In August 1945, after eight years of arduous Anti-Japanese War, China finally ushered in the final victory of the War of Resistance. The Chinese people, who have suffered so much in the war, have not even let go of their breath, but they will be shrouded in the shadow of a new war.
As soon as the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression ended, Chiang Kai-shek was anxious to mobilize his troops, seize strategic points throughout the country, and occupy large and medium-sized cities, and Shanghai was his primary goal. But Shanghai is located in the east, thousands of miles from Chongqing, and the war is chaotic, and the Kuomintang cannot occupy the city in a short period of time. By this time, Japan had surrendered and had lost its right to rule Shanghai.
For a time, Shanghai suddenly became a power vacuum, lost its usual order, and fell into chaos. Various speculative elements took the opportunity to engage in a big event, and Shanghai Beach became a "adventurer's paradise".
One afternoon, a car with a special license plate crossed Shanghai's Sichuan Road and entered The Hongkou District. Seated in the co-pilot was a guard armed with a German shell gun. In the back row of the car, there sat Wackerzhi (a CCP agent) wearing a yellow military uniform and carrying the rank of Lieutenant General of the Kuomintang.
As early as 1935, Wackerzhi was wanted for assassinating Chiang Kai-shek, but he disappeared until 1939, when a reward notice of 100,000 oceans was posted on the streets of Shanghai.
Instead of backing down, Walker accepted the party's instructions and re-lurked in Shanghai, engaged in underground work as an agent collecting Japanese and pseudo-intelligence.
In 1945, due to various organizational considerations, he and several comrades were transferred to the Liberated Areas.
This was about to leave Shanghai, and Walker thought that he could not just go away, in what way should he bid farewell to the city where he had fought? What gifts should I bring to the Liberated Areas?
Walker's
After the Japanese surrendered, Shanghai was in chaos. Muddy waters are good for fish, so why not take advantage of these chaos.
Hua Kezhi believed that the New Fourth Army's weapons and equipment were aging, its ammunition was insufficient, and it needed a large amount of armaments, and once Chiang Kai-shek completely took over Shanghai, the armaments of these Japanese troops would have to belong to the Kuomintang.
It is better to take advantage of the current chaotic situation, before the Kuomintang troops came to Shanghai, and take advantage of the fear and uncertain future of the remnants of the Japanese army, to get some weapons and equipment from the Japanese and get a batch of armaments for the New Fourth Army.
At this time, Pan Hannian had returned to the Huainan base area, and Zhang Wei, who was managed by the South China Intelligence Bureau of the CPC, directly led Hua Kezhi.
Zhang, whose sole code name was "Old Lady", was a tried and tested Communist Party member who was deeply trusted by Zhou Enlai and Li Kenong. The long and arduous life of revolutionary struggle made him a little hunched over in his 40s.
Zhang only fully agreed with Walker's plan. However, it is very dangerous to get some weapons from the Japanese, so you cannot use the internal relations of the organization to act, otherwise if it is exposed, the consequences will be unimaginable. After pondering, Walker thought of a suitable matchmaking candidate - Zheng Desheng.
Zhang unique
Now it was a crucial step: to disguise himself as a Kuomintang lieutenant general and use that capacity to meet with Major General Okada, an officer in the Japanese logistics warehouse.
The car sped away in Hongkou, Shanghai, and the person sitting next to Walker mentioned above was Zheng Desheng, the matchmaker between him and Major General Okada.
Zheng Desheng, a native of Ningbo, was born and raised in Shanghai. He knew the situation in Shanghai very well. He has been doing some opportunistic business in Shanghai Beach for many years and living a middle-class life.
Zheng Desheng this person has not been to college, but can speak fluent English, with his advantage of knowing English, he deceived people to say that he graduated from Stanford University in the United States with a master's degree.
If Zheng Desheng really met a real Stanford international student, he would not be afraid, so that the other party really thought that he had met an alumnus! In fact, these "study abroad experiences" were all learned by him from American magazines, which were used as a disguise, bluff, and scare the Japanese.
And Walkerzhi has also been in contact with Zheng Desheng for many years and has conspired with him, and he knows that Zheng Desheng sympathizes with the Communist Party, is brave and upright, and is very reliable.
New fourth army
One day, when Walkerzhi visited Zheng Desheng, he went straight to the point and said, "Since Chiang Kai-shek has not yet taken over Shanghai, I want to get a batch of weapons for the New Fourth Army. ”
Zheng Desheng said confidently: "There is no relationship, but if you open your mouth, there will be." "He didn't brag, and it wasn't long before Mr. Cheng met a Japanese Marine Corps rear admiral named Okada."
Major General Okada not only managed the Japanese weapons depot at the intersection of Jing'an Temple Road and Chengdu Road in Shanghai, but was also the sole head of another ammunition depot. Walker's decision was aimed at Major General Okada of Japan.
"Judging from your impression of Okada," Walker said to Cheng, "he must have been a standard Bushido, heavily influenced by the so-called common prosperity of Greater East Asia." Therefore, your words and deeds must not carry a trace of the pride of the victor, and you must repeatedly tell him that although China is a victorious country, the price that China has paid for this victory is too great and is very harmful to me personally. ”
Zheng Desheng asked incomprehensibly, "Why do you say that?" ”
"In order for him to trust you, show that you are a neutral who is both anti-Chiang Kai-shek and disapproval of the Communist Party." Now Major General Okada likes to deal with such people. ”
"Well, how do I get the conversation to arms?"
"It's not difficult at all, you must stabilize him, hang his appetite, arouse his greatest interest, and finally let him speak for himself."
"Tell me, what the hell is going on?" Zheng Desheng was a little confused at this time.
So, Hua Kezhi said something to Zheng Desheng. Zheng Desheng nodded and said excitedly, "Well, look at my performance." ”
Okada was deeply distressed at the time, unwilling to face the reality of Japan's defeat or to succumb to the fate of being a prisoner of war. At this time, he wanted to do something to awaken the undead of Japanese militarism.
The appearance of Zheng Desheng made his lifeless heart move again. The two men talked speculatively, and Zheng Desheng mysteriously said to Okada, "Since you regard me as a friend, I will not hide from you." Now we are both in the same situation. ”
Okada was interested and said, "I would like to hear more about it." ”
"You know, I am against Chiang Kai-shek, but I am not in favor of the Communist Party," Zheng Saidsheng said, "Chiang Kai-shek is a capricious man who has no prestige among the people; the Communist Party will not benefit China if it wants to implement the dictatorship of the proletariat in this peasant country." Since your japanese surrender, I have been very worried, fortunately, there are other political forces in China besides the Kuomintang, such as a lieutenant general friend of mine..."
Speaking of this, Zheng Desheng was just about to open his mouth, but he stopped hanging Okada's appetite.
"Please continue, Mr. Zheng." Mr. Okada couldn't help but urge.
Japanese troops after surrender
"I have a lieutenant general friend, he is a confidant of the commander of the Fifth Theater, he and the commander think the same as me, this time the commander sent him to Shanghai to do a very secret thing. It is said that the Fifth Theater of Operations divided more than twenty counties in the southwest of Henan, stationed the commander's close troops, and the best weapons obtained from the Japanese army were concentrated there, and many Japanese soldiers with lofty ideals also carried weapons there to defect. ”
Speaking of this, Zheng Desheng deliberately did not speak, picked up the coffee in front of him, took a slow sip, and showed a meaningful smile to Okada.
Like a man who fell into the water and grabbed a life-saving straw, Zheng Desheng's words brought a faint glimmer of light to Okada, and Okada asked the commander of the Fifth Theater why he wanted to take in the Japanese army, but Zheng Desheng refused to reveal anything.
Okada was hooked, and the next day, Okada couldn't wait to see Jeong.
"Good news, Lao Hua." As soon as Walker arrived at The door of Zheng Desheng's house, Zheng Desheng's excited voice came into his ears.
Zheng Desheng continued: "According to your script one by one, I finally told Okada that the commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations was interested in setting up another stove outside the Kuomintang and leading the cause of common prosperity in Greater East Asia, so he urgently needed a large number of soldiers, horses and ammunition.
Major General Okada was really deceived, saying that he also wanted to join the cause of co-prosperity in East Asia, and that this was a great initiative and a real dawn of Sino-Japanese cooperation. I implied that he was in charge of the Japanese arsenal, and that joining the cause with those arms would be of great benefit to him, and he promised to think about it seriously. ”
Finally, Zheng Desheng danced to Walker and said, "So, my fake Stanford master's degree is not bad, right?" Okada can be regarded as a real British Royal School graduate major general! The two laughed together.
But Okada asked to meet our lieutenant general friend first. To avoid his suspicions, I readily agreed. But where do we find this non-existent lieutenant general? Zheng Desheng looked worried.
"I've already thought about this question, you don't have to worry, if that's the case, then arrange a lieutenant general for him." Walkerzhi looked at Zheng Desheng, smiled lightly, and said, "Since you have acted here, I, the screenwriter, should also appear." Tell Okada that the time is set for the afternoon of the next day, and the lieutenant general must visit his house when he arrives. So there is a scene where the car drives on the streets of Shanghai at the beginning of the article.
A car with a special license plate crossed Shanghai's Sichuan Road into Hongkou District and stopped in front of a red-roofed bungalow on the side of the road.
A guard got out of the car first, turned around and opened the door backwards, and Walker walked out dressed as a lieutenant general in a Kuomintang yellow military uniform, followed by Zheng Desheng, who was dressed as a gentleman and got out of the car.
As soon as Walker and Zheng Desheng entered the door of Major General Okada's house, they were warmly greeted by Mr. Okada, who was waiting there, to a large room on the third floor. Okada sat down and first expressed regret for japan's invasion of China and the pain and harm it had caused to the Chinese.
Walker said: "China and Japan are all in one place, and such a large-scale war should not have happened." As for my proposition, I believe that Mr. Zheng has already talked to you about the situation in China, which is both anti-Chiang Kai-shek and non-communist.
China is facing a civil war, which is sad. At the same time, we must also take into account the situation of foreign friends. There are millions of Japanese in China, and there are more than 700,000 Japanese overseas Chinese alone. With our current shipping capacity, when will we be able to ship them all back to Japan? In addition, what can these Japanese returnees do? Still not looking at american color life? ”
The last sentence speaks of Okada's sore spots, and he is terrified of the future.
"You are an expert in weapons," Wacker said to Okada, "but these weapons are here, and if chiang kai-shek takes over Shanghai, they will become chiang kai-shek's." Mr. Zheng and I mentioned that you would like to give us those arms, and of course we welcome them. You can discuss with Mr. Zheng how to properly transport the weapons. ”
Before leaving, Lieutenant General Walker specially explained to Mr. Okada that Mr. Zheng Desheng would fully represent him. A few days later, Major General Okada gave Zheng a list of weapons and asked him to hand it over to lieutenant general.
"100,000 rifles, millions of rounds of ammunition!" Walker cried out in surprise. These are enough to equip more than twenty divisions of the New Fourth Army! ”
Walker was very excited, and immediately went to the Chengdu Road of Jing'an Temple to observe the scene according to the address on the arms list, and sure enough, he saw a very grand bungalow. In a small square in front of the house, where two Japanese soldiers stood guard, it was indeed an arsenal. But things didn't go very well.
Originally, Major General Okada also worked hard to transport arms, but a contradiction arose during the negotiations between the two sides.
Originally, the director of the Jing'an Temple Arms Depot refused to hand over the weapons because Shanghai did not belong to the Fifth Theater, and according to the regulations for the handover after Japan's surrender, these arms should not be handed over to the commander of the Fifth Theater.
If this is to be done, one of the following conditions must be met: first, the person receiving the arms must be an official appointed by the Chongqing Nationalist Government; second, there is a formal approval order from the Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Army, Okamura Ningji; and third, the Nanjing puppet government must come forward to prove the identity of the lieutenant general.
Zheng Desheng was very depressed: "Although I remain calm in front of Okada, we are really fake dramas after all, and we can't stand the scrutiny of others." ”
Walker said nothing. He pondered the above three conditions and thought that only the third could be achieved.
Zhou Fohai
He immediately called Ren An to explain the situation and asked him to think of a good way to ask Zhou Fohai, the puppet government of Nanjing, to help.
At this time, the large and small traitors of the Nanjing puppet government had already collapsed, and only Zhou Fohai was appointed by Chiang Kai-shek as the deputy commander of the Beijing-Shanghai security for colluding with Chiang Kai-shek early on, and zhou Fohai's official residence was still crowded.
Ren An told Zhou Fohai about the incident one by one, and Zhou Fohai did not make any demands. Shaking his head and smiling bitterly, he said, "Brother Ren, don't you know yet?" I was only the titular deputy commander of security, and I was also under the strict surveillance of the military command, and everything had to be approved by them, otherwise I would not be able to do anything. ”
This is indeed a fact. If this really let the Kuomintang military command know, as long as the military unification calls the Fifth Theater by phone, this conspiracy will definitely be exposed. Ren An didn't think about it and silently retreated.
Fortunately, Okada's side was good to explain, and Zheng Desheng told him that the matter was of great importance, and he would have to wait for the "lieutenant general" to return to Henan to ask the commander. This is in line with official regulations.
Okada not only did not have doubts, but also took the initiative to say: "I also have an explosives warehouse that I manage alone, which does not need to be handled by others, and it is full of TNT yellow and white explosives that are indispensable for the manufacture of arms. ”
TNT was the most powerful explosive at the time, exploding at a very high speed and with high thermal stability.
Zheng Desheng immediately informed Walker of this matter, and After hearing it, Walker felt that it was really another village of willow dark flowers and bright flowers! Immediately report to the superior Zhang Unique.
Soon, the New Fourth Army gave the answer: the troops now need TNT, which is originally a powerful weapon, and it is also the raw material for making weapons.
The arsenals in the base areas lack raw materials, and the explosives produced are not very powerful. If we can get a lot of TNT, it will be a great help for the base area.
The New Fourth Army immediately sent Sun Ming as a liaison officer, and his disguised identity in Shanghai was that of a postman.
However, the New Fourth Army could not send cars to transport arms in an honorable manner, and could only be operated separately by Sun Ming and Hua Kezhi, raising a total of 5 heavy trucks, and Sun Ming also dispatched 5 drivers from the base area of the New Fourth Army, all of whom were Communists.
At that time, there were many military commands in Shanghai, but the Kuomintang troops were still discussing the acquisition of Shanghai, and did not pay attention to the munitions, and the most likely to cause trouble was the Japanese puppet army. In order to prevent accidents, Walker took cautious precautions.
Okada's explosives warehouse is located in a narrow alley flanked by three or four-story buildings. On one side is the temporary office of the Kuomintang Air Force, and on the other side is the Shanghai branch of the Central News Agency.
On the day of loading, Walker and Zheng Desheng took a car with a special license plate, followed by 5 heavy trucks.
When they arrived at the arms depot, Admiral Okada had been waiting there for a long time, guarded by a dozen Japanese soldiers.
As soon as the truck stopped, it began to load. In the process of moving goods, people from the temporary office of the Kuomintang Air Force and the Central News Agency next to them occasionally looked through the window to the arms warehouse.
At this time, an officer-like man could not help asking, "Which unit are you in?" What are you carrying? ”
Just then, Ye Wenjin (a CCP agent), dressed in the costume of a Kuomintang government official, replied with a big wave: "Our headquarters called and said that we wanted to rent this Japanese warehouse and help the Japanese remove these things, and if you want to know what is inside, you had better ask the Japanese." ”
The skeptics still wanted to say something, and Ye Wenjin left without listening.
Aside from this small incident, the whole moving process went smoothly, with 5 trucks filled with 540 boxes of TNT. Okada personally went to the warehouse director to sign, and then motioned for the Japanese soldiers standing guard to let the car pass. At this time, Walker took the initiative to shake hands with Major General Okada warmly, and then left in the car.
After the shipment of the explosives, Okada thought he would at least have a way out, not only to avoid becoming a prisoner of China, but also to have a new way out.
Okada's idea made Walker think that he could hit the iron while it was hot and dig something on Okada, and Zheng Desheng completely agreed with his idea.
Next, Zheng Desheng did a good job of lobbying. He told Okada, "Lieutenant General Of the Fifth Theater admires your decisiveness and generosity, and he will return to Henan to report to the superior commander and ask for credit for you." ”
Okada was very happy and a little fluttery after a few drinks of brandy.
Zheng Desheng took the opportunity to say: "This time you took the initiative to provide arms and made a great contribution. You are the backbone of the Japanese army, I don't know what other weapons can contribute? ”
Okada thought for half a day and said bluntly, "If you want to do it to the end, I will simply contribute all the weapons I have hidden, and these weapons are for my self-defense." When the Japanese Emperor surrendered, I was overwhelmed for a moment, but I had this idea of self-defense in my heart, buried a batch of machine guns in case of emergency, and now it came in handy, I dug them out and gave them as a second gift to the commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations! ”
Zheng Desheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately saluted Okada and praised him for having a true samurai spirit, and the two raised their glasses and drank.
Zheng Desheng smiled and closed his mouth, found Walkerzhi, took the second list of arms, and showed off in front of Walker.
Loudly said: "Lao Hua, 194 machine guns, this is a big gift!" ”
"What, you say Okada can give us another 194 machine guns?"
Walker took the list in surprise and said, "Great! These 194 machine guns are as powerful as those 100,000 rifles! ”
Zheng Desheng looked relaxed and said: "The Japanese Okada guy is really stubborn, he actually hid these guns secretly and buried them under the living room of his own home, fortunately we cheated them out, otherwise who knows what bad things he will do." ”
Late at night, Walkerzhi, Zheng Desheng and Sun Ming arranged for two trucks to drive to Okada's house, and with the help of okada's two guards, Zheng Desheng and Sun Ming quietly dug out the 194 machine guns and loaded them into the truck.
At dawn, two trucks left Okada's house and crossed the street under the leadership of Sun Ming. Soon, they were out of downtown Shanghai and came to the river. And smoothly passed through the underground party there, transporting the machine guns to the New Fourth Army.
In his later years, Walkerzhi
Half a month later, Zhang only forwarded a letter to Walker. When I opened it, it turned out to be a thank-you letter written by the New Fourth Army Military Region.
It reads: "Comrade Walker, the first batch of explosives of the two batches of Japanese munitions transported by you has been tested and performs extremely well." The second batch of 194 machine guns, all brand new. I hope that you will continue to work hard and make greater contributions to the revolution! ”
In this way, after the surrender of the Japanese army in 1945, Comrade Walkerzhi pretended to be a Lieutenant General of the Kuomintang, risked his life, and together with Zheng Desheng and Sun Ming, twice seduced Major General Okada of the Japanese Army and asked him to take the initiative to donate a large amount of ammunition.
Tribute to The Red Agent Walker, who contributed to the victory of the War of Resistance!