For talented people, ambition is the booster that drives them to achieve more brilliant results. But, on the other hand, inflated ambitions can also put some people in trouble. Eventually, they too will die because of their ambitions.
Chiang Kai-shek's right-hand man, Dai Kasa, was a man with great ambitions. The Military Command Bureau, founded by Dai Kasa, became a well-known secret service agency. However, in the end, Dai Kasa will die inexplicably, also because of his inflated ambitions.
1. Dai Kasa founded the Military Command Bureau
It is undeniable that Dai Kasa does have a very powerful ability. Born in 1897, Dai Kasa gained chiang kai-shek's attention at an early age. In 1928, Chiang Kai-shek, who had real power in the Kuomintang, proceeded from all aspects to expand his sphere of influence.
In order to have more information, Chiang Kai-shek decided to entrust Dai with a very important task: gathering intelligence information. There is a reason why Chiang Kai-shek handed this matter over to Dai Kasa. On the one hand, it was because Chiang Kai-shek trusted Dai very much. In the early 1920s, Dai Kasa became acquainted with Chiang Kai-shek.
Later, Dai Kasa was admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy, and Chiang Kai-shek happened to be the principal of the military academy. In Dai Kasa's view, Chiang Kai-shek had the grace of knowing him, and he was very grateful to Chiang Kai-shek and was willing to go to the soup for him. Chiang Kai-shek also knew Dai Kasa very well and trusted him very much.
On the other hand, it is because of Dai Kasa's own ability. Dai Kasa is very good at dealing with people. In addition, in the early years, Dai Kasa had wandered in Shanghai and made a wide range of friends. Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek believes that Dai Kasa is the most suitable for intelligence work. And Dai Kasa did not disappoint Chiang Kai-shek. Initially, Dai Kasa single-handedly began intelligence activities.
Slowly, Dai Kasa formed a working team of about ten people. Later, the well-known Military Command Bureau was developed on this basis. From a small group of about a dozen people, to tens of thousands of people, a very powerful intelligence system was established, which was enough to prove how powerful Dai Kasa's ability was.
Dai Kasa had great ability, and he was a very loyal supporter of Chiang Kai-shek. At the same time, he also has very big ambitions. Dai Kasa's ambition allowed him to create many achievements and became Chiang Kai-shek's right and left arm. However, at the same time, Dai Kasa's ambition also caused him many disasters.
Second, Dai Kasa's ambition
Dai Kasa, he is not satisfied with the supply established in the country, he is always looking for opportunities to develop to a larger stage. In 1941, before the outbreak of Pearl Harbor, Dai Kasa's agents had intercepted the intelligence that the Japanese army planned to bomb Pearl Harbor in the United States. After receiving this information, Dai Kasa was very happy, and he thought that his opportunity had come.
However, the reaction of the US military made Dai Kasa very disappointed. The American side did not believe Dai Kasa's intelligence, and they believed very self-consciously that Japan could not dare to bomb Pearl Harbor; Nor could China have the ability to intercept such intelligence. In the end, the US side completely ignored Dai Kasa's intelligence.
After the outbreak of the Pearl Harbor incident, the United States reacted with hindsight: it turned out that the information sent by Dai Kasa was true. Since then, Dai Kasa's name has spread throughout the US military. Even, the then PRESIDENT of the United States, Roosevelt, proposed to Chiang Kai-shek that he personally meet with Dai Kasa.
Later, at the suggestion of Roosevelt and Chiang Kai-shek and others, Dai Kasa and Mellers of the United States formed a stunt cooperation institute for Sino-US cooperation. Dai Kasa was appointed as the director of the cooperative institute and in charge of the work of the cooperative institute, which greatly shocked Dai Kasa's reputation.
Dai Kasa's ambitions have not been reduced because of this. After that, in order to satisfy his own ambitions, Dai Kasa did many things. Among them, in 1946, Dai Kasa, who controlled the national intelligence system, was not satisfied. He also wanted to infiltrate the national police system. In addition, Dai Kasa also wanted to intervene in the Navy and wanted to be the commander of the Navy.
Dai Kasa's inflated ambitions allowed him to grasp a lot of power. But, at the same time, it also allowed him to inadvertently offend a lot of people. In March 1946, Dai Kasa flew back to Nanjing from Qingdao. However, when the plane was in Jiangsu Province, there was a crash. Dai Kasa, a legendary figure in the Military Command Bureau, also lost his life as a result.
For this plane crash, some people think it was an accident. However, there are also many people who believe that this is not an accident, but a man-made accident. It is because Dai Kasa has offended some people who cannot be offended.
3. The mystery of Dai Kasa's death
In fact, Dai Kasa received a phone call before boarding the plane. The person who called him was Du Yuesheng, the boss of Shanghai intelligence. In the early years, Dai Kasa also ventured around Shanghai and formed a very deep friendship with Du Yuesheng. Over the years, Dai Kasa and Du Yuesheng have also maintained a very good relationship.
On the phone, Du Yuesheng very gently reminded Dai Kasa not to take this flight. However, at that time, Dai Kasa rushed back to Nanjing, and did not realize what kind of deep meaning Du Yuesheng's phone call had, and he missed the vitality.
People speculate that du Yuesheng called to remind Dai Kasa because he heard some wind noises. Du Yuesheng reminded Dai Kasa very cryptically, but did not tell Dai Kasa directly, because the other party's power was very strong, even Du Yuesheng did not dare to offend.
The mystery of Dai Kasa's death, people have a lot of conjectures. One of the conjectures was that Dai Kasa had held a secret meeting with Hu Zongnan and Tang Enbo to discuss the reorganization of the Kuomintang. Some people speculate that Dai Kasa's behavior is very likely to offend some people in the Kuomintang, thus bringing him the disaster of killing himself.
Another conjecture is that Dai Kasa once planned an assassination campaign against Song Qingling. This act of Dai Kasa offended the people of the Song family. Therefore, many people speculate that Song Meiling did some tricks and feet to let Dai Kasa's plane crash in order to vent for her sister.
Of course, these are some of the conjectures of the people at that time, and there is no substantial evidence to prove them. Until now, a very clear conclusion has not been reached. Dai Kasa, who had founded the Military Command Bureau from scratch, withdrew from the stage of history.
4. Summary
Dai Kasa's death, if not accidental, must have a lot to do with his inflated ambitions. His ambition allowed him to meddle in many affairs without scruples, which made him countless enemies. Eventually, these enemies pushed him to the brink of death.
Proper ambition can indeed allow a person to create merit. But unrestrained and unbridled ambition is very dangerous and is likely to be the source of the curse. Dai Kasa is a very representative example.