In 1949, at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, although the country had entered peace, the undercurrent was surging, and the aftermath of the old era had not yet subsided. The tragic incident in the Guangzhou Central Hospital, in which four highly meritorious PLA wounded soldiers were mysteriously killed, was not only a simple murder case, but also the tip of the iceberg of hidden enemy activities.
On October 1, 1949, with the five-star red flag rising in Tiananmen Square, the founding of New China was proclaimed, and all parts of the country were boiling, and people's faces were filled with the joy of liberation and their vision for the future. Behind this jubilation, there are some dusty bloodshed and conspiracies. Especially in the southern metropolis of Guangzhou, this historic city is not only the birthplace of the revolution, but also an important stronghold of the old forces.
In Guangzhou in 1949, the People's Liberation Army rode south of the Yangtze River and liberated this important southern city in one fell swoop. The Guangzhou Central Hospital, as the hospital with the most advanced medical facilities in South China at that time, naturally became an important treatment base for the wounded of the PLA. However, in this place that should be full of vitality, the tragedy of life and death has been staged.
In July 1950, after the Battle of East China Island, the wounded in the battle of the Shengsi Islands were successively sent to Guangzhou Central Hospital for treatment. Some of these soldiers are heroes who bravely kill the enemy, and some are warriors who persevere to the end. Little did they know that the shadow of death was not far away from the end of the war.
The first to be killed was a platoon commander named Zeng Xianyu, who was awarded the title of "Second Class Combat Hero" for his bravery in the battle of the Shengsi Islands, but mysteriously lost his life in the hospital. It is said that that that night, someone quietly unplugged his oxygen tube. Immediately afterwards, another soldier named Duan Yudong was also covered with a quilt in the hospital after suffering a serious injury from an intestinal outbreak. Such "accidents" continued one after another, and then Zeng Mingjian, the leader of the reconnaissance squad, and Yang Zhongming, the chief of staff of a certain regiment, were killed one after another.
This series of deaths has enveloped the entire hospital in a state of panic. The wounded thought that coming to the hospital was a safe haven, but they did not expect it to become a playground for death. The deaths appeared to be isolated incidents, but attentive scouts soon discovered the oddities. After an overnight investigation, a latent net left by the Kuomintang gradually surfaced. It turned out that behind these "accidents" was an assassination operation carefully planned by the Kuomintang secret service organization.
In fact, even after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Chiang Kai-shek clique did not completely give up resistance, especially in the south and southwest, and they still tried to destabilize and challenge the new regime through various means. Guangzhou, as one of their old nests, has naturally become the front line of this dark war.
The tragedy in the Guangzhou Central Hospital eventually attracted the attention of the high-level management. Through a series of reconnaissance and strikes, this latent spy organization was destroyed in one fell swoop. And this incident also profoundly revealed the complexity and tenacity of the internal and external enemies in the early days of the new regime. In this era of alternation between the old and the new, countless people are fighting bloodily on the front line, and there are also countless people silently guarding this new land behind the scenes.
The names of those soldiers who were unfortunately killed in the hospital may not appear on the pages of the rich history books, but their sacrifices and bravery laid the cornerstone for the stability of New China. This is a history worth remembering, and every detail is full of the spirit of fighting for the country and the nation.
And today, living in an era of peace, can we understand the choices and sacrifices of the people of that era? When we look back at this period of history, we are not only remembering the heroes, but also thinking about how to cherish and maintain this hard-won peace. Every review is a deep understanding of history and a responsible preparation for the future.