All men are mortal? Leave Dan in his heart. ——Wen Tianxiang
Ji Hongchang ate in prison, and a small note was eaten during the meal, which read: "Rescue at 11 o'clock in the evening." He frowned, and then wrote two words on the ground behind the line: "No." The note was again stuffed into the meal. In the back kitchen of the prison, a person dressed as a chef saw Ji Hongchang's two words and couldn't help but sigh heavily.
This cook was a liaison officer from my party, who was ready to rescue Ji Hongchang, who knew that General Ji did not want to involve other comrades or increase unnecessary casualties. On November 24, 1934, the prison received a secret order from Mr. Jiang, and Ji Hongchang was secretly executed in prison at the age of 39.
Fight for justice
Ji Hongchang, born in a small town in Fugou County, came from a poor family, and helped at a young age in the tea house opened by his father. Ji Hongchang's temperament is relatively fierce, and if others dare to bully him, he must fight back. When he was a child, he often fought with people, so angry that his father often ran after him with a flat shoulder.
Ji Hongchang was bent on joining the army, and in 1913, without hiding from his parents, he joined Feng Yuxiang's army. Feng Yuxiang appreciated this young man very much and sent him to learn military knowledge. Ji Hongchang himself worked very hard, all the way from a small company commander to a battalion commander. The team led by Ji Hongchang was strictly disciplined and had excellent military quality, beating the enemy to the head, and his troops were also called "iron troops."
In April 1930, Mr. Jiang, Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan broke out in the Central Plains War. Ji Hongchang led his troops to join the Battle of Chiang Kai-shek. In the end, Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army collapsed. In order to have a better development of his army in the future, Ji Hongchang accepted Mr. Jiang's incorporation and served as the commander of the 30th Division.
After the incident, Japan's ambitions were clearly revealed, and all walks of life throughout the country set off a climax of the War of Resistance. Ji Hongchang, who was in the barracks of the National Government, saw that Mr. Jiang had no intention of resisting the war, but he pointed his gun at our party and carried out a frenzied suppression of our party. Ji Hongchang was very dissatisfied with Mr. Jiang, believing that if he sat still like this, the whole of China would be eaten away by the Japanese.
He proposed to Mr. Jiang that he lead troops to resist the war, which was strongly opposed by Mr. Jiang. Mr. Jiang has always had a grudge against Ji Hongchang's strong demands for the War of Resistance. On September 21, 1931, Mr. Jiang casually found a reason to dismiss Ji Hongchang from his post and force him to go abroad to study.
After returning from abroad, Ji Hongchang's thinking changed greatly. At this time, the North China Political Protection Bureau of the CPC approached Ji Hongchang and preached communist ideas to him. In the same year, Ji Hongchang joined our party and vowed to fight away the Japanese devils and liberate all of China.
Secret assassination operations
After Ji Hongchang joined our party, he actively contacted the forces of all sides to unite in the War of Resistance; sold his family property and purchased guns and ammunition for the armed forces. In May 1934, Ji Hongchang established the "Chinese People's Anti-Fascist Grand Alliance", and transformed his home in Tianjin as a liaison base and established a united front of resistance against Japanese aggression, so his home was called the "Red Chamber" by comrades.
Ji Hongchang and his comrades secretly plotted many operations in the Red Chamber, which attracted the attention of the Nationalist government. Once, the Red Chamber was almost exposed. In order to prevent agents from searching and wreaking havoc, Ji Hongchang moved his liaison base to the National Hotel. This is the French Concession, and the spies do not dare to act rashly here. Mr. Jiang knew that Ji Hongchang had joined our party and was actively preparing for the armed forces of the War of Resistance, and he had long been dissatisfied with Ji Hongchang and issued a secret order that Ji Hongchang must be eliminated.
The evening of November 9, 1934. At the National Hotel in the French Concession of Tianjin, Ji Hongchang invited Liu Shaonan, a representative of Li Zongren, to discuss the plan for the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. To avoid being exposed, they also temporarily changed rooms. What they didn't know was that the National Hotel had long been surrounded by secret service groups.
While Ji Hongchang and Liu Shaonan were secretly talking, the door was kicked open, and four agents rushed in and shot at them. Liu Shaonan was defenseless and sacrificed heroically. Ji Hongchang, as a soldier, dodged in time, but he was also shot in the lower leg and could not escape. He knew that even if he escaped like this, it would be easy to expose. Ji Hongchang did not resist and allowed four agents to imprison him in the Beiping Army Prison.
After General Ji was assassinated, he disappeared. The news was sealed by Mr. Jiang through the French Concession, and everyone did not know what the assassination was, and the truth was later disclosed by the British "Times".
Good and evil will be rewarded in the end
After Ji Hongchang was imprisoned, he did not say anything and refused the rescue of his comrades, which could reduce the risk of exposure and preserve our strength. On November 24, Peiping Army Prison received a secret order from Mr. Jiang: "Shoot on the spot." After Ji Hongchang learned the news that he was about to be shot, he only said lightly: "Got it!" "
Ji Hongchang asked people to move a chair, and he said that even after he died, he could not fall down—he lived for the War of Resistance, and he died for the War of Resistance. Ji Hongchang faced the executioner, his eyes widened in anger, shouting the slogan "The War of Resistance Will Be Victorious", watching the bullet penetrate his chest, and sat there without falling.
One of Ji Hongchang's sons and daughters went into exile with their mother in anonymity. After the liberation of China, the child reverted to the surname of Ji, and Ji Hongchang was posthumously recognized as a martyr, and Fugou County also built a memorial hall for Ji Hongchang. Ji Hongchang's son grew up to become a teacher, while his daughter wrote a biography of Ji Hongchang to promote his father's patriotism.
None of the four agents involved in the assassination did end well. Although Wang Wen won the "first class merit" in the assassination operation, he was promoted by the military commander and lived a comfortable life. Three years later, he was considered a traitor by the Japanese and was summarily executed. Chen Gongshu was also promoted and promoted to the post of chief of military command, but later defected to Japan and became a lackey of the Japanese. He was not married, had no children, died when and where he was buried, and no one knew.
After the assassination was over, Lü Yimin and Lü Qingyou ran away with the money, and no one knew where they went. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, both were arrested and punished by law, and on March 31, 1951, both were sentenced to death.
General Ji Hongchang was a great warrior who made great contributions to the liberation of the Chinese people and paid the price of his life. As a member of our Party, the interests of the state are paramount, and after he is imprisoned, he will not let comrades rescue him, just to preserve the strength of our Party. He is a great exemplary hero in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, like a glorious banner that will always lead the way of our contemporaries.