Foreword
In Shanghai in the 1930s, he was the famous " axe gang" gang leader, with thousands of disciples; he came from a poor family, and felt the same for the working people; he had a strong feeling His patriotic passion often takes the transformation of society as his duty; Chiang Kai-shek has said more than once: If he does not die, there will be no peace in the country. If Dai Li heard that this person was showing up again, his first reaction would be to check the doors and windows again to see if they were closed properly. Even gangster tycoons like Shanghai Tan Jinrong and Du Yuesheng had to walk around when they met him. The Kuomintang reactionaries headed by Chiang Kai-shek believed that he was a very terrifying and extremely dangerous person, and they offered a reward of 1 million oceans to capture him at home and abroad. You must know that at that time, Chiang Kai-shek's reward for many "capital criminals" was only 100,000 oceans. That's it.
So, who is this person? Why did it lead Chiang Kai-shek to arrest him at the expense of paying a lot of money?
This person is very legendary in the Republic of China " assassination king " -Wang Yaqiao.
"cut out" a piece of sky
Wang Yaqiao, whose real name is Yuqing, is called Jiuguang. He was born on February 14, 1889 in an ordinary peasant family in Hefei, Anhui. Wang Yaqiao has been clever and smart since he was a child, and he is a man who hates evil. After growing up, Wang Yaqiao was very dissatisfied with the corruption and incompetence of the late Qing court and the "partitioning" of China by the Western powers. After that, based on the righteousness of the nation, he was young and energetic and joined the Tongmenghui and began to fight for the great cause of saving the country . After the victory of the Revolution of 1911, Wang Yaqiao came to Shanghai again, still doing coolies during the day, and covering the road at night with a newspaper, and then lying on it to rest.
Wang Yaqiao
In 1915, Wang Yaqiao followed Mr. Sun Yat-sen and joined the struggle to defend the country against Yuan. At this time, he wrote to Mr. Sun Yat-sen many times, hoping to establish an assassination organization to assassinate the reactionary warlords. action. And Mr. Sun Yat-sen retorted him and said: to solve the revolution, the organization should be completely overthrown with armed forces, not to kill one or two people in the organization.
In the early 1920s, Wang Yaqiao saw that his revolutionary concept of "assassination" could not be recognized by Mr. Sun Yat-sen, so he came to Shanghai again. As Wang Yaqiao was very righteous, he soon established a high prestige among Shanghai workers of Anhui origin, and then established the "Anhui Labor Shanghai Association", and he personally served as the head of the Association. Later, Wang Yaqiao used the method of recruiting apprentices in the gang to continue to expand his own power. Soon after, he had hundreds of people in the gang. They all had an axe in their hands, and for a while, hundreds of people and hundreds of axe made the Shanghai beach dark. From then on, the name "Axe Gang" began to rise to fame in Shanghai.
"Axe Gang" stills
In November 1923, Wang Yaqiao accepted the trust of Anhui warlord Lu Yongxiang and set about preparing for the assassination of Songhu Police Chief Xu Guoliang. Xu Guoliang was an extremely cruel person. At that time, there were more than 7,000 policemen under his command, and they spared no effort to suppress the revolutionary and patriots. Wang Yaqiao summoned more than ten of his subordinates. After a period of investigation, he discovered that Xu Guoliang would take a bath in the hot spring bath opposite the Great World every few days. Therefore, he ordered his subordinates to come near the hot spring bathroom with pistols to wait for the opportunity to do it. In the afternoon of the 12th, Xu Guoliang took the car to the hot spring bathroom again to take a bath. When he finished washing and going out to board the car, many of Wang Yaqiao's subordinates who had been waiting here drew out their pistols and started shooting at Xu Guoliang. Xu Guoliang was shot several times and died.
for a while,Wang Yaqiao's "killer" name resounded throughout Shanghai. After this incident, in addition to giving Wang Yaqiao a large sum of money, Lu Yongxiang also appointed him as the commander of the Zhejiang Column, allowing Wang Yaqiao to recruit and train and prepare for war.
publicly opposed Chiang and made grievances with Jiang
In 1925, after Lu Yongxiang was defeated in the army, Wang Yaqiao led his troops to be scattered, and Wang Yaqiao returned to Shanghai.
In 1927, Chiang Kai-shek launched the "April 12" counter-revolutionary coup. Wang Yaqiao witnessed the murder of countless revolutionaries by the Kuomintang reactionaries. Wang Yaqiao was a supporter of Mr. Sun Yat-sen’s and the Three People’s Principles. In his opinion, Chiang Kai-shek's anti-communism was a betrayal of Sun Yat-sen's Three People's Principles. Therefore, with great grief in his heart, he directed the assassination at the Kuomintang reactionaries headed by Chiang Kai-shek.
"April 12" counter-revolutionary coup
In the summer of 1931, under the organization and arrangement of Wang Yaqiao, the assassin Chen Cheng and others secretly sneaked into Lushan Bamboo Forest near Taiyi Village in. When Chiang Kai-shek, who was walking on the corridor, appeared in Chen Cheng's line of sight, he shot him twice. But because of the long distance and no hit, Chiang Kai-shek escaped.
On July 23, 1931, Wang Yaqiao meticulously planned the assassination of Song Ziwen at Shanghai North Railway Station, but in the end it was because the early investigation was not careful enough, he would also wear a Panama hat. Secretary Song Ziwen mistakenly regarded Song Ziwen as the target, causing him to be shot and killed innocently, but Song Ziwen escaped.
After the "January 28th" incident broke out in 1932, Wang Yaqiao urgently summoned his subordinates to announce that would "go all out to fight against Japan" ,And set up 20 brigades, formed the Songhu Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army , and Wang Yaqiao himself served as the commander of the Volunteer Army. At the same time, he organized and established the "Iron-Blooded Traitor Group" aimed at assassinating Japanese military and political leaders and hardcore traitors, and personally served as the head of the group. After the armistice in Songhu, the Japanese invaders are preparing to hold the "Best Victory Conference" in Hongkou Park. When Wang Yaqiao learned the news, he immediately began planning the assassination. Because the celebration meeting stipulated that only Japanese, Taiwanese and Koreans were allowed to participate, Wang Yaqiao had to find An Changhao, a member of the Korean Independence Party who was in Shanghai at that time, to cooperate closely. Wang Yaqiao is responsible for providing financial support, and An Changhao is responsible for finding candidates to enter the venue to perform the task.
Wang Yaqiao
On April 29, the day when the Japanese army held the Zhujie meeting, the North Korean volunteers , Yoon Bonggil, An Changjie, and others, who were convened by An Changho, entered the venue early and waited for the Japanese military administration. After the elders entered the venue one after another, they waited for the opportunity to detonate the bomb. In this bombing incident, the former Japanese commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army and the commander-in-chief of the Japanese invaders in Shanghai, General Shirakawa Yoshinori, was killed on the spot. The remaining ten Japanese military and political officers were either killed or wounded.
The "Zhu Jie Conference" was destroyed, and various newspapers published the news one after another. Millions of soldiers and civilians in Shanghai rushed to report to each other. They all called the move a shame for the country, and it was very happy. Nanjing National Government officials were also very encouraged. Chiang Kai-shek was also extremely concerned and excited about this matter. He immediately approached Dai Li to ask who did it. Dai Li replied that it was done by Wang Yaqiao through the Koreans and asked how Chiang Kai-shek should deal with the matter. Chiang Kai-shek thought that Wang Yaqiao had done something that a government official could not do, and he looked at him with admiration.
Chiang Kai-shek felt that if Wang Yaqiao was used by people who opposed him,The consequences will be unimaginable, so he is more anxious to take Wang Yaqiao into his own hands. Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek appointed Hu Zongnan , who had old acquaintances with Wang Yaqiao, to come forward to win him, and promised Lieutenant General Wang Yaqiao the official position, hoping that Wang Yaqiao could visit him in Nanjing. However, Wang Yaqiao was worried that his previous assassinations of Chiang Kai-shek and Song Ziwen would be found out by him, so he flatly refused: people have their own ambitions, and I don't want to follow the example of Yu Nong (Dai Li Zi Yu Nong) . Seeing that Wang Yaqiao failed to win many times, Chiang Kai-shek held a grudge.
Chiang Kai-shek offered a million reward to capture Wang Yaqiao
In 1932, the British Litton led an international investigation team to China to actually investigate the Sino-Japanese conflict. After Litton and his party arrived in China, completely ignored The facts before us have published many statements in a row that clearly favor Japan, which has caused the Chinese people to resent them. Wang Yaqiao said: There are powers in the world, but there is no axiom, so you can only resort to force. When Litton lived in Shanghai, Wang Yaqiao decided to give him a "Lesson of Blood" .
Shanghai in the Republic of China
On November 10, 1932, several killers sent by Wang Yaqiao arrived at the hotel where Li Dun and his party were staying. As the killers were preparing to act, an accident happened. It turned out that the mayor of Shanghai Wu Tiecheng and the director of security Yang Hu happened to have a banquet for the Litton International Investigation Team. As a result, the killers had no choice but to wait for Li Dun to return to their residence. But during this period, the assassin sent by Wang Yaqiao took advantage of this gap to rob SiMalu Chunmao Bank with guns and was captured by the SiMalu Patrol House. After torture,They confessed the plan for the assassination of Li Dun, and fully revealed the assassinations of Chiang Kai-shek and Song Ziwen.
After receiving this news, Chiang Kai-shek was very annoyed, and immediately made up his mind to hunt Wang Yaqiao, offering a reward of 100,000 oceans and buying Wang Yaqiao's head. In accordance with Chiang Kai-shek’s will, Dai Li mobilized a large number of military agents to enter the concession, together with the Shanghai Public Security Bureau and the Municipal Security Department, and various investigations. With the reward, there will be traitors who have forgotten justice. Therefore, Wang Yaqiao’s surroundings are dangerous. Ring health.
However, Wang Yaqiao relied on the tight organization he established and his own wit and bravery, step by step fortified, haunting and erratic whereabouts, making the Kuomintang reactionary military police repeatedly rushed and at a loss.
In August 1933, Wang Yaqiao knew that Shanghai was no longer a place to stay for a long time, so he disguised as a worker at the dock and smuggled to Hong Kong with the ship, accompanied by more than 20 key members. Not long after arriving in Hong Kong, Wang Yaqiao got in touch with Li Jishen, the leader of the "Southwest faction" and others, and jointly planned and decided to carry out another assassination operation against Chiang Kai-shek.
Wang Yaqiao (in the middle of the row) and the members of the iron-blooded hoax group.
Wang Yaqiao and the others have learned from the past experience and lessons, re-formed a thorough plan, made careful preparations, no more blind actions, and must assassinate Chiang Kai-shek succeeded. After a period of planning, Wang Yaqiao’s subordinate General Walker Zhimou took the post of the president of Nanjing Chenguang News Agency. As a reporter, he extensively contacted the Kuomintang reactionaries to inquire about Chiang Kai-shek’s whereabouts, and then informed Wang Yaqiao and others.
In November 1935, the Sixth Plenary Session of the Fourth Central Committee of the Kuomintang reactionaries was held in Nanjing, and various news organizations sent powerful reporters to the scene to interview. In the morning, after attending the opening ceremony, the participants prepared to take pictures together in front of the conference hall. However, after waiting for a long time, Chiang Kai-shek did not appear in front of the conference hall. Under such circumstances, the Premier Wang Jingwei had no choice but to take the lead and lead all the participants to take pictures. At this moment, the killer disguised as a reporter Sun Fengming took out a pistol from the box camera,Originally wanted to seize this golden opportunity to kill Chiang Kai-shek. As a result, Chiang Kai-shek didn't know why he didn't come to participate in the group photography. Therefore, Sun Fengming had to retreat and fired at Wang Jingwei, "bang", "bang" and "bang". After three shots, Wang Jingwei fell to the ground and was seriously injured (and left serious sequelae, eventually On November 9, 1944, he died due to a recurrence of his old injuries), and Sun Fengming was subsequently shot and killed on the spot.
Chiang Kai-shek
After Wang Jingwei was assassinated, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Dai Li to investigate the identity of the murderer. When he learned that Wang Yaqiao was responsible for this terrifying case, Chiang Kai-shek angrily ordered Dai Li: will raise Wang Yaqiao’s reward from 100,000 oceans to 1 million oceans. Those who cannot catch alive will die! I also know the relationship between you and Wang Yaqiao. If you let Wang Yaqiao escape again this time, then you should not come to see me again!
After Dai Li came out of Chiang Kai-shek's office, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and thought: Many "communist criminals" are worth only 100,000 yuan. It seems that the old man is really angry this time. ! If Wang Yaqiao’s head cannot be taken, my head wearing Li will be taken away by the old man!
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Dai Li found out that Wang Yaqiao had fled to Hong Kong according to the information he had already obtained. After careful planning and careful preparation, Dai Li personally led dozens of key elements to Hong Kong secretly to hunt Wang Yaqiao.
But the news of Dai Li's operation was soon known in advance by Wang Yaqiao. Hu Hanmin, the leader of the "Southwest faction", urgently negotiated with the Governor of Hong Kong Ge Hongliang, asking the Hong Kong authorities to protect Wang Yaqiao's safety in the name of political prisoners in accordance with international standards. In addition, Wang Yaqiao also asked Henry Brown, the Chief of Police of Hong Kong, to have dinner. During this time, Wang Yaqiao revealed to Henry Brown that Dai Li and others had arrived in Hong Kong to arrest people. therefore,When Dai Li and his group first arrived in Hong Kong, they were arrested by the well-prepared Hong Kong police.
Hong Kong in the Republic of China
Dai Li never expected that when he came to Hong Kong for the first time in his life, he would end up as a prisoner. This made Dai Li very frustrated, but he had no choice but to reveal his identity, and it took a lot of setbacks to regain his freedom. Later, Dai Li asked the Hong Kong police to help them arrest Wang Yaqiao and others. However, the Hong Kong police did not agree to Dai Li's request on the grounds that political prisoners would not be extradited is an international practice .
When Dai Li saw that the governor wanted to asylum Wang Yaqiao, and felt a little difficult to start, he wrote to the British government in the name of the Nanjing National Government, requesting the arrest and extradition of Wang Yaqiao. In the end, under the repeated representations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nanjing National Government, as the British government was unwilling to harm the country’s vital interests for several controversial criminals, it subsequently telegraphed the Hong Kong authorities to request full assistance to the Nanjing National Government’s Wang Yaqiao and his associates were arrested and brought to justice. The Hong Kong police had no choice but to notify Wang Yaqiao to leave Hong Kong as soon as possible.
In February 1936, Wang Yaqiao, who was in extremely difficult situation, together with Yu Yanong, and more than 20 people left Hong Kong and arrived in Guangxi Wuzhou , and lived in Li Jishen’s ancestral home, under the alias Kuang Yingshu.
Li Jishen at his home in Hong Kong
Li Jishen immediately negotiated with Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, asking for protection of Wang Yaqiao, and both Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi agreed.
Soon after, Wang Yaqiao felt that Wuzhou was not a place to stay for a long time, so he discussed with his subordinates and determined to join the Communist Party of China. Wang Yaqiao asked Li Jishen to write a letter of recommendation to Premier Zhou, and he wrote a letter himself, asking the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chairman Mao and Commander-in-Chief Zhu to take it in. Wang Yaqiao handed the two letters and 2000 yuan to Yu Yanong and Zhang Xianting to take Yan'an .
Because Wang Yaqiao is very brave, he also takes good care of his subordinates. After the sacrifice of his subordinates, the lives of his family members are carefully taken care of by him. Therefore, his subordinates are willing to work for him, and never have to worry about the future.
Dai Li also knew Wang Yaqiao’s character well, so he decided to take Yu Likui who was arrested in the assassination of Wang Jingwei. Because Yu Likui allowed the secret agents to torture to exhaustion, he did not reveal a word about Wang Yaqiao. Therefore, Dai Li sent someone to find Yu Likui's wife Yu Wanjun , and asked her to get in touch with Wang Yaqiao on the condition that she was heavily rewarded and released Yu Likui.
In mid-October 1936, Yu Wanjun came to Wuzhou, Guangxi from Hong Kong suddenly, and found Wang Yaqiao, and told him that it was very difficult for him to live in Hong Kong, and he asked to live in Wuzhou, but at this time Wang Yaqiao didn’t know how. Thinking that Yu Wanjun had been bought by Dai Li and betrayed herself.
On October 20th, Yu Wanjun said that there was something important to discuss, and asked Wang Yaqiao to visit her house. Wang Yaqiao was not suspicious of fraud, and arrived at Yu Wanjun’s residence alone at the agreed time.
Wang Yaqiao’s tombstone
As soon as Wang Yaqiao entered the door, a dozen agents who had been ambushing here put a handful of lime on his face. Wang Yaqiao’s eyes were lost, but he still stubbornly started with the agents. Fight fiercely. The secret agents originally wanted to capture Wang Yaqiao alive, but seeing this, they knew that it was impossible to capture him alive, so they shot and stabbed him. In the end, Wang Yaqiao was shot 5 shots and stabbed 3 times, and died on the spot at the age of 47. Afterwards, the secret agents brutally stripped Wang Yaqiao's face with a knife. Later, on the way to retreat, in order to silence Yu Wanjun, he also killed Yu Wanjun.
Concluding remarks
The next day, after Wang Yaying and others learned about the murder of Wang Yaqiao, they hurried to the scene.Weeping bitterly. Later, they buried Wang Yaqiao in Nizhuang, Wuzhou. Li Jishen, Li Zongren and others all went to express their condolences.
A few days after Wang Yaqiao's sacrifice, Yu Yanong and Zhang Xianting rushed back from Yan'an, bringing the news that the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China agreed to accept Wang Yaqiao to Yan'an. Unfortunately, it was too late. Wang Yaqiao had already returned to heaven.
.Chairman Mao once gave Wang Yaqiao this evaluation: innocent in killing the enemy, and meritorious in fighting the Japanese. The subsections are under-checked, and the big things are not confused.
