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Pan Guangfu handed the material "Memories of Stopping Fighting in Anhui" collected from Hefei to Chai Jianmin: Mr. Chai, take a look at this material. You have been to Huainan. Here are the events in Huainan during the Cultural Revolution. .

The author Liu Jiaju's recollection is very detailed:

At the same time as the "August 8th" incident in Hefei, the two major factions in Huainan, with hundreds of thousands of troops, marched at Bagong Mountain, preparing to fight a "Little Huaihai". The Battle of Feishui between Xie An and Fu Jian was fought here.

When I arrived in Huainan, the fighting had stopped, and the lush Bagong Mountain could not see "the grass and trees are all soldiers", and the vast Huaihe River could not see the "blood flowing and floating pestle". The green water and green mountains are still here, but there is dead silence everywhere.

The headquarters of the 34th Division lived in Dongshan Town, and I was received by Chief Li, Director of Zhizuo Office, and Officer Zhang, who introduced me to the situation in Huainan.

Huainan Coal Mine has 10 mining areas, which are distributed on a 150-square-kilometer alluvial plain of the Huaihe River. At the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, 500,000 miners were divided into two factions due to the seizure of power. Before the 34th Division arrived in Huainan, the two factions were already at odds. There had been more than ten battles, big and small. Just three days before I came to Huainan, the two factions were concentrating on themselves. The entire force of the army dug trenches and built fortifications on a section of more than ten kilometers from Dongshan to Tianjiaan, preparing for a decisive battle of life and death.

Persuasion by division leaders did not work anymore. Division commander Zhang Jilun gathered 4,000 commanders and fighters, and personally led the team to the front of the positions where hundreds of thousands of people were waiting to fight, forming a human wall. While shouting slogans: "Stop fighting, negotiate peacefully!" This scene is very deterrent, who dares to shoot and kill the PLA? Under our powerful peace offensive, the two factions withdrew from the battlefield. This move was also praised by the Central Cultural Revolution.

Section Chief Li praised the teacher's perseverance and courage. He admired the armed forces of the two factions even more. The organizational system is organized into squads, platoons, companies, battalions, regiments... The combat members are workers, the backbone is demobilized veterans, and the orders are unified. In unison, it really seems to be fighting a "people's war".

He asked me to meet Zhang Jiaxiang, the leader of the P faction. This man was originally the reconnaissance platoon leader of our army during the Liberation War. He was demobilized and returned to Huainan to open a big car shop. At the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, he was the first to stand up against the Municipal Party Committee. The Public Security Bureau arrested him, released him, went to Beijing to appeal, and rushed across Zhongnanhai. He used the banner of the Red Guards to gather hundreds of thousands of horses, surrounded by four elite combat regiments, relying on the countryside as a base, ready to attack Huainan at any time.

Director Zhang’s opinion of Zhang Jiaxiang is completely different from that of the section chief. He said: “Zhang Jiaxiang is full of gangster spirit. They beat, smash, rob, burn, prostitution, and looting. bitter."

Section Chief Li notified the P faction by phone, asking them to treat me safely, and then sent me to Changfeng County (Shuijia Lake) in his work car, which is the railway crossing from Hefei in the south and Bengbu in the east , The headquarters of the P faction is located in a tractor factory on the outskirts of the county. The person who received me was Chief of Staff Li of the P Faction Headquarters. He was very thin and had a gunshot wound on his face. He was about 50 years old.

What surprised me was the interior layout, which was almost exactly the same as the combat command post of one of our divisions: there was a huge military map on the wall, and the red and blue paper strips pasted on the map distinguished the military demarcation line of the two factions, and the defense areas of both sides were also marked. There are numbers and strength, and the markings are clear and detailed. There are five phones on one side of the room leading to the outside world, and several girls on guard are recording. In the sand table of seven or eight square meters in the center of the room, the miniature land features and landforms are exquisite and lifelike.

The chief of staff asked me to sit down at the conference table, and a man who looked like a staff officer came over to make tea for me. The chief of staff reported his family name as Li. He was originally from the Seventh Column of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region. It was 1947. The 66th Division of Song Ruike of the Kuomintang stood firm on Yangshan Mountain. The Sixth Column attacked for three days and suffered 3,000 casualties. The chief of staff was the company commander at the time, and half of the company was destroyed. He described it as stepping on corpses all over the mountain to reach the sheep's head. The heads of dead people on the ground are like watermelons growing in the ground, which will let you step on them if you are not careful.

In 1954, he changed jobs and came to Huainan. He sincerely said to me: "Yesterday I survived the cause of the party, and today I will dedicate myself to Chairman Mao's revolutionary line." I admire people who climbed from the battlefield. The inheritance of culture allowed him to retain a loyal heart to Mao Zedong and a firm fighting spirit.

While talking, someone came to report: "Commander Zhang is here!" Out of politeness, I followed Chief of Staff Li to the hall and waited.

Looking around, there is a neatly paced team running towards the gate of the factory. They are all in military uniform, with automatic guns on their shoulders, and miners' caps that look like steel helmets.

Zhang Jiaxiang appeared, striding over from the ranks of guards, followed by a squad of female soldiers, each with Type 59 pistols on their waists, dressed in gray military uniforms, like a red detachment of women.

Zhang Jiaxiang came to me, and the chief of staff greeted me and introduced: "This is the head of Unit 6408. He is from Hefei. Director Li Desheng sent him to visit you." A smile appeared on Zhang Jiaxiang's majestic face. Only two fingers were exposed on his right hand. His arrogance shocked me a bit, and I quickly returned to normal. I stretched out my hand and shook his middle finger and index finger. He entered the house without humility. After I was seated, Chief of Staff Li probably saw that I was a little unhappy, so he hurriedly added Zhang Jiaxiang: "Comrade Liu is a senior staff officer next to Director Li Desheng, and he came to understand the situation of the two factions."

I need not argue that this false identity had a special effect on the rebels. I immediately said: "I bring Commander Li Desheng's greetings to Commander Zhang." I intentionally juxtaposed the titles of the two disproportionate "commanders" to give each other a sense of satisfaction.

Zhang Jiaxiang stood up slightly and said, "Don't you dare, I wish Commander Li good health."

I began to introduce the situation in Hefei to stop the fighting, and in a persuasive tone, I hope that the two major factions in Huainan will lay down their weapons, follow the central government's deployment, and make a great alliance. Zhang Jiaxiang did not answer me directly. He talked about the ins and outs of the life-and-death struggle in Huainan, saying that the P faction had suffered hundreds of casualties. Send out of Huainan and across the Huaihe River.

I came here only to observe some interested people, and did not bring official tasks to solve the faction. Facing this P-style leader who is nostalgic for the battlefield, I just talked about it on the spot.

I asked, "How will you implement the central government's instruction to stop fighting?"

Zhang Jiaxiang said: "Comrade Jiang Qing recently gave a speech, advocating civil attack and military defense. Jiang Qing's words represent Chairman Mao. Now there is no distinction between classes and unclear fronts. How can we unite?"

I said, "If you keep fighting like this, no one will be able to eliminate anyone. What will be the consequences?"

Zhang Jiaxiang raised his voice and said: "Didn't we fight the war for 22 years? Fighting Chiang Kai-shek inside and Little Japan outside, the result is the victory of the revolutionaries. I ask you to tell Director Li that the Huainan bombardment faction (G faction) If you surrender, I will hand over my weapon." A murderous look flashed in his red eyes.

I asked again: "You want to invade Huainan, how many people are you going to dispatch?"

"Four regiments, one million people!"

I know that Zhang Jiaxiang is bragging about his military strength, and it is meaningless for me to talk to him again. When I was leaving, I joked, "There is Emperor Zhu in Fengyang, Anhui. If you are like your fellow countrymen, China will belong to you."

"How can you say that?" He didn't understand my teasing, but said humbly, "The world will always belong to Chairman Mao, and I am his pawn."

Some commentators said that most of the military cadres that the Communist Party can kill are from the homeless class, and Zhang Jiaxiang is indeed this type. In the life-and-death struggle of the three-year liberation war, he became the reconnaissance platoon leader, rebelled for half a year, and became the commander-in-chief of a 100,000 rebel army. He was desperate for his own best interests.

I stayed in Huainan for two days, visiting various mines. The bombardment faction paid great attention to political influence, and their banner was "Grasp the revolution, promote production, and obey the arrangements of the troops", and thus won the favor of the officers and soldiers of the 34th Division. I saw that the mechanical repair workshop on the well, the power plant, the transportation of the underground roadway, and the coal digging on the mine face were all in production, and the soldiers were on duty, ensuring the production of 20,000 tons of coal per day.

On the third day, Staff Officer Liu came to Huainan suddenly, and he was the real representative of Li Desheng. Li Desheng learned of the new trend of the fighting in Huainan: Zhang Jiaxiang had mobilized his troops and was about to attack Huainan. Zhang Jiaxiang led his troops to attack Huainan last year and ransacked the municipal party committee building. The loss was relatively small. If they entered Huainan this time, not to mention many deaths, coal mines would not be able to produce coal, and the consequences of industrial suspension in the three eastern provinces would be disastrous.

Li Desheng sent Staff Officer Liu to persuade Zhang Jiaxiang, and at the same time asked the 34th Division to take precautions. Master Zhang was very vigilant, and immediately mobilized two regiments to deploy a line of defense to block the attack of the P faction on the front line of the Datong Mine entering Huainan.

I paid attention to Staff Liu's preparations before the war, and followed him to Shuijia Lake.

Here is already a scene of hectic marching: on the various parking lanes of the railway station, seven or eight coal wagons are already packed with fighters ready to go, about 20,000 people.

When the fighters in the wagon saw the soldiers coming, they immediately raised their guns and fired into the air. The guns were like a forest, as if they were showing us their strength.

Staff Officer Liu ordered the car to stop in front of the track of the first train that was about to depart. He jumped off the train and shouted to the people on the train: "I am Staff Officer Liu of Unit 6408. I implore you all to get off the train. Enter Huainan!"

Zhang Jiaxiang, who was sitting in the front of the car, jumped out of the car and pointed at Staff Liu: "Who are you? Dare to block my car?" Seeing me standing behind Staff Liu, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "We are going back to our hometown to make trouble. Revolution, guaranteed not to fire the first shot."

Staff Officer Liu said, "You can go back. It won't be too late to go back after all the rebels in the province have handed over their guns."

"You can say that our soldiers will not agree. We were driven out by the bombardment faction, and we want to go back and restore our homeland."

"If you don't agree, you have to implement it. This is an order from the central government!"

"The Central Committee you mentioned is not Chairman Mao's, but Liu Shaoqi's!" Zhang Jiaxiang's attitude turned tough, and he turned around and waved his hand: "Come here, drive to Huainan!"

A puff of white smoke spewed out from the front of the car, two chugs and a few sharp whistles sounded, the wheels started, and slowly rolled over the rails, resisting our small car. Staff Liu became anxious and shouted: "Zhang Jiaxiang, you have the ability to run over me!" He walked to the middle of the track behind the trolley and lay down.

Zhang Jiaxiang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly, he became angry and shouted: "Go! Press it! My life is worth his life!"

Staff Liu lay horizontally on the track with his eyes closed, the locomotive squeezed the trolley twice and then stopped. At this moment, their Chief of Staff Li appeared, and he whispered to Zhang Jiaxiang. Zhang Jiaxiang walked away angrily. Chief of Staff Li came over and knelt down and said to Chief of Staff Liu: "Please, please, let's stop the train." Come down, if you have something to say to our command post, you are a soldier, and it will not affect you if you lie down."

Staff Officer Liu sat up and said, "Then please get off the train, all of you militant corps. The train will go to the attached line. We won't enter your command post. We will talk here." Staff Officer Liu was very scheming. Dealing with accumulated experience.

Under the leadership of Chief of Staff Li, more than 20,000 combat members got off the train cursing, and Zhang Jiaxiang never appeared again.

Staff Liu told Chief of Staff Li: "We have deployed two regiments in the Datong Mine. Whoever uses force first, we will fight back."

These words have an absolute deterrent force. Chief of Staff Li, who was born in the military, knows that it is impossible for a mob to fight against the regular army.

This large-scale fighting was finally stopped in time, and Li Desheng made further arrangements: while handing over the guns, clean up the bad leaders of the two factions. Zhang Jiaxiang in Huainan was the first to be cleared out. When the military control committee decided to shoot him the next year, I rushed to Huainan to see him and "see him off".

Zhang Jiaxiang was imprisoned in the backyard of the headquarters of our 100th regiment in Tianjiaan. Officer Jin of the regiment accompanied me to see him. Jin asked the squad leader of the guard platoon of the regiment to take Zhang Jiaxiang out of the hut without wearing him. Restraining tools, I stood in the middle of the courtyard and talked to him.

I observed that his body was still very strong, and he didn't seem to feel the threat of the death penalty. I asked him, "Do you remember me?"

Zhang Jiaxiang nodded.

"Do you know what's going on with you?"

"I know, I've been sentenced to death, and I've reported it to the Central Committee, waiting to be shot." He replied calmly, with no regrets about his ending.

"What do you have to say?"

"I did not commit a crime. I rebelled to defend Chairman Mao's revolutionary line. The crime was imposed by them."

"I saw that your crime stated that you robbed 20 kilograms of platinum at the Luqiao Tractor Factory and shot and killed six people."

"The robbing of the platinum was done by the people below, and it has been returned in full. The murders were ordinary people who were killed in the gun battle between the two sides. I don't know who killed it. It's all on my head."

"Your subordinates raped hundreds of women, is it true?"

"Bragging is not a capital crime. The banner of a hero in Liangshanbo is 'walking for the sky'. My banner is to defend Chairman Mao's revolutionary line. I, Zhang Jiaxiang, am a veteran who participated in the revolution during the Anti-Japanese War. I will never let my soldiers do this kind of outrage. things."

"You are the commander-in-chief, and you have to bear the primary responsibility."

"Whatever you say makes sense, it's just to kill me. Let me tell you, on the day I was shot, I would shout Long Live Chairman Mao."

He has regarded death as home, and Lao Mao's "revolutionary line" pushed him to the top of the wave, and now he has thrown him to the bottom. Tomorrow, he will disappear from this world. I waved him off as farewell.

The next day, the Municipal Military Control Committee held a denunciation meeting of ten thousand people before the execution in Datong Mine. Amid deafening slogans, Zhang Jiaxiang was brought to a gangue hill by a squad from the 34th Division's security company. He still held his head up and did not kneel down. One of our security platoon leaders held him back with a gun. the back of the head. During the War of Liberation, most of his comrades fell on the battlefield in the Central Plains. In the struggle of the Cultural Revolution, he was also bathed in blood. What he won was not victory, but a platoon leader of the People's Liberation Army who pulled the trigger on him. When the gunshot sounded, his brains burst out , He fell headlong into the gangue pile.

Huainan became calm, the great coalition was established, power was concentrated in the hands of the soldiers, and the rebels all returned to the mines and factories. The power they got was to work hard to produce coal at a high rate.

How will history judge Zhang Jiaxiang? 40 years later, Staff Officer Liu told me that we killed him as an example for the social stability of Huainan.

Chai Jianmin closed the material "Memories of Stopping Fighting in Anhui", and he plastically closed his eyes. Regarding the events that happened in Huainan during the Cultural Revolution, he fell into deep contemplation.