In the 1970s, the outstanding scout Chu Fangjian retired from the army, and he returned home to show his award certificate in the army.
My mother saw that the certificate contained the relevant documents for winning the shooting competition, and she talked about shooting. Chu Fangjian confidently told his mother how accurate his marksmanship was, but her mother laughed and said nothing.
Chu Fangjian was puzzled, so he asked his mother why she was laughing, and later in the conversation, he was surprised to find that his mother was hidden. It turned out that Chu Fangjian's mother not only had good marksmanship, but was also praised by Chen Yi as an ace agent. Who the hell is she? What was your experience?
When he was young, he was poor and joined the revolution
Chu Fangjian's mother, named Zheng Shaoyi, was originally named Li Zhenfang. She was born in March 1920 in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, with five siblings. The family lived off the meager salary of his father, Li Zhiming.
Li Zhiming was open-minded and attached great importance to the education of his children, personally teaching them to read and write. Growing up, Li Zhiming sent Zheng Shaoyi to Zhengyi Primary School. There, Zheng Shaoyi received a new education and came into contact with progressive ideas.
In 1937, the Japanese army began to invade China in an all-round way, Yangzhou fell, the industry was depressed, and Li Zhiming lost his job. The income in the family, 17-year-old Zheng Shaoyi can only drop out of school.
Zheng Shaoyi saw that the country was devastated and was determined to join the revolution. She originally planned to return to Yan'an to participate in the revolution, but due to many factors in reality, she decided to stay in Yangzhou to engage in revolutionary activities. Since then, he has actively participated in various anti-Japanese salvation movements.
Li Zhiming himself was also fighting against Japan, because he was arrested and imprisoned for participating in the anti-Japanese rally, so he got to know Xia Lan, a party member. The two are like-minded, and they hate each other late. Li Zhiming entrusted Xia Lan to take his daughter to join the anti-Japanese team. Soon, Xia Lan was released as an ordinary anti-Japanese element, and he absorbed Zheng Shaoyi into the revolutionary ranks.
Zheng Shaoyi is witty and calm, has a beautiful appearance, is thoughtful, and has the potential to be a secret agent. Under Xia Lan's arrangement, Zheng Shaoyi successfully worked in the political training office of Li Mingyang's second column and became a political trainer.
At that time, there were four military forces in central Jiangsu, and the strength of the New Fourth Army was the weakest, and in order to be able to gain a firm foothold, Chen Yi decided to bring a team of "Er Li" who was not firm in his position. It is necessary to know their situation. Because they are different from the diehards and will swing left and right according to the strength of the other side, they must clearly understand their movements in order to win them into their own camp.
At the crucial moment, intelligence arrives
In May 1940, the Japanese puppet army suddenly launched an offensive and attacked the New Fourth Army in the Wujiaqiao area. The two sides fought fiercely for a day and a night, and the New Fourth Army moved to Guo Village to rest. Han Deloitte of the Kuomintang knew that this was a good opportunity, so he promised the "Second Li" many benefits and asked them to attack the New Fourth Army.
The New Fourth Army had just fought a battle with the Japanese puppet army, and there must have been losses. At this time, the strength of the Kuomintang army was stronger, so "Erli" decided to ally with the Kuomintang army to jointly oppose the New Fourth Army. The "Erli" mobilized more than 20,000 troops and made a good plan for the attack.
The New Fourth Army received reliable information and had determined that the "Second Li" would come to attack, but it did not know the specific time of the attack and the deployment of military strength. The number of the New Fourth Army repaired in Guo Village was only about 2,000 people, and the disparity between the enemy and us was huge. Sticking to Guocun or giving up, the commander of the New Fourth Army appeared in two strategies, and more accurate intelligence was necessary to make a decision.
At this moment, Zheng Shaoyi sent information on the detailed plan of the "Er Li" attack. How did she get the news? And how did it get to the New Fourth Army?
Witty and bold, cleverly informed
Zheng Shaoyi served as a political trainer in Li Mingyang's department, which was secretly appointed by our party. On the afternoon of June 27, the guards told her that she would be paid today and asked her to go over and collect the money. She was suspicious in her heart, because she usually owed military salaries, and she could delay as long as she could. Now, when it is not yet time to arrive, it is begun to pay money, indicating that this is a military operation to boost morale.
Zheng Shaoyi decided to explore the truth. She sorted out her uniform and went directly to the column logistics office, where many people were waiting in line to receive their pay. She also stood in line, pretended to say hello and asked, "What's wrong?" Why pay in advance? Some people said that they were going to fight Guo Village tomorrow.
Zheng Shaoyi's heart began to be anxious, but her face was as usual, and she had to wait until she had finished receiving her salary before leaving, not wanting to attract attention. After that, she immediately went to Pozi Street, where the liquor stores, tea houses, casinos, and green buildings were gathered, and the officers and soldiers in "Er Li" often spent here.
Today was more lively than usual, probably because the troops had paid for it, and everyone had come over. Zheng Shaoyi quickly got the exact news through small talk that there would be a war tomorrow, but these people did not know the goal and plan.
Zheng Shaoyi wanted to know more details, so he went directly to the column headquarters and entered the office of the Operations Section. At this time, there was only one staff officer on duty here, and she told the staff officer that the Political Training Office was inspecting the work. The staff officer showed her the information, and there was a battle plan to attack Guo Village.
Zheng Shaoyi never forgot, and after reading the materials, she left. Now that all the news was clear, she had to send the information out immediately.
Calm and self-assured, brave to send news
First, she asked the guards to clean the room, so that she could get rid of the stalking smoothly. After that, Zheng Shaoyi quickly went to a tailor's shop, changed out of her military uniform, put on ordinary clothes, and left through the back door. She knew the location of the Nationalist garrison very well, easily avoided them, and ran all the way down the field path.
In the blink of an eye, it was dark, Zheng Shaoyi was exhausted, and the Pengjiazhuang River in front of him blocked the way. She knew that the military situation was urgent, and did not dare to stay, so she took off her coat and went into the water to cross the river, she was not good at water, fortunately the river water only reached the chest, choked a few mouthfuls of water, and crossed the river with a hard scalp.
After the shoes soaked in the river, they were heavy and slippery, so she had to take off her shoes and trot barefoot. Finally, I finally arrived safely in Guo Village. The New Fourth Army sentry found her for the first time. Zheng Shaoyi immediately asked to see Commander Ye Fei.
At this time, it was already 12 o'clock in the morning, and the enemy planned to attack at 5 a.m., and there was not much time left. Zheng Shaoyi told all the information she knew.
The intelligence was accurate and the victory was great
This information came too soon and was too important, and the deployment of troops and the time of attack were all mastered, which left the enemy with nothing to hide. Ye Fei immediately adjusted the deployment of troops. The New Fourth Army was ready at 4 a.m. At 5:00 a.m., the troops of the "Second Li" did indeed appear as scheduled. The New Fourth Army caught them off guard.
The New Fourth Army defeated more than 20,000 enemy troops with 2,000 troops, completely smashed the plan to destroy the New Fourth Army, and laid the foundation for the New Fourth Army to gain a foothold in the Soviet Union. "Er Li" also began to gradually move closer to our side because of this battle.
When Ye Fei reported the battle situation to Chen Yi, he fully affirmed the value of Zheng Shaoyi's intelligence. Chen Yi praised Zheng Shaoyi for his outstanding performance, his ace agent of our army, and his huge role in playing a crucial moment. Zheng Shaoyi was only 20 years old at that time, and he already showed his wit and composure, surpassing the courage of ordinary people, which is worthy of our admiration.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zheng Shaoyi has been holding important positions in the political and legal system of Zhejiang Province, living in a simple position, living a fair and honest life, and working diligently in her job, she retired in 1983. In October 2002, due to a serious illness, Zheng Shaoyi passed away peacefully.
epilogue:
Zheng Shaoyi was resourceful and calm, and made outstanding contributions when he was young, and was praised by Marshal Chen Yi as an ace agent. But she never told her children about these feats, so the children only knew that their mother was formerly in the army and then worked diligently in the political and legal system. Zheng Shaoyi does not show off her achievements, low-key behavior, practical work, worthy of our admiration!