1949 was the most special year for the Chinese people, and on October 1 of that year, the People's Republic of China was founded
That means dawn is coming, darkness is dissipating, and our country is gradually on the right track. Just two months before the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Liberation War reached the final stage, there were many things that needed to be busy, and those marshals and soldiers who fought on the battlefield also received new tasks, when the central authorities were ready to send Marshal Ye Jianying to the south to control the overall situation in Guangdong.
At this time, Chairman Mao, before the founding father Ye Jianying came to be lucky, gave him a special task.
Chairman Mao instructed Ye Jianying to find someone and made it clear that no matter what crime he committed, he would be assigned a job.
Who could have made Chairman Mao personally give the order and have Marshal Ye Jianying personally search for it? And what exactly did this man do to make Chairman Mao say that no matter what crime he committed, he must be assigned a job? Before getting into the main topic, new friends can pay attention to it a little bit, not miss the wonderful content of the future, but also review the previous content.
Mo Xiong's growth experience
The name of the person Chairman Mao was looking for was Mo Xiong, who once held an important position in the Kuomintang, and his friendship with Chiang Kai-shek was not shallow.
Why did this person who worked within the Kuomintang pay so much attention to Chairman Mao? Let's explore the past behind the former Kuomintang general, Mo Xiong.
In 1933, Mo Xiong came to Shanghai to live idly, and was thus matched by Yang Yongtai and recommended to Chiang Kai-shek
。 At this time, Chiang Kai-shek, after the failure of the first Red Army encirclement and suppression, increased his troops and sent troops to encircle and suppress many times, but he has not been able to achieve his wishes. The failure of the Red Army's encirclement and suppression four times made Chiang Kai-shek impatient, and he regarded the Communist Party as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh.
In order to win the Communist Party, Chiang Kai-shek did not care at all about the current international situation in China, which was becoming more and more severe, and the threat of the Japanese army to China was also put aside by him, and he still insisted on pursuing the policy of "foreign countries must first be safe inside".
In order to win victory in the fifth encirclement and suppression of the Red Army, Chiang Kai-shek not only mobilized 1 million troops, but also painstakingly collected outstanding generals from all over the country in an attempt to win the victory with the Red Army through excellent talents.
At this time, Mo Xiong was the famous General of the Cantonese Army during the Xinhai Revolution
。 Mo Xiong's reputation and his arrogance made Chiang Kai-shek very confident that even the leader of the Cantonese army could be placed on the front line of suppressing the Communists, and this victory would inevitably be victorious. But Chiang Kai-shek, who was bent on suppressing the Communists, did not expect that Mo Xiong had already come into contact with the Communist Party before he met him.
In 1891, Mo Xiong was born in Yingde, Guangdong Province, and grew up in a poor family
Mo Xiong's mother died when he was six years old, and his father remarried not long after, and mo Xiong entered a private school for several years at the age of 9. However, due to the poor family, at the age of 12, Mo Xiong did not study anymore and began to cut grass and herd cattle for the farmer's family.
At the age of 13, he left home for the big city of Guangzhou to work as a husband at a seminary.
Because most of the students in the school are of similar age, Mo Xiong gets along well with them, and with the help of those people, Mo Xiong learned a lot of knowledge, and also saw a lot of books such as "Water Margin", "Yue Fei", and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that went to battle to kill the enemy and serve the motherland.
The spirit of resistance in the book has brought a subtle influence to Mo Xiong. Coupled with the poor life since childhood, Mo Xiong became independent early and tempered a heart that yearns for revolution.
Coinciding with the corruption of the Qing government, the people were living in the depths of the water, and the dark and chaotic social background gave birth to many revolutionary ideas. There were already quite a few revolutionaries in Guangzhou, where Mo Xiong worked, and the seminary where Mo Xiong worked often had some revolutionaries to propagate anti-Qing ideas. The propaganda of the revolutionary party made Mo Xiong yearn for it, and he wanted to devote himself to the revolution.
In 1907, at the age of 16, Mo Xiong joined the Chinese League founded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen.
On October 10, 1911, the Wuchang Uprising broke out, and the victims of Guangdong declared independence on November 9 of that year, forming a military government, and the military government began to prepare for the Northern Expeditionary Army in Guangdong. Mo Xiong, who was 20 years old at the time, was thrilled to hear the news and thought that the time had come for him to realize his ambitions.
Mo Xiong immediately signed up, and was finally successfully selected to become a member of the Northern Expeditionary Army.
In the northern expedition queue, Mo Xiong acted decisively, was brave and good at war, and made many battle achievements.
His prestige in the army also became more and more prominent, and his superiors also valued him a lot, and he was promoted all the way, and it did not take long to achieve the position of company commander. However, it was not long before the Northern Expeditionary Army was disbanded, and Mo Xiong returned to Guangdong again, joining the provincial defense army and garrisoning chaoshan province.
Since Yuan Shikai had previously claimed the title of emperor, Sun Yat-sen began to form the Cantonese Army, and in 1917, Mo Xiong's provincial defense army was submitted to the Guangdong Army, and as the revolution progressed, Mo Xiong's admiration for Dr. Sun Yat-sen became more and more intense, and at this time he was already a staunch believer in the Three People's Principles.
In the Cantonese army formed by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Mo Xiongxiao was brave and good at war, made many meritorious achievements, and was not only repeatedly commended, but also loved by local fathers and villagers.
Later, Sun Yat-sen and his wife Soong Ching-ling were forced away by Chen Jiongming, who held great power, and in order to rescue Sun Yat-sen, Mo Xiong united with nine brigades of Yunnan and Guizhou stationed in Guidong to drive Chen Jiongming out of Guangzhou. In 1923, Sun Yat-sen reorganized the Grand Marshal's Office,
Mo Xiong, who was instrumental in establishing power for the third time in Guangzhou, was appointed brigade commander of major generals at the age of 31.
A story with the Communist Party
Mo Xiong's relationship with Chiang Kai-shek actually existed for a long time.
In 1922, when Chiang Kai-shek led troops to attack Wu Peifu, he was suddenly surrounded by bandits in the mountains of Guilin, and Chiang Kai-shek hurriedly sent a telegram to the Fourth Independent Brigade of the Guangdong Army for help, and the person who received the telegram was Mo Xiong. Subsequently, Mo Xiong led two battalions of people to rescue Chiang Kai-shek from the bandit siege, and the two also formed a friendship.
This is also the reason why Chiang Kai-shek repeatedly suspected Mo Xiong's communism, but never killed him.
However, since the death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek's reactionary nature has gradually been exposed, his conspiracy has begun to surface, and Mo Xiong has gradually recognized Chiang Kai-shek's nature. In 1927, Chiang Kai-shek launched a counter-revolutionary movement and usurped power.
Mo Xiong went to zhang Fakui, and the two cooperated with each other to launch an anti-Chiang movement. But it didn't work out
。 After this incident, Mo Xiong no longer had real power.
During this period, Mo Xiong made friends with a group of Communist Party members in Shanghai through the old Department of Liu Dumb Buddha, and under the introduction of Liu Dumb Buddha, Mo Xiong met the Communists around Liu Dumb Buddha, and was also influenced by the vigorous atmosphere on them, and his thinking began to change slowly. Originally, Mo Xiong was a loyal supporter of Sun Yat-sen, and he believed that only the implementation of the communist program was the way to realize Sun Yat-sen's "Three People's Principles".
Subsequently, Mo Xiong submitted an application to join the Chinese Communist Party. The application was quickly passed on to Li Kenong, the underground party leader in Shanghai
。 Under careful consideration, Li Kenong believed that Mo Xiong, as a senior senior in the Kuomintang,
He has a very high seniority in the Kuomintang, so he should not join the Communist Party first, which will help our Party even more. Since then, Mo Xiong has officially become an underground worker in our party.
It is precisely this decision that, in the near future, will be the key to saving our Party from peril.
In 1933, Mo Xiong, who had been lurking within the Kuomintang, finally ushered in an opportunity. Under the guidance of Yang Yongtai, Mo Xiong was once again sent by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the Communists in Jiangxi, and Chiang Kai-shek not only appointed Mo Xiong as the commander of the security of the Suppression of the Communists, but also gave him two blank organizational tables, that is, the officials under Mo Xiong's hands could be arranged by himself.
This was a perfect opportunity for Mo Xiong, who used the two blank sheets to bring in many communists in Shanghai. It can be said that at that time, his troops were basically in the hands of our Party. In the Kuomintang, however, there was a contingent that had always belonged to the Communist Party, and at this time we were very surprised.
Mo Xiong, who had gained military power, cooperated with the Chinese Communists again and again, staged several illusions of "good news and frequent rumors", was praised many times by Chiang Kai-shek, and trusted him even more
。 At the end of September 1934, Chiang Kai-shek held the Fifth "Red Top Secret Military Conference" and let Mo Xiong also attend.
It was at this meeting that Chiang Kai-shek elaborated on the fifth encirclement and suppression of the Revolutionary Base Areas of the Red Army and put forward the "Iron Barrel Plan." This plan was very complete and detailed, and for the sake of this encirclement and suppression, Chiang Kai-shek used almost all of his material support and was ready to "devote all his efforts to one battle."
The plan surprised Mo Xiong, who knew what it would mean for the Red Army if it went smoothly.
Mo Xiong's heart was full of worries about the Communist Party, and as soon as the meeting was over, he rushed back to the headquarters as quickly as possible and slapped the two-pound document on the table. The other underground workers were amazed to see such a thick plan. They all know,
If this plan had not been known to the Central Committee, the result might have been as Chiang Kai-shek had envisioned, a huge blow to both the Communist Party and the Red Army.
Subsequently, the Communist Party member Xiang and Nian set out with this document
。 In order to avoid detection, Xiang Younian broke off his four front teeth and disguised himself as a beggar, only to successfully pass the customs and deliver the document to Zhou Enlai's hands. It was precisely because the Chinese Communists grasped Chiang Kai-shek's iron barrel plan that they began to move strategically in advance and withdrew from the revolutionary base areas.
After that, Mo Xiong cooperated with the red army transfer many times, helped our party personnel break into Chiang Kai-shek's interior, and he also made a lot of efforts to rescue communist members. It can be said that
Without Mo Xiong's help, the victory of the Chinese Communist Party would have suffered more hardships and obstacles.
The twists and turns of the post-war period
In 1936, Mo Xiong was sent by Chiang Kai-shek to Bijie to participate in the pursuit of the Red Army. In this operation, Mo Xiong not only did not fight fiercely with the Red Army, but instead gave up Bijie City, because of this incident, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Mo Xiong's arrest. Later, under the rescue of Yang Yongtai and others, Mo Xiong was released by Chiang Kai-shek, and the matter was not resolved. But because of this incident, Mo Xiong never got the reuse of Chiang Kai-shek.
Later, Mo Xiong became the county magistrate of Nanxiong County, during this period, because the prison in Nanxiong County held many communists and progressives, yun Guangying was instructed by the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the CPC to personally find Mo Xiong, hoping that he could help rescue the compatriots who were imprisoned in the Prison of Nanxiong County.
Mo Xiong did not hesitate in the slightest and agreed to Yun Guangying's request. Not only did he secretly release the Communists who were imprisoned, but 24 important CCP cadres were also released by Mo Xiong.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China was once again unfolding, because the People's Liberation Army was coming, and the Kuomintang's secret service activities in Guangdong were even more rampant, and they wantonly purged those suspected of being communists, and Mo Xiong, who was so suspicious, was also targeted by Xue Yue, who was then the chairman of Guangdong Province, and Li Jilan, the head of the secret service of the military command.
At the time when Guangzhou Province was about to be liberated, the Kuomintang was even more mad, and they killed the communists in the country.
Because he thought Mo Xiong was a Communist, he was going to shoot him. Fortunately, the official Yi, who was good friends with Mo Xiong, learned of this news in advance and quickly reported it to Mo Xiong.
In 1949, Mo Xiong fled to Hong Kong with his family, and soon after they left, the Mo Mansion was surrounded, and the gendarmes could not find Mo Xiong here, so they had to leave empty-handed. Although Mo Xiong, who fled to Hong Kong, escaped the assassination, he did not feel good about leaving his hometown, and he did not know when he would be able to return home.
After the founding of New China, Mo Xiong's life in Hong Kong was also very torturous. Because he had always been a Kuomintang, before the local people found him, they not only held important positions in the Kuomintang, but also participated in the encirclement and suppression of the Red Army.
Because it was the time of "purging the enemy" at that time, Mo Xiong was reported by the masses through layers, and soon after,
He was arrested by the local police, listed as a "reactionary bureaucratic landlord bully", and wanted to take him to be criticized for fighting, and then executed by shooting in the police department.
During this time, Mo Xiong suffered from white eyes,
In the face of the agitated crowd and the imminent shooting, Mo Xiong never revealed his underground identity
。 His expression was very calm, and he didn't even shout out his grievances like the others, as if he was ready to die. However, just as the execution was about to be carried out, the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee suddenly came and asked them to release Mo Xiong.
It turned out that Ye Jianying had been entrusted by Chairman Mao to send his subordinates to rescue Mo Xiong, and for this reason, he also specially wrote a handwritten letter.
After this storm, everyone knew Mo Xiong's deeds and true identity, and it turned out that he had long been serving the Communist Party, and he was a revolutionary hero. The Party and the Central Committee have never forgotten Mo Xiong's contribution, so after the victory in the war, they came to arrange Mo Xiong's affairs.
Chairman Mao asked Ye Jianying to arrange work for Mo Xiong, and with regard to the chairman's orders and such a person who had made outstanding contributions to the cause of the Communist Party, Ye Jianying naturally could not be neglected, so he first let Mo Xiong serve as the director of the Beijiang Public Security Committee. In 1979, Mo Xiong was elected as a member of the Fifth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
On February 12, 1980, Mo Xiong died in Guangzhou at the age of 89.
Although Mr. Mo Xiong has passed away, his deeds will forever be passed down in this world. He was a hero who saved the Red Army, a hero who saved the Communist Party, a hero who tore open the Kuomintang's net of bandits, without Mo Xiong, and someone like Mo Xiong who helped organize intelligence gathering and exposing enemy plots in the shadows
The future of the Chinese revolution will be unimaginable. Heroes do not die, and the spirit of fighting for the party and the people will always shine.
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