July 7th is the 3rd anniversary of Zhang Kexia's death. Zhang Kexia, born on1October 7th, 1900. 1923 joined the army of General Feng Yuxiang. 1929 secretly joined China. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhang Kexia actively carried out anti-civil war and anti-dictatorship activities in the top ranks of the Kuomintang army.
1948165438+1October 8th, Zhang Kexia and He Jifeng led an uprising in Jiawang and Taierzhuang, which was highly praised by Mao Zedong and Zhu De. After the founding of New China, Zhang Kexia served as the fifth member of the Standing Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Vice Minister of Forestry and President of China Academy of Forestry. 1984 passed away in Beijing on July 7th. Latency 19 years: Zhou Enlai approved Zhang Kexia as a special party member.
Zhou Enlai attached great importance to Zhang Kexia's request to join the Party. In the end, Zhou Enlai approved Zhang Kexia as a special party member, stipulating that single-line leaders should not have relations with local party organizations; The task is to engage in the secret work of the party in the Northwest Army; Zhang Kexia's party name is Zhang Guangyuan.
Zhou Enlai's three instructions were quickly conveyed to Zhang Kexia by Zhang Zhenya: "The Central Committee has approved you as * * *, and you are a special party member. You can't have relations with local party organizations, you can't expose your identity, and you must strictly abide by party discipline. In the future, the Central Committee will contact you directly. When you write to the Party, you will use the name Zhang Guangyuan. If anything happens, don't tell me your membership. The party will remember you and try to protect your family. "
The "brain trust" in the Kuomintang army: he was given a sword issued by Chiang Kai-shek.
Zhang Kexia is a "brain trust" and "master" in the Kuomintang army. American journalist Smedley called him "an outstanding figure in the front line of Central China". Zhang Kexia received a formal military education and was brilliant. He can not only lead troops to fight, but also strategize and act as a counselor.
He helped Zhang Zizhong command the 59th Army to defeat Banyuan Division in Taierzhuang War, and became famous in World War I.. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Chiang Kai-shek issued a batch of swords, named Zhongzheng Sword, and Zhang Kexia was given a handle named "General Sabre". General "Saber" is actually a member of * *. He obeyed the Party's instructions, was ordered to lurk and work in secret, won and united a large number of patriotic Kuomintang generals and fighters, and made important contributions to the active war of resistance.
Mao Zedong's evaluation of "the first great victory".
The Huaihai Campaign began on June 6th 1948+065438+. Two days later, Zhang Kexia and He Qifeng gave Chiang Kai-shek a fatal blow. They led more than 23,000 officers and men to revolt in Jiawang and Taierzhuang. As a result, the Xuzhou defense line carefully arranged by the Kuomintang army was in chaos, and the northeast canal defense line opened an 80-kilometer hole.
Three columns of the East China Field Army of the People's Liberation Army quickly went south from here and went straight to Longhai, cutting off the connection between the Kuomintang Army Yellow Corps and Xuzhou. Until165438+1October 22nd, the Yellow Corps was in panic in the Nianzhuang area of Pixian County, east of Xuzhou, and the first stage of the Huaihai Campaign ended successfully. Mao Zedong spoke highly of the uprising led by Zhang Kexia and He Jifeng. In his telegram to the General Front Committee of Huaihai Campaign, he pointed out: "Hezhang Uprising on the Northern Line was the first great victory."