On July 26, 1930, a man named
Huang Dihong
The sneaky people came to the West Street Entrance of the City God Temple in Shanghai, waiting for the connectors sent by the Nationalist Army. But he never waited.
Just when he was puzzled, 3 well-dressed people came by bicycle, came to the street without a word, pulled out a gun and pointed it at Huang Dihong, who was sitting under the tree, and one of them fired a shot, killing him on the spot.
The street was suddenly in chaos, and the 3 people calmly mounted their bicycles and evacuated the place safely.
The streets of Shanghai during the Republic of China
These 3 cyclists were arranged by the party organization in Shanghai
Member of the Central Special Branch Red Team
The person they killed in the street was Huang Dihong, a party member who had been favored by the party organization and sent to study in the Soviet Union.
So, what did this Huang Dihong do to make the central special agent shoot him in the street?
Speaking of traitors since the establishment of the party organization, everyone may be more familiar with Bai Xin, Gu Shunzhang and others. Compared with them, Huang Dihong's deeds as a traitor are relatively unknown. But what he did in those years almost threatened the life of Premier Zhou.
The most dangerous traitor, Gu Shunzhang
Huang Dihong was one of the first students of the Whampoa Military Academy, and before that, he was also a classmate of General Zuo Quan and others at the Guangzhou Army Martial Arts School. Later, Huang Dihong entered the Whampoa Military Academy to study, which was during the first period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and Premier Zhou served as the director of the political department of the Whampoa Military Academy and served as Huang Dihong's teacher.
Whampoa Military Academy
Huang Dihong performed well during his school years, studied hard, and his grades were also very good. After getting acquainted with Huang Dihong, Premier Zhou was very appreciative of this polite, intelligent and astute young man. Through the introduction of Premier Zhou, Huang Dihong successfully joined the party organization. When Huang Dihong graduated, he was left to work in the political department of the university with his outstanding performance, and under the leadership of Premier Zhou, he participated in the Eastern Expedition and the Northern Expedition.
Premier Zhou
In 1927, Chiang Kai-shek ruthlessly staged a coup d'état to exclude dissidents and maintain his rule, and the first cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communists failed. In order to protect Huang Dihong, the party organization sent him to the Soviet Union to study military affairs, and studied at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow. Anyone with a firm will and a revolutionary heart will firmly grasp such an opportunity. But unfortunately, Huang Dihong has never been such a person.
Chiang Kai-shek
Huang Dihong is indeed very good, but in fact, he is a timid rat, a very cowardly person, far less determined than the external performance. During his study in the Soviet Union, he indulged in the comfortable and comfortable life here, and his desire for pleasure slowly enlarged in his heart. When he lived happily here, he never thought of his compatriots who were running in the depths of the sea for the revolution at home and hanging their lives on the tip of the sword.
But such good days will soon be over. The party organization sent him to the Soviet Union not only to protect him, but also to let the excellent people receive a better education so that they could serve the country and the people after returning home. In 1930, when Huang Dihong was about to finish his studies, the party organization began to arrange for him to return to China.
Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow
However, Huang Dihong was already accustomed to the comfort zone of Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow, and when he was arranged to embark on the road back to China, he was very reluctant when he thought of the simple life he would face after returning to China. After all, he was sent out by the party organization to study, and there was no way to refuse the party organization's request, so he could only obediently return to China. Huang Dihong was arranged to Shanghai, and at this time Premier Zhou was already an important person in charge of the shanghai underground party organization, and he was very happy when he heard the news that Huang Dihong was going to work in Shanghai.
Premier Zhou still remembered this bright young man he had met during the Whampoa Military Academy, and when he learned that he had no news in recent years because he had studied in the Soviet Union, Premier Zhou believed that Huang Dihong, who had returned from his studies, would definitely bring great help to the party organization, so he had high expectations for Huang Dihong and thought of cultivating him into an important cadre. When the party organization was preparing to establish a base area at the junction of Shandong and Jiangsu and cultivate armed forces, Premier Zhou summoned Huang Dihong and hoped to entrust him with this heavy responsibility.
After Huang Dihong listened, he immediately agreed to come down, made many assurances in front of Premier Zhou, and said that he would certainly not fail to live up to the expectations and cultivation of the party organization and Premier Zhou. However, these performances and guarantees are all false, and Huang Dihong has long planned the way back in his mind and has no intention of continuing to serve the revolution. And Premier Zhou knew that the way north was full of dangers, in order to protect his safety, specially found someone to escort Huang Dihong, he was not good at turning back in the middle of the way, so he honestly stayed at the junction of Shandong and Jiangsu for a while, and then took advantage of the night to leave there and secretly returned to Shanghai.
Shanghai during the Republic of China
Huang Dihong had a rich aunt who ran a pawn shop who lived in Shanghai, and he secretly returned to Shanghai and ran to her. Her aunt loved Huang Dihong very much, not only allowed him to live, but also gave him a lot of money to live in the mansion like his own son. Here, Huang Dihong completely released his nature, spent all day drinking and acting recklessly, and the money given to him by his aunt soon bottomed out. Huang Dihong did not consider self-support, but instead hit his aunt with his idea.
Huang Dihong knew that her aunt always locked money under the dresser in her room, so she began to steal money from the cabinet while her aunt was out running errands. After a long time, the aunt discovered his theft, and in a fit of rage, she drove Huang Dihong out and warned him never to come again. During the day, the young master Kuo, who was still a thousand dollars and was sought after by people, turned into a homeless homeless man at night, and Huang Dihong could not accept such a transformation, hating that he could not immediately make a huge amount of money and live a bright and beautiful life again.
He wandered the streets of Shanghai in sorrow, and after seeing the soldiers in the uniforms of the Nationalist army, he suddenly remembered chiang kai-shek, the former principal. When he performed so well in the military academy, Chiang Kai-shek should also remember himself, right? Therefore, huang Dihong, who was cornered, wrote a letter to Chiang Kai-shek with the mentality of trying it out, and flattered Chiang Kai-shek to the extreme, saying that he had been in the party organization for such a long time, had mastered a lot of secrets, and even knew the traces of Premier Zhou and other important figures, and as long as Chiang Kai-shek could give him a chance, he was willing to tell all the information truthfully.
The letter was sent to Chiang Kai-shek several times, and Chiang Kai-shek was overjoyed and immediately summoned Xu En, the head of the Nationalist army's secret service in Shanghai, to take charge of the matter. Xu En, a man of great caution, first sent someone to investigate Huang Dihong's past experience and determined that he was indeed capable of providing some important information, and then began to contact Huang Dihong, and also sent his own capable general Bao Junfu to contact Huang Dihong.
Huang Dihong knew that his opportunity to enjoy glory and wealth was here. He wrote a letter to Premier Zhou, falsely claiming that he had been targeted by enemy agents while carrying out revolutionary work on the Sulu border and had no choice but to return to Shanghai. Although he failed to live up to the expectations of the party organization, he hoped to "make meritorious contributions to his sins", so he asked Premier Zhou to come to see him and re-assign him a task. Exposing his identity while carrying out his work was something that was often encountered by the comrades of the party organization at that time, and Premier Zhou did not suspect it, and sent a reply letter to Huang Dihong, expressing his willingness to meet him.
However, before Premier Zhou could see Huang Dihong, he received Chen Geng's report. Chen Geng was serving as section chief in the Central Special Branch Intelligence Section, and not long ago he received a secret intelligence report that Huang Dihong had defected and was preparing to betray Premier Zhou and the Shanghai underground. The person who provided this secret information was no one else, it was Bao Junfu, who had just completed the contact work with Huang Dihong.
On the surface, Bao Junfu appears to be a subordinate of Xu En, the head of the secret service, but in fact he is Yang Dengying, a red agent sent by the party organization to Xu En's side.
Bao Junfu (Yang Dengying)
Premier Zhou, who knew the truth, was both angry and disappointed, but the top priority at the moment was how to deal with Huang Dihong, a traitor. Premier Zhou first sent someone to quietly find out the scope of Huang Dihong's recent activities, and after finding that he did show signs of defecting to the enemy, Premier Zhou was also chilled at this time no matter how much he admired him before. After the evidence was conclusive, Premier Zhou formally issued an order for Huang Dihong's execution and instructed Bao Junfu to continue to maintain contact with Huang Dihong, while arranging for the transfer of underground party members in Shanghai to prevent accidents.
After Bao Junfu received The instructions from Premier Zhou, he knew that the situation was serious and that he could not delay, so he immediately sent a telegram to Huang Dihong, asking him to meet under the tree on the west street of the City God Temple. After receiving a reply from Premier Zhou agreeing to meet, Huang Dihong has been immersed in a beautiful fantasy of the future, so much so that when he received Bao Junfu's news, he hated not being able to meet with the other party immediately.
At 11:00 a.m. on July 26, 1930, After Huang Dihong dressed up in a certain disguise, he came to the tree on the street of the City God Temple as agreed, and waited anxiously while constantly looking. But he waited for a long time and never waited
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As he waited more and more anxiously, he saw 3 people riding bicycles toward this side in the distance, and finally stopped not far away. Huang Dihong looked at them a few times, thinking that they were ordinary passers-by, and did not feel that anything was wrong and stopped looking. He did not know that these 3 people were not passers-by, but had come specifically to execute him as a traitor
By the time Huang Dihong realized that the 3 people were walking towards him, it was too late to look up. The three muzzles were aimed at him, and with three gunshots, Huang Dihong fell to the ground with a dazed and stunned look in the time of his reaction, and quickly swallowed his breath. The people on the street witnessed this scene and fled in fright. The 3 special agents rode on their bicycles unhurriedly and quickly disappeared into the crowd.
After Xu En, the head of the secret service, received the news that Huang Dihong had been executed on the street, he jumped to his feet in anger and said to Bao Junfu next to him:
"How did the underground party in Shanghai grasp Huang Dihong's intelligence so quickly?"
Bao Junfu, who was deeply involved in his merits and fame, replied innocently:
"Won't it be the internal response of our central government?"
However, Xu Encha did not find a single trace of clues, and finally could only attribute Huang Dihong's death to his own lack of caution, and used this reason to fool Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek was very sorry that he had not been able to destroy the underground party organization in Shanghai, but now that Huang Dihong was dead, the matter could only be stopped.
A huge crisis was successfully resolved under the careful arrangements of Premier Zhou and others. This silent battle took place right under the eyes of the enemy, but if there was a single mistake, it would be lost completely, and you can imagine what kind of pressure Premier Zhou and others undertook at that time. The success of the Chinese revolution cannot be separated from the efforts of those unsung heroes.
Hats off to the Red Agents fighting on the hidden front!