In 1955, Lai Chuanzhu, the person in charge of the military rank, took a list of generals and asked Chairman Mao to review it. He said: "Chairman, this is the list of generals that will be awarded the rank of generals. Please check it out."
Chairman Mao took the list of Lai Chuanzhu and looked it carefully. Who would have thought that the more you look, the heavier your face became, which also made Lai Chuanzhu particularly nervous. Just when Lai Chuanzhu didn't know what to do, Chairman Mao said to him: "I see that there is one missing person on this list, I'll add one for you."
So who is the person Chairman Mao added? What kind of war function did he set up to make Chairman Mao so concerned?
list of generals, Chairman Mao took the initiative to add one person
After the founding of New China , the People's Liberation Army began to prepare for the implementation of the military rank system. On November 12, 1952, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee held a meeting and decided to implement the "four systems" in the military: the conscription system, the salary system, the military rank system and the medal system.
Salary system and military rank system are implemented in a coordinated manner. Previously, the army implemented the supply system for , and there was little difference in material treatment between superiors and subordinates.
In terms of diet: there are big, medium and small stoves. Cadres above the division and above eat small stoves; cadres above the battalion and above eat medium stoves; cadres below the company and soldiers below the company eat large stoves.
In terms of clothing: cadres above the regiment distribute military uniforms with woolen materials; cadres below the battalion release clothing.
The monthly allowances received by cadres and soldiers at all levels are also somewhat different, but the difference is not very big.
Due to the need to implement the salary system and military rank system, the level of military cadres was assessed in 1952 according to unified standards. In January 1955, our army changed from the supply system to the salary system, and cadres received salaries according to their own level. After the salary level was assessed, the implementation of the military rank system was put on the agenda.
In the winter of 1952, led by General Cadre Department , and participated by General Political Department , General Logistics Department and General Staff Department Military Affairs Department, the draft for implementing the military rank system was studied and formulated. After repeated deliberation and discussion, in January 1955, the rank of our army was determined to be 6th grade and 19th grade.
After the military rank system is determined, the matter of evaluating military ranks for cadres is put on the agenda. According to the authority to appoint and remove cadres, the list of marshals and generals is determined by the central government, and the list of major generals to generals is determined by the General Cadre Department. The list of ranks of school officials is proposed by each headquarters, each military branch, and major military regions. After being reported to the General Cadre Department, it will be measured uniformly in the entire army.
Then, the entire army devoted to complex, meticulous and repeated measurement and evaluation work. After several months of meticulous work, the rank evaluation work of the entire army's officers has been basically completed, and the General Political Department and the General Cadre Department Management Department have come up with a preliminary plan.
However, after the plan came out, since Luo Ronghuan was not in good health, the task given to Chairman Mao for review fell on Lai Chuanzhu. On this day, Lai Chuanzhu came to the office of Chairman Mao with the list of the soon-to-be awarded the rank of generals. Chairman Mao said as soon as he saw Lai Chuanzhu, "What's wrong? Is the rank evaluation over?"
Lai Chuanzhu nodded, then handed the list in his hand to Chairman Mao, and said, "Chairman, this is the final list of generals. Please check it out to see if there are any problems. If there is no problem, please evaluate it according to this list."
Chairman Mao took the list and looked at it, but couldn't find the name in his heart, and his face became increasingly ugly. Lai Chuanzhu, who was standing by, couldn't help but feel nervous when he saw this: What's wrong with the Chairman? Is this list of generals not in line with the Chairman’s wishes?
Just when Lai Chuanzhu didn't know what to do, Chairman Mao said to him: "I see that there are fewer people on this list of generals, so I'll add one for you."
You should know that this list of generals is the result of the staff working hard for several months. How could there be fewer people? So Lai Chuanzhu asked: "Chairman, I wonder which general is missing? "
Chairman Mao glanced at Lai Chuanzhu and said, "Comrade Li Kenong is missing! "
Lai Chuanzhu heard Chairman Mao's words and said hesitantly:
"Chairman, we have considered Comrade Li Kenong's military rank for a long time, but because his work was special before and he had not been on the battlefield, we did not put him on the list of Generals. If Comrade Li Kenong is rated as a general, it will probably be difficult to convince the public! "
Chairman Mao shook his head and said, "It seems that you don't know Comrade Li Kenong. If it weren't for him, Enlai and I would have been gone long ago. Many Communists lived under his umbrella..."
Lai Chuanzhu
Lai Chuanzhu's eyes widened, unable to believe what Chairman Mao said, "If it weren't for Li Kenong, Enlai and I would have been gone long ago." After all, Li Kenong was doing intelligence work, how could he protect Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou?
Chairman Mao was very sad when he saw Lai Chuanzhu's expression, but the comrades in the party didn't know the contributions Li Kenong made, let alone ordinary comrades. So Chairman Mao asked Lai Chuanzhu to sit down and recalled Li Kenong's words with him. Every bit...
life hangs on the line, and a victory escape five minutes ahead of schedule
On November 14, 1928, the Central Committee decided to establish a special committee composed of Xiang Zhongfa, Zhou Enlai, and Gu Shunzhang to lead the work of Central Special Section . The Central Special Section has four departments:
General Affairs Section , section chief Hong Yangsheng, mainly responsible for serving the central organs;
Intelligence Section, section chief Chen Geng, mainly responsible for collecting important enemy situations;
Operation Section, also known as the "Red Team", section chief Gu Shunzhang, responsible for suppressing traitors and spies;
Transportation Section, section chief Li Qiang, in charge of communication, set up Set up a radio station.
Chen Lifu
In the winter of the second year, the Kuomintang also established a spy organization, called the "Central Club Investigation Section" to the outside world, and later changed to " Zhongtong ", which was managed by the Kuomintang Secretary-General Chen Lifu. Chen Lifu appointed his cousin, Xu En, who studied electrical engineering in the United States, as the director of the investigation section, and also served as the director of the Shanghai Radio Administration Bureau.
Qian Zhuangfei was the secretary of the Shanghai Radio Administration Bureau at that time. He proposed public recruitment on the grounds of "the lack of broadcast news editors". It was also at this time that the central government sent Li Kenong to apply for the Shanghai Radio Administration Bureau and established our party organization within the Kuomintang spy agency. Immediately afterwards, Qian Zhuang Fei helped Hu Di to enter the bureau.
In December 1929, the special groups of Li Kenong, Qian Zhuangfei and Hu Di directly led by the Central Special Section were established, and Li Kenong served as the group leader. In addition, Li Kenong also contacted Chen Geng with the name of "Li Zetian".
Xu Enzeng was not at first satisfied with Li Kenong, so he did not use him. However, as time passed, Xu Enzeng gradually trusted Li Kenong and promoted him to the head of the electric service department, and mastered the national wireless operator assessment and registration rights.
In early 1930, after discussion, Li Kenong and Qian Zhuangfei jointly suggested that Xu Enzeng adopt the name of a news broadcast organization to publicly list the secret service agency and set up a single portal to facilitate the activities. The headquarters is located on Zhongshan East Road, Nanjing. Under the name of "Zhengyuan Industrial Society", the "Yangtze River News Agency" and "Minzhi News Agency" have been established. The work in Nanjing is mainly handled by Qian Zhuangfei, while Li Kenong is responsible for the base of the Shanghai Radio Management Bureau.
Chiang Kai-shek
In May 1930, the warlords launched the Central Plains War . Chiang Kai-shek dispatched troops to deal with it, so he had no extra energy to take care of the affairs behind. The CCP decided to take this opportunity to hold the first National Soviet Congress in Shanghai, thereby expanding the Red Army , developing Soviet area , and winning new victories.
However, unexpectedly, this intelligence was mastered by KMT Songhu Security Command. The security commander Xiong Shihui summoned the political secret investigator Song Zaisheng and assigned him a task: take advantage of the opportunity of the CCP’s meeting to catch them all in one place and give them a bounty of 500,000!
Song Zaisheng and Xiong Shihui were fellow villagers and were highly valued by him at that time, but what Xiong Shihui didn't know was that Song Zaisheng was an underground member of the Communist Party of China under Li Kenong. Therefore, when Song Zaisheng learned about this, he quickly reported it to the organization.
Because Li Kenong is thoughtful in planning and rigorous in layout, the conference progressed very smoothly without any accidents. After all our party members evacuated, Song Zaisheng reported to the Security Command and led the military and police spies to search. Needless to say, of course, the building is empty.
Not long after, Chen Lifu proposed that in addition to collecting information from the Communist Party, he also needed to collect information from other parties and local forces to further expand the spy organization. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Kenong created more favorable conditions for the CCP’s intelligence work in the name of the Kuomintang establishing intelligence outlets in various countries and regions.
In early April 1931, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China sent Gu Shunzhang to escort Zhang Guotao, Chen Changhao and others from Shanghai to Wuhan, and then to Hubei, Henan and Anhui Soviet Area. After completing the mission, Gu Shunzhang did not return to Shanghai immediately, but instead performed magic on stage in Wuhan with the stage name "Hua Guangqi". Later, he was discovered and sold out by a traitor and arrested by the Kuomintang.
After Gu Shunzhang was arrested, he said that he wanted to "make meritorious service with guilt". He disclosed on the spot about the Wuhan Investigation Office and other information obtained by the Central Special Section. Wuhan Camp immediately arrested more than a dozen Communist Party members. In order to increase his value, Gu Shunzhang said that he knew all the secrets of the CPC Central Committee, but he needed to see Chiang Kai-shek before he could tell it out.
On the same day, Gu Shunzhang was received by Chiang Kai-shek, and then he gave out all the secrets he knew of the Communist Party of China, including the addresses of Zhou Enlai, Zhai Qiubai, Li Weihan, Wang Ming and others, as well as the office location of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, etc.
In order to seek credit, the Kuomintang Wuhan Camp sent top secret telegrams and urgently reported Gu Shunzhang's incident to Nanjing secret service Xu Enzeng and transferred it to Chen Lifu. It was Saturday, and Xu Enzeng did not go to work, and Qian Zhuangfei was the only one in the entire office.
Qian Zhuangfei was very anxious after receiving this information, but he did not show it. While pretending to be fine, he put the call in the original form on Xu Enzeng's desk, and hurried home and asked his son-in-law Liu Qifu to Shanghai overnight and personally sent these top-secret telegrams to his "uncle" (Li Kenong).
Li Kenong
Li Kenong instantly realized that the situation was extremely urgent and he had to hand over this information to the Party Central Committee as quickly as possible. Li Kenong was in contact with Chen Geng, the head of the Intelligence Section of the Special Section of the Communist Party of China at that time, and this was not the day when the two met regularly. If they could not find Chen Geng, they would have no way to report this information to the central government. What should we do?
Li Kenong walked around the house and smoked one cigarette after another! He had to force himself to calm down and relax his brain, but before he knew it, Li Kenong's forehead was covered with sweat.
"It's there!" Li Kenong finally let his mind work flexibly, and he found a way. Li Kenong decided to look for Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee . Once he found the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee, he could find Chen Geng. Li Kenong found Chen Geng through this method, and then the two of them met Zhou Enlai again and reported the whole story to Zhou Enlai.
Zhou Enlai immediately convened relevant central leaders and decided to take decisive measures. Cut off all the relationships and clues that Gu Shunzhang knew, and invalidate all the contact codes and connection methods that Gu Shunzhang knew.
About April 27, 1931, Gu Shunzhang took Chen Lifu and Xu Enzeng to the target accurately. Who would have thought that when Gu Shunzhang and others arrived at their destination, they did not see anyone, but only empty buildings.
Xu Enzeng
In the vain central organ of all walls, the newly burned files were still emitting black smoke, and the antenna that had not had time to be removed was still shaking back and forth there.Chen Lifu was stunned, and then asked the spy beside him: "Who did you see just now?"
spy replied: "There is a woman with solemn temperament walking by nearby!" "There is an old man who is shivering around the corner!"
It turned out that Zhou Enlai was wearing makeup into a woman, while Chen Geng put on makeup into an old man. They had just left and disappeared under the enemy's nose.
Chen Lifu lamented: "Catch Zhou Enlai, it's only 5 minutes away!" At this time, Chiang Kai-shek was waiting for good news in Nanjing, but unexpectedly, what was waiting for was a soap bubble.
intercepted the secret telegram, and the fake play was real Chongqing negotiations
Before the Chongqing negotiations, in order to protect Chairman Mao's safety and put the CCP in an active position in the political struggle, Li Kenong and the intelligence system he led made various efforts.
In August 1945, when Chairman Mao received the first invitation telegram from Chiang Kai-shek, he frowned and thought: "What medicine is sold in Chiang Kai-shek's gourd?" Chairman Mao hurriedly found Li Kenong to learn about the trends of various political forces at home and abroad, especially the trends of the Kuomintang authorities.
Li Kenong briefly but carefully reported the key points of the information he had sorted to Chairman Mao. He said, "I guess this is a trick that Chiang Kai-shek played." Chairman Mao nodded and said, "We ignore Chiang Kai-shek's telegram for the first time and wait a few days later. But you must pay close attention to Chiang Kai-shek's movements and see what tricks he is going to play."
Immediately afterwards, Li Kenong arranged a radio station to closely monitor the Kuomintang's contact station in Yan'an. From the deciphered secret telegram, he learned that Chiang Kai-shek invited Chairman Mao to Chongqing for negotiations, mainly to create public opinion, but in fact he had no intention of negotiating with our party.
After Li Kenong reported this situation to Chairman Mao, Chairman Mao nodded frequently and felt at ease. At this time, Li Kenong made his own suggestions: "Chairman, I suggest you meet Zhou Liwu and Robert (KMT), give Chiang Kai-shek a reassurance, and then catch him off guard."
Chairman Mao accepted Li Kenong's opinion, met Zhou and Luo, and said to them: "I have received the telegram from Chairman Jiang, but because I am too busy with work, I can't get out of here. However, in order to unite, I will send Vice Chairman Zhou to Chongqing first, and I will go to Chongqing after the time is right."
Several hours later, Chiang Kai-shek received a secret report from Luo and Zhou: " Mao Zedong would not come to Chongqing." After reading the telegram, Chiang Kai-shek said proudly: "Mao Zedong sent Zhou Enlai to deal with me, and he hid in Yan'an and did not dare to show up!"
So Chiang Kai-shek sent the third telegram to invite Chairman Mao to Chongqing on August 23, which also made Chairman Mao laugh: "Cheng Kai-shek is going to sing the fake play to the end. He really thought I didn't dare to go to Chongqing?"
On August 23, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held an enlarged meeting of the Politburo, believing that the outbreak of the civil war should be avoided, so he decided to send Zhou Enlai and Wang Ruofei to Chongqing first, and Chairman Mao would go later. Immediately afterwards, Chairman Mao sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek: "I am willing to go to Chongqing to meet with my husband to discuss the plan for peaceful establishment of the country." However, when Chiang Kai-shek received this telegram, he thought Chairman Mao was "playing with words", and couldn't help but be happy.
August 25, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee once again studied the issue of Chairman Mao’s trip to Chongqing. Chairman Mao clearly stated at the meeting: "You can go, you must go, so that you can get all the initiative!"
When this decision came out, in order to ensure Chairman Mao’s absolute safety, Li Kenong repeatedly checked the collected information and conducted in-depth analysis. In addition, Li Kenong also carefully selected the experienced Chen Long as Chairman Mao’s personal protection work and explained his precautions.
The day Chairman Mao set out from Yan'an, because security issues were of great importance, although Li Kenong made careful arrangements, he was still worried. When bidding farewell to Chairman Mao, Li Kenong couldn't help but shed tears.
Chairman Mao understood Li Kenong's feelings very well. He smiled and said, "If a man has tears, he won't let him cry easily. Why do I go to Chongqing? Do you still send me salty beans to me?" Chairman Mao's words made Li Kenong very embarrassed and quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes.
When Chiang Kai-shek learned that Chairman Mao was going to Chongqing, he couldn't help but curse, "Waste, what a bunch of waste!" Chiang Kai-shek was fucked. He expected that Chairman Mao would not dare to come to Chongqing to act, and he did not prepare for peace talks at all, and our party came up with the whole plan that had been formulated long ago.
Finally, after 43 days of negotiations, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party signed the Double Ten Agreement. Li Kenong used the illusion of enemy spies to fight an intelligence war to gain the initiative for us.
was awarded the title for the first time. The only general who had never fought a war
After the peaceful liberation of in Peking, there were still terrible murderous intent on all sides. At that time, there were 114 Kuomintang spy organizations in the Beiping city alone, and there were more than 8,500 professional spys. In addition, there were more than 50,000 straitors left by the Kuomintang lurking in the city.
In February 1949, the People's Liberation Army held a city entry ceremony. According to the plan, the Party Central Committee will officially enter Peking in May. However, under the complicated circumstances at that time, if no action is taken to completely eradicate these spies, the safety of the Party Central Committee, Chairman Mao and others cannot be guaranteed.
Faced with the complex and chaotic Beiping City , Li Kenong fell into deep thought again. Li Kenong believes that although the situation of the enemy spies is complicated at the moment, they are already like frightened birds facing the mighty People's Liberation Army. In response to this situation, Li Kenong decided to win the enemy's voluntary surrender, so as to find a breakthrough, find clues, and capture all the hidden enemies in one place.
So Li Kenong ordered the Investigation Office of the Peking Public Security Bureau to immediately start the secret self-referral registration of spies in various systems of the Kuomintang. Sure enough, in just two months, there were more than 2,000 spies registered from the first place.
Immediately afterwards, the Peking Public Security Bureau searched and arrested some stubborn elements based on the situation provided by the surrendered personnel. Soon, the turbid and messy situation in Peking improved significantly.
On March 23, 1949, due to Li Kenong's decision and the outstanding work of the Peking Public Security Bureau, the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao decided to enter Peiping early.
After the founding of New China, Li Kenong served as Minister of the Central Intelligence Department and Director of the General Intelligence Department of the Central Military Commission. In December 1949, Chairman Mao visited the Soviet Union and signed a treaty of friendship and alliance between the two countries on behalf of our government.
Manzhouli from Beijing to the northeast Central and Soviet border. This route is quite long. In addition, many places are newly liberated areas, so social security is relatively poor, and there are also many armed bandits and spies in the Kuomintang.
The central government sent Li Kenong to escort the visiting delegation to the border station Manzhouli. While driving, Li Kenong kept guarding Chairman Mao. In addition to talking about the past and the present, the two will also talk about some intelligence work that Li Kenong is good at.
At the same time, Mao Renfeng, director of the Kuomintang Military Commission's Secret Service, learned that Chairman Mao led a delegation to the Soviet Union, and he believed that this was a good time to assassinate Chairman Mao. So Mao Renfeng ordered the lurking "Northeast Technical Column" to chase Chairman Mao's special train from both wings, destroy the Changchun No. 14 Railway Bridge, and then lay a time bomb at the Harbin Station to assassinate Chairman Mao.
However, the enemy's conspiracy was heard by the intelligence system to which Li Kenong belonged, and he immediately reported it to Chairman Mao. Chairman Mao ordered: "Ministry of Public Security: Suppress this counter-revolution before I return to China!"
Li Kenong did not disappoint Chairman Mao's expectations, set up a net of heaven and earth, and finally cracked the spy organization in one fell swoop.
Speaking of this, Chairman Mao looked at Lai Chuanzhu and said, "After listening to Comrade Li Kenong's deeds, do you think he can be awarded the rank of general?" Lai Chuanzhu didn't know that Li Kenong had made so many contributions, and he choked up and said, "Yes! Why can't it! If anyone is not convinced in the future, I will be the first to disagree!"
In 1955, Li Kenong was awarded the rank of general. He is the only person in our country who has never led troops to fight a war but can be awarded the rank of general.
Due to the long-term hidden front struggle and the arduous war environment, Li Kenong's physical condition has been not very good, but he still insists on working selflessly.
Li Kenong and Deng Yingchao
February 21, 1953, Fu Lianzhang specifically reported to Zhou Enlai about Li Kenong's condition:
"Since 1943, Li Kenong has had symptoms of episodic precardiac pain, which occurs once or twice a year. It began to worsen last year, and it will occur five or six times a month. After returning to Beijing this year, he will have an attack almost every day. He fainted last night and was unconscious for five or six minutes before he woke up.
This morning, the Soviet doctor and Comrade Huang Shuze consulted and diagnosed Comrade Li Kenong with coronary artery sclerosis and excessive fatigue. He suggested that he go to the hospital for treatment, but Comrade Li Kenong did not agree. The sleeping pills are usually taken at 0.2 mg, but he actually took 0.8 mg. I repeatedly advised him not to do this, as taking this way would be a risk of poisoning..."
Zhou Enlai knew that Li Kenong did not listen to hello in health care, so he presented the report to Chairman Mao. After seeing this, Chairman Mao personally wrote to Yang Shangkun, Director of the General Office of the Central Committee: "Comrade Shangkun, it is very dangerous for Kenong to continue like this. Please advise him to follow the doctor's instructions to recuperate. You must never take medicine like that in the future."
Chairman Mao awarded a medal to Li Kenong
Yang Shangkun and Li Kenong are old comrades-in-arms. After Yang did his work, Li Kenong paid some attention. But as soon as things get busy, Li Kenong still doesn't care about his health. On February 9, 1962, Li Kenong unfortunately died in Beijing due to long-term overwork at the age of 62.
