One evening in October 1940, Premier Zhou had just finished a conference in Chongqing and was preparing to return to the Zhou Mansion.
The guard adjutant Long Feihu saw that the night was dark and worried that there were secret agents endangering the safety of the prime minister, so he put his hand on the barge gun and was always alert to the wind and grass around him.
Sure enough, the prime minister had just pushed the car door, and a black shadow suddenly flashed on the roof ridge seventy or eighty meters away. The black shadow was suspicious, like a large hand holding a gun.
Dragon Flying Tiger
Taken aback, Long Feihu instinctively raised his arm and fired a shot at the target, only to hear a "poof" sound, and a heavy object fell from the room.
The guards were all shocked when they saw Long Feihu's marksmanship, and they hurriedly flashed a flashlight to investigate--it turned out not to be a spy, but a big wild cat whose braincase was broken.
A group of people sighed: "Worthy of being the security personnel hand-picked by the prime minister, it is really a deep hidden martial art!" ”
Premier Zhou
When the spies hiding in the shadows heard this news, they were also very surprised: this big man who was always following Premier Zhou's side, looking fierce, was indeed not in vain.
Since then, people who are hostile to Premier Zhou have relented a lot, and the harassment situation has been greatly reduced.
So, how strong is the ability of the dragon flying tiger? What have he accomplished in his military career?
Dragon Flying Tiger
The "tiger" around Premier Zhou
In 1937, after the formation of the mainland's anti-Japanese national united front, the two parties eliminated suspicion and unanimously went to the outside world.
At this time, Zhou Enlai's public identity became deputy director of the Political Department of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government. The following year, he led the Southern Bureau of the Communist Party of China from Wuhan to Chongqing, and personally rented a small three-story building in Chongqing's Yuzhong District for office use, which was the famous Chongqing Zhou Mansion.
The properties of this building are very interesting, from the outside, it is located at the end of the street, on the left is the Kuomintang police station, on the right is the residence of the military commander Dai Kasa, a bit of "two-sided attack";
Internally, the Zhou Mansion was the territory of our party, and there were a large number of Kuomintang people entering and leaving.
This was mainly because my party delegation only rented the first and third floors, and the rest were leased by the Kuomintang.
Zhou Mansion
Because people from both parties came and went in and out of a courtyard, the Kuomintang reactionaries had an opportunity to take advantage of it, and they often sent spies to observe nearby, and these sneaky people posed a great threat to the safety of Premier Zhou and other central cadres.
At such a critical juncture, there is one person who plays the role of a "protective god", that is, the dragon and the tiger.
In October 1938, Long Feihu followed Premier Zhou to Chongqing as a major guard aide-de-camp, where he was responsible for security work.
He has been with Premier Zhou since he was 21 years old, and now two years have passed, during which time he has developed a cautious personality and a unique insight that can be detected no matter what clues.
As soon as he arrived at the mansion, he realized that something was wrong, and there were spies all over the place.
Whether it is a middle-aged man wearing a duck-tongue hat and sitting in the hall reading a newspaper, or a child who comes to deliver a letter, or a car parked at the door, there are eyes on the prime minister at any time.
Zhou Mansion
Long Feihu immediately gathered people and horses, and after carefully analyzing the environment in the mansion, formulated a detailed defense plan, and when he took the plan to Premier Zhou for personal review, he was strongly appreciated by him.
On weekdays, Long Feihu is delicate in his mind, and he always has to personally confirm the details of things.
He hung a shell gun around his waist, and his hand was always near the gun hanging, eager to become the "shadow" of Premier Zhou and get as close to him as possible.
Even when the prime minister went to the toilet, he held the handle of his gun in his hand and looked around without hesitation.
Long Feihu himself was tall and majestic, and in public, he always followed Premier Zhou without a sound, almost like a giant statue.
This image gave the criminals a great shock, and at the same time impressed Premier Zhou's friends.
Zhou Mansion
After the founding of New China, a female reporter who had interviewed Premier Zhou specifically asked: "Is that scary-looking guard still there?" "It can be seen that the work of the dragon flying tiger is very well done.
In January 1941, the Anhui Incident made the atmosphere of the Zhou Mansion very severe.
Premier Zhou has to go to many places every day, and he has to work overtime in the room until very late at night, and Long Feihu always stays outside the room and waits until the premier is asleep before falling asleep.
Even after falling asleep, Long Feihu was thinking about Premier Zhou's safety.
He often sat up straight, and then carefully patrolled the various guards, which happened every night.
Once, Long Feihu dreamed that a secret agent came in, and he directly rolled over and got out of bed, blocking his body at the door of the room, signaling Premier Zhou to run.
Premier Zhou
Premier Zhou heard the movement and ran out, at this time Long Feihu was already awake, he scratched his head in embarrassment, and said: "I am at fault, I disturbed the chief to rest." ”
Premier Zhou was pleased with his spirit of dedication and responsibility, and said appreciatively: "Dragon Flying Tiger, you are really a tiger!" At the same time, he also expressed concern: "At the right time, we must relax our spirits, and only by doing a good job of the body first can the work be guaranteed." ”
According to intelligence, there were more than 50 spies surrounded by the zhou mansion before and after, and every time the zhou premier traveled, they all drove a car and blatantly followed behind.
Therefore, how to get rid of these people has become something that Dragon Feihu must think about.
One day, the prime minister was going to meet a mysterious friend, who had a special identity, for his safety, and could never be detected by the Kuomintang.
Premier Zhou
But as before, As before, Long Feihu and his party had just sat in the car, and the agent's car also started up immediately.
Along the way, Long Feihu instructed the driver to move forward unhurriedly, and after a long downhill road, he let the car accelerate, briefly shake off the monitor, and then slammed the brakes and stopped in front of another car.
"Chief, get in that car!"
Premier Zhou hurriedly got out of the car and got into another car, and then that car started quickly and left in a hurry.
It turned out that in order not to expose his whereabouts, Long Feihu let Premier Zhou's friends stop here early and wait, and then used the ramp to change cars without knowing it.
Premier Zhou
After that, the agents went downhill, saw that the target was still slowly advancing, and immediately put their minds at ease and continued to follow.
Long Feihu saw that the agent did not find it, laughed, and asked the driver to drive the car to the entrance of the Cathay Pacific Grand Theater, and then stopped still.
The agent followed him there and waited in place for an afternoon, eventually finding nothing.
In this way, Long Feihu conscientiously guarded Premier Zhou in Chongqing for more than a thousand days, during which he eliminated difficulties several times and let the premier leave Chongqing unscathed.
Premier Zhou
"The tiger threatens" to protect Chairman Mao's peaceful negotiations
On August 15, 1945, the mainland finally won victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan, and in order to seize the opportunity of peace, Chairman Mao decided to go to Chongqing to participate in the negotiations.
The negotiations were extremely dangerous, because Chiang Kai-shek had always hated the Communist Party and always wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of Chairman Mao, so the defense work during the negotiations became very crucial.
Premier Zhou thought about it for a long time and finally decided to put Long Feihu, who had been with him for 11 years, in charge of the work.
On August 28, Chairman Mao, at the invitation of Zhang Zhizhong, moved into the forest garden.
The forest garden is Zhang Zhizhong's personal residence and is safer than most places. It is luxuriously decorated and is considered to be the best place to stay.
Chairman Mao
Long Feihu did not relax at all, he first checked all the furnishings in the room, the ceiling, under the bed, he even specially opened the pillow, took out the pillow core and covered it again, found that there was no abnormality and then stuffed it back.
During the day, he stayed in Chairman Mao's room, never leaving a single step.
In the evening, he and Chairman Mao's secretary, Chen Long, were resting on the sofa outside the bedroom, and as soon as they heard the wind and grass, they immediately got up to check it out.
However, even though the defenses were so tight, the pervasive agents were still frequently operating near the house.
One night, Long Feihu was resting on the couch when he suddenly heard the sound of Si Soso.
He hurried up to check it out, and suddenly, the small voice turned into a violent footstep, which sounded like a group of people in boots.
Chairman Mao
Long Feihu lay down on the couch facing the window, and he touched his hand to the pistol around his waist, pretending to snore, so that the visitors could let their guard down.
The footsteps became slow again, and three shadows crept closer to the window, and then several gendarmes peered in through the window.
Dragon Feihu's spirit was stretched to the extreme, could this be a spy who had come to assassinate him?
Not long ago, our Party received news that some radicals on the other side said: "I am willing to exchange my life for Chairman Mao's long sleep." ”
After Long Feihu listened, he secretly resolved at that time that he would never let such things happen, and even if he incarnated into a human wall, he would protect the chairman thoroughly.
Chairman Mao
And at this moment, he was ready to die. The enemy was in the open and in the dark, and as soon as the gendarmes made their next move, he would immediately jump up and shoot.
Luckily, the people outside the window just looked at it for a moment and then quietly left.
Long Feihu touched the sweaty gun handle and relaxed his mind slightly.
After that, he stayed up all night, always keeping his eyes open at the window.
In the early morning, Chairman Mao woke up from his sleep refreshed, completely unaware that Long Feihu had just experienced a "big war", he got up and went to the courtyard to exercise, and Long Feihu followed ten steps away, and his spirit was highly concentrated.
Chairman Mao
Chairman Mao usually has the habit of reading books and newspapers, and after every day of negotiations, even if he is tired, he will pay attention to what has happened recently.
On this day, after dinner, he sat under the lamp and read the newspaper, and suddenly the lights in the museum went out, and the whole courtyard was dark.
As the saying goes, "The moon is dark and the wind is high, when the killing is set on fire", the dragon flying tiger suddenly fell into the darkness, and suddenly his back became cold, and his heart raised his throat, and he immediately shouted: "Alert! Protect the Chairman! ”
Dragon Flying Tiger is very good at defending the work, and there have been many simulations of this situation before.
At the sound of an order, everyone began to act according to the original plan, and he rushed like lightning to Chairman Mao's room, tightly guarding him, and waiting until the power was restored.
At that time, there was a saying that could very appropriately describe the situation in Chongqing, "The sky is not clear, the road is uneven, and the lights are unknown."
The fact that the sky is not sunny means that the weather here is worrying and it is difficult to see the sun; the uneven road means that the mountains in Chongqing are steep and the road is not smooth; the unclear lights refer to the poor infrastructure of the city and the power is always cut off.
But Long Feihu did not expect that even if the power outage in ordinary people's homes was stopped, even in the official government.
In the end, the accident ended in the form of a farce.
When Chairman Mao was in Chongqing, he not only had to hold meetings, but also often went to the hotel to have dinner with people of various factions.
Every now and then, I start to get busy.
From the ingredients to the seasonings to the chef, every dish has to be checked.
In order to prevent someone from poisoning the dish when he is not ready, he will buckle down in advance for each dish, and then personally "test the poison" and make sure that it is harmless before asking someone to serve it.
In this way, under the care of Long Feihu, Chairman Mao survived the negotiations unharmed.
Before leaving Chongqing, Chairman Mao specifically proposed to take a photo with Long Feihu.
Premier Zhou smiled and said, "Tiger, righteous, honest and brave. "It has been highly affirmed by Chairman Mao.
Premier Zhou
Deeply trusted, Chairman Mao named the "tiger" as a guard
After more than a month of getting along, Chairman Mao was touched by The Wisdom and Boldness of Long Feihu and had the idea of recruiting him.
At the end of 1946, Chiang Kai-shek openly tore up the "Double Tenth Agreement" and launched a large-scale attack on the Liberated Areas.
Premier Zhou returned to Yan'an with Dragon Feihu due to work needs.
Chairman Mao proposed: "Call the 'tiger' to come to me as the administrative secretary, in charge of security and life!" Premier Zhou agreed.
Since then, Long Feihu has formed a relationship with Chairman Mao.
Chairman Mao was a man who read poetry and books, not only treated people with kindness, but also had a great sense of humor; he was very fond of the dragon flying tiger who had a frank personality and did not bend his ways, and called him "tiger" like other comrades, both in private and in public.
Warriors
At this time, everyone was in northern Shaanxi, where there was little rain all year round, and the ground was full of yellow sand, and the wind flew around as soon as it blew.
At noon, Chairman Mao was eating noodles, and the dragon flying tiger on the side was very worried, pacing around, and when he walked around, the sand and dust on the ground floated up, and it was as if a sandstorm was blowing around.
Chairman Mao ate and ate, sensing that something was wrong.
As soon as he saw that it was the tiger walking and raising the sand, he put down his chopsticks, smiled and shouted: "Tiger, do you think that my rice is not fragrant enough, do you want to add pepper noodles to it?" ”
The comrades around them all laughed when they heard the chairman's witty words, and Long Feihu was originally nervous, but he also relaxed his spirit after hearing the joke.
In May 1948, our army gradually gained the upper hand in the War of Liberation, and the front line urgently needed a large number of knowledgeable and talented people to support.
After hearing the call, Long Feihu wanted to go to the front line to kill the enemy, so he expressed his request to Chairman Mao.
The Chair was very pleased and said, "Of course agree. You took the initiative to ask to go to the front line, and the spirit is commendable, and there is a shortage of capable people like you. ”
Before leaving, he also chatted with Long Feihu for more than an hour and said, "Don't forget to write to me in the future." After that, we must obey the arrangement and have good relations with the comrades in the army. ”
Long Feihu has been resolute and indomitable for decades, and is a man who bleeds without tears, but listening to Chairman Mao's admonition, he still can't help but leave hot tears.
In 1955, Long Feihu was awarded the rank of major general and successively served as political commissar of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and director of logistics of the Fujian Military Region.
Because he was thinking of Chairman Mao, he never asked for anything in return, he shone brightly in his post, and after retirement, he still thought of organizing and doing his best.
On July 1, 1999, General Long Feihu died of illness in Fuzhou at the age of 84.