As the supreme leader of the country, Chairman Mao not only shoulders the mission of saving the country and the people, but also shoulders the mission of reviving the Chinese nation and building socialism. Therefore, the physical and mental safety of his elderly people is crucial.
Moreover, Chairman Mao encountered countless assassinations and plots in his life. Whether in the peaceful era of founding or during the revolutionary war, he suffered no less surveillance and surprise attacks than other grassroots cadres.
Chairman Mao
But he was able to survive the ups and downs of more than 40 years without any harm, which is enough to show how powerful the defense and security forces around him are. Because only in this way can we ensure that he can continue to fight for the Chinese nation and ensure safety.
Many comrades in the party tried every means to arrange many senior intellectuals and elite soldiers to protect Chairman Mao’s safety, so that they could protect him. Chairman Mao has changed many security forces in his life, but the 8314 unit is the longest-time unit to defend Chairman Mao.
This army has no number but code number, which is very mysterious. After defending Chairman Mao for 23 years, their code name was also cancelled and replaced with a new code name. This is not only a respect for Chairman Mao, but also a respect for their work.
Chairman Mao took a photo with the 8341 unit
So how were they elected to Chairman Mao and how did they work next to Chairman Mao?
The mysterious 8341
8341 is an ordinary Arabic numeral, but the 8341 unit has a special meaning, especially when the construction of New China, the special code name of this unit has made many people around Beijing talk about it with relish.
Because at that time, this army often went to the countryside to help villagers carry out agricultural production and construction, and even opened their own farms in the surrounding open areas, many residents in Beijing knew about this mysterious army. Although they often got along with the people, they sat in the fields and laughed and carried out investigations. , no one knew where they came from, and they were following whose orders to act in Beijing.
And when many local cadres heard that a certain PLA soldier was from Unit 8341, everyone looked up to these people, which shows that this mysterious unit is indeed fascinating.
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In fact, the 8341 unit is very mysterious to the people, But for Chairman Mao, they are his closest armor. When Chairman Mao was working in Zhongnanhai , they were responsible for defending the safety of national leaders.
Of course, the people of the whole country vaguely know that they seem to be from the central government, but they do not know their exact number. Because this unit is not an ordinary People's Liberation Army or an ordinary people's police, the historical mission they shoulder is not the same as that of other soldiers.
341 was not a force that was founded after the founding of the People's Republic of China. As early as the time when the Chinese Red Army was stationed in Jinggangshan , Chairman Mao had the prototype of such a force "Spy Service Company" .
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928, the first spy company around Chairman Mao established to protect his own security and the information security of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. They all came from the elite Red Army of various troops, and they were well-versed in the battlefield, not only had rich combat experience, but also had strong anti-reconnaissance capabilities.
was in a period of confrontation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party at that time, and Chiang Kai-shek infiltration of the red areas was omnipresent. While they launched a large-scale white terror in China, they also trained many assassins and spies to infiltrate a certain Red Army revolutionary base. Therefore, it is very important for Chairman Mao and other leaders of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to have such a force around him.
During the ten-year civil war, this army climbed snow-capped mountains and crossed grasslands with the Red Army. They spent the most difficult years with Chairman Mao, President Lin and others.
Long March
As a senior old revolutionary and Red Army, none of them fell behind, but war and revolution are cruel, and no one can have an indestructible body. Many people in this army dedicated their lives to the construction of the base area, so the reduction in the number of people means that Chairman Mao’s safety is not protected. Therefore, the Party Central Committee decided to continue to increase the number of people for this spy company.
After the Red Army arrived in Yan'an, this spy company had more than 200 people. At this time, their task is not only to protect Chairman Mao, but also to carry out some regular party building confidentiality work.
With the establishment of anti-Japanese national united front , ethnic conflicts became the most important contradiction in the country at that time. The Kuomintang and the Communist Party have once again cooperated and joined forces. This spy company and many guard companies merged into . The Central Guard Corps of the Communist Party of China . They are under the jurisdiction of the 18th Army of .
Central Guard Regiment
Whether during the Agrarian Revolution or the War of Resistance Against Japan, this unit has never been to fight on the battlefield, but their military strength is not lower than those soldiers who have experienced it on the battlefield. The propaganda work in Yan'an and surrounding areas was carried out by them. Usually, they are intensifying training on the training ground every day in order to detect the counter-revolutionaries and spies who have infiltrated.
As the anti-Japanese work was approaching its end, the work of this army did not stop. They not only must always protect the safety of the main leaders of the Party Central Committee, but also must often go deep into the grassroots to engage in local people's production activities. This is a good preparation for them to obtain the first-hand information of the people and various data produced by society.
When Chiang Kai-shek was actively preparing for the civil war, the troops were divided into two parts, and some stayed by Chairman Mao to protect him closely, and the other part was stationed at the grassroots level. They must get along with the people in order to obtain effective intelligence information.
Chairman Mao took a photo with the soldiers
When in 1947, Hu Zongnan received the order from Chiang Kai-shek and led nearly 300,000 troops to attack Yan'an, it was this army that sent the information back to Yan'an.
After multiple verifications, Hu Zongnan's army was indeed on the way to Yan'an. However, at that time, the central organs and the People's Liberation Army were able to mobilize less than 50,000 troops in the northwest. Therefore, Chairman Mao proposed the strategy of "Swap the World with Yan'an" . He advocated leaving the city to Hu Zongnan and giving him an empty city. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China implemented on-site transfer, so Chairman Mao naturally had to follow the large army to withdraw from Yan'an.
Of course, such an action is very dangerous, but under the protection of the Central Guard Regiment, Chairman Mao successfully moved from the cave in Yan'an to a safe area, and the central organs did not suffer any losses. Although the People's Liberation Army soldiers withdrew the revolutionary holy land, the Kuomintang army was wiped out, and this army made great contributions.
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emergency events see the true colors
1948, the People's Liberation Army soldiers broke through the layers of the Kuomintang's defense line and went south, beating Chiang Kai-shek's army.
In order to facilitate work, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the various organs of the People's Liberation Army have been transferred from rural areas to Xibaipo , and this guard regiment defended Chairman Mao and also moved together. In order to protect the safety of other leaders, the guard regiment was broken into five classes, , , respectively defended the five major secretaries of the Communist Party of China, Chairman Mao, General Zhu, Liu Shaoqi, Premier Zhou and Ren Bishi.
Five statues of the secretaries
Later, after they moved to Zhongnanhai with the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, they merged into one place. This is the real outline of 8341.
When attacking the Pingjin area, Fu Zuoyi was a hard bone. He repeatedly refused to accept our army's surrender and started a year-long negotiation with our army. Later, the results of the negotiations were extremely significant, and Fu Zuoyi finally stopped.However, the Party Central Committee still allowed him to bring some personal soldiers to protect his own safety, but he did not expect that it was his own confidants who caused a storm.
Although Fu Zuoyi surrendered, Chiang Kai-shek was unsuccessful. Before going to Taiwan, Chiang Kai-shek inserted a lot of spies and spies into Fu Zuoyi's army. He ordered these people to kill the leaders of the CPC Central Committee and Fu Zuoyi in time, so these people lurked by Chairman Mao along with Fu Zuoyi.
Fu Zuoyi
A few days later, these people accepted the instigation of several leading battalion commanders and actually wanted to murder Chairman Mao and kill Fu Zuoyi. After the news came, Premier Zhou immediately contacted Marshal Nie Rongzhen and asked him to transfer a few more guard squads to protect Chairman Mao's safety.
Before these new guard squads arrived, Chairman Mao's place was already wrapped in layers of Zhongnanhai Guard Regiment , which had heard the news. They stood beside Chairman Mao with guns and bullets, and were tightly matched and did not allow anyone to approach Chairman Mao. With their protection, Chairman Mao was safe and sound.
With the dispatch of Marshal Nie Rongzhen, those who attempted to riot were also arrested. General Fu Zuoyi also wrote a letter to Chairman Mao to apologize. From this point of view, in the emergencies, the guard group around Chairman Mao plays an important role.
Nie Rongzhen
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the number of Zhongnanhai Guard Regiment continued to expand, even reaching 1,000 people . The identities of these soldiers are very clear. Most of them are from poor peasants and have knowledge below junior high school, and they must be tested by the review department at any time. As the number of troops increases, forming and organizing them has also become a necessary event. Guard Regiment Commander Zhang Yaoci handed the report to the General Staff.
Minister of Public Security Luo Ruiqing named the force 8341 . Although there is no specific number and it is not under the jurisdiction of the People's Liberation Army, this force is responsible for an unparalleled task. What they are involved in is Chairman Mao’s safety, so everyone is born with a good background and has the ability to be alert and powerful.
Luo Ruiqing
Successfully retired elite troops
This army has such a arduous task, and the conditions for recruiting new recruits are naturally very harsh.
Every time a new recruit joins the army, their family will be checked clearly. In addition, their physical fitness in is also stronger than that of ordinary field players. After passing all the conditions review, the recruits will be secretly transported to Beijing Garden Village for training by truck.
The training camp for the past three months is to eliminate those comrades who are not firm in their will, have poor physical fitness and have insufficient ideological motivation. In addition to learning regular military projects, such as climbing, fighting, shooting and other combat methods, we also need to learn some cultural knowledge and military etiquette . After all, they often stand by Chairman Mao, which naturally represents the image of China.
PLA training
In fact, none of the above can illustrate the strength of this force. What the 8341 unit talks about most is their confidentiality awareness .
Whether it is the foreign envoys or the eyeliner placed by Chiang Kai-shek in the mainland, as long as these people are met by the soldiers of the 8341 unit, they can always identify them with their own eyes. Therefore, this army follows Chairman Mao’s life and death. Whether it is meeting foreign guests or working in the office, the soldiers of 8341 are always on duty and always shouldering such a heavy responsibility.
Of course, the reason why they are on duty is not because some people need rest, but another group of people has a more important task, that is, "Mini-Service Private Visit" for Chairman Mao.The soldiers of
8341 did not just live in the magnificent Beijing. They each had to change their posts and go to the countryside to report to Chairman Mao word by word, that is, they were Chairman Mao's eyes and hands, and they had to take advantage of Chairman Mao's place of these places that he could not reach on weekdays .
Chairman Mao and soldiers
Therefore, farmers in Beijing can often see in the fields, but these strong young men are working with them for labor production or chatting. The capabilities of this army are obvious to all, but sometimes their cultural quality needs to be improved. After all, after the founding of New China, all things are in vain, and illiteracy is very common in China. , so Chairman Mao also set up a school for this army, and became their principal and teacher to teach them new knowledge.
Whether it is the "100,000 Whys" or the history and culture of China, Chairman Mao handed them over to them one by one, and also asked them to do their homework. Under the leadership of Chairman Mao, the cultural quality of the soldiers in these troops has increased day by day. Many of them are not only able to read and write, but also some are able to simply learn a little foreign language. With the long-lasting company, Chairman Mao and them have also established a deep friendship.
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This army can be said to be both literary and military, and is the elite among the elite, so it has become a topic of conversation for many people after dinner. One of the topics that everyone loves to talk about is that the code name of this army is very strange. In fact, this army has a long history, and such a code name was not instructed by Chairman Mao himself.
Of course, there is also a more credible statement, that is, when Chairman Mao was revolutionizing, President Lin once gave him an 8341 pistol. This pistol was the first trophy seized by Chairman Mao, so he cherished it especially, so he named the army 8341.
Later, after Chairman Mao’s death, the number of 8341 was also cancelled. This is respect for Chairman Mao, but the people in this army were not disbanded on the spot, and the number was changed to 57003, continuing to serve their historical mission.
Guard Group
341 The last task that they did before being changed was to smash the counter-revolutionary group. They took less than half an hour to arrest various counter-revolutionaries. After completing this great homework, they quietly retreated, hiding their merits and fame.
Unlike other troops, this troops never need to fight bravely on the battlefield, but they have to fight against all potential dangers. Chairman Mao’s whole body and mind were all based on their combat capabilities. So this army has been guarding the heart and mind of the motherland. "Helmet Group" is the title given to them by Marshal Ye Jianying.
No matter how the code name changes or how the times change, their spirit of loyalty to the people and the party will not be changed.
