Everyone knows that Gu Shunzhang's defection to the enemy caused great losses to our revolutionary cause. When later generations look back on this historical event, they all focus on Gu Shunzhang and how we deal with it, but they all ignore another person-
Cai Mengjian, who grabbed Gu Shunzhang.
In the process of reviewing the information, the author found that Cai Mengjian is not a simple character. In addition to catching Gu Shunzhang,
He was also the first mayor of Lanzhou, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he kept Wuhan University, and even secretly corresponded with Okamura Ningji after the War of Resistance.
Cai Mengjian looks both right and evil, almost changing Chinese history twice, what kind of person is he?
01 Caught Gu Shunzhang
Cai Mengjian was born in 1905,
Zi Yutian, a native of Luxi County, Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province. Cai Mengjian could be regarded as a highly educated intellectual at that time, and after completing the economics department at Qingdao University, he went to Japan to study. He has been at prestigious universities in Japan, keio University and the University of Tokyo.
After Cai Mengjian returned from his studies in Japan, he joined the Investigation Section of the Organization Department of the Kuomintang Central Committee, which is the historical Central Unification. After joining the Central Command, Cai Mengjian was sent to Wuhan as commissioner and chief of the Hankou Police.
In Wuhan, Cai Mengjian almost changed Chinese history.
Cai Mengjian
In the spring of 1931, the Hankou People's Paradise was as lively as ever. From Shanghai came a magic troupe, and there was a young magician named Hua Guangqi in the magic troupe. His magic tricks were magical, winning the applause of the audience. Just as Hua Guangqi was intoxicated by the cheers of the audience, a group of black-clad people rushed to the stage and took Hua Guangqi away without saying a word.
It turned out that there was a person named You Chongxin in the audience watching the performance. This person defected from our party to Cai Mengjian's door, and he recognized at a glance that Hua Guangqi on the stage was no one else.
It was Gu Shunzhang, alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Special Section of the CPC Central Committee at that time.
You Chongxin naturally knew the value of Gu Shunzhang and hurriedly reported to Cai Mengjian.
Cai Mengjian listened to the great joy and quickly arranged for an arrest. After Gu Shunzhang was arrested, he was not in a hurry, he had already thought of his own way out. Gu Shunzhang asked Cai Mengjian to secretly send him to Nanjing to prevent leaks.
However, Cai Mengjian saw that he had caught Gu Shunzhang's big fish, and it was difficult to suppress his inner excitement, and he was eager to ask for credit upwards, where to ignore Gu Shunzhang's reminder and quickly give himself a boss
Xu En had sent a report to ask for credit.
And it was precisely because Cai Mengjian could not hold his breath and was eager to ask for credit, Qian Zhuangfei, who was lurking by Xu Enzeng's side, was able to intercept this telegram in time.
When Cai Mengjian escorted Gu Shunzhang to Shanghai, the main personnel and important organs of our party had been safely evacuated. If Cai Mengjian did not send a report but secretly escorted Gu to Shanghai,
The entire history of China is likely to be rewritten.
02 Keep Wuda
In June 1938, the Battle of Wuhan began. As a transportation hub in central China, Wuhan has been a place of contention since ancient times. After the fall of Nanjing, the Nationalist government made Wuhan a temporary capital.
Whether from a geographical, military or political point of view, Wuhan is a very important city. The Battle of Wuhan was fought very badly, as Japanese soldiers recorded in their diaries
"The living are also about to turn into ghosts. I also felt like my death was approaching. Facing the moon, I cried loudly.
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At that time, Cai Mengjian was also in Wuhan,
As
The deputy commander of the Wuhan garrison and the commander of the wuyang (Wuchang, Hanyang) defense, responsible for the defense of Wuchang and Hanyang. Cai Mengjian's immediate boss at the time was Luo Zhuoying.
Despite the tragic sacrifices made by the Chinese military and civilians, the war was still not smooth, and finally the high command decided to abandon Wuhan. Before withdrawing from Wuhan, Luo Zhuoying sent a platoon of engineers carrying tons of explosives to Cai Mengjian. Luo Zhuoying ordered Cai Mengjian to take it
Wuhan University and the Wuhan First Spinning Factory (built by Zhang Zhidong in the late Qing Dynasty and then the largest factory in the country) were all blown up, leaving no tiles.
Cai Mengjian read the order but decided to disobey. He believed that at that time, the wuhan university building had just been built, and the wuhan first spinning mill was an industrial asset that China had accumulated so hard, and the two were not considered military facilities.
Blowing them up will not help the Japanese, and in the future reconstruction, a lot of manpower and material resources will be invested, but it will affect the national strength and the people's lives.
Cai Mengjian called Luo Zhuoying to explain while letting the sappers go back home. Luo Zhuoying initially strongly refused, demanding that Cai Mengjian carry out the order. Cai Mengjian did not back down, said
"If the commander-in-chief thinks that I am disobeying the order in front of the army, I am willing to cross the river to the Hankou General Headquarters to receive military punishment."
Luo Zhuoying was speechless for a moment, and the matter of bombing the school was over.
At that time, different people in the army had different understandings of the "scorched earth war of resistance," some people supported it, and some people did not comment on it.
We can't be at that time, and we can't evaluate luo Zhuoying and Cai Mengjian who are right and who is wrong.
However, the campus building and the first spinning mill of Wuhan University were indeed preserved, and continued to play their respective roles after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.
After withdrawing from Wuhan, Cai Mengjian took office
The chief of the Guardian Corps of the Ministry of Military Affairs was responsible for the security of important facilities and units such as arsenals and arsenals during the war, and could also be regarded as contributing to the War of Resistance.
03 Governance of Lanzhou
In July 1941, Lanzhou was established as a city. Cai Mengjian became the first mayor in lanzhou history.
Why Cai Mengjian?
It turned out that when Gu Zhenglun, the chairman of Gansu Province, was in Wuhan, he saw Cai Mengjian doing a good job in the post of police chief, and he had a good impression of Cai, so he thought of Cai Mengjian in the selection of the mayor of Lanzhou.
Cai Mengjian said at the ceremony of taking office as mayor of Lanzhou
"I am not the mayor of Lanzhou, I am the foreman of Lanzhou."
At that time, Lanzhou's economic foundation was weak, all municipal construction was relatively poor, and its economic development was relatively backward. During the War of Resistance, it was often bombed by Japanese aircraft. After Cai Mengjian took office, he first made efforts in urban construction, setting up public baths, lice killing stations, widening roads, improving traffic, and vigorously engaging in greening.
Cai Mengjian's approach also touched the interests of some high-ranking officials and nobles, and secretly exerted a lot of resistance on Cai Mengjian. However, Cai Mengjian can withstand the pressure and continue to promote the municipal construction of Lanzhou, which is not easy. For example, when the road was widened, most of the houses along the road involved were owned by Ma Bufang, then chairman of Qinghai Province, Ma Hongkui, chairman of Ningxia Province, and other Ma family members. In order to promote the project, Cai Mengjian personally went to Xining to seek Ma Bufang's consent. As for Ma Hongkui's side, Cai Mengjian named the new road "Yunting Road". This "Cloud Pavilion" is Ma Hongkui's father's nickname, Ma Hongkui heard that he felt that he had a lot of face, so he sent someone to demolish the houses on the side of the road, so that the road was successfully completed.
In August 1942, Chiang Kai-shek inspected Lanzhou and was very satisfied to see that the roads in Lanzhou were smooth and wide and the greenery had increased
He also encouraged Cai Mengjian to build Lanzhou into a demonstration city in the rear area of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
04 Collusion with Okamura Ninji
Although in the two things of preserving Wuhan University and governing Lanzhou, Cai Mengjian has a good reputation. But history is a complicated matter, and many historical figures have two sides to him.
Cai Mengjian also has it.
If Cai Mengjian arrested Gu Shunzhang, he almost rewrote Chinese history. Then, after the War of Resistance, he also did something with very serious consequences. And if this thing is done, Chinese history may once again be rewritten.
This matter is related to Okamura Ninji.
Okamura Ninji committed numerous crimes in the war of aggression against China, serving in the Kwantung Army, the 11th Army and other units, and at the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he also served as the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Army's Chinese Dispatch Army. After 1937, Okamura Ningji commanded or participated in the Battle of Wuhan, the Battle of Nanchang, the Battle of Suizao, the First Battle of Changsha and other battles, which can be said to be the sworn enemies of our anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians.
However, it was this heinous Japanese war criminal who escaped justice after the War of Resistance.
After the victory of the War of Resistance, Okamura Ninji, who was full of evil, was there
On January 26, 1949, he was acquitted by the Kuomintang military court.
The reason behind this was that Chiang Kai-shek wanted to recruit Okamura Ninji and help him train his army to fight the civil war.
After the defeat of the Chiang Kai-shek clique in Taiwan, the so-called "Institute of Revolutionary Practice" was established in Taipei. In addition to training party and government cadres, this institution also trained military cadres at all levels for the Kuomintang army.
Some of the senior instructors were old Japanese soldiers led by Ninji Okamura.
In this matter, Cai Mengjian played a bridge of communication between Chiang Kai-shek and Okamura Ningji.
Chiang Kai-shek sent Cai Mengjian to Japan secretly to contact Okamura Ningji. Cai Mengjian and Okamura Ningji jointly discussed in Japan the possibility of counterattacking the mainland, how to reorganize Chiang Kai-shek's army, and so on. With Okamura's help, Cai also selected 98 military advisers in Japan.
Most of these have committed numerous crimes in China.
However, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and Cai Mengjian's secret meeting with Okamura Ningji was soon exposed, causing public opinion and public opposition. In order to calm the incident, Chiang Kai-shek threw the pot to Cai Mengjian. Cai Mengjian naturally wanted to carry this pot for old Jiang, so he had to leave the United States.
In the United States, Cai Mengjian also helped Zhang Guotao.
At that time, Zhang Guotao settled in Canada, but his life was very poor, and he had no money to see a doctor when he was sick. Cai Mengjian and Zhang were fellow villagers in Jiangxi, and seeing their plight, yu could not bear it, and helped Zhang Guotao contact Chiang Ching-kuo. When Xiao Jiang was in the Soviet Union, Zhang Guotao took good care of him, so he remitted him $10,000. After Zhang Guotao's death, Cai Mengjian also won a funeral fee for him, so that Zhang Guotao's affairs could be handled smoothly.
Cai Mengjian himself has been living in the United States, died in 2001, and lived to the age of 96.
When the tide of history fades, we will find that in many historical events, those figures that we think are inconspicuous have inadvertently appeared in various historical events and left different footprints. If it were not for the Gu Shunzhang incident, Cai Mengjian's name would continue to be covered up by the waves of history. This may be the charm of history.
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