The victory in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea has boosted morale and national prestige, so that foreign forces coveting China will no longer dare to act arbitrarily. In this vicious war, it is not only inseparable from the bloody battles of soldiers who are fighting with the same enemy, but also inseparable from the generals of our army who are in charge of negotiations in Korea. Li Kenong, the founding general known as the "King of Secret Agents," personally took charge of the negotiations on the war armistice and made great contributions to the legitimate interests of our country.
However, just in the ninth year after the end of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Admiral Li Kenong left us forever, and for a time there were many opinions at home and abroad about the cause of Li Kenong's death, and all kinds of gossip continued to circulate, so Li Kenong's son Li Lun specially came forward to respond to this matter to show his right listening.
Admiral Li Kenong has been keen on intelligence work for many years, because the secrecy of the work itself has cast a veil of mystery over Li Kenong. Therefore, after Li Kenong's death, there has been a lot of discussion about the cause of death in all walks of life, and there have even been rumors that Li Kenong's death is a ghost that the Americans are behind the scenes, and it is a chronic poison given to Li Kenong by American spies, and it has been rumored by people all over the city for a time.
But many rumors did not stand up to careful scrutiny, and even so, people still expressed their conviction in various rumors at that time, and various rumors at home and abroad continued. It was not until Li Lun, the son of Li Kenong, came forward to clarify the matter that people understood the real cause of Li Kenong's death. When the mystery of the cause of death was revealed, the people who learned the truth all burst into tears and solemnly respected the "king of agents". So what kind of truth did Li Lun clarify?
In 1899, Li Kenong was born in a wealthy family in Wuhu City, and the young Li Kenong did not need to consider the problem of food and clothing, but was sent by his father to a private school to learn knowledge. As he grew up, Li Kenong came to Anhui Public School to continue his studies, where Li Kenong was exposed to new ideas for the first time and began to have greater goals.
During his studies at Anhui Public School, Li Kenong met many revolutionaries and became friends with many Communists. Under the influence of these friends, Li Kenong also began to germinate the idea of joining the Chinese Communist Party. As an adult, Li Kenong, under the arrangement of his family, married another progressive young man, Zhao Ying. The two were not only husband and wife, but also confidants of each other, and often discussed democratic ideas together.
Soon, under the impetus of China's progressive youth, the wave of the "May Fourth Movement" began to be set off in China. Li Kenong, who wanted to achieve something great, threw himself into this wave without hesitation. In his days with many progressive youths, Li Kenong became a local student leader with excellent leadership skills. But soon the may fourth movement was blocked by warlords. In order to escape the pursuit of local warlords, Li Kenong began to hide in Tibet, and eventually came to Shanghai, which had a strong revolutionary atmosphere.
During his time in Shanghai, Li Kenong still did not slacken off, often organizing local students to march together. But it was soon suppressed by the Kuomintang authorities. After the collapse of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communists, Chiang Kai-shek's government began to hunt down Communists, and Progressive Youth such as Li Kenong also became the target of the Kuomintang's pursuit. However, due to the leakage of intelligence on the Kuomintang's operations, Li Kenong successfully escaped the pursuit of the Kuomintang.
In April 1931, the Kuomintang authorities' repression of the Communists continued unabated, when Gu Shunzhang, the head of the central government's intelligence work, was arrested and defected to the Kuomintang. With Gu Shunzhang's support, the Kuomintang took control of the Communist Party in Shanghai, and a large-scale hunt was about to begin. However, this information was quickly grasped by Qian Zhuangfei and Li Kenong, and after receiving the information, Li Kenong immediately contacted the central authorities and made an urgent response, which saved most of the Communists from being harmed.
But with Gu Shunzhang's defection, communists in Shanghai were transferred for safety reasons. Li Kenong also followed the large army on the Long March. In 1935, a large force of our army came to northern Shaanxi, where Li Kenong served as an official in charge of diplomatic work, and because of his outstanding work performance, he also became an assistant to Premier Zhou, assisting Premier Zhou in handling some daily documents.
As Chairman Mao said: "Without Comrade Li Kenong, I am afraid that Zhou Enlai and I would not have lived now." Chairman Mao's words are enough to see how great Li Kenong's contribution really is.
In 1945, China won a complete victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan, and with Japan's unconditional surrender, Chiang Kai-shek on the other side could not sit still. Before the Communists could celebrate the victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan, they hurried into the civil war with the Kuomintang. In order to win the civil war, Li Kenong, who had experience in intelligence gathering, decided to go deep behind enemy lines and start intelligence work. In this way, Li Kenong embarked on the journey to Chongqing alone.
Li Kenong, who was deep behind the enemy lines, gave full play to his superiority in intelligence. Li Kenong collected a lot of important intelligence, which provided great help to the central authorities in making correct policy decisions in a timely manner. Moreover, Li Kenong's confrontation with the Kuomintang intelligence system also made the Kuomintang intelligence system suffer a lot. In the confrontation between the Kuomintang Secrecy Bureau, Li Kenong directly eliminated all 170 capable officers under Mao Renfeng, which made Mao Renfeng almost pass out on the spot.
With the end of the three major battles, the remnants of the Kuomintang forces had "died soon," and Chiang Kai-shek was even more aware that he had already lost his momentum, and finally fled to Taiwan with the Kuomintang's "remnants and defeated generals." At this point, in this civil war between the Communist Party and the Kuomintang, the Communist Party won the final victory. In 1949, with the founding of New China, the people finally lived a good life and could be the masters of their own homes.
But the good times did not last long, and the turmoil in our "neighbor" North Korea had to make the central government need to seriously consider the North Korean issue. In the end, in order to avoid the dilemma of China being "besieged on three sides" in the future, the central leaders made the decision to resist the United States and aid Korea.
In 1950, the Korean War officially broke out, and the "barbaric" Americans completely ignored China's warnings and resolutely crossed the 38th Line, posing a huge threat to China's border security. Under the leadership of the central authorities, our Chinese People's Volunteer Army rushed to the Korean battlefield with all its might, officially kicking off the prelude to the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
On the Korean battlefield, the soldiers of the Chinese Volunteer Army fought against the enemy and fought against the American soldiers with the determination to die. Arrogant Americans are still trying to make a quick decision, and even want to rush home for Christmas, and now it seems that the "Christmas dream" of the Americans has finally been shattered. In order to be able to defeat the Americans, none of the officers and men of our army flinched, and under the extremely cold weather on the Korean Peninsula, they won many victories in many battles, beating the Americans to "fart and urinate, hold their heads and rats." ”
At the end of the Korean War, the fighting spirit of American soldiers had been destroyed by the volunteer army, and the victory of our army in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was just around the corner. The Americans also began to become overwhelmed with the Korean War and had to start armistice negotiations with our army as a way to end the Korean War. In the face of the negotiations initiated by the US side, our leaders gladly accepted it, but they made difficulties in sending who to take on this task.
At this moment, Chairman Mao thought of Li Kenong, who was the best at intelligence work in the army, and Li Kenong himself offered to go to the negotiations. After the top leaders of the central authorities learned of this incident, they expressed their affirmation to Li Kenong one after another. In this way, Li Kenong served as the general person in charge of the DPRK negotiations and took on this sacred and arduous task.
Mr. Lee has experienced setbacks in the Korean armistice talks. Friends who know the history of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea know that the Americans did not want to negotiate with our country sincerely, but were only forced by the unfavorable situation for themselves at that time. Therefore, when China and the United States were negotiating an armistice, the Americans were still creating friction everywhere on the Korean battlefield, intending to regain the right to speak at the negotiating table. Not only that, but Americans always make unreasonable demands at the negotiating table.
In the face of the Americans' attitude toward the negotiations, Li Kenong was not affected by the US military at all, and always maintained his composure and calmness as a negotiator. Even if our side is well prepared for this negotiation, it still encounters many troubles caused by the United States. During the Sino-US negotiations, some conditions could not be recognized by both sides, which led to the collapse of a total of five negotiations. And due to the influence of the local war situation, it also led to the change of the address of the two negotiations. For the North Korean negotiations, it took 747 days to complete.
For the Korean armistice negotiations, the Americans thought that they had advanced weapons and equipment, and felt that they were full of confidence in the negotiations. But with the passage of time, the US negotiators have long been tortured to the point of losing their self-confidence, and each has a dejected expression.
According to a US negotiator, Mr. Lee played an important role in the North Korean talks. He believes that there are two heavyweights in China's intelligence circles, one is Dai Kasa of the Kuomintang and the other is Li Kenong of the Communist Party. Judging from the North Korean negotiations, Li Kenong is more than a star and a half stronger than Dai Kasa. We can see from the words of this US negotiator that the existence of Li Kenong has indeed created a lot of pressure on the United States.
Although the Chinese side won the North Korean negotiations, the hardships may only be known to the negotiators. After one of the negotiations broke down, the U.S. side began a fierce artillery attack on the camp of the Chinese delegation. At that time, Li Kenong was conducting data analysis at the station, and in the face of sudden shells, Li Kenong could only take shelter in the room, fortunately Li Kenong was not harmed. However, Li Kenong still inhaled a large amount of dust stirred up after the shell attack, which caused Li Kenong's respiratory tract to become infected and often coughed uncontrollably.
In order to be able to seize the opportunity to restart negotiations, Li Kenong focused on intelligence gathering, which played a key role in the subsequent negotiation victory. Later, when the negotiations resumed, the US side noticed that Li Kenong was not in good health, so he often deliberately delayed time. In the face of such shameless Americans, Li Kenong stubbornly overcame and actively responded to various "little tricks" created by Americans.
Thanks to the unremitting efforts of the Chinese delegation, the protracted Korean negotiations came to an end on July 23, 1953, and the Chinese side won the final victory. The North Korean negotiations were over, and Li Kenong also fulfilled his mission well, but unfortunately, due to the long work, Li Kenong's health had become very poor at this time, and Li Kenong was immediately admitted to the hospital after returning to China.
In 1962, just nine years after the victory of the North Korean negotiations, the "bad news" still came from Beijing, and the "king of secret agents" Li Kenong, who had devoted all his efforts to the negotiations, left us forever.
It is reported that after the US intelligence agencies learned of Li Kenong's death, they actually celebrated through a holiday. The reason why the U.S. intelligence agencies made such a move is precisely because they have lost a strong enemy with great threat. From the performance of the Americans, we can also see that Li Kenong has indeed caused a lot of trouble for the United States. Therefore, for the cause of Li Kenong's death, people will inevitably suspect the Americans.
After Li Kenong's death, there were many opinions about the cause of his death. Some people say that Li Kenong was cast with chronic poison by the Americans, and some people say that the Americans used the beauty plan, etc., and for a time the rumors continued. If people can carefully examine it, they can see that these are rumors. For such a "king of agents", it has a certain legend in itself, and the various statements about people can also be understood.
For a time, people really thought that the cause of Li Kenong's death was a ghost made by the Americans, and it was at this time that Li Kenong's son Li Lun, in order to show his right hearing, stood up and responded to the cause of Li Kenong's death, and Li Kenong's real cause of death was made public.
According to Li Lun, Li Kenong's death was not secretly committed by the Americans, and the real cause of Li Kenong's death was that he had the disease of "brain softening". "Brain softening" is caused by when people are in an overuse of the brain for a long time and the body cannot get enough rest. In the last period of his life, Li Kenong's brain has become "paste". Therefore, it is precisely because of Li Kenong's selfless work attitude that the real reason for Li Kenong's death.
During the period of war with the Kuomintang, Li Kenong went deep behind enemy lines alone. In order to be able to obtain important intelligence information, Li Kenong often worked day and night, and because he was working under the eyes of the National Names Party, Li Kenong was in a state of walking on thin ice every day. Every time Li Kenong obtained information, he was rubbing shoulders with the god of death, which was definitely not an exaggeration at all.
Later, Li Kenong turned to the Korean negotiations with the Americans, and in order to dash the last hope in the hearts of the Americans, Li Kenong carried out a lot of work. Li Kenong has long been in this ultra-high-intensity working state, and there are naturally many problems in the body. In fact, when Li Kenong asked Him to negotiate with the Americans, because he had been committed to intelligence work for many years, his body was already somewhat weak, so Chairman Mao also specially advised Li Kenong to return to China to rest, but Li Kenong refused on the grounds that "he would not change the generals in the face of the battle."
It was under such circumstances that General Li Kenong left his last time to the party and the people. Although Admiral Li Kenong left us, his enthusiasm for his work and his love of the country always affected us. We live in today's happy era of national peace and security, and we must not forget the contributions made to us by the revolutionary martyrs. And we must also take over the banner of revitalizing China and make China's tomorrow more prosperous and strong!