On the evening of December 1, 1966, a 74-year-old man in Taipei died in his apartment. When he was discovered, he was lying naked on the bed. It is said that his body was copper-green, which was very different from the natural death.
It is said that the sheets under him were torn to pieces, and the young woman he spent last night was no longer visible.
soon his death attracted media attention, just because the deceased was not an ordinary person, but the famous " Little Zhuge " Bai Chongxi .
Bai Chongxi
This first-class general of the Kuomintang army and the former leader of the "Guizhou clan" within the Kuomintang was once a figure who was enough to influence the entire China. His three participations in "overthrow Chiang" almost changed China's destiny.
This made many people wonder whether his death had anything to do with Chiang Kai-shek , which had completely held the power of Taiwan at that time.
You should know that it was the "white terror" period in Taiwan, and Chiang Kai-shek had to implement terrorist policies in a large manner in the face of opposition groups. And the assassination of such an extremely influential opposition naturally aroused people's suspicion.
However, the Bai family did not raise any objection, believing that his death was caused by a sudden heart disease.
Until 2005, the 95-year-old Military Intelligence Agency Gu Zhengwen published an oral work - "The Secret Archives of White Terror", which tells the truth behind this incident.
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Chiang Kai-shek's old opponent
Bai Chongxi and Chiang Kai-shek belong to the new warlords of the Kuomintang, but they belong to different factions. The "Gui Dynasty" where Bai Chongxi is located is a powerful force second only to Chiang Kai-shek's faction, so he has conflicts with Chiang Kai-shek many times.
Since Chiang Kai-shek controlled the Nanjing government in 1927, from the Ninghan confrontation to the Central Plains War , it has continued until the demise of the Nanjing government. Bai Chongxi has always been one of Chiang Kai-shek's biggest opponents, and has also "forced the palace" of Chiang Kai-shek three times, which has become a great humiliation in his resume.
You should know that Chiang Kai-shek only stepped down three times in his life, and each time Bai Chongxi was related to Li Zongren .
Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren
1927, Chiang Kai-shek was in high spirits and launched the "April 12" counter-revolutionary debate. After establishing the Central Government in Nanjing. He took over the power of most of China for the first time, which can be regarded as the first highlight moment in his life.
However, KMT bosses such as Wang Jingwei in Wuhan and Hu Hanmin in Nanjing were dissatisfied with him, but they were unable to compete with him head-on.
Coincidentally, Wang Tianpei, the 10th Army of the Kuomintang Northern Expedition Army, suffered a great defeat in Xuzhou , greatly weakening Chiang Kai-shek's strength and reputation.
At the critical moment, the troops of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, who were originally supporting Chiang Kai-shek and were about to attack Nanjing, suddenly stopped and sent a telephone to join the team that overthrew Chiang. This gave Chiang Kai-shek a fatal blow, which eventually led him to step down on August 16, 1927.
Chiang Kai-shek In
Later, Chiang Kai-shek rose again, but for his ambition, he wanted to modify the constitution of the Republic of China at that time, which caused a backlash among the Kuomintang.
So, Chiang Kai-shek simply put down the then Legislative Yuan President Hu Hanmin, which caused a sharp backlash within the Kuomintang.
gathered in Guangzhou with Wang Jingwei and the Xishan Conference Sect, and the Guangxi Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, who were based at that time, were one of the main forces of the anti-Chiang this time.
Originally, Chiang Kai-shek had already gained a great advantage on the battlefield and suppressed the opposition from all sides. However, at this time, the "September 18th" incident of broke out, and Chiang Kai-shek's non-resistance policy triggered nationwide protests, which gave opposition parties all sides a chance.
September 18th Incident
On December 25, 1931, the opposition within the Kuomintang achieved success, and Chiang Kai-shek was forced to step down.
However, in 1932, Chiang Kai-shek came back to take control of the central government, and this power was in charge until 1949.In this year, with the failure of 's three major battles, Chiang Kai-shek's elite troops lost all of them in the three major battles.
The strength of the Guangxi warlords within the Kuomintang was advantageous, and the United States was optimistic about the Guangxi warlords. This time, Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren once again became the main force of the anti-Chiang Dynasty. In the end, Chiang Kai-shek was forced to resign from all government positions and announced his resignation.
So after arriving in Taiwan, Chiang Kai-shek took advantage of various reasons to seize the real power of Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren.
After retreating to Taiwan, Chiang Kai-shek
When Li Zongren returned to the mainland of his motherland, Bai Chongxi, who lived in Taipei, became Chiang Kai-shek's biggest target of anger.
Bai Chongxi himself knew this very well. He felt Chiang Kai-shek's anger and once told people around him that since Li Zongren returned to the mainland, he had no shame to see anyone in Taiwan.
At this moment, Gu Zhengwen received Mao Renfeng's order, a special task.
Li Zongren returns to China
Mysterious mission
This time, Mao Renfeng took him to meet a big man - Chiang Kai-shek. The task Chiang Kai-shek gave him was to plan an assassination mission against Bai Chongxi.
Gu Zhengwen, he was the head of the investigation and defense team of the Secret Security Bureau at this time, and was led by Mao Renfeng, why did he come to him?
clues can be found in his memoirs, because it is shown that he had been a spy in the Eighth Route Army, and had also participated in major historical events such as kidnapping Fu Zuoyi, assassination of Yang Jie , and Kashmir Princess .
can be inferred from this that he was deeply trusted by Mao Renfeng, so he had the opportunity to handle this task under the order of Chiang Kai-shek.
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You should know that Bai Chongxi has a huge influence within the Kuomintang, and no evidence can be left behind in this matter. Such a high-ranking official has a strict security on weekdays and it is difficult to find an opportunity to attack.
has these two conditions, and it is extremely difficult to complete this task.
Therefore, after accepting the task, he first had to master Bai Chongxi's living habits to formulate an assassination plan, which required the assistance of people around Bai Chongxi.
Soon, an adjutant named Yang became a breakthrough. After he was bribed, he told Gu Zhengwen about Bai Chongxi's living habits and daily activities.
, the spy leader who had planned many secret operations, soon found a flaw in Bai Chongxi's living habits. General Bai was a person who could not be idle all his life. After he arrived in Taiwan, he fell in love with hunting in boredom.
Bai Chongxi and Ye Gongchao (left) hunt
However, the old man in his seventies cannot hike to the hunting ground halfway up the mountain, and can only go up the mountain through the track car that goes up and down the mountain. If something happens to an accident with this track car, it will naturally be an accident.
Soon, the adjutant surnamed Yang sent the message, and Bai Chongxi was going to hunt again!
failed assassination
After General Bai Chongxi went to the hunting ground, Gu Zhengwen sent his subordinates to the scheduled murder site to prepare.
This is a necessary bridge for rail trains, and they plan to loosen the screws supporting the bridge deck. In this way, when Bai Chongxi took the car down the mountain, he lost the fixed rail car and fell off the rail car and could complete Gu Zhengwen's task.
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It’s a pity that people’s calculations are not as good as heaven’s calculations. Although the first car fell into the deep valley under the bridge, the second car that Bai Chongxi took had no time to slow down.
However, the adjutant in the car did not hesitate and pushed Bai Chongxi out of the car at this critical moment. Then, the car fell into the deep valley and Bai Chongxi survived the disaster.
After this incident, Bai Chongxi did not immediately give up his hunting hobby, nor did he realize that this was an assassination against him.
One day shortly after, the adjutant surnamed Yang sent a message to Gu Zhengwen, saying that Bai Chongxi was going to hunt on Alishan . This time, he chose a safer way to travel by train.
It is said that trains are much safer than small rail cars passing through the mountains, but this railway can lead to the mountains, not the main railway trunk line , but a single-track railway for coal mines.
Alishan forest train is now a famous attraction
There are no trains running on this railway on weekdays, but every time you run, you have to go through strict arrangements, otherwise it will cause a train collision accident.
Gu Zhengwen saw the opportunity to act here. Just a little bit of small action will cause a "collision" accident to occur in the train. Wouldn't this problem be solved?
He immediately set out to arrange it, hoping to assassinate Bai Chongxi by causing a train accident.
As the intelligence determined Bai Chongxi's action route and time, Gu Zhengwen's team immediately took action and a conspiracy began quickly.
Bai Chongxi and his accompanying staff took the small train to Alishan that day. The train had just driven out not far, and he encountered another train arranged by Gu Zhengwen.
Alishan train
The train opposite from the mountain is very fast. If the two cars collided, Bai Chongxi on the car would definitely not survive.
But this time, Bai Chongxi's adjutants also reacted very quickly. After all, if they did not react quickly, they would not be able to escape death.
So Bai Chongxi escaped again and jumped off the train, avoiding this extremely dangerous killing disaster.
Now, Bai Chongxi knew that someone wanted to assassinate him! So he never dared to go out easily again, and for a moment, Gu Zhengwen couldn't find any chance to start.
You should know that Bai Chongxi has always been known as "Little Zhuge" and is also very familiar with the spy.
Bai Chongxi
After he brought his more than 20 family members to Taiwan, he lived in an apartment in Taipei, and Secret Service opened a police station opposite his home.
He immediately knew that this was not an ordinary police station, but was specifically surveillanced him, so he did not give the other party the opportunity to get information and took the initiative to reduce communication.
Once, Bai Chongxi found that the jeep following behind had thrown its anchor when he was in the car. He immediately took the initiative to stop and wait for the other party, and even asked the driver to tell the other party not to rush to repair the car slowly. In this way, the agent , who was sitting in the car that followed behind, was very embarrassed.
Another time, Bai Chongxi was drinking coffee with his friend, and before leaving, he paid the other two, and these two were the spies monitoring his whereabouts.
Bai Chongxi
Faced with such an opponent, Gu Zhengwen had no choice but to let his spies step up surveillance of Bai Chongxi's residence. Many people who entered and exited the Bai family at that time were monitored and followed.
When Bai Chongxi himself has no flaws, he hopes to find Bai Chongxi's flaws through the people around Bai Chongxi to complete the task given by Mao Renfeng.
The Way to Break the Damn
Finally, Gu Zhengwen found Bai Chongxi's flaws and the people who could execute this assassination plan.
It turns out that after his wife passed away in 1962, Bai Chongxi lived a more lonely life. The children have started their families and started their own businesses one after another, and some even went to the United States, and the relatives around him are even scarce.
Bai Chongxi's family photo
Take his son Bai Xianyong as an example. In 1962, his mother left Taiwan on the 41st day after her mother died. This farewell was the last time Bai Chongxi met her son.
The lack of people around him made Bai Chongxi and the nurse Zhang who took care of him every day gradually fall in love with each other, and the two developed a "romance".
This relationship is progressing very quickly, and General Bai Chongxi and Miss Zhang quickly entered a state of "hot love".
General Bai, who is already in his seventies, actually wants to "revitalize his strength" and enjoy the joy of fish and water like a real lover with Miss Zhang.
But even Bai Chongxi, who has been strong all his life in the army, is still too difficult to satisfy a young girl at this age. Therefore, he could only rely on some "partial" methods.
Bai Chongxi
And Dr. Lai Shaohun, the chairman of the Chinese Medicine Association, became the object of Bai Chongxi's request for help, allowing him to enjoy the happiness of young people with Miss Zhang.
Bai Chongxi often asked his subordinates to go to Dr. Lai to buy "tonics". This kind of potion is indeed very effective. After taking the medicine, Bai Chongxi and Miss Zhang's relationship became more and more intense.
, however, this was also regarded as a breakthrough by Gu Zhengwen. He may not be very intimidating in front of military tyrants like Bai Chongxi, but for doctors like Lai Shaohun, he is an existence that cannot be accused of.
Doctor Lai had to answer in response to Gu Zhengwen's inquiry, General Bai was not sick, he just wanted to replenish...
Of course Gu Zhengwen knew about this, but his purpose was not to let Bai Chongxi nourish his body. So he asked Dr. Lai to use his "specialties" and "care" General Bai more, and to treat the other party's serious illness, he needed to take advantage of the other party's serious illness.
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This clearly implies that the other party should make a fuss about the dosage of the medicine and let Bai Chongxi "replenish" until it is excessive.
Doctor Lai didn't know if he really prescribed such a prescription. Anyway, it is said that after Bai Chongxi got the medicinal wine made from the prescription, his relationship with Miss Zhang became closer and closer.
However, just a few months later, Bai Chongxi died of a sudden heart attack, which may be closely related to Gu Zhengwen's plan.
What makes people even more suspicious is that in addition to the abnormal color of the body after death, a nanny once saw Bai Chongxi's bedside with unfinished medicinal wine. But the next morning, Miss Zhang left, and the medicinal wine and wine glass disappeared.
A generation of heroes died in an unknown way, but Gu Zhengwen obviously believes that this is the credit for their plan.
However, this was refuted by the Bai family, especially Mr. Bai Xianyong, one of Bai Chongxi's most well-known sons, who once publicly refuted Gu Zhengwen's statement, believing that General Bai's death was caused by a heart disease.
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The memories of the son
Bai Xianyong is Bai Chongxi's fifth son, but he is also the most famous of all his descendants.
You should know that he later became a famous writer and taught in Hospitality Barbara, , and later served as honorary dean of Hospital Arts School of Beijing Normal University.
His novel " Taipei People " was once ranked seventh among Chinese novels in the 20th century, and it can be said to be a remarkable achievement.
Although he had never met his father Bai Chongxi after 1963, he always scoffed at the claim that his father was killed.
Bai Xianyong and Bai Chongxi
In 2012, Mr. Bai Xianyong specifically answered the question of the cause of his father's death in an interview in Nanjing. He believed that Chiang Kai-shek sent someone to poison his father was completely gossip news and it was nothing at all.
First of all, he believes that these statements all come from the so-called "memories" of a retired spy Gu Zhengwen, who claimed to be a member of the group that monitored Bai Chongxi.
This identity is very different from Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek could not skip so many levels and get direct instruction from the other party to tell him what he wanted to do.
Secondly, Bai Chongxi had no real military and political power at that time, and under such circumstances there was no need for Chiang Kai-shek to kill him.
"Little Zhuge" Bai Chongxi has a considerable influence internationally. Assassination of such a person is likely to trigger international events. It is unlikely to take such a big risk to do such a thing.
Mr. Bai Xianyong
. Mr. Bai Xianyong believes that the cause of his father's death is undoubtedly a sudden heart disease. He said that the heart is a genetic disease of their family, and he and his brother have had heart surgery.
Of course, he did not deny that Bai Chongxi was under surveillance. However, he felt that the relationship between Bai Chongxi and Chiang Kai-shek was not simple, and could be described as "very complicated".
Specifically, the relationship between the two has been in chaos for more than 40 years. Chiang Kai-shek often relied on Bai Chongxi, but he was always alert to him. Bai Xianyong even quipped that the relationship between the two was so complicated that they could write many doctoral thesis.
Due to different opinions, how did Bai Chongxi die? It is still a mystery.
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These are difficult to verify, and Bai Chongxi died in his apartment. This environment with almost no outsiders makes people even more doubtful why his family failed to discover his death as soon as possible. The existence of doubts in
is probably impossible to give a perfect answer. After all, most of these people have gone by now and can never give an answer.
Similarly, what Gu Zhengwen said is not without loopholes, not just as Mr. Bai Xianyong suspected, he participated in a large number of important actions in his memoir.
Gu Zhengwen's work
If his role is really that great, how could he always be a front-line agent without promotion? Moreover, if his mission failed many times, why would they use him to continue to stay in the Secret Service?
Of course, there are also suspicious things about the assassination of Bai Chongxi alone. That is to create a destructive behavior of rail transit, whether it is the loose bridge deck that causes the rail car to fall off a cliff or a train collision accident. These are all huge accidents that cannot be covered up. If such a big incident was really created to murder Bai Chongxi and the result was not successful yet, how did he settle his boss?
However, these questions, with Gu Zhengwen's death, are now buried in the long river of history.
Maybe he made up something, maybe he heard from other colleagues, but now we can only imagine what happened to this general in the last moment through guessing...
