丨Editor of Chen Xiang丨Duan Wen
Before the Qingming Festival, Hao Baicun, the former chief of staff and "Chief of the Executive Yuan" of Taiwan, died on March 30, 2020 of multiple organ failure at the age of 101. The day before, the 88-year-old Wang Wenxie, the former deputy minister of the Ministry of National Defense of Taiwan, died of a traffic accident while driving alone.
Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of China, expressed condolences and affirmed their anti-"Taiwan independence" stance: "Mr. Hao Baicun and Mr. Wang Wenxie have deep national sentiments and resolutely oppose'Taiwan independence' and are committed to national reunification to promote the development of cross-strait relations. He has made a lot of contributions and won widespread praise and respect from compatriots on both sides of the strait. Although the people of Sri Lanka have passed away, their demeanor will last forever. I hope that compatriots on both sides of the strait will work together to resolutely oppose'Taiwan independence', maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and strive to achieve national reunification and national rejuvenation."
Hao Baicun Born in 1919, Rong Ma has spent his entire life, serving as the highest military post-Chief of Staff. After retiring, he served as "Minister of Defense" and "President of the Executive Yuan."
Recalling his whole life around 100 years old, Hao Baicun regarded the War of Resistance against Japan as the most unforgettable chapter of his life: "Our generation in the early twentieth century is the most tragic and tragic generation of the Chinese nation in thousands of years. Ten thousand counts, I am one of them. But how lucky I am to be born in this era, after the second world war with the largest scale, the widest scope, and the worst human suffering in history, the Chinese nation has washed away the great shame and shame of the Chinese nation over the past century. It has boosted the hope of the Chinese nation as a world power. We are really the generation of the Chinese nation that has inherited the past and made the most glorious achievements, and I am one of them.”
Anti-Taiwan Independence and Retake the War of Resistance It is equivalent to saying goodbye to the helm of the blue camp." Qiu Zhixian, president of the Association of Descendants of the Whampoa Military Academy in Taiwan, told Phoenix Weekly, "He can be regarded as the last spiritual leader of the Whampoa Army Corps. No one has his influence. He still There are many subordinates, and I attach great importance to the inheritance of the Whampoa spirit. In the past few years, I was invited to give lectures." After retiring, Hao Bocun visited the mainland many times, especially in many anti-Japanese battlefields. He has traveled all over Beijing, Shanxi, Henan, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Guangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Chongqing, Yunnan, and he is not only alone, but also often brings a group of retired generals of the Nationalist Party and . In order to avoid suspicion, these visits to Hao Bai Village are all self-funding, such as through Taiwanese businessmen in mainland China, military officials or descendants of Taiwanese businessmen, and sometimes even post the money earned from books. Zou Dehuai, a collector of anti-Japanese war cultural relics, had a close relationship with Hao Baicun in 2017. At that time, he hurried to Zhengzhou from Beijing with a few precious photo albums, and saw Hao Baicun, then 98, in his hotel room. "He speaks Mandarin very well. I didn't feel the legendary Subei accent. The old man had a clear thinking and good hearing. He didn't need anyone to walk around." Zou Dehuai recalled the details of his first meeting in Phoenix Weekly.
The most precious photo album brought to display by Hao Baicun with his son Hao Longbin
Zou Dehuai is the private photo album of Air Force pilot Shen Chonghui. In the early days of the Battle of Songhu, Shen Chongkuo attacked the Japanese fleet outside the Yangtze River estuary. He got red eyes, and negotiated with the rear-seat bombers to crash into the Japanese armored cruiser Izumo. When Hao Baicun saw the photo album, he was immediately excited and said, "It's really Shen Chongzhuo." He opened the chatterbox and recalled that Shen Chongkuo was the focus of propaganda at that time. Although he did not crash into the Japanese ship in the end, it was years before the Kamikaze team in Japan.
Seeing that the young people in mainland China were so interested in the history of warfare, Hao Baicun got more and more excited when he talked. After talking for less than an hour, his escort forced him back to his room to rest. Hao Baicun wrote a preface to Zou Dehuai's private photo album. Because of his inflexibility in writing, he dictated it, his assistant printed it out, and he autographed it.
Hao Baicun asked Qiu Zhixian to look for many descendants of anti-Japanese soldiers. For example, before Hao Baicun went to Nanchang, he hoped to pay homage to Chen Anbao, the former Kuomintang 29th army commander who was killed during the Nanchang Battle. Qiu Zhixian found Chen Anbao's daughter who remained on the mainland. "He was very mindful and used his actions to make the descendants of the martyrs feel warm, saying that the Taiwanese side has not forgotten them. The frequent visits in the past few years have given a lot of enlightenment to the retired generals in Taiwan. After such a process, the confrontation has deepened the impression." Qiu Zhixian said with emotion.
Qiu Zhixian introduced, Mainland ChinaLeaders at all levels treat Hao Bo Village very highly. For example, the officials who come out to receive him in a prefecture-level city will not be lower than the district head. These officials are generally about 30 or 40 years old, and they belong to the grandchildren of Hao Bai Village. Hao Bai Village did not regard them as officials, but as elders patiently telling the situation of the War of Resistance, hoping to pass on the spirit of the Chinese nation. "I have seen many scenes like this, and the officials are also very moved." Qiu Zhixian said.
Propagating the history of the War of Resistance in Taiwan is a means to oppose "Taiwan independence." Independence forces want to deny the legitimacy of the Chinese government's recovery of Taiwan after the War of Resistance.
At the closing ceremony of Taiwan’s "National Assembly" on January 30, 1993, the DPP’s independence arrogance was very high, clamoring, fighting, and besieging. Hao Baicun, who has just resigned from the post of "President of the Executive Yuan," raised his arms and shouted "eliminate'Taiwan independence'." This is the most representative scene of his battle with "Taiwan independence" forces.
Hao Bocun insists on opposing "Taiwan independence", firming the principle of one China, firm that he is Chinese, and insisting that both Taiwan and the mainland are one China. He has repeatedly emphasized: "No matter how deep the divergence between Taiwan and the mainland is, as long as there is no military conflict, we can engage in various political, economic, social and cultural competitions. Only the one China principle can be maintained. Peaceful competition." Hao Baicun has many straight-forward and undaunted military-style sayings, such as "anti-Taiwan independence is true love for Taiwan" and "Taiwan independence is the deadly weapon to break peace." Taiwan's green camp hated him for this, saying that he was "like a bull on a bullfighting ring. As long as the red cloth of ‘Taiwan independence’ is displayed, he will rush to it desperately."
"Whether I personally or the time I live in, survived through peril, can only be explained by fate, but I am not a fatalist. My life has experienced tremendous ups and downs of life and death, honor and disgrace, rich and poor, and power, but I reflect on myself Should be a conscientious public official." Hao Bocun positioned himself in this way in his memoirs.
Hao Bo Village was born in Haorong Village, Yancheng County, Jiangsu Province on August 8, 1919. This is a landlord family with a tradition of farming and studying, but the family surnamed Hao failed to gain any fame during the imperial examination period. Hao Baicun Advanced Private School reads a new elementary school textbook issued by the Beiyang government. He entered the Yancheng County Experimental Primary School in 1930, and the following year was a disaster year, first with floods in northern Jiangsu and then the September 18th Incident. In 1932, he was admitted to the provincial Yancheng Middle School, and graduated three years later. Where is
? The fall of the Three Eastern Provinces aroused the anti-Japanese sentiment among young people. The school song of Yancheng Middle School has a line that reads "Man is an anvil, and I am a fish, so how can I fight?" The January 28th Incident in 1932, namely the Songhu War, the Great Wall Battle in 1933, and the He Mei Agreement signed in 1935, constantly stimulated young people's enthusiasm for anti-Japanese and national salvation, and Hao Baicun was no exception. In 1935, he was admitted to Nanjing Army Officer School for the 12th term and joined the army in September of the same year.
Hao Baicun passed the examination and entered the artillery department, which is the first choice of most students. On January 20, 1938, 12 students held a graduation ceremony in Wuchang. At this time, it has been one month since the tragic Nanjing Massacre and two months since the end of the unprecedentedly tragic Songhu Battle. The hatred of the country and the family lingered in the hearts of young officers, including Hao Baicun.
Hao Bo Village finally had the opportunity to go home to visit relatives, but fortunately, there is no sign of war in northern Jiangsu. The energetic young military officer took the whole family to the county town for two days and took a family portrait. He never thought that this was the last time the family was reunited. At the end of the vacation, Hao Bai Village was sent to the Artillery School to receive professional training for junior officers of the artillery. The course focused on observation and shooting. Most of the people in the
training class were sent to the newly established Soviet artillery unit. The Soviet Union sent a batch of 762 field artillery and 115 howitzers that were behind the times, which is better than nothing for the Chinese army, which lacks heavy firepower. Hao Baicun was lucky and was sent to the 2nd Battalion and 5th Company of the 14th Artillery Regiment. At that time, the elite of the elite Chinese artillery were the 10th and 14th Regiments equipped with German SFH 150mm howitzers. After
, Hao Baicun immediately experienced the first battle against Japan. On October 12, 1938, Japanese troops landed in Daya Bay and the Battle of Guangzhou began. The Ace 150 heavy artillery is too scarce, and it’s hard to save money, but the fifth company where Hao Baicun isStill unaware of success or failure, they rushed to Guangzhou one by one. It is a pity that Guangzhou fell too quickly, the railway was cut, the artillery train was blocked on the railway, and the heavy artillery got off the train, but the local road could not support the heavy artillery and the bridge was broken. The convoy was bombed by a Japanese plane. Hao Bo Village, who was sitting in the observation vehicle, was injured in the head and lost 4 precious artillery pieces in the chaos.
No sequelae were found after the head of Hao Baicun was healed, but 75 years later, in 2013, it was found that there was shrapnel on the head. "Already nearly a hundred years old and without old thinking, perhaps this shrapnel played a positive role." He often laughed at himself like this since then.
Hao Baicun ushered in the second battle of the War of Resistance against Japan. It was a winter offensive from November 1939 to April 1940, and all theaters attacked. The 2nd Battalion of the 14th Regiment of the National Army Artillery was assigned to the third theater. The troops traveled from Guangxi to Anhui by car, 1,500 kilometers. The task of the 150 heavy artillery was to first cover the troops to conquer several strongholds, and then cut off the Yangtze River shipping by the Japanese army. However, due to the lack of firepower, the offensive throughout the winter had little effect. Although the artillery battalion where Hao Baicun was located once deterred the Japanese army, it was seriously threatened by Japanese aircraft. When the offensive was severely set back, it withdrew to Guangxi.
Hao Bocun served as Chief of Staff when he was chief of staff
In 1942, Hao Bocun took a transport plane from Kunming and took the hump route to India and became a member of the Indian Army. The headquarters of the Indian Army has three artillery regiments. The 4th and 5th artillery regiments are equipped with American 105mm howitzers. The 12th regiment is an American 155mm howitzer. Hao Baicun serves as the company commander of the 6th company of the 12th regiment. He was admitted to the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Central Political School before going to India, but the brigade commander did not agree to release. His dream of studying further in the exam was unbroken. When he was in India, he passed the preliminary examination of the Army University and returned to China to take the re-examination, which was successful.
entering the Lu University means obtaining the highest academic qualifications in the military, and the prospects for promotion in the military suddenly opened up, but it missed the counterattack in northern Myanmar by the Indian army. He ushered in the victory of the Anti-Japanese War on the campus of Chongqing Lu University. In the whole night of carnival in the city, "but I was overjoyed and sadly lamented that my parents have passed away, and there will never be a day for support in this life." What he did not expect was that he didn't even have the chance to return home after the war.
"The generation of Hao Bo Village grew up after the May Fourth Movement. It has a stronger and more modern sense of family and country than its predecessors. It is more painful to the national peril after the September 18th Incident. It is almost an inevitable choice to vote for the army. Not only Hao Bo Village, it has been tested. The same goes for Yi Fuen, who went to Yenching University, and Huang Renyu, who went to Nankai University.” Sima Kan, a researcher on the military history of the Republic of China, told Phoenix Weekly, “Amidst the raging war, this generation of people still does not change the background of intellectuals. Any opportunity to acquire fresh knowledge, they seek the opportunity to join the Indian Army, apply to the Army University or go to the United States for training, which will also lay a good foundation for future development."
The last spiritual leader of the Taiwan military community
graduated from Army University, Hao Baicun Appreciated by the Kuomintang army commander-in-chief Gu Zhutong , he was taken by his side as a staff officer. Hao Baicun recalled his years on the mainland: "However, I always remember the tragic images of blood on the battlefield, dead bodies, people displaced, and fleeing. It is also impossible to erase the memory of society falling apart when the regime fell, and the people raging the legal currency. "
He has been on a steady footing since then, has held important positions, and was finally chosen by Chiang Kai-shek as the chief guard. In June 1978, he became the commander-in-chief of the Taiwan Army, the number one person in the Taiwan Army, and also became the arm of the Chiang Ching-kuo .
He won the trust of Chiang Ching-kuo with his hard work and talents. In December 1981, he became the Chief of Staff of the Taiwan Army and worked until December 1989. The chief of staff has a two-year term, and he has been repeatedly extended for various special reasons, becoming the chief of staff with the longest serving time. Because of this, he has the greatest influence on the army among all chiefs of staff.
Chief Lu is mainly responsible for training, and the army has been training for a long time without fighting, and the combat power has gradually been depleted. Soldiers spend more time in the camp sanitation and cleaning than training. Hao Baicun actively cheered up. The army's training is all in accordance with actual combat requirements. Even officers must practice live ammunition. Rifles are loaded with live ammunition clips and go to the field for combat training.
Hao Baicun inspected the shooting technique of the troops in Kinmen.
His rigorous training caused grievances in the army, but the army was just for fighting, so there was nothing to complain about. The veteran officers recalled that it was recognized that Commander-in-Chief Hao’s military training reached the highest level and that he could really fight. OtherWhen people visit the camp, they often wear the general uniform and lie down on the muddy ground to demonstrate combat actions and check the shooting posture. As the chief of staff, he will personally lead the generals to run 5 kilometers.
Mr. Chen, who graduated from the 58th Military Academy of Taiwan (1985-1987), has been retired for many years. When he talked about Hao Baicun to the "Phoenix Weekly", he was full of praise: "Although Hao Baicun was born in an old military school and army, he thought It is not outdated; the modernization of the military once again can be said to be completed during his tenure. He has all personal equipment, new weapon systems of the three services such as second-generation aircraft and tanks, strategy, military thinking, and military structure updates. Leading and participating. And Hao’s strength is that he has no military standardism, and can appropriately allow the three armed forces to build and prepare for war on demand."
"He can also combine military development with the current political situation, and make the arms purchase policy and the military current In fact, the U.S. and Taiwan’s politics can be integrated with each other and develop in a balanced manner. Taiwan’s defense capabilities in the 1970s and 1980s were in fact the peak period, and Hao was the key figure. "Mr. Chen graduated from the military at the peak of Taiwan’s military strength. The Taiwan military recognized that Chief Hao's army was the most capable of fighting. At the end of 1989, Lee Teng-hui transferred him away, and the Taiwanese troops have gradually reduced to "silver-like pewter heads."
In the minds of Taiwanese soldiers, Hao Bocun has a nickname called Hao Bo (Taiwan pronounced "Cup Cup") because he is gentle and affectionate to the grassroots officers and soldiers. He believes that the grassroots officers and soldiers are the main force in the front line of the army's battles, and they are also the personnel who usually bear the most responsibilities, so they must do their best to take care of them. This is also his inheritance of Jiang Jingguo's spirit of caring for the grassroots.
This is not the case for high-ranking officers. He believes that high-ranking officers have the power and ability to take care of and improve the lives, training, and equipment of officers and soldiers, but they don’t think about it. Instead, they often go down to the grass-roots level. They are better known as supervisors, but they are actually picking faults and showing off the authority. It did not solve the problem at all and increased the burden on the grassroots.
is a typical example of the pre-school for the 60th anniversary of the Military Academy in 1984, when Hao Bocun was on the commander's platform and in front of the school’s student troops, without a word of reprimanding the generals. "Of course, this is the army's culture, direct and unrelenting. But this impression will make soldiers and students look at him differently, thinking that he will take care of the bottom." Mr. Chen commented.
Mr. Chen came to the campus in the second year and listened to teachers and seniors talking about many details of the 60th anniversary celebration. He recalled that it was also the 60th anniversary of the school. On the same day, the whole army salute (student troops with bayonet and gun salute, ceremonial team and flag team with bayonet and gun salute). Taking a photo with the student unit in the field, I saw the ancestors of Huangpu walking around, patted the students' shoulders, chest, group photos, and talked with the students. The elders were too excited, forgetting that the troops hadn't been disbanded at the time and could not speak. The students dared to reply only after the battalions and company commanders nod their heads. "Chief Hao Bobo maintains an upright posture, leading all the participating leaders to stand on the commander's platform. This also means that he has a strong ethical concept, and he does not ignore due etiquette because he is the highest military commander in active service."
"My father is in the 21st term of the Military Academy. He has no contact with Hao Baicun. The biggest impression is that he is very fierce and strict. He usually has a straight face. When people see him from a distance, they will be very soulless." Qiu Zhixian recalled his father's best attitude towards Hao Baicun. Direct impression.
Zou Dehuai remembered such a detail. He saw Hao Baicun in the hotel in 2017 calling all his Taiwanese entourages to give a lecture. He was sitting on the sofa and everyone stood respectfully standing and being trained. It was probably because his subordinates were a little rude. Such as drinking too much alcohol. "His voice is not anger or prestige. There is no anger in his voice, nor does he slap the table or throw a cup. The tone is calm but deep, and the scene is very ritual." At this moment, the 99-year-old still has the commander-in-chief of the army. The majesty of the chief of staff.
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