In 1949, the Continental Liberation War entered its final stage. This year, a thrilling shooting was staged in a city in North China. A man who calls himself a "big traitor" walks to the execution ground with a fascinated smile after being arrested, and his smile grows brighter in the face of the audience's invective and flying debris.
Everyone was puzzled, how could this traitor accept death so happily? In the midst of the people's insults to his evil deeds, a gunshot rang out in the night sky, and the mysterious man passed away forever. But at this moment, Marshal Chen Yi hid his face and wept bitterly when he learned of this, muttering to himself: "He is a martyr!" What happened, why was this man executed as a "traitor" considered a "martyr" by Marshal Chen? What kind of shocking secrets does his life experience hide?
1. The tragic beginning: Zhu Datong was convicted of "traitor", but he showed a bright smile before he was sentenced
In 1949, the land of North China was entering the final stage of the Liberation War. In this turbulent era of panic, a tragic execution kicked off in a certain city. Zhu Datong, who was convicted of "traitor", was escorted to the execution ground and prepared to be tried by the people.
In the face of imminent death, Zhu Datong's performance exceeded everyone's expectations. Instead of being as frightened as the other defendants, he looked calm and calm. When the crowd began to throw scolds at him, even rotten food and eggs, Zhu Datong slowly showed a smile, an unprecedented bright smile.
This smile, like the sunshine in late spring and March, is warm and charming. It seemed to mock the threat of death, sweeping away the gloom of the execution ground. The smile on Zhu Datong's face became more and more dazzling, and he did not waver until the last moment.
In the midst of the insults, Zhu Datong smiled and ushered in the last bullet. When the crisp gunshots rang out in the sky, people suddenly realized that this man, who was judged to be a "traitor", could accept death so happily.
The gunshots fell, and Zhu Datong's life was frozen at the age of 42. The smile he had on his deathbed became the last regret of his life. People were all puzzled and surprised by his performance: why could this guy who was convicted of being a traitor be so calm about death? Is he unremorse for what he has done?
Just when people were scolding Zhu Datong's evil deeds, a shocking news came from a distant place. Marshal Chen Yi, who learned of this, hid his face and cried bitterly on the spot, muttering to himself: "He is a martyr!" As a revolutionary veteran who experienced the war firsthand, Marshal Chen's words undoubtedly cast a veil of mystery over Zhu Datong's identity as a "traitor".
2. Tracing his life experience: the first half of Zhu Datong's life
To solve the mystery behind Zhu Datong's mysterious smile in the last moments, it is necessary to trace the first half of his magnificent life. Zhu Datong was born in an ordinary peasant family, and although his family was not wealthy, it was enough for him to receive a certain education at that time.
When he was a teenager, Zhu Datong showed extraordinary intelligence and studious spirit. He is diligent and studious, and he is well-known in the local area. It was during his studies that Zhu Datong began to come into contact with the ideological spark of Marxism and communism, which changed the trajectory of his life.
In 1928, at the age of 21, Zhu Datong joined the Chinese Communist Party. As an underground party member, he quickly stood out with his extraordinary talent and organizational skills, and in just three years he was appointed as an inspector of the Xuzhou Special Committee and secretary of the Xiaoxian County Party Committee.
In the years that followed, Zhu Datong devoted himself to underground work in Xiao County. He spared no effort to propagate revolutionary ideas, organize the peasant masses, and at the same time set up secret underground groups. With his cautious and resolute style, Zhu Datong made great achievements in the party.
However, the good times were short-lived. In 1932, Zhu Datong led a failed operation due to lack of experience and had to flee to Lianyungang to avoid the limelight. In the following two years, Zhu Datong began to fall into a major turning point in his life.
In 1934, against the background of the party organization being severely attacked by the Kuomintang's "White Terror", Zhu Datong was exposed to have "betrayed" the organization and defected to the Kuomintang regime. In order to prove his "loyalty," Zhu Datong not only took the initiative to assist the Central Unification in arresting Guo Zihua, secretary of the Sulu-Henan-Anhui Special Committee, who was engaged in the anti-Japanese struggle, but also personally returned to Xiao County to carry out a large-scale search and suppression of Communist Party members.
Zhu Datong's actions undoubtedly made those comrades who had firmly believed that he would not defect deeply distressed and disappointed. But in the environment of that year, Zhu Datong's approach also made him gain the attention and trust of the upper echelons of the Kuomintang. In the years that followed, he was appointed to more important positions.
However, at the same time that Zhu Datong worked hard for the Kuomintang, Xiao County gradually became a occupied area of the Japanese army. In one operation, Zhu Datong was unfortunately betrayed by traitors and arrested by the Japanese army. The scene that happened after that opened another major turning point in Zhu Datong's life.
3. The Japanese army invaded, Zhu Datong was arrested and forced to "mutiny"
At the same time that Zhu Datong was working for the Kuomintang, Xiao County gradually became an occupied area by the Japanese army. In 1942, the invading Japanese army launched a huge "sweeping" operation in North China, and Xiao County, where Zhu Datong was located, could not escape the doom.
It was a cold winter day, and Zhu Datong was leading the students in class on campus. Suddenly, a group of Japanese soldiers with beards broke in with guns and surrounded Zhu Datong and all the teachers and students of the school. The Japanese lieutenant led by the Japanese army sharply questioned whether Zhu Datong was a "former prisoner of the Communist Party." Zhu Datong ruthlessly refused to admit it.
Seeing that Zhu Datong refused to confess, the Japanese lieutenant was furious and personally beat him all over his body. Poor Zhu Datong was knocked unconscious, and the Japanese army immediately sent him and several students to the prison of the Japanese puppet regime.
In that dark, damp cell, Zhu Datong and several students were tortured by the Japanese army. They were fainted by starvation, beaten and even suffocated to death in a closed cell for hours. Zhu Datong was dying, and he was almost dying in this darkness.
Just when Zhu Datong's life was hanging by a thread, a secret action group of the Kuomintang launched a surprise attack and blew open the door of the prison. They escorted Zhu Datong and others to escape, and then moved to the Kuomintang's secret base in North China in batches.
Although Zhu Datong was scarred after being rescued, his vitality was extremely tenacious. Under the careful care of the Kuomintang, he quickly regained his strength. However, at this time, in order to expand their influence, the Japanese invaders began to spread lies in the press that "Zhu Datong was once a prisoner and is now willing to serve the leader of Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity".
Zhu Datong, who was infamous as a "traitor", fell into an unprecedented crisis and predicament. The Kuomintang persuaded him to temporarily "defect" to the Japanese puppet regime in order to escape the danger of his life, and Zhu Datong made a seemingly shocking decision after careful consideration: to join the Japanese puppet Qingxiang team.
Since then, Zhu Datong has completely reduced to the identity of a "big traitor". In the following years, he had to "clean up the countryside and sweep away the poor" under the surveillance of the Japanese army. But in these actions, Zhu Datong was secretly serving the anti-Japanese cause...
Fourth, he returned to the Kuomintang camp and once again "defected" and betrayed the Japanese puppet regime
After being forced to "mutiny" and join the Japanese puppet Qingxiang Brigade, Zhu Datong began a double life of inconsistencies. In the eyes of outsiders, he led his troops to gallop through the countryside every day, "sweeping" the rebels. But behind the scenes, Zhu Datong secretly protected the peasants, and even delivered precious information to the anti-Japanese forces.
One night in 1943, when Zhu Datong led a team to drive away the masses, he suddenly found an injured underground party member lying on the side of the road. The man was dying and could die at any moment. Faced with the test of life and death, Zhu Datong did not say a word, and immediately took the underground party member back to his residence and took care of him day and night.
Nevertheless, soon the enemy's sharp spearhead was pointed at Zhu Datong. During a sweeping operation, Zhu Datong was found to have left major omissions by the Japanese army and was almost shot on the spot. After Zhu Datong escaped by chance, he immediately consulted the underground organs of the Kuomintang. Under the instructions of the party, he began to pretend to join the traitor organization and sacrifice himself for the revolutionary cause.
In 1945, as the dawn of victory in the Anti-Japanese War appeared, Zhu Datong was ordered to disband the Qingxiang Brigade and lead the Kuomintang army back into the camp. However, this was just another turning point in his difficult and tortuous life path.
In the years after the war, Zhu Datong worked silently in the party's underground organization, secretly running around for the final victory. Because he was arrested by the Japanese army, he acted extremely cautiously and cautiously, and did not show his original form for many years. It was not until 1949 that the Kuomintang was defeated in North China, and the People's Liberation Army finally captured the city where Zhu Datong was located.
Faced with a complete defeat, Zhu Datong resolutely chose to take refuge in the people's political power. But in the process of his voluntary "mutiny" to the new regime, he was mistaken for a "traitor" and was arrested and shot. The cause of all this stems from his experience of being arrested during the war, exiled and forced to serve the Japanese puppet regime.
Faced with the threat of death, Zhu Datong did not choose to defend himself, but greeted the execution with unexpected calmness. Before his execution, he showed an unprecedented bright smile, as if saying goodbye to this short life. People couldn't understand his smile, and no one could have imagined that behind this bright smile, there was a person's glory and tragedy.
5. The final glory: Zhu Datong was an undercover hero of the revolutionary party
Zhu Datong's dazzling smile before his death was precisely because he had no regrets about his life. The proudest part of his bumpy life is that he played an undercover agent of the Revolutionary Party for a long time and made outstanding contributions to the final victory.
Back in 1945, at the beginning of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, under the arrangement of the party organization, Zhu Datong was secretly sent to the Kuomintang supreme commander in North China to serve as an undercover agent, intending to steal important military intelligence. With his good connections in the party, Zhu Datong soon gained the absolute trust of his superiors and was reused as one of his staff officers, thus gaining access to a large number of highly classified documents.
Zhu Datong took the opportunity to continuously pass on this key information to the underground party organizations, and made great contributions to the final victory. He alone provided a large number of decision-making bases for the smooth progress of the Central Plains Liberation Campaign. In view of this, in 1952, Zhu Datong was secretly posthumously awarded the title of "senior undercover agent".
From 1946 to 1949, Zhu Datong worked undercover in important institutions in the upper echelons of the Kuomintang. But the most remarkable thing is that in 1948, he took the initiative to join the famous "Qingxiang Brigade" anti-communist forces, and eventually became a key figure in the lieutenant officer.
In the huge armed organization of the "Qingxiang Brigade," Zhu Datong was responsible for liaison and planning. He took advantage of his status to secretly poison the actions of the brigade, infiltrated and co-opted a large number of personnel from within, and cleared many obstacles to the final victory of the PLA.
However, Zhu Datong's great achievements were high, and he himself continued to suffer from danger because of this. In early 1949, he was nearly killed in a thrilling encounter. At that time, the "Qingxiang Brigade" discovered that there were traitors inside and launched a full-scale search. Zhu Datong's stronghold bore the brunt of the siege by heavy troops, and he had to abandon his armor and flee on foot for hundreds of miles.
After escaping, Zhu Datong was immediately transferred and resettled, and continued to serve as a senior agent of the party. Just when the People's Liberation Army in North China was gaining success, he was allowed to reappear and go to his city to surrender. But who would have expected that Zhu Datong was wrongly judged as a "traitor" for historical reasons when he surrendered to Cheng and was unjustly shot.
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Until the last moment, Zhu Datong did not reveal that he was an undercover hero of the revolutionary party. He smiled and accepted the judgment from the people, as if he had no regrets about the moving life that he had devoted himself to the revolutionary cause. It was this unswerving loyalty that made Marshal Chen Yi unable to help but sigh with emotion and cry silently after learning the truth.