After the fall of Shanghai Beach was a paradise for spies, German and Italian fascists and their vassal states opened consulates in Shanghai, britain and the United States and other countries took advantage of the advantages of the original concessions to buy Chinese serve themselves, coupled with the Nationalist government and the Wang puppet regime, the various forces active in Shanghai Beach were very complex.
After the war, many spies working for fascism were caught, prosecuted and sentenced one by one, a considerable number of whom were Chinese or had Chinese nationality. If it is a foreigner, it is generally treated as a spy, and if it is a Chinese, it will be convicted of adultery, and the result of the two is similar - shooting.
At that time, Guangzhou took in 44 foreign suspects, only Bianca's identity was the most complicated, and the court has been unclear on which crime she should be prosecuted. Originally Italian, this Bianca was married to Chinese became a Chinese national, and had a divorce from the Wang puppet regime, and had a leg with the French consul Philip simon and a German spy, while the US intelligence service considered her to be a Japanese spy.
What is even more unexpected is that her husband, Tan Zhanchao, a Chinese officer who is believed to have died in battle, has stood in court alive and defended his wife, which makes the case even more confusing, and her strange experience is enough to write a thrilling novel.
Born into an Italian aristocratic family to a high-ranking mussolini government, Bianca married Tan Zhanchao, a Chinese student, at the age of 18 and then came to China. Tan Zhanchao was an officer of the Taxation Police Corps, which was a close associate of Song Ziwen, and the officers were all students studying in foreign countries, and their weapons and equipment were also imported, and they were later reorganized into the famous New 38th Division.
During the bitter war years, especially after discovering that Tan Zhanchao had another new love, Bianga left her husband and came to Shanghai with several children. Not long after, the new 38th Division went to Burma to participate in the war, and the news of Tan Zhanchao's disappearance and possible death also came, and Bianga was sad and had to make other plans for the survival of himself and his children.
With her outstanding appearance, Bianca soon became a well-known socialite in Shanghai Beach, circling among various powerful people. The life of a drunken gold fan made Bianga more and more greedy and began smuggling gold for Japanese intelligence agencies.
After the Japanese surrendered, Bianga heard that the new 38th Division was deployed in Guangzhou, so he went to Guangzhou several times to inquire about the whereabouts of her husband Tan Zhanchao, and at the same time smuggled gold and U.S. dollars for profit for the Japanese. Simon, the consul of the French Vichy government in Guangzhou, took a fancy to Bianga, and the two fought fiercely and lived together, making Be'anga's smuggling business more convenient.
In November 1945, U.S. intelligence abruptly arrested Bianga, consul Simon secretly served the Nazis, and the Americans believed that Bianga was a Japanese spy and handed over to the Chinese government for sanctions. The story of the beautiful spy attracted the most attention, and newspapers in Shanghai and Guangzhou published the news of Bianca's arrest, comparing her to Yoshiko Kawashima.
Unexpectedly, Tan Zhanchao appeared at this time, it turned out that he was not dead, the new 38th Division has been stationed in India for training, and after returning home, Bianca has begun a new life, Tan Zhanchao failed to contact her, until her news appeared in the headlines of the newspaper.
Tan Zhanchao, as a husband, defended Bianca in the newspaper, describing her as a bitter wife who was forced by life to maneuver between the Japanese and the French in order to win the sympathy of public opinion and help her get away with it.
Bianca himself was a beautiful Italian aristocrat, and her husband was an officer in China's most elite army, accused by the Americans of being a Japanese spy, and from any point of view, the case was attractive enough to become a talk of conversation after dinner for a while.
It has to be said that Bianca is a scheming woman, after reuniting with her husband in the hospital, she actually became pregnant with a child, making it impossible for the court to try her case in time, and escaping the peak of severe sanctions against traitors and spies in the early days of the victory of the War of Resistance.
When the most important traitors and spies were suppressed and Yoshiko Kawashima was shot, the domestic political atmosphere shifted to the Kuomintang-Communist negotiations and a possible civil war, and the Bianga case slowly faded from public view and was no longer noticed.
After all, Bianca is different from Yoshiko Kawashima, she has not done anything earth-shattering, the only verifiable crime is only to resell gold and US dollar bills, compared to the big tiger in the national government, she is not even a little witch.
U.S. intelligence believed Thatanga was a spy because it was discovered that she was doing things for the head of the Japanese intelligence apparatus, but only in smuggling, and had nothing to do with real intelligence gathering, at least no evidence. What's more, the US intelligence officers who arrested and prosecuted her have already returned to China, and the court no longer has to bear the pressure from the US side.
The case first became entangled in Bianca's nationality, and as long as it was proved that she was a Chinese national, she could not be convicted of espionage. However, Tan Zhanchao and Bianca were married in Italy and were not registered with the Chinese government, making it impossible to determine her Chinese nationality.
At this time, Zhongshan County's Sun Qian came out to testify that he had been a male minister when the two were married, which could prove that the two of them had held a grand wedding and was recognized by their hometown fathers and elders. This Sun Qian was Sun Yat-sen's nephew, and his testimony was accepted by the court.
The next problem is that in order to marry Simon, Bianca had already filed a divorce with Tan Zhanchao, who was uncertain of life and death, to the government agency at that time, and got permission. In other words, she lost her Chinese nationality again.
This matter seems to be troublesome, but in fact it is very easy to solve, because it is the Wang puppet regime that helped her with the divorce procedures, the National Government does not recognize the legitimacy of the Wang puppet regime, the divorce procedures are naturally invalid, and Bianga's Chinese nationality has been finally recognized by the court.
As for the smuggling in Be'anga, the Tribunal found that it had not caused harm to the National Government and the Chinese. She smuggled for the Japanese, avoiding the Wang puppet regime and destroying the Wang puppet financial order. To put it bluntly, the Japanese intelligence agencies were embarrassed to openly violate the orders of the Wang puppet regime, so they treated Bianga as a white glove.
Japan is ally with Germany and Vichy France, and intelligence is shared to a certain extent and does not need to be collected and transmitted through Bianca, so the American accusation that she is a Japanese spy cannot be established.
In the end, the prosecution was really reluctant, pointing out that Be'anga's father was a high-ranking Italian official, and it was possible for the Japanese to steal Italian intelligence through Bianga. Italy is one of the perpetrators of fascism, and it is also an ally with Japan, even if Bianga gave Italian intelligence to the Japanese, it cannot be regarded as a spy.
The case dragged on for more than two years, and by November 1947, the Guangzhou court had acquitted Bianca. It is said that the Italian Holy See also intervened to let the Guangzhou Catholic Church take care of the Bianca case. Perhaps it is the efforts of many parties that a highly anticipated beautiful female spy case eventually evolved into a farce.
However, when Bianga was released from prison, the news of Tan Zhanchao's death came again, and the new 38th Division was sent to the northeast to fight a civil war, which was wiped out by the communist army. Bianca could no longer bear such bad news and returned to Italy with a few children.
At this time, she was not yet 30 years old, but she had already experienced the vicissitudes of the world. She has been married five more times in Italy, the only one that has not changed is her name: Bianga Tan, as a memorial to her Chinese husband.
In fact, Tan Zhanchao is still alive, once again escaping death, and spending the rest of his life in Taiwan. But they didn't get a chance to get together again, maybe that's fate!