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One morning in 1957, a small fishing boat sailed silently to Kinmen, and the people on board were happy and excited. In the mist of dawn, they shouted to the Kuomintang garrison on Kinmen Island and announced their special status. This move shocked people on the other side.
The officer, who had defected from the mainland of his motherland, was sent to Taiwan and warmly welcomed by Chiang Kai-shek. To reward him, Chiang Kai-shek even gave him five hundred taels of gold and sent a beautiful spy as his partner. However, in less than a year, this officer was shot by Chiang Kai-shek's order.
First, let's understand the background of this defector. His name is Zhang Qingrong, born in Baoding City, Hebei Province, who fought heroically for the founding of New China and made outstanding contributions.
In 1937, after the outbreak of the "Lugou Bridge Incident", the Japanese army invaded China, and the war spread to the North China Plain, and Zhang Qingrong's hometown also suffered from it. Encouraged by the Eighth Route Army's propaganda of anti-Japanese ideas, Zhang Qingrong joined the Eighth Route Army and became a soldier. After a short period of training, he followed the troops to participate in the anti-Japanese battle, showing tenacious fighting spirit and courage. His heroic performance led him to rise through the ranks, from an ordinary soldier to a junior commander.
In 1945, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhang Qingrong assumed the position of deputy battalion commander and battalion commander, and gradually grew into an experienced officer. After the founding of New China, he was appointed commander of the artillery division, and he rose through the ranks with constant honors. In 1952, when the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea broke out, he led the artillery unit to make many combat achievements and was promoted to deputy commander of the artillery division.
In 1955, Zhang Qingrong received the rank of founding lieutenant colonel and had a promising future. However, his tenacity on the battlefield gradually clashed with the corruption in his life, causing him to gradually lose himself, forget his original intention, abandon the faith of a Communist Party member, and develop a slack mood.
Zhang Qingrong began to listen to the Kuomintang's radio stations, and was influenced by its propaganda, and gradually developed a resentment towards the motherland and the army. Tempted by the beautiful spies on the other side, he decided to defect to Taiwan and pursue the "glory and wealth" in his heart.
On December 17, 1957, less than four months later, Zhang Qingrong took the opportunity to defect in a fishing boat. Although Chiang Kai-shek welcomed him and presented him with gold and beautiful women, he did not fully trust him. Chiang Kai-shek once said to his son Chiang Ching-kuo: "This Zhang Qingrong is a figure at the level of a deputy division commander, I don't know if he returned anyway." Mr. Chang has tried to show his loyalty in Taiwan, but remains under suspicion.
When the Party Central Committee learned of Zhang Qingrong's defection, it decided to take action. A year later, the mainland captured a spy from Taiwan, and Luo Ruiqing decided to use him to pass on false information to Taiwan, accusing Zhang Qingrong of being an undercover agent sent by the Communist Party. Chiang Kai-shek became furious and ordered Zhang Qingrong's secret execution.
This story tells us that traitors will eventually be sanctioned. Zhang Qingrong was originally a promising senior military officer, but he was greedy for pleasure and eventually went down the wrong path. He thought that the pursuit of "glory and wealth" would bring him happiness, but unexpectedly ushered in disaster. This is the inevitable end of the traitor.
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