank of the Yellow River in order to hold on.Li Zongren thought it necessary, so he transferred the heavy artillery brigade to Han Fuju's command.Later, when Chiang Kai-shek found out about this, he transferred the Heavy Artillery Brigade away.When Chiang Kai-shek mobilized his heavy artillery brigade, it was also when one of Han Fuju's divisions succeeded in counterattacking the Japanese army.When Han Fuju learned of this, he was extremely angry. He yelled at Chiang Kai-shek, saying that Chiang Kai-shek's approach was not to resist Japan, but to sacrifice his strength and destroy his army.Well then, I won't fight this battle.Han Fuju began to preserve his strength. As soon as he stopped fighting, the Japanese army began to attack.Someone reported that the Japanese army had crossed the Yellow River and was engaged in a fierce battle with the defenders.Han Fuju said that the Japanese army had crossed the Yellow River, and we had no artillery to stop us, so we retreated. While ordering the retreat, he reported to Li Zongren that there were no cannons, the Japanese army crossed the Yellow River, and the troops retreated. When Chiang Kai-shek heard that Han Fuju was retreating, his lungs exploded.He sent a telegram to Han Fuju urgently, ordering Han Fuju not to retreat without order.But at this time Han Fuju had retreated to Tai'an.Li Zongren strictly ordered Han Fuju to stick to Tai'an, and Chairman Jiang also sent orders many times.However, Han Fuju turned a deaf ear and refused to obey the order. He retreated from Tai'an to Yanzhou, then to Jining, and finally to Cao County in the west of Luxi. For the troops in the war zone, he was temporarily stationed in Cao County because he was afraid that his retreat would be blocked.According to his retreat plan, he wanted to pull the troops to the mountains in western Henan and southern Shaanxi, where they could avoid the sharp edge of the Japanese army. Han Fuju retreated without a fight all the way, and the Japanese army got an unexpected harvest. They were overjoyed and chased all the way, easily crossing the entire territory of Shandong, and approached the Xuzhou area where the commander's headquarters of the fifth theater is located.What's more terrible is that the original combat plan of the fifth theater turned into a pile of waste paper overnight. This is not only a severe test for Li Zongren, the commander of the fifth theater, but also a challenge for all participating troops in the entire fifth theater. The test of life and death. At this time, Chiang Kai-shek designed in his heart the best way to capture Han Fuju. Han Fuju has strength, and he must not be allowed to run away. Once he surrenders to the Japanese, it will be a big problem.Regarding Han Fuju's disobeying the military order and retreating without authorization, the Kuomintang High Command did not say anything afterwards, nor did they hold Han Fuju accountable.Chiang Kai-shek didn't want to startle the enemy, but Han Fuju was very smart and suspicious, and if he was not careful, his previous efforts would be wasted. Chiang Kai-shek first asked Li Zongren, the commander-in-chief of the fifth theater, to hold a military conference in Xuzhou. Han Fuju, the deputy commander of the military conference of the fifth theater, would definitely attend, and he was also an indispensable protagonist.Han Fuju had a good impression of Li Zongren, so he didn't have any worries, so he took an armored car from Jining to Xuzhou, bringing a pistol battalion with him.On the second day after Han Fuju arrived in Xuzhou, Chiang Kai-shek sent a confidential military telegram from Hankou. The telegram contained the names of 45 senior generals, saying that an important military meeting was to be held in Kaifeng, Henan.As a result, the military meeting in Xuzhou could not be held, so we had to rush to Kaifeng for the meeting. Han Fuju's most trusted subordinate, Commander Sun Tongxuan, was also listed among the 45 generals. Han Fuju hesitated at the time, but felt that there should be nothing wrong with such a large military meeting, right?He pondered and weighed repeatedly.It's not easy for him to excuse Li Zongren by his side.He thought that Li Zongren and others would also go, and besides, Commander Sun Tongxuan and a battalion of guards were there to protect him, so he dispelled his doubts. The cunning Han Fuju was still watching his face along the way. After all, he committed such a big crime last year. Didn't the national government say a word?Li Zongren was very natural, he didn't know what was going to happen, he talked and laughed happily along the way, and was very easy-going. Han Fuju arrived in Kaifeng on January 9, 1938, and lived in the mansion of Kong Xiangrong, chairman of the Yellow River Water Conservancy Committee.A battalion of his guard remained in the armored vehicles.They told Han Fuju that it was inconvenient because there were many troops stationed in the city.He brought Chief of Staff Liu Shuxiang, Chief of Staff Zhang Guoxuan and Zhang Cheng, Chief of Communication Cao Qingshan and the messenger team, totaling more than 40 people, to live together in Kong Xiangrong's mansion. At 7:00 p.m. on January 11, Chiang Kai-shek held a confidential military meeting of senior generals in the Henan Provincial Government, and first notified that the meeting would be held at night in order to avoid disturbance by Japanese aircraft.When it was time for the meeting at night, Han Fuju and Sun Tongxuan arrived at the gate of the provincial government by car, and saw a notice posted next to the light, which said "generals attending the meeting, please get off here", and there were military police and military police directing the vehicles. Line up the vehicles into the open space next to them.Han Fuju got out of the car and walked in with many generals present at the meeting.When we arrived at the second door, there was a "Reception Office for Attachés" posted on the door on the left, so the three guards brought by Han and one guard brought by Sun Tongxuan stayed at the reception.Han Fuju and some generals attending the meeting came to the "Adjutant's Office" talking and laughing all the way, and saw a notice posted on it, which read: "I am ordered by the Commissioner: Tonight's high-level military meeting, for the sake of caution, all generals present at the meeting You are not allowed to bring weapons into the conference hall, and you should temporarily hand over your personal self-defense weapons to the adjutant for safekeeping, give a temporary receipt, and get it back with the receipt after the meeting is over." At the same time, in front of Han Fuju, some generals were also taking pistols from He took it out from his pocket and handed it to the adjutant, and got the receipt.Han Fuju didn't doubt that he was there, so he took out the two pistols he was carrying and handed them to the adjutant, put the receipt in his pocket, and followed everyone into the conference hall.In the conference hall, Liu Zhi was on the left of Han Fuju's seat.Chiang Kai-shek presided over the meeting in person, and said right away that our resistance to Japan is unanimous throughout the country, and this important responsibility should be said to be the unshirkable responsibility of each of our generals.However, there was a senior general who abandoned the dangerous position of the Yellow River in Shandong, disobeyed orders, and lost several major cities in a row, allowing the Japanese invaders to enter Shandong smoothly, which had a huge impact.I would like to ask Chairman Han: You did not fire a shot, retreated repeatedly from the north bank of the Yellow River in Shandong, and then abandoned Jinan and Tai'an, shaking the rear, this responsibility should be borne by you!Han Fuju had the guts, and he had the "veteran qualifications" to be arrogant. After hearing what Chiang Kai-shek said, he said unceremoniously that I should be responsible for the loss of Shandong, but who is responsible for the loss of Nanjing?Before Han Fuju finished speaking, Jiang Zhengyan sternly stopped Han Fuju and said, now I am asking about Shandong, not Nanjing.If Nanjing is lost, someone will be responsible for it!Han Fuju was about to refute, but Liu Zhi took Han Fuju's hand and said, "Xiang Fang (Han Fuju's account number), the committee is on fire, you can go to my office and have a rest first!"So he pulled Han Fuju out from the side door of the conference hall. Liu Zhi pretended to be very affectionate, held Han's hand and walked into the courtyard. There was a car prepared long ago. Liu Zhi pointed to it and said, "Sit in it, this is my car!"How did Han Fuju know that this car was the tool to arrest him.Han Fuju got into the car first, and Liu Zhi said, I still have to attend the meeting, and closed the car door when he said that.At this time, two people from the front seat of the car climbed into the rear compartment, sat on both sides of Han, showed Han the pre-written arrest warrant, and said to Han, you have been arrested.At first, Han thought that the two people in the front seat were Liu Zhi's aides, but only after he saw the arrest warrant did he realize that the two were military spies, and when he looked outside, he saw that there were military police posts dotted along the way.The car quickly drove to the platform of the railway station, and two special agents took Han Fuju's hands, and boarded a pre-prepared special car that was ready to go.With the sound of the whistle, the train started, non-stop along the way, and went straight to Hankou Station.It was the spy chief Dai Li who escorted Han in the special car.At Hankou Station, there were also ready-made vehicles for escorting Han. There were as many as 5 vehicles, full of military police agents, and they arrived at the riverside wharf together, crossed the river to Wuchang, and imprisoned Han Jiaojun next to the General Office of the Military Commission. On the second floor of a building, it was the night of January 12th. It was not until January 19 that a high-level military court trial was organized.He Yingqin was the presiding judge, Lu Zhonglin and He Chengjun were the judges, and Jia Huanchen and others were military judges. The interrogation began on the 21st, and Han Fuju was asked the following items: disobeying orders, retreating without authorization, extorting donations from the people in Shandong, embezzling public funds, confiscating civilian guns, forcing Lu people to buy opium, etc.Han Fuju only held his head up and smiled, without answering a word or asking for forgiveness.The judge questioned him again, but he still didn't say a word.This interrogation is tantamount to a verdict, and on the arrest warrant, Han's crimes and removal of Han's second-level general and all military and political positions have been indicated.Therefore, Han has made up his mind not to answer a word.At around 7:00 p.m. on the 24th, a special agent came up to Han and said, Judge He, please talk to me, come with me!At that time, Han really thought that He Yingqin wanted to talk to him, so he followed him downstairs.When he got to the middle of the stairs, he saw that the yard was full of soldiers with guns, and he knew that his death was imminent.At that time, he said that the shoes on my feet were small and squeezed my feet. I would go back and change my shoes.He turned his head while talking, and was about to go upstairs. Just as he took a step to go upstairs, the spy standing by the stairs had already shot Han on the head. As soon as Han turned his head, he said "hit me..." …At this time, the continuous bullets had knocked him down, and he was lying on the stairs in a pool of blood.He was shot twice in the head and 5 in the body, and died of 7 bullets in total. At the meeting held in Kaifeng, Sun Tongxuan stood up and asked Chiang Kai-shek to treat Han Fuju with leniency.Chiang Kai-shek said, Han Fuju deserved what he deserved, and he should be handed over to the Military Adjudicator Department for a joint trial. You can serve with peace of mind.He also announced that Han's military and political positions had been abolished, and Sun Tongxuan, the commander-in-chief of the 3rd Route Army left behind, was appointed as the successor, and Cao Fulin, the commander of Han's army, was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy of the Jinpu Railway.In this way, Chiang superficially reused Han's two army commanders to reassure the army, while Sun and Cao each got promotions, and Han's subordinates settled down. Li Zongren, the commander-in-chief of the fifth theater, was indeed kept in the dark.It wasn't until Han Fuju was detained in Kaifeng that he suddenly realized.What military meeting, the meeting is Chiang Kai-shek's strategy.Only then did he understand that Chiang Kai-shek's instruction to hold a military meeting in Xuzhou was only the first step of his strategy, and after Han Fuju arrived in Xuzhou, luring him to Kaifeng was the second step.This Chiang Kai-shek likes to do this, Li Zongren thought. The second-level general Han Fuju just disappeared forever.