Author: Dongxu
"Because he looks like Zhou Gong , he was beaten to death by Jiang Jun soldiers!"
In early October 1945, Chongqing negotiations were about to end, and rumors spread that the head of the Military Control Commission Dai Li was about to attack our chief.
Dai Li
Under this background, Zhou Gong's confidential secretary was beaten to death by Chiang's soldiers in broad daylight.
At a moment, public opinion was in an uproar, and people from all walks of life pointed their finger at the Chiang army, asking the Chiang family to investigate this and give an explanation to all walks of life.
The investigation results came out soon after, but the truth was beyond everyone's expectations.
On the afternoon of October 8, Mr. Liu Yazi visited Zhou Gong at the Zengjiayan Zhou Mansion in Chongqing to inquire about the progress of the peace talks.
Liu Yazi, from Jiangsu, became confidants with the Chairman in 1926.
As early as 1929, when the Chinese revolution was at its most difficult time, Liu Yazi foresaw that the Chairman would become the leader, and wrote poems to call Mr. Zhongshan and the Chairman "Two Lenin".
Chairman (second from left) and Zhou Gong (second from right) Before boarding the plane, Chairman
went to Chongqing for negotiations, meeting with Liu Yazi, and wrote the poem " Qinyuanchun·Snow " and gave it to each other.
After Liu Yazi's operation, the chairman's lyrics "Qinyuanchun·Snow" were published in newspapers and magazines, causing a sensation.
And after Liu Yazi and Zhou Gong finished the conversation, they stood up and said goodbye.
When Liu Yazi went there, she took the slide rod . When she left, Zhou Gong insisted on letting him take his own car and sent confidential secretary Li Shaoshi to see him off.
After all, Liu Yazi was nearly 60 years old at that time and worked tirelessly. Duke Zhou always valued friendship and friendship. Doing this is also a kind of etiquette and shows respect.
Liu Yazi strongly refused, but Zhou Gong insisted on doing so, so he had to get into a black sedan driven by the driver Xiong Guohua with Li Shaoshi.
This car is Zhou Gong's seat.
You may be curious, where did Zhou Gong come from the high-end cars?
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When the chairman arrives in Chongqing, the car becomes the chairman's car.
At that time, Xiong Guohua drove a black Stipek sedan. This car was borrowed from the US military headquarters by Guo Moruo and was a Zhou Gong car at that time.
Chairman, Zhou Gong and Liu Yazi
At 5:30 pm, Xiong Guohua successfully sent Liu Yazi back to his residence in Shapingba, Chongqing.
When Liu Yazi got off the bus, he kindly invited the driver and Li Shaoshi to come down to have tea.
Li Shaoshi declined: "Vice Chairman Zhou has something important to do, we have to go back quickly. I won't bother you today and visit you another day."
bid farewell to Liu Yazi, and the driver and Li Shaoshi drove back immediately.
Because Duke Zhou will attend an important banquet that night, the farewell banquet held by the Chiang army's important man Zhang Zhizhong for the chairman.
So Xiong Guohua drove the sedan very fast.
Xiong Guohua is an old driver. At the age of 16, he worked as an apprentice in an auto repair shop run by the Red Cross. He worked as a driver in 1937 and has 8 years of driving experience.
plus there were few cars on the road at that time, so the speed couldn't help but get up.
The car quickly drove out of the downtown area and entered Hongyanzui Tuwan.
Here is a downhill road, and the speed is faster.
This section of road is on the left of the turbulent Jinsha River, and by the river is Eighth Route Army Office ; the cave on the right is a gasoline depot.
The Eighth Route Army in the gasoline warehouse recognized this car and signaled the driver to drive slowly.
But it’s only 20 minutes before attending the banquet. Can Xiong Guohua slow down?
Although it was a downhill road, Xiong Guohua did not slow down, and he was very skilled and brave.
When moving forward to a steep mountain road, a team of Chiang soldiers came towards him, with about twenty or thirty people.
These soldiers were fully armed, each carrying long spears on their shoulders.
"What's going on? Why are there so many Jiang Jun here?"
Because it was approaching dusk, Xiong Guohua's expression couldn't help but become nervous.
"Don't worry about him, drive over." Li Shaoshi said.
Seeing a car coming, the group of soldiers stopped and stood solemnly on both sides of the road.
At this time, a soldier took off the rifle from his shoulder, raised it high, and made a face at Xiong Guohua's car.
This is a mountain road, which is not wide at all, because so many soldiers appear, it seems even narrower.
And there was a peace talk at that time. Everyone knew that Jiang Jun used peace talks as a cover, and we knew it very well.
Therefore, the relationship between the two sides is still tense, and neither side will truly trust each other, and frictions occur from time to time.
Although Xiong Guohua is an old driver, he is nervous about the soldier's grimace. He held the steering wheel tightly with both hands and asked Li Shaoshi: "Are these soldiers here to find trouble? What should I do?"
Li Shaoshi's old comrade who joined the party in 1926 has been doing underground work for many years, and has never seen any scenes?
He said calmly, "What if he doesn't matter, drive it over."
So Xiong Guohua stepped on the accelerator, and the car called and banged the ground in front of the group of soldiers.
Suddenly, Xiong Guohua heard a "bang" gunshot from behind him, and felt the body of the car tremble, and he thought to himself, "not good".
At the same time, Li Shaoshi beside him screamed and fell on the seat. Suddenly, the red blood leaped out of his clothes and flowed to the seat of the car.
"Secretary Li, wake up!" Xiong Guohua widened his eyes and shouted.
Li Shaoshi covered his abdomen with his hands, his expression was painful and he did not respond.
Xiong Guohua dared not neglect, so he immediately stepped on the accelerator and drove Secretary Li to Jintang Street Citizen Hospital ten kilometers away.
The hospital saved lives and helped the wounded. After the injured were sent, the doctor carried out full rescue efforts.
After Xiong Guohua got off the car, he kept paced back and forth outside the operating room, waiting anxiously.
Wait until around 7 o'clock, the doctor came out and his face looked ugly.
"Young man, the injured person was shot in his lungs and bleeding too much. We did our best, but this gentleman..."
At this moment, the chairman, Zhou Gong and other leaders were in the auditorium to attend a grand dinner held by Lieutenant General Zhang Zhi to bid farewell to them.
Li Shaoshi's family photo
Xiong Guohua reported the news of Li Shaoshi's death to Zhou Gong through the comrades from the nearby Eighth Route Army's " Xinhua Daily " business department.
Everyone present was very shocked and felt that everything had been planned and that it was the assassination carried out by Chiang Jun.
Because during the negotiations, there were endless rumors that Dai Li's Military Control Commission would harm our leader.
However, our leader was not in the car at that time, why did Chiang army soldiers shoot?
It turns out that Li Shaoshi and Duke Zhou look similar, and he is riding in Zhou's special car, so it is likely that the spy of the Chiang army regarded Li Shaoshi as Duke Zhou.
Zhou Gong was furious and immediately drove to the Jiang army military police headquarters, found the commander Zhang Zhen , filed a solemn protest to him, and demanded severe punishment for the murderer. After
, Zhou Gong immediately contacted the media reporter in Chongqing and asked them to interview and report on the matter.
When they learned the news, the reporter immediately felt that something was going to happen. They rushed to Chongqing Municipal Hospital, the Eighth Route Army Office and the Chiang Kai-shek Army Gendarmerie Command for interviews overnight. They wrote a press release that night, and the newspaper typed it overnight and delivered it to print it.
The next day, major newspapers in Chongqing published articles on the front pages, focusing on the death of Li Shaoshi.
They pointed the finger at the Chiang army authorities, accusing them of being despicable and shameless and assassination was a despicable method.
At this time, Jiang's phone number was also exploded.
Soviet ambassador Petrov, US ambassador Hurley , the chief representative of the Communist Party of China's peace talks, and democrats from all walks of life , called Chiang one after another.
Everyone spoke stern tone and asked about the truth.
Jiang was confused about this and didn't know who did it.
Li Shaoshi is not only the secretary of Duke Zhou, but also the husband of Liao Mengxing, the daughter of Jiang Jun veteran Liao Zhongkai .
Liao Zhongkai was murdered in 1925, and some people suspected that it was done by Jiang.
Liao Zhongkai's wife He Xiangning has always sympathized with us and often criticized Jiang's dictatorship.
He Xiangning
Plus is in a sensitive period of negotiations in Chongqing. All walks of life accused Chiang army of being insincere about peace talks and playing the trick of "fake negotiations and real civil wars".
At this critical moment, Li Shaoshi was shot and died. It was the soldiers of Chiang’s army who fired. Chiang’s family was unaware of their arguments, and they were upset and worried.
In order to find out the truth, Jiang immediately notified the special military and police officers in Chongqing to have a meeting in his office.
At 8 am, Dai Li, the leader of the Military Command of Chiang Army, Xu Enzeng, the leader of the Central Command, Zhang Zhen, the commander of the military police, and Tang Yi, the chief of the Chongqing Police, all arrived.
Jiang's face was gloomy and he scolded him in front of him. The big guys looked at each other and looked confused.
Jiang roared: "Give you a day to find out the truth, otherwise, don't blame me for being polite!"
The big guys acted separately and directed their subordinates to start a intensive investigation.
Chongqing police authorities also sent forensic doctors to dissect Li Shaoshi's body in the presence of the Eighth Route Army, remove the warhead, and conduct a ballistic test.
After investigation, the bullet was shot from the back of the car, and immediately pierced through the car body and hit the tool box and popped up, and then hit Li Shaoshi's lung.
On the morning of October 10, through careful investigations from all parties, the truth of Li Shaoshi's death was finally revealed, which was unexpected by everyone.
It turns out that Li Shaoshi's shot was actually an accident caused by a traffic accident.
On the afternoon of October 8, Li Shaoshi sent Liu Yazi back. When passing through Hongyanzui Tuwan, he encountered a team of Chiang soldiers with live ammunition. They were from the Seventh Company of the Third Battalion of the First Mortar Regiment of a certain unit of the National Revolutionary Army.
Driver Xiong Guohua was thinking about Zhou Gong’s evening banquet in his heart, for fear of delay, the car was fast and he was in a nervous mood.
When I met Chiang’s soldiers, I was nervous and worried that the situation would be caused by the situation, so the speed of the car would be faster.
At that time, Jiang Jun soldiers felt that the driver would definitely slow down after seeing people, so they didn't care at all.
At this time, a soldier broke out on the side of the road and crossed the road. He was hit by a fast-moving car.
Xiang Guohua was in a very nervous mood, so he did not notice it and did not stop.
The squad leader Tian Kaifu, who was accompanying the soldiers, was furious when he saw it: Did the soldier who hit me leave like this? Who is so powerful?
In desperation, he immediately raised his gun and fired a shot at the car.
The person who was riding in this kind of car at that time was either a high-ranking official or a nobleman, and the squad leader dared to shoot at the car.
Unexpectedly, this time it stabbed a huge hole and actually hit Zhou Gong’s confidential secretary Li Shaoshi, causing an uproar...
The squad leader was arrested and shouted for justice. He said that the car was very fast, and he did not see who was doing it, nor did he know that it was Zhou Gong’s car.
No matter what, he can't stand it.
Driver Hit-and-run is certainly wrong, but it is not a reason to injure people. Therefore, the Chiang army authorities were detained by the squad leader Tian Kaifu, who was the shooting, and confiscated his weapons.
After finding out the truth of the incident, Jiang was relieved.
At the same time, Jiang ordered various departments to conduct crisis public relations to eliminate the negative impact of this matter.
includes informing the Chairman, Zhou Gong and the Eighth Route Army Office, holding a press conference to disclose the investigation results to the media, etc.
In order to excuse himself and calm the storm, Jiang Jun’s propaganda machine started to operate together and made an official announcement.
The relevant departments of Jiang Jun also racked their brains and came up with a clever trick to transfer Wu Yingtang, a soldier who was seriously injured and had just undergone surgery, from Gaotanyan Central Hospital, which was in good condition, to Chongqing Citizen Hospital, which was in poor condition, and allowed him to live next door to Li Shaoshi's ward.
One can allow people who come to the hospital to pay homage to Li Shaoshi's body, and also see soldiers injured in the car accident; the other can also allow the injured to show up and accus the driver of the vehicle Li Shaoshi of running away after the accident. The squad leader fired the gun out of justice in desperation. After the truth was revealed, we did not evade responsibility, but faced the reality and made a positive, serious and responsible response. After the investigation results were released, the Xinhua Daily published the investigation conclusions of the Chiang Kai-shek military police headquarters on the traffic accident and shooting the next day.
At the same time, the speech of Director Qian Zhiguang of the Eighth Route Army Office was published.In his speech, Director Qian expressed cordial condolences to the injured Chiang army soldiers and expressed his approval of the Chiang army's investigation conclusion.
Not only that, Zhou Gong also personally came forward to carry out the aftermath.
To be honest, Zhou Gong was in a very heavy mood at this moment.
Li Shaoshi came to Zhou Gong in 1943 and became his English secretary. The two lived together day and night and established a deep relationship.
The relationship between Zhou Gong and his father-in-law Liao Zhongkai is extraordinary.
Liao Zhongkai and Zhou Gong worked together in Whampoa Military Academy . They appreciate Zhou Gong very much and the two families come and go.
Liao Chengzhi and Liao Mengxing called Zhou Gong "Brother", while Deng Yingchao affectionately called He Xiangning "Mom".
On August 20, 1925, Liao Zhongkai was assassinated. Duke Zhou arrived at the hospital for a visit immediately regardless of his personal safety.
Zhou Gong, Deng Yingchao, Liao Mengxing
Just a good person, just left like this. Zhou Gong was extremely sad and kept saying "I didn't take good care of you..."
However, in order to calm the storm, on the afternoon of October 10, when Li Shaoshi had just been buried, Zhou Gong endured his grief and came to the Citizen Hospital to visit Wu Yingtang, a soldier who was seriously injured in the car accident, and apologized to him and his family.
Zhou Gong held Wu Yingtang's hand tightly and said to him sincerely: "I'm sorry, our car hit you and caused you harm."
"On behalf of the Eighth Route Army Office, I apologize to you here. We will bear all your medical expenses, nutrition expenses and post-treatment expenses. Please recover well and wish you a speedy recovery."
walked out of the ward, and many reporters surrounded him and asked Zhou Gong about his opinion on the shooting death of his secretary.
Zhou Gong was very generous. He replied in a calm tone: "We are seeking truth from facts and respecting facts; I have already visited the injured; I would like to express my gratitude to the investigations of various departments in Chongqing..."
At this point, the Li Shaoshi incident was successfully resolved, avoiding possible misunderstandings between the two sides and resolving a crisis.
At the same time, Zhou Gong's broad mind and open heart made all walks of life in Chongqing admire him.
The senior executives of the Chiang army, including Jiang, had nothing to say about this. They had to admire Zhou Gong's broad mind and way of dealing with things from the bottom of their hearts.
On the surface, there seems to be nothing wrong with Jiang Jun’s way of handling this matter.
However, if you look closely, you can still see the inappropriate points.
For example, the soldier of Jiang Jun was seriously injured. Although he had undergone surgery, the Jiang Jun authorities asked him to move from a hospital with good conditions to a relatively poor hospital, and he should not have lived next to the deceased.
clarifies the facts, so there are many ways to do so, and the feelings of the injured should not be considered for this. At that time, a reporter wrote this passage: "From this accident, the two parties' handling methods are completely different, and we can see who is the winner and who is the loser!"
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