He was a deputy division commander, and later, blinded by the "pleasure of profit", he personally defected to Taiwan Province in China for the sake of glory and wealth. In Taiwan Province, chiang kai-shek came forward to receive him and rewarded him with 500 taels of gold.
Unexpectedly, chiang kai-shek later ordered him to be shot.
The deputy division commander was named Zhang Qingrong.
Zhang Qingrong, a native of Baoding, was born into a poor peasant family. In 1938, he joined the Eighth Route Army in the Qingyuan area.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Zhang Qingrong fought bravely and made many meritorious achievements. After 1945, he successively served as deputy battalion commander and battalion commander.
In 1950, Zhang Qingrong was appointed commander of the artillery division.
After the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea began, Zhang Qingrong entered the Korean War, and on the battlefield, he bravely killed the enemy and was promoted to deputy commander of the artillery division.
In August 1957, Zhang Qingrong was transferred to the 63rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division of the People's Liberation Army as deputy division commander and was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel.
After becoming the deputy division commander, facing a bright future, Zhang Qingrong was blinded by "hedonism". He believed that he was born into death during the war, worked hard, was a revolutionary hero, and deserved a higher position if he wanted to enjoy glory and wealth. Therefore, I am very dissatisfied with the status quo.
After that, Zhang Qingrong complained many times and used the convenience of his position to eavesdrop on the enemy stage.
Zhang Qingrong heard that when Chiang Kai-shek fled Taiwan, he took away a large amount of gold, silver, jewelry, and cultural relics, and received economic assistance from the Americans in Taiwan Province. After that, he began to yearn for the "beautiful scene" of Taiwan.
Finally, under the huge bait, Zhang Qingrong, who was lustful for profit, decided to choose to escape.
On December 17, 1957, when the sky was just dark, Zhang Qingrong, who was the deputy division commander, found the right time and defected in a boat.
He first boarded a fishing boat and sailed to Kinmen Island, the closest to the mainland and under the actual control of the Kuomintang troops.
After staying on Kinmen Island for several days, with the approval of the Nationalist army, Zhang Qingrong defected to Taiwan Province in a boat.
Chiang Kai-shek was very shocked when he received the news, and he said to his son Chiang Ching-kuo: "This Zhang Qingrong is a figure of the level of a deputy division commander, and I don't know if he is true or false when he returns anyway. ”
However, Chiang Kai-shek believes that Zhang Qingrong can be used as an example to "attract" more people to return.
Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek personally received Zhang Qingrong and held a grand welcome meeting for him.
At the meeting, Chiang Kai-shek awarded Zhang Qingrong the rank of colonel of the Kuomintang army, made him the deputy chief of staff of the colonel of the air force anti-aircraft artillery command, and rewarded him with 500 taels of gold.
After that, Zhang Qingrong changed his name to Zhang Chunsheng, and Chiang Kai-shek arranged for a beautiful woman to marry Zhang Qingrong. In fact, this beautiful woman was a spy installed by Chiang Kai-shek at Zhang Qingrong's side for 24 hours to monitor his every move. Zhang Qingrong also knew the Intentions of the Kuomintang, but he gladly accepted it.
In Taiwan, Chiang Kai-shek ordered vigorous publicity of Zhang Qingrong's deeds and invited him to give speeches in various units, units, and schools.
Zhang Qingrong gave speeches many times, saying in his speech many times: "Once there is a counterattack, there will be a lot of returns." ”
Zhang Qingrong spoke everywhere in Taiwan Province, becoming an interview figure in major media and a guest of honor from all over the world. Everyone hoped to learn more about the situation on the mainland of the motherland from him, and Zhang Qingrong, in order to win favor, said many things that reversed right and wrong in the course of his interviews and speeches.
With the passage of time, everyone found that Zhang Qingrong was a person who was greedy for money and lustful, loved to talk big, and coveted vanity. After Chiang Kai-shek observed, he also felt that much of the information provided by Zhang Qingrong was unreliable, so he paid close attention to him.
One day in October 1958, Chiang Ching-kuo's secret service intercepted a piece of intelligence.
Intelligence said: Zhang Qingrong is a spy who was sent by the other side to be an undercover agent in Taiwan Province.
Chiang Ching-kuo reported intelligence to Chiang Kai-shek.
Chiang Kai-shek was suspicious by nature, and he was furious at this. In addition, Zhang Qingrong has no use value. Therefore, Lao Jiang ordered the arrest of Zhang Qingrong and strict interrogation. After being tortured, no valuable content was asked.
At the end of December 1958, Chiang Kai-shek ordered that Zhang Qingrong be secretly executed.
After Zhang Qingrong was shot, the old Jiang wrote in his diary: "Zhang Qingrong and his people have been poisoned for too long, and his temperament is difficult to change. Yu, believing that there was no value left for use, decided to dispose of it in secret and to be carried out by the Intelligence Bureau. ”