In 1946, Zhou Enlai, who was in Chongqing, sent his secretary to take a woman to Zengjiayan Zhou Mansion for dinner. At the dinner table, Zhou Enlai told the women about his husband's death. This woman is Zhang Zhenhua, a member of the Communist Party of China, and her husband is Qian Zhuangfei, one of the "Three Heroes of Longtan".
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April 25, 1931, a rainy night. In the dark city, the top-floor office of Nanjing Zhengyuan Industrial Company is brightly lit. As the secret command organ of the Kuomintang Party Affairs Investigation Section, the confidential secretary Qian Zhuangfei who was on duty here that night was awakened by a rapid knock on the door.
"Secretary Qian, urgent message from Wuhan." The operator responsible for sending and receiving newspapers opened the door and handed six top-secret messages from the Wuhan camp into his hands. Looking at three of the messages marked "Xu Enzeng personally signed", the confidential secretary closed the door and took out the code book.
"Ling Ming was arrested and surrendered. He immediately dispatched a warship to issue an order and presented the secrets of the Communist Party to the committee."
"Send a plane to Ningxia as soon as possible. We hope to provide support."
"Considering that the matter is extremely urgent, Hankou has been mobilized. A China Merchants passenger and cargo ship will be escorted immediately to Ningxia at dawn."
Looking at the signature of the telegram, Cai Mengjian, director of the Kuomintang's Wuhan Detective Division, Cai Mengjian, , Secretary Qian, who has always been personable, broke out in a cold sweat. As the sharp blade of the Special Section of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China lurking in the heart of the Kuomintang, he knew very well what the rebellion of Gu Shunzhang, codenamed "Dawn", meant to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Everything about
starts from 4 years ago.
In 1927, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, which survived the bloodbath of the "April 12" incident, learned from the pain and decided to establish a secret organization to protect the security of the Party Central Committee. In the second half of 1927, the Central Special Operations Section was secretly established in Shanghai. Zhou Enlai, who returned to Shanghai from Hong Kong, single-handedly founded Teko.
In order to facilitate work, Zhou Enlai changed his name to Wu Hao, and Teko was also called "Wu Hao's Sword". Under his command, there were two powerful figures at the time - Intelligence Section Chief Chen Geng and Operations Section Chief Gu Shunzhang.
Unlike Chen Geng, who was famous throughout the Huangpu period and saved Principal Chiang, Gu Shunzhang is self-taught. When Shanghai workers went on strike, he was the backbone of the workers' picket team. The Red Team he founded became a reminder for Kuomintang agents and traitors.
Just as Teko was gradually developing and growing, Wu Hao received two comrades from Peking at his residence. These two very handsome comrades who had acted in movies in Shanghai were given an important task by Wu Hao to infiltrate the Kuomintang spy organization. One of them is named Qian Zhuangfei.
Qian Zhuangfei was a rare talent in China at that time. He graduated from Beijing Medical University and worked as a doctor and wrote news. After being introduced by a friend, he met Zhang Zhenhua, a member of the Communist Party of China, and got married. After the failure of the Great Revolution, Qian Zhuangfei went to work as a military doctor in the Northwest Army and Feng Yuxiang in order to support his family.
But the Northwest Army was in arrears with pay all year round, so Qian Zhuangfei had to go to Shanghai to make a living and regain contact with the party organization. After receiving the mission from Wu Hao, Qian Zhuangfei began his legendary agent career.
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After the Kuomintang occupied Shanghai, in order to develop intelligence work, it also established an intelligence agency. One is called "Shanghai Radio Management Office" and the other is called "Changjiang News Agency". The person in charge of these two institutions is Qian Zhuangfei’s fellow villager Xu Enzeng from Zhejiang. At that time, the Kuomintang employed nepotism, and people from , Huangpu, , and Zhejiang were simply the golden signs of finding a job. The organization immediately arranged for Qian Zhuangfei to apply for the exam.
In 1928, Qian Zhuangfei applied for the Shanghai Radio Management Office, and things went smoothly beyond the imagination of his comrades. Due to Qian Zhuangfei's physique as a top student, not only his answers about and the Three People's Principles made the examiner praise him, but his beautiful and Fei Baiti also directly attracted Xu Enzeng's attention. Qian Zhuangfei, who ranked first in the exam, not only successfully joined the job, but was also promoted to Xu Enzeng's confidential secretary.
Xu Enzeng was very satisfied with his little fellow villager, and left many things to Qian Zhuangfei to take care of.Under Qian Zhuangfei's operation, Li Kenong and Hu Di also entered the Kuomintang secret service one after another. Due to their outstanding abilities, several people quickly became middle-level leaders.
In this way, a Communist Party branch was born among the leadership of the Kuomintang secret service. Under Xu Enzeng's order, Qian Zhuangfei helped Xu Enzeng establish Xu's secret service headquarters, Zhengyuan Industrial Co., Ltd. located at No. 5 Zhongshan East Road, Nanjing. Li Kenong and Hu Di were also responsible for the construction of the Kuomintang intelligence agencies in Shanghai and Tianjin respectively.
The person in charge of the intelligence agency that the Kuomintang worked so hard to build to capture the Communist Party turned out to be a Communist. Qian Zhuangfei, Li Kenong, and Hu Di are also known as the "Three Heroes of Longtan".
Due to the aboveboard identity cover, the three people often gathered in Qiang Fei's office to conspire loudly and openly discuss rescue operations or intelligence work. With the close cooperation of the three people and Chen Geng, many of the Kuomintang's arrest operations in Shanghai have often not yet started, and the action plan has been placed on Wu Hao's desk.
With the cooperation of strong intelligence, Gu Shunzhang led the Red Team to attack everywhere, killing traitors and setting up ambushes. For a while, the Kuomintang agents in Shanghai were frightened, fearing that people from the Red Team would come to claim their lives when they woke up. But at this time, Gu Shunzhang's charlatanism became more and more intense.
At that time, Gu Shunzhang loved magic, and he was always itching to disguise himself and go to various places to live out his magician's addiction. It was this habit that almost ruined the entire Party Central Committee.
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In 1929, Qian Zhuangfei, who helped Xu Enzeng successfully organize the West Lake Expo, had completely gained Xu's trust. In this year, 25-year-old Gu Shunzhang learned that magic master Zhang Huizhong was holding a grand magic show at Shanghai World . He was so itchy that he dressed up as a foreigner and went to watch.
The magic was very exciting, but Gu Shunzhang in the audience dismissed it. He muttered, "If I, 'Hua Guangqi', come back to the world, who would you Zhang Huizhong be?" Gu Shunzhang looked down on everyone in the special department except Wu Hao. From this moment on, his suppressed interest in magic could no longer be controlled. From then on, he performed magic tricks in the name of "Hua Guangqi" from time to time to enjoy himself.
This behavior of Gu Shunzhang laid the hidden danger for his rebellion.
In March 1931, Gu Shunzhang escorted Zhang Guotao, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, and others to the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet Area to carry out work. In early April, after completing the escort mission, Gu Shunzhang did not return to Shanghai as originally planned, but ran to Wuhan to enjoy himself. At a cocktail party, Gu Shunzhang hooked up with a dancer, Miss Bai.
Accompanied by beautiful women, Gu Shunzhang indulged in the feasting and feasting in the new world of Hankou. Soon, all the remaining activity funds were spent. In order to maintain his luxurious life in front of Miss Bai, Gu Shunzhang decided to return to his old career and make money by performing magic tricks.
Not long after, in a playground in downtown Wuhan, the famous magician "Hua Guangqi" began to perform on stage. On April 24, Gu Shunzhang performed on stage to a roar of applause as usual. Gu Shunzhang, who was so proud on the stage, didn't notice at all that there was a pair of eyes staring at him from the audience.
The person who was eyeing him was You Chongxin, a traitor who had just rebelled not long ago and was eager to betray his comrades so that he could claim credit and reward. He also didn't expect that he would meet a big fish like Gu Shunzhang. The traitor hurriedly reported to Cai Mengjian, director of the Detective Division of the Kuomintang's Wuhan camp. Cai Mengjian was overjoyed and hurriedly sent someone to bribe Miss Bai next to Gu Shunzhang.
html On the afternoon of the 25th, Gu Shunzhang walked out of the gate of Mingde Hotel with Miss Bai on his arm, preparing to call a tricycle to continue performing magic. Miss Bai suddenly said that she wanted to go to Jianghanguan Pier first and want to eat the Bang Bang Chicken there. Gu Shunzhang was a little impatient, but considering that it was not far away, he agreed.Not long after he arrived at the pier, Miss Bai led him to an alley in a zigzag manner. "Commander in chief!" A voice shouted from behind. Gu Shunzhang turned around and saw a somewhat familiar face. After thinking about it, it seems that his name is You Chongxin.Wasn't he arrested? Gu Shunzhang suddenly broke into a cold sweat, "No, I've been tricked."
Gu Shunzhang pushed Miss Bai away and prepared to run away. But the agents were well prepared. Although Gu Shunzhang was very skilled, he had been immersed in the gentle countryside for many days and his reaction was not as good as before. An agent hugged Gu Shunzhang from behind. Just as Gu Shunzhang was about to struggle, the muzzles of several black guns were already pressed against his head.
skillfully searched Gu Shunzhang's pistol . Several agents could not conceal their joy and hurriedly brought him back to the camp for reward. Detective Division Chief Cai Mengjian was overjoyed after hearing the news. He asked someone to bring Gu Shunzhang to his office, and the two had a frank conversation.
crisis has slowly emerged.
Four,
"Ling Ming, no, Mr. Gu Shunzhang, although we have never met, but since I already know who you are, you must also know me."
"Of course I know, you are Cai Mengjian, director of the Wuhan Xingying Detective Division"
"You and I know each other well. There is no need to say anything. If you want to live, just tell everything you know. Otherwise, there is only death."
After listening to Cai Mengjian's words, Gu Shunzhang was silent for a while. "Can you light a cigarette for me?"
"Of course, of course!"
As soon as Gu Shunzhang asked for a cigarette, Cai Mengjian quickly took out a pack of Camel cigarettes from his body and lit them for Gu Shunzhang himself. Having been dealing with the Communist Party for many years, he knew that after being arrested, underground workers of the Communist Party would not admit their identities at first. After their identities were revealed, they would curse them and Kuomintang reactionaries.
People like Gu Shunzhang who want to smoke after silence are usually thinking about the price. Cai Mengjian feels that he is about to be promoted and make a fortune.
Sure enough, after smoking a cigarette, Gu Shunzhang said, "I can say that I have a plan that can help you kill all the top leaders of the Communist Party within three days." Cai Mengjian's heart almost jumped out. This great achievement was made by Chen I can also get a glimpse of the positions of Mr. and Director He!
But Gu Shunzhang poured cold water on him, "Your level is not high enough, please arrange for me to meet with Chairman Chiang Kai-shek as soon as possible."
Cai Mengjian sneered in his heart and said to Gu Shunzhang disdainfully, "Since Mr. Gu is willing to cooperate, I hope you can express it first." , otherwise it will be difficult to win people’s trust.” Gu Shunzhang thought for a while, and quickly revealed the leaders of the CPC Central Committee's office in Wuhan, the Red Army Corps contact point in Han, and the leaders of the Special Section 4 as a "meeting gift" to the Kuomintang.
Cai Mengjian was overjoyed and hurriedly notified the Wuhan camp. Director He Chengjun is preparing to send a report to Nanjing to claim credit. But Gu Shunzhang stopped him, "You can't send a telegram. Before I arrive in Nanjing, don't send a report about my arrest to Nanjing."
Looking at this guy who was a prisoner a few minutes ago, he turned around and commanded himself. , Cai Mengjian cursed loudly in his heart, but on the surface he could only say yes. After sending Gu Shunzhang to the ship, Cai and He became more and more angry, so they sent six urgent telegrams to Nanjing to invite credit and reward.
25 was a Saturday. Xu Enzeng, the head of the Party Affairs Investigation Section, went to the Shili Foreign Market in Shanghai to hang out with his mistress as usual. The big boss was away, and the minions below also found excuses to leave. The only ones on duty at night were the confidential officer and confidential secretary Qian Zhuangfei.
At this moment in history, the important task of turning the tide has been placed in the hands of Qian Zhuangfei.
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After gaining Xu Enzeng's trust, many tasks of the Kuomintang's secret service were handed over to Qian Zhuangfei. Only for the top-secret code book of communications between senior KMT officials, Xu Enzeng kept it in a close-fitting lining pocket and did not allow anyone to handle it. Once, Xu You was about to go to a dance hall in Shanghai to get drunk. When Qian Zhuangfei saw this, he casually reminded him: "Zeng Zuo, it's best not to carry confidential documents with you when going to those places." He took out the codebook and locked it in the safe. After Xu Enzeng left, Qian Zhuangfei opened the safe with the key he had already assigned, took pictures of the complete set of code pads and put them back in place.In this way, Qian Zhuangfei could master all Xu Enzeng's secrets without anyone noticing.
On the rainy night of April 25, all the minions, big and small, were looking for excuses to escape. Only the night shift operator and the diligent confidential secretary Qian Zhuangfei were working overtime to "serve the party and the country."
Looking at six consecutive urgent letters After reading the telegram, Qian Zhuangfei knew that something big must have happened in Wuhan. After waiting for another half hour and making sure that there would be no follow-up telegrams, Qian Zhuangfei closed the door and began to decipher the telegrams. As the deciphering work progressed, the ace agent broke into a cold sweat.
"Li Ming, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and responsible for espionage activities, was arrested in Hankou"
Li Ming? Qian Zhuangfei was stunned when he saw this code name. In the flash of lightning, he suddenly remembered that it was Gu Shunzhang!
The arrest of Gu Shunzhang is of course a big deal, but there is no need to risk being rescued by the Communist Party and transfer to Nanjing. What happened? Gu Shunzhang must be allowed to come to Nanjing? Ordinarily, although the arrest of important Communist Party members was confidential, it was also something that Qian Zhuangfei, his confidential secretary, could have access to. Why did Xu Enzeng have to reveal it personally?
Suddenly, Qian Zhuangfei thought of a fatal possibility. Could it be that Gu Shunzhang rebelled? The last few sentences in the telegram confirmed Qian Zhuangfei's judgment: "Ling Ming has surrendered to the Central Committee... Do not let anyone outside the Junzuo know. Investigation Section Commissioner Cai Mengjian will fly to Ning tomorrow and plans to present himself to the Junzuo." Qian Zhuangfei Fei understood that he had guessed correctly.
Thinking of the consequences of Gu Shunzhang's rebellion, Qian Zhuangfei immediately made a decision to immediately end his hidden career and warn the Party Central Committee. Thinking of this, Qian Zhuangfei quickly checked today's train timetable. It is now 10 o'clock in the evening, and there is a train to Shanghai at 11 o'clock. It will arrive at 6:25 tomorrow morning. Fortunately, there is still time.
Qian Zhuangfei quickly restored the six telegrams to their original state, went out to a public telephone booth and called his son-in-law Liu Qifu, who was also an underground party member. The sleepy Liu Qifu picked up the phone, and Qian Zhuangfei said to him in a rare serious tone, "You go to the train station now, and you must catch the last train to Shanghai."
Hearing that the situation was urgent, Liu Qifu hurriedly asked what the task was. , Qian Zhuangfei told him, "Go to Shanghai and bring a message to your uncle. It is of great importance. Remember it: 'It's already dawn. My mother is critically ill. She must be transferred to the hospital immediately.'"
Uncle was Li Kenong who was in Shanghai at that time. Dawn is dawn. , the mother is the central and the transfer hospital is the rapid transfer hospital. After hanging up the phone, Qian Zhuangfei returned to the office. When Gu Shunzhang arrives in Nanjing, he will definitely be exposed. He can leave easily, but what about his wife and children?
Qian Zhuangfei decided to leave a letter to Xu Enzeng.
VI.
Qian Zhuangfei wrote a handwritten letter to Xu Enzeng, asking Xu to take good care of his family, otherwise, he would reveal all the evidence of Xu Enzeng's corruption and bribery to make him look good. After writing the letter, Qian Zhuangfei put it in Xu Enzeng's safe. When I looked up, it was already bright.
Qian Zhuangfei walked out of the office calmly, went to the post office across the road, and sent a clear telegram in code words to Hu Di, who was lurking in the Tianjin Great Wall News Agency, "Chao is seriously ill, return immediately." Qian Chao was the pseudonym used by Qian Zhuangfei. After Hu Di received the message, he immediately understood that something was wrong and transferred immediately.
After sending the telegram, Qian Zhuangfei raised his hand and glanced at his watch. It was six-thirty in the morning. He returned to Zhengyuan Industrial and drove to Shanghai Railway Station to pick up Xu Enzeng who was returning to Nanjing. After sending Xu to the office, Qian Zhuangfei took out the six urgent telegrams. Xu Enzeng took out his code book and asked Qian Zhuangfei to translate for him. After Qian Zhuangfei pretended to "translate" for a while, he told Xu Enzeng the matter.
"Zeng Zuo, said we have the Communist Party here," Qian Zhuangfei muttered and told Xu Enzeng. At that time, factional struggles within the Kuomintang were fierce, and political frame-ups were emerging one after another. Xu Enzeng just thought it was another factional struggle and dismissed it. At this time, CC department leader Chen Guofu called Xu Enzeng for a meeting, and Xu Enzeng hurried there.
Watching Xu Enzeng's car drive out of the gate, Qian Zhuangfei walked out of the unit calmly. After seven or eight turns, he quickly rushed to Nanjing Railway Station and boarded the 10 o'clock train bound for Shanghai.
Xu Enzeng on the other side was yelled at in Chen Guofu's office. "Where is Qian Zhuangfei? Where is your confidential secretary Qian Zhuangfei?" Xu Enzeng broke out in a cold sweat when he learned that his confidential secretary was a Communist Party member and hurriedly made arrangements for his arrest. After the Kuomintang agents discovered that Qian Zhuangfei had boarded the train bound for Shanghai, they hurriedly notified Shanghai.
When the Kuomintang agents in Shanghai surrounded the station and prepared to arrest Qian Zhuangfei, they failed. It turned out that Qian Zhuangfei, who was familiar with the action route of the Kuomintang secret service, had already gotten off at the Zhenru Station.
Xu Enzeng failed to catch Qian Zhuangfei's daughter Qian Jiao and son-in-law Liu Qifu, and planned to use this to blackmail Qian Zhuangfei. Back in the office, Xu En was about to put several confidential messages into the safe. As soon as he opened it, he saw the letter Qian Zhuangfei left for him:
"Mr. Kejun's lesson: He was in a hurry, and he didn't have time to say anything in person. Please forgive me. We hope that the political dispute will not affect our children. Otherwise, once Mr. Xu Enzeng’s dirty deeds are exposed, it will be too late. Qian Zhuangfei will know about Xu Enzeng’s many scandals. Life has come to an end, and the CC system behind him will also suffer a heavy blow. Xu Enzeng did not dare to neglect and hurriedly found Chen Lifu to report. Many of Xu Enzeng's bribes went into the pockets of the Chen brothers. In order to avoid being implicated by him, Chen Lifu acquiesced in Xu Enzeng's concealment of the matter.
Three months later, Qian Zhuangfei's family was secretly released by Xu Enzeng.
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Nanjing is in a state of turmoil, and Shanghai is also experiencing an undercurrent.
Li Kenong, who received Liu Qifu's message, immediately realized the seriousness of the matter. While arranging for Liu Qifu to return quickly to assist Qian Zhuangfei in evacuating, he immediately notified Zhou Enlai. "Comrade Wu Hao, there is news from Nanjing that Gu Shunzhang has rebelled."
Zhou Enlai rarely showed panic after receiving the news. Gu Shunzhang's rebellion hit the central government no less than an earthquake. Many of the CCP's grassroots liaison officers and transportation stations were created by Gu Shunzhang himself. Even Zhou Enlai may not be fully aware of these. As one of the leaders of the Special Branch, Gu Shunzhang also knows the residences of major central agencies and leaders.
Once Gu Shunzhang reveals all this, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China will immediately face a disaster. Fortunately, Qian Zhuangfei's news was delivered in time, giving the central government valuable time to evacuate.
Zhou Enlai, with the assistance of Chen Yun, Chen Geng, Nie Rongzhen and others, made careful arrangements and made five major arrangements. First, quickly destroy all confidential documents; second, only transfer the main leaders; third, expand the scope and quickly notify other comrades who may be affected to evacuate; fourth, cut off all relationships that Gu Shunzhang knows in Shanghai; fifth, abolish All the secret working methods and codes that Gu Shunzhang knew.
Under Zhou Enlai's strict deployment, leading comrades Qu Qiubai, Bogu, Wang Ming, and Deng Xiaoping were safely transferred. In less than a day, most of the huge underground organizations had completed their safe transfer.
However, the Military Commission , the Organization Department, the General Office, the Provincial Party Committee, the Communist International Office in the Far East, the secret radio station, every place Gu Shunzhang named came to nothing.
Although the advance transfer made the Kuomintang's dream of "catch them all" in vain, Gu Shunzhang's rebellion still had a huge impact. Gu Shunzhang identified the important leaders of the Communist Party, Yun Daiying and Cai Hesen, and betrayed a large number of hidden front workers. The entire Central Special Branch spent three years to establish the intelligence network within the Kuomintang suffered a devastating blow.
Originally, before Gu Shunzhang's rebellion, the Communist Party had a theoretical advantage in the intelligence station line. Intelligence workers such as Chen Geng and Nie Rongzhen were sent to the Soviet Union to receive systematic training in Cheka . After Gu Shunzhang's rebellion, he compiled the training he received in the Cheka into "The Theory and Practice of Secret Service", which directly laid the theoretical foundation for the unification of the Kuomintang.
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After his identity was exposed, Qian Zhuangfei could no longer engage in secret front work and was transferred to the Central Soviet Area by organizational arrangements. Here, he made new and huge contributions relying on the code book he obtained from Xu Enzen.
After Qian Zhuangfei arrived at in the Soviet Area, he soon continued to be responsible for intelligence investigation work. Under his leadership, the Red Army had a clear understanding of Chiang Kai-shek's military deployments for several "encirclement and suppression" campaigns, and played a huge role in the victory of the anti-encirclement and suppression war.
After the Long March began in 1934, Qian Zhuangfei was appointed deputy secretary-general of the General Political Department of the Communist Party of China. In 1935, when he moved with the team to the Qianxi area of Guizhou, he was bombed by Kuomintang planes and unfortunately died.
As for the traitor Gu Shunzhang, the sky is wide open and there are no omissions left. After defecting to the Kuomintang, the Kuomintang was also very disdainful of this traitor who was seeking glory. Gu Shunzhang was suppressed by Xu Enzeng, who was far inferior to him in business ability for a long time. At this time, a series of spy organizations such as the Blue Clothes Society and the Fuxing Society formed by Dai Li gradually emerged within the Kuomintang, and Gu Shunzhang had the idea of changing his family again.
Xu Enzeng, who had been monitoring Gu Shunzhang for a long time, found out that he immediately sent someone to send Gu Shunzhang to the Suzhou Institute of Reflection for detention. The next year, Xu Enzeng, who felt that this man could not be kept, sent someone to pierce Gu Shunzhang's pipa bone and secretly executed him in the suburbs of Suzhou .
Qian Zhuangfei's deeds were only representative of the many Communist Party members fighting on the hidden front at that time. In that era shrouded in white terror, they fought alone in the heart of the enemy. What could support them was the unyielding red faith. The work of agents cannot be publicized for success, and cannot be explained for failure. Sometimes they even have to bear infamy and endure misunderstandings. They are in darkness, but they serve the light. They believe that that ideal, beautiful new world will one day come true.
These invisible guardians deserve our respect. Their work is so secret and great.
