On the morning of May 20, 1958, two cadres and policemen from Chongqing quietly sneaked into the home of a seemingly ordinary peasant in Guizhou, and along the way, the comrades of the cadres and policemen took a breath and carefully moved forward.
The suspect they wanted to arrest was lying in bed asleep, seemingly unaware of the dangers around him. Even so, the cadre police still did not dare to let down their vigilance, the two dragged their steps to move in that direction, after determining that the suspect in front of them was correct, the cadre police immediately pounced on it and held the suspect's head with a gun. It wasn't until it was determined that the suspect had no room to resist that they relaxed a bit.
The "peasant" with the gun on his head has a thin body, and what he wears is only the most ordinary clothes, and at a glance, he is an ordinary peasant, and only the cadres and policemen know that the identity of this "peasant" is not simple -- the information conveyed above shows that this person is the last Kuomintang general hidden on the mainland, and his name is called
Zheng Yunxia
。
So, what is the reason for his identity being exposed?
The way the general revealed his identity was very unusual, and he was first detected by people as wrong because he mispronounced the idiom!
Pictured| Zheng Yunxia
Zheng Yunxia was born in 1907 and is a native of Linchuan, Jiangxi. This man's early life was undoubtedly extremely fortunate: his grandfather, who served as an official during the Qing Dynasty, and his father, who studied in Japan and was a high-achieving student at Tokyo Imperial University, returned from studying abroad and joined the League and served under Dr. Sun Yat-sen.
Because of this, Zheng Yunxia's family is very advantageous, and there are more opportunities for education than ordinary people. Under the careful education of the elders, Zheng Yunxia always achieved excellent results in school, and after graduating from high school, he was admitted to Shanghai Law School.
During his time in school, Zheng Yunxia was a talented person in the law department, when China was in a period of internal and external troubles, seeing that the people's lives could not be sustained, Zheng Yunxia also wanted to help the country in danger through what he had learned.
Soon after, however, he realized that his idea was too naïve.
Weak countries have no diplomacy, and the chaotic world does not tolerate law,
This sentence is not just talk. Under the faint rule of the Qing government, a large number of Chinese lands were reduced to colonies, and foreigners ran amok on our land and oppressed the people.
There was a concession in Shanghai at that time, one day, several of Zheng Yunxia's classmates went out and accidentally clashed with several drunken British soldiers, and when the scene was deadlocked, the British soldiers suddenly burst into flames and cruelly beat up these students who had no strength to tie chickens, and in this evil act, one of the students' legs was broken.
Pictured| Old Shanghai
In broad daylight, such a bad incident occurred, and after receiving the report, the Shanghai patrol police quickly arrived at the scene and arrested several British soldiers. This matter spread widely in the school, and soon, Zheng Yunxia also knew.
The next morning, an angry Zheng Yunxia came to the patrol room with a few classmates to know the fate of the British soldiers. Unexpectedly, the people patrolling the house told them that on the night of the crime, the soldiers had been extradited. The concession leaders told them that the soldiers were foreigners and would not be tried under Chinese law.
This incident made Zheng Yunxia understand that his previous ideas have always been wrong, and the really powerful and vicious criminals will never accept the constraints of the law, and they are often the culprits who cause us to fall into darkness. At this moment, he began to have the idea of abandoning his pen from Rong.
Soon after, Zheng Yunxia was arranged by his elders to board a plane to study abroad. As he gained insight, he also found a path that suited him perfectly—joining the League.
With his own knowledge and his father's relationship, Zheng Yunxia soon became a member of the League and began his revolutionary journey. After a period of time, the domestic situation became more severe and the revolutionary atmosphere became more intense. In order to make himself reusable, Zheng Yunxia decided to enter the Whampoa Military Academy for further study.
When the Northern Expedition war officially began, Zheng Yunxia joined the First Army led by He Yingqin and was appointed as a captain and judge of the Military Justice Department. When Zheng Yunxia recalled this incident, he once said: Because he has two "excellent" diplomas at the Shanghai Law School and the Whampoa Military Academy, he was easily appreciated by the upper class of the Kuomintang, including
Chen Lifu
and
Chen Guofu
Two brothers.
Chen Lifu and Chen Guofu were well-known at that time, and the Chen family behind them had an extremely large power: their second uncle Chen Qimei was Dr. Sun Yat-sen's confidant before his death, and also Chiang Kai-shek's revolutionary mentor, and with his outstanding skills, he was also praised by Mr. Cai Yuanpei, who was famous at that time, as "the first hero of the Republic of China".
Picture | Chen Lifu
Their third uncle, Chen Qicai, is also a remarkable figure. When he participated in the Xinhai Revolution, he had an extremely brilliant performance, and even the enemy Yuan Shikai once praised:
If Chen Qicai does not leave, Sun Yat-sen will not fall!
It is worth mentioning that this person's talent in business is also superior to ordinary people, and he really achieved the point of hand and eye in zhejiang's financial circles, and he played an indispensable role in the northern expedition of the revolutionary army when it was easy to succeed.
Recalling these pasts, Zheng Yunxia decided to join the queue of both of them. At that time, Chen Lifu and Chen Guofu also had an organization called the "Qingbai Regiment" (later changed to "Youth Society"). Zheng Yunxia's ceremony of joining the "Qingbai Tuan" was completed in the basement of Chen Guofu's residence, where the environment was gloomy, and from time to time he could faintly feel a cool breath, which was very terrifying.
After officially joining the "Qingbai Regiment", Zheng Yunxia was regarded as a confidant by Chen Lifu and Chen Guofu, giving him a high degree of trust.
The two brothers had close contacts with Chiang Kai-shek, and the two major families of Chiang Kai-shek and Chen also relied on each other, and a large part of the reason why Chen Lifu and Chen Guofu established the "Qingbai Regiment" was to help Chiang Kai-shek eliminate dissidents and consolidate his ruling position.
Over the years, the brothers have been selecting outstanding talents for the group, and Zheng Yunxia is so outstanding that he naturally quickly became the backbone of the group. However, due to time reasons, Zheng Yunxia had not yet been exposed to the work of eliminating "dissidents" at that time, that is to say, Zheng Yunxia had not yet stained the blood of communists in his hands at this time.
But his dark past also left a foreshadowing for him to be an adulterer in the future.
Figure | Zheng Yunxia (left)
In 1934, Zheng Yunxia was appointed as the chief justice of the superintendent's department, and before he could take his seat, the all-out War of Resistance Against Japan began.
Before falling into the vortex of desire, Zheng Yunxia was a compassionate patriotic young man, seeing that the people were suffering, he decided to sign up for the revolutionary army, actively participated in the national war of resistance, and contributed his strength to the protection of the motherland.
In December 1937, after the Japanese devils occupied Nanjing, they hoped to open the north-south railway so that the two armies could meet again and then go on a killing spree in China. In order to achieve this goal, the Japanese devils set their sights on the strategic area of Xuzhou, and as long as they occupied it, the Japanese army's conspiracy would easily succeed. Therefore, our army must hold its position, and this battle can only be won, not defeated!
Tengxian was the gateway to Xuzhou and the key point of the Tianjin-Shanghai railway, and if the Japanese army wanted to take Xuzhou, it had to first capture Tengxian. Some time later, the Japanese devils sent the 33rd Brigade of the 10th Division to attack Teng County.
At this moment, Zheng Yunxia received an order to lead a political work team to the front line, did not make any stops, and immediately threw himself into the battle to defend Teng County.
The enemy's artillery fire was too fierce, and the artillery fire continued to attack the position, and it was not long before the front line was full of corpses. Seeing this trend, the warriors could not help but be a little discouraged, and even their eyes became numb.
Zheng Yunxia was well aware of the importance of this campaign to China, and seeing that the morale of the army was low, he rushed to the front line regardless of his safety and recited aloud the "Man Jiang Hong" adapted by him:
"Shame of aggression, still snow, national hatred, when to extinguish!" Drive a long car to break through mt. Fuji. Zhuangzhi was hungry for meat, laughing and thirsting for Oriental blood. Wait to start from the beginning, promote the prestige of our nation, new China! ”
In his strong voice, the warriors rekindled a strong fighting spirit in their hearts and once again launched a charge against the enemy.
The efforts of the soldiers were not in vain, and in the case that the equipment and firepower were lagging behind the enemy, all the officers and men of Teng County were fearless and difficult, fought in bloody battles, and several times put their lives and deaths in disregard and fought bloody battles with the enemy. After several days of bloody fighting, follow-up troop support arrived before the crisis was turned into safety. This battle greatly delayed the Japanese army's attack on Xuzhou and laid the foundation for subsequent victories. Even the commander-in-chief Li Zongren couldn't help but sigh: "If there is no stubborn defense of Teng County, there will be a great victory in Taierzhuang!" ”
Tu | the defense of Teng County
Regrettably, such a capable person did not choose a good organization, and under the instructions of Chiang Kai-shek, the former anti-Japanese celebrities turned around and became reactionaries who aimed their guns at the country.
In 1941, when the "Anhui Southern Incident" broke out, Chiang Kai-shek disregarded the great national righteousness and insisted on encircling and suppressing our army.
On January 17, the Nationalist government shouted that the new Fourth Army was a "rebel army" and that the Kuomintang army was eliminating such shameless words as a "rebel army" for the people, and at the same time, in the name of this, announced the cancellation of the new fourth army. Just when the whole world was in an uproar, the Nationalist government even coerced all the newspapers in Chongqing to publish this news on the 18th.
Just heard about it,
Premier Zhou
It was somewhat unbelievable that he did not expect that the Kuomintang would be so shameless, but he soon reacted and began to fight back.
Premier Zhou instructed Xinhua Ribao to reject the reactionaries' blackmail, and at the same time organized staff to write about the true situation of the incident in southern Anhui, so as to expose the true face of the Nationalist government.
Unfortunately, this news soon reached the ears of the Kuomintang, and the sample publication was detained by the secret agents of the military command.
Under that predicament, the indignant Premier Zhou immediately wrote an inscription entitled "Mourning for the Victims of the Jiangnan Death":
Pictured | Premier Zhou
Thousands of ancient injustices, Jiangnan one leaf; the same room, frying what a hurry!
The staff was instructed to re-produce the sample and select the 18th for publication.
The Kuomintang, aware of its own mistakes, seized the previous sample periodicals and was still uneasy, instructing the agents to keep an eye on the actions of the Communists, so the fact that our Party once again produced the sample periodicals did not hide for long.
Some time later, Zheng Yunxia accepted the task of his superiors and led the secret agents of the military command to come to the newspaper office again to check. Premier Zhou personally stepped out and confronted him. In front of Premier Zhou, Zheng Yunxia did not dare to be too arrogant, he lowered his head and pretended to be humble and said: "Teacher Zhou, please hand over the next issue of the newspaper to me to take away, this is also acting according to orders, there is no other way." ”
Premier Zhou angrily rebuked: "It is impossible, Student Zheng, you are the scum of the Whampoa School, and there will be a desperate time in the future." ”
At that time, the two parties had not yet completely torn their faces, and Zheng Yunxia had not received orders that could hurt the top level of our party, so after a half-day stalemate with our personnel, Zheng Yunxia could only reluctantly and reluctantly leave.
Things did not work out, Zheng Yunxia naturally provoked a scolding from his superiors, he had been eroded by the Kuomintang's ideology, he did not feel that there was anything wrong with the Kuomintang's approach, and after his mood was extremely irritable, he even blamed all the faults on our side.
He ordered someone to bring an envelope, and after loading two bullets, he sent someone to send the object to the Zhou Mansion at No. 50 Zengjiayan, in order to express that if he was blocked from doing things again, he would only be able to meet him in the future.
Premier Zhou opened the envelope, and when he saw this object, there was no ripple in his heart, he would never put this powerless threat in his eyes, the next day,
Xinhua Daily
An inscription was published.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Kuomintang naturally did not easily let go of the opportunity to target our Party, and at the same time, under the instructions of the Nationalist Government, Zheng Yunxia's persecution of our Party became more rampant.
On January 10, 1946, the Nationalist government, under the pressure of external public opinion, held its first political consultative conference in Cangbaitang, Chongqing, and the participants were not only the Chinese Communist Party, but also many other democratic parties.
However, the Kuomintang was not willing to compromise in this way, and when the meeting reached its climax, Zheng Yunxia led the agents to rush into the Cangbai Hall and directly launched an indiscriminate attack on the venue. Agents continued to throw stones and firecrackers at the venue, and in the midst of chaos, even made positive intimidation and threats against many participants...
The occurrence of such a vicious thing in the country naturally attracted the attention of a large number of patriotic young people, and countless people insulted the evils of the Kuomintang reactionaries. At this moment, Zheng Yunxia jumped out again to control public opinion and blocked the matter.
Figure | Cangbaitang Incident
This is the famous Cangbaitang incident, it is worth mentioning that not long after this incident, Zheng Yunxia once again created a "bloody case". In February of the same year, 19 groups, including the Association for the Advancement of The Advancement, held a collective meeting at the mouth of the Chongqing Competition, and after Receiving the news, Chen Lifu quickly told Zheng Yunxia to take people to destroy the scene.
When the reactionaries arrived, Li Gonggong was about to take the stage to make a speech, and seeing this scene, Zheng Yunxia commanded several agents to rush up and knock Li Gonggong to the ground. This sudden change caused chaos in the venue, and just at this moment, other agents also rushed into the venue under the instructions of Zheng Yunxia and launched attacks on the patriotic compatriots.
Zheng Yunxia was once a subordinate of Guo Moruo, and he saw that he had now become like this. Mr. Guo Moruo pointed at his nose with hatred and scolded: "It's you again, how can it be you again..."
Zheng Yunxia did not have the patience to listen to him, and immediately interrupted: "What about me?" With that said, the former subordinate punched Guo Moruo in the face, making his cheeks red and swollen, and at the same time, his glasses fell to the ground.
When Premier Zhou and Feng Yuxiang received the news and led their subordinates to arrive, the agents stopped committing the atrocities. In this incident, more than 60 patriots, including Li Gongshi, Guo Moruo, and Tao Xingzhi, were severely injured.
These cases are only a few of the more famous cases in history, and in the corners that are not recorded in this article, Zheng Yunxia has committed other crimes. Of course, his reactionary behavior did not last long, and with the unremitting efforts of the Communists, our Party successfully controlled the overall situation at home, and it was now our turn to clean up these social scum.
Premier Zhou specifically ordered the staff:
Zheng Yunxia's crime is extremely heinous, and he must be arrested and brought to justice, living to see people, and dead to see corpses!
Figure | Zheng Yunxia (front)
Seeing that the Chinese Communist Party was gradually taking control of the overall situation, the Kuomintang, who knew that they were powerless to resist, began to flee to Taiwan. In this case, the ticket to Taiwan is difficult to find. As a Kuomintang general, Zheng Yunxia was naturally eligible to travel to Taiwan, but unfortunately he was only given a ferry ticket.
At such a moment, Zheng Yunxia only knew regret, but it was too late, and he could only bear the pain of handing over his family to his relatives to take care of. The mother had been with him for many years and said that she would not leave, and her daughter was still young, and she also threw herself on him and cried: "Daddy, I don't want to be separated from you, take me and my mother and grandmother with me." Zheng Yunxia's heart was like a knife, but he could only say powerlessly: "I am a soldier, I need to obey orders..." As he spoke, he prostrated his head at his mother and then forcibly shoved them into the car.
Seeing that the car carrying his loved ones was getting farther and farther away, he began to return to the office to burn the confidential documents, and after making sure everything was ready, he left with two bodyguards and the driver.
They drove in the direction of Chengdu Airport, all around normally, as if there was nothing unusual, but Zheng Yunxia understood that this was just the calm before the storm - in a coincidence, he found that the driver who drove him had already defected to the Communist Party, and if he arrived at his destination according to the original plan, it would undoubtedly be self-casting, and now the situation, he could only escape halfway.
Under his operation, the car actually broke down in the middle of the road, and Zheng Yunxia quickly fled when the driver got out of the car to check the problem. The driver did not expect that his identity had long been exposed, did not react for a while, and lost a good opportunity to make a great contribution.
After successfully escaping, Zheng Yunxia understood that there was little hope of getting on the original plane, and that he might encounter the People's Liberation Army on the road, so he simply reversed direction and went to join Yang Sen's 20th Army. According to the situation at that time, like him, he did not know that the overall situation was still a minority, so when he rushed to the home of a family surnamed Peng in Jintang, he only heard the news that the 20th Army had already revolted and defected to our party.
Zheng Yunxia was cornered and could only hope that Wang Yuanhu, a relative who had been the commander of the Third Division of the Chuankang Border Defense Army, arrived in Chengdu by car from Jintang, but he did not know it
Wang Yuanhu
It also revolted, and now it is studying in Xindu.
Wang Yuanhu didn't know about Zheng Yunxia's situation, and when he saw him coming, he was very happy in his heart: "Why don't you come earlier, then I can add you to the list of uprisings." After Zheng Yunxia heard this, his heart giggled a little, and he quickly left without eating.
After this hope was also disappointed, Zheng Yunxia could only wander around, and as time went on, he began to want to live a stable life. At this time, he met a Shandong couple. The couple had previously escaped from the war in Maoshui, and from their mouths, Zheng Yunxia inquired that Maoshui was a closed place, sparsely populated, and the people were mostly simple, which was a good place to live in seclusion.
Thinking about it, he decided to impersonate the couple's "cousin" and go to Maoshui under the pseudonym "Liu Zhenggang" to join the "cousin", and it was obvious that he could not see the so-called "relatives".
We know that everything about him is pretending, but the people of Maoshui don't know, they are also really simple, seeing that this "bitter" man has no one to rely on, he actually took him in under the impetus of sympathy, took him to the household registration, and also helped him open a business license for selling general merchandise, giving Zheng Yunxia a place to live and live.
From the previous deeds, it is not difficult to see Zheng Yunxia's wit, according to his ability, it is not difficult to do a good department store business, so soon after, he settled down.
Zheng Yunxia understands that living alone in society is always conspicuous, and he needs to find a local woman to marry in order to fully integrate into the lives of the people. At this moment, Shao Chunlan walked into his eyes.
Shao Chunlan looks ordinary, has a gentle personality, and after experiencing the turmoil of war, she only wants to find an ordinary man to entrust her life. The same "bitter fate" made her and "Liu Zhenggang" "cherish each other", after a period of time, they successfully entered the wedding hall, since then, Zheng Yunxia's disguise has been fully completed, and he has become an "ordinary" "Maoshui people".
However, the fake could not be true after all, and in 1956, Zheng Yunxia began to show his horse's feet.
In 1956, the whole country began to engage in cooperatives, Zheng Yunxia's identity as a salesman was banned, in order to let him have a place to live, the staff assigned him to the county to study.
Zheng Yunxia said that he was a person who had not read any books."
beggar
", when studying, but showed extraordinary skills, only ten days of study, he can be decent to keep accounts, many years of old employees can not compare with him. The most crucial thing is that such an "illiterate" person unconsciously said the idiom of "flying away" in a conversation.
All kinds of phenomena show that the identity of this "ordinary person" is absolutely unusual, and in addition, at that time, the people also heard about the secret agents of the military command doing evil things on the mainland, so they reported this news to the public security personnel.
The public security personnel attached great importance to this news and quickly sent someone to inquire about his clues.
One day in 1957, Zheng Yunxia received news inviting him to study in the county again, and he realized that his identity was detected, so he took the initiative to confess his previous position. Of course, he did not elaborate on his criminal past.
The public security officer is also not the object of deception, and if he does not say it, it does not mean that comrades will not investigate. According to the clues he gave, the staff quickly found out his previous past and learned of Premier Zhou's instructions.
On May 20, 1958, an arrest operation against Yu Yunxia was officially launched, and under the muzzle of public security personnel, the last Kuomintang general hidden on the mainland finally fell into the net.