On the evening of October 1, the Guangdong-Fujian Front Command went north to the corps to give a banquet to Sun Liren, Guo Tianliang, Li Hong and other Kuomintang uprising generals, who were also members of the Taiwan Kuomintang Troop Reorganization Committee, which made Sun Liren very excited. During the meal, he regretted that his momentary confusion had given the Kuomintang diehards an opportunity to fight back, giving them time to organize the armed uprising in Taipei.

Wan Jun said to Sun Liren with a big grin: "It's good to realize this." Today we are not going to talk about that. We're old acquaintances, let's drink," he said, tilting his neck and doing a cup himself. After finishing himself, he looked at Sun Liren and said, "Why don't you do it?" ”

Sun Liren pressed the cup and asked: "You said that we are old acquaintances, what kind of old acquaintances are we?" ”

"Haha," Wan Jun said with a laugh: "In February 47 in Chengzi Street, Northeast China, when I was in Siye and a column, I fought against your new 38th Division of the New First Army, aren't you still an old acquaintance?" ”

"It's an old acquaintance, it's an old acquaintance," Sun Liren said repeatedly, then picked up the wine cup and dried it, and then said: "But at that time, I realized that you [***] acted actively and decisively, moved and fought, gathered and dispersed, and concentrated superior forces to fight a war of annihilation. And the Kuomintang troops are scattered and defended, and it is very easy for you to eat them one by one. At that time, I persuaded Chiang Kai-shek to abandon this tactic of isolation and scattered defense and fight a mobile war with you, heh, heh, not only did he not listen, but he even transferred me out of the northeast and relieved me of military power. ”

Xiao Qiang took it and said: "You fought well with Xiao Yueben in Myanmar, you can be said to have repeatedly defeated strong enemies and made outstanding achievements, but after you arrive in the Northeast, there is no record that you can get a good hand at." I remember that there is a saying in our Northeast Mingzhu Coalition Army: If you eat vegetables, you must eat cabbage hearts, and if you fight, you must fight the new army."

"Yes, I also know this, you have such a wise leader as [***] and many generals who can fight well, plus your [***] style of simplicity, hard-working, dare to criticize and self-criticism, and humble learning spirit. How can there be no reason to win" and then picked up the wine bottle and gave it to Xiao Qiang, Wan Jun and his own wine cup were full, he picked up the wine glass and said: "I want to toast you two today, first, thank you for saving your life, and second, as a soldier, I admire your military organization talent very much." ”

"General Sun, it's too polite for you to say that," Wan Jun said while waving his hand: "What kind of life-saving grace, to eliminate the Kuomintang diehards, that is the job we should do." I don't dare to be the second point, I have only been in Kang University for 4 and a half months, and I can have the military talent that you can admire as a graduate of a beautiful [***] school. If you want to say that you admire us, Mr. Wang is almost the same. ”

"No, no, no, if you say that, I will be even more embarrassed" Sun Liren said very sincerely: "For example, I will never be able to organize the artillery raid that saved our lives yesterday that I will never forget. I don't understand, how did you manage to organize at least one rocket artillery regiment and fire a salvo in less than a minute? The firepower is so concentrated. ”

"Ha, ha, ha, I'll tell you if you drink one first" After speaking, Wan Jun clinked glasses with him, drank a cup and said: "Where is there an artillery regiment, two "Tempest" rocket launchers were used yesterday. ”

"What? Just two? What cannon can have such power! Was it imported from the USSR? Sun Liren was very surprised, and asked himself: "No, even the Soviet Union cannot have this kind of weapon." ”

"I don't know if the Soviet Union has this kind of weapon, but 100 percent of our rocket artillery is made by ourselves," Xiao Qiang said with certainty: "Even a screw is produced by us." ”

"Can we produce rocket artillery with such great power in China? Can you show me? Sun Liren still expressed his doubts about this. Because he knows that in this world, the United States is the most developed industrial country, and the United States cannot produce it, so how can China produce it? No matter how great it is, but China's industrial base and technological strength are there, how can it reach such a height beyond one's imagination all at once? ”

"Okay, when I let you visit tomorrow, you will believe it" Wan Jun poured a glass of wine for Sun Liren and said: "I didn't take out the military parade today." It's still under secrecy, but we're a family now, so it's okay for you to take a look."

"Can you see it now?" Sun Liren was a little impatient to solve this mystery, and asked, "If there is no problem, I will see this magical weapon now."

Wan Jun looked at the table full of fish and meat and said, "I finally got a delicious meal, aren't you stirring up the situation?" I'll take you to see it. It's dark, you can't see clearly."

Sun Liren said a little embarrassedly: "You're right, let's wait until tomorrow daytime to take a good look." "I thought that these [***] cadres are a little dirty, but they are real. Then a new question was raised: "I still have a question, that is, the organization of your attack on Chiang Kai-shek's official residence, the exact name of the attack, and the power of the bomb, which I also do not understand. ”

"This question is a bit complicated, it's a matter of the Air Force, I can't answer it," Wan Jun pointed to Wang Kunpeng, who was drinking with Commander Song of the 9th Corps, and said: "You have to ask Mr. Wang, he is a university questioner, and he single-handedly planned the entire war against Taiwan." ”

Sun Liren had already noticed Wang Kunpeng at the morning meeting, he seemed to know himself very well, I heard that Wang always flew a plane, today's meeting was that he personally piloted a C-47 transport plane with the main leaders of the 9 Corps, [***] all the cadres respected him very much, it stands to reason that the morning meeting should be presided over by the commander or political commissar of the 9 Corps, but in the end it was the deputy commander-in-chief of the Guangdong-Fujian front who presided over it. It can be seen that it is not an ordinary person. Although the cadres at the first level of the Corps did not dare to say that they had studied according to each other, they still knew all the names, and this Wang always seemed to have never heard of it before. I secretly thought in my heart: This [***] is really full of talents. This Mr. Wang is likely to be a rising star in the Soviet Union. But even if you are a rising star, you must have a good record if you can be promoted to the first level of the corps, but you have never heard of it. Which of the cadres at this level did not reach this level after decades of bullets. [***] don't talk about nepotism, I heard that [***]'s son was the first to join the volunteer army, and he is still a section member. Among the cadres of [***], it is difficult to get ahead! To be able to hand over all the planning of such a big campaign to this General Wang, and to be able to participate in such a big battle of the navy, land and air force, and to do so thoroughly, he is definitely a senior staff officer with rigorous thinking and accurate calculations, and a heavyweight at the central level.

After 1 October, the 9th Corps of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) was stationed in Taiwan. Took over the entire defense of Taiwan, and sent special operations forces to carry out a final purge of the remnants of the Kuomintang diehards in Taiwan.

On November 24, a man claiming to be Chiang Kai-shek's bodyguard surrendered to the People's Liberation Army garrison in Hualien County. He handed over his pistol and 40 rounds of ammunition and reported that Chiang Ching-kuo was hiding in a secret cave called Mother-in-law in the western mountains of Hualien County. and led the People's Liberation Army to capture the "eldest prince" who was lying in the cave like a savage. He was first escorted to Xiamen, where he underwent a physical examination, and then he was escorted to Yanjing. The questioning of the guard and the interrogation of Chiang Ching-kuo confirmed that Chiang Kai-shek did not die in the air raid. Instead, he fled to the mountains of Taipei, with only one gendarme. A major search was ensued in the mountains of Taipei. Through this large-scale search, dozens of remnants of the Kuomintang were arrested, but Chiang Kai-shek and the gendarme were never found.

On the evening of February 29, 1952, Taiwan's Tong Ren Hospital received a 65-year-old patient with pneumonia, who was found and delivered by several mountaineers in northern Taipei on the side of a small road in the mountains. This patient was in a very serious condition, and after being admitted to the hospital, the hospital finally managed to control the condition. However, the patient's health has been good and bad, and he has been issued two critical illness notices. But who will be notified of the critical illness notice? On March 5, a nurse saw that the patient's condition had improved somewhat. I asked him where he lived. Are there any loved ones? No matter how the medical staff asked, this old patient just didn't squeak. The nurse could see that although the patient was poor and dirty, he was by no means an ordinary person in his demeanor. She looked at the old man with his eyes closed, and she suddenly jumped up and shouted, "He is Chiang Kai-shek." ”。 The old man opened his eyes, and there was a hint of uneasiness in his eyes, as if he had something to say, but he pressed them back and closed them again. The hospital immediately reported the discovery to the Taipei Public Security Bureau. After the police officers of the Public Security Bureau arrived at the hospital, the old man finally spoke, "I am Chiang Kai-shek, please come to your director, I have something to say to him." "No matter how you ask, you just don't say a word. I wanted to take it to the bureau, but the hospital told me that this patient's life was in danger at any time. There was no way for these police officers, so they had to call the director. The director of the bureau also immediately reported the situation to the provincial department, and the director of the provincial public security department was vice governor Xiao Qiang. Hearing that Chiang Kai-shek had been caught, he naturally wanted to go and see.

When he learned that Xiao Qiang was the vice governor of Taiwan Province and the director of the Provincial Public Security Department, Chiang Kai-shek said intermittently: "I am terminally ill, and I am a person who is going to die." Mao Runzhi's mind is like the sea, for the sake of me, I have fought with him for decades. Please him, meet me, finally, one, request: after I die, send their, mine, ashes, back to Fenghua, Xikou's hometown, that, scenery, good. Please,,,,,。 Speaking of this, Chiang Kai-shek gasped for breath, closed his eyes, and never spoke again.

Xiao Qiang immediately instructed the director of the hospital to transfer Chiang Kai-shek to the VIP ward, to use the best doctors, to use the best medicines, to provide 24-hour special care, and to organize the best cardiopulmonary experts on the island to conduct consultations. All costs are borne by the provincial government.

When the central authorities learned of the situation, they immediately sent a medical team.

After rescue and meticulous treatment, Chiang Kai-shek's condition gradually improved after 15 days, and then he was transferred to Yanjing by special plane. The premier personally went to the PLA General Hospital to visit Chiang Kai-shek. He also conveyed the instructions of the supreme chief, hoping that Chiang Kai-shek would spend his old age in peace on the mainland, and the central government allocated special funds to build a residence for Chiang Kai-shek in Lushan. and allowed Chiang Ching-kuo to live with him. The Jiang family's relatives overseas can come to visit relatives and come and go freely.

Chiang Kai-shek's eyes moistened a little. He took the prime minister's hand and said, "Enlai, I still feel guilty for not accepting your peace proposal at the beginning of last year. Mr. Runzhi didn't remember the past suspicions, cured my illness, saved my life, and approved me to return to the mainland, so that I can return to my roots. Over the past year or so, I have seen all the things that you have done, and China has never been so powerful in your hands for more than 100 years. Foreigners have never been so honest as they are now. China's home, Runzhidang will definitely make China stand tall in the sky. You say that you love the country, patriotism is in no particular order, as long as you have a place where you can use me Jiang. As long as I can dedicate some residual heat to the country and the nation, I, Jiang, will definitely die. ”

The premier nodded, tucked the quilt to Chiang Kai-shek, and said: "You first have a good rest and recuperate, and when your illness is completely cured, you will first go to various parts of the motherland to take a look and understand the situation." Don't think about it so much now. I still have something to do, and I'll come back to see you when I have time, and I wish you a speedy recovery. ”

How did Chiang Kai-shek's father and son escape this air strike? There is also an accidental surname, and there is also a necessary surname, and its necessary surname is related to the security system that he personally formulated. When they heard the dense anti-aircraft fire around the Caoshan Palace, the Chiang family father and son were preparing to enter the conference room for a meeting in the atrium, while the Kuomintang dignitaries attending the meeting were waiting for Chiang Kai-shek's arrival in the conference room. At this time, the guards in charge of Chiang Kai-shek's air defense in the atrium hurriedly opened the tunnel entrance in the flower garden of the atrium. Pulled up Chiang Kai-shek and went in, and Chiang Ching-kuo and Meng Xianwu, the deputy commander of the military police, who happened to be on duty at the presidential residence that day, also went in. No sooner had they gotten into it than there was a violent explosion on it. The four of them crawled through this tunnel more than 280 meters long, but the headquarters of the military police brigade at the exit was also bombed, and everyone wasted all their strength to get out of the waste area. Incidentally, they happened to be walking to the atrium that day, and if it wasn't for the atrium, they wouldn't have had time to burrow into the ground.

After the four of them escaped, they first hid in a very secret small cave, and then asked Meng Xianwu to go out to see the situation. When Meng Xianwu came back, he said, "It's okay. Sun Liren commanded the cadet team of the Fourth Officer Training Class to rescue him. The mention of Sun Liren immediately aroused Chiang Kai-shek's alarm. The entire palace was bombed to the bottom, how could he be safe and sound, and so quickly transferred his own team of the Fourth Officer Training Class cadet, Chiang Kai-shek immediately realized that this was a more terrible situation than the communist air raid. In this way, he thought of the Xi'an Incident.

He asked Meng Xianwu, "Have you met Sun Liren?" When did he arrive? ”

Meng Xianwu replied: "I didn't meet when I went out just now, I just watched him directing the fire fighting." Before the bombing, Sun Liren was not seen to sign in. ”

His face sank and he said, "We must find a way to immediately decide to leave here immediately." ”

This was originally the warning area of the gendarmerie brigade, and Meng Xianwu, deputy commander of the gendarmerie, knew the security situation here well. They bypassed all the guards, but finally came across a gendarme guard, whom Meng Xianwu ordered to carry Chiang Kai-shek on his back, and the gendarme told Chiang Kai-shek as he went: "Chief Sun has given an order not to allow anyone to leave here." ”。

The group fled quietly and unknowingly. They first ran to Meng Xianwu's house in Zhongshan District. The next morning, after Meng Xianwu went out first, he immediately returned and said, "This area is under martial law. The gendarmes who were originally in charge of the security of the area were replaced by the cadets of the Fourth Officer Training School. ”

Chiang Kai-shek judged that Sun Liren had informed [***] of the news that he had convened a meeting of the heads of military and political affairs, and let [***] air force raids, and he took advantage of the chaos to launch a coup d'état. It's so insidious. Now that the situation outside is unknown, they dare not act rashly. Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to let Meng Xianwu go out to understand the situation. The father and son of the Chiang family waited anxiously for a day, and at about 12 o'clock in the evening, Meng Xianwu finally returned, and they learned everything that happened in Taiwan. At this time, Chiang Kai-shek instructed Meng Xianwu to return to the unit, organize forces, arrest Sun Liren, and control Taipei. After the father and son of the Jiang family told Meng Xianwu several contact points and contact methods, they took a guard and a military policeman, under the escort of Meng Xianwu. They first ran to a contact point in Xinpowei, Taipei. Wait there until the 24th, see that Meng Xianwu has not moved, send the gendarme to Taipei to understand the situation, and wait until the evening to see that the gendarme has not returned. Fearing betrayal by the gendarmerie, they moved overnight to a secret contact point in Fujiping, in the mountains north of Taipei. On the evening of the 25th, Chiang Ching-kuo was going to Hualien County to transfer the cadet team of the Ministry of National Defense Instructor Training School to protect him. Chiang Kai-shek was not worried that Chiang Ching-kuo would go alone, so he asked him to go with his guards. Chiang Ching-kuo insisted that the guard stay with his father to take care of him. Chiang Kai-shek insisted that his son take his guards with him. said: "You take it, all the way is dangerous, and you will take care of each other." Am I not in the care of this comrade who has a point of contact. When you arrive in Hualien, you must find out the situation before you show up, now people's hearts are unpredictable" Jiang Jingguo finally looked at his father and said: "Father, take care" and the guard set off overnight. It took four days to get to Hualien, but it was too late, and the People's Liberation Army had already entered Taiwan. On the morning of the 29th, two LST1 landing ships carrying 20 tanks and 2,400 PLA soldiers had landed in Hualien and occupied the port and airport. The Kuomintang troops stationed in Hualien had all surrendered as a group, and Chiang Ching-kuo had no choice but to hide in the mountains with the guard.

Chiang Kai-shek was suspicious, and on September 30, when the gunfire in Taipei gradually subsided, Meng Xianwu never sent anyone to pick him up, indicating that Meng Xianwu had failed. He took the liaison and quietly ran to the pre-built hidden tunnel near the contact point. Evaded the search of the People's Liberation Army many times, and hid in it for nearly 5 months. It was not a worry to eat and drink in the tunnel, but it was dark and damp inside, and Chiang Kai-shek fell ill, turning from a cold and fever to pneumonia. The liaison accompanied Lao Jiang to hide in the cave for 5 months, which was interesting enough. At noon on February 29, Chiang Kai-shek saw that the liaison did not come back on time to buy medicine, and he struggled to get up, trying to move elsewhere, and finally passed out on a mountain path, and was found by the mountain people and sent to Tongren Hospital in Taipei. That's where the above scene comes in

(To be continued)