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One day in 1949, Mao Renfeng received a special order from Chiang Kai-shek, asking him to immediately compile a list of "misleading elements" and carry out assassination activities against those on the list.
When Mao Renfeng handed over the carefully prepared list to Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek was not satisfied. He wrote three more names on the list.
Song Meiling was very angry when she saw these three names.
Who are these three names written by Chiang Kai-shek? Were they assassinated in the end?
Not to be defeated, plan an assassination
One late night in 1949, after Chiang Kai-shek learned the news of the defeat of the Nationalist army on the battlefield, he did not give up resistance, but instead gave birth to a vicious plan in his heart.
Chiang Kai-shek secretly summoned Mao Renfeng, the head of the secret service, and arranged for him to collect an assassination list.
In order to make this list, Mao Renfeng immediately went back to collect information after receiving Chiang Kai-shek's secret order, checked with the subordinate spies one by one, and finally determined an assassination list of 84 people.
On this list are some revolutionary fighters of our party who have unfortunately been arrested, as well as some democratic patriots who opposed Chiang Kai-shek.
But after Chiang Kai-shek read it, his brows furrowed. After thinking for a while, he took a pen and wrote down a few more words: Yang Hucheng, Zhang Xueliang, and Song Qingling.
These three are all democratic progressives who have made great contributions to the country, and their influence in the country is extremely large, but Chiang Kai-shek did not expect that he would dare to poison them.
After Mao Renfeng read it, he couldn't help but gasp. After a while, he asked, "Chairman, you mean, these three people also..."
Without waiting for Mao Renfeng to finish speaking, Chiang Kai-shek said viciously: "Kill, this group of traitors should be killed." ”
Mao Renfeng received the order and went back to prepare the assassination plan.
On the way back, Mao Renfeng thought in his heart that these three people had a high prestige in China. Especially Song Qingling, if she is really assassinated, when the time comes, how should this scene be cleaned up?
But since they are ranked last, let's leave them alone for the time being, and start executing them in order.
In this list, the top one is Li Zongren.
Li Zongren was a general of the Gui family, although he and Chiang Kai-shek were superficially harmonious, and even worshipped brothers.
But in the faction-lined Kuomintang, the two actually have their own ghosts and fight openly and secretly.
Just as Chiang Kai-shek was retreating from defeat, he repeatedly telegraphed within the party and asked Chiang Kai-shek to leave the field, which gave Chiang Kai-shek a headache.
Because Li Zongren's status was very high, the assassination plan was personally questioned by Chiang Kai-shek.
In order to ensure that the whole plan was foolproof, Chiang Kai-shek specially designated Shen Zui to implement the entire plan, and also encouraged Shen Zui to contribute to the party-state.
Shen Zui is an ace assassin in the secret service, and he is deeply valued by Dai Li and Mao Renfeng.
In order to be able to successfully assassinate Li Zongren, Shen Zui made a detailed investigation of his living environment.
After discussion, Shen Zui and his assistant determined the specific assassination location. On the path near Li Zongren's house, spies had already smeared poison on bullets and were lurking ready.
Fearing that Li Zongren would escape after noticing, he also arranged for spies to lurk at the train station.
Just in case, Shen Zui also requisitioned the right to use several planes, and once Li Zongren tried to take the plane, then Shen Zui would immediately let the plane shoot him.
This conspiracy against Li Zongren can be described as "everything is ready, only the east wind is owed". However, Shen Zui did not wait for the order to move.
It turned out that due to the change of the situation, Chiang Kai-shek changed his mind at this time, and he decided to retire behind the scenes, let Li Zongren take office, and clean up the mess for him.
This assassination ended like this, Li Zongren successfully escaped, but the others on the list were not so lucky.
Song Meiling was furious
With the continuous actions of the military commander's special agents, the people on the list were also killed one after another.
Soon, the order of assassination was in the next three.
Looking at the three names added by Chiang Kai-shek himself, Mao Renfeng did not dare to make a move.
Having worked for Chiang Kai-shek for many years, Mao Renfeng knew that he was narrow-minded and ruthless. Once these three people are assassinated, in order to calm public opinion, they will most likely be pushed out to be substitute ghosts.
In this dilemma, Mao Renfeng thought of a way. He quietly revealed the news to Song Meiling, intending to see Song Meiling's attitude.
When Soong Meiling learned of Chiang Kai-shek's assassination list, she was very angry. Although she and Song Qingling have political disagreements and do not have much contact, they have sisterhood after all.
Song Meiling immediately found Chiang Kai-shek, pointed at him and said, "If you want to kill my sister, you might as well kill me first." ”
Chiang Kai-shek instantly understood what was going on, and he quickly accompanied the smiling face and coaxed Song Meiling away.
Then Chiang Kai-shek sat down in his chair and began to think about it.
Soong Ching-ling was the widow of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and her prestige was high in both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.
Although she has always opposed herself, in the end, she is just accusing herself and making herself lose face.
Chiang Kai-shek took these factors into account and ordered Mao Renfeng to remove Soong Ching-ling's name from the assassination list.
In addition to Soong Ching-ling, among the three people handpicked by Chiang Kai-shek, there was another person who was also spared disaster because of Soong Meiling, and he was Zhang Xueliang.
Between Song Meiling and Zhang Xueliang, there was an unknown past.
Long before Chiang Kai-shek met Soong Meiling, Soong Meiling had already met Zhang Xueliang at an event.
At that time, the two people, one was a spirited young general, and the other was a noble lady famous in Shanghai.
Although they didn't say a few words, they already had a deep affection for each other. It's just that Zhang Xueliang already had a marriage contract at this time, and this ambiguity ended without a problem.
Time turned and came to the Xi'an Incident. At that time, in order to rescue Chiang Kai-shek, Soong Meiling sent people to inform Zhang Xueliang many times, hoping that he would not kill Chiang Kai-shek.
And Zhang Xueliang not only agreed to release Chiang Kai-shek, but also accompanied him all the way and escorted him to Nanjing.
Soong Meiling was very grateful to Zhang Xueliang, and she also promised that as long as Chiang Kai-shek could safely return to Nanjing, then she would keep Zhang Xueliang safe.
Reasonably, Song Meiling wants to save Zhang Xueliang's life. Therefore, she persuaded Chiang Kai-shek and let Zhang Xueliang die.
Faced with Soong Meiling's insistence, Chiang Kai-shek also had to reconsider this matter.
In the end, Chiang Kai-shek made a certain compromise for Soong Meiling, and he temporarily continued to take Zhang Xueliang into custody without letting Mao Renfeng make a move.
However, Chiang Kai-shek did not generously let Zhang Xueliang go, and under his instructions, even if he was defeated and retreated to Taiwan, he would take Zhang Xueliang to Taiwan and continue to be imprisoned.
Zhang Xueliang, a hero who has made great contributions to the country, has been under house arrest.
It was not until 1990 that Zhang Xueliang, with the help of people from all walks of life, escaped the minions of the Chiang father and son. At this time, he was almost 90 years old.
Compared with Yang Hucheng, Zhang Xueliang could still be released from prison in his lifetime, but Yang Hucheng could not wait for that day.
Without Song Meiling's intercession, General Yang Hucheng's fate was less fierce.
Assassination of Yang Hucheng
After the Xi'an Incident, Yang Hucheng was severely punished by Chiang Kai-shek. Yang Hucheng lost de facto control of the army and was forced to "go abroad for inspection" several times.
Although Chiang Kai-shek persecuted Yang Hucheng many times, Yang Hucheng did not care about his own safety, but thought about the motherland.
With the outbreak of the July Seven Incident, the situation in the domestic War of Resistance underwent great changes, the Japanese army launched a full-scale invasion of China, and the major cities on the mainland were also in danger of falling.
After Yang Hucheng learned about it, he quietly returned to China and prepared to lead troops to resist Japan. Unexpectedly, soon after returning to China, Yang Hucheng and his family were directly arrested by special agents and imprisoned in Nanchang.
Years later, Chiang Kai-shek still holds a grudge against Yang Hucheng,
On Mao Renfeng's assassination list, he added Yang Hucheng's name without hesitation.
On August 27, 1949, the Shulu Mansion in Chongqing welcomed a special guest.
He was dressed in black, and after seeing that there was no one around, he hurriedly walked in.
This person was Mao Renfeng, and he came this time to plan the killing of Yang Hucheng with the other two.
After coming to a small room, Mao Renfeng sat directly on the chair, and the two people on the opposite side stood up to greet him.
These two people are Xu Yuanju, the head of the southwest station, and Zhou Yanghao, the director of the production department.
At this time, Yang Hucheng was being locked up in a secret stronghold in Guiyang, and its person in charge was Xu Yuanju.
After a secret discussion between the three, it was decided to secretly transfer Yang Hucheng to Chongqing first and then carry out the assassination.
An assassination plan against Yang Hucheng was thus determined in the sneer of the three.
Soon, Yang Hucheng was taken to Chongqing by them.
Years of prison life have made Yang Hucheng no longer look like he used to.
During this period, Yang Hucheng's wife Xie Baozhen unfortunately died, leaving only a pair of young children.
After 12 years, Yang Hucheng's children have gradually grown up. His son, Yang Zhengzhong, is in his early 20s, but under the torture of prison, his hair is gray and his body is weak. Her daughter Yang Zhenggui also looked tired and rarely saw a smile.
However, despite all the tribulations, Yang Hucheng is still hopeful for the future.
When in captivity, although his range of movement was only one or two hundred meters from his residence, Yang Hucheng was never discouraged, and he often encouraged the children to persevere.
But the murderous enemy did not spare him, and shortly after Yang Hucheng's family arrived in Chongqing, he was brutally killed.
In addition to Yang Hucheng and his children, his secretary Song Qiyun and his son Xiaoradish Head were not spared.
The unfortunate murder of General Yang Hucheng aroused huge public opinion in the country, and Chiang Kai-shek's reactionary nature once again had a bloody piece of evidence.
Today, the Dai Gong Ancestral Hall, where Yang Hucheng was secretly killed, has become a local tourist attraction, and tourists visit here every year to feel the spirit of General Yang Hucheng.
epilogue
When Chiang Kai-shek was about to lose, he did not forget to assassinate those who opposed it. It can be seen that it is narrow-minded and sinister and cunning.
Such a person is destined to lose the hearts of the people and is destined to embark on a path of defeat.
It's just a pity that these revolutionaries who sacrificed like General Yang Hucheng, for the sake of the country and the people, did not care about their personal safety, and finally fell on the eve of victory.
But they will not be forgotten by the country and the people, and their spirit will be immortalized.
Dear readers and friends, how do you think we should better carry forward the spirit of these revolutionary martyrs?
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- Editor: Erjiao
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