At 19:45 on June 18, 1955, a train was passing through the Ximen crossing in Xiaoshan, Hangzhou, when it suddenly made a muffled sound. A person in the carriage quickly stood up. His name was Wang Fang, the deputy governor and director of the Public Security Department of Zhejiang Province. The muffled sound made him realize that something had happened!
Chairman Mao is working on the special train
Wang Fang is on this train and is specifically responsible for security work. This is Chairman Mao's special train. Wang Fang was a police officer and experienced many battles. Every time Chairman Mao came to Zhejiang, he had to personally take charge of the security work, and this time was certainly no exception. According to the original plan, the special train left Hangzhou Railway Station at 19:30, but Chairman Mao temporarily requested to leave 20 minutes earlier and was not allowed to notify anyone. Therefore, the special train arrived at Xiaoshan in advance.
After hearing a muffled sound, Wang Fang immediately stood up and walked out of the carriage to check the situation of the special train. As soon as he walked out, he was surprised to find that a window on the right side of the sixth car, in the direction of the train, had been broken through. The hole was about the size of a thumb. Wang Fang broke out in a cold sweat. Could it be that the special train was hit by a bullet? When the
special train stopped at Zhuji County Station, Wang Fang immediately rushed to the stationmaster's office and called Deputy Director of the Zhejiang Provincial Public Security Department Lu Jianguang to tell him what had just happened. Lu Jianguang was also shocked. He immediately called Pan Zhenduo, director of the Xiaoshan County Public Security Bureau, and told him that the special train headed by the central government passed through Xiaoshan County and was attacked. A hole was broken in the train's glass. Lu Jianguang ordered on the phone that the Xiaoshan County Public Security Bureau must solve the case within 24 hours!
Lu Jianguang was still worried and rushed to Xiaoshan County overnight.
50s early police patrol
At this time, Pan Zhenduo was mobilizing troops to quickly investigate the matter. After Lu Jianguang arrived, he immediately studied the case with Pan Zhenduo and discussed how to solve the case. After that, they rushed to Hangzhou overnight to report the situation to Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party CommitteeJianghua.
At that time, Tan Zhenlin, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, Vice Premier of the State Council, and first secretary of the East China Bureau , happened to be in Hangzhou to inspect the work, and Xu Jianguo, deputy minister of the Ministry of Public Security, also came. After Lu Jianguang and Pan Zhenduo rushed to Secretary Jiang Hua's residence, Vice Premier Tan and Secretary Jiang Hua went out for something, and they reported the matter to Xu Jianguo.
Xu Jianguo listened and took notes, with a serious expression on his face, and finally said: "This matter is very serious and must be detected quickly... This special train is not an ordinary special train. On board is Chairman Mao, and there is also the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Big Brother. Chairman Malenkov! "
Lu Jianguang and Pan Zhenduo were stunned when he said this. They had only known that this was a special train for the head of the central government, but they did not expect that Chairman Mao and Malenkov were sitting on it. The seriousness of this matter The extent is unimaginable. Pan Zhenduo immediately reported that the Provincial Public Security Department had a 24-hour deadline to solve the case. Xiaoshan Public Security Bureau mobilized almost everyone immediately, plus cadres from various districts and townships to cooperate with the investigation.
At present, the main investigation direction of the Xiaoshan County Public Security Bureau is to identify the landlords, rich peasants, counterrevolutionaries, bad elements and historically complicated elements in the villages along the railway line from Ximen Roadkou to Bailutang Station, and see how they behave between 7 and 8 p.m. , are there any suspicious actions? At that time, there was less population movement, and the people who sabotaged the special trains were most likely still hiding in the villages near Ximen Crossing. Therefore, the investigation direction of Xiaoshan Public Security Bureau is correct at present.
html On the morning of June 20, after Xu Jianguo reported his work to Vice Premier Tan, he rushed directly to the Zhuji County Railway Station. Xu Jianguo has rich experience and pays great attention to on-site investigation. He wants to see with his own eyes what broke through the glass of the special train. After arriving at the scene, Xu Jianguo observed carefully and found something suspicious: the hole in the glass was not penetrated by a bullet!If someone shoots at a special train, if the shooting distance is far away, the bullet will fall into the carriage after penetrating the glass. If the shot is from a closer distance, the bullet will penetrate the glass directly on the other side. However, no bullets were found in the car, and the window on the other side was not penetrated.
In addition, although the hole in the glass looks like it was penetrated by a bullet, if you look closely, you can find that the edge of the hole is uneven and there are obvious cracks in the glass next to it. Such a hole was obviously not caused by a bullet, but by a high-speed impact of some kind of pointed object.
Xu Jianguo judged that it might have been ordinary people throwing stones that hit the train.
Xu Jianguo
Such a big thing is actually a stone thrown by the common people? If we put ourselves in the shoes of Chairman Mao and consider this matter, Chairman Mao's special train was sabotaged. No murder weapon was found, and no suspect was found. Who would easily judge that this was an "accidental attack" on the special train by throwing rocks?
Xu Jianguo dared to make such a judgment, first of all because of his rich experience, and more importantly, he insisted on solving the case based on facts and seeking truth from facts. The attack on Chairman Mao's special train is indeed a very serious problem, but it does not mean that it must be an assassination. Xu Jianguo told Wang Fang his judgment, and Wang Fang nodded in agreement. Xu Jianguo knew that the Xiaoshan County Public Security Bureau was under great pressure and might arrest the wrong person or even force a confession. Therefore, he temporarily dispatched a train and rushed to Xiaoshan County immediately.
Xiaoshan Public Security Bureau, as if facing a formidable enemy, is conducting intensive investigations in the countryside from Ximen Roadkou to Bailutang Station. Starting from the night before, all possible suspects from each village were gathered at the township government, where they were carefully examined one by one. When the train was attacked, where were they and what were they doing? Is there anyone who can prove it... When Xu Jianguo arrived, there were more than 20 people verifying the situation at the time of the accident.
The police officers were tired and nervous. When they saw Xu Jianguo appear, they were even more at a loss. Xu Jianguo immediately told everyone with a smile: "Comrades, I want to make three points here. The first is to cancel the order to solve the case 24 hours a day. Second, the nature of this case is not necessarily counter-revolutionary sabotage. The scope of investigation must be wider. This The incident was most likely caused by people throwing stones and accidentally hitting the train. The third point is that the focus of the reconnaissance area is Caojiaqiao Village, Anqiao Township. I surveyed this railway section. The railway passes through the village here, and the incident may have happened. Here."
Xu Jianguo's words made the anxious police chief breathe a sigh of relief. Not only is there no 24-hour time limit to solve the case, Xu Jianguo also provides the scope and direction of the investigation, which is really a timely help for everyone.
On the afternoon of June 23, the suspect was finally identified.
50s Farmers
Xiaoshan Public Security Bureau, based on Xu Jianguo's suggestion, comprehensively investigated various aspects and determined that Cao Wensheng in Caojiaqiao Village was the most suspect. This Cao Wensheng is neither a landlord counter-revolutionary nor a historical complex, but an ordinary poor farmer.
That night, Pan Zhenduo personally brought people to find Cao Wensheng. When Cao Wensheng heard the knock on the door, he quickly responded: "Okay, I'll open the door. I'll open the door." However, everyone waited and waited, but the door never opened. If you listen carefully, you can hear the sound of a woman crying inside.
Pan Zhenduo shouted sternly: "Open the door quickly!" The door opened, and Cao Wensheng was naked from the waist up and wearing a pair of shabby shorts, standing at the door shivering. His wife stood beside him, crying and holding Cao Wensheng's hand tightly. Pan Zhenduo leaned forward and looked into the room under the moonlight. Cao Wensheng's family was really poor. Apart from a bed, there was only a broken wooden table in the room, and there was no oil lamp. Cao Wensheng found an old coat and put it on himself, and left with Pan Zhenduo, while his wife kept crying. When
arrived at the Xiaoshan Public Security Bureau, it was already one o'clock in the morning. In the conference room, all the main leaders of the Public Security Bureau were present. Cao Wensheng was so frightened that he trembled and hung his head, daring not to speak. Pan Zhenduo comforted him and said: "Cao Wensheng, we know that you are a poor peasant, not a class enemy. If a poor peasant has done something wrong, he must explain it honestly and strive for leniency..."
Cao Wensheng still dare not speak. He is an honest farmer. In his early years, He never married a wife. Later, his brother died unexpectedly and his sister-in-law had nowhere to go, so she lived with him.They finally had a wife and children. What would they do if they were shot?
Pan Zhenduo persuaded him earnestly for an hour, and Cao Wensheng finally admitted. He said: "That evening, before the train came, there were five or six people standing on the west side of the road chatting. I stood at the door of Yougen's house, holding an angular stone picked up from the railway in my hand to play with. Just here At that time, I saw a very beautiful train approaching, so I threw stones at it and hit the windows and doors of the train..."
All the police officers present, including Pan Zhenduo, breathed a sigh of relief. After working for so many days, the case was finally solved. Of course, in order to prove that Cao Wensheng did not lie, witnesses must be found. According to Cao Wensheng's account, among the five or six people, Cao Peixing was standing next to Cao Wensheng and should have seen the whole process.
Without further ado, Pan Zhenduo immediately arranged for Chief Du to verify the situation.
50s Peasant Family
html In the early morning of the 24th, Chief Du knocked on the door of Cao Peixing's house. Unexpectedly, when Cao Peixing opened the door, he said: "I did the throwing of stones at the special car!" Chief Du was stunned at that time. Cao Wensheng had just confessed. Why did Cao Peixing also admit this? Who threw the stone?Chief Du quickly calmed down. According to previous investigations, the person who threw the stone should be Cao Wensheng. Now Cao Peixing proactively admitted that there must be other reasons. Then he took advantage of the situation. Chief Du immediately took out a pen and paper and wrote the "Inquiry Record", and asked Cao Peixing to sign and fingerprint it. Immediately afterwards, Chief Du said that it was right to confess proactively, but this was a major matter and would be punished by law...
Cao Peixing was frightened and told the truth immediately. It turned out that as soon as Cao Wensheng was taken away, his wife came to Cao Peixing with her children in hand, crying and begging, saying that Cao Peixing had been a township chief and a party member, and the Public Security Bureau would definitely deal with it leniently. Cao Peixing thought to himself at the time, what would happen to his wife and children if Cao Wensheng was shot? Just show kindness and "take the blame" for Cao Wensheng.
At this point, everything is finally revealed. So, how should Cao Wensheng deal with it? After hearing the case report, Xu Jianguo believed that although Cao Wensheng had committed a crime, considering that he was a poor farmer, criticism and education should be the main focus, and he should be treated leniently and given a suspended sentence.
On July 16, 1955, the Xiaoshan County People's Court sentenced Cao Wensheng to 23 years in prison, with a suspended sentence. This "big case" was solved just like that. In the face of such a major case, Xu Jianguo quickly judged the case and insisted on seeking truth from facts, which is worthy of admiration.
Source: Qizhuifeng
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