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On China's intelligence front in modern times, countless heroes and heroes have emerged, making great contributions to the security of the Party Central Committee and even to the victory of the Chinese revolution.
Photo note: Xiong Xianghui
Among them, the most famous are the three masters of Longtan before and after, the first three masters are Qian Zhuangfei, Li Kenong, and Hu Di; the last three masters are Xiong Xianghui, Chen Zhongjing, and Shen Jian; these six are all Haojie who went deep into the Longtan Tiger's Den, which was personally recognized by the premier.
For example, Xiong Xianghui, one of the last three masters, passed on top-secret information to the central authorities under Hu Zongnan's eyelids, and strongly supported the central authorities in moving to northern Shaanxi in the midst of thousands of troops.
Xiong Xianghui's legendary deeds have become the source of various film and television drama creations in recent years, and in this issue we will not talk about those things they did in Longtan Tiger Cave, but briefly talk about some of their interesting stories after the founding of New China, as a supplement to their Longtan Tiger Cave story.
Xiong Xianghui, whose original name was Xiong Huiquan, was born in April 1919 in Ye County, Shandong Province (now Laizhou City), his ancestral home was Fengyang, Anhui, and changed his name to Xiong Xianghui after secretly joining the party in 1936, which means: "Facing the darkness, carrying the light"
Xiong Xianghui later served as Hu Zongnan's aide-de-camp and confidential secretary, and was a close associate of Hu Zongnan. Hu Zongnan's confidential documents and daily affairs, as well as the drafting of speeches, are basically the responsibility of Xiong Xianghui.
The strategic deployment of Hu Zongnan's large army to attack Yan'an is also Xiong Xianghui's transmission to Yan'an, and Xiong Xianghui's achievement can also be said to be legendary in the entire history of China's intelligence work! He was even praised by the chairman as "one person can top several divisions".
Xiong Xianghui's identity was revealed in October 1947.
At that time, the underground party's underground radio station in Beiping was destroyed by the military command, which incidentally implicated the Xi'an underground radio station, and in the seized information, the military command personnel discovered Xiong Xianghui's true identity.
Picture note: Hu Zongnan (center) is in Yan'an, and the left one is Xiong Xianghui
Hu Zongnan knew that his hardcore cronies Xiong Xianghui was actually an underground party, and he was embarrassed and angry, but at this time, Xiong Xianghui had been approved by Hu Zongnan to study overseas.
Hu Zongnan was worried that if Chairman Jiang knew that his close cronies were underground parties, he was afraid that his position would not be guaranteed, so he used his relationship with the military command to directly suppress this matter quietly and swallow it himself.
Although Xiong Xianghui "could top several divisions by one person" and finally let Hu Zongnan's plan to attack Yan'an be a big failure, he still maintained a good personal relationship with some high-level members of the Kuomintang.
For example, Cheng Kaichun, who served as Hu Zongnan's first confidential secretary and later as a lieutenant general, returned to the mainland to visit his relatives for the first time in the 1980s, and he must see Xiong Xianghui by name.
Another subordinate of Hu Zongnan, Kong Lingsheng, a descendant of Confucius who once served as the "captain of the guard" of the two Chiang Kai-shek, the commander of the Marine Corps and the "chief of police" of Wanwan, was a classmate of the 15th phase of Huangpu and came to the mainland many times in the 1990s, and every time he came, he had to meet Xiong Xianghui.
For example, Xiong Xianghui's superior at that time was also the director of Hu Zongnan's Xi'an office, and later when Zhang Foqian, a general of the Nationalist Army, returned to the mainland to visit his relatives for the first time, he also immediately called Xiong Xianghui to ask for a meeting.
It was April 1990, Zhang Foqian came to Xiong Xianghui's home, Xiong Xianghui's daughter Xiong Lei just happened to be at home, and when she went out with her father, she asked Zhang Foqian a question that had been holding in her heart for a long time:
"When you heard that my father was an underground party member, how did you feel about him?"
Elder Zhang said, "The first is surprise. He was a Communist, and I didn't see it at all. The second is thanks. He was by Mr. Hu's side, and there were many opportunities to kill Mr. Hu, but he didn't. The third is admiration. He did this thing so beautifully. ”
Xiong Lei was a little stunned and asked, "Don't you hate him?" ”
Zhang Foqian said, "Why hate? Your father joined the party before, and when he came to Mr. Hu's side, he was the master of each of them. The only blame is that Mr. Jiang Lao had to fight a civil war later. If there is no civil war, won't everyone be at peace? ”
Zhang Foqian also commented on Xiong Xianghui, "The purity of temperament is the only thing I have seen in my life!" "And said that if he were Hu Zongnan, I am afraid he would make the same choice." Blame only Zhou for being good at choosing people, causing Hu's lifelong regrets. ”
Photo note: Xiong Xianghui and Premier Zhou
Xiong Lei once asked her father Xiong Xianghui a question:
"Premier Zhou has the grace of knowing you, and Hu Zongnan is not thin to you, why have you always been loyal to the party, didn't you think that you would always follow Hu Zongnan and march in peace?"
Xiong Xianghui said: "He has never wavered, first, because the belief in communism has been deeply rooted in his heart for a long time; second, hu Zongnan's personality charm is still too big a gap compared with Zhou Enlai." ”
Resources:
Xiong Xianghui's legendary life - Jintai Information
Xiong Xianghui's daughter, Xiong Lei, tells about her father's "alternative", Global People Magazine
"Listen to My Father Tell Me About the Past" - Xiong Lei