Author: Little Orange
On December 12, 1936, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng launched the Xi'an Incident and took control of Chiang, and for a time, how to deal with Chiang became a major matter related to China's future and destiny. Is it to kill or to release? Zhang Xueliang also had difficulty riding a tiger, so Zhang Xueliang asked our side for help, and our side discarded our previous suspicions and immediately sent Vice Chairman Zhou, Ye Jianying, and others to Xi'an to strive for a peaceful settlement of the Xi'an incident.
When they learned that Yan'an had sent people to Xi'an, they immediately decided to send a large number of secret agents to investigate what measures our side had taken. The Japanese hope that our army, which does not share the same sky as Chiang Kai-shek, will take the opportunity to encourage Zhang Xueliang to kill Chiang Kai-shek, so that China will inevitably be in chaos, and it will just give them the opportunity to send troops to invade China.
Our representatives participating in the negotiations on the Xi'an Incident, from left: Qin Bangxian, Ye Jianying, and Vice Chairman Zhou
Our army has long proposed the establishment of an anti-Japanese united front, and if we can reach a cooperative anti-Japanese war with Chiang Kai-shek through negotiations, it will of course be extremely unfavorable to Japan. Therefore, of course, the Japanese will not sit idly by and ignore the Xi'an incident, but will do everything possible to obstruct and sabotage, and even assassinate Vice Chairman Zhou or Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng.
With the same sinister intentions, not only the Japanese invaders, but also some bigwigs within Chiang Kai-shek's army who were at odds with Chiang Kai-shek, such as he Yingqin, the leader of the pro-Japanese faction, also hoped that Zhang Xueliang would be able to get rid of Chiang Kai-shek and have a good chance to seize power himself.
At this time in Xi'an City, the forces of all sides secretly launched a fierce contest, and the safety of our delegation, especially Vice Chairman Zhou, was in urgent need of strong protection, so we also sent a group of elite soldiers with rich experience in defending to protect the delegation and Vice Chairman Zhou.
Luo Ruiqing was in charge of the defense work as early as the Jiangxi Soviet Region, and he had extremely high vigilance and experience in the anti-special and anti-espionage struggle, and this time it was precisely the right time to give play to the power of his "China Djerzhinsky", so Luo Ruiqing was sent to Xi'an to serve as the defense work of our delegation and Vice Chairman Zhou.
Zhang Xueliang admired Vice Chairman Zhou very much, and not only sent his own special plane to pick up Vice Chairman Zhou to come to Xi'an, but also deliberately vacated his own mansion for Vice Chairman Zhou to live in.
It is said that Zhang Xueliang's mansion was guarded by the Northeast Military Guard, the security was tight, and the security should be worry-free, but Luo Ruiqing carefully observed it and found that the Zhang Mansion was located in the downtown area, the traffic outside the gate was busy, and there were many small merchants and vendors.
The vigilance of the officers and men of the Northeast Army is not high, not only do they travel at will, but outsiders are also easy to mix in under the guise of delivery to visit friends, and their burden is not light at all. He was well aware that Vice Chairman Zhou's safety still had to be borne by himself and could not be pinned on the warlord troops.
In order not to reveal his identity, Luo Ruiqing rarely met with Vice Chairman Zhou publicly during his time in Xi'an, nor did he enter the Zhang Mansion, but disguised himself as a trader and took security guards around the Zhang Mansion to vigilantly search for suspicious targets.
【Japanese agent disguised as a Chinese during the War of Resistance】
One day, Luo Ruiqing suddenly found that a dentist clinic suddenly opened opposite the gate of the Zhang Mansion, and Luo Ruiqing immediately became alert and secretly observed.
The clinic door is not large, there are not many guests, it is not obvious, it seems that it is not easy to make a deep impression, but for those engaged in anti-special intelligence work, this is exactly where the danger lies. Spy agents actually want to keep themselves from attracting people's attention, and the more they ignore their own existence, the more convenient it is for them to engage in espionage activities, so Luo Ruiqing intuitively feels suspicious.
He first sent a subordinate to pretend to be a patient, went in to investigate the basic situation, colleagues "see a doctor" came back to report, there is only one old doctor, the equipment is simple, but the doctor's craftsmanship is still good, really prescribed him a pair of medicine to treat his toothache, it seems to be a real dentist clinic.
Luo Ruiqing was still a little incredulous and decided to investigate it himself. On this day, Luo Ruiqing deliberately injured his front teeth, walked into the dentist's clinic with blood, went in to see, only to see an old doctor in his 50s, wearing a pair of glasses, speaking with a northeast accent, treating people and being kind, and asking Luo Ruiqing to sit down and ask about the condition.
On the surface, there is nothing unusual, but Luo Ruiqing still feels that he has some characteristics that do not match his age and career. At that time, Chinese had a short life span, to more than fifty years old, and his general health was not very good, but this person was mentally strong, although the doctor's health was usually better than that of ordinary people, but this person had an agility that ordinary people did not have, which should be a characteristic of soldiers, and Luo Ruiqing was familiar with it.
Dentist (infographic)
Luo Ruiqing pretended to be a "talker" and chatted with the doctor.
Luo Ruiqing: "Doctor, listen to the accent, you are also from the northeast." ”
The doctor smiled, "Yes, the Japanese occupied our hometown and fled here with the young marshal." ”
At that time, there were indeed many northeastern refugees in Xi'an City, and the old doctor's words were no problem. Luo Ruiqing talked about some topics again, and suddenly saw a portrait of an ancient Chinese figure on the wall of the clinic, so he asked, "Doctor, who is the old man in this painting?" ”
Doctor: "This is our grandfather Sun Simiao, who practiced medicine." ”
Luo Ruiqing: "Oh, this is Sun Simiao, I heard people say that he is a divine doctor, what dynasty is he?" ”
The doctor hesitated slightly, and then replied, "Well, it is from the Qin Dynasty." ”
Luo Ruiqing's eyes lit up, and he secretly enjoyed himself, and continued to ask, "Oh, Qin Shi Huang's subjects, then his hometown must be in Shaanxi, right?" ”
Doctor: "Yes, it's in Hancheng County, where there is still his tomb." ”
During the conversation, the old doctor read Luo Ruiqing's teeth, put on some medicine, and prescribed some medicine, and Luo Ruiqing praised the doctor's good medical skills while paying money.
However, when he left the door, Luo Ruiqing ordered the security soldiers: "I am finished, this is a Japanese agent, and I will arrest him immediately." ”
The warrior immediately went in to arrest the old doctor, and he still wanted to resist, but sure enough, unlike a man in his fifties, several warriors took half a day to subdue him.
Luo Ruiqing immediately interrogated him, and when the old doctor saw that it was the patient just now, he angrily asked: "I treated you, why did you arrest me?" What sin do I have? ”
Luo Ruiqing: "Don't act, I have concluded that you are a Japanese agent." ”
Luo Ruiqing
The old doctor asked, "Why do you say I'm a spy?" ”
Luo Ruiqing: "Tell me more, which dynasty is Sun Simiao?" ”
The old doctor knew that he had leaked his mouth and did not say anything.
Luo Ruiqing: "You are an old man, and you don't even know that your grandfather is from the Tang Dynasty?" Also Qin Dynasty people? ”
The old doctor was speechless.
Luo Ruiqing then asked, "Sun Simiao is not from Hancheng, he is from Yaoxian County, you may just know that his tomb is in Hancheng, just take it for granted." ”
The old doctor slyly argued: "I am a doctor, not a scholar, where do I need to know what dynasty he is, where is his hometown?" You're going to spew blood on this, it's too domineering, right? ”
Luo Ruiqing smiled: "It seems that you don't see the coffin and don't shed tears, do you really think that I just rely on these few pediatric problems to insist that you are a secret agent?" Your Tohoku accent is not correct, and you inadvertently spit out a Japanese mantra, how can this be explained? ”
After saying that, Luo Ruiqing invited Captain Zhang Xueliang to come in and interrogate him, this guard captain was an authentic northeastern man, and after a few words, he came up and gave the old guy a big mouth: "Where are you from the northeast?" MingZhao is a Japanese spy, learned a second-in-command Chinese, your hometown is you people to give the scourge, if you don't tell the truth this time, just wait and see! ”
After saying that, he was about to reach out and beat him, but he was stopped by Luo Ruiqing.
Seeing that the Japanese secret agents had already revealed their stuffing, they had no choice but to obediently confess that they were indeed Japanese and that their task was to sabotage the peaceful settlement of the Xi'an Incident. With three questions, Luo Ruiqing found that a Japanese agent was really not an ordinary person. After the founding of New China, Luo Ruiqing became the first minister of public security and also made the best use of his talents.