Author Chen Changjiang
11 In 1950, I was transferred to Chairman Mao to work as a guard, from deputy squadron leader, squadron leader to deputy brigade leader... For 27 years, especially in the last 10 years, I did not leave Chairman Mao. My specific job is: to lead the guard squadron around Chairman Mao, be on duty at Chairman Mao’s residence, and inspect with Chairman Mao. I encountered many difficulties, and from time to time there were some kind of compromise or various unexpected dangers. What impressed me particularly was the "September 13" incident.
Mao Zedong and Chen Changjiang
"Defend Chairman Mao with blood and life"
Before the "September 13" incident, Chairman Mao, who had always been confident, fell into a depressed feeling that he had never experienced before. Maybe he discovered some signs or had a premonition, he rarely smiled, no longer funny, could not eat, or sleep.
One day, dawn broke out, Chairman Mao came out for a walk, and I hurriedly followed as usual. Chairman Mao asked me, did the sentry at the door carry bullets? In the past, Chairman Mao never liked to carry live ammunition, so we rarely set up whistles, and most of them were casually equipped. I said that I not only brought a pistol, but also brought an submachine gun and machine gun . There were also many bullets, and one or two hundred enemies were not a problem. Chairman Mao nodded with satisfaction and said that there were bad people, so we should be vigilant...
11971, Wang Dongxing, Director of the General Office of the Central Committee and Director of the Security Bureau, and Zhang Yaoci, Deputy Director of the General Office of the Central Committee and Deputy Director of the Security Bureau, asked me to quickly arrange the guards accompanying Chairman Mao for the southern tour. They emphasized that the problems at the Lushan Conference last year were not resolved, and the situation is more complicated now. Some places are still fighting in armed forces, and the public security along the railway is not good. We must be prepared for battle at any time and explain the various situations that may be encountered this time, as well as the handling principles and precautions, etc.
Zhang Yaoci said: This is not the first time you went out, but this time there are indeed many new situations, and you may encounter many troubles, difficulties and dangers. It is likely that it is unprecedented, and you cannot be careless at all... I am not surprised that the two directors talked about the mission of accompanying the ward this time, and I still heard of the Lushan Conference in 1970.
One day, Chairman Mao was walking in the courtyard of the Zhongnanhai swimming pool and told me that the army was making a big fuss, and some did not obey the command and needed to be reorganized. I said, Chairman, no one of the cadres and soldiers of the People's Liberation Army does not obey your command. Chairman Mao said, you don’t understand the situation, don’t know!
So, we did a very careful mobilization and organizational work to prepare for going out this time, and called on cadres and soldiers to defend Chairman Mao with blood and life.
Mao Zedong and his staff
Go south to Wuhan suddenly sing the international song
11971 On August 14, Chairman Mao went south to Wuhan.
Chairman Mao has never put on airs, is not arrogant, and never sees off when he goes out, including the central leaders. This time, the train started as soon as he got on the train. Go south along Beijing-Guangzhou Line . The first parking point is Shijiazhuang. Repair and add water. Keep going after 15 minutes. The second parking point was Zhengzhou, which only stopped for 15 minutes and arrived in Wuhan on the afternoon of August 16. Chairman Mao transferred to a car, followed Wuhan Street, passed through Sheshan , Guishan , passed Yangtze River Bridge , and moved into Building 1 Meiling, Donghu Hotel.
That night, Chairman Mao convened a meeting of local party, government and military leaders. This time, only Wang Dongxing followed him, and there were much fewer staff than before, so we asked us to do anything important to Chairman Mao. The next day, Chairman Mao held two meetings, and two more meetings on the 25th and 27th. During this period, he also talked to Liu Jianxun, Wang Xin, Liu Feng, and later Hua Guofeng and others. I am responsible for welcoming and seeing off guests and not attending meetings. Wang Dongxing convened our accompanying team to meet to convey the content of Chairman Mao’s conversation, and asked us to understand the essence of the spirit and emphasize being vigilant, doing a good job in guarding, and being ready for war at any time.
4:00 on August 27, Chairman Mao took the special train south. This time, unlike usual, there were Liu Feng, the head of , Wuhan Military Region, and others along with Chairman Mao. Chairman Mao sat on the sofa in the middle of the reception room, while Liu Feng and others sat on the sofas on both sides.
The waiter poured the water and was about to leave. Chairman Mao suddenly asked her to sing " Internationale ". While the waiter sang, Chairman Mao knocked out the rhythm on the coffee table with his hands, his lips opened and closed, and everyone present sang.
After singing the first paragraph of "Internationale", Chairman Mao was still playing the beat, and the waiter sang the second paragraph, and the number of people became more and more, becoming a chorus. Next, everyone will sing a paragraph, Chairman Mao will talk about it, the most common thing is "fighting for the truth" and "to unite". Chairman Mao said that the Internationale and Lenin's article " Eugen Bodier " include all the views and positions of Marxism, which talks about slaves fighting for the truth. Chairman Mao also said that at the Lushan Conference he wrote a 700-word material to raise the fundamental issue of slaves creating the world. Then, the Chairman sang "Hot to , the Three Disciplines and Eight Objects to Pay attention to " with everyone, saying that you should remember everything clearly, but now you can't remember a few things; he also said that you should not only know how to sing, but also do it accordingly.
arrived in Changsha, and Liu Feng and others broke up with us. Chairman Mao did not say why he brought them from Wuhan to Changsha, and I still have no definite answer.
Question Ding Sheng and Liu Xingyuan
html arrived in Changsha on the evening of August 28. Chairman Mao lived in Building 1, Rongyuan, Changsha City. This is the provincial capital of his hometown and the place where revolutions in his youth are caused. He loves it very much. But this time, Chairman Mao did not walk around like before, but was busy convening meetings and talks with party, government and military leaders from Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other provinces and regions.
One day, Chairman Mao, wearing a turquoise, talked to , commander of Guangzhou Military Region , and political commissar Liu Xingyuan. What we are puzzled is that we also asked Hua Guofeng, secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee, to participate. This small meeting was held in Building 1 where Chairman Mao lived. I welcomed the participants in and was on duty at the door.
At this time, most of the people who work by Chairman Mao, whether they are guards or secretaries, are members of our Guard Force . The chairman guard was Shang Laibao, the deputy squadron leader of the first squadron, and the secretary was Gao Bichen, the former deputy district captain of the first squadron. The health care was Wu Xujun, who later served as the deputy director of the 305 Hospital. At that time, Zhang Yufeng had just arrived and was mainly doing some diligent things. Although there is such a division of labor, we often hold several positions alone.
Chairman Mao talked with Ding Sheng and others for more than two hours. After the conversation, I stepped forward and opened the door, and a cool breeze blew out. The room is equipped with air conditioning, about 23 degrees, but it is already over 30 degrees outside. I felt that there was no difficulty in their conversation. Ding Sheng and Liu Xingyuan were in a good mood and looked very confident. Chairman Mao shook hands with them one by one, and they hurriedly saluted in military uniforms.
Chairman Mao reminded: Comrade Guofeng is wearing military uniforms now, and serves as the first political commissar of the Guangzhou Military Region, and takes care of the affairs of the military region. Chairman Mao said to Ding Sheng and Liu Xingyuan again: You have something to discuss with him. Ding Sheng and Liu Xingyuan said that the Chairman should rest assured, and Hua Guofeng also said that he would definitely arrest the work in Guangzhou. Hua Guofeng and Wang Dongxing sent Ding Sheng and Liu Xingyuan away first and then returned indoors. It took about ten minutes before Hua Guofeng left.
It was probably the next day. Wang Dongxing conveyed to us: Chairman Mao asked Ding Sheng and Liu Xingyuan mercilessly in front of many people: You have such close relationships with Huang Yongsheng and have so many contacts. Huang Yongsheng has fallen, you can do it! ...I don't believe that our army will rebel, I don't believe that you, Huang Yongsheng, can command the People's Liberation Army to rebel! There are divisions and regiments under the army, and there are officials and government agencies. Do you mobilize the army to do something bad? Let me listen to you? ! ...What are the benefits of tycoons being regarded as super geniuses? When
was conveyed, Wang Dongxing did not name it, so we couldn't ask in detail, but we were really worried. I don't know where or who had a big problem again.
Chairman Mao stayed in Changsha for 4 days, constantly looking for people to hold meetings and talk, and was very busy. According to the situation of Chairman Mao’s conversation and work arrangements, our security cadres have studied it several times, and the overall impression is that the situation is severe, so we must be vigilant at any time and strengthen our sense of responsibility.Whether it is the duty officer or the sentry, we must be prepared for emergency response. No matter what happens, we must be able to pull it out and withstand it to ensure Chairman Mao’s safety.
Nanchanghui Xu Shiyou
htmlOn August 31, Chairman Mao left Changsha, turned east, and arrived in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. Chairman Mao lives in a hillside villa more than ten miles from the city, which is very quiet. I remember he lived here when he visited the south in 1962.
in Nanchang , and I will talk to the leaders of the party, government and military in Jiangxi, Fujian, Jiangsu and other provinces respectively. Chairman Mao pointed out that "Lin Biao must take some responsibility", "Lin still needs to be protected. No matter who makes mistakes, it is always bad to not talk about unity or route. After returning to Beijing, we have to talk to them again. If they don't look for me, I will go to them. Some may be educated, and some may not be educated, and it depends on practice. There are two futures, one is possible to change, and the other is impossible to change. If you make a big mistake of principle and make a mistake in route and direction, it is difficult to change. Has Chen Duxiu changed in history? Qu Qiubai, Li Lisan, Luo Zhanglong, Wang Ming , Zhang Guotao, Gao Gang, Rao Shushi, Peng Dehuai, and Liu Shaoqi changed? No change." "I talked to Lin Biao, and he said something inappropriately."
Nanjing Military Region Commander Xu Shiyou came. He was wearing a white sweatshirt and military uniform pants. The most eye-catching thing was a pair of sandals woven with hemp rope and cloth strips. The upper was also full of a " red flower ", forming his unique outfit.
Chairman Mao talked with Xu Shiyou for a long time, and finally sent Xu Shiyou out and asked him if he would still hunt. Xu Shiyou said to fight, and Chairman Mao laughed and shook hands with him. Sure enough, the next day, I saw Xu Shiyou carrying a hunting rifle and going to the grass beach near the airport to hit rabbits.
Chairman Mao’s daughter Li Na is working at the Jiangxi May 7th Cadre School in the General Office of the Central Committee, only an hour’s drive from Nanchang. After Li Ne graduated from university, she was named Xiao Li and worked in the Central Cultural Revolution Office. She often came forward to deal with problems, and her name appeared in newspapers from time to time. Later, she became the deputy editor-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army Daily, and soon became the deputy secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee. Chairman Mao was very angry and asked Li Ne to go down to work and exercise. When Chairman Mao arrived in Nanchang, Li Na had been working for a while. We thought the Chairman was very fond of this young daughter and was very concerned about how she was exercising, so we would definitely ask her to come and have a talk. But the Chairman did not see Li Na until he left Nanchang.
html The uneasy
9 special train arrived in Hangzhou on September 3. As soon as the train stopped, Chairman Mao talked to Zhejiang Provincial Head Xiong Yingtang, Nan Ping, Chen Liyun and others. I talked with them about , , and sang the Internationale together, and talked about "three musts and three don'ts": I want to do Marxism-Leninism, , don't do revisionism, ; I want to be united, don't divide; I want to be open and upright, don't engage in conspiracy.
After the conversation, Chairman Mao moved into Building 1, Liuzhuang at the foot of Sunset Mountain and next to West Lake . Every time Chairman Mao comes to Hangzhou, he loves to live here and has held many important meetings here. I am still used to checking the surrounding environment from near to far. Building 1,
, is actually a quadrangle bungalow with a large yard and towering cypresses. After climbing a small mountain, it is Leifeng Pagoda. The terrain has not changed significantly, but the service staff have more rare faces, both men and women are well-trained. When I asked, I realized that it was specially selected for this mission. The peripheral guards also changed, and old acquaintances from the public security organs of Zhejiang Province have all taken the lead, and Chen Liyun, the political commissar of the Air Fifth Army, was responsible for it. Among the several responsible persons who came forward to receive Chairman Mao, he was the only one who kept his word and held the power of the provincial military region and public security.
I noticed that Chairman Mao didn’t know what he found, and this time he stayed in Hangzhou, the more he felt more uneasy. Seeing Chairman Mao like this, even we were restless even though we didn’t understand why.
One evening, I was telling the army about the situation and precautions under the big banyan tree in front of the auditorium. The cadres and soldiers were dressed in casual clothes and sat on the stool, with forty or fifty people neatly arranged.Chairman Mao was accompanied by Xiao Shang and Xiao Wu for a walk. When they arrived in front of the team, everyone applauded warmly.
I stepped forward to report: Chairman, we are learning and talking about what you said, "Three Needs and Three Don'ts". I didn't speak well, please tell me. Chairman Mao waved his hand and said Yangtze River , you direct everyone to sing the "Internationale". I have never commanded it before, and I was in a dilemma. Wang Dongxing, who came here at some point, said, Chairman Mao said, "You are the captain, it's okay if you don't command it?" !
I seldomized and directed everyone to sing "Internationale" twice. Chairman Mao was very happy. He rapped well and sang "Three Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention". After singing, I asked Chairman Mao any instructions. He waved his hand and said that you should not only know how to sing, but also do what you should do. You should follow the instructions in all actions.
This southern tour, Chairman Mao's activities were relatively wide and he had contact with a lot of people, many of whom were from Lin Biao and his gang. In other words, in the past few days, Wang Dongxing asked a few of us cadres to have a meeting and said that it would be meaningful to tell you about "three needs and three don'ts" a few days ago. Some people want to split the party, some people don’t obey the command, and the situation is quite complicated now. You must be vigilant to prevent someone from sabotaging. I really want to know who it is, so I have a good idea to prevent it. However, the habit developed by long-term guards is well aware that it is not appropriate to ask any questions at this time. It is important to be prepared for response. However, it is obvious that this time I came to Hangzhou is indeed very different from the past.
In the past, Chairman Mao came to Hangzhou and not only respected, cared for, but also had a good impression of comrades from the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Public Security Department. Now, for some reason, Chairman Mao is very disgusted with Chen Liyun, who is in charge of the Hangzhou security power. Once when Chen Liyun came, Chairman Mao asked him bluntly: What is your relationship with Wu Faxian? Wu Faxian found a few people on Lushan, including you, Chen Liyun, Wang Weiguo from Shanghai, and Gu Tongzhou from Guangzhou. What have you done? Chen Liyun hesitated and was in a mess.
Especially later, the more suspicious situations Chairman Mao learned about, the more he felt the problem was serious, and he distrustd Chen Liyun and the others even more. At midnight on September 8, we had just had an overnight meal when Chairman Mao suddenly asked Xiao Shang to inform the special train to transfer to Jiaxing a hundred miles away overnight. At that time, I guessed that the three of our special trains were parked on a fork, and the target was too large, and someone recognized Chairman Mao’s special train. But Chairman Mao has never told anyone why the special train is dispatched overnight.
Suddenly went to Shanghai to see Wang Hongwen
9th. This day is the same as in the past. We should do whatever we should do, and there is no special arrangement. In the morning, we played basketball with the guard battalion where we lived, and it was very intense. On such a hot day, all the players on the court were washed like water, and they quickly took a shower and washed their clothes after the game.
Just after noon, Chairman Mao suddenly transferred the special train and did not say where to go, but just said not to tell Chen Liyun and the others. The wet clothes were still "raining". The soldiers asked for instructions what to do. I said I would wrap the wet clothes in a raincoat and take them away.
Considering the complex situation and we do not understand who and where the real enemy is, in order to deal with possible accidents, I arranged for the personnel of the vanguard vehicle and the guard vehicle team to enter the station in advance. The vanguard vehicle must go a few minutes in advance. The guard vehicle must control the entry and exit of the station and the boarding location, leaving only more than 30 people to follow the chairman. Zhang Yaoci and I drove the road in front of us by car, Chairman Mao was accompanied by Wang Dongxing in the middle, and the guards took a van behind the hall. It was very smooth from departure to boarding. The special train left Hangzhou Station at 15 o'clock and headed towards Shanghai.
Afterwards, I learned from Wang Dongxing's memories that among the staff in Liuzhuang, someone secretly told Chairman Mao, and Chen Liyun asked him to pay attention to the Chairman's activities. Another leading cadre who had a deep relationship with the chairman asked someone to send a message saying that someone was equipping with planes in Hangzhou. Some people also accused Chairman Mao’s special train parked on the branch of Jianqiao Airport, which was "in the way". These abnormal situations aroused the Chairman's alertness, and he made a quick decision and ordered to leave Hangzhou. At around 18 o'clock, the special train successfully arrived at the Wujia Garden Special Transportation Station near Shanghai Hongqiao Airport.
20 years ago, Chairman Mao would go down to stay for a few days every time he went to Shanghai, so we also prepared to get off the bus as usual. However, the chairman did not get off the train this time, but instead brought Wang Hongwen, Ma Tianshui, the heads of the Party, Government and Military Affairs of Shanghai, and held meetings or talks on the special train. After more than an hour of talk, they got out of the car and left, we had supper on the train and arranged for overnight stays.
At 21 and 22 that night, Wang Dongxing asked us for a few, including the secretary and the guard. He held a small notebook and flipped it page by page, selectively conveying the content of Chairman Mao’s conversation just now: The Lushan matter has not been finished and has not been resolved... The army needs to rectify, so I don’t believe that our army will rebel?
Wang Dongxing said this, but he wanted to speak but stopped and quickly turned to the next page. It was not until March 1972 that I read the "Minutes of Talks between Chairman Mao and Responsible Comrades Along the Way" issued by the General Office of the Central Committee that I realized that the part that Wang Dongxing flipped over was "They wanted to cover up, and even the cadres at the second level of the General Staff Department of the Second Department of the General Staff did not let them know. How could this work?" Wang Dongxing asked us to strictly deploy the vigilance around the special train, add double sentries to key areas, and cadres should strengthen their duty. We added five or six sentries at once, and added a patrol post consisting of three people, and asked the sentries to wear submachine guns.
htmlOn the morning of September 11, Xu Shiyou came and I led him to the door of Chairman Mao’s carriage. Wang Dongxing picked him up and talked for more than an hour until noon. Chairman Mao didn't keep him for dinner, and said you should eat some by yourself. I took Xu Shiyou out of the car and heard Xu Shiyou say: Chairman, please rest assured. The commanders and fighters of the Nanjing Military Region obey the command of the Party Central Committee. We have made arrangements and prepared.
Our special train departs from Shanghai and heads towards Nanjing. At around 18 o'clock, I arrived at Xiaguan Station in Nanjing and saw Xu Shiyou waiting at the station. I told the Chairman that Commander Xu was below, and he said he would come up and see you. Chairman Mao said: I have met him in the morning and talked about him. I have disappeared. Please ask him to go back and rest. I got out of the car and told Xu Shiyou, but he still didn't leave. After 15 minutes of adding water, the train started and Commander Xu was still waving goodbye.
htmlOn September 12th, Lin Biao's special train crossed the Yangtze River Bridge and rushed north. In the past, I usually had to stop at stations such as Bengbu , Xuzhou , etc., but this time I kept going all the way and arrived at Jinan Railway Station in the early morning of the 12th. Chairman Mao originally planned to summon Yang Dezhi, commander of Jinan Military Region, and Secretary Gao had notified him in advance. As soon as the car stopped, we went down to greet him, but only one deputy commander was welcomed. He said that Commander Yang went to Taizhou to check the work, and it would take five or six hours to rush back.
I got in the car and reported to Chairman Mao. Chairman Mao said that the deputy commander was gone and he would come to Beijing for a meeting soon to see him. Please go back. At this time, Zhang Yaoci and others who were calling Beijing also got on the bus, and Chairman Mao told him to leave immediately. Continue to go north, cross Yellow River , go straight to Tianjin, stop for 15 minutes to add water, and then continue walking quickly. At this time, Chairman Mao passed the message and stopped at Fengtai Station. Fengtai Station is less than 20 minutes away from Beijing Station , and the Chairman has never stopped here. Why is this? No one can make it clear.
13 at 10:00, the car stopped and the door opened. I happened to see the station sign of Fengtai Station . I brought the Beijing Military Region Commander Li Desheng and Political Commissar Ji Dengkui who were waiting in the duty room of the platform, Wu De, Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and Political Commissar Wu De and Commander Wu Zhong onto the special train, and then withdrew. They talked for more than two hours, accompanied by Wang Dongxing.
Later, I saw the articles written by these leaders one after another, and I realized that Chairman Mao first understood the situation in Beijing, and at the same time pointed out Lin Biao's name, and then talked about the necessary arrangements to prevent an armed coup. Chairman Mao maintained a high degree of political vigilance and asked Li Desheng to arrange a division in the south entrance to prevent possible larger-scale extreme actions.
It was already very late when I sent them away, so we got in the car for lunch. I thought I should leave after eating this meal, but I didn’t know that I had left at 17 o’clock, so I had supper on the special train again.I didn't say anything after the meal, and it was not until after 19 o'clock and night was about to fall, so I received the order to enter Beijing Station. When I drove into Beijing Station, as usual, no one greeted me, only the big and small cars from the Guard Bureau, picking up people and transporting things. We quickly changed our cars and got back to Zhongnanhai smoothly.
has been out for more than a month, and I am worried every day, especially after the 10th, I haven't slept for several days. Now I have returned to Beijing safely, and an unprecedented relaxation has suddenly injected into my whole body. Wang Dongxing and Zhang Yaoci, who were following Chairman Mao, also went home. I arranged the sentry and the duty staff and explained the precautions. It was already past 22 o'clock when I left and the troops had turned off the lights. I haven't slept for a few days, and I fell asleep when I got home when I touched the pillow.
The day when Lin Biao escaped
Just hadn't been asleep for a while, Swimming pool Squadron duty room sent someone to ask me to go back immediately. I was called up as soon as I fell asleep. I was very unhappy, but I knew that something must be a big deal, so I immediately rode my bicycle into the west gate of Zhongnanhai and arrived at the swimming pool duty room. Wang Dongxing and Zhang Yao Temple have arrived, and their faces are tight. They accompany Chairman Mao every night and manage the troops during the day. They live irregularly and have difficulty sleeping. They have a large amount of sleeping pills. If they don’t sleep until they are certain, it will be very uncomfortable. When I saw them, I felt a little embarrassed when I thought about the unhappy I had just had.
Wang Dongxing told me that Lin Biao ran away and ran by plane. I was shocked, Deputy Commander, Minister of Defense, and the Supreme Leader except Chairman Mao, who knew all the secrets of the Party and the country. I asked impatiently: How could he escape? Where did you escape? I wish I could catch him back immediately.
Wang Dongxing said: He ran away by plane, and it is hard for others to stop him, nor can he stop him. I have to wait to know where I escape. I really want to ask how you know? But when he saw Wang Dongxing's nervous look, he couldn't ask any more.
But I soon knew that before I arrived at the duty room, Zhang Hong, deputy commander of the Central Guard Regiment who was carrying out the mission in Beidaihe, reported by phone that Lin Biao's daughter Lin Doudou asked the captain Jiang Zuoshou to take measures to prevent Lin Biao from boarding the plane and protect her safety.
Zhang Yaoci immediately reported to Wang Dongxing. In less than 10 minutes, Zhou Enlai, who was presided over the preparations for the Fourth National People's Congress in Great Hall of the People, also learned about it. At the same time, Zhang Yaoci directed the guards to enter the first-level combat readiness of . Zhang Hong from Beidaihe kept reporting the new situation and Wang Dongxing reported it to Zhou Enlai. Zhou Enlai combined the situation from the Air Force, General Staff and other channels, told Wang Dongxing, who was in the swimming pool duty room, and asked him to report to Chairman Mao.
Lin Biao took off from Shanhaiguan Airport , heading northwest, and radar along the way, and started tracking. At that time, I thought that judging from the direction of Lin Biao's escape, I must have fled to the Soviet Union. In those years, the Soviet Union continued to increase its troops on our borders, especially the Zhenbao Island incident broke out two years ago, and the relations between the two countries were very tense. Now Lin Biao's escape puts our country in a more dangerous situation. If a sudden attack is done, the consequences will be unimaginable. I immediately notified the squadron to get up and standby, and also transferred several commonly used cars. From the worst possible point, I could start it with a command.
Chairman Mao, who had just fallen asleep, was also called out. At around 1:00 on September 13, Zhou Enlai came to the Zhongnanhai swimming pool from the Great Hall of the People. I went to the door to greet him. The Prime Minister and Wang Dongxing, who came to greet him, whispered a few simple words, and then went into Chairman Mao’s bedroom together. About 20 minutes later, Zhou Enlai and Wang Dongxing came out and said that the chairman said that Lin Biao had escaped, it was going to rain, and his mother was going to get married, so he would go.
Wang Dongxing asked for instructions: What should the Chairman do? His safety issues... Zhou Enlai thought for a while and said that he would first transfer to the Great Hall of the People, where the conditions were better, and he would decide later depending on the situation. We sent Zhou Enlai out, and he hurriedly took a car back to the Great Hall of the People. Although it was only a few hundred meters away from , Xihua Hall , Zhou Enlai did not go home.
Chairman Mao came out of the bedroom. I saw that his face looked very bad, he looked exhausted and angry. I have been by his side for so many years and have never seen Chairman Mao’s face like this, but he didn’t say anything.Chairman Mao still took his Gith sedan and left Zhongnanhai West Gate and drove towards the Great Hall of the People.
The streets of Beijing are very quiet. When we arrived at the Great Hall of the People, Chairman Mao moved into Hall 118 of the old place. Zhou Enlai came over from time to time to talk to Chairman Mao and reported the latest situation. At 2 a.m., Lin Biao's trident flew out of the country's border and disappeared from the radar. We went through a time of extreme worry and didn't know where the trident had flew.
On the morning of the morning, Li Ne asked someone to bring a marriage report to Chairman Mao and asked the Chairman to approve it. Li Na is 32 years old. Everyone is very concerned about her marriage. Some people have introduced several partners, but none of them succeeded. She and Xiao Li from the agency are both peers who are waiting to marry, and sometimes joke about when we will go out to pick up one.
Chairman Mao sat on the couch in Hall 118, pulled out 16 red grid letter paper from the envelope, looked at it for a long time, but couldn't understand it. Chairman Mao asked the person who led the letter, what kind of person the man was, which unit he belonged to, and what the relationship between the two was. The person who brought the letter was a cadre in our first squadron. Chairman Mao was very familiar with him. He briefly introduced the man's age, hometown, etc., saying that the man was a waiter and had never been to college, but he loved studying and working. The two of them had a good foundation in their relationship and were willing to get married.
Chairman Mao immediately commented in a pencil on the report: Agree, Mao Zedong, September 13. Let the visitor take the report away. Then Chairman Mao fell into extreme anxiety and distress again.
htmlOn the afternoon of September 14, the Chinese Embassy in Mongolia sent a message that near Wendurhan in eastern Mongolia, a Trident civil aviation passenger plane crashed, and all eight men and one woman on board died. Zhou Enlai looked happy and came to Hall 118 and said that he had finally achieved results. Zhou Enlai came out and told us that Chairman Mao said this was the ideal result.
Since then, Chairman Mao's body has collapsed
However, the "September 13" incident was undoubtedly an unbearable huge blow for Chairman Mao. His heart was filled with indescribable pain, and his pursuit and self-confidence were seriously damaged. Since then, Chairman Mao's health has been getting worse. In the first few days, Chairman Mao did not close his eyes and never said anything except saying it would rain a few times.
For several months, he was in a bad mood, his face was pale, he was not normal to eat and sleep, nor did he take the initiative to talk to the guards, and he didn't even want to see anyone. I am really worried, can Chairman Mao bear it?
In early January 11972, Chairman Mao was going to attend the memorial service of Chen Yi and Chen Yi. Usually, Xu Yefu, the chairman's old secretary, notified him, but he was resting that day, and Zhang Yufeng was acting. I immediately notified Wang Dongxing and Zhang Yaoci, and reported to Zhou Enlai's office. At the same time, I transferred the big and small vehicles of the Chairman's outing, and asked the accompanying guards to bring long and short guns and enough ammunition.
Xiao Zhang helped Chairman Mao come out. I saw that Chairman Mao was wearing very little. Instructor Li took a cotton coat and Chairman Mao waved his hand. On such a cold day, Chairman Mao fell ill after returning from Babaoshan . In addition, in the following days, Chairman Mao went out to , Diaoyutai , Hall 118 of the Great Hall of the People, or had a meeting or a conversation. The 80-year-old Chairman Mao could no longer hold on and suddenly fell into shock on on January 13. Not long after, Chairman Mao was in shock again.
The central government decided to establish a chairman medical leadership group composed of Zhou Enlai, Wang Hongwen, Zhang Chunqiao and Wang Dongxing. Later, Deng Xiaoping and Hua Guofeng were added, and several medical staff were added to the original medical staff, day and night on duty and nursing. Since then, Chairman Mao’s health has not recovered. On September 9, 1976, Chairman Mao passed away.
