In 1995, the ninety-year-old woman in Liaoning said on her deathbed: I am the "arms thief" hunted down by the Kuomintang
In 1995, an old lady living in the provincial party committee's cadre rest house in Liaoning had been lying in bed for half a year due to illness, perhaps because she had a premonition that her time was running out, and one day she called her niece, who had been taking care of her, to her side, and said, "I am the arms thief that the Kuomintang and Japan wanted to catch fifty years ago."
The old lady's words directly shocked the niece, after all, she had never heard the old woman say these things before, although she could not believe it, she still patiently listened to the old woman and learned about the old woman's past experience.
Speaking of "arms thieves", the public's first reaction may be in the Anti-Japanese War drama, those spies with a mysterious veil, they may look like a righteous look, or may be an unknown small supporting role in the turnaround battle, in general, the role of "arms thieves" in the cognition of most people, should be a man.
But the "arms thief" we want to talk about today is beyond the public's understanding, she is the female spy Gao Chongde who has been recognized by the LEADERS of the CPC.
How did a woman grow into an excellent CCP spy, and how did she successfully do what many men want to do but dare not do - "stealing arms"? All this must start from the experience of Gao Chongde.
In 1904, an ordinary peasant family in Heishan County, Liaoning Province, ushered in a new life, she is Gao Chongde, although the family is poor, but gao Chongde's arrival still brought a lot of laughter.
The family is running hard for a living, and although they are poor, they are also happy. But the good times did not last long, when Gao Chongde was eight years old, her father left her forever because of an accident. After my father left, the family was even more difficult.
In order to reduce the burden on his mother and make her life easier, Gao Chongde often went out to work and tried his best to make the family live better.
Perhaps because of family factors, Gao Chongde did not like the little girl's things since he was a child, and the girls in the neighbors were learning to be female red, but Gao Chongde hoped to save the people like the heroine in the martial arts novel, and the inner chivalrous blood was slowly awakening. In today's parlance, she was the "woman" of the time.
Since she was a child, she has listened to her mother tell stories such as Mulan and Mu Guiying, and Gao Chongde has always looked forward to one day being able to contribute to the country and the people like them, and the seeds of patriotism have always taken root in her heart.
As he grew older, Gao Chongde was also nearly twenty years old and became a generous big girl. There is an endless stream of people who come to propose to her, but few people can attract this special girl, and she hopes to find a man who is like her, who has a passion for serving the country.
The senior mother has also made a lot of efforts for her daughter's affairs, but she has not been able to land, and she can only give up.
It was not until 1928 that Gao Chongde brought good news to her family, and she finally found her own Ruyi Langjun, the man who could get Gao Chongde's heart, was Lu Zhengcao, who was the battalion commander of the 16th Brigade of the Northeast Army in Montenegro.
Although Lu Zhengcao was also from an ordinary background, with his own efforts, he quickly gained a foothold in the army. In 1922, he joined the Northeast Army, and later studied in the Northeast Lecture Hall, and was recognized by Zhang Xueliang for his outstanding performance.
After Lü Zhengcao graduated, he served as a company commander, battalion commander and other positions, and later followed Zhang Xueliang as his aide-de-camp and secretary, which won Zhang Xueliang's trust, and this status also allowed Lü Zhengcao to gain enough prestige in the Northeast Army, and the future development was bright.
The acquaintance of Gao Chongde and Lü Zhengcao stemmed from a chance, Lu Zhengcao had seen too many ordinary women, but the girl in front of him who was heroic and cool and had a bold spirit deeply attracted the attention of Lu Zhengcao, and at first glance he felt that this girl was not ordinary.
So the two knew each other and loved each other, and naturally came together to become husband and wife.
As the wives of officers in the Northeast Army, with their husbands' official prestige, most of the officers and wives gathered in groups to play mahjong, chat, etc. in order to spend their lives. However, Gao Chongde did not associate with the wives of those officials, she was a maverick, and when others played mahjong, she went to the shooting range with her husband to practice marksmanship, and trained like ordinary soldiers.
Under the personal teaching of Lü Zhengcao, Gao Chongde endured hard work and hard work, her marksmanship skills were improving day by day, even many professionally trained male soldiers could not compare with her, so she became famous in the Northeast Army, and everyone knew that Lü Zhengcao's wife was a "sharpshooter".
Later, Lü Zhengcao was promoted to become Zhang Xueliang's aide-de-camp, and the people who came to make a promise to the two sons were even more endless. However, due to Lu Zhengcao's busy task, everyone invariably turned to Gao Chongde. And everyone knows that this Lady Lu is good at talking, so many people go to Gao Chongde for help.
Gao Chongde is indeed a warm-hearted person, as long as it is within her own ability and does not violate the principles, she can help and help. As a result, Gao Chongde, with her superb social skills, met many acquaintances and high-ranking officials in the military, and many people also owed her a favor. This is precisely for her to become an arms thief and lay a solid foundation.
On September 18, 1931, the September 18 Incident occurred, and little Japan finally could not stand the ambitions of the wolf, and planned a self-directed conspiracy to blow up the railway it had built, but it was framed as the work of the Northeast Army, thereby launching a war of aggression against China.
After the September 18 Incident, the people of Northeast China became slaves under the rule of puppet Manchukuo, living in deep trouble, and many patriots wanted to resist, but they could only arouse the resistance of the masses through demonstrations, speeches, and other means.
In such a high-pitched anti-Japanese national salvation movement, Lü Zhengcao was busy with military affairs, and Gao Chongde alone certainly could not sit still, and she, who was already full of enthusiasm, preached with the patriots in the parade, accused the Japanese Empire of terrorist crimes, and called for joint resistance against Japan, unity, and recovery of the three eastern provinces, so as to stimulate the patriotic enthusiasm of the masses of the people.
In the patriotic movement, Gao Chongde,who had performed well, soon attracted the attention of a man surnamed Wang, who deliberately approached Gao Chongde many times and preached the Communist Party's beliefs to her in the process of discussing patriotic activities together. Gao Chongde also expressed great agreement with this Mr. Wang's statement, and constantly asked some questions about Marxism. Over time, he trusted this Mr. Wang very much.
In 1935, Mr. Wang prepared a novel called "Tauros on the Front Line" and gave it to Gao Chongde, telling the story of a Soviet woman fighting for the country. Gao Chongde held the book, read it in one breath, and after reading it, he was deeply encouraged and felt that he could also make some contributions to the country like this Soviet girl.
In 1937, the July 7 Incident occurred, when Lü Zhengcao had become a secret party member of the CCP, and he received the task of the CCP to carry out the task in the south of Hebei to defend against the Japanese army.
Lü Zhengcao did not hide from Gao Chongde, he consulted with his wife and went to Hebei on his own, while Gao Chongde withdrew to the south with the families of the soldiers. In the process of evacuation, Mr. Wang found Gao Chongde, this time not to deliver books, but to send a glorious and arduous task, hoping that she could take in some scattered soldiers of the Northeast Army by virtue of her identity as Mrs. Lü Zhengcao.
Although at this time, Gao Chongde was not sure what the identity of Mr. Wang in front of him was, but thinking of his usual series of operations, he estimated that he should not be a bad person, and this matter was not harmful to himself, so he did as Mr. Wang's instructions, taking in about three hundred scattered soldiers, and it was precisely because of this action that he laid the foundation for growing into an arms thief in the later stage.
One day, Mr. Wang took Gao Chongde to meet a mysterious person, only to see him open the door and say: "Hello, Mrs. Lu, I am Lin Boqu." After listening to the introduction, Gao Chongde was excited in his heart, and he never expected to see the leaders of the CPC, which was a great honor, and expressed his ardent feelings of wanting to join the CPC.
Lin Boqu had a relatively comprehensive grasp of Gao Chongde's ideological dynamics, fully affirmed the patriotic work she had done, and at the same time, he also made straightforward demands on Gao Chongde, saying that it was not the best time to join the party now, and hoped that she would actively cooperate with our party and provide arms and ammunition for the Eighth Route Army.
This task is very arduous and very risky, but when Gao Chongde listened, she did not hesitate in the slightest, firmly accepted this task, and said that she would definitely complete it well.
From the moment she received this arduous task, Gao Chongde began to plan in her heart, fortunately, she made friends with the people in the Northeast Army in Su Ri, plus she was Lu Zhengcao's wife, and everyone gave three points to this official's wife.
Stealing arms for the first time, Gao Chongde targeted the warehouses of the 53rd Army. She was already responsible for the logistics of The Lu ZhengCao Regiment, so she entered the warehouse with legitimate reasons, and she made an excuse, saying that she wanted to equip the new soldiers with equipment and needed to take some guns and ammunition as supplies, so she went in to pick up the goods in the bright light, and it would not arouse suspicion.
Now there was no problem with the supply, but how to transport it, at this time, the scattered soldiers that Gao Chongde had taken in came in handy. For each mission, they will design a route according to the destination of transportation, and rely on manpower to transport it out one by one. Gao Chongde will also personally transport, many male soldiers in the team can not bear it, but Gao Chongde encourages everyone, only if everyone works together, we can drive Japan out.
The arms delivered to the Eighth Route Army through continuous hardships are tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow. Every time Japan thought that the victory was in hand, it suddenly discovered how the firepower of the Eighth Route Army suddenly became fierce, and it was very incredible.
When Liu Bocheng learned that our party had such an excellent female spy, he hoped that Gao Chongde could make some shells. He told Gao Chongde that now he only had a shelf of shells, but no shells, and that shelf could only be a decoration. Of course, Gao Chongde agreed, "You can rest assured, I will definitely deliver the shells to you safely."
With the assurance of Gao Chongde, Liu Bocheng was much more stable in his heart. Gao Chongde was indeed a trustworthy man, and when he entered the autumn, he brought cannonballs and tens of thousands of bullets to Liu Bocheng's hands. Of course, Gao Chongde's actions were heroic to the Communist Party, but for the Kuomintang, they were nothing less than traitors.
In 1938, the theft of the arsenal attracted the attention of the Kuomintang top brass, because of the huge number of thefts, known as the first arms theft case of the Republic of China at that time, and published this news in major newspapers and periodicals, it was inevitable to arrest the "arms thieves". The Japanese side was not idle, and it also hoped to cut off the eighth route army's arms supply.
Seeing the news, Gao Chongde was still a little uneasy in his heart, and realized that he had been concerned by the Kuomintang. In the recent past, I could only stand still and did not dare to continue to make any moves. The Kuomintang officers and soldiers who secretly investigated Gao Chongde were also disguised for her because they saw that they were in love with Gao Chongde on a daily basis, hoping to delay it for a while.
However, in 1940, the Kuomintang could not sit still and wanted to take action against Gao Chongde. The Kuomintang sent a reserve third division to Gao Chongde's station, and Gao Chongde found that the trajectory of several people was different from that of ordinary people, so he immediately became alert. Sure enough, in the middle of the night, the Third Reserve Division secretly attacked Gao Chongde, and in this sneak attack, she was seriously injured.
In this espionage battle without smoke of gunfire, Gao Chongde's identity was exposed, and the Kuomintang issued harsh words to arrest Gao Chongde at all costs.
In order to hide his identity, Gao Chongde changed his name and surname after arriving in Yan'an, and since then, the arms thieves hunted down by the Kuomintang and Japan have disappeared. On the rivers and lakes, only the legend of the deeds of the arms thief has been left, and few people know her true identity.
Finally looking forward to the day of the founding of New China, the CPC has not forgotten the great sacrifice of this heroine. Gao Chongde's old illness recurred, and the CCP knew about this, and immediately arranged for the hospital to treat Gao Chongde, but because of his age, Gao Chongde's health has not been good, and in order to take good care of this heroine, the CCP arranged for her to go to the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee Cadre Rest House for convalescence with the treatment of the main hall level, so as to recuperate for the elderly.
The elderly Gao Chongde did not like to communicate with people or take pictures, but her niece was always around to take care of her. It wasn't until she felt that she might be leaving that she told the legendary story of her youth and the secrets that had been buried in her heart for a long time.
After Gao Chongde's identity was exposed, countless media rushed to interview her, and a reporter asked: How many arms were transported to the Eighth Route Army in the first place, Gao Chongde said that he could not remember it for a long time, but at that time, he only thought that he could transport more than one, and he could cooperate with the CCP and make some contributions, and some sacrifices were also worth it.
Through Gao Chongde's personal narration, this made the public understand the truth of the unsolved case that year, and could not help but be solemn about this old lady who had experienced vicissitudes, she realized her dream from childhood, and became a hero like Mulan and Mu Guiying!