Preamble:
During Chairman Mao's visit to the Soviet Union in 1950, Li Kenong sent a telegram to Taiwan.
When Mao Renfeng, the head of the Kuomintang spies, saw it, he was so frightened that he collapsed directly to the ground.
So, why did Li Kenong send a telegram to Taiwan, and what was written on the telegram?
Light and dark duel
At the end of 1949, Chairman Mao decided to visit the Soviet Union.
In order to ensure the safety of Chairman Mao's trip, Minister of Public Security Luo Ruiqing ordered that vigilance must be heightened to prevent accidents.
Shortly after Chairman Mao's departure, Cao Chunzhi, chief of the Investigation Section of the Ministry of Public Security, discovered an anomaly.
That is, an abnormal radio signal was found near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, and Cao Chunzhi, who has many years of investigation experience, suddenly felt bad.
So he immediately began to investigate, and sure enough, not long after, Cao Chunzhi found a suspicious person named Ji Zhaoxiang in the Nanchizi area.
However, because the Investigation Bureau did not obtain more effective evidence, Cao Chunzhi did not act rashly.
Instead, he came to the home of Li Kenong, then head of the Central Social Department.
When Cao Chunzhi informed Li Kenong of the information he had detected, Li Kenong also felt that this matter should not be underestimated.
So he advised: Lao Cao, from today onwards, you report to me a problem, that is, the investigation of those who are close to Ji Zhaoxiang.
Li Kenong's move is to confirm whether Ji Zhaoxiang's identity is as speculated.
A few days after Cao Chunzhi received the order, he confirmed that Ji Zhaoxiang was a spy placed by the Kuomintang in Beijing, and his home was the so-called "universal lurking platform" of the Kuomintang.
After determining these circumstances, Li Kenong immediately convened a meeting to deploy the arrest operation.
In the end, Li Kenong appointed Cao Chunzhi as the commander-in-chief of the operation, and also said: After the enemy Taiwan is searched, I will make a call, and I will go to the scene to see.
Although Cao Chunzhi had some doubts in his heart after hearing this, he didn't ask too much, so he went to prepare for action.
According to Cao Chunzhi's arrangement, he himself was responsible for the overall command, and Cheng Runzhi was responsible for the arrest. The whole arrest looked seamless.
So after the arrangement was over, Cao Chunzhi fell asleep because of many days of fatigue.
However, what Cao Chunzhi didn't expect was that there was an accident at the arrest scene.
It turned out that after Cheng Runzhi led people to raid Ji Zhaoxiang's house, after some searching, he did not find a radio station except for the rectifier.
And this means that Cao Chunzhi's previous decision was wrong, or this operation has been exposed, which made Ji Zhaoxiang prepare in advance.
Realizing that the situation was not good, he hurriedly called Cao Chunzhi to report the situation.
Cao Chunzhi, who was woken up not long after falling asleep, immediately fell asleep when he heard the news.
After confirming that the situation was true, Cao Chunzhi drove to Ji Zhaoxiang's home for a field investigation.
Because in Cao Chunzhi's opinion, Ji Zhaoxiang must have a radio station in his home, but it was just hidden, so is the truth really as he thinks?
The conspiracy surfaced
When Cao Chunzhi arrived at Ji Zhaoxiang's house, Ji Zhaoxiang was sitting in the house smoking as if nothing had happened.
The overly calm performance also made Cao Chunzhi more convinced that Ji Zhaoxiang's family must have unknown secrets.
So Cao Chunzhi looked around, wanting to see a flaw.
Suddenly, a "Peony Picture" pasted on the ceiling attracted Cao Chunzhi's attention.
Because this "Peony Picture" made Cao Chunzhi feel very awkward, so Cao Chunzhi looked at Ji Zhaoxiang.
And Ji Zhaoxiang also noticed Cao Chunzhi's expression, and a trace of panic obviously flashed in his eyes.
It was this panic that made Cao Chunzhi understand that the secret was hidden behind the "Peony Picture".
So Cao Chunzhi pointed to the "Peony Map" and said to the investigator next to him: Go up and take down the radio.
Investigators Xin Lixue and Shen Jizong pushed the "Peony Picture" away, and then a hole appeared in front of everyone.
Seeing this, Xin Lixue crawled towards the cave, and Shen Jizong followed closely behind, and soon the two of them moved the things in the cave one by one.
As Cao Chunzhi expected, there was indeed a radio station in the cave, as well as several intelligence manuscripts and a pistol.
Seeing that the matter was revealed, Ji Zhaoxiang showed a nervous look on his face.
And Cao Chunzhi did not rush to interrogate Ji Zhaoxiang, but picked up the intelligence manuscript and looked at it.
However, I didn't know if I didn't see it, and I was shocked when I saw it, and the content on the intelligence manuscript scared Cao Chunzhi a lot.
It turned out that as early as when Chairman Mao went out to visit the Soviet Union, Mao Renfeng got the news.
In his opinion, this was an excellent opportunity to assassinate Chairman Mao, so he reported the situation to Lao Jiang.
After obtaining the consent of Lao Chiang, Mao Renfeng conspired with Brad, the supervisor of the US Army's Secret Bureau in the Kuomintang, to plot the assassination plan.
Finally, a set of coherent battle plans was determined.
The content is to blow up the Changchun No. 14 railway bridge and force Chairman Mao's special train to detour to Harbin.
In addition, the "Northeast Underground Technical Column" was formed to plant explosives on the Harbin Railway.
In addition, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Mao Renfeng also confirmed another set of action plans.
That is to rely on the radio in Ji Zhaoxiang's hand to command, looking for an opportunity to assassinate Chairman Mao in Beijing.
After seeing this information, Cao Chunzhi couldn't help but be afraid: Mao Renfeng just wants to create the second "Huanggutun Incident".
After realizing the seriousness of the matter, Cao Chunzhi immediately ordered Cheng Runzhi and Shen Jizong to leave for Harbin immediately and asked the Harbin Public Security Bureau to cooperate in the operation.
In addition, Cao Chunzhi also understands that these situations are no longer something that can be explained on the phone.
So after explaining the order to let the investigators be optimistic about Ji Zhaoxiang, he rushed to Li Kenong's house.
Li Kenong was also slightly relieved after learning about the situation and Cao Chunzhi's reaction.
However, unlike Li Kenong, Mao Renfeng, who was far away in Taiwan, was worried at the time.
A telegram, Mao Renfeng was frightened
Because Li Kenong has come to Ji Zhaoxiang's house under the leadership of Cao Chunzhi.
At that time, Ji Zhaoxiang had already been scared and trembled like chaff, Li Kenong saw this and said slowly: Don't be afraid, I came today to see your Ji Zhaoxiang's reporting technology, so I used this radio station and used the original method to call Mao Renfeng of the Taiwan Secret Bureau, I speak, you send a report, how about it?
Li Kenong's simple words had a great pressure in Ji Zhaoxiang's heart, so he said tremblingly: Willing to serve.
Just when Ji Zhaohua was dominated by fear, Mao Renfeng was also uncomfortable in his heart.
Because according to the previous situation, Ji Zhaoxiang will always report the situation in Beijing on time.
But this time, Ji Zhaoxiang's loss of contact added invisible pressure to Mao Renfeng's heart.
U.S. military overseer Brad also had a trace of panic in his heart, so he hurriedly ordered: immediately telegraph Ji Zhaoxiang, stop sending the report, and move immediately.
But it was too late.
Just after Brad gave the order, a signal from Ji Zhaoxiang came.
At first, Mao Renfeng was still a little happy in his heart, because he thought that Ji Zhaoxiang was just sending a late report.
But after translating the content of Ji Zhaoxiang's telegram, Mao Renfeng was so frightened that he sat on the ground on the spot.
Because this telegram was sent by Li Kenong at the behest of Ji Zhaoxiang.
The telegram reads:
Mr. Mao Renfeng:
The "universal latent platform" that you have repeatedly boasted about has been captured, and the major head Ji Zhaoxiang has been captured. In the future, we will take in all the spies dispatched by your bureau, but we will not thank you. Let me tell you, it was Li Kenong who spoke to you. You are now "sending people under the fence", and the good times will not last long. If you lead your troops back, I, Li Kenong, can guarantee your safety. Tell you, the operator who sent the report was Ji Zhaoxiang.
After seeing Li Kenong's name, Mao Renfeng's heartfelt fear instantly swept through his body, which also meant that the operation had almost failed.
But Mao Renfeng didn't intend to admit defeat, because this was a great opportunity for him to make contributions in front of Lao Jiang, and because he still had a trump card in his hand.
The trump card is out
And his trump card is the "Northeast Underground Technology Column", which is also his last trump card.
So, Mao Renfeng withstood fear and anger and called Li Kenong back: Li Kenong, you can wait and see who is the final winner.
However, Li Kenong did not leave Mao Renfeng with a chance to turn the tables.
Because Cheng Runzhi and Shen Jizong, who were previously sent to the northeast by Cao Chunzhi, had arrived in Harbin and got in touch with the local public security bureau.
And not long after, one evening, our army arrested two spies in a mountain forest not far from the city of Harbin.
According to the documents carried by the two and the information retrieved from Ji Zhaoxiang's hands, the two were the joint commissioners of the "Northeast Underground Technology Column".
In order to be able to eliminate this rebel force in one fell swoop, our army made a perfect plan.
That is to order our soldiers, disguised as two spies, and use their identities to infiltrate the enemy camp.
After the deed was completed, the lurking personnel of our army successfully obtained the list of all the personnel of the "Northeast Underground Technology Column".
In this way, the last hole cards in Mao Renfeng's hand were all known by Li Kenong.
It didn't take long for the "Northeast Underground Technology Column" to be wiped out by our army.
And Chairman Mao also returned to China smoothly soon after, completely announcing Mao Renfeng's disillusionment.
In 1955, Li Kenong was awarded the rank of general, and he became the only general in our army who did not lead troops to fight in the 1955 award.
However, his resume is fully qualified to be awarded the rank of general.
Even Chairman Mao praised Li Kenong and said: Li Kenong is China's big spy, but he is just a big spy of the Communist Party.
Therefore, Li Kenong also won the title of "King of Spies", which shows how outstanding Li Kenong's ability is in the hidden front.
Epilogue:
Since joining the army, Li Kenong has been deeply involved in the work of the hidden front, and for many years on the battlefield without gunsmoke, Li Kenong has made unimaginable efforts for ordinary people.
Even the Kuomintang spy giants such as Dai Limao Renfeng were toyed with by Li Kenong in applause, and at the same time made outstanding contributions to the liberation of the motherland.
Resources:
The Communist Party's "spy king" Li Kenong outwitted the Kuomintang's big spy Mao Renfeng_CCTV.com_China Central Television