In 1995, a large number of reporters came to a dry rest house in Shenyang, northeast China, and without exception, they wanted to interview an old lady who had lived here for more than 50 years. But the old lady refused to be interviewed by all reporters.
This made the people around them very curious about the identity of this old lady. Later, the identity of this old lady was officially disclosed by the outside world. It turned out that she was the Communist Party's "super female spy" and "arms thief" Gao Chongde.
Everyone was shocked to learn this news, and no one thought that such a hero would hide around him in obscurity for so many years. So what did this old lady do to be called an "arms thief"? Why is she able to enjoy the treatment of the main hall?
Gao Chongde is an authentic northeast girl, and the unique customs and habits of the northeast have created a stubborn character of Gao Chongde. She has been informal since she was a child, and she especially likes to read martial arts novels, so she always has a chivalrous spirit of "hero out of youth".
As Gao Chongde grew up day by day, she saw more of the darkness of the old society, and gradually understood in her heart what was the righteousness of the family and the country. Later, the Japanese army invaded on a large scale, burning and plundering the land of the Chinese nation, and the situation in the northeast became more and more tense. Gao Chongde gradually had the idea of going into battle to kill the enemy in his heart.
Zhang Xueliang trained troops in the northeast day and night, always preparing to go to war with Japan, which had been coveting the northeast for a long time. In this turbulent and complicated situation, Gao Chongde became acquainted with Lu Zhengcao, the commander of the Northeast Army, and after a period of time together, the two became more and more affectionate with each other, and they officially married.
Gao Chongde is different from other women, she does not like to apply grease and powder, but likes Lu Zhengcao's men to dance knives and guns together. Whenever Lü Zhengcao went to practice, Gao Chongde would accompany him to watch the soldiers practice and often carry out target training.
In the long run, Gao Chongde's marksmanship became more and more accurate, better than many generals in the army, so at that time, Gao Chongde was also known as the sharpshooter in the Northeast Army, and many people were impressed by the arrogance exuded by this "weak" woman.
After Japan launched the "918 Incident", the country fell into a deep and fierce situation. The northeast quickly set off a wave of anti-Japanese resistance to save the country. Gao Chongde also realized in his heart that the country was already at a critical juncture of crisis, and he could no longer sit still.
So she actively participated in the anti-Japanese national salvation movement. By posting slogans everywhere and distributing leaflets, conveying the urgency of saving the country, he also actively delivered speeches calling on the masses to unite and unite with the outside world. This series of her actions played a very good leading role at that time, and for a while, the emotions of the masses were stirred up and joined the anti-Japanese ranks.
At the same time, in the procession of organizing the activities, there was a gentleman surnamed Wang, who constantly contacted Gao Chongde and discussed with her the details of the implementation of the anti-Japanese national salvation activities and the propaganda of ideas. He also continuously transmitted to Gao Chongde some of the Communist Party's ideas and ideas on resisting Japan and saving the country. This led Gao Chongde to become interested in the Communist Party.
In 1935, this Mr. Wang gave Gao Chongde a book called "Taurus on the Front", which mainly told the story of a Soviet woman on the front line, and he also said to Gao Chongde: "Soviet women are so capable, and Chinese women can do the same!" Inspired by Gao Chongde, the idea of going to the front line of battle gradually came to mind.
Soon after, the troops were transferred, and Gao Chongde followed the troops to Henan. That Mr. Wang then made a special trip to Henan to find Gao Chongde and wanted to use her identity to do some special work. He proposed to Gao Chongde that he wanted to establish a left-behind office in Xinxiang to house the wounded, sick and scattered soldiers of the former Northeast Army, and also to take in some people who behaved improperly, and Gao Chongde very happily agreed to this matter.
In this way, she used her special status to quickly build a shelter in the Xinxiang area, and after a period of time, she actually took in more than 300 people. Subsequently, Gao Chongde established a rescue group in the northeast according to Mr. Wang's opinion.
From the very beginning of Gao Chongde's contact with Mr. Wang, she knew that this person's identity was not simple, but judging from the anti-Japanese propositions put forward by Mr. Wang, Gao Chongde believed that he was a patriot, so he did not investigate his identity deeply.
One day in the autumn of 1937, Mr. Wang said that he would take Gao Chongde to meet a person. Gao Chongde was a little confused, so he asked him who he was going to see. Unexpectedly, this Mr. Wang was very vigilant and refused to tell him in advance, but just said, "You will know when you go to see him." ”
Under the leadership of Mr. Wang, Gao Chongde came to a very hidden place, only to see a tall and strong man who had been waiting here for a long time, his skin was dark, and he looked like a person who often fought. When Gao Chongde was feeling very confused, this person had already held out his hand to her and introduced himself: "Hello, I am Lin Boqu." ”
Fearing that Gao Chongde would not know Lin Boqu's identity, Mr. Wang explained: "This is the chairman of the government of the Communist Party of China in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region. ”
When Gao Chongde learned of his identity, he was shocked. Immediately understood that Mr. Wang was also a Communist Party. After many years, Gao Chongde still remembers the events of that day, and she is very grateful to Mr. Wang for taking her to see Chairman Lin.
After they met, Lin Boqu first praised Gao Chongde's patriotic behavior and encouraged her to contribute more to the cause of anti-Japanese resistance. Subsequently, Lin Boqu conveyed the Communist Party's anti-Japanese stand to Gao Chongde, and he also said that the Communist Party was now vigorously urging Chiang Kai-shek to resist the Japanese with the Communist Party.
Lin Boqu's words were filled with blood, and her heart once again aroused the idea of killing the enemy in battle, so she immediately applied to Lin Boqu: "I ask me to go to the front line to fight the Japanese devils." ”
Gao Chongde's words surprised Lin Boqu, he did not expect that Gao Chongde, a woman who looked weak, had such a lofty ambition in her heart, and Lin Boqu admired Gao Chongde's spirit in his heart. However, Gao Chongde's identity is special, he is the "wife of the regimental commander" of the Northeast Army, and it is obviously unrealistic to go to the battlefield.
Lin Boqu looked at her for a moment and gave her a special task: "I suggest that you still don't go to the front line, I will now give you a task, this task is much more important than going into battle to kill the enemy." From now on, you have to make full use of your special status in the Kuomintang and find a way to transport some arms for the Communist Party. Remember! Your identity must not be revealed, not even the closest people. ”
At the same time, Lin Boqu also explained to her the danger of this work, but Gao Chongde did not hesitate to take over the job and firmly expressed to Lin Boqu: Guarantee to complete the task!
In order to stabilize the people's hearts, Chiang Kai-shek ostensibly agreed to cooperate with the Communist Party and the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to jointly resist Japan. In fact, he did not give the Eighth Route Army supplies or arms, which made the Eighth Route Army encounter many obstacles in front-line combat.
In this tense situation, Gao Chongde began his first mission of smuggling arms. The first thing she had on top of it was the Northeast Army's munitions depot. Because her husband Lü Zhengcao was mainly responsible for the work of the rear, it was only natural for Gao Chongde to contact the arms warehouse, as long as she "picked up the goods", no one would ever suspect it.
However, because the material consumption on the battlefield is extremely fast, Gao Chongde only relies on his own hands, and the materials he takes out each time are very limited, too frequent and easy to attract the attention of others. So she began bribing the officers in charge of the munitions, as well as some of the officers who guarded the munitions.
She continued to smuggle arms to the Eighth Route Army on the pretext that new recruits were replenishing them. Because she was Lü Zhengcao's wife, and because she was very familiar with many people with her grinning personality, Gao Chongde had always done a smooth job in transporting arms.
Until 1938, a large number of arms were stolen from the Northeast Army, which attracted the attention of the Kuomintang government. They immediately sent someone to investigate the matter, and finally came to a surprising conclusion: the amount of lost ammunition was unprecedented in the Nationalist army.
Therefore, at that time, the Kuomintang government threatened to catch the thieves and severely punish them. At this time of crisis, Gao Chongde had to suspend the smuggling of arms. After a long period of investigation, the Kuomintang inspection team never had any clues, and the matter could only be dismissed in the end.
Later, Gao Chongde realized that the Kuomintang had stepped up its vigilance, and that trying to smuggle arms out of the Kuomintang arsenal was tantamount to conspiring with the tiger, and she decided to abandon the past method and use a compliant identity as a cover.
After consulting Lin Boqu for advice, Gao Chongde found Cheng Qian and asked Lü Zhengcao's troops for the title of "First Independent Guerrilla Detachment". With this name, Gao Chongde continued to do the business of transporting arms for the Eighth Route Army.
Often, the Eighth Route Army's munitions had just been finished, and Gao Chongde's supplies were delivered. With the supplies she had painstakingly sent, the Eighth Route Army heroically killed the enemy on the battlefield, and the Japanese who fought defeated them collapsed. Even the Kuomintang was amazed at the speed at which the Communist arsenals "supplied" supplies.
What they don't know is that Gao Chongde often risks his life when transporting arms. Sometimes she had to cross several blockade lines on the way to transport arms in order to be successfully delivered to the Eighth Route Army. Once she transported arms, she ate and slept in the wind along the way, which was very hard. When she set off, she still weighed 120 pounds, and only 80 pounds were left when she was sent to the place, and the people around her admired her spirit of so desperate.
Gao Chongde's name also gradually spread among the Eighth Route Army, and once, Gao Chongde was on his way to transport arms, when he was suddenly "stopped" by several Eighth Route Army soldiers, and it turned out that Liu Bocheng wanted to see her.
At that time, Liu Bocheng had just obtained a few mortar barrels, but there were no shells, so Liu Bocheng wanted Gao Chongde to help him get some mortar shells and get more bullets by the way.
Gao Chongde was obliged to take over this task, and it was not long before Gao Chongde sent what Liu Bocheng needed. Liu Bocheng fought a great victory with these arms, and his heart was very happy, and he praised Gao Chongde one after another and said that he would give him a great merit.
However, before this great achievement could be recorded, the matter of Gao Chongde's smuggling of arms was discovered by the Kuomintang government, and the Kuomintang planned to get rid of Gao Chongde, because of Gao Chongde's special status, the Kuomintang had no chance to attack, and could only secretly look for opportunities.
Kuomintang army
In the autumn of 1940, several people stationed in Hebei by the Kuomintang Third Division found Gao Chongde's station and observed the terrain around. Because of the long-term smuggling of arms, Gao Chongde has always maintained a high degree of vigilance against the outside world.
When she saw these people, she realized that these people were not good. So he asked them, "What are you?" What are you doing here? ”
They replied that after they left, the Third Reserve Division would be stationed here, so they looked at the terrain in advance. The men watched around for a while before leaving.
After they left, the more Gao Chongde thought about it, the more wrong he became, so he ordered his men to keep a close eye on the movements of the preparatory third division. Sure enough, that night, the Third Reserve Division sent a regiment of troops to launch a surprise attack on the place where Gao Chongde was stationed.
Since then, Gao Chongde's identity has been completely exposed, and she has also been seriously injured during the breakout. Although she escaped by chance, she was hunted down and killed by the Kuomintang and the Japanese army.
At this time, the people of the Shaanxi office of the Eighth Route Army took the lead in finding Gao Chongde and secretly transferred her to Yan'an for treatment. Later, in order to take care of Gao Chongde's body, Chairman Mao also specially approved a cave for Gao Chongde to live in, which was a unique thing at that time.
In this way, after arriving in Yan'an, Gao Chongde completely disappeared into the sight of the Kuomintang and the Japanese army, and no matter how the Kuomintang secret service department looked for it, gao Chongde could not be found.
After the liberation war began, Gao Chongde was ordered by the organization to go to the northeast to participate in the liberation war. In 1950, Gao Chongde was admitted to the hospital again because of the recurrence of old injuries, and this stay was three years.
After Gao Chongde was discharged from the hospital, he was sent to the people's government of Liaoning to recuperate his body, and under the instructions of the central authorities, Gao Chongde always enjoyed the treatment of the main hall level. When she lived in the Gan Xiu residence, Gao Chongde never bragged to others about her past achievements, nor did she tell others about her identity, so many people were very curious about her identity.
In 1995, the son of an old revolutionary also moved into the Hugh House, and he got closer to Gao Chongde, who occasionally mentioned his past to him. When the young people want to know more details, the old lady says that it has been so many years, and what do you want to do with all this? I didn't want to go on.
The young man was touched by the spirit of high reverence and wrote a small long article for him afterwards. Since then, everyone learned that the true identity of this old lady was actually a famous "arms thief" during the War of Resistance, and everyone was very surprised by this matter, they did not expect that the old man who usually did not even go out of the door, there was such a story behind him, and everyone admired the deeds of Gao Chongde.
At that time, many reporters wanted to interview the old lady, but they were all rejected by the old lady. Later, a reporter who had the honor of interviewing Gao Chongde asked the old man: "Do you remember how many arms you transported?" ”
The old lady thought for a while and said, "It's been too long, I can't remember clearly, Jude said I was an 'arms thief', that should be a lot." ”