In December 1936, outside Xi'an, a plane was constantly circling in an attempt to find a clearing to land, but the snow was too thick to find a suitable place for a long time, and finally the pilot saw a relatively flat open space and immediately flew there, but it was not intended to land, and after a short descent, the plane climbed to the sky again.
The behavior of this plane is really strange, what is it doing turning around? When I saw the little black dot directly below the plane, all questions were answered. A man with a parachute was swooping toward the ground in thicker clothes.
His dress looked very bulky, but the posture of gliding in the air was constantly tossing and turning, like a dexterous eagle traveling through the storm, when he saw through the goggles that the height of the ground was about the same, he began to adjust his posture and reduce his speed, and then opened the parachute bag, and landed on the clearing he had seen before, and after landing on the ground, he hid all the umbrella bags and special clothes and disappeared into the night.
At this time, about a week after the Xi'an Incident, the whole of Xi'an was under martial law, who dared to parachute near the heavily guarded city of Xi'an? What kind of mission is he going to carry out on this trip to Xi'an? When he was in Xi'an, he also met a mysterious person, this mysterious person even changed the final direction of the Xi'an incident to a large extent, such a powerful mysterious person, why did the two meet in prison? It all started with a meeting within the Central Committee a few days ago.
Chiang Kai-shek was detained, and the unknown pawn went to Xi'an to ride the savior alone
On December 12, 1936, in the face of Chiang Kai-shek's stubborn behavior of passively resisting Japan and actively launching a civil war, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng launched the "Xi'an Incident" that shocked China and foreign countries, forcing Chiang Kai-shek to start promoting cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.
As soon as the news of Chiang Kai-shek's detention came out, it quickly caused a mutiny on the Kuomintang side, and the military command, the central unification, and other departments also held meetings and discussed the matter in an attempt to study a good way to rescue Chiang Kai-shek, but the strong strength of the Northeast Army made everyone in the Kuomintang who had the heart to save Chiang Kai-shek retreat, Xi'an was a place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, not to mention that they were facing the Northeast Army, so the frontal forced seizure was certainly far away, but no one was willing to accept such a difficult task. Even in the military and central command of the secret agents, no one was still confident that Chiang Kai-shek could be welcomed out and retreated completely.
Just when the Kuomintang was at a loss for all levels, an unknown reporter stood up and said that he was willing to go to Xi'an to rescue the chairman of the committee, Xu En was quite happy when he heard the news, but after seeing this reporter, he couldn't help but laugh out, a small reporter, why did he break through the blockade of the Northeast Army to save the chairman? But at that time, no one in the party really wanted to touch this eyebrow, and it was a good thing that there was such a small dispatcher to send him to death, he failed, the party-state had nothing to lose, he succeeded, and naturally everyone was happy. He was allowed to carry out the rescue mission.
This reporter's name was Li Maotang, and he had been an unknown pawn in the Kuomintang for many years, and according to what he said, he had grown up in Xi'an since he was a child, and he was familiar with the situation in Xi'an, and he had a relatively extensive social network in Xi'an, and there were ways to blend into prison. But not many people believed what Li Maotang said, just treated him as a joke, although it was a joke, but in the face of such a brave person, Xu Enzeng still gave a fake blessing before leaving.
After a short period of training, Li Maotang set off, and in the midst of the ice and snow, he came to Xi'an alone, ready to carry out the task that everyone thought was impossible. Li Maotang did not know that before he flew out of the cabin, everyone was even prepared for him not being able to land, thinking that he, the mediocre transmitter, could not even jump skydiving, but he looked like a professional pilot who tossed and turned in the air, and without any unnecessary dragging action, he fell smoothly into the snow. Of course, the people on the plane didn't know this, let alone what his true identity was.
After landing, Li Maotang came to the home of relatives who had not been seen for many years to borrow, and the relatives wondered that he had not returned home for so many years, what was he doing when he came back this time? Li Maotang calmly said a sentence that shocked everyone: "Save Chairman Jiang from going out of the city." After he finished speaking, his relatives even went up and touched his forehead to see if he had a fever and was talking nonsense, but Li Maotang did not have any intention of refuting it, and after simply cleaning up, he went into the house and began to sleep.
Early the next morning, Li Maotang also made a special change of appearance, and then prepared to enter the city, and the Northeast Army at the city gate saw Li Maotang, who was suspicious and immediately arrested him. After some investigation, Li Maotang was indeed not an ordinary citizen, but a spy sent by the Kuomintang Central Unification Side, and also forced him to ask him what the specific tactics of the Kuomintang side were for Xi'an, but no matter how he tortured him, he did not open his mouth, in fact, what he knew was irrelevant information, even if he said it, it was nothing, because the Central Unification did not pin his hopes on his little reporter, but somehow Li Maotang has always been so tough.
After Zhang Xueliang learned of this incident, he issued an order to shoot this stubborn dog of the Central Command, as a warning that the Kuomintang side must completely break the heart of rescuing Chiang Kai-shek! If the Kuomintang and the Communists do not cooperate, the Xi'an side will never let Chiang Kai-shek go. However, things were uncertain, and a group of people who rushed to Xi'an a few days later rescued Li Maotang from the guns of the Northeast Army.
In the prison, a man with glasses wore civilian clothes and came to Li Maotang's cell, this unassuming man actually had the keys to all the cells, and Li Maotang was locked up in a cell in the deepest corner, his cells were empty, only he was alone, the man saw Li Maotang who was full of scars, he quickly opened the door of the cell, excitedly shook his hands and said: "The organization is late, let you suffer!" "Later, they talked for a long time, as for what Rong Xiaobian sold first, as for this man with glasses, he is also surnamed Li, and their line of people changed the final direction of the Xi'an Incident.
A few days later, Li Maotang, who had been tortured and tortured, was inexplicably released from prison, and embarked on a journey back to Nanjing with Chiang Kai-shek, this time riding a savior, although it did not succeed, Chiang Kai-shek was still pleased that he had such a loyal and brave subordinate, and then at chiang Kai-shek's behest, Li Maotang began to be promoted rapidly, from a small dispatcher to a lonely hero who was vying for wins over within the Central Command.
Not only did he benefit from Chiang Kai-shek's deliberate cultivation, But Li Maotang himself also showed his superb ability in secret service work, and after being formally accepted by the Central Command, he repeatedly performed miraculous feats.
The submarine spy plan was launched, and Li Maotang repeated the old tricks
In 1945, many years had passed since Li Maotang was deliberately cultivated by Chiang Kai-shek, and now Chiang Kai-shek had no intention of spending any more time on this lonely hero who had once ridden the Savior alone, because at this time Chiang Kai-shek himself was also unable to protect himself, and after the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Kuomintang began a full-scale civil war.
Intelligence warfare has always been an extremely important part of the war, who won the intelligence war, it can be said that in the subsequent war has won half, but the society at that time did not have developed communication tools and advanced reconnaissance technology, if you want to win the intelligence war can only rely on one factor: people.
In order to take advantage of the advantage in the civil war, the Kuomintang launched the "submarine spy program," which required selecting a group of people with experience as spies to go to Yan'an and carry out reconnaissance missions deep behind enemy lines. Both the Central And Military Command were trying to send people to participate in this plan, but no one dared to go, on the one hand, because many people in the Kuomintang believed that the civil war must be lost, and on the other hand, it was too dangerous to go to Yan'an to carry out the task.
Every senior commander in the Kuomintang wanted to win this merit, but did not dare to take the lead in the battle, and Hu Zongnan was a typical example, who constantly held meetings in the government to select candidates to participate in the "submarine spy program." Although under the heavy reward, there will be brave men, but there are probably not many people who have money to spend their lives. At the meeting, Hu Zongnan talked about the benefits of going to Yan'an, but no one responded. Hu Zongnan saw that everyone was thinking that the credit this time should be out of touch with himself, and when he was about to announce the retail investor in frustration, a voice suddenly sounded: "I will go"
The eyes of the whole audience were focused on the source of this sound, and people were curious about who dared to participate in this mission, and after seeing who it was, they did not feel that there was anything wrong with it, because he was the famous lone hero of the Central Command, Li Maotang, who saved Jiang alone, he dared to break into the Longtan Tiger Cave of the Northeast Army, and now he still dared to go in the face of the impregnable Yan'an.
Hu Zongnan smiled happily when he heard that Li Maotang was going to go: "Good! All right! Isn't this our famous lone hero, and no one is worried about it. There were also shouts of applause and cheers from all over the place, and Li Maotang also gestured to everyone with his fists.
Just when everyone was cheering for Li Maotang's bravery, a group of heavily armed soldiers suddenly broke in, and without saying a word, they handcuffed him to Li Maotang's head, and Hu Zongnan's smile on his face disappeared instantly, and he shouted coldly: "Li Maotang, Li Maotang, finally caught you, after not showing his horse's feet for so long, now he can't help but want to go to Yan'an?" Li Maotang didn't say anything but slowly shook his head, and Hu Zongnan continued aggressively: "Put your upper and lower lines in full, the party-state can give you a chance to make meritorious deeds, if what you say is true, you can even be promoted again, I only give you five minutes to consider!" Li Maotang remained silent.
Hu Zongnan saw that Li Maotang was such a hard bone and knew that he could not ask anything, so he ordered the group of soldiers to drag him down and shoot him on the spot, and the whole audience was very surprised to see Li Maotang who was taken away.
Out of curiosity, people followed the group of soldiers to the execution ground, and Li Maotang knelt on the ground, his arms firmly tied together by hemp rope, and a hood on his head. A soldier with a rifle bolted his gun and aimed it at the back of Li Maotang's head, and the executioner finally asked Li Maotang: "What else do you want to explain?" Li Maotang shouted, "If Lao Tzu were a traitor, would the chairman of the committee come back alive?" You guys are such a bunch of pig brains! ”
"Bang! bang! Two shots rang out, but Li Maotang did not fall, but a bird fell to the ground, and the soldiers pulled Li Maotang from the ground and brought him back to the car. Hu Zongnan took off his hood and slowly untied him, Hu Zongnan resumed that smile full of flattery, he smiled and apologized to Li Maotang: "Brother, don't blame your brother, this trip to Yan'an is very important, absolutely can not make any mistakes, even if it is you, I will also make a little temptation, this is all for the sake of the party-state, don't go to your heart." ”
Li Maotang snorted coldly and did not answer Hu Zongnan, it was a big tie and a kneeling, Li Maotang was no longer the little dispatcher now, the official had been in a high position for many years, and no one had a little temper. But Li Maotang's body suddenly trembled, his face was full of cold sweat, Hu Zongnan quickly handed over the big smoke that had been prepared long ago, Li Maotang took a deep breath, and his convulsions slowly stopped.
After some swallowing clouds and spitting out fog, Li Maotang's anger seemed to have subsided for a few minutes, and he began to take the initiative to talk to Hu Zongnan about the trip to Yan'an, and the two of them began to formally discuss the "submarine spy operation", it turned out that Hu Zongnan had already decided on the candidate for this time, that is, Li Maotang, but Hu Zongnan was suspicious by nature, and Li Maotang was once a member of the Communist Party, so even if it may hurt the feelings of the two Hu Zongnan this time, Hu Zongnan did not have to test him, and in the end, whether in terms of courage or loyalty, Li Maotang passed Hu Zongnan's test.
Li Maotang took the false identity of an observer and a fake brother and set off for Yan'an, and this trip to Yan'an was extremely interesting.
Returning to Yan'an, Li Maotang's true identity was revealed
After Li Maotang and his party arrived in Yan'an, they were greeted by Luo Qingchang, director of the first room of the Central Intelligence Department of Yan'an, and then Luo Qingchang took them to meet another person, the same glasses man who appeared in prison during the Xi'an Incident to talk to Li Maotang, his surname was Li, his name was Li Kenong, and he was known as the king of Chinese agents. The person who accompanied Li Maotang this time was Wang Chaobei, who was praised by Chairman Mao as a person who was a division.
Together, it is no exaggeration to say that these few people are half of our party's intelligence circles; together with so many elites in our party's intelligence circles, Li Maotang's identity will naturally come to light; he is a red agent who has been lurking behind enemy lines for ten years in the rear of the Kuomintang.
Over the years, even Li Maotang's son did not understand him, thinking that he had become a dog leg of the Kuomintang, so he deliberately alienated his father, and the neighbors and villagers all looked at Li Maotang with colored glasses.
However, except for a few senior leaders in the party, no one else knew Li Maotang's true identity, and Li Maotang had not been in a hurry to prove his identity for so many years because of these groundless accusations, and he had been secretly lurking in the Intelligence Agency of the Kuomintang, continuously transmitting confidential information to our Party. Over the years, because of the information obtained by Li Maotang, our party has avoided too many losses.
And Li Maotang also risked his life to win the trust of the enemy again and again, from being tortured half to death in prison during the Xi'an Incident, to being taken to the execution ground and shooting at the back of the head, Li Maotang's status and trust in the Kuomintang were bought by him again and again, and only a few people knew all this.
When he was in Xi'an, when he was parting, Li Kenong shook Li Maotang's hand and said: "Stay latent and wait for the opportunity!" Now in Yan'an, Li Kenong once again shook Li Maotang's hand and said, "Welcome home!" At this time, the dawn of the victory of the revolution is about to shine on the land of China, and these "guardians" who have been hidden in the darkness for many years will soon surface.
They talked for a long time this time, if the current domestic situation is not good enough, these people would never be able to get together at the same time. We can't know exactly what we talked about, but we only know that when Li Maotang left Yan'an, he had several new missions on his body.
In order to make Li Maotang's visit to Yan'an look seamless, the central authorities also handed over to Li Maotang several documents from the Seventh National Congress, such as "On the Coalition Government" and "On the Battlefield in the Liberated Areas," and asked him to bring them back to "ask for credit." In addition, the Xinhua News Agency specially arranged for xinhua news agencies to issue a news report saying: "Kuomintang observer Zhang Huaizhong (Li Maotang's pseudonym) acted in Yan'an without authorization and spread remarks unfavorable to the government of the border region, and Zhang Huaizhong will no longer be welcomed by Yan'an in the future." ”
Li Maotang returned to Xi'an with a rich "booty" and was sincerely appreciated by Hu Zongnan, who took the documents in his hand like a treasure and secretly made up his mind to promote Li Maotang well.
In the years that followed, Li Maotang not only found out the list and distribution of all the spies in Shaanxi Province, eliminated huge security risks for our party, and repeatedly rescued revolutionaries from water and fire, until the beginning of the Liberation War and the imminent advance of the People's Liberation Army to Xi'an, Hu Zongnan still did not know Li Maotang's true identity.
After Hu Zongnan learned of the movements of the People's Liberation Army, he quickly abducted the chairman of Shaanxi Province and others to prepare to flee to Taiwan, and before leaving, he planted countless bombs in Xi'an City, intending to let the people in the city and the People's Liberation Army be buried together with the historic city of Xi'an, but Li Maotang had already assimilated the Kuomintang in Xi'an, who understood the overall situation in Xi'an, as a personage of our party, and it is no exaggeration to say that at least half of the Kuomintang in Xi'an at that time had already chosen to side with our party. However, in order for Xi'an to be peacefully liberated, everyone has been quietly forbearing, until the People's Liberation Army entered the city, Li Maotang had already led people to remove all the bombs in the city, and Xi'an was peacefully liberated without bloodshed.
Unfortunately, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Li Maotang was arrested because he could not say many things that he had served in the Central Unification For a long time. After three years of arrest and death in Beijing, Li Maotang's legendary deeds were later adapted into a TELEVISION series, and Gong Xiangguang in "Special Mission" was based on Li Maotang.
Li Maotang fought all his life for the revolutionary cause of the motherland, he saved countless people from the poison of war, even his son alienated him and hated him, but he always knew how much blood he could shed in the revolutionary cause in everything he did, and his spirit of selfless dedication and rich deeds would always be remembered by the people.