In late April 1949, Qian Shenfu, the commander of the Training Regiment of the 88th Division of the People's Liberation Army, was ordered to visit the prisoner-of-war camp, where Qian Shenfu accidentally met an old acquaintance.
Qian Shenfu met his old classmate Li Weiping, and in Qian Shenfu's memory, Li Weiping was one of the most accomplished students in the same period of the Kang Da, so he was sent to the front line of North China as soon as he graduated, and since then, Qian Shenfu has never heard from him. But now Li Weiping was locked up in a prisoner-of-war camp as a captured nationalist general, and he changed his name to "Li Changheng".
The fog of old things
What's going on here? Qian Shenfu had to think of the worst result - Li Weiping rebelled and surrendered to the enemy! Thinking of this possibility, Qian Shenfu's face suddenly sank. Why did Li Weiping, who was so good at that time, run to the side of the Nationalist Army? Did he turn his back on what he had believed?
The Sanye warriors who captured Li Weiping told Qian Shenfu that Li Weiping, now Li Changheng, was bumped into by our army on April 21, on the eve of the Battle of Crossing the River, when this guy was preparing to lead his troops to escape, and was caught by our army. Li Changheng is not a nameless person, he is not only the deputy division commander of the Nationalist Army, but also an agent of the Central Unification, in short, he is not a good person.
But Li Changheng shouted at Qian Shenfu, saying: "Shenfu, you have to believe me, I have not betrayed the organization!" Seeing that Qian Shenfu looked uncertain, Li Changheng sighed and said: "Yes, I think it is difficult for you to believe, but I would like to ask you to send a telegram to the Central Committee and only ask "Is there comrade Li Qiang in the party", and when the superior calls back, you will understand that what I said is true." ”
Despite the mixed feelings in his heart, Qian Shenfu still sent a telegram according to Li Changheng's words, and from the bottom of his heart, he also hoped that his old classmates would not defect. Soon, a telegram from a superior was sent to Sanye, with only one sentence on it: "Send Comrade Li Qiang to Beiping quickly." ”
Seeing this sentence, Qian Shenfu's heart was relieved, it seems that what Li Changheng said is true, but what has happened over the years? Li Weiping, Li Changheng, Li Qiang... What is behind this heavy identity?
This tortuous story begins in 1939, when Li Weiping, a student of the Kang Dynasty, graduated with honors, and his superiors gave him a difficult task, that is, to return to his hometown of Sichuan, change his name and surname, and lurk to prepare for future struggles.
Go deep into the enemy camp
Since that day, the name "Li Weiping" has been completely erased, he changed his name to Li Changheng, and the code name he contacted within the party is "Li Qiang", which was given to him by Dong Biwu, and only a few people such as Dong Biwu, Li Kenong, and Premier Zhou know of Li Qiang's existence.
In short, at the end of 1939, a religious director named Li Changheng came to work at a primary school in Anyue County, Sichuan Province, where he was in charge of teaching affairs during the day and his secret radio station at night to deliver messages to his superiors. However, the information available to a dean was limited, and after consulting with the organization, Lee decided to penetrate further into the enemy.
In 1940, Li Changheng came to Chengdu, relying on his ability to be sociable, Li Changheng soon became a buddy at the wine table with Zhou Bicheng, the head of the organization section of the Sichuan Provincial Party Department of the Kuomintang, and Zhou Bicheng heard that Li Changheng wanted to "promote his official position and get rich", so he recommended him to apply for the political research class held by the Central Military Academy of the National Government.
It's just that everyone in the Central Unification wants to climb up, so how can Li Changheng become a core personnel? The quickest way is to assist the Central Command in capturing communists, but of course this path is impossible. However, Li Changheng soon found a way to have the best of both worlds, that is, to help the undercover of the Central Command to seize the military command.
It turned out that at that time, there was open strife and secret struggle between the Central Command and the Military Command, the water and fire were intolerable, and the two sides installed undercover agents with each other, and for Li Changheng, who had been engaged in underground work for a long time, it was too easy to catch several secret agents of the Military Command within the Central Command, and he continued to be promoted by relying on such merits, and it did not take long to become the chief officer of the Sichuan Provincial Branch.
At this point, Li Changheng no longer had to worry about intelligence sources, as long as he held a few meetings with his superiors, he could obtain a large amount of precious intelligence, and because he usually behaved arrogantly and lasciviously, greedy for money and lust, no one would suspect that he was a Communist Party member at all, and Li Changheng slowly established a huge intelligence network within the Central Unification.
Truth
Moreover, Li Changheng himself could not have imagined that due to the corruption and incompetence within the Kuomintang, he would actually be able to penetrate into the interior of their army. It was around 1949, because the Nationalist army was gradually defeated at the front, and a large number of generals were either killed or wounded or captured, and the Nationalist government was anxious about this, but the generals who could be used in their hands were either wine bags and rice bags, or they were "suspected of communism", and they looked around and actually dragged Li Changheng, a "secret agent of the Central Unification", into the battlefield.
And their reason for letting Li Changheng go to the battlefield is also very simple, the first Li Changheng is indeed a little capable, if it were not for the ability he showed, he could not always be in a high position and rise step by step. The second Li Changheng was from the Central Unification, and the Nationalist government believed that his birth would be more loyal and conducive to strengthening the government's control over the army, and the Central Unification was also willing to support his own people as generals. Of course, Li Changheng himself was not unhappy, and he entered the army and was exactly at his will.
In this way, Li Changheng went to the battlefield under all kinds of yin and yang mistakes, but this is not a bad thing, after entering the army, Li Changheng had more room for maneuvering, under the "cooperation" of Li Changheng and our superiors, he fought several victorious battles, and soon rose to the position of deputy division commander, and since then, the exchange of information has become more and more convenient.
In April 1949, Li Changheng was transferred to the front line of the Battle of the Crossing River, Li Changheng originally planned to flee to Taiwan with his troops and continue his great cause of lurking, but he did not expect that when he reached the halfway point, he met his own people head-on, in order to avoid casualties, within five minutes of the battle, Li Changheng ordered the troops to surrender.
Originally, Lee Chang-hyung wanted to explain to the soldiers, but his reputation as a "big spy" was well-known, and no one believed his words, so he had to temporarily enter the prisoner-of-war camp and wait for the opportunity to explain the truth. Fortunately, he didn't wait long, and Chanshenfu came.
Despite some twists and turns, the ending of the story is thrilling, from 1939 to 1949, ten years of time passed, the caution and fear of this decade is unimaginable to posterity, every underground party is an unsung hero, and their exploits are immortal monuments in the shadows.