Chapter 22 The Kuomintang sent a "hao telegram"
The so-called "Haodian" is a telegram sent by Chiang Kai-shek to Zhu De, Peng Dehuai and Ye Ting on October 19 in the name of the chief and deputy chief of staff instructing He Yingqin and Bai Chongxi.Because of the Southern Anhui Incident, this "Haodian" became famous far and wide.
The telegram enumerates the various "bad deeds" of the CCP army since August:
Recently, the 18th Army Group Xu moved to the front and separately attacked Lu Village, the seat of the Shandong Provincial Government, on August 11.Chairman Shen (Hong Lie) followed the order to avoid conflict and retreat. On the 14th, the Xu Department fell into Lu Village, and continued to attack the Lu Provincial Government and its subordinate troops. The losses were huge, and the Commander-in-Chief ordered the retreat and Commander Yu Xuezhong to investigate and report...
In addition, in northern Jiangsu, Chen Yi, Guan Wenwei and other units of the New Fourth Army crossed the Jiangbei from the Jiangnan Defense Zone without authorization in July, attacked Chairman Han's Chen Taiyun Department, captured Rugao's Guxi Jiangba and other places, and fought in Huangqiao and Qin Dynasty. In Qutang, Jiangyan, the county set up checkpoints everywhere to collect taxes and confiscated civilian guns, and then set up an administrative committee to destroy the administrative system and cut off the Jiangnan and Jiangbei supply lines.The High Command strictly ordered to stop it, but still blatantly refused to obey the order. On October 4, it launched a fierce attack on the North Korean Chairmanship of the Soviet Union, and the head of the 16th Regiment of the Independent Brigade of the Korean Ministry was killed. On the 5th, they attacked the 89th Army again, planning to take dozens of officers and soldiers under Sun Qiren, the commander of the 33rd Division of the army, and Miao Ruiti, the commander of the brigade. On the evening of the 5th, the attack continued, causing Army Commander Li Shouwei, Brigadier Commander Weng, and Tuan Commander Qin to be washed into the water. Their lives and deaths are unknown, and countless other officers and soldiers were killed.At present, the Han Chairman's Department has gradually withdrawn to the vicinity of Dongtai, and the army is still attacking.At the same time, Peng Mingzhi's Department of the 18th Group Army in the north resumed attacks from north to south starting from October 6.Zhasu Beilu Province is not an area where the Eighteenth Group Army and the New Fourth Army are fighting. Each of the armies actually crossed the border to attack. It seems that they will retreat without fighting against the enemy, and they will deviate from the law and invade each other against the friendly army. On the face of it, illegal deviance is regarded as a common thing, which is not only chilling for the robes, but also directly opening up the eyes of the enemy bandits.
After detailing the "crimes" committed by the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army against Shen Honglie and Han Deqin, the two provincial chairmen in Lu and Su, "Haodian" revealed its murderous intent:
Taking a comprehensive look at the past unfortunate incidents in Shaanxi, Gansu, Hebei, Chajin, Suilu, Jiangsu, Anhui and other places, as well as the so-called false claim that there are too many people and less steel, the crux of the problem is all due to the troops of the Eighteenth Army and the New Fourth Army: 1. Freedom of movement without guarding the theater ; Two, do not follow the establishment of the number of free expansion; three, do not obey the central order to destroy the administrative system;The above four points are actually the root cause of the so-called friction incident, that is, the illegal actions of the Eighteenth Army and the New Fourth Army. If they are not corrected, how will they become the revolutionary troops of the National Revolutionary Army?Except that the Subei Events Committee has ordered otherwise, I would like to thank you for formally copying the Central Proposal that was discussed and approved by the Central Committee. Regarding the 18th Group Army and the units of the New Fourth Army, the telegrams are limited to one month. All within the territory of the combat area stipulated in the third question of the central reminder, and earnestly abide by the other regulations stated in this question, and wait for the central government to issue orders on the implementation of other issues in the reminder.
On the second day after receiving He and Bai's "Hao Telegram", Mao Zedong, Zhu De, and Wang Jiaxiang telegraphed Liu Shaoqi, asking the New Fourth Army not to attack Xinghua, where Han Deqin is currently stationed, to stop operations in the area north of Sheyang, and to ask Liu Suo to report to Huang Kecheng and Chen Yi .At the same time, let Zhu De and Peng Dehuai send a report to Chiang Kai-shek in Ye Ting's tone.In order to stabilize Chiang Kai-shek before finding countermeasures, this report did not rush to fight back, but only explained and defended the Kuomintang's accusations one by one.Telegram says:
The job is to fight each other internally. Although we can win without fighting, we repeatedly ordered our troops to withdraw to the south in order to make concessions. I retreated and were attacked one after another. On the 5th, I was forced outside the Huangqiao area.There were many casualties in the staff department, and the anger of the army was unstoppable.The job is also based on the south bank of the river, and there is no place to retreat. For self-defense, he began to fight back with pain. The battle lasted until the 6th day, and the Han army was repelled... Since the 8th, representatives sent by the Han family and representatives of gentry and businessmen from various counties have gathered to work. Ministry, asked for reconciliation, the job is to seek benevolence, and immediately agreed.In an emergency, Peng Mingzhi of the Eighth Route Army was asked to go south to rescue, and all the staff and Eighth Route Army troops are now ordered to stop, waiting for reconciliation... The staff only wants to survive and resist the Japanese, and has no other hope. Acting quickly, I am really sorry, but I implorely forward it to Shangfeng to order the Han family to stop attacking quickly and resolve it peacefully so as to facilitate the resistance against Japan.
On October 24, Zhou Enlai, who was at the heart of the Kuomintang, sent a telegram to Mao Zedong:
Jiang's banquet, He Zhi's report, Bai's anti-communism, Tang Enbo, Li Tiejun, and Ma Hongkui came to Chongqing one after another, and the northern Jiangnan team was also mobilized. The restrictions on North China's progressive newspapers, the mobilization of public opinion against the Communist Party, and those who are suspected of being left-leaning by the Communist Party The intensified surveillance and arrests all prove that the anti-communist upsurge is steadily rising.He and Bai's telegram on the 19th expressed the country's determination.
On October 25, Mao Zedong sent an urgent telegram to Zhou Enlai twice a day to exchange views and discuss countermeasures.
On November 1, Zhou Enlai called Mao Zedong twice a day, agreed with Mao Zedong's analysis, asserted that "the anti-communist local war will start", and suggested "using the names of Zhu, Peng, Ye, and Xiang to reply to He and Bai".The telegram reflected the opinions of all parties: "Everyone hopes that we will come up with a solution and hope that we will make concessions to ease the rupture." It also conveyed Feng Yuxiang's suggestion: "Use both soft and hard methods, make superficial concessions, and act on your own."
On November 2, the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China discussed Zhou's call and decided to adopt an attitude of superficial conciliation and actual resistance, and the declaration was not issued for the time being.Mao Zedong called Zhou Enlai on the same day:
The anti-communist campaign was launched by the Kuomintang, and the danger of surrender is serious. However, various centrists have been discussing and speculating that we will not come up with positive measures before the time is ripe, and we will wait until later.There are still 20 days before the deadline for He and Bai Hao's telegrams. We plan to plan a reply within a few days, and send it around the 10th, so there is no need to reply too early.Although the declaration on the current situation has been basically estimated and a decision has been drawn up, it is still necessary to look at the Japan-Soviet negotiations and the situation after the US election, as well as the development of Japan-Chiang relations before making a decision to publish it.
The next day, Mao Zedong called Zhou Enlai again:
I hope that emergency arrangements will be made immediately, and Bogu and Kaifeng will return soon; our bomb announcement has been decided to be postponed, and we have your consent first, and will be released when the time is ripe; we have decided to take a moderate attitude in the content of the white electricity, and there is no other side. Before the mobilization of troops, all external representations were taken in a relaxed manner, and there was no need to rush; the military was being deployed.The policy of the central government is: while striving for improvement and avoiding civil war, while preparing to deal with surrender and civil war, the focus is on dealing with surrender and dealing with civil war.Immediate preparations to deal with the dark situation are the central task of the whole party.With this move, Chen Duxiu's mistakes will not be repeated.
On November 9, Mao Zedong drafted the "Good News" in the names of Zhu, Peng, Ye, and Xiang to reply He and Bai, and finally released it after careful consideration of the words and sentences.At this time, there were only 10 days before the deadline for He and Bai's "Hao Dian" to order the New Fourth Army to march northward to the north of the Yellow River.There are more than two thousand words in this telegram, the attitude is solemn and firm, and the wording is tactful and sincere.First, it describes the achievements of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army in the War of Resistance over the past four years, especially mentioning the ongoing Hundred Regiments Campaign.Then, he lamented the hardships and hardships of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army in the war of resistance. "With 150,000 people, 45,000 people were paid. Fourteen months have not been given a single piece of shrapnel, one shot has only four or five bullets left, and one wound has only one or two application of medicine."Then give a clear answer to the accusation of "Haodian" in terms of six aspects: operations, defense, establishment, supply, border areas, and the grand plan of the United War of Resistance.
The issue of positions was the central content of He and Bai's "Hao Dian", which forced the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army to move northward within a time limit. "Jia Dian" cited four reasons for requesting that the ministries in the enemy's rear in Central China be exempted from mediation. First, the ministries in the enemy's rear in Central China are mostly organized by local people to defend their hometowns against the enemy. Regardless of the misery of the enemy's rape, burning and looting, they went far to North China, and the matter was very difficult.2. All ministries in the enemy's rear in central China persisted in the war of resistance in the current defense line, which was in line with the spirit of Chiang Kai-shek's Lushan speech and the letter to comrades in the occupied areas.3. After the various ministries in the enemy's rear in central China were transferred away, the safety of their family members and those left behind was not guaranteed, and they feared the recurrence of the Pingjiang and Queshan tragedies.4. In North China, the five disasters of flood, drought, wind, insects, and enemies are equally serious. The army and civilians in this area use leaves as food, and it is really difficult to accommodate other troops.Therefore, "it is believed that the central government should take care of both the execution of orders and the submission of public opinion."
He then stated that, in case of unavoidable circumstances, he was prepared to adopt different approaches to the troops in Jiangnan and Jiangbei: "For the regular troops in Jiangnan, De and others are trying their best to persuade them to take the overall situation into consideration and follow the order to move north. But I beg the central government to allow a lenient time limit." , in order to explain in depth, so as not to provoke other reasons”; for the Jiangbei team, it is temporarily proposed to be exempted from transfer.
Mao Zedong said in a telegram to Zhou Enlai on the same day: "Clearly distinguish the Jiangnan and Jiangbei teams. Jiangnan decided to move the main force to the north to show concessions. Jiangbei decided to ask for a temporary exemption. It is to save Jiang's face for the time being, and it is Chiang's fantasy to say that the exemption .”
Then, "Jia Dian" wrote a sincere statement, soft but strong: "At a time when rumors of treachery and hypocrisy are rampant, it is urgent to coordinate all parties, unite against the enemy, and avoid being taken advantage of by the enemy." , self-invoking the catastrophe of disintegration. Do not oppress too much, provoke each other, and develop a situation where both sides suffer. It is neither the original intention of the central government, nor the original wish of virtue. I am a snipe and a clam, and the enemy is a fisherman. I regret nothing."
"Jiadian" finally wrote:
Germany and others moved to the battlefield, spared no effort to benefit the country, and never hesitated to die. The only thing they prayed for was that the unity in the country would not be broken, and the national policy would not change if the war of resistance continued. overcome.I also ask the central government to clarify the direction of the current situation, reject international conspiracies, suppress domestic reactionaries, and refute the theory of surrender in the joint suppression of the Communist civil war, so as to protect the hearts of the country's military and people.Looking back to improving politics, eradicating corruption, adjusting people's livelihood, implementing doctrine, disregarding the focus of the war of resistance, and placing it on the basis of self-reliance, all these are the key to the success or failure of the nation and the survival of all generations.The so-called danger in the heart, dare not not tell, respectfully pray to transfer to the appointed seat, choose to implement, and never let the screen camp stand by.
After the "good news" was released, it had a great influence in all walks of life, especially the middle forces, and received widespread sympathy.
On December 1, Mao Zedong personally drafted 12 conditions for Zhou Enlai and Ye Jianying to negotiate with Chiang Kai-shek, agreeing that the troops in southern Anhui would go north, but he asked the other party to guarantee road safety and to distribute ammunition to the Eighth Route Army, otherwise they could only cross the south and go south.
On the 8th, He Yingqin and Bai Chongxi sent another "Qi Dian" of more than 4,000 words in response to Zhu, Peng, Ye, and Xiang's "good news" last month.I don't know who wrote this telegram, it is written in a wild and full of literary talent, although it is a "war letter", it hides the ferocious murderous intent behind the strange and witty words.
Is it okay to call?All the troops of the army must follow the national policy, obey orders, and persevere in the war of resistance. This is the only mission;However, what is the result of the actual actions of the brothers and other troops?The Eighteenth Group Army has been included in the battle order of the Second Theater since the beginning of the War of Resistance, and the New Fourth Army has been included in the battle order of the Third Theater since its establishment. Each has its designated combat objectives and combat environments.It is the scope stipulated by this order, which has not always been complied with. In order to achieve the task, at the beginning, he freely invaded Jicha, then freely divided his troops into Lu Province, and finally moved the New Fourth Army to cross the river to the north; In the south, the prisoner drums responded and flanked the north of Jiangsu; it seems that this kind of departure from the prescribed theater without authorization and the flanking of the friendly forces in the north of Jiangsu, what order do we follow?Moreover, wherever they go, all friendly troops will treat them as enemies, attack everywhere, and annex them without exception, without exception. What orders do we follow for this kind of arbitrary war of killing each other?It is especially painful: in each province, the original armies were ordered to resist the enemy, and they had no suspicion and precautions in advance of the sudden attack by the brothers and other troops, and they made more efforts to avoid conflicts temporarily; The flank attack was wounded by forbearance; and afterward, the central government strictly prohibited the banning of the wall. They did not dare to retaliate, but they all cried out to the central government. Enemy bandits, and put them in the robes of fighting side by side.Every time Yingqin and Chongxi looked at such reports ahead, they couldn't hear them one by one, and they had no words to comfort them.
On the Hebei side, since Lu, Gao, Zhu, Sun and other ministries were ordered to move away because of their brother's aggressive attacks, our army was weak; When Fang Qing shook hands with northern Jiangsu and was exaggerating the promotion of the Hundred Regiments War, an enemy crossed the Deshi Railway in Hebei. The construction started in mid-June this year, without any obstacles, and it was completed quickly. Extravagance, holding a driving ceremony.This is the performance of actual actions in the so-called united war of resistance when brothers exclude friendly troops, self-mutilate siblings, and support bandits as enemies.
After "Qi Dian" listed the "bad deeds" of the Communist Party in "political aspects", it went on to say:
The Commander-in-Chief's assignment of tasks to each army depends on the quality of its troops and the situation of the enemy bandits, and stipulates the areas and tasks to be fought.The Eighteenth Group Army was fighting in the north of Shanxi, and the New Fourth Army was fighting in the south of the Yangtze River. Their nature and equipment were all compatible with the prescribed areas. Brother Nai and others did not follow the order, abandoned the prescribed tasks without authorization, and wantonly crossed the border and seized guns. Bing, free expansion.Therefore, when the eighteenth group army was reorganized according to the order, it was originally only 45,000 people, but now it is called 500,000 people.Today, I don't ask whether the weapons of its personnel are real or not, and it doesn't count whether the coerced army can fight, but it has not been approved in accordance with the regulations beforehand, and the central government is not allowed to intervene afterwards, only asking the central government to pay according to the number.Now the commander-in-chief of the national group army has no fewer than dozens of people, and there has never been anyone who has expanded freely without approval; the guerrillas in the enemy's rear have no fewer than one million, and there has never been anyone who has not been checked and organized, but is freely paid.If the number of people mentioned by Brother Zi and others is not approved, and the unlimited expansion is done without authorization, I am afraid that it will be called a million after reading it again.How much financial resources does the central security have, and how much civilian power does the local security have, to provide unlimited military resources beyond the approved number?
The telegram seemed to have grasped the handle, and asked rather proudly:
The brother waited for the call to say: No shrapnel was fired for 14 months, only four or five shots were left in one shot, and one wound was only applied once or twice.If it is true, then in the past fourteen months, this army has successively attacked the ministries of Lu Zhonglin, Zhu Huaibing, Gao Shuxun, and Sun Liangcheng in Hebei, Shen Honglie and other ministries in Shandong, Han Deqin and other ministries in northern Jiangsu, and Where does the ammunition come from for all attacks on friendly forces in other places?
"Extraordinary articles for appreciation", He and Bai sent this extraordinary article, of course, not for people to "appreciate", but as an ultimatum and letter of war to the opponent.Therefore, the telegram demanded in an undeniable tone that "quickly obey the order: all the troops south of the Yellow River should be transferred to Hebei".And murderously claimed: "The dignity of military orders and laws must be resolutely maintained", otherwise, "the central government will find it difficult to contain its grief and indignation", "the only thing is to overthrow the nest and destroy the eggs, and understand the wrongness of burning the skip and cooking the beans", "the timing cannot be tolerated." If you make a mistake again, obeying orders is showing public loyalty!"
He Yingqin and Bai Chongxi's "Hao Dian" and "Qi Dian" became the starting point of Chiang Kai-shek's second anti-Communist climax.