Chapter 222: Knowing the Reason
When it comes to the relationship between father and son, Xia Wenjun is no longer so sharp-tongued and incompatible.
"My father has admitted that Yun Yun has dissolved the marriage contract with the Jin family. I was going to take us back to Hangzhou, but the situation is a little tense these days, and Hangzhou has also been captured by the Communist Party, so my father asked me to stay here for the time being, not to mention that Yunyun is pregnant, and I am afraid of running around in this situation. Xia Wenjun said as he squeezed Yunyun's hand, with a pleased smile on his face.
Yu Lin nodded: "Then you can go to your brother-in-law to avoid it." Your brother-in-law is not Commander Liu of the Songhu Garrison Command. “
"He's so busy now, how can he care about us? Tang Enbo ran away and gave him the task of a decisive battle with the Communist Party, he borrowed wine all day to drown his sorrows, threw things and scolded his mother, scolded Tang Enbo for not being a thing, slipped away by himself, threw a mess at him, and asked him to be cannon fodder and send him to death. Even my sister doesn't dare to get close now. My sister is pregnant again now, and he is like this, and my sister washes her face with tears all day long. Alas, I don't know how long my brother-in-law can hold out, in this situation, the Kuomintang will definitely lose, and when the PLA captures Shanghai, what will my brother-in-law do? Whether to be a prisoner or a murderer, no matter which way it ends, my sister's family is overwhelmed, and she was overwhelmed by raising two young children, and now she has another one in her belly, how should my sister's life live? “
Xia Wenjun sighed, worried about the fate of his sister Xia Wenqian.
"Wen Jun, the matter has come to this, I won't hide it from you, I am a member of the Shanghai underground party group of the Communist Party of China, and I was entrusted by the CCP to come to plot against your brother-in-law. As long as he can put down his gun and lead his troops to surrender to the uprising, we will definitely give him a way out. Lu Yulin revealed his identity to Xia Wenjun.
The room was surprisingly quiet, and both Xia Wenjun and Mrs. Xia looked at Mr. Ouyang in front of them with wide eyes.
"You were sent by the CCP? Are you an underground? Xia Wenjun looked at Lu Yulin in front of him in a daze.
Lu Yulin nodded: "Yes, Wen Jun, the purpose of my coming to you today is to ask you to take me to meet your brother-in-law, do you think it's okay?" “
Xia Wenjun lowered his head and was silent for a moment, then raised his head.
"What you just said, do you count? Can you really let my brother-in-law go? Xia Wenjun was still skeptical.
"I pledge with my life that as long as your brother-in-law is no longer an enemy of the people, abandons his weapons and surrenders, and withdraws from his position, I can guarantee the safety of him and his family."
"Okay, I'll take you there now."
Xia Wenjun saw that Lu Yulin's words were convincing, so he agreed to take Lu Yulin there. Maybe this Mr. Ouyang is really a noble person who can save his sister's family from fire and water.
Yulin walked out of the second room and coughed three times upstairs, and after Shuyan heard it, she got up and went to Yuxiang Tea Shop.
Xia Wenjun and Lu Yulin took a rickshaw together and came to the Songhu Garrison Headquarters.
"Please give Commander Liu a briefing, and say that his wife and brother are coming to him." Xia Wenjun informed the guards.
After a while, the guards let Xia Wenjun in.
In the headquarters, Liu Changyi opened his shirt and drank wine from the wine jug.
Xia Wenjun and Lu Yulin walked into Liu Changyi's office.
"Wen Jun, why are you here? Did you come to see your sister? Liu Changyi took another sip of wine: "Wen Jun, you go and persuade your sister, don't cry all day long, crying to death won't solve the problem." Anyway, I, Liu Changyi, are at the end of the road, and I can't manage a lot, she can keep the festival for me the best, if she wants to remarry, I won't stop it, I can't stop it, as long as she raises my children to adulthood, even if it is worthy of our old Liu family, I Liu Changyi can close my eyes. ”
"Brother-in-law, I'm here to find you today." Xia Wenjun said to Liu Changyi with a serious face.
"Who's this one next to you?" Liu Changyi only noticed Lu Yulin beside Xia Wenjun at this time.
"Hello, Commander Liu, I'm Lu Yulin." Lu Yulin looked at Liu Changyi calmly and reported to his home.
"Lu Yulin? You are the Communist Party Lu Yulin who was caught by the Secret Bureau, the Communist Party's spy officer, Lu Yulin, codenamed Jellyfish? When Liu Changyi heard the name Lu Yulin, he couldn't help but be stunned, after he caught Lu Yulin, Pang Tianxi regarded it as a big news and mentioned it repeatedly at the military meeting, so Liu Changyi is no stranger to this name.
"Exactly down there." Yu Lin replied calmly.
Liu Changyi hurriedly took out his pistol and aimed it at Lu Yulin. Seeing this, Xia Wenjun was stunned.
"Commander Liu, I dare to come to you, it shows that I am not afraid of death, of course, I am not here to die, but to live, in order to give Commander Liu a way to live." Yu Lin calmly faced Liu Changyi's muzzle and did not retreat in the slightest.
Liu Changyi's hand holding the gun kept trembling: "What did you say, you said that you came to me for my life?" “
"Exactly, Commander Liu, I think you are also very clear about the current situation, just around Shanghai, the People's Liberation Army has 600,000 troops, and more than 200,000 troops have been put into battle, Commander Liu, do you think your current forces can compete with it? In the three major battles of Liaoshen, Huaihai, and Pingjin, the strength of our army at that time was not as good as your army, but what was the result? Our army is like a bamboo, and it is driven straight in, while you are crushed, and you retreat again and again. Now that the People's Liberation Army has captured most of Shanghai, Lao Jiang and Tang Enbo have fled Shanghai one after another when they see that the situation is not good, Commander Liu, why do you bother to fight the trapped beasts and make senseless sacrifices? If you can surrender, we will definitely give Commander Liu and your subordinates a way out. That's why I'm here today. “
Liu Changyi put down the gun in his hand and was silent for a long time.
"Can you guarantee the safety of me and my family?"
"Please rest assured, Commander Liu, I will vouch for my life. I know that your wife is pregnant, and we want your child to be born into a full family. “
Liu Changyi was moved, he knew that his hands were covered with blood, and he also knew that this battle would undoubtedly be lost, if he was captured by the Communist Party, he would definitely be unable to escape death, and he was ready to kill himself, but he was unwilling to bury his life like this.
Although Liu Changyi had also held a meeting of officers before to discuss whether to defend or surrender, and most of the officers were willing to surrender, the problem was how to contact the communist army and could not find a suitable channel, and this problem had plagued Liu Changyi for a long time. And Lu Yulin's uninvited arrival was to save him from the danger of hanging upside down.
"Then if I lay down my arms now, can I count it as an uprising? Can I keep the size of my troops? Liu Changyi also wanted to bargain.
Liu Changyi knew that the treatment of the uprising and the surrender were different.
An uprising is an expression of willingness to join the other side and turn the gun to fight against one's side. The troops of the uprising generally retain their original strengths, and the commanders generally remain in their posts.
Defection is different, generally refers to the general trend has gone, but when the establishment still exists, although there is still a certain ability to resist, it still chooses to lay down its arms, so it is characterized as surrender. Units that surrender to Chengcheng are usually disbanded, soldiers are integrated into the PLA, and officers are dismissed.
Surrender is considered to be a surrender if the weapon is laid down at the last desperate moment.
"We can discuss this issue again." Yu Lin felt that this question should be consulted by his superiors before he could reply to Liu Changyi, and he couldn't rashly express his position: "However, whether you can lay down your arms as soon as possible is also one of your attitudes." “
Liu Changyi was still a little hesitant: "Mr. Lu, can you give me a clear answer, so that I can give an explanation to my subordinates." ”
"Well, I'll make a phone call and ask the political commissar of the 81st Division of the 27th Army to talk to you about specific matters, how about it?" In order to relieve Liu Changyi's concerns, Yulin planned to let Liu Changyi directly contact the leaders of the troops.
Liu Changyi nodded.
Lu Yulin walked to the telephone and dialed the headquarters of the 81st Division: "Political Commissar Luo?" Hello, I am Lu Yulin, I am now in the Songhu Garrison Command, I am currently in contact with Commander Liu Changyi, to rebel against him, he still has some concerns, please give him an explanation. ”
"Okay."
Lu Yulin handed over the phone to Liu Changyi, and Liu Changyi took the phone: "Hello, I'm Liu Changyi." ”
"Commander Liu, I am the political commissar of the 81st Division of the 27th Army, and now that our army has come to the city, I hope you don't make unnecessary resistance, only abandoning your weapons and surrendering is your only way out."
"I can surrender my arms, but can I be considered an uprising?"
"Can be considered. I will now send a car to the Songhu headquarters, and you will come to my division headquarters, and we can sign the relevant agreement. ”
"Okay, I'll come over here." Liu Changyi was silent for a moment, and finally agreed.
Liu Changyi hung up the phone: "Political Commissar Luo asked me to sign the agreement, can you accompany me, Mr. Lu?" ”
"Absolutely."
Soon, the jeep of the 81st Division headquarters arrived at the entrance of the Songhu Garrison Headquarters, Liu Changyi and Lu Yulin got into the car together, and it didn't take long to come to the division headquarters of the 81st Division, and Political Commissar Luo and Xu Mingfeng were already waiting at the door to greet them.
"Yulin, are you here?" As soon as Ming Feng saw Yu Lin, he hugged him tightly.
"Mingfeng, we'll meet again."
"Commander Liu, please." Political Commissar Luo made a gesture to Liu Changyi.
In the conference room, Political Commissar Luo took out an agreement on the uprising and surrendered to Cheng and put it in front of Liu Changyi.
Seeing that the agreement recognized him as an uprising, Liu Changyi quickly signed the agreement.
"Well, it would be wise for Commander Liu to judge the situation and turn to the light to save more than 40,000 people of the 51st Army from fire and water, so that the six million Shanghai citizens will no longer suffer from the war."
"Ashamed, ashamed." Liu Changyi and Political Commissar Luo shook hands tightly.
Political Commissar Luo raised his hand and looked at the time: "Commander Liu, it's not early, your stomach is hungry, why don't you just eat a little here with me?" ”
"Then I might as well be respectful, thank you for your leniency to me Liu." Liu Changyi didn't expect the Communist Party leaders to invite him to dinner.
The orderly brought the meal to the office of the division headquarters, and everyone chatted while eating, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
After the meal, Yulin and Mingfeng accompanied Liu Changyi back to the Songhu Garrison Headquarters.
Liu Changyi walked straight to the telephone and picked up the phone: "I am Liu Changyi of the Songhu Garrison Command, and I now order you to stop all shooting and resistance and come out of the bunker." Surrender to the communist forces and withdraw from their positions. “
More than 40,000 defenders of the 51st Army, who received the order, immediately withdrew from the area north of Suzhou Creek, and the avant-garde units of two divisions of our army immediately took over the area.
At this point, on 27 May, the Battle of Shanghai was basically over, and Shanghai was liberated.
Chiang Kai-shek ordered the battle to hold on for six months, and the People's Liberation Army was declared over in only one month and twelve days. Of the 250,000 defenders, only 50,000 fled Shanghai. Moreover, most of the buildings in downtown Shanghai have been preserved, and the six million Shanghai citizens have also ushered in the liberation without the baptism of war.
It is said that it is easy to fight the country, but it is difficult to sit on the country, and it is even more difficult to sit on the country.
Before the battle of crossing the river, the Third Field Army formulated and promulgated the strict "Ten Rules for the Three Conventions of Entering the City."
Mr. Chen reminded everyone to pay attention to hygiene, beard and clothes should be clean, and modern big cities should pay attention to hygiene: "We are field troops, but we can't be wild in the city." ”
The officers and men of the unit strictly abided by Mr. Chen's instructions and the discipline of the unit: Do not enter people's houses, do not slip off the road, do not go to parks, and do not go out to watch movies.
In order not to affect market supply and financial order, after the PLA entered the city, it was not allowed to buy anything in the urban area, and even the meals eaten by the troops were prepared in the suburbs dozens of kilometers away and then delivered to the urban area.
In order not to disturb the citizens of Shanghai, in the drizzle, the extremely tired soldiers, dressed and armed with guns, slept on both sides of the busy road all night. Kind old ladies, enthusiastic young students, shop owners, clerks, all earnestly begged the warriors to come to their houses to rest. However, the soldiers thanked them politely, they did not want to trespass into the people's houses, they did not want to set a precedent for troublesome the masses in this small matter, and they set a precedent that violated the traditions of the people's army. The fighters responded optimistically and humorously to the enthusiasm of the citizens: "The road, croaking, cool, very smooth. ”
Chinese and foreign reporters were impressed by the strict discipline of this unit, and wrote articles one after another to report: The victorious army sleeps on the road, and the strict discipline will be passed down tomorrow.
Shanghai, the largest metropolis in the Far East, ushered in an era of rapid change and began to write a new chapter!