In 1950, he was ordered to infiltrate the treasure island, and after 53 years of missing contact, only the urn was left when the descendants found it
(2) The soul returns to its hometown
In 1958, Comrade Hou Wenli, who was lurking on the treasure island, died heroically after breaking off contact with the organization for five years.
At that time, no one knew about him, and he died in obscurity.
And 53 years later, Comrade Hou's descendants saw an article and embarked on the road of finding their relatives, how did they find Comrade Hou Wenli?
In 2004, Hou Wenli's wife, Ms. Zhang Lifan, died of illness, and she waited for more than 50 years, but finally could not wait for that person to come back.
In February 2011, on an ordinary day after the Spring Festival, Comrade Hou's granddaughter Hou Yuanyuan received a message.
This message was sent by her younger brother Hai Yong, who recommended an article about the life experience of an old general named Cao Yi.
General Cao Yi is Comrade Hou's old comrade-in-arms, and the two have experienced life and death on the battlefield, where Hou Yuanyuan found a clue.
It turned out that as early as the Anti-Japanese War, her father had done intelligence work, and General Cao Yi was her father's one-line contact.
They fought side by side for 12 years, and since losing contact in the 1950s, he has also been searching for the whereabouts of his comrades.
General Cao knew Comrade Hou very well, he did not believe in those speculations, and hoped that one day he would be able to find the truth.
Soon, they found a new clue, her daughter directly searched for the word "Hou Wenli" on the search engine, and the "Global Times" article popped up on the page.
The article reported that the bones of more than 300 CCP agents on the island were not collected by their families.
The article attracted the attention of the Hou family, and it turned out that the article was written by a senior local media person named Qin Feng.
When he was sorting out old photos of the military, he discovered a "Wu Shi case" that shocked the local area.
This "Wu Shi case" is the case of Cai Xiaoqian's rebellion, which led to the arrest and sacrifice of Wu Shi and other comrades.
Related to this incident were a number of comrades who were arrested eight years later, scholars who studied that period of history, and the staff who handled the remains at the time, who compiled a list of ashes.
It was in that list that they found the name "Hou Wenli" and the urn number 296.
There are many people with the same name and surname in this world, but I don't know why, Hou Yuanyuan firmly believes that the "Hou Wenli" on the list is very likely to be her grandfather.
In this way, the family embarked on the road of finding their relatives.
They first contacted the contact information provided in the article, and then they were able to get a scholar who studied history, as well as Mr. Li Kunlong, the secretary general of the Association of Victims of Martial Law.
With everyone's help, they finally confirmed that the urn No. 269 contained the ashes of Comrade Hou Wenli.
After his identity was confirmed, Mr. Li also said that he was glad that Mr. Hou's family finally came.
Why? Because he had the impression that this was a very special case, and he was very impressed when he was sorting it out.
He had never seen anyone who could keep his identity and secrets and refuse to surrender to the enemy for five years, which required a lot of willpower.
The Hou family received the information from Mr. Li, and they were shocked by the photo.
When he went to the execution ground, Comrade Hou had a rope tied to his body and his name pasted in front of him, and he calmly and calmly walked towards death.
His relatives wept bitterly when they saw the photo, and it was hard to imagine what Comrade Hou was thinking in prison and on the execution ground.
In 2016, after many difficulties, his family arrived in Taipei and got Comrade Hou's urn.
After more than 60 years, he was finally able to return to his homeland and sleep peacefully on the land of his motherland.
And in that tower, there were more than 50 comrades who were suffering, who were also waiting for their families to take them home.
Identification is only the first step, and it is even more difficult to identify the martyrs.
At the beginning, after confirming that Comrade Hou had died, they applied to the organization, hoping to engrave Hou Wenli's name on the Monument to the Unknown Soldier.
However, among the comrades who went to the treasure island and lost contact with them, they may have defected or died, and the general proof is often the execution letter.
Thanks to the help of Mr. Li Kunlong, they were able to obtain the verdict of the death penalty that year, which proved that Comrade Hou was righteous and not betrayed the organization.
Comrade Hou's name was finally engraved on the stone tablet, and the rumors that had been circulating for many years finally disappeared, but unfortunately his wife could not see this moment.
