"I always feel that both parties are not very good, but at least the Red Party is doing practical things, and the overall atmosphere of their cadres is healthy, while the White Party is already rotten, so I want to create a new party, and I hope you will run for it Help!"

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Early 1933, Shanghai.

Gu Shunzhang and his traitorous subordinates toasted and drank. This was his first return to his hometown since his rebellion in 1931.

"I always feel that both parties are not very good, but at least the Red Party is doing practical things, and the overall atmosphere of their cadres is healthy, while the White Party is already rotten, so I want to create a new party, I hope you all "Run to help!"

This heroic ambition was soon "listened to the sky" by the agents present. Gu Shunzhang was beaten repeatedly and sensed the hidden danger, but he could not escape his destined fate.

In June 1935, this "most dangerous traitor" was secretly executed in Zhenjiang Detention Center.

In just 4 years, from infinite glory to miserable death, what exactly did Gu Shunzhang go through, and why was he executed by his new master after he defected?

The blurry portrait left by Gu Shunzhang

The title "Almighty Agent" is a true portrayal of Gu Shunzhang's spy career.

Everyone knows that General Chen Geng was once in charge of a department of Special Branch, and Gu Shunzhang was Chen Geng's superior. At that time, he collaborated with Zhou Gong to create the Shanghai underground organization and was a senior cadre..

The "Red Team" formed by Gu Shunzhang was mainly responsible for weeding out traitors. After only a few years of establishment, it was able to "fight in the arena" with spies who had studied abroad and experienced many battles, and shot and killed the traitor Bai Xin who betrayed Peng Pai. great merit.

The underground organization can gain a foothold in Shanghai, which is inseparable from Gu Shunzhang's running around. He took advantage of this merit and was elected as a candidate at the "August 7th" meeting . Seeing that the road to success was paved, this red agent made a made an unexpected move.

In March 1931, Gu Shunzhang escorted Zhang to the base area. After the mission was completed, he ignored orders and insisted on staying in Wuhan, using his identity as a magician to openly perform performances to make money.

There was a flower salute on the stage, and an undercurrent surged below the stage. The traitor discovered his true identity and secretly reported to the Special Investigation Department. Gu Shunzhang was arrested without any accident.

In fact, this was a premeditated rebellion. When Gu Shunzhang was arrested, he had a letter with him, and the recipient's name was Jiang.

He performs magic tricks carefully to attract people. As the same agent , he knew the other party's tactics very well, and immediately declared his rebellion without any physical pain. He also made his own request: "I have important information that I want to state to the chairman of the committee in person."

html April 27, Gu Shunzhang When he arrived in Nanjing as he wished, he thought that with his identity and status, he would be relied upon by the Jiang family. To his surprise, Jiang's attitude was very cold.

"It's good that you surrendered. Let's work hard in the future."

This was by no means the result he wanted, but the matter was over. It was a fact that he had betrayed the red camp, and he never regretted taking the medicine.

Xu Enzeng

Before escorting Gu Shunzhang, the secret service in Wuhan passed information to Xu Enzeng, the chief of the investigation section in Nanjing.

Fortunately, it was our red undercover who received the telegram. Because of this, we quickly learned about Gu Shunzhang's rebellion and quickly began to move.

Not surprisingly, Gu Shunzhang led the spy's "cleaning" operation to begin.

Out of revenge for Chiang's failure to entrust him with important responsibilities, or out of the mentality of "a rare thing can be lived in", although Gu Shunzhang provided many underground contact points, personnel lists, etc., he also retained some vital information.

In the disclosed information, we can see that Gu Shunzhang claimed that he did not know the Moscow representatives and deliberately confused their identities.

"There are 9 people in total, from Russia, Poland , and the United States. The director of the Far East Bureau is named Niu Lan ."

The real situation is that there are only two people from Poland and the United States, and the director is not Niu Lan, but Robert.

Any traitor will often take out everything he knows, but Gu Shunzhang had reservations and gave some comrades a glimmer of hope.

So, did Gu Shunzhang use a special method to sneak into the enemy camp and was actually our undercover agent?

This is absolutely impossible.Because he identified Yun Daiying the day after arriving in Nanjing, the rescue operation failed and Yun Daiying died.

In June of the same year, Gu Shunzhang took the intelligence agents to Hong Kong Island, trapped and killed Cai Hesen, and destroyed our contact station.

Since Gu Shunzhang's family often had access to core intelligence, and some personnel worked within the organization, in order to avoid greater harm, Teko had no choice but to reluctantly order to eliminate potential threats. In this operation, only 8-year-old Gu Liqun and 12-year-old Zhang Changgeng survived.

It is humane to let the children go, but it leads to a catastrophe - the surviving Zhang Changgeng was instructed by Gu Shunzhang to stand on the street to recognize people for several months and caught Teke's Wang Shide .

Immediately, Gu Shunzhang set off a bloody storm in Shili Foreign Market, and the underground organization was damaged again. He was too familiar with the working methods of the underground organization, and he retaliated crazily, causing the underground organization to be severely damaged.

1933, Nanjing.

Xu Enzeng had Gu Shunzhang's help, which was "even more powerful than a tiger".

In Xu Enzeng's memoirs in his later years, he lamented: "Gu Shunzhang's status determines the breadth of his information. He seems to know everyone very well, and he will not be merciful to his former subordinates."

However, this is what Gu Shunzhang thought. Want the result? If his desire for power was not so strong, he would not have defected. The powerful senior agent in the past was now someone else's subordinate. Gu Shunzhang's dissatisfaction grew day by day, and he began to live a reclusive life.

Xu Enzeng was keenly aware of this change. In order to win people's hearts, he introduced a wife to Gu Shunzhang. Zhang Yongqin, who was over 16 years old, was "selected" and became a housewife. The couple usually lived in Wang Xiliu Lane, Nanjing. Mansion, raising young Gu Liqun together.

During this year, Gu Shunzhang completed his book "The Theory and Practice of Secret Service" in the Prince's Mansion, but he did not interfere much with the work of the Central Investigation Bureau, just like a rich man.

Zhang Yongqin once described his daily life like this: "Some friends who we had friendship with before came and went, but he ignored others. He would take back a few antiques when he went out. His home was filled with two big boxes, and he would often follow me Discussing the idea of ​​opening a store. "

Maybe it was to spread suspicion, or maybe it was to show weakness to cover up his secret actions. There is no doubt that Gu Shunzhang was planning something. For this reason, he knew that Xu Enzeng and Dai Li were Despite the antagonistic relationship, he still wrote a letter to Dai Li without hesitation.

I wonder if it is related to this letter, but the Gu family received an uninvited guest.

The summer heat had just begun to spread, and Chen Geng knocked on Gu Shunzhang's door.

Chen Geng during the Special Branch period

The lights in the Gu family remained on for a whole night, and the two former comrades-in-arms and now enemies sat together. It was not until dawn in the east that Chen Geng said goodbye.

What exactly did they talk about? We don’t know, but Chen Geng used instead of ? It was Gu Shunzhang who regretted his rebellion - now it was impossible for him to participate in the work of unifying the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. The letter he wrote to Dai Li was reported to Xu Enzeng by his bodyguard, and Gu Shunzhang was placed under house arrest in his residence in Nanjing.

was worried that Dai Li was "picking peaches" behind his back. Soon, Xu Enzeng came to Gu Shunzhang to talk to him affectionately: "I know you are tired of official duties, so I specially sent you to Japan for training."

Gu Shunzhang naturally responded, and the two laughed, as if The friendship is as deep as that of brothers. Gu Shunzhang got on a plane to Japan and stayed there for five months. He did not return to Nanjing until September 1934.

On October 2, 1934, Gu Shunzhang boarded the car sent by Xu Enzeng. Zhang Yongqin held the child and watched him leave. This departure was a farewell.

Gu Shunzhang was charged with three major crimes:

The first one: "communist", intending to assassinate important figures and join the red camp again;

The second one: Frequently sending letters to Dai Li in an attempt to sow discord, leading to internal chaos;

The third one: At the reception, they openly spoke nonsense, tried to establish a new party, and committed rebellion.

Xu Enzeng had mastered this information. After reporting it to Jiang, he received the order to "execute him". He had no scruples anymore. The conversation was just a cover. He had no intention of letting Gu Shunzhang leave alive.

Due to Gu Shunzhang's superb spy skills, he has been "deified" in a sense. It is rumored that looking into his eyes will hypnotize him and he will escape if he is placed on the ground. In order to seal his "demon power", the agents penetrated his body with two iron chains and escorted him all the way to Suzhou.

The heavy iron chain dragged on the ground, making a harsh sound.

The ragged Gu Shunzhang was carried to the execution ground. Xu Enzeng looked at this scene expressionlessly, "I thought I could continue to cooperate with you, but you refused to change despite repeated advice. You actually wanted to seek the country. The Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China issued a special order. Gu Shunzhang is still evil." "Hunt, shoot."

The gunfire rang out, and Gu Shunzhang ended his sinful life.

He died, but he left many mysteries behind. Why did the Chiang family not reuse him, and why did he issue an execution order?

Since ancient times, a spy has been a knife for superiors, used to split open unstable factors hidden in the darkness. Gu Shunzhang is indeed talented in spy work. Jiang's indifference in the face of his defection is more like "boiling an eagle" "Let him experience the taste of power and wealth, let him realize who is the real master, and try to use this method to polish his will and make him only obey the orders of the Jiang family.

But he is a double-edged sword that can backfire, which Jiang cannot tolerate. As long as a dog is loyal and has its own thoughts, it will betray its master for selfish reasons. Rather than saying that Gu Shunzhang died because of his own ambition and desire, it is better to say that he died because of the three words "disobedient" , If you seek skin from a tiger, you will eventually reap the consequences. I wonder if Gu Shunzhang can understand this truth?

References: "The Most Dangerous Traitor Gu Shunzhang" "The Real Reason for Gu Shunzhang's Betrayal"

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