Yan Zhao, most people probably don't know who she is.
However, her sister Yan Weibing, many people know. She is Yan Weibing's sister. In fact, Yan Zhao is a more daring talent than her sister.
Their father, named Yan Pu, was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, but betrayed his origins, was one of the founders of the underground party in Wuxi City, participated in the Long March, studied in the Soviet Union, returned to Yan'an in 1938, served as the section chief of the Central Organization Department, and was very famous in Yan'an.
His daughters are also famous for the "Five Golden Flowers": the eldest daughter Yan Huaijin (also known as Yan Weibing), the second daughter Yan Zhongzhao (also known as Yan Zhao), the third daughter Yan Shufen (also known as Yan Meiqing), the fourth daughter Yan Ping, and the fifth daughter was sent from an early age. Yan Zhao came to Yan'an with his father in 1938, and then entered the English Department of Yan'an Foreign Chinese School.
In 1944, at the age of 20, Yan Zhao graduated from the Yan'an Foreign Chinese School and was assigned to the Liaison Office of the Headquarters of the Jinsui Military Region as an interpreter.
Unexpectedly, she was a very bold and intelligent girl.
At the beginning of 1945, the US Military Liaison Supervision Group of 3 people arrived at the Jinsui Military Region to carry out so-called liaison and supervision work. Yan Zhao served as an interpreter for them. However, these few people ran around during the day and sent newspapers to the development machine at night. The military radio intercepted their telegrams several times, but there was no code and could not be deciphered.
After half a month, the Reconnaissance Department and the Operations Department of the Military Region Headquarters reported that the Kuomintang troops had dispatched troops and secretly formed a confrontation with us. They estimated that this was related to the "ticking" incessant password telegrams of the several U.S. troops every night.
After Yan Zhao knew this, he was very angry in his heart, thinking, if you get their codebooks in hand, won't they all be solved? However, the leader of the U.S. army put the codebook in her jacket pocket and carried it with her everywhere, and as a result, she was unable to start.
At the beginning of February, the group leader went to Taiyuan to report, and the two team members were troublesome and locked the codebook into the file cabinet.
In early March, the group leader returned furious, saying they were too irresponsible and had violated the rules. Unexpectedly, the two team members also refused to show weakness, saying that he was spending time and drinking in Taiyuan and acting recklessly. After such a quarrel, the group leader objected to the two team members politely, the code book locked in the file cabinet, it became a new regulation, and the group leader no longer cared.
At this time, the Kuomintang army took advantage of the jinsui military region to fight against the Japanese army, took advantage of the situation, and occupied part of the eighth route army's defensive land. Yan Zhao then made up his mind that he must steal the password.
Deputy Commander Lu Zhengcao knew about it, went to her, and said solemnly: "Comrade Yan Zhao, have you considered it well?" This matter is not a child's play, what if you copy it halfway and they find out? ”
"This is my personal action and I take full responsibility!" Go to jail, I go alone. Yan Zhao replied.
As a result, her resolute attitude actually made Lu Zhengcao agree.
Yan Zhao began to act, first pinching a model of the key to the filing cabinet, and then Li Shusen, director of the Liaison Office of the Military Region, came forward to invite the three US troops to xingxian county town 30 miles away, and also invited them to eat Shanxi-style meals. Yan Zhao said that he stayed at home because of his illness.
As soon as they left the village, Yan Zhao opened the lock on the door and entered the house. Unexpectedly, the leader of the US military team suddenly pushed the door back:
"Miss Yan, aren't you sick?"
"Yes." Yan Zhao replied calmly, "You are all gone, how can no one look at this room?" So I came sick. ”
The leader of the US army came back to take the gun, Yan Zhao coped with it freely, did not show any flaws, he took the gun and left.
After he left, Yan Zhao opened the filing cabinet with the key he had prepared in advance and saw the codebook. As a result, she copied it for two full hours, and finally finished it. I also checked it carefully, and there was no mistake.
The secret code of the US military was finally copied by Yan Zhao.
Subsequently, Yan Zhao traveled a long distance of 18 days and was escorted to Yan'an, where she personally handed over the code manuscript to her chief of staff, Ye Jianying.
Subsequently, she was left in Yan'an as the secretary of Cai Chang, Deng Yingchao, and later as the secretary of Premier Zhou Enlai.