In 1971, a piece of news alarmed the entire Nanjing Military Region, and even xu Shiyou, commander of the Nanjing Military Region, personally went out on horseback, and in this operation, Xu Shiyou secretly dispatched the strength of two divisions, but only to arrest one person.
So, who can make several major military regions jointly dispatch? Can Xu Shiyou finally arrest this person?
On September 10, 1971, the chairman took a special train to Shanghai, in order to protect the safety of the chairman, the train was full of guards, and in this operation, the chairman was accompanied by Wang Hongwen, Wang Weiguo and Xu Shiyou, whose task was also to protect the safety of the chairman.
It is reasonable to say that in this case, this train should be absolutely safe, but what everyone never expected was that on this special train, there was actually a traitor hidden, and this person also smuggled a pistol before getting on the train.
However, in this operation, Xu Shiyou is quite conscientious, in order to cope with the unexpected situation, he has been staying by the chairman's side, the purpose is to protect the safety of the chairman.
Moreover, the special train was full of guards, all of whom could be said to be elite, so that the traitor could not take any action.
But although the traitor cannot move, as long as he is on this train, it is a hidden danger, not to mention that the identity of this person has not yet surfaced at this time, which means that this trip has always had a potential danger.
However, fortunately, with the protection of General Xu Shiyou and his strict defense, even the traitor in Shanghai did not have any chance to shoot.
After getting out of the car, the chairman also seemed to be aware, so except for Xu Shiyou and Wang Dongxing, the chairman did not have contact with anyone on this trip, so that the traitor could not take action.
But just after Wang Dongxing sent Xu Shiyou, Wang Weiguo, and Wang Hongwen away, Wang Weiguo was sweating profusely at this time, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief as he walked out of the crowd, he didn't know whether he should be happy or sad, because he was the traitor who had been hiding for several days.
Although he knew that his identity had not been revealed and thus escaped the disaster, this also meant that Wang Weiguo's plan would completely fail, but although Wang Weiguo's plan this time could not be completed, as long as he was still with the chairman, it was a big danger.
You know, Wang Weiguo was a member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee at that time, and he also served as the first political commissar of the Air Fourth Army, that is, as long as no one can find out his identity, he is equivalent to a potential time bomb.
As early as the inspection in Nanchang, the chairman learned that Zhou Yuchi had transferred an amphibious vehicle, and this Zhou Yuchi was a major traitor at that time, so on the way to Shanghai, the chairman was wary of these things.
Therefore, Chairman Mao did not stop much after arriving in Shanghai, but chose to fly directly back to Beijing by plane, which made Wang Weiguo even more weak-minded.
On the other hand, due to the failure of Wang Weiguo's action, the instigators behind him fled by plane, so after careful consideration by senior leaders, it was decided to arrest the "three countries and four parties" related to this matter, and Wang Weiguo was one of them.
But Wang Weiguo is not a good role after all, at that time Wang Weiguo was in a high position of power in Shanghai, once the arrest operation hit the grass and snake, I am afraid that Wang Weiguo will immediately choose to escape, so this arrest is actually a secret operation, and this operation will be fully responsible for Xu Shiyou.
Unfortunately, although Xu Shiyou received the task of arrest, he still had a heavy responsibility in the Nanjing Military Region at that time, and at this time, even if Xu Shiyou's work ability was strong, he was also lacking in the face of these tasks, so Xu Shiyou handed over the arrest operation to his most trusted friend Xiao Yongyin, so who was Xiao Yongyin?
In fact, Xiao Yongyin and Xu Shiyou are both natives of Xinyang, Henan, and their hometowns are in Xinxian County, which is one of the nine "general counties" in China.
Xiao Yongyin's life has participated in many battles such as the Hundred Regiments War, the Battle of Linnan, the Battle of Anyang, etc., and it can be said that he has experienced hundreds of battles, so Xu Shiyou believes that Xiao Yongyin can be trusted in all aspects, and he plans to hand this matter over to Xiao Yongyin.
After some planning, Xiao Yongyin believed that Wang Weiguo's escape route had three points of importance, the first being Nanjing and Hangzhou, but Nanjing was the area under Xu Shiyou's jurisdiction, so naturally there was no need to worry, and the Hangzhou area was also heavily guarded to prevent Wang Weiguo from escaping.
However, in addition to Nanjing and Hangzhou, the Suzhou area is also the top priority, after all, Wang Weiguo's Air Fourth Army unit is in Suzhou.
In order to prevent Wang Weiguo from escaping from Suzhou Airport, Xiao Yongyin and Xu Shiyou made a secret call with Zhang Ming, commander of the 60th Army in Suzhou, hoping that the 60th Army could control Suzhou Airport in advance, and if the area could be completely controlled, it would be equivalent to completely sealing all of Wang Weiguo's retreats, and Zhang Ming also participated in this secret operation after learning about it.
At first, Zhang Ming said that the Suzhou 60th Army would send two battalions to control, but Xiao Yongyin, who had always been cautious, believed that the two battalions might not be able to take Wang Weiguo down, and once Wang Weiguo wanted to lead the air and fourth army to break the net, I was afraid that it would be difficult to fight with the opponent with only two battalions, so Xiao Yongyin finally chose to increase the strength of the four battalions.
Now that everything is ready, only Dongfeng is owed, and after sealing all the escape routes for Wang Weiguo, the last step is to capture Wang Weiguo.
In the early morning of September 16, 1971, Xiao Yongyin arrived in Shanghai, accompanied by 5 other people, all of whom were capable generals under General Xiao Yongyin.
At this time, he did not care about any rest, and directly called the Shanghai Garrison Headquarters, asking the other side to send him two broken jeeps, and specially stressed that it must not be a good car, and planned to meet with Zhou Chunlin, commander of the Shanghai Guard Department, and Liu Yasong, political commissar, at the Yan'an Hotel.
As for why he wanted to break the jeep, in fact, the main reason was to avoid Wang Weiguo's spies.
At noon, Xiao Yongyin and his party came to the Yan'an Hotel, and Zhou Chunlin and Liu Yasong did not know what was happening at this time, but judging from Xiao Yongyin's action this time, things must not be simple.
Xiao Yongyin also directly stated Xu Shiyou's plan, that is, to secretly mobilize two divisions to control Shanghai, and not allow the fourth air force to pass here, in addition to sending another company to occupy the Yan'an Hotel, once the enemy attacked, the Yan'an Hotel had to resist the enemy for at least four hours.
Xiao Yongyin's demands shocked Zhou and Liu, although they did not know what to do, but secretly mobilizing two divisions must be the top priority, after all, at that time, There were only three divisions in Shanghai, and one of them was still controlled by Wang Weiguo and others, so such an action was unimaginable in peacetime.
However, the chairman had initially told Xu Shiyou not to clash as much as possible, and then Xu Shiyou explained to Xiao Yongyin that the soldiers were not bloody, so Xiao Yongyin knew that these troops at the moment were only for foolproof, but in action, he tried to take secret arrests.
At this time, Wang Weiguo's friend Wang Hongwen received a notice from his superiors, so Wang Hongwen planned to discuss with Xiao Yongyin, and the two planned to set the final arrest location at the Jinjiang Hotel.
On this day, Wang Hongwen made a phone call with Wang Weiguo, in which Wang Hongwen claimed that he had an important document and asked Wang Weiguo to come to the 10th floor of the Jin Jiang Hotel to take a look.
Wang Weiguo didn't think much about it when he saw that it was Wang Hongwen's phone, and then went to the Jin jiang hotel, and at this time, the jin jiang hotel was already full of troops, and the waiters in the hotel were all disguised by police officers, but Wang Weiguo didn't know anything about it.
But when he pushed open the door of the room, Wang Weiguo never expected that standing in front of him was Actually Deputy Commander Xiao of the Nanjing Military Region.
Wang Weiguo's heart was shocked at this moment, his first reaction was not to flee, but to choose to pull out his gun, but before Wang Weiguo could react, he was held by the minister of security and the chief of the security section with a gun, and the outside of the room was full of Xiao Yongyin's capable generals, Wang Weiguo saw that this was completely out of the way, so he could only tie his hands and grab it.
In order to arrest Wang Weiguo, Xiao Yongyin could not sleep for several days, and after Xu Shiyou learned of this, he also specially invited Xiao Yongyin to his home, the purpose of which was to entertain his fellow countryman and be grateful to his right-hand man.
After interrogation, Wang Weiguo confessed the fact that he intended to assassinate on the train, and Xu Shiyou and others were all frightened and shocked when they learned of this, fortunately, they and others did not live up to the trust of the chairman, otherwise they would have become sinners for eternity.
In April 1978, Wang Weiguo was expelled from the party, and four years later, Wang Weiguo was also expelled from the military and sentenced to 14 years in prison and deprived of political rights for three years, and finally released in 1985.
However, when it comes to the arrest of Wang Weiguo, the real strategizing behind it is our chairman, in fact, the chairman has long known that he will be in danger, but in order to complete the work, he still insisted on going to Shanghai.
It can be said that the chairman would rather put himself in danger than ensure the safety of the people, and the chairman's selflessness must be the reason why the people love him, which is the real great man.