On September 12, 1971, thousands of students gathered in Tiananmen Square, who happily held a parade and rehearsal to celebrate the 22nd National Day.

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On September 12, 1971, there were thousands of students gathered on , Tiananmen Square, and they happily held a parade and rehearsal to celebrate the 22nd National Day. However, on the 13th of the next day, this lively scene was shrouded in a suffocating atmosphere: the airports across were closed and the airspace was banned in full swing. The grand parade was also announced to be stopped. What's going on? Everyone was in a daze.

On September 12, 1971, thousands of students gathered in Tiananmen Square, who happily held a parade and rehearsal to celebrate the 22nd National Day. - DayDayNews

Lin Biao ran away! Late at night on 13th, Xu Shiyou, commander of Nanjing Military Region, secretly summoned Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff Xiao Yongyin to his residence, Zhongshan Mausoleum, to meet.

After seeing Xiao Yongyin, Xu Shiyou did not politely and told him directly: " Just now, the General Office of the Central Committee called and said that an important person ran away in a plane. As for where he went, the situation is unknown now. The central government ordered the shutdown of airports across the country, all aircraft were grounded, and all radar was activated to monitor the sky. If any aircraft landed in us, it was only allowed to land but not allowed to fly! " He explained again: "Close all aircraft immediately." The field and the dock are never allowed to go to the sky and go to sea! "

On September 12, 1971, thousands of students gathered in Tiananmen Square, who happily held a parade and rehearsal to celebrate the 22nd National Day. - DayDayNews

Xiao Yongyin, who has been through the battlefield for a long time, was frightened and asked Xu Shiyou: "Who ate leopard gall, dare to run away from a big plane?" Xu Shiyou only said one sentence: "The secrets of heaven cannot be revealed, you will know soon."

After leaving Xu Shiyou's office, Xiao Yongyin finished handling the affairs and it was already dawn. He hurriedly got into the car and returned to Xu Shiyou's place again. As soon as he entered the yard, he saw Xu Shiyou doing boxing and practicing in the morning.

On September 12, 1971, thousands of students gathered in Tiananmen Square, who happily held a parade and rehearsal to celebrate the 22nd National Day. - DayDayNews

After returning to the office, Xu Shiyou answered the red phone and said "Yes" to the other side of the phone while listening. After the call, he smiled and said to Xiao Yongyin: "I haven't had breakfast yet, go together."

As soon as he entered the restaurant, Xu Shiyou locked the door and said to Xiao Yongyin with a serious expression: "It was the Prime Minister's secret telegram just now, Lin Biao defected from the plane!"

Xiao Yongyin carefully deployed the arrest operation

17 late at night at Nanjing Railway Station.

After a train from Beijing stopped, Xu Shiyou and his secretary got out of the car, jumped directly onto the waiting car, and rushed to Xu Shiyou's residence at No. 8, Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum.

Not long after, Xiao Yongyin arrived in silence. Xu said to Xiao: "I met the Chairman and the Prime Minister in Beijing. They assigned me a task - secretly arresting the 'Three Kingdoms and Four Fronts'. You set out to Shanghai to arrest Wang Weiguo immediately, it's urgent!"

On September 12, 1971, thousands of students gathered in Tiananmen Square, who happily held a parade and rehearsal to celebrate the 22nd National Day. - DayDayNews

The "Three Fronts" mentioned by Xu Shiyou refer to Nanjing, Shanghai and Hangzhou; the "Four Fronts" refers to Jiang Tengjiao, deputy director of the Air Force Political Department, Wang Weiguo, political commissar of the Shanghai Air Force, Chen Liyun, political commissar of the Hangzhou Air Force Fifth Army, and deputy commander of the Nanjing Air Force Zhou Jianping .

After Xu Shiyou briefly introduced the situation of the "Three Kingdoms and Four Territories", he said seriously: "Lin Biao and his wife and children have already corpsed Wendurhan. Now that the "Three Kingdoms and Four Territories" are headless, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not be anxious or take a gamble. To stabilize the situation, they must control them immediately. You go to Shanghai immediately and solve Wang Weiguo first! Beijing has secretly controlled its best friend, and we must also respond to the north and south!"

On September 12, 1971, thousands of students gathered in Tiananmen Square, who happily held a parade and rehearsal to celebrate the 22nd National Day. - DayDayNews

After receiving the order, Xiao Yongyin took the Minister of Defense Li Shuhe and others on the way to Shanghai.

When Xiao Yongyin and his party arrived at Shanghai station , the morning glow had already appeared. In order to avoid exposing his identity to alert the enemy, Xiao Yongyin notified the Shanghai Garrison District in advance to prepare two dilapidated jeeps to wait at the exit. After meeting the driver, he went straight to Yan'an Hotel in Shanghai without saying a word.

After the car arrived at the entrance of Yan'an Hotel, the commander of of of and the political commissar Liu Yaozong greeted him in casual clothes. Zhou and Liu took Xiao Yongyin into a secret room to listen to Xiao assign tasks.

On September 12, 1971, thousands of students gathered in Tiananmen Square, who happily held a parade and rehearsal to celebrate the 22nd National Day. - DayDayNews

At this time, Mao Zedong, who was in Beijing, was planning the overall situation. In order to do a good job in the periphery for Xiao Yongyin, he asked the Shanghai Revolutionary Committee to "pull the snake out of the hole." Zhou Enlai also personally interviewed Wang Hongwen, who was in charge of Shanghai's work, and asked him to go to Nanjing to meet Xu Shiyou, and then went directly to Shanghai to meet Xiao Yongyin.

Yan'an Hotel is well-known in the local area and is also a territory of the Nanjing Military Region. It is easy to alert the enemy when there is any movement.Finally, Xiao Yongyin and Wang Hongwen agreed to secretly arrest Wang Weiguo at Jinjiang Hotel !

cleverly set a trap and took Wang Weiguo without bloodshed. On the afternoon of that day, Jinjiang Hotel welcomed and sent him off, as usual. But all floors were decorated with secret whistles, and all the male and female waiters in the corridor were replaced by plainclothes staff in the security area. In the conference room on the

10th floor, Xiao Yongyin said to the participants in an extremely serious tone: " Chairman Mao ordered that the arrest of Lin Biao's best friend Wang Weiguo is a major political task. In order to minimize attention as much as possible, we ask Comrade Hong Wen to call Wang Weiguo and invite him to the hotel. "

On September 12, 1971, thousands of students gathered in Tiananmen Square, who happily held a parade and rehearsal to celebrate the 22nd National Day. - DayDayNews

Wang Hongwen took a deep breath and called Wang Weiguo. He said to the other end of the phone with ease: "Political Commissar Wang, I am Wang Hongwen. The General Office of the CPC Central Committee sent a document to be circulated, but there are too many departments in Shanghai, only one document. Can you come and take a look?" The other end of the phone replied: "Old Wang, I'm not available now, so just convey the spirit on the phone and I'll do it."

Wang Hongwen failed to achieve another plan. He continued to laugh and said, "Old Wang, it's not that I won't say it, it's because it's very confidential. You make a mistake by calling. Just go there, you can't delay your time." Wang Hongwen was afraid that he would not take the bait, so he continued to strengthen his offensive: "Come on, the hotel manager just got two kilograms of fresh crabs, and Comrade Ma Tianshui also said he wanted to treat you with Moutai!"

Maybe Wang Weiguo did not dare to delay his work, or maybe he was greedy for the crabs and Moutai liquor . Wang Weiguo agreed with thanks. Not long after, Wang Weiguo's special car finally appeared in sight.

Wang Weiguo can be regarded as a veteran of Jinjiang Hotel. After getting off the car, he took the elevator to the conference room on the 10th floor. The waiter pretending to be a plainclothes said to Wang Weiguo with a smile on his face, "Chief, please come in." The entourage behind him was blocked outside the door on the grounds that the work secrets were not allowed to enter.

On September 12, 1971, thousands of students gathered in Tiananmen Square, who happily held a parade and rehearsal to celebrate the 22nd National Day. - DayDayNews

Wang Weiguo was shocked as soon as he stepped into the conference room. The entire hall was full of soldiers. Xiao Yongyin sat upright in the center and shouted: "Wang Weiguo, you have been arrested!" Wang Weiguo, who came to his senses, was anxious to jump out of the wall and try to pull out his gun to defend himself, but the guards had already pushed the gun against Wang Weiguo's waist.

After the weapon was dismissed, the guard officer stepped forward and announced the arrest warrant. Then the cold and dazzling handcuffs were put on Wang Weiguo's hands.

In this way, the arrest operation of Mao Zedong and Xu Shiyou was planned in a coordinated manner, and Xiao Yongyin's specific layout was completed without any bloodshed. Subsequently, the remaining personnel from the "Three Kingdoms and Four Territories" were also arrested one after another.

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