Foreword:
In 1943, Hu Zongnan hosted a banquet for Zhou Enlai who came to Xi'an, and sent his confidential secretary to greet him. Seeing the young general standing opposite, Zhou Enlai asked:
"What is your name?"
"My name is Xiong Xianghui, and I am Hu Zongnan's confidential secretary."
After Xiong Xianghui briefly introduced himself, Zhou Enlai stepped forward and shook hands. Holding Xiong Xianghui's hand, he secretly exerted force and said happily:
"You have worked hard!"
Hearing these words, Xiong Xianghui's eyes instantly became moist, and he secretly suppressed all the complicated emotions and took Zhou Enlai to the rest area.
In the following time, Xiong Xianghui would burst into tears every time he thought of Zhou Enlai's words.
Who is Xiong Xianghui? What is the meaning of Zhou Enlai’s words? Why did Xiong Xianghui burst into tears?
1. Risking one's life to deliver information
In March 1947, Xiong Xianghui was suddenly taken away while on his honeymoon. The person who came did not say anything, only leaving one sentence: "Your superiors come to see you for something, let me take you back."
As soon as these words came out, Xiong Xianghui thought that his identity as a Communist Party member was exposed. But when I saw that the person who came was indifferent but full of politeness, I felt a little confused for a moment.
When he saw Hu Zongnan, he discovered that it was Chiang Kai-shek and Hu Zongnan who were discussing the raid on Yan'an , and then he called him back.
But as soon as he heard Chiang Kai-shek's plan, Xiong Xianghui's heart lifted again after he had just put it down.
Not long ago, the United States just provided the Kuomintang with a batch of new radio technologies that can detect the location of other radio waves. Once the Kuomintang detects the specific location of our party leader, the consequences will be disastrous.
According to common sense, Xiong Xianghui should personally pass this information to his liaison officer, so as to ensure the accuracy of the information and avoid errors.
But Hu Zongnan assigned Xiong Xianghui a task, and he couldn't leave for a while. If the information is not passed on, our party will suffer another devastating blow.
In desperation, Xiong Xianghui could only risk exposing himself, wrote the information in a letter, and asked a traffic officer of the Kuomintang to deliver the letter to him.
Fortunately, the traffic officer did not peek at the letter, and there were no mistakes on the road. This important information finally reached Yan'an.
In order to cope with the coming danger, the leaders of our party led the masses to transfer secretly, and adopted the method of forwarding small radio stations to large radio stations to successfully resolve the crisis.
Soon after, Xiong Xianghui was sent to the United States to study by Hu Zongnan. During the process of studying abroad, Xiong Xianghui's intelligence system was severely damaged, and he himself was in danger of having his identity exposed.
2. Identity exposed, safe and sound
In September 1947, a traitor appeared within the organization, Wang Shijian was arrested and imprisoned.
Wang Shijian is our party's intelligence agent and Xiong Xianghui's superior. Most of Xiong Xianghui's information is passed to Wang Shijian, and then Wang Shijian passes this information back to Yan'an.
More importantly, in the eyes of the Kuomintang, Wang Shijian and Xiong Xianghui are still good friends. Since Wang Shijian is a member of the Communist Party, it is very likely that Xiong Xianghui is also a member of the Communist Party.
At this time, Xiong Xianghui was studying in the United States, leaving only his pregnant wife living in Nanjing. After Wang Shijian was arrested, Kuomintang agents sent people to the residence of Xiong Xianghui's wife and took all letters and clothes back for review.
After learning about this incident, Xiong Xianghui has been worried that the Kuomintang will come to arrest him, and he is even more worried that his wife will be poisoned by the Kuomintang.
has been lurking in the Kuomintang for so many years. Xiong Xianghui is well aware of the style of the spies who would rather kill by mistake than let go, and he also understands the method of claiming credit and reward for success. Regardless of whether Wang Shijian confesses himself or not, the spies will never give up.
Unexpectedly, until the founding of New China, when Xiong Xianghui returned to China from the United States, the Kuomintang did not send anyone to arrest him. It seems that his identity was not exposed and he escaped the disaster.
But in July 1949, after many twists and turns to meet Premier Zhou, Xiong Xianghui received a piece of news that surprised him: Hu Zongnan actually knew his identity, but he did not dare to send someone to arrest him, let alone reveal the truth.
As for the reason, we have to start with Xiong Xianghui's participation in Hu Zongnan's interview.
3. Becoming Hu Zongnan's confidant
As Chiang Kai-shek's favorite disciple, Hu Zongnan has always had high hopes, and even received hints from Chiang Kai-shek, both overt and covert, to train him as his successor.
From this moment on, Hu Zongnan, who was originally concerned about face, paid more attention to his reputation, especially in front of Chiang Kai-shek, and did not dare to leave any bad impression.
In order to enhance his strength, Hu Zongnan held an examination in 1938 to recruit capable young talents to serve him. It was through this examination that Xiong Xianghui came to Hu Zongnan.
It is said that Hu Zongnan will draw a circle after each candidate's name based on his/her performance. The best of
is only three circles, but Xiong Xianghui got four circles. Obviously, Hu Zongnan is particularly satisfied with Xiong Xianghui.
At this time, Hu Zongnan did not know that Xiong Xianghui was a "gift" tailor-made for him by Zhou Enlai, with the purpose of delivering information to our party at critical moments. After
, Hu Zongnan sent Xiong Xianghui to Huangpu Military Academy to study, and gradually promoted him to his confidential secretary. All the news conveyed by Chiang Kai-shek to Hu Zongnan would pass through Xiong Xianghui's hands immediately.
Xiong Xianghui used his identity to take the lead in passing the news back to Yan'an before it was submitted to Hu Zongnan, which greatly reduced the losses of our party.
After Wang Shijian was arrested, although he kept saying that he was using Xiong Xianghui's identity, Xiong Xianghui was still inevitably exposed.
The agent immediately reported Xiong Xianghui's true identity to Hu Zongnan, and it was up to him to decide how to deal with it.
After much thought, Hu Zongnan issued an elusive order: "Keep Xiong Xianghui's identity strictly confidential. No word is allowed to be revealed, and there is no need to arrest him."
The reason why he issued such an order is that It was not because Hu Zongnan missed his old friendship, but because Hu Zongnan could not arrest Xiong Xianghui directly and did not dare to leak the news.
Xiong Xianghui is studying in the United States, and his wife lives in Nanjing. He has no right to arrest people in Nanjing, not to mention that arresting people in the United States requires diplomatic means, and Hu Zongnan does not have this ability.
More importantly, Chiang Kai-shek has always been a cautious person.
Xiong Xianghui has been lurking beside him for more than ten years without being discovered, and he was also allowed to read so many confidential letters between the two. It is very likely that Xiong Xianghui leaked the information about his previous actions that went bankrupt.
Once Chiang Kai-shek knew that his confidential secretary was the Communist Party, Hu Zongnan's many years of efforts would be in vain and he would be completely excluded by Chiang Kai-shek.
Therefore, until Xiong Xianghui returned to China, the Kuomintang did not send anyone to arrest him.
Someone once asked Xiong Xianghui why Hu Zongnan did not rebel after he had been trained as a confidant for more than ten years.
Xiong Xianghui replied: "His charisma is not as good as that of Premier Zhou."
Perhaps in addition to Premier Zhou's personal charm, faith is also an important reason why Xiong Xianghui sticks to his true intentions.
Driven by this belief, countless soldiers like Xiong Xianghui stick to the battlefield without smoke and contribute their strength to the peaceful reunification of the motherland.
