In the process of the founding of New China, a hidden front played a great role. Underground party members are active in all walks of life in various capacities and provide intelligence to our party and our army in spite of danger. It is precisely because of their efforts and dedication that victory will come so quickly and brilliantly, and these unsung heroes deserve to be remembered forever! But for a variety of reasons, many of them were unable to reveal their true identities for a long time after returning to the organization, which is really regrettable. Among these people, Guo Rujie, who is famous as an "uprising general", is a typical example.
Guo Rugui is a native of Tongliang County, Sichuan Province, and was born in a serious scholarly family. His father, Guo Langxi, was a famous talent in Sichuan, who once topped the Chongqing government's list in the imperial examination. With the abolition of the imperial examination system, Guo's father was discouraged and began to train his son to follow the path of learning science. In 1925, at the age of 18, Guo Rugui was sent by her father to Shanghai to study medicine.
However, studying medicine has never been Guo Rujie's own ideal. When he was in elementary and secondary school, he had already accepted many new ideas, participated in the student movement, and had the idea of joining the army as a revolutionary. But after all, his father's fate was difficult to violate, and Guo Rugui hesitated for a while. He and his classmate Chen Tingdong talked about his troubles, chen Tingdong said: "Nowadays, political chaos, science, industry to save the country is not advisable, you still go to Guangdong to do revolution." ”
It's really a word to wake up the dreamer. Guo Ruzhi then dispelled all his worries and went to Guangdong to enter the fifth phase of the Whampoa Military Academy and officially joined the military. During this period, the Whampoa Military Academy was open to study, and Guo Rujie came into contact with a large number of works propagating communism, and also listened to lectures by Communists such as Xiao Chunu and Yun Daiying, and began to have the idea of joining the Communist Party of China.
By chance, Guo Rugui learned that his friend Yuan Jingming was a member of the Communist Party and asked him to introduce him to the party. However, Yuan Jingming, who has always been enthusiastic, reacted rather coldly at this time, just telling Guo Rujie that if he wants to join the party, he must have a little time to investigate and must wait patiently. However, a few months passed, and Yuan Jingming did not mention anything about the introduction to the party. Later, Guo Rujie learned that his inspection period was so long that he had eaten the melon of his cousin Guo Rudong.
Guo Rudong was a warlord of the Sichuan Army, known as the "King of Fuling", a self-respecting and lawless man who supported the army. With such a cousin, Guo Rugui's inspection period must be longer than others, which is also no way to do it. The only thing he can do is to continue to set strict demands on himself in life and move closer to the party organization.
In 1927, Chiang Kai-shek launched the April 12 coup, and Guo Rugui could only come to his cousin's army with Yuan Jingming and others to serve in his cousin's army. Although Guo Rudong was overbearing, it was fortunate that he did not have too deep political prejudices and did not persecute communists. He served as a clerk in the political department of his cousin's military commander and had many opportunities to go out. So Guo Rugui gave speeches everywhere, constantly propagating Sun Yat-sen's Three People's Principles and angrily denouncing Chiang Kai-shek's anti-communist behavior. Soon after, Guo Rujie became the red star in Fuling City. In May 1928, Guo Rugui finally joined the Communist Party of China as he wished.
However, a change is slowly approaching Guo Rujie. Although his cousin Guo Rudong was quiet on the surface, he had already defected to Chiang Kai-shek behind his back and secretly hunted down many Communists. In order to clear up the relationship, Guo Rudong persuaded Guo Rujie to go to the Japanese non-commissioned officer school to study. Guo Rugui thought to himself that his military theoretical foundation was not yet solid, so it was better to go to Japan for further study, and when he came back, he could better contribute to the country and the party, so he readily agreed. Who knew that with this departure, Guo Rudong immediately cut off Guo Ruzhi and all ties with the party organization. Guo Rugui had no choice but to settle down.
During his time in Japan, Guo Rujie studied very diligently and achieved the best results. However, the Japanese discrimination against Chinese stung him at every moment. Moreover, the technical blockade of Japanese military education is very strict, and the truly advanced theories and new weapons are not accessible to Chinese students, which runs counter to Guo Rugui's original intention of studying abroad. On September 18, 1931, Japan launched the 918 Incident, invading and occupying china's three northeastern provinces. Together with many Chinese students, Guo Rugui submitted a withdrawal application to the school and resolutely returned to the motherland.
Guo Rugui came back to find that although the time had only passed for more than half a year, he was already surrounded by things and people. His cousin Guo Rudong had completely broken with the Communist Party and could not find a party organization at all. But if he joined the Kuomintang army, he would inevitably have to go to war with the Red Army, which he could not accept under any circumstances. So he wrote an application and entered the Army University. He studied at Lu University for three years, and finally graduated with the first place, and stayed on as an instructor of war history.
In 1936, the Xi'an Incident broke out, and Chiang Kai-shek finally agreed to resist Japan. Guo Rugui felt that the time had come to serve the country, so he was recommended by Lu Da to serve as chief of staff of the 14th Division to which Chen Cheng belonged. In the Battle of Songhu, Guo Rugui took the lead and led his troops to hold their positions. After 7 days and 7 nights of fighting, Guo Rugui's troops suffered serious losses, with only 2,000 people left of 8,000 people, but the position remained unchanged! After this battle, Guo Rugui officially became a famous anti-Japanese general. In the subsequent battles of Wuhan and Western Hubei, Guo Rugui continued his high-profile performance, gradually gaining the appreciation of Chen Cheng and the general Xue Yue, and began to step into the top level of the Kuomintang.
High-ranking officials had to be horses to ride, but Guo Rugui's heart was hard to say happy. After taking up a high position, all he heard and witnessed was the darkness and corruption of the Kuomintang. The relatives of those high-ranking government officials hoarded juqi to make a fortune; those high-ranking generals embezzled military salaries and ate empty money, and their desires were getting bigger and bigger. Such an official position is naturally not what Guo Rugui wants, and what he has in mind is to return to the party organization and truly struggle for the country and the people.
In April 1945, Guo Rugui happened to meet his old classmate Ren Yiyi, knew that he had been a member of the Communist Party, and asked him to restore his ties with the party organization. Ren Yiyi introduced his cousin Ren Lianru to him and asked Ren Lianru to help Guo Rujie. After some tests and twists and turns, Guo Rugui finally met Dong Biwu, secretary of the Chongqing Working Committee of the CPC.
Guo Rugui was excited to see the Communist Revolutionary he had admired for a long time, and said at the time that he wanted to go to Yan'an. But Dong Biwu did not agree, saying: "You can continue to work in the Kuomintang army and keep in touch with us." You don't have much effect on going to Yan'an. But if you stay here, you can give us some useful information. Old Brother Guo, the revolution should take a long-term view. ”
When Guo Rugui heard Dong Biwu say this, he also calmed down and worked for the party with peace of mind. Coincidentally, chiang kai-shek appointed Guo Rugui as the director of the fifth department of the Ministry of National Defense just in time, and could attend the high-level meeting. As a result, the military intelligence of the Kuomintang army was continuously sent to Yan'an through Guo Rugui's hand.
After that, Guo Rugui was like a new person, and he behaved very flatteringly in front of Chen Cheng. Many people say that Guo Rugui is one of the thirteen Taibao of the Kuomintang "civil engineering department" led by Chen Cheng. Chen Cheng can't fight a war, but he likes Guo Rujie very much, and he is very popular with praise. As a result, Guo Rujie became an official in the Kuomintang and soared, and also took up the relationship with Gu Zhutong, the minister of national defense. This gave him access to more and deeper intelligence. It can be said that Guo Rujie was the biggest "red spy" in the national army at that time.
However, there are also people in the Kuomintang who are more clever. Although du Yuming, a major Kuomintang general, was not from an intelligence background, he had already discovered that Guo Ruzhi was somewhat abnormal. Any secret that passes through his hands will be quickly leaked. Moreover, Guo Ruzhi often put forward some unreasonable suggestions at operational meetings to interfere with Chiang Kai-shek's thinking. The most important thing is that Guo Rugui's style is clean and honest, and he is not greedy or robbed, which is simply an outlier among the high-ranking Officials of the Kuomintang. However, this is only Du Yuming's own personal doubts, there is no evidence at all, and it is even more unlikely that anyone will pay attention to it. Guo Rugui's identity is still safe for the time being.
Of course, there are dangers. Before the Battle of the Crossing River, Chiang Kai-shek formulated a huge river defense plan, as well as a deeper plan for jiangnan operations. Guo Rugui naturally got these important pieces of information at the first time and handed them over to the liaison officer Ren Lianru. Unexpectedly, however, the underground organization in Shanghai was destroyed, and the intelligence went wrong when it passed through the hands of party member Wang Baozhen. Although Wang Baozhen burned the intelligence in time, he was arrested. In prison, Wang Baozhen, who was nearly old, was unyielding, and although he was severely beaten, he never confessed to Guo Rujie. This was the closest to an exposure in Guo's espionage career, when he was unaware of the situation. If Wang Baozhen had a problem here, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Guo Rujie, who escaped the disaster, finally waited for the time to "go home". After the three major battles, Guo Rugui was appointed commander of the 72nd Army and went to Sichuan to serve. Guo Ruzhi then took advantage of his position to install people he trusted in various important positions, and cut off the enemy agents who were monitoring the troops one by one. When the People's Liberation Army entered Sichuan, Guo Rugui electrified the uprising in the Yibin area and truly returned to the party organization.
At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Guo Rugui was appointed as the director of the Transportation Department of the Southern Sichuan Bureau, and the treatment was allocated according to the standards of the rebel generals; in March 1950, he resigned from the post of director of the Transportation Department of southern Sichuan and went to teach at the Nanjing Military Academy. With his status and ability, it is obvious that being a teacher is a bit of an understatement. The reason for this is two words: confidentiality. At this time, although New China had been established, Guo Rugui's secret identity still involved many secrets, and it was indeed inconvenient to disclose. However, Guo Rugui herself did not feel how to do it, and made a lot of achievements in the position of teacher.
In 1980, Guo Rugui wrote a long letter to the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, explaining his history and reflecting his desire to join the party. After deliberation, the Organization Department of the Chongqing Military Region agreed to Guo Rugui's request. The biggest red agent in the history of the republic has finally fulfilled his long-cherished wish. After that, over time, the secrecy period of some intelligence and events slowly expired, and Guo Rujie's historical role was finally recognized, and he began to enjoy the treatment of a corps commander until his death in 1997.