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In 1954, a report was sent to Chairman Mao’s desk. The report mentioned that the thief who committed many evil deeds and who was also a confidant of Chiang Kai-shek was finally arrested! Many people think Duan Yunpeng is extremely guilty and should be executed immediately, but Chairman Mao replied: If you can be killed or not, don’t kill like this, don’t kill it first. So, why can this thief get Chairman Mao’s attention? Why did Chairman Mao disagree to execute him immediately?
1904, Duan Yunpeng was born in a poor family in Xujiazhuang, Ji County, Hebei Province, and ranked fourth in the family. Duan Yunpeng’s previous brothers and sisters had good personalities and were willing to share the pressure for his family. But for some reason, Duan Yunpeng has liked to be brave and bully others since he was a child. When he was in the village, Duan Yunpeng was a typical "bad boy". He organized a small group and often led a group of friends to blackmail other children in the village. If the other party refused to follow suit, he would beat and scold him. Gradually, Yunpeng, the district began to "expand its power", and had conflicts with the rogues in other villages, and fighting became commonplace.
Duan Yunpeng's parents also tried to discipline Duan Yunpeng, but they lacked a suitable education method. Although they beat Duan Yunpeng a few times, they did not make Duan Yunpeng turn around, and Duan Yunpeng simply stopped living at home. In the end, his parents had to let Duan Yunpeng go, but Duan Yunpeng was still not satisfied with such a life. He felt that this world was still too small, which restricted his performance. Therefore, in 1920, perhaps in order to avoid disaster or to pursue his "broad future", Duan Yunpeng directly abandoned his responsibilities to his family and ran away from home.
Duan Yunpeng, who left his hometown, had no food and clothing, but he was not panicked. He felt that he had all his skills and had no worries about not being able to find a bowl of rice. It happened that this was the warlords' melee, and many warlords were expanding their forces and recruiting soldiers. Duan Yunpeng saw that the Zhilu coalition was well treated, so he ran to Baoding to join the Zhilu coalition and became an ordinary soldier.
The warlords in that era said they were officers and soldiers, but in fact they were not much different from bandits. Some warlords did not restrain their subordinates and even encouraged the army to plunder. Some warlords even developed from bandits. If the bandits become bigger, they will be warlords, and if the warlords lose, they will be bandits. The military discipline of these warlords' troops can be imagined, so people like Duan Yunpeng are like fish in water in the warlords' troops. They have made friends with a group of "brothers" and have lived a very comfortable life. He was in good health and learned a lot of martial arts in the army, so he had few opponents in the fights within the army and gradually became a small leader under the warlords.
Duan Yunpeng practiced martial arts while joining the army, and his life was very comfortable. He gained a lot of money through blackmail and robbery, and was also appreciated by his superiors. In 1927, he became a captain and adjutant of the 12th Army Recruitment Command of the Direct Army, specializing in training recruits. Anyone like Duan Yunpeng can become a recruit instructor, so it is obvious what level of military discipline of these warlord troops is.
But just as Duan Yunpeng was enjoying his little life, the situation in the world changed. Chiang Kai-shek began to launch the " Second Northern Expedition " and launched an attack on North China. Although the Kuomintang army itself was also very corrupt, it was still much more powerful than the warlord troops. The Zhilu coalition forces retreated step by step under the attack of the Kuomintang army, losing the entire North China region. Zhang Zuolin also retreated in a hurry. Duan Yunpeng's troops were also disbanded, and he suddenly lost his job and became an unemployed vagrant.
So, Duan Yunpeng returned to Beiping and became the master of the famous thief " Swallow Li San ". The true identity of this Swallow Li San is still controversial, but one thing that is certain is that he is indeed a martial arts master and is good at stealing. Duan Yunpeng is strong and has a good foundation. He has rich experience in fighting and has learned a lot of kung fu in the army. Now he has received the guidance of Yan Zi Li San, and his martial arts have improved rapidly.
He practiced light body skills and learned a lot of theft skills. Then he began to make a living by stealing. His colleagues gave him the nickname " Syraccoon ", describing his cunning and flexibility. In fact, Duan Yunpeng had already made a lot of money through various methods before, but he was unlucky by nature and lived a luxury life, and he often spent a lot of money, so he could not keep money at all. In order to continue to maintain a luxurious life, he embarked on the road of stealing.
1933, it may be because he thought that stealing like this was not a solution, or because he was affected by the anti-Japanese wave, Duan Yunpeng once gave up stealing and wanted to find a future in the army again. So he used his previous relationship in the army to become a major squadron leader in the Sixth Brigade of the Forty-Seventh Route Volunteer Army and participated in the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War , which may be one of the few highlights in his life.
But his anti-Japanese war career did not last long. In the battle near Xifengkou , Duan Yunpeng's troops were defeated by the Japanese army and retreated to Sanhe County , and were incorporated by Song Zheyuan . But Song Zheyuan wanted to reorganize these volunteers into his own troops, so as long as the soldiers and not the officers, Duan Yunpeng had only a little severance fee and was driven away. The severance payment was naturally not enough to spend money like Duan Yunpenghua, so Duan Yunpeng returned to Peking, re-employed, and started stealing again.
Duan Yunpeng, who returned to the path of theft, has a much higher level of stealing than before. He is no longer satisfied with stealing ordinary wealthy businessmen. It seems to be to "train his abilities" or to improve his fame in the world, Duan Yunpeng has set his sights on senior government officials and well-known stores. He has stolen the Tianjin Mayor's residence, the Ruifengxiang silk shop in Peking and the German Embassy.
Moreover, his theft scope is in the Pingjin area, but the authorities have never found him, and they don’t even know his name. Therefore, most cases have become headless cases, and Duan Yunpeng has also become a "famous thief" in the world.
Shortly after the outbreak of the full-scale war of resistance, both Peking and Tianjin fell into the hands of the Japanese army. But Duan Yunpeng didn't care about this and was still continuing his theft career. Logically speaking, he had stole so much valuable property and had long become a wealthy person. He could not spend all the money he stolen in his lifetime, but Duan Yunpeng did not become a rich man because he never missed everything he had to eat, drink, whore and gambling, and was like spending money like soil, so he could never save money.
His theft is multi-directional. He will not let go of any of them, whether they are pro-Japanese traitors or patriotic businessmen who are fighting against Japan. It seemed that there was no one he dared not steal except the Japanese invading army. In fact, he did steal the Japanese army.
It was in 1943. Duan Yunpeng enjoyed it in the hotel again, but had an argument with a Japanese. The Japanese was also a spy from the Japanese army and looked down on the Chinese. Seeing that Duan Yunpeng dared to quarrel with him, he humiliated Duan Yunpeng severely. Duan Yunpeng suddenly became angry. Isn’t it just a spy? He dares to look down on me? Then you stole your leader, and the general leader of the Japanese army in North China at that time was the commander of Japan's " North China Front Army " Okamura Yasuji .
It's done as soon as possible. After inspecting the surrounding environment, Duan Yunpeng sneaked into Okamura's official residence and looted all the valuable property inside. Okamura's pistol, gold watch, gold bar, his favorite jade ball and two golden Buddhas, as well as US$5,800, Japanese yen 149,600, and fake reserve tickets of 200,000 were all swept away by Duan Yunpeng. It is worth mentioning that Duan Yunpeng committed the crime alone and did not seek help. I really don’t know how he took away so much money.
Okamura Nagaji was completely shocked after learning that the official residence was stolen. He never expected that someone would dare to steal it to him. What do so many guards and spies do for? Okamura Yasuji was furious and scolded his subordinates, and then ordered a thorough investigation of the case. The spies almost turned the entire Beiping City upside down, and the Japanese army in the entire Pingjin area were mobilized to search for the whereabouts of the thieves. However, no matter how they searched, they failed to catch the thief.
In the end, the Japanese talent finally confirmed that the thief was Duan Yunpeng, but Duan Yunpeng had already escaped at this time. Okamura Yasuji lost several beloved "treasures" in this theft incident, so he was obsessed with it, and until a few years later, he was wondering how the thief succeeded.
Duan Yunpeng actually did not go far, and still hid in North China. After the Japanese army's large-scale search, he began to commit crimes again. In 1946, Gu Zhengwen, the head of the North China region of the Kuomintang Military Control Commission, became interested in him. He heard that he had even stolen Okamura Yasuji, but before he was discovered, he began to recruit him. Duan Yunpeng is also a "school" person. He felt that being a thief would not be glorious enough for his whole life, so Gu Zhengwen made a wish to him. After some conversation and temptation of interests, Duan Yunpeng joined Military Control Commission and served as the lieutenant correspondent of the fourth group of the Beiping Station of the Military Control Commission. Duan Yunpeng, a thief in the martial arts world, became a member of the Military Control Commission.
Shortly after Duan Yunpeng joined the Military Control Commission, he received an important task - assassinating Ye Jianying. At that time, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were signing an armistice agreement, and Ye Jianying was the representative of our party to supervise the signing of the armistice agreement. But the Kuomintang actually didn't want to cease the war at all. It had already decided to launch a civil war in and , so it tried its best to stop the signing of the cease war agreement. Chiang Kai-shek thought of Duan Yunpeng and asked him to assassinate Ye Jianying in order to prevent the signing of the ceasefire agreement.
Duan Yunpeng then went to Ye Jianying's residence at night to spy on the spot, but found that the guards of our party were loyal to their duties and were deployed very closely, controlling various key points. Duan Yunpeng thought about it but couldn't find a breakthrough, so he had to return in disappointment. This was also one of Duan Yunpeng's few mistakes.
Although Chiang Kai-shek's conspiracy failed, the peace talks finally broke down and the civil war broke out. During the Liberation War, Duan Yunpeng stood on the side of the Kuomintang and participated in assassination, theft and reconnaissance operations, committing various crimes against our party. It was under Duan Yunpeng's spy that the Military Control Commission discovered our party's underground radio station in Peiping, which led to the arrest of several people from our party in Peiping, and the underground party in Peiping suffered a heavy blow. Subsequently, underground radio stations were also discovered in Xi'an, Tianjin, Shanghai and other places, and many underground party members were arrested.
But no matter how Duan Yunpeng assassinated, it cannot change the situation of the entire Liberation War. In 1949, Duan Yunpeng fled to Taiwan, but a person like him was destined to be unwilling to be silent. On the eve of the founding ceremony of , Duan Yunpeng returned to the mainland and tried to destroy the founding ceremony, but his party failed to succeed due to strict defense. In 1951, Duan Yunpeng sneaked into the mainland again and made a homemade bomb outside Beijing, trying to assassinate Chairman Mao and other leaders, but was cracked by local police. Just as Beijing police were searching for Duan Yunpeng, he had already fled to Hong Kong. Luo Ruiqing, then Minister of Public Security, saw Duan Yunpeng's energy so much, ordered special attention to Duan Yunpeng and to catch him.
1954, Duan Yunpeng thought that the news had passed, so he sneaked into the mainland again and tried to carry out a sabotage operation, but was arrested by public security personnel as soon as he arrived in Guangzhou. In order to prevent Duan Yunpeng from escaping again, the Air Force sent a special plane to escort him. The series of conspiracies planned by Duan Yunpeng have attracted the attention of our party, so the report on Duan Yunpeng's arrest was sent directly to Chairman Mao's desk. Many people suggested that the reactionary person who was extremely guilty was executed immediately, but Chairman Mao said that he could not kill him for the first time and let him play a little value.
At this time, some people still didn't understand this decision, but afterwards he felt that Chairman Mao was really clever. It turned out that although Duan Yunpeng was arrested, he still had many accomplices who controlled some of the intelligence networks hidden in the mainland of the Kuomintang. Later, Duan Yunpeng partially realized his mistakes under the influence and interrogation of our party and explained a lot of important information. Our party was also able to use this intelligence to "pull out of the hole" and destroy several spy organizations hidden in the mainland of the Kuomintang.
Duan Yunpeng's repentance made him live for more than ten years, but no matter what, Duan Yunpeng had committed too many crimes before, and had killed too many innocent people, and had to pay the price for his crimes. In 1967, Duan Yunpeng was finally executed, ending his sinful life.Duan Yunpeng has all his skills. If he can work for the people and become a "righteous thief" who truly eliminates violence and safeguards the good, he will be fully remembered in history. Unfortunately, he was infected with too many bad habits and embarked on the road of being enemies with the people, so he would inevitably have such an ending.
