Zhu Dingqing was the commander of the ninth supply area of Kuomintang Army and the chairman of Hubei Province. Under the situation that the People's Liberation Army marched into the southwest on a large scale and the Kuomintang was losing ground, Sun Zhen, director of the Sichuan-Hubei appeasement office, conveyed the order of the Kuomintang Ministry of National Defense to Zhu Dingqing, and all institutions in the name of Hubei military and political affairs were abolished and changed to the 3 rd Corps, with Zhu as the head. The appeasement headquarters and security forces were incorporated into the 8th and 9th Army of the 3rd Corps, with Li Langxing as the commander of the 8th Army and Yang Da as the commander of the 9th Army, stationed in Longjudi, east of Wanxian County and on the west bank of the Yangtze River.
165438+1At the end of October, Sun Zhen ordered the 3rd Corps to serve as the river defense from Wanxian to Zhongxian, and then retreated to the vicinity of Quxian one by one to fight eastward and prevent the PLA from advancing westward. However, the newly formed 3 rd Corps is mostly composed of civilian personnel and security teams, unable to resist the massive attack of the PLA. Zhu played it by ear, ordered the ministries to stop fighting, immediately withdrew from the Jiang defense line, retreated to Dianjiang and Liangping respectively, and ran all the way, but the contact failed. He surrendered as soon as he came into contact with the vanguard of the People's Liberation Army. Seeing this situation, Zhu ordered his troops to run west and arrived near Xindu County on February 23, 65438. After contacting the Kuomintang garrison in Chengdu, I learned that Sun Zhen, Gu and Hu Zongnan had all fled. At this time, Zhu summoned others to discuss and decided to send someone to Chengdu to contact Xu. Peng Guanggao, deputy commander of the Corps, was Wang's chief of staff during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, and used his relationship with Wang to send him to contact. On the morning of 25th, Zhu didn't get Peng's reward and was very anxious. Because the Corps is in a key position, in order to avoid conflicts with the People's Liberation Army marching along the highway, the troops were ordered to avoid the new capital and move to the northwest of Jintang, waiting for news from Chengdu. At about 6:5438+06 pm, when the troops arrived near Zhao Zhen in Jintang, they found that PLA troops were rushing to the area before. At this time, Zhu received a report from the commander of the ninth army, saying that it was better to arise. After reading it, Zhu indicated in his report that he had sent someone to Chengdu to contact him. At this time, the vanguard of the 3 rd Corps has been discovered by the People's Liberation Army, and the two sides launched a gun battle. The Ministry sent 1 battalion deputy battalion commander to contact the People's Liberation Army, saying that he had sent someone to Chengdu to contact the uprising. Yang Da, who temporarily served as the commander of the 9th Army, also went to contact the frontline troops of the People's Liberation Army and ordered the 3rd Army to cease fire immediately, ending a gun battle.
In the face of the lack of equipment, passive supply and fatigue of officers and men in the 3rd Corps, Zhu Dingqing assigned Deputy Division Commander Liu Xianglin to Zhaozhen to find the 60th Army of the People's Liberation Army180th Division. Zhu, political commissar of the division and director of the political department, met them. Li, Yang Xiang, Zhang and Zhu expressed their attitudes and measures to seek the path of peace. Zhu immediately praised their just behavior and relieved Li and Yang's worries.
The political commissar and director Zhu asked Li and Yang to tell Zhu Dingqing when they returned: gather the troops near Jintang to the big noodle restaurant to wait for reorganization, and the People's Liberation Army will be responsible for supplying daily necessities. On 26th, Li Chaojun and Yang Da brought Zhu Dingqing a letter signed by the PLA 180 division commander and political commissar. After Zhu Yue, he immediately ordered the troops to concentrate on the slate beach through Zhao Zhen. After the troops arrived at Shibantan, the Corps called a meeting of officers and men, and Zhu announced the uprising of the whole army.
After the uprising of the Third Corps, it concentrated in Shibantan and Damianpu, waiting for reorganization. 1950 65438+ 10 1 Commander He Long met Zhu Dingqing at his residence. When he learned that Zhu had worked as a staff officer in his subordinates, he encouraged him to say, just start from scratch. After liberation, Zhu Xian later served as senior member of Southwest Military Region, librarian of Hubei Provincial Museum of Literature and History, counselor of Hubei Provincial Government Counselor's Office, member of CPPCC and vice chairman of Hubei Provincial CPPCC. Li Chaojun has served as the teaching group leader and tactical teacher of Chongqing Artillery School of China People's Liberation Army. Yang Da has served as a faculty member of Nanjing Military Academy of China People's Liberation Army, director of welfare department of Shandong Provincial Civil Affairs Department and counselor of Shandong Provincial Government Counselor's Office.