Zhang Jinghui not only sighed: "You deceived me so hard." Zhang Jinghui was born in a poor family, but fortunately he was quick-witted. When he was young, he sold tofu and showed himself to others.

In August 1950, the Soviet Union handed over the traitors and war criminals it had captured to China.

The former "Prime Minister of the Puppet Manchuria" Zhang Jinghui, Puyi and others were deported back to the country. They felt: "Being repatriated to the country at this time is tantamount to being sentenced to death."

After all, he was before them There was a message circulating that "the 200 people who returned home first have been secretly executed", which made people panic.

Zhang Jinghui was undoubtedly the most nervous when he heard the news.His son was one of the first batch of people to be deported.

He wanted to ask the staff of the War Criminals Management Center about his son's whereabouts. Unexpectedly, I saw a familiar face among the staff.

Zhang Jinghui not only sighed: " You deceived me so hard. "

He never imagined that his beloved son would be the spy he had been hunting for so long.

Zhang Jinghui

A Childhood in Rich Clothes and Good Food

In 1922, Zhang Jinghui, who was already 51 years old, welcomed his second son Zhang Shaoji (later renamed Zhang Mengshi ). He was extremely happy to have a son in his later years and regarded this son as a treasure.

Zhang Jinghui was born in poverty, but fortunately he had a quick mind. When he was young, he sold tofu and showed himself to others.

later happened to meet Zhang Zuolin and became a brother of the opposite sex with him. Zhang Jinghui's self-identity also improved.

It was precisely because of his own hardships that he doted on his little son. He was very good at everything in food, clothing, housing and transportation. He had servants following him wherever he went, so that when he was 9 years old, Zhang Mengshi could not even belt his pants. Tie.

Although Zhang Jinghui is busy playing mahjong and smoking cigarettes all day long and doesn't pay much attention to Zhang Mengshi's daily life, he hopes that he will learn more knowledge.

When Zhang Mengshi first learned to speak, Zhang Jinghui quickly hired a Russian teacher for him, hoping that he would keep pace with the times and develop skills in the future.

His efforts were indeed in vain. Not only did Zhang Mengshi speak fluent Russian at a young age, also had a good understanding of Soviet culture.

After the September 18th Incident, Zhang Jinghui had a headache. Some people hoped that he could resist the Japanese, while others persuaded him to join the Japanese.

In the end, after careful consideration, Zhang Jinghui still handed over Harbin to the Japanese , allowing them to gain the entire city without spending a single soldier.

In March 1932, the Puppet Manchukuo puppet government was established. The Japanese specially selected Zhang Jinghui to serve as the Speaker of the Puppet Manchukuo Senate and the Puppet Manchukuo Special Chief Executive. He was later promoted to the Puppet Manchukuo Prime Minister and became a lackey of the Japanese.

Zhang Mengshi also came to Changchun with his father. It was during this period in Changchun that he broke his previous life in the ivory tower and made him realize the cruelty of reality.

Zhang Jinghui's behavior of taking refuge with the Japanese was very disgraceful. In addition, he sold tofu when he was young, so he was called the "Tofu Prime Minister". This title is enough to show the public's contempt and contempt for him.

Zhang Jinghui

Zhang Mengshi was also implicated by his father. His friends and classmates who had been very close to him in the past kept away from him, and even called him "the son of a traitor" and "the son of a traitor" behind his back.

These folk names made Zhang Mengshi feel that his self-esteem had been humiliated, but what he couldn't accept the most was his father's behavior.

knelt down to cater to the Japanese, without any of the backbone that a Chinese should have.

Zhang Mengshi, who has been exposed to Soviet culture for many years, feels that today's Chinese society is really terrible. He yearns to eliminate exploitation and oppression like the Soviet Union.

The depression of reality made Zhang Mengshi very depressed, and he could only find a way out of the prison cage from the works of Ba JinCao Yu and others.

One day, he couldn't stand the ridicule of others and his father's following. After leaving a letter to his Russian teacher, he ran away from home.

Zhang Jinghui was horrified when he learned about it. He quickly sent people to search around Changchun City. They turned Changchun upside down but there was no trace of Zhang Mengshi.

Zhang Mengshi

So Zhang Jinghui quickly notified the checkpoints in several cities near Changchun and described Zhang Mengshi's characteristics to them in detail. If he saw anyone similar, he must be sent directly to Changchun.

A few days later, a special agent found Zhang Mengshi near Dandong and immediately sent him back to Changchun.

After returning home, Zhang Mengshi was watched more severely, and the gap between him and his father became deeper and deeper.

The anguish and pain of life made Zhang Mengshi very painful. He was not discouraged by this failure. Instead, he swore in the letter: must leave this cage!

The right choice

In 1938, the all-out war of resistance had been going on for a year, but Zhang Mengshi was still under strict supervision by his father without any freedom, which made him yearn for freedom even more.

One day, Zhang Mengshi suddenly received a letter from his cousin Zhang Shaowei from Japan. It was this letter that changed Zhang Mengshi's life drastically.

Zhang Shaowei has a very good relationship with Zhang Mengshi. He briefly introduced his current life in the letter, and at the end of the letter invited Zhang Mengshi to come to Japan to study .

Zhang Mengshi didn’t think much about it. He just felt that he was one step closer to freedom. He could go anywhere as long as he left home.

After Zhang Jinghui learned that his son wanted to study in Japan, he did not immediately agree. He did not want his son to be too far away from him, but he did not want to delay his son's future. He was very entangled.

In 1940, Zhang Jinghui couldn't resist his son's request and agreed to let him study in Japan. In this way, 18-year-old Zhang Mengshi left his hometown alone for the first time in his life.

After coming to Japan, Zhang Mengshi studied at Waseda University with his cousin Zhang Shaowei. However, during the study process, he discovered that his cousin was always coming and going in a hurry and acted very mysteriously.

No matter how he asked, Zhang Shaowei always evaded his answers and used some very lame excuses to fool him.

What Zhang Mengshi didn't know was that Zhang Shaowei had already joined the "Northeast Youth in Japan National Salvation Association" .

This organization is one of the peripheral organizations of our party. It follows the combat policy of "concealing and capable, lying in wait for a long time, accumulating strength, and waiting for the opportunity". Since its establishment,

has sent batch after batch of backbones back to the Northeast, infiltrating the military and political leaders of the puppet Manchukuo and important departments , and collecting various intelligence to cooperate with the anti-Japanese war.

Zhang Shaowei considered his cousin's identity, so he did not confess to him immediately, but after his observation, he found that some of his cousin's ideas were very open and he could be won over.

As a result, Zhang Shaowei often discussed Marxist-Leninist works with Zhang Mengshi. It was during this process that Zhang Mengshi finally understood what he wanted and strengthened his determination to resist Japan and save the nation.

Later, Zhang Mengshi successfully became a member of the National Salvation Society under the introduction of his cousin Zhang Shaowei, hoping that one day he could use actions to contribute to the revolution.

The choice between family and justice

In June 1941, Germany implemented the Barbasaro Plan to invade the Soviet Union at a lightning speed, and the Second World War entered the most difficult stage.

Facing the menacing German army, the unprepared Soviet Union was caught off guard. The Japanese army in the Far East also made the Soviet Union very afraid.

Once the German and Japanese troops jointly attack the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union's situation will be even more difficult.

In such an emergency situation, whether the commander of the Japanese 25th Army Tomofumi Yamashita, known as the "Malay Tigers", will lead his troops north to attack the Soviet Union with the German army, or go south to invade Southeast Asia, has become the most important focus.

did not know the enemy's movements, Stalin was also hesitant, fearing that the Soviet Union would be attacked from both sides.

Zhang Mengshi, who returned to China to visit relatives, received an organizational task: Find out the movements of Yamashita Fengwen within a week.

If the Japanese army wants to go north, it will definitely pass through the Northeast, and Zhang Jinghui, who is the Prime Minister of the Puppet Manchuria, will definitely receive specific news.

From this point of view, no one is more suitable to perform this task than Zhang Mengshi.

Yamashita Fengfumi

After returning to China, Zhang Mengshi changed her past attitude of being incompatible with her father, apologized to her father very sincerely, and coaxed Zhang Jinghui to the point where she couldn't close her mouth.

praised his son for growing up and becoming wiser after his trip to Japan. He even knew how to help his father share the heavy responsibilities.

helps his father share the burden of taking personal leave. Zhang Mengshi’s main purpose is to check important documents from his father’s office.

A few days later, Zhang Mengshi found the answer: Yamashita Fengwen had secretly arrived in Sanya, the elite troops of the Kwantung Army had also been assembled and prepared to go south.

After Stalin received the intelligence, he went through many verifications and finally confirmed that the Japanese army decided to go south to attack Southeast Asia. This intelligence played a key role in the victory of the defense of Moscow..

Zhang Mengshi not only successfully sent the information, but also successfully concealed his identity and received praise from the organization.

In 1943, Japan lost the Pacific War, and its homeland was also subjected to constant bombing by the US military. Against this background, Zhang Mengshi chose to return to Northeast China after graduating from university.

When Zhang Mengshi and his wife

were in Changchun, Zhang Mengshi appeared to be a wanderer who liked to have fun, but secretly he was an agent lurking next to his father.

As the son of Zhang Jinghui, he has unique conditions. It is very convenient for him to spy on intelligence by his father's side, and he can also constantly place comrades of our party in the puppet Manchuria government.

Even some mysterious figures that ordinary people have no contact with, Zhang Mengshi can easily get in touch with them by virtue of his father's identity.

For example, there was a Japanese named Tani Tsuhiro in the Japanese army. He was the deputy director of the General Affairs Department of the puppet Manchuria government. His whereabouts were very secretive and could not be contacted by ordinary people.

But Zhang Mengshi was able to receive a banquet invitation from Gu Ciheng, and he liked him. Over time, Gu Ciheng regarded Zhang Mengshi as the same thing as his father and despised him very much.

But it was precisely this that made Tani Ciheng lower his guard against Zhang Mengshi. After getting drunk one time, in order to show off his achievements, Tani Ciheng accidentally revealed the core secrets of the "Huoyao Club".

Each department of the Puppet Manchuria government has a deputy minister, and the position can only be held by Japanese. These deputy ministers will gather together every Tuesday to hold a cocktail party to discuss the next decision of Manchukuo.

"Huoyaohui" is actually Japan's highest decision-making organization for ruling the puppet Manchukuo regime.

After Zhang Mengshi reported this information, it played an important role in the subsequent anti-Japanese and national salvation movement organized by our party.

On August 15, 1945, the Japanese announced their unconditional surrender. Their biggest supporter was about to leave. Officials at all levels of the puppet Manchuria government were very panicked.

They knew very well that based on what they had done in the past, they would definitely not end well, so they hurriedly packed up and prepared to flee to the Soviet Union.

Zhang Mengshi saw the behavior of these people in his eyes. According to the instructions of the organization, he used his identity as a Russian translator to get in touch with the Soviet intelligence organization in Changchun. passed all the information about the escape of the traitors to the Soviet Union. .

All the captured traitors were escorted to the Soviet Union by the Soviet army, including Zhang Mengshi and his father Zhang Jinghui.

In the past, Zhang Mengshi had always concealed his identity when delivering information. In addition, he did not receive instructions from the organization to reveal his identity, so as the son of the "Puppet Manchuria Prime Minister", he was naturally escorted to the Soviet Union.

After arriving in the Soviet Union, Zhang Mengshi was imprisoned in Khabarovsk Prison in the Soviet Union together with other traitors. In addition, some Japanese war criminals were also imprisoned here, numbering as many as 2,000.

Although it feels uncomfortable to be treated as a traitor, Zhang Mengshi does not feel bitter. He firmly believes that the organization will not forget him.

Soon after, Zhang Mengshi learned about the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in prison, and his desire to confess his identity disappeared.

The person who had direct contact with Zhang Mengshi at that time was a senior intelligence officer of our party. He was worried that once he was exposed, it would have a bad impact on his online career and would also bring risks to other comrades.

That's it, Zhang Mengshi He spent 5 years in a Soviet prison as the son of the "Puppet Prime Minister of Manchuria".

Father and son got together, but they were in the War Criminals Management Center

In May 1950, Zhang Mengshi, as the first war criminal to be repatriated to the country, was imprisoned in Shenyang Prison with others.

One day, the prison sent everyone a form, requiring each of them to write their own resume. There was a column in it: "Have you participated in any reactionary associations?"

At this time, New China had been established, and Zhang Mengshi realized that this was an excellent opportunity to show his identity.

So he wrote in this column: "Participated in the Northeast Youth National Salvation Association ", and clearly wrote down all the original introducers and companions.

Soon after, Zhang Mengshi’s identity was confirmed, and he was not only released but also given a job.

After being released from prison, Zhang Mengshi was so excited that he changed his name from "Zhang Shaoji" to "Zhang Mengshi", which means "dream comes true."

In August of that year, when the remaining war criminals returned to China, the organization specifically asked Zhang Mengshi to meet with them in order to appease their panic.

Zhang Jinghui and Zhang Mengshi

Zhang Jinghui understood his son's true identity when he saw that his son was still alive and a prison staff member.

Back then, he shouted "catch bandits and prevent spies" every day, but he never expected that his favorite son would be the biggest undercover agent around him.

Zhang Mengshi has very complicated feelings for his father. He once said:

"I am not a good son. I betrayed my father, but I am a good son. Let my father have such a good son who is loyal to the country."