Our Party leaders are always surrounded by Crouching Tigers, Hidden Dragons, some doing writing work, and some of them acting as defense work with high force. Like Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and other state leaders, they are an important leading force in the revolutionary cause and the spiritual guide of the soldiers, and their personal safety is extremely important.
The enemy has always been cunning, and in order to break through their all-pervasive entrapments, the leaders are often accompanied by guards with extraordinary skills, who are full of special skills and are hidden.
Pictured| Mao Zedong
There was such a capable person, on the eve of Mao Zedong's visit to Chongqing for negotiations, who was hand-picked as his bodyguard, and this capable person was Chen Long. Chen Long was a sharpshooter with a straight temper and a fierce temperament, so why did Chairman Mao let him be his bodyguard?
Chen Long was known as the "Sharpshooter" in the military, and his marksmanship was a must. Speaking of Chen Long, he also has a personality that is also very famous, that is, his temper is very straight, and he has simply done the extreme of Gangzheng Bu'a! Since this is the case, Mao Zedong still has a green eye for him, why? This article will come slowly.
The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression won a comprehensive victory, brazenly safeguarded national sovereignty and dignity, significantly enhanced China's international status, and Chinese people have since stood up! This is something that excites the whole country.
At this time, how to govern the country rose to the top of the question facing the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.
Chiang Kai-shek never gave up his wolf ambitions, and with the support of the United States, the Kuomintang wanted to deprive the war of resistance against Japan of the fruits of victory and establish a dictatorship, while the Communist Party of China, on behalf of the masses of the people, strongly demanded the establishment of an independent, free, democratic, unified, and prosperous new China.
Our party represents the will of the people! Since January 1945, Chiang Kai-shek has been openly engaged in confrontation with our Party without the slightest will to build a peaceful country. In the critical situation, social democrats are eager to build the country by peaceful means, and the China Democratic League put forward the slogan of "democratic reunification and peaceful nation-building" in the "Urgent Appeal in the Voice of Victory in the War of Resistance", which won a positive response from all sectors of society.
Pictured| Chiang Kai-shek
Under the pressure of peaceful and democratic public opinion, Chiang Kai-shek invited Mao Zedong to Chongqing for negotiations. In the telegram, Chiang Kai-shek hypocritically stated: "The great war is over, and there is no room for civil strife." I deeply hope to remember the hardships and dangers of the country, sympathize with the sufferings of the people, and work together to engage in construction. ”
In order to give the people of the whole country a good situation of peaceful nation-building, even though he knew that it was a "Hongmen banquet", Mao Zedong still decided to go to Chongqing to negotiate with Chiang Kai-shek. Since you have decided to go there, you must not be defensive, and you must not risk your life. In order to absolutely guarantee the personal safety of Comrade Mao Zedong during the negotiations in Chongqing, our Party began to make all preparations.
Chongqing is Chiang Kai-shek's "old lair," and we are not familiar with the situation there, not to mention that Chiang Kai-shek's wolf ambitions are no secret; Chongqing is bound to be in danger, and it must always guard the chairman's side and not tolerate a little slackening.
At that time, Kang Sheng, minister of the Central Social Department, and Li Kenong, vice minister of social affairs, were struggling to select guards for Mao Zedong, and they had been selecting for a long time, but they had not selected people for a long time. It's not that everyone is incompetent, but the stakes are high, and Kangsheng is looking ahead and worried, and they dare not make decisions easily.
Mao Zedong looked at Kang Sheng's anxious appearance, and his heart was also funny, and people who could usually be resolute and decisive and make decisions on major matters would actually stumble over such a small matter.
He couldn't look at it and directly proposed to Li Kenong, "Don't you have a Chen Long there?" Isn't he a sharpshooter? ”
Pictured| Li Kenong
Li Kenong replied: "Yes, he was the chief of staff in the northeast, but this comrade's temper is not very good. ”
The meaning in Li Kenong's words is more euphemistic: Chen Long may not be appropriate.
Unexpectedly, when Comrade Mao Zedong heard that Chen Long had also served as chief of staff in the northeast, he seemed very interested: "Then use a martial artist!" ”
In this way, Chairman Mao made up his mind, and Chen Long became one of the "Three Dragons" who guarded Mao Zedong's trip to Chongqing.
Speaking of the "Three Dragons" combination, it is also very coincidental, in addition to Chen Long, there are two dragons namely Dragon Feihu and Yan Tailong, who are all very skilled. General Long Feihu is also known as the "Divine Eye", and it is said that no matter how the Kuomintang agents disguise and change, he can see through it at a glance, which is simply a pair of fire eyes and golden eyes! The commander of the Sixth Division, where he used to be, admired Long Feihu very much: "This Dragon Flying Tiger is really a tiger's guts, a clever brain, and a good piece of material." ”
Okay, back to the point. Before the group prepared to leave from Yan'an, Li Kenong was still worried, he deliberately untied the revolver he had worn for many years and personally handed it to Chen Long, and Zhou Enlai also took the initiative to hold Chen Long's hand and solemnly instructed: "We all come to be the chairman's guards, we must be foolproof!" ”
Pictured| Zhou Enlai
Facts have proved that Chen Long is a bold and careful person, in the eyes of others, he may be reckless and direct, but he does not know that he used his "delicate" side to make Comrade Mao Zedong turn the danger into a disaster several times...
The group flew from Yan'an, and Chongqing's Jiulongpo Airport witnessed the beginning of their great journey. After Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai arrived in Chongqing, everyone tacitly agreed: a battle without smoke of gunfire began!
Chen Long's entourage was beside Mao Zedong, his face was as calm and calm as ever, and we don't know what kind of mood he had under his dark complexion. Mao Zedong was surrounded by his entourage and walked to the car waiting at the airport gate. Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Zhang Zhizhong, who had come to greet him, sat in the car of the US Embassy, while Wang Ruofei, Hu Qiaomu, and Chen Long and others sat in the car arranged by Chiang Kai-shek for Mao Zedong.
Chen Long sat in the car, and did not take it lightly, he sat upright, his eyes looking out the window. In the eyes of others, he seemed to be enjoying the scenery, but in fact, out of professional instinct, he was carefully observing the situation on both sides of the street in order to familiarize himself with the topography of Chongqing as soon as possible. This is Chen Long's first time in Chongqing, but regarding the special style of Chongqing, he has long heard such a saying: "The sky is difficult to be sunny, the road is difficult to be flat, and the lights are difficult to illuminate."
Actually coming to the ground, it was slightly different from what he imagined. The car carried everyone to Guiyuan First, where Mao Zedong worked, lived and met during his stay in Chongqing, and safety must be good.
Therefore, after everyone got out of the car, they first walked around in the Guiyuan Garden, and the scenery in the garden was very good, but at this time, Chen Long did not have the leisure to enjoy the scenery. He had secretly learned about the structure and garrison of the garden, Guiyuan was not as clean as its name, next to a street, every day people came and went, very lively, which also meant that in the downtown, fish and dragons were mixed, and the environment was more complicated.
At that time, the Eighth Route Army's office in Chongqing, where Mao Zedong's office and residence were located, was truly within our Party's own sphere of influence. However, the enemy always liked to make small moves behind his back, and Qian Zhiguang was the head of the office, and before Mao Zedong decided to go to Chongqing, Zhou Enlai entrusted Mao Zedong's relevant affairs in Chongqing to Qian Zhiguang.
After receiving Zhou Enlai's telegram, Qian Zhiguang was always in a state of excitement, and he felt that he was carrying a heavy responsibility. After Mao Zedong arrived in Chongqing, Qian Zhiguang, as the "host," briefed Chen Long on the general situation in Chongqing and discussed with him how to ensure the chairman's safety.
Figure | the light of money
In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, they decided to set up three levels of sentry: the outer layer is a mobile post, which is to be located near the yellow kudzu tree 20 meters outside the office gate; the second floor is the office doorman; the third floor is outside the housing, which is on all-night duty. Mobile posts and door guards are rotated by office officials.
This arrangement was more appropriate, but Chen Long still did not dare to let down his guard, and he stayed by Mao Zedong's side as much as possible. Everyone didn't stay there for long, and then they left Hongyan Village and went to another official residence forest garden. They were invited to leave, and Chiang Kai-shek prepared to set up a welcome banquet for Mao Zedong and others here, which was called "receiving the wind and washing the dust."
Chiang Kai-shek did enough superficial work to stand at the door to welcome Mao Zedong, and the two exchanged greetings for a while.
The crowd walked into Chiang Kai-shek's official residence and hid their thoughts.
The banquet began quietly, and Chiang Kai-shek and his subordinates appeared to be friendly and amiable, but between the conversations, they harbored evil intentions, and the words were traps inside and out. I want my party to be ugly, but who are Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai? Since he dared to come by invitation, he naturally made full preparations, and Chiang Kai-shek's verbal attack was skillfully beaten back by Mao Zedong.
After several rounds, Chiang Kai-shek fell behind, and seeing that his abacus was about to fail, he naturally would not give up. At this time, he aimed the spearhead at the guards who were always leaning against Mao Zedong's side. Yes, this comrade with a very cold face is Chen Long, and Chiang Kai-shek asked a bodyguard to accompany Chen Long, and the so-called "escort" is actually surveillance.
The guard officer was dressed in military uniform and looked very high-ranking, and he looked at Chen Long, who was a guard, with some condescending arrogance. The Kuomintang officer suddenly asked, in a thick Zhejiang accent: "Where is Mr. Chen from?" ”
Chen Long told the truth: "I am from the Northeast. The man asked in amazement, "Mr. Chen is not joking, is he?" Mr. Mao is from Hunan, how can Mr. Chen be from northeast China? ”
The other party's ulterior motives, how could Chen Long not hear it? He only did not know, and quietly counterattacked: "Are all of you gentlemen in jiangsu and Zhejiang?" It may also be fenghua! ”
Several guards on the other side nodded their heads, they were indeed from Fenghua, Zhejiang. Chen Long's words turned sharply: "We are different from you. A few of us are from all over the world, not only from the northeast, but also from Jiangxi, for example, the deputy Shu and the deputy of the dragon are Jiangxi people, and several of us are not Hunan people, let alone Xiangtan people. ”
Chen Long's words surprised several people. You know, in the Kuomintang, nepotism was already a custom, and they took it for granted that the guards around Mao Zedong should be "their own people." But what they didn't know was that at that time, Chen Long had been working with Mao Zedong for less than half a month, and they couldn't even talk about familiarity with each other.
After the dinner, Mao Zedong and his party had actually arranged a safe place to live long ago, but they could not stand Chiang Kai-shek's "hospitality" and decided to stay in the forest garden that night. There are several luxuriously decorated buildings in the forest garden, which look very high-class, but they must be full of dangers, and there are "clean things" inside. Comrade Mao Zedong lived in Building Two, while Zhou Enlai and Wang Ruofei were separated, and they were settled in the adjacent Building Three.
Chen Long and the other guards first asked Comrade Mao Zedong to wait outside the house for a moment, and they went ahead to investigate. Although they are a few big men, they are very meticulous in their treatment of this matter. By the time they had checked the house, inside and out, even the pillow core had been taken out and looked at it carefully, and half an hour had passed since the inspection.
Chen Long then welcomed Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai and others in, and Zhou Enlai solemnly told Chen Long: "From now on, you must ensure that you do not leave people here, nor do you let others in." Mao Zedong looked at everyone's serious faces, as if they were facing a great enemy, and laughed and teased: "We are really going deep into the tiger's den, let's see if we can get some 'tigers' back this time." ”
Mao Zedong is really the wind of a great general, not afraid of danger, or the funny he used to be, everyone was amused by him, and the atmosphere was not as tense as before. Zhou Enlai has always been very good at cooperating with Mao Zedong, and he took over the stubble: "I think as long as you work hard, it is always possible!" ”
Mao Zedong asked in a pun: "Sleeping next to the tiger, are you afraid or not?" He asked himself and replied, "I was a little scared, but since people are so 'warm' to treat, I feel close to the tiger, but I feel safe." This is called 'journey fatigue, rest for a day', just live for one or two nights, and then you still have to go back to Hongyan Village. ”
Mao Zedong's words touched Chen Long greatly, and he was also deeply shaken by the chairman's wisdom and strategy, so that a long time later, the philosophical words "when you are close to the tiger, you have a sense of security" still appeared in Chen Long's mind from time to time and enlightened him.
"Stay there! See how dare he? Chen Long said indignantly. He and Long Feihu rested directly on the sofa outside the room, and they did not let themselves sleep, but only pretended to sleep, their eyes closed, but their ears were alert to all the movements around them.
Pictured| Dragon Flying Tiger
Fortunately, on this long and difficult night, there was no danger in the past. Unexpectedly, on the evening of the 29th, I encountered the enemy's intentional temptation. On this day, the negotiations between the two parties ended late, and they could only stay in the forest garden temporarily, and Mao Zedong always had the habit of reading newspapers. After dinner, he sat under the lamp and read a book, and the room was quiet, which was a rare leisurely atmosphere since they arrived in Chongqing.
Chen Long was sitting opposite the chairman, and when he glanced over, he could see the courtyard of the forest garden, and if there was any movement outside, he could immediately detect it. It can only be said that the enemy is pervasive! Suddenly, the lights in the room went out, and the whole building fell into darkness, and Chen Long was immediately alert and stood by Chairman Mao's side.
Long Feihu and Shu Guang, who had been on guard outside the house, also quickly returned to the house, guarding Mao Zedong's side. The others quickly found candles to light, and the house could barely see. Chen Long calmed down and thought to himself: All year round in the presidential palace, there is no electricity stopped, so it will not happen to be bumped into by us, presumably it is the trick of the enemy. However, what the enemy's intentions are, he still does not know for the time being.
When Chen Long thought of this, the enemy came to the door, several people held up flashlights, their shadows shone on the ground, and there were several burly men! Seeing that they were not good, Chen Long immediately roared, "Attention! Several people around the chairman immediately became alert, and their hands were tightly pressed on the guns around their waists, and they did not expect that Li Kenong's guns would come in handy so quickly!
A voice outside the door sounded: "Report", Mao Zedong waved his hand, and Chen Longcai said to the outsiders: "Please come in!" "It was a Kuomintang bodyguard who told Comrade Mao Zedong that Chiang Kai-shek had come to visit him.
Pictured| the great leader Mao Zedong
Just as Chiang Kai-shek brought the guards into the door, the malfunctioning lamp immediately turned on! Chen Long was Externally Mao Zedong's secretary, but he still stayed by Mao Zedong's side, and he immediately understood, "Despicable! He scolded in his heart.
Mao Zedong's schedule in Chongqing is very full, during the day, Chen Long has been staying by Mao Zedong's side, and most of the nights are outside the bedroom to sleep, sometimes only maintained every day, three or four hours of sleep time, so long time, how can people eat and consume?
One night, Chen Long's eyes were red, and Mao Zedong knew that he was extremely tired, and he couldn't bear to look at it in his eyes. Later, when everyone returned to Yan'an, Mao Zedong's evaluation of Chen Long was only four words, but it was extremely high praise: "Loyalty and loyalty!" ”
Mao Zedong could only order Chen Long to rest for a day and a night. Chen Long is a very "sharp" person, and he is naturally unwilling. But Chairman Mao was still very tough, and the next day he went directly with the other guards. Chen Long could only stand at the door and watch them go away, extremely reluctant in his heart, but Comrade Mao Zedong's words he had to follow.
Just at this moment, Wang Ruofei leaned out of the upstairs window and shouted at Chen Long, "Chen Long! come up! Chen Long thought that Wang Ruofei was going to supervise his rest, and before leaving, Mao Zedong specifically told Wang Ruofei to watch Chen Long sleep. Chen Long dragged his heavy steps into Wang Ruofei's room.
Wang Ruofei looked mysterious and mysterious, and specially asked him to close the door, Wang Ruofei immediately beckoned him to sit down, Chen Long just watched for a while, and did not know what he was going to do.
Wang Ruofei told Chen Long not to speak and to keep quiet. Only to see, he opened a leather box at the head of the bed, and rummaged through it for a while, and actually took out from it, a bottle of Moutai wine in an earthen ceramic bottle! He also said slowly: "This wine was brought to Yan'an by my uncle from Guizhou, there are two bottles in total, and I have already drunk one bottle, and there is only one bottle left!" ”
Looking at Chen Long who was still dazed, he continued: "Yesterday the chairman gave me this important task, of course I have to complete it!" According to Chen Long's nature, in this "troubled autumn", it is absolutely impossible to touch the wine. However, Wang Ruofei's words made Chen Long's psychological defense line gradually collapse, and it turned out that his hard work was all seen by the chairman!
The chairman himself is also very tired, but he still has to worry about the physical condition of his subordinates, what a good intention! He was very touched that such an iron-boned person was actually wet with tears, and his eyes were red.
Picture | Wang Ruofei
Wang Ruofei is also a person with a straightforward personality, he directly took out the cup, filled the wine, raised the glass and said: "Come!" We drank it dry today. The two of them simply drank a packet of dried brine tofu and spicy beef jerky for an afternoon. They drank Maotai, then drank tuyaki, drank tuyaki, then drank wine, drank and drank, and time passed quickly, and Chen Long also fell into a deep sleep.
Chen Long slept directly until the early morning of the next day, and it is no exaggeration to say that this was the only good night he slept in more than forty days of negotiations in Chongqing. Mao Zedong spent more time in Guiyuan, and except for the guests, he almost all worked in Hongyan Village. However, during this period of not having to run, Mao Zedong had an extremely hard time, and Chen Long stayed by his side, which was naturally very clear.
This negotiation with Chiang Kai-shek has already given Mao Zedong his first glimpse: the peace talks are just a pretext, and if you want to build a peaceful country, the road ahead is complicated. This made him feel very confused, working day and night, making Comrade Mao Zedong look mentally ill, and often insomnia at night. Zhou Enlai hurriedly found an old Chinese medicine doctor to see him, and the old Chinese doctor told everyone after the interview: "The problem is that Comrade Mao Zedong used his brain too much, and you must find a way to let Mao Zedong's brain relax at night." ”
The crowd understood that this was too much thinking, and that taking medicine could not solve the problem. As the saying goes: heart disease must eventually be treated by heart medicine, Chen Long he is very hearty, keep the words of Chinese medicine firmly in mind. In the past, although Chen Long had always stayed by Mao Zedong's side, he had a sense of boundaries, but this was not the case later.
Every time the weather is clear, you can often see Mao Zedong and Chen Long walking together in Guiyuan. Chen Long supported Chairman Mao and said in a vivid and colorful way that he had talked about the interesting things he had done in the Northeast Army before, and he would also talk about the arduous years of the Northeast War of Resistance, and at this time, Chen Long would return to his usual serious face. After hearing this, Mao Zedong couldn't help but sigh: "Yang Jingyu, they are all great revolutionary fighters! Chen Long will also talk about his professional knowledge, don't look at Chen Long is a down-to-earth "military general", he also went to the Soviet Union to study!
It was 1936, and Chen Long, as an outstanding young soldier of our party, was selected to study in the Soviet Union. At that time, he was studying security at the Moscow Eastern University in the Soviet Union. He talked to Mao Zedong about some of the observations he had seen during his studies in the Soviet Union, and when he talked about new things, Mao Zedong listened with great interest and would occasionally put forward different views.
Chen Long also studied Mao Zedong's views very patiently. Accompanied by Chen Long, Mao Zedong's mood became better, and "Qinyuan Spring and Snow" was completed at this time. What he saw and felt in Chongqing made Chairman Mao's poem flourish and he created this poem as a gift to Mr. Liu Yazi.
At a time when Mao Zedong and his party were preparing to leave Chongqing, this poem caused a sensation, and the glory of our Party has already remained in the southwest land. After returning to Yan'an, Mao Zedong and Chen Long had established a friendship in the midst of suffering.
Later, Zhou Enlai approached Chen Long three times and asked him to continue his duties as Chairman Mao's guard, but he was politely rejected.
This experience of rushing to Chongqing made the friendship between Chairman Mao and Chen Long take root in Chen Long's heart.