Ye Fang

Ye Fang

Major general Ye Fang (1911-1986). He graduated from the seventh infantry course of Huangpu Military Academy. After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, he was the head of the logistics regiment of the 5th army, the deputy division commander of the 96th division of the 5th army and the commander of the advancing column, and the head of the major general of the cavalry regiment of the 5th army. In April 1948, he was the major general of Quzhou appeasement office, and in September he was the commander of southern Zhejiang appeasement office. In the winter of 1948, ye Fang returned to Wenzhou from Nanjing, He passed through Shanghai to Hu gongmian's home. Hu gongmian advised him to abandon the dark and turn to the light. In January 1949, he served as the Commissioner of administrative supervision and commander of security in the Fifth District of Zhejiang Province. In March, he served as the major general of the 200th division of the Fifth Army. With the development of the situation, ye Fang finally made up her mind to lead an uprising with Xia Lei, the deputy division commander, in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province on May 7. Later, he served as deputy commander of the southern Zhejiang guerrilla column of the PLA, member of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, and vice chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the democratic revolution. He died in Hangzhou on March 31, 1986.

brief introduction

Ye Fang, a native of Yongjia, graduated from the seventh issue of Huangpu Military Academy and served successively as the commander of the Kuomintang company, battalion and regiment. He has a well-developed official career in the Kuomintang, because he has a big backer, Qiu Qingquan, commander of the Fifth Army reorganized by the Kuomintang.

Development history

After the battle of Eastern Henan in July 1948, Qiu Qingquan prepared to set up the recruitment office of the Fifth Army in Wenzhou, and sent Ye Fang and other Wenzhou officers to recruit. In this process, ye Fang witnessed the internal strife of the Kuomintang, and was deeply perplexed. When ye Fang was ordered to go to Wenzhou to recruit soldiers and passed through Shanghai, he paid a special visit to Hu gongmian, a fellow villager in Wenzhou, and lived in his home. He did not expect that the ideological change took root here.

When ye Fang and Hu gongmian discussed the way out together, Hu gongmian encouraged him to do more good for his hometown and the people. Ye Fang said that he was willing to turn the dark to the light. Hu gongmian immediately asked Ye Fang to take this opportunity to expand his strength, grasp the troops and wait for an opportunity to revolt. But at this time, ye Fang has not taken a substantive step.

In the twinkling of an eye, ye Fang was appointed Commissioner of Wenzhou in January 1949. However, Qiu Qingquan died in the Huaihai Campaign, which was a heavy blow to Ye Fang. However, Chen Yi, chairman of the Zhejiang provincial government of the Kuomintang, attached great importance to Ye Fang and said to her face that ye Fang was in charge of all matters in southern Zhejiang. Ye Fang is very happy and thinks that she has a new backing. Unexpectedly, Chen Yi was arrested for plotting an uprising to surrender to the Communist Party. Zhou Yan, the new provincial president, dismissed Ye Fang for having been accused of "complicity". He made it clear that he would not appoint Ye Fang again. At this time, the KMT was doomed. No matter from the overall situation and personal future, ye Fang needs to find another way out. If he doesn't revolt, the whole army will be destroyed, and 180000 innocent people in Wenzhou will suffer with him.

On the other hand, Hu gongmian had already reported Ye Fang's situation to Wu Kejian, leader of Shanghai underground party organization under the Ministry of social affairs of the CPC Central Committee. Wu Kejian agreed to send people to contact and carry out the work. Due to the rapid development of the situation, ye Fang hopes that representatives of Shanghai underground party can arrive in Wenzhou as soon as possible to lead the uprising. Due to inconvenient transportation, representatives sent by Shanghai underground party failed to arrive within the time limit. However, ye Fang felt that the uprising was gradually perceived by the outside world, and the situation was urgent. He was eager to contact the underground party. Then, through Chen Daren, a Democrat, and Zhang Qianli, a retired general, he told the local Party committee and the guerrilla column in southern Zhejiang that he wanted to abandon the secret and turn to the light.

According to the current situation, the two sides reached a consensus that ye Fang's uprising should not be delayed. Ye Fang sent Wang Siben, Zhuo Liwen, Jin Tianran and Wu Zhaozheng as representatives to negotiate with the southern Zhejiang guerrilla column of the Chinese people's Liberation Army. Finally, the agreement on general Ye Fang leading the uprising was signed at about 5 am on May 2.