In the long river of history, some people have become heroes because of bloody battles on the battlefield, some people have been immortalized in pursuit of the happiness of all mankind, and some people have paid in places that people cannot see, and they have worked on thin ice for faith and new China on the hidden front, and they have a common name - Red Agent.
At the end of the finale of the spy war TV series "Kite", which reflects the deeds of our party's hidden front intelligence personnel, eleven black-and-white character photos appeared, they are representative group portraits of the Chinese Communist Party's hidden front, in order: Pan Hannian, Li Kenong, Xiong Xianghui, Qian Zhuangfei, Hu Di, Zhu Feng, Yan Baohang, Zhang Luping, Shen Anna, Huang Mulan, Chen Lian.
A group portrait of red agents that appears at the end of the TV series "Kite"
Among these people, there was such a person, who had served as a confidential secretary to Hu Zongnan, a senior Kuomintang general, who had been lurking in the enemy camp for 12 years, and was praised by Chairman Mao as "one person can withstand several divisions." He is the outstanding representative of the Red Agent - Xiong Xianghui.
Xiong Xianghui, formerly known as Xiong Huiquan, was born in 1919 in a family of eunuchs in Shandong, with good appearance and good looks, and secretly joined the Communist Party of China in 1936 while studying at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Xiong Xianghui
In fact, the name Xiong Xianghui was changed by the organization when he first received the task in early 1937, and it was not until after liberation that he said the meaning of the name: "Xianghui", which was taken from a phrase that described the situation of the hidden front work at that time - "facing the darkness, carrying the light."
So how did Xiong Xianghui lurk to Hu Zongnan and gain his trust? This also starts with the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.
At the beginning of the second Kuomintang-Communist cooperation, Zhou Enlai took precautions to install a number of strategic intelligence personnel in various Kuomintang forces, which Zhou Enlai called "idle chess and cold people."
Zhou Enlai during the Anti-Japanese War
For the choice of idle chess cold son around Hu Zongnan, Zhou Enlai attaches great importance to it, according to his understanding of this Huangpu first-term student, Zhou Enlai put forward five criteria, one must be from an official family; Second, they must be young and have good appearance; Third, it is necessary to have a public face that is neither left nor right, and that his speech and behavior have the temperament of a patriotic youth; Fourth, the knowledge should be broad and the memory should be strong; Fifth, be willing to use your brain and be able to adapt to changes. In 1937, Zhou Enlai handed over the task of selecting talents to Jiang Nanxiang, then secretary of the CCP branch of Tsinghua University, and according to Zhou Enlai's request, Jiang Nanxiang chose Xiong Xianghui from dozens of underground party members at Tsinghua University.
Xiong Xianghui
Under Zhou Enlai's arrangement, Xiong Xianghui joined the Youth Field Service Corps in an attempt to break into the Kuomintang.
Xiong Xianghui's daughter Xiong Lei recalled her father as follows: "(Hu Zongnan asked) Why did he come to this army, my father just said to revolution. So I chased the revolution and asked him what a revolution was, and then he said that Premier Sun Yat-sen's will said to drive out the Tatars, then now it is to drive out the Japanese invaders, and resisting Japan is revolution, Hu Zongnan asked again, what to do if we don't resist Japan, my father said that Chairman Jiang said that there is no distinction between north and south, and people are old and young, and they all have accusations of defending the land and resisting the war. The War of Resistance is revolution, if there is no War of Resistance, there is no revolution, sabotage the War of Resistance is sabotage of the revolution, and opposing the War of Resistance is counter-revolution. Hu Zongnan said what to do about counter-revolution, my father said, kill. ”
In 1970, Xiong Xianghui and his wife took a group photo with their daughter Xiong Lei
Xiong Xianghui's humble answer greatly surprised Hu Zongnan, who seemed to see the shadow of his youth from Xiong Xianghui, so he paid a little more attention to this somewhat arrogant young man. Through many subsequent investigations, it was learned that the temperament, ability and quality of this high-achieving student of Tsinghua University made Hu Zongnan extremely satisfied, and from then on regarded Xiong Xianghui as a confidant, and sent Xiong Xianghui to study at the Whampoa Military Academy.
Hu Zongnan and Xiong Xianghui
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the Nationalist government planned to send people to the United States for further gold plating, and the name of Xiong Xianghui was included in the first list. However, a telegram from Zhu De in 1943 put the red agent Xiong Xianghui in crisis. Pay attention to the headline of "Hubei Satellite TV Revealed", and tomorrow we will continue to tell you the wonderful story of how the red agent Xiong Xianghui turned the danger into a disaster.