In 1949, in order to prevent the founding of New China, the Kuomintang sent people to assassinate Chairman Mao many times, and in this context, the security department sent additional guards to Chairman Mao's side for security reasons.
Among them, there was a guard named Chen Changjiang, who had been following the chairman for 26 years, and after Chairman Mao's death, he was transferred to Hua Guofeng and Deng Xiaoping to take on the protection work.
Witnessing the history of three generations of leaders, witnessing the new China from weak to strong, and now that he is still alive, people can't help but wonder, what kind of story does this guard have with Chairman Mao, Hua Guofeng, and Deng Xiaoping? Below, the author will take everyone into his life.
In January 1949, the victory of the three major battles had already declared the fact that the defeat of the Kuomintang had been decided, and mao Zedong, the leader of the Communist Party who led the people to victory, was once again concerned by all countries in the world.
Unable to accept defeat, the Kuomintang sent people to assassinate Mao Zedong on many occasions in order to block the founding of New China, and on July 1 of that year, the 28th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, when the Kuomintang received the news that Mao Zedong was going to beijing to give a speech at the Xiannongtan Temple, it immediately dispatched Cui Duo, the ace killer of the Secret Bureau, to assassinate Mao Zedong on the road.
Cui Duo is known as a "snitch" and "Sai Jin Leopard" in the Kuomintang, and he can play with two guns in one hand, and is a top-ranked killer of the Kuomintang Secrecy Bureau.
However, the communist security departments were not vegetarians, and our party learned of the Kuomintang's assassination plan early on, so a few days before the commemoration day, a strict investigation and survey was carried out, and Cui Duo, who was lurking here, was arrested.
After the failure of this operation, the Kuomintang was still not dead-hearted, and when it learned that the founding ceremony was held on October 1, the Kuomintang made another decision to assassinate, and Mao Renfeng, director of the Secrecy Bureau, personally ordered that the military command special service group hidden in Beijing must sabotage the founding ceremony at all costs, and find a way to disguise themselves as staff members at various posts and implement the "thorn hair plan."
On the eve of the founding ceremony, the Ministry of Public Security strictly inspected every street in Beijing and arrested more than a dozen Kuomintang lurkers, including Wu Ruijin, disguised as a vegetable farmer, whose task was to install a time bomb in an Asian hotel.
The Asia Hotel was the foothold of the delegates who came to attend the founding ceremony, and if Wu Ruijin successfully installed the bomb, the life safety of the central political leaders would be greatly threatened.
Fortunately, the Ministry of Public Security arrested Wu Ruijin in time and strangled the storm in the cradle.
After the founding of New China, the Kuomintang in Taiwan will certainly not want New China to develop, and the security department predicts that after this, the Kuomintang will make greater moves.
Therefore, in order to protect Chairman Mao's safety, the Central Defense Department finally decided to send additional guards to Chairman Mao after many meetings and discussions.
Because of Chairman Mao's special status as the leader of the state, the guards must be safe and reliable and must not make any mistakes; the central authorities stipulate: First, they must be people who have a bitter vendetta against the Kuomintang; second, the historical background must be clearly investigated, and the guards must be loyal to the revolution and actively advance; third, they need to have certain combat experience and must lead the troops to fight; fourth, they must bear hardships and stand hard work and obey the party's leadership and command...
According to the above conditions, the central government quickly selected a list, and the protagonist of the story, Chen Changjiang, was screened in this way.
At the end of 1950, the leaders of the Northern Jiangsu Military Region summoned Chen Changjiang to the office, and as soon as Chen Changjiang came in, he said straight to the point: "Comrade Chen Changjiang, the organization has a glorious task to entrust to you, and we intend to send you to the Central Guard Force in Beijing. ”
After Chen Changjiang heard this, his face could not hide the joy on his face, because what he admired most was Chairman Mao, and the revolution of the Communist Party was marched toward victory under the wise leadership of Chairman Mao, and he joined the Central Guard, which meant being able to make contact with central leaders such as Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou.
Chen Changjiang saluted the leader with a standard military salute: "Obey the organization's arrangements!" ”
In this way, Chen Changjiang came to the Beijing Guard Force, and in January 1951, he was transferred to the Guard Regiment, also known as the Inner Guard Battalion, the guards in the regiment, who were specifically responsible for defending Mao Zedong's safety, and when he received the order to transfer, Chen Changjiang was almost happy to jump up, because from this moment on, he could often see Chairman Mao.
When he first came to Zhongnanhai Fengze Garden (that is, Mao Zedong's residence), Chen Changjiang's heart was both nervous and excited, and he constantly hinted to himself that he must dutifully protect Chairman Mao's safety and complete the duty task.
One day, Mao Zedong walked to the back door of Fortress Garden, and he saw the guards guarding here, so he took the initiative to set up a conversation: "Little comrade, where are you from?" ”
Seeing Mao Zedong walk to his side, Chen Changjiang could not hide his excitement on his face, he immediately gave Mao Zedong a military salute, and then said: "Chairman, I am..."
Before Chen Changjiang could finish speaking, Mao Zedong laughed cordially: "I can hear your accent, are you a person from rugao and Hai'an in northern Jiangsu?" ”
Chen Changjiang nodded: "The chairman guessed well, I am from Hai'an, Jiangsu." ”
After that, Mao Zedong told Chen Changjiang the story of Jiangsu's War of Resistance, Chen Changjiang listened to the story told, and his thoughts could not help but drift to the era of the War of Resistance Against Japan, in which Mao Zedong led the Eighth Route Army to fight with the Japanese army and protect the lives of tens of millions of people in the rear.
After talking about this history, Mao Zedong turned to asking: "Little comrade, what is your name?" ”
Chen Changjiang said, "My name is Chen Changjiang. ”
Mao Zedong said: "This name is good, but the Yangtze River is the largest river in our country, and I wrote down this name." ”
According to Chen Changjiang's recollection, chairman Mao deeply remembered his name during this conversation, and in the following decades, the chairman always called himself "Yangtze River, Yangtze River", and if he did not see himself for about 10 days, he would take the initiative to ask others where the "Yangtze River" went.
After this conversation, Chen Changjiang worked diligently every day, fulfilled his due duties, stood guard and almost never asked for leave, and every time he was on night shift, he could see chairman Mao's residence lit up, and it would not be extinguished until the middle of the night.
Chen Changjiang knew that after the founding of New China, Chairman Mao's tasks were very arduous, and he had endless work to do every day; he deeply admired Chairman Mao and also expected Chairman Mao to lead the people to a new high end.
Whenever Chairman Mao went out, the members of Chen Changjiang and the squad would closely follow chairman Mao's side to protect Chairman Mao's safety; on the way to follow Chairman Mao, Chen Changjiang always paid close attention to the surrounding movements, and as soon as he found something wrong, he immediately took people to investigate, so under the protection of Chen Changjiang and other guards, chairman Mao has not been threatened with any life since the founding of the people's republic.
In 1955, after several years of development, the economic and social conditions of New China were stable, and in a peaceful and stable environment, Chairman Mao felt that the people of the guard regiment did not have to follow him every day as before.
Chairman Mao spoke to everyone: "I know that you are all engaged in security work, and as soon as I go out, you will follow me everywhere, but in the long run, this work will not be troublesome, so I would like to discuss with you now and add an investigation to you." ”
When everyone heard the word "investigation," there was a lot of discussion, and many people said that they were very old and rude and did not know how to do the investigation work.
"After you return to your hometown, examine the rural situation in your hometown, and remember that you must respect the local cadres and ordinary people, and when you go back, don't mention it to others, for Chairman Mao sent you here."
After Chairman Mao finished explaining, the people of the guard regiment understood Chairman Mao's intentions one after another, and when Mao Zedong asked them again whether they were willing to do the investigation work, the guards assured in unison: "We are willing, and we will certainly guarantee the completion of the task!" ”
After hearing the guards' assurances, Chairman Mao stood up from his seat with a smile, and just when everyone thought that the chairman was leaving, but did not think that Chairman Mao took the initiative to come over and take a photo with them.
And this scene was also deeply imprinted in Chen Changjiang's mind, he did not expect that Chairman Mao always regarded himself as a member of the ordinary masses, treating the guards as if they were getting along with friends, both sincere and kind.
After this, Chen Changjiang returned to his hometown many times to conduct investigations and studies, and he remembered Chairman Mao's instructions to go deep into the mass investigation and never put up a shelf with anyone, and his sincere and pro-people attitude also made the people remember him, and every time he returned to his hometown, the people in the village would warmly welcome him.
After the investigation, Chen Changjiang summed up the problems in a book, and when it was time to return to Beijing to report to Chairman Mao, he took out the book again, pointed out the problems in his hometown one by one, and told Chairman Mao that the peasant masses were very busy and the production of the members was also very good.
After listening, Mao Zedong replied with a smile: "There are about 800 million peasants in China, and if they do a good job in production, we will have hope and the country will not be chaotic." ”
Chen Changjiang listened to Chairman Mao's words, and he couldn't help but have a sense of the picture of the peasants harvesting well and the motherland becoming stronger and stronger; he looked at Chairman Mao who was talking about it, and he was even more confident in China's future, but Chen Changjiang also knew that Chairman Mao could not resist the erosion of the years, there would be an old age, and there would be a day of death, And China still had a long way to go.
After Chairman Mao's death in 1976, Chen Changjiang's Central Guard Regiment assumed the responsibility of defending Hua Guofeng, and around the 1980s, Hua Guofeng resigned from the central government and handed over the heavy responsibility of national development to Deng Xiaoping.
After Hua Guofeng retired from the political arena, Chen Changjiang once again assumed the responsibility of defending Deng Xiaoping's safety, and facts have proved that Hua Guofeng did not look at the wrong person, and under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping, the whole country was carrying out "reform and opening up."
Under the influx of foreign capital, China's economy has been injected with new vitality, the country's urbanization coverage rate has increased rapidly, and the economy has grown year by year, which is a new atmosphere every year.
Today, Chen Changjiang is still alive, and as the guard of the three generations of leaders of Mao Zedong, Hua Guofeng and Deng Xiaoping, he has witnessed the history of China's development, and how difficult and difficult it is for China to develop from a poor and backward country to a world power today.
Now that China has entered the stage of economic take-off, the people's happiness index has increased year by year, and all this is inseparable from the efforts of those revolutionary ancestors.