This article, published in the third issue of Military History in the same year, wrote: "1May 947 16, the fifth column of the East China Field Army was ordered by Chen and Su to launch a general attack on the enemy's 74th Division at 2 pm. At that time, I was the deputy head of the sixth column secret service regiment, and led the first battalion of our regiment to participate in the encirclement and suppression war of the general attack on Meng Lianggu. " Our army advanced to the command post of the 74th Division in the gushing Meng Lianggu North Cave. "After our army to carry forward the fire, fight bravely, fight with the blade, quickly destroy the enemy outside the hole. Company 3 of our regiment captured the entrance of the enemy's 74th division command post. Zhang ordered his guard captain to lead more than 20 people out of the cave and fight back at me. Most of them were killed by our army. I asked the captain of the enemy guard who was wounded by me. He said, "Teacher Zhang is in the cave. "I called the troops to shout and ordered the enemy to surrender. Seeing that there was no movement in the back hole, I ordered the troops to shoot into the hole with light machine guns, Tom submachine guns and grenades. After a while, someone in the cave shouted, "Stop fighting, Mr. Zhang has been killed by you." "I immediately led people into the cave to search and found that the enemy's body was littered with blood. I asked the captured enemy telephone director, "which one is Zhang?" He decided that Zhang was killed in panic. He Fengshan also said: "When Wei, chief of staff of the captured enemy's 74th Division, was escorted to our Sixth Longitudinal Command, he said to column leaders such as Jiang and Pi Dingjun," Our army captured Zhang alive. " The head of the column immediately sent a combat staff cat to find a picture among our prisoners. I explained to him how Zhang was killed by me in the battle. "After the superior found out that I killed Zhang, he ordered our regiment to carry Zhang's body out on a stretcher and transfer it with the troops. Two days later, he was buried in the mountain behind the wild boar king village in Yishui County, Shandong Province. There is a wooden sign in front of the tomb, which reads "Zhang Tomb". At that time, Xinhua News Agency had already broadcast, hoping that their families would go there to collect the bodies. Not long ago, in an interview with a certain media, Teacher Zhang revealed the real reason for his father's death: "My father is a man of indomitable spirit, a hero with military spirit and martial integrity. Killing while Falling: A Secret Story Made Public Decades Later. However, more than 40 years later, Jin Gu, then a staff member of the East China Field Army Command, revealed a secret story. When Zhang surrendered, he was shot dead by our army on the spot. 1On August 25th, 987, he published an article "The Battle of Remembering" in Wen Wei Po, saying: "After the battle, I rushed into the cave where Zhang was hiding with a platoon of six soldiers. Zhang raised his hand and surrendered. The platoon leader hated the enemy, picked up a submachine gun and killed him. "After this secret was made public, it attracted people's attention. Because as a staff officer at the headquarters, Jingu is informed. Subsequently, this statement was confirmed in the memoirs of Jiang, commander and political commissar of the sixth column of the East China Field Army. 1988 The book "Powerful Power" published by the Military History Compilation Office of the 24th Army of China People's Liberation Army includes the memoir "Flying Soldiers Fighting in Meng Lianggu" written by Wang Bicheng. In this internal manuscript, Zhang was killed by a cadre who had a deep hatred for him after being captured alive by the Secret Service Team 6. However, in June of 1989 and 10, when this article was officially published as a series of historical materials of the China People's Liberation Army, the above description was deleted and changed to be consistent with He Fengshan's statement. 1996, Jiang zai published this statement again in his memoir "seventy years' journey". Jiang wrote in the book: "My Sixth Longitudinal Special Service Corps first broke through the west side and went straight to the command post of the enemy's 74th Division." Under the guidance of instructor Shao, the third company of the first battalion of the spy first rushed to the cave where Zhang was hiding. He was wounded in many places, but he still insisted on fighting. unfortunately
"Six vertical is one of the main forces, and the spy group that killed Zhang belongs to this vertical group. The commanders of the two columns are the parties who have direct knowledge of the situation. This statement should be true and accurate. In fact, this fact can also be confirmed by the aforementioned report of Chen Yi and Su Yu to the CMC on May 30th. Reading this message carefully, we can also know that Zhang and others were killed on the spot when the adjutant of the 74th Division approached the Hefeng Mountain Cave. It shows that this is a very close distance, but the news did not say what state they were in at that time. There is no doubt that Zhang was killed by our army. He was hit in the process of falling, which is a strong disproof to the saying. So, why didn't you tell the truth for a long time? Because this is a wrong act that violates our army's policy of prisoners at that time, especially in wartime, and will have a negative impact on the work of winning over and disintegrating the enemy. He Fengshan argued that he was killed by a random gun, and Wang Bicheng's revision in the publication of his memoirs should be to maintain the original conclusion and avoid negative effects. However, this has not been avoided within the East China Field Army. Many old comrades in Hua Ye have directly or indirectly heard Chen Yi's severe criticism on this matter. Today, it is not surprising that this kind of mistake happened on the battlefield of life-and-death struggle. Previously, officers and men of the East China Field Army witnessed Zhang's arrogance and brutality in the battle of northern Jiangsu, and many comrades died under his gun. Before the war, the slogan put forward by the field army was "Chong, capture Zhang alive" to avenge the fallen comrades. After Zhang was killed, the secret service members lied about "suicide" for fear of being investigated by their superiors. After the battle, on May 29th, when Hua Ye held a meeting of cadres at or above the regimental level to make a summary, Chen Yi solemnly pointed out: "We killed Zhang and reported that it was suicide, which is a lie to the CPC Central Committee, Chairman Mao and Commander Zhu. At the same time, he also pointed out that the destruction of the prisoner policy has reached a very serious level, and stressed that in order to win the revolution, the prisoner policy must be seriously implemented. Chen Yi's speech has been included in Selected Military Works of Chen Yi and made public. Not long ago, in an interview with a certain media, Teacher Zhang revealed the real cause of his father's death: "My father is an indomitable man, a hero with military spirit and martial arts." Suicide "is not a fact, but the authenticity of the suicide note is another story? Zhang's "suicide" in the battle was recognized and publicized by the Kuomintang. After the news of the annihilation of the 74th Division and the sacrifice of its commander Zhang reached Nanjing, it was a great shock to the Kuomintang government. On May 19th, Chiang Kai-shek delivered a speech in the Second Officers Training Corps hosted by him, complaining about the failure of the 74th Division in Meng Lianggu, claiming that it was "the most distressing and regrettable thing". "On the same day, he also personally flew to Xuzhou, consulted with the army commander in chief Gu about Shandong military affairs, and decided to comprehensively rectify the army. Subsequently, Kuomintang newspapers reported the news of Zhang's "collective success" in succession. On the 29th, Chiang Kai-shek admonished the officers and men of the national army to commemorate Zhang's "All shall be well.". Among them, Zhang et al.' s "final suicide" and Zhang et al.' s "collective suicide" were later recorded in the annals of the Kuomintang army. In order to boost morale, the Kuomintang used this incident for propaganda. First, a memorial service was held for Zhang in Chuxian County, Anhui Province, and then a monument was erected in Xuanwu Lake, Nanjing. In order to prove the fact of "suicide", they also told the heroic sacrifice of Zhang and others and the officers and men of the 74th Division who escaped. The Kuomintang Army's Detailed Report of the First Corps of the Campaign in Southeast Mengyin recorded that, according to the dictation of the returning officers and soldiers, "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Cai, and so on. After killing the robbers, they all generously fired their last shot. Imagine: can people who can witness this scene escape from there? As evidence of suicide, there are two suicide notes from him. According to Qiu Weida, he was sent.
And arranged to follow the staff to escape and deliver letters, and finally stayed at the command post to commit suicide. Some people also heard that the letter to Chiang Kai-shek was sent by telegram. Before he was about to be annihilated, Zhang might have planned to commit suicide, but it didn't happen. As for the above two suicide notes, the letter to Wang Yuling has its handwriting; This letter to Chiang Kai-shek was not made public by Kuomintang officials. but