On April 24, 1949, the day after the liberation of Nanjing, a middle-aged woman came to the entrance of the Thirty-fifth Army of the Eighth Corps of the People's Liberation Army, and because of the reason that Nanjing had just been liberated, the entire army was very busy and had many things to deal with, but as soon as this woman came, she named and asked to see the political commissar
Hokshi
The sentry heard her request somewhat incomprehensibly.
What's the matter with a woman looking for their commissar? Moreover, this person's identity is unknown, so should he inform him? As the sentry was pondering, the woman spoke:
My name is Chen Xiuliang, and you told your political commissar that he would definitely come to see me!
The sentry saw that she was so determined, and if she did not see the commissar, he was afraid that he would not leave, so he quickly went to report to the commissar.
Pictured| Hekeshi
When the political commissar He Kexi learned of this, he immediately came quickly to the gate of the army, and when he saw the woman, he clasped her hand tightly and said excitedly:
Comrade Xiuliang, we have finally won!
Subsequently, the woman was brought into the military headquarters, which happened to be the commander of the Eighth Army of the People's Liberation Army
Chen Shiyu (
jǔ
）
Also, after some understanding, I couldn't help but sigh:
I didn't expect that it was a woman who assisted our army in crossing the river!
”
Chen Xiuliang joined the Communist Party by chance
Chen Xiuliang, formerly known as Chen Yixian, was born in 1907 in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, to a wealthy family with a superior living environment, and her family has cultivated her since childhood. However, unfortunately, her father died young, leaving only a huge family property and mother and daughter three, the house leaked in the overnight rain, relatives saw them as unrelated, good bullying, domineering division of family property, and finally the three people can only leave the family.
After leaving the family, the mother did not choose to remarry, but worked hard to cultivate the two sisters, although the life was very hard, but she was also very happy. Her mother's teachings had a great influence on Chen Xiuliang, and she was determined to make some achievements and not to live up to her mother's hard work. Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, she reached the age of middle school, and she entered the girls' high school with excellent results in the first place, and after going to school, she often studied calligraphy with the calligraphy teacher, who had five children in the family, two of whom were leaders of the student movement.
Chen Xiuliang also joined in, taking her classmates to participate in the student movement, and as more and more people joined, she was also noticed by the school.
swooping
" after the campaign" she published an article
The Salvation Debate
In order to avoid causing trouble, the school leaders regarded her as a "red element" and gave her expulsion.
Picture | Chen Xiuliang
After Chen Xiuliang was expelled, she turned around and entered the Hangzhou Girls' High School, where she studied knowledge seriously, in 1926, she was admitted to Shanghai National University with excellent results, this year the Northern Expedition War entered the climax stage, many aspiring young people have gone to Guangdong, she also came to Guangdong University, and studied in the Department of Literature, and later served as the editor of the organ newspaper "Young Pioneers".
It is precisely because of this that Chen Xiuliang came into contact with many progressive books and periodicals, and also began to slowly contact the Communist Party, and actively studied progressive ideas, during which she met the secretary of the Communist Youth League of the Guangzhou Provincial Party Committee
Li Qiushi
The relationship between the two also changed over time, sublimating from friendship to love, but the relationship did not last long and then broke up.
In 1927, Chen Xiuliang became the head of the Propaganda Department of the Hankou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China
To the police
The secretary, on the recommendation of the police, she successfully joined the Communist Party, this year the Kuomintang-Communist cooperation broke down, the Kuomintang began to kill the Communist Party, so that our Party paid a heavy price, the superior instructed all Party members to go underground, but even so, still can not get rid of the bad luck, many comrades still sacrificed.
At that time, because Chen Xiuliang's accent was heavier, it was easy to expose her identity, and for the sake of her safety, the organization let her take a group of party members, disguised as poor people, to the Soviet Union together, and after several twists and turns, they arrived safely in the Soviet Union. Shortly after this, Chen Xiuliang was sent to Study at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow, during which she met many outstanding members of our Party and formed a deep revolutionary friendship.
While studying in the Soviet Union, Chen Met early workers' leaders
Yu Fei
。 At that time, after Chen Xiuliang and Li Qiushi's relationship, he thought that intellectuals were not good, so he thought of finding a worker, just when Yu Fei had a good feeling for her, after learning the criteria for mate selection, he immediately launched a fierce pursuit of Chen Xiuliang, and later the two came together.
Unfortunately, Chen Xiuliang's relationship, I am afraid that I have to pay by mistake, it turned out that Yu Fei was not single as he said, and even deliberately concealed the fact that he was married, after the two returned to China in 1930, Yu Fei strongly opposed Chen Xiuliang going to Work in Anhui, and the two people who rarely quarreled were scattered because of this matter, and the reason was naturally understood by everyone, that is, they were afraid of encountering the original match.
In the end, Chen Xiuliang could only compromise and stay in Shanghai to work, while Yu Fei himself went to Anhui to carry out a mission, but unexpectedly because of a "mouse", he was caught by the Kuomintang agents, originally thought that Yu Fei would fight the Kuomintang to the end, how could he expect that he was like a dog's leg, lay down his dignity and surrender to the enemy on the spot, and even in order to save himself, he did not hesitate to betray our party comrades
Shahanwen
。
At this time, Sha Hanwen did not know that Yu Fei had surrendered to the enemy, and the Kuomintang agents were already on the way to arrest him, and just at the moment of the first attack, a man risked death to deliver a letter and let him flee quickly. After Sha Hanwen listened, he knew that his identity might be exposed, but he did not know that the person who informed him was Yu Fei, so he planned to consult with Yu Fei on countermeasures.
Pictured| Chen Xiuliang's husband Sha Hanwen
After Sha Hanwen came to Yu Fei's house, he just happened to meet his sister, and when her sister saw that it was him, she looked panicked and hurriedly said:
You hurry up, you have been betrayed by my brother, go fast!
Sha Hanwen was extremely disappointed, he did not expect Yu Fei to do such a thing, and in the middle of the escape, he remembered Chen Xiuliang, who was still in Shanghai, and was worried that Yu Fei would also expose her, so he immediately sent her a telegram:"
Ah Cai was admitted to the hospital, seriously ill and hospitalized...
This is a code word, Chen Xiuliang's heart was half cold after seeing it.
She knew that Yu Fei was no longer there, and now they were on the opposite side, the situation was urgent, she could only rush to the French Concession, but before she could gain a firm foothold, she received Yu Fei's telegram, and after reading it, she was even more disappointed, the general content was to persuade her to join the enemy, and Chen Xiuliang completely gave up on him. On the other hand, Sha Hanwen, worried about her safety, has rushed to Shanghai and successfully met at the hotel.
At present, they are facing a difficult problem, their information about joining the party is in the hands of Yu Fei, which is very unfavorable to them, the most important thing is that at that time, our party was organizing a secret operation, at the same time, Chen Xiuliang and Sha Hanwen also lost contact with the party, and in desperation, they could only find a place to hide.
Later, Chen Xiuliang and Sha Hanwen developed a good feeling, the two got married, and soon had a child, the child was just a full moon after birth, and was sent to a relative's house, because they were too busy to take care of it, and they could only make this decision.
Lurked in Nanjing for 3 years to form an intelligence network
In 1945, Japan surrendered unconditionally, and the War of Resistance Against Japan finally ushered in a comprehensive victory
Chiang Kai-shek
However, they turned their faces and did not recognize anyone, and extended their claws to our party, a war may break out at any time, and with the passage of time, countless underground party members have been killed, and our party must immediately make countermeasures and stop losses in time.
Pictured| Chiang Kai-shek
As a result, the Central China Branch Urban Engineering Department set up a subordinate organization."
Nanjing Work Department
Chen Xiuliang was appointed secretary of the Nanjing Municipal CPC Committee, responsible for comprehensively leading the underground work in Nanjing. In fact, to grasp Nanjing is to grasp the lifeblood of the Kuomintang, but as far as our party is concerned, it is a tiger's den and a wolf's den, and if you are not careful, your life will be threatened, but such an important task has fallen on Chen Xiuliang's body.
However, Chen Xiuliang was not afraid in the slightest, and even prepared for sacrifice early, after she received the task, she bid farewell to her family and children who were only a few years old, disguised herself and then arrived in Nanjing. In order not to attract people's eyes, she changed her image greatly, into a middle-aged woman full of vulgarity and rudeness, without a little elegance on her body, and lived in the underground party member's house as an "aunt", saying that she had come here to be a nanny, so she settled down.
Soon after, Chen Xiuliang began to form an underground organization in Nanjing, because the Kuomintang wantonly arrested the Communist Party, especially Nanjing, as the "base camp" of the Kuomintang, our party not only had a very difficult time recruiting party members, but also brought unprecedented difficulties to our party's intelligence work, and there were only a few party members who could survive in Nanjing.
Therefore, the burden on Chen Xiuliang's body is very heavy, she must be under the eyes of Chiang Kai-shek, engaged in dangerous and difficult work, in this case, she completed one difficult task after another, not only successfully established a complete intelligence system, but also spread intelligence to Shanghai, to know that there is a little mistake in this, it will bring disaster, it can be seen that the courage is amazing.
At a meeting, the superior leader talked about the lurking work in Nanjing, saying that this may be a long-term war, and we must be mentally prepared to fight for more than ten years.
As long as the revolution can be victorious, it will be worth it for many years!
There were very few people participating in the meeting, and it is difficult to predict that after three years, the Nanjing underground intelligence network will grow to several thousand people, which is all the credit of Chen Xiuliang."
Chen Xiuliang was not only very capable, but also very courageous, and in order to be able to obtain information, she was not afraid of the danger of exposure, often wandering around the Kuomintang agents and insisting on meeting them. Once, there was an important piece of intelligence in the spy's home, Chen Xiuliang tried to sneak into his home, rummaged through the boxes and cabinets to find it, and then quickly copied it, and immediately sent it to Shanghai.
With her efforts, our party's intelligence network in Nanjing gradually took shape and was very stable, and the secret service lines lurking in Nanjing were divided into: police line, national army line, attendant room line, etc. These all represent intelligence lines, which will eventually go to Chen Xiuliang's hands and control all the actions of the Kuomintang.
Slowly Chen Xiuliang found that the nanny's identity at this level is somewhat limited, so that it will bring inconvenience to the work, and she plans to change a more decent identity, so that she can better inquire into the news, so she claimed that there was something at home and left in a hurry, after a period of time, Chen Xiuliang has changed her appearance, and her identity has become bright and beautiful, she plays a rich wife this time, who came to settle in Nanjing, and she made a big splash this time, afraid that others would not know her existence.
Successfully plotted against the Kuomintang military and political personnel
In 1948, Chen Xiuliang had a bolder idea,
Plotted against kuomintang military and political personnel
After the approval of the reporting organization, a silent war was once again launched, and the rebellion may expose the identity at any time, it is no exaggeration to say that this is like a big gamble, and if it is successful, it will reduce a lot of losses of our party, so this matter is very necessary to implement.
Picture | Rich Wife Playing Mahjong (non-Chen Xiuliang)
"Rich wife" Chen Xiuliang likes to play mahjong, if the interest comes up can play a night, in addition to the enthusiasm to go shopping, acting extremely high-profile, at first there was this number of people in Nanjing, the Kuomintang agents were still worried, after observing for a period of time, they let down their guard, but who can think that she holds all the intelligence in Nanjing, and every move can not escape her eyes.
September of the same year,
Li Kenong
In order to better carry out the work of counter-insurgency, special dispatches were made
Chauvinville
To assist Chen Xiuliang's work, in addition to being a member of our party, in fact, Sha Wenwei also has a layer of identity, that is, a Kuomintang general who is deeply trusted by Chiang Kai-shek, with Sha Wenwei's help, Chen Xiuliang's work is much easier, and after several discussions with Sha Wenwei, she locked in the object of rebellion.
He's called
Yu Bo
It is understood that he is a very good pilot, and his greatest wish is to drive the Japanese army out of our territory, but he did not think that one day, his ability would be used against the People's Liberation Army, which made him very embarrassed, he did not want to bomb the People's Liberation Army, but there was no way to disobey the order, so his mood has been bad.
Chen Xiuliang thought he was someone who could win, so he sent party members
Lin Cheng
Approaching Yu Bo, Lin Cheng's public identity is that of an aviation medical officer at the Fourth Air Force Hospital, mainly responsible for providing medical services for Nanjing Daxiaochang Airport. After several contacts with Lin Cheng, Yu Bo began to let down his guard, Lin Cheng saw the victory and pursued, deliberately opening up his thoughts, and finally Yu Bo made up his mind to follow our party.
Pictured| Yu Bo (first from right) and other rebel pilots
Not only that, Yu Bo also won 4 good friends, and for a time 5 Kuomintang pilots defected to our army, which was simply a windfall, and then Yu Bo made a request:
Before the uprising, they want to join the Communist Party,
Lin Cheng could not be the master of this, and immediately reported the matter to Chen Xiuliang, who said: "
They agreed to the uprising, so what could not join the party?
On the night of December 16, 1948, after joining the Communist Party, Yu Bo and others flew the most advanced aircraft at that time, went around the sky over the presidential palace, dropped three huge bombs, and after doing this, flew to the Shijiazhuang military airport according to the instructions of the central authorities.
Since this incident, the news of the uprising of Yu Bo and others has spread rapidly, and pilots in many places have begun to follow suit, organizing uprisings one after another, and Chiang Kai-shek was furious; after all, the Air Force is one of the important forces of the Kuomintang army, and now the Air Force has abandoned the dark and thrown itself into the light, which is a fatal blow to the Kuomintang, but he has no way to stop it, and can only let it ferment.
After the first step of the rebellion was successful, Chen Xiuliang's plan to rebel was still continuing, and this time she decided to put the target on the navy, when our army was in a weak position in the sea and air fields, so it brought a lot of losses to our army, the air force we have won, at present, as long as the navy is also won over, then it can be said that it is very favorable for our side to reduce casualties on the battlefield.
Pictured| cruiser Chongqing
Chen Xiuliang's goal was the most advanced warship of the Kuomintang at present.
Cruiser Chongqing
Our side attached great importance to this plan and made a lot of efforts, when our Party paid six aspects of underground organization, just to win this unit over.
Later, with the unremitting efforts of our Party personnel, not only did they successfully rebel against a unit of the Kuomintang Navy, but also the cruiser Chongqing under the command of the People's Liberation Army, and this series of acts caused many soldiers who were dissatisfied with the Kuomintang to join the rebel army and defect to the PLA troops.
In order to prevent this situation, he immediately ordered the commander of the Nanjing garrison
Zhang Yaoming
：“
Quickly destroy the communist underground organization in Nanjing!
But how could they not have imagined that these things were all from the hands of a weak woman, Chen Xiuliang was still as usual, playing cards during the day and discussing the next plan at night, in the process, no one recognized her disguise, and even the neighbors who had to meet every day thought that she was a rich wife who loved to play cards, never suspected, who knew that she was the leader of the nanjing underground party organization?
There were also several times when the secret agents came to investigate, Chen Xiuliang did not panic in the slightest, posing as a rich wife, no matter what questions the agents asked, she was able to answer like a stream, during this period, the secret agents were also secretly looking at her, and soon thought that Chen Xiuliang was not the material for the underground Communist Party, and even the investigation was perfunctory, after all, their tasks were too large, and they must seize the time.
Take care of everyone first, and then there will be a small family
Chen Xiuliang lives very cautiously every day, always on alert, she knows that her situation is very dangerous, a slight change may cause the attention of secret agents, for safety reasons, she has not even visited her daughter, even if the distance between Nanjing and Shanghai is not far, she can only suppress the thoughts in her heart, bear not to look at her daughter, otherwise it will bring danger.
Picture | Chen Xiuliang and Sha Hanwen took a group photo
Once, she just happened to be back to Shanghai because of the mission, which was a rare opportunity to visit her daughter, when she walked into the familiar courtyard, she saw the figure of a girl at a glance, the girl turned around and recognized her daughter, tears immediately snatched out of her eyes, but the daughter did not know her, asked:
Who are you?" Is it a new nanny?
Chen Xiuliang said:
I'm your mother!"
Subsequently, After a brief reunion with her daughter, Chen Xiuliang left in a hurry, she still had a task, she could not delay here for too long, but when she left, she still did not hold back, her eyes were red, and she did not know when we would meet this time, perhaps we would never see each other again, and a wave of sadness surged into her heart, but for the success of the revolutionary cause, what was the sacrifice?
It made great contributions to the liberation of Nanjing
On the eve of the Battle of Crossing the River in 1949, our army had already won victories in the three major battles of Liaoshen, Huaihai, and Pingjin, and as long as Nanjing was liberated, then the liberation of the whole country would not be a problem. However, Chiang Kai-shek did not compromise easily, and he made two preparations:
One of them stubbornly guarded the Yangtze River and curled up in Nanjing; the other was that Nanjing was lost and blew up Nanjing.
Through the intelligence network, Chen Xiuliang immediately learned of this vicious plan and immediately passed on a large amount of top-secret information to the PLA troops on the opposite side, that is to say, what Ideas Chiang Kai-shek was playing, our army knew everything very well, and had already made a good plan to deal with it.
Pictured | Old Jiang
However, Chiang Kai-shek was determined to defend Nanjing this time, so he did everything he could to order the Kuomintang troops to destroy the railway station, bridges, etc. As soon as we got the news, we sent red agents lurking in Nanjing to stop it.
According to the needs of the current struggle, the Nanjing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China has added an additional ""
Police Movement Committee
Chen Xiuliang had already plotted against a large number of figures who had real power in the police station, and arranged for the work of maintaining public order, protecting the factory, and welcoming liberation, and even during this period, he also got a clear picture of Lao Jiang's background, which provided us with great convenience.
They were worried that our army would cross the river and began to destroy a large number of ships to eliminate the possibility of the PLA crossing the river. But as long as Chen Xiuliang is there, this is bound to be a drop in the bucket, and they think that wreaking havoc on ships will put our army in a difficult situation, in fact, Chen Xiuliang has already sent one ship after another to the other shore.
Subsequently, Chen Xiuliang commanded and snatched a large number of ships from the enemy's hands, and soon the Battle of Crossing the River began, the PLA soldiers crossed the river by boat, and 15,000 people of the 35th Army of the PEOPLE's Liberation Army successfully crossed the river, and Chen Xiuliang joined forces with her, and with her help, the 35th Army broke through the bamboo and defeated the Kuomintang army, and at this time the victory or defeat was already decided.
Figure | Battle of the River Crossing
April 23, 1949
Chinese people's liberation army successfully occupied Nanjing, and planted the red flag on the Nanjing Presidential Palace, officially announcing the liberation of Nanjing, the people on the streets of Nanjing were full of happy smiles, warmly greeted the PLA soldiers, the whole of Nanjing was shrouded in laughter, all of which was inseparable from the efforts of Chen Xiuliang and others behind them.
Chen Xiuliang finally successfully completed the tasks assigned by the organization, it is expected that decades of underground work, she only took three years to complete, after liberation, she went to the Thirty-fifth Army with an excited mood to report, everyone knew that she was the head of the Nanjing underground party, before that, everyone thought that the person in charge was a man, did not think that it was a gentle woman.
Pictured| Chen Xiuliang and her husband take a group photo
On this day, the military region sent two military vehicles to send her home, and it was not until this moment that everyone knew that the former "card friend" was actually the head of the underground party of the Communist Party of China in Nanjing, and later, Chen Xiuliang resigned from his post in Nanjing, retired to the second line, and left the opportunity to his descendants.
On November 6, 1998, Chen Xiuliang died of illness at the age of 91.
Even though she is no longer there, her deeds and spirit will always remain in her heart!