In February 1950, Chairman Mao and Zhou Gong had just finished their visit to the Soviet Union and were preparing to return home. At this time, the agents infiltrated into the mainland by the Taiwan side were also "secretly preparing" for an earth-shattering assassination.
But these thieves did not expect that their every move was already in the close control of our comrades. As Chairman Mao was about to return home, an arrest operation against Taiwan spies also entered the stage of netting.
With the close cooperation of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, the Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau, and the broad masses of the people, the police arrested ten secret agents headed by the main criminal, Ji Zhaoxiang, with lightning speed, and seized the relevant radio communication equipment.
After the arrest of the main criminal, Li Kenong did not immediately announce it to the Taiwan side in the form of "publicizing it," but instead placed a copy of the contents of the telegram he had prepared in advance in front of Ji Zhaoxiang and asked him to use the original radio station to send the telegram to Mao Renfeng, who was in Taipei.
At this time, Mao Renfeng was impatient, and immediately rushed over after hearing the movement on the radio, and as a result, when he saw the contents of the telegram, he was frightened and sat on the ground, and he did not return to God for a while.
"Send someone to build a platform!" Send someone to build a platform! ”
Mao Renfeng shouted loudly and exhaustedly, but none of the small agents under him took action, but only muttered in a low voice: "I don't know who to send to death this time!" ”
It was just a telegram, why did it scare Mao Renfeng into sitting on the ground? Why do the spies say that going to the mainland to build Taiwan is "sending people to death"? What exactly is written in Li Kenong's telegram?
Mao Ren Feng
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="193" > a thief-hearted counter-revolution</h1>
Long before the liberation of Peiping, it was the ruling center of the Kuomintang reactionaries in North China, so there were many secret service organizations here.
After the peaceful liberation of Peiping, it is not ruled out that the secret service organizations may transfer and hide guns, ammunition, and radios; in addition, there are a lot of secret agents lurking, and they have the time and opportunity to plan the hidden organizations; therefore, there are still some diehard enemy special elements who, under the will of the taiwan's US-Chiang Kai-shek bandit headquarters, are waiting for an opportunity to sabotage the people's regime against our people's power.
Therefore, to a certain extent, after the founding of New China, the struggle against the enemy on the hidden front was far more severe than other revolutionary situations. Cracking and arresting the enemy special radio stations lurking in Peiping has also become a particularly important "battle" after the founding of New China.
Back in December 1949, when Chairman Mao was about to leave for a visit to the Soviet Union, a ciphered telegram was intercepted by the monitoring desk of a certain unit of our Military Commission. After deciphering, it was found that the contents of the telegram were precisely the spies lurking in Peiping who were sending information to Taiwan on Chairman Mao's visit to the Soviet Union.
Mao Renfeng, then director of Taiwan's Secrecy Bureau, issued instructions that he wanted to take advantage of Chairman Mao's visit to the Soviet Union to seize the opportunity to "do a big job" so that he could ask for merit and reward in front of Old Chiang Kai-shek.
Precious photographs of Chairman Mao's visit to the Soviet Union
Mao Renfeng is a well-known "smiling tiger", people who are not familiar with him met him for the first time, and only as a loyal and honest person, in fact, the city government is very deep, fierce and fierce, and very tolerant, which is why he can become a red man in front of Old Jiang.
Mao Renfeng formulated two sets of action plans and prepared to emulate the "Huanggutun Incident" in Japan and assassinate Chairman Mao.
He thought that this matter was done by heaven and earth, and he knew that the agent knew, but he did not know that from the moment the telegram was sent, their fox tails had already been fiercely pressed by our intelligence personnel.
After seeing the report on this matter, Chairman Mao also gave work instructions: "The Ministry of Public Security suppressed this counter-revolution before I returned. ”
Chairman Mao
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="199" > who is 0409? </h1>
According to the information obtained, the person who sent the enemy's password telegram was signed "0409", and according to the existing clues, "0409" may refer to one of the four words "Guo, Guo, Gu, and Gong", and there are no other clues.
In order to be able to crack the enemy's counter-revolutionary radio stations as soon as possible in accordance with Chairman Mao's instructions, the telecommunications monitoring station of the Ministry of Public Security monitored day and night, and tracked the mobile monitoring when the enemy station was issued, thus gradually narrowing the scope of the search.
At the same time, various sub-bureaus in Beijing municipality have also begun to start from the household registration to find suspicious persons related to this case in the four surnames of "Guo, Guo, Gu and Gong".
Another team of people went to investigate foreign exchange separately, and after two consecutive days of verification, the investigators did not find suspicious objects from Beijing's foreign exchange collection list.
Who exactly is "0409"? The axis was busy for several days, but there was no clue, and the incident also fell into a dead end, and the investigators were a little frustrated one by one.
If you can't find "0409", it means that you can't crack the radio station, and you can't complete the task given above.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="200" > suspicious remittances from Tianjin</h1>
At a time when everyone was at a loss, Vice Minister Yang Qiqing said: "Tell the comrades not to be disappointed. Beijing's failure to detect suspicious foreign exchange does not mean that it has nothing to gain. The enemy is still sending daily reports, indicating that the enemy is active every day. When the enemy is active, he needs funds for the activities. Since Beijing has not found suspicious remittances, the next step is to go to Tianjin, Baoding and other towns near Beijing that can handle foreign exchange. I think it will be able to find out. ”
The investigators soon arrived in Tianjin and found a suspicious sum of money remitted from Hong Kong to Beijing at the Bank of Heilongjiang Road in Tianjin.
Yang Qiqing (third from left)
The withdrawor of this remittance is Miss Ji Ailin of Beijing Xinqiao Trading Corporation, since Miss Ji Ailin is in Beijing, why not directly remit to Beijing, but around such a big bend, to remit to Tianjin, and then let Miss Ji Ailin rush from Beijing to Tianjin to pick it up?
With such a lot of trouble, there must be some ulterior secret behind it. So it is very likely that this money is the activity funds remitted to 0409 by the Taiwan secret service!
After investigation, it was learned that Ji Ailin's real name was Ji Cainan. In order to find out The true identity of Ji Cainan, the police arranged for a young, beautiful and well-spoken police officer with a Beijing accent, familiar with the social situation in Beijing, to sneak into the Xinqiao Trading Company.
Sure enough, after our undercover entry into the company, we were appreciated by situ Meitang, the chairman of The New Bridge Trading Company, and became the communication secretary.
With the convenience of "work", the police officers soon learned that Ji Cainan was also one of the shareholders of the company, but did not hold a specific position in the company, so he rarely came to the company.
However, there is an employee named Meng Guangxin in the company, who is very close to Ji Cainan in private. Someone in the company revealed that Meng Guangxin is actually Ji Cainan's concubine, not only often taking excuses to take leave and not going to work, but also going to Ji Cainan's home without anything to do, and the relationship between the two people is very unusual.
After getting this news, the police officers were very excited, as long as they followed Meng Guangxin's clues and locked Ji Cainan's whereabouts, it would not be a problem, then the "big guy" behind the scenes would naturally surface.
Sure enough, under Meng Guangxin's "leading the way", the investigators quickly found Ji Cainan's address - No. 7 A of the East Courtyard of Hufang Bridge Outside the Heping Gate.
It is a large courtyard with several families living in it, and there are many people coming and going. Through household registration investigation, it was found that the owner of the large courtyard, a businessman named Shen Deqian, had lived here since 1946.
Shen Deqian's wife, named Ji Zhimei, was once a prostitute, and after the victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan, she had close contacts with senior Kuomintang officers.
Ji Cainan is Ji Zhimei's sister!
Ji Cainan had also been married before, but before liberation, Ji Cainan's husband fled overseas.
From this point of view, the scouts found this clue correctly!
The investigators came to the fort each time, monitoring the compound 24 hours a day, and specially arranged for a person to live in the compound in order to better obtain intelligence.
Soon, the police obtained a very valuable clue.
Ji Zhimei and her husband Shen Deqian once quarreled over money, Ji Zhimei angrily rebuked Shen Deqian for embezzling Ji Cainan's money, and Shen Deqian was forced to be anxious and said directly: "Where did you get the money?" I don't know yet? I have reported it to you, and no one can live! ”
It was precisely this sentence that the investigators initially speculated that Ji Cainan was the collector and custodian of the secret service's funds.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="201" > big fish took the bait</h1>
The investigators gained an important piece of intelligence through close monitoring and surveillance of Ji Cainan. According to the instructions of the contents of the telegram, Ji Cainan may meet with other agents in the near future, and the two people also agreed in the telegram to have dinner at the Yilan Hall in Beihai Park.
The investigators did not dare to relax, paying close attention to all those who were related to Ji Cainan. Until a medium-sized man in a black leather jacket and a small head appeared, everyone subconsciously felt that this person may not be simple.
From the moment the man entered the Yilan Hall, his two eyes scanned around, as if he was wary of something. Looking only in his early twenties, he was very alert, and he had just walked over to Ji Cainan and said a few words, then immediately walked to the coat rack in the corner of the room, put on a thick hat, wrapped a thick fleece scarf, and hurried out of the restaurant.
Film and television stills
At this time, the party had just begun, so why did this person leave in such a hurry when he had just arrived? Didn't he come to the dinner?
"Is he '0409'?"
Relying on the tacit understanding accumulated in his work, the investigator invariably thought of this.
"Heel!"
The scouts carefully followed the man, and they were excited, looking like the "big fish" was about to be hooked!
Although the man is "smart", he is cautious along the way, always worried that someone is following, and he has specially circled several places. But this little cleverness was quickly recognized by our scout, and the man did not find that our scout was following him, so he did not throw it off.
All the way to the door of No. 33 courtyard in Beicheng Doujiao Hutong, the man stopped, and the thief looked around and quickly walked into the No. 33 courtyard.
On this day, the investigators who went to investigate Ji Cainan's hukou found that Ji Cainan originally lived in Erlongkeng in Xicheng, and there was a younger brother named Ji Zhaoxiang on the hukou, who later moved to Doujiao Hutong in Beicheng.
When the information between the two sides was compared, the answer was obviously easy to see, and the man the investigators were following from YilanTang was most likely Ji Cainan's younger brother Ji Zhaoxiang.
At this point in the case, the answer is not far away.
Sure enough, through monitoring, it was found that the "0409" radio station and Ji Zhaoxiang's home were not far away.
Through the examination of the captured files of the enemy special forces, it was found that Ji Zhaoxiang's name was prominently listed in the student directory of the last graduating class of the Peking Special Police School of the Ministry of the Interior of the Jiang Bandits in 1948.
At a glance, Ji Zhaoxiang is the "0409" we are looking for!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="203" > Li Kenong led the detection work</h1>
Because Vice Minister Yang Qiqing had other job appointments, the cracking of the "0409" radio case fell on the shoulders of Comrade Li Kenong, vice minister of foreign affairs and director of the Intelligence Department of the People's Revolutionary Military Commission.
In January 1950, with the supervision of ten key suspects, including Ji Zhaoxiang and Ji Cainan, new clues were constantly discovered, and the case of the "Beiping Enemy Radio" gradually became clear.
The investigators entered the compound under the pretext of checking the electricity meter, and found that Ji Zhaoxiang's daily electricity consumption was several times more than other homes in the same hospital.
Is there a new situation in such an abnormal electricity situation?
Li Kenong
The investigators hid in the compound, and through observation, they found that the time when Ji Zhaoxiang turned on the lights in the house every night was the time when the electricity soared. Moreover, this time period is completely consistent with the time when our monitoring station received reports from the enemy station.
At the same time, a certain unit of our Central Military Commission deciphered the contents of the secret telegram and found that the contents of the telegrams were basically the same as the daily trajectory of Ji Zhaoxiang's activities observed by the investigators.
Through the above information, we can preliminarily determine that the enemy's secret service radio station is arranged in Ji Zhaoxiang's room!
Minister Li Kenong also gave instructions, which were the enemy's boasted universal intelligence officers, also called universal radio. That is, a person serves as a station director, newspaper service, translation and telegraphy, and intelligence gathering.
At this time, the time for Chairman Mao's return to China was getting closer and closer, and the investigators were each raising their vigilance, not daring to let the enemy exploit the loophole in this last critical period.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="204" > a telegram that paralyzed Mao Renfeng</h1>
At 7:30 a.m. on February 26, with the close cooperation of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, the Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau, and the broad masses of the people, the mountains in Beijing and Tianjin arrested ten criminals, including Ji Zhaoxiang and Ji Cainan, with lightning speed.
In Ji Zhaoxiang's home, he found an American-style DC AC 15-watt radio station, four code books, a copy of the personnel communication and liaison method, an American revolver, and a false certificate of counting bandits.
In the face of conclusive evidence, Ji Zhaoxiang confessed to the facts of his crime.
Investigators have been busy for months, and at this moment when the case is solved, they do not feel any fatigue, but an unprecedented sense of excitement.
Because the cracking of this case is not as simple as it seems on the surface.
First, after the founding of New China, Peiping was the office address of our senior party leaders, and these enemy elements were acting under our noses, which was really arrogant. The cracking of this case can greatly eliminate the safety hazards.
Second, destroying the radio stations of the enemy elements can deal a heavy blow to Old Chiang Kai-shek. Because chairman Mao's visit to the Soviet Union and his return to China coincided with the issuance of the Sino-Soviet Friendship Joint Communiqué, this incident was already a heavy blow to the old Chiang Kai-shek. At this juncture, we also announced that we had detected the enemy special radio station lurking in Peiping by lao Jiang and arrested ten enemy special elements who had lurked down. The double blow was enough for Old Jiang to drink a pot.
However, Li Kenong has a more "anti-hate" idea.
Ji Zhaoxiang confession
The day after Ji Zhaoxiang's arrest, the news never got out. The Taiwan side did not receive the telegram, nor did it hear any news, and it seemed a little "flustered."
"Ji Zhaoxiang, I gave you a task to give you the opportunity to 'wear the guilt and make meritorious contributions', will you do it?"
Hearing Li Kenong's words, Ji Zhaoxiang's expression was first stunned, obviously he did not understand what Li Kenong meant.
But he is already a fish on the knife board, only the share of being slaughtered, can he not "perform" well?
Ji Zhaoxiang immediately said yes!
Li Kenong said: "I have already prepared the contents of the telegram, and you still send the telegram to Mao Renfeng according to the original method of sending the telegram!" ”
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The telegram receiver on the Taiwan side heard the sound of the radio, and immediately came to his senses and busily remembered. As a result, remembering the expression changed.
The original telegram content was like this:
"Mao Renfeng, the god-like omnipotent lurking platform you boasted about has been detected by us. As many as you come, we will destroy as much as we want. Do you still have the ability? If you have the ability, come in person! Tell you, it was Li Kenong who spoke to you. Don't be afraid! Listen well, 'Those who win the hearts of the people prosper, those who lose the hearts of the people perish, and those who do more injustice will kill themselves'. This is an irresistible law. You lost eight million troops and fled to the island. The new 'Huanggutun Incident' that you conspired to plot has completely gone bankrupt. The 'universal lurking platform' that you boast has been cracked. Don't you accept these lessons? Sending people to the fence, the good times will not last long. The people's government has a policy of all of you. If you do not blame the past, you will be guilty of your deeds; you will lead your troops back and receive awards for your meritorious service. I Li Kenong to keep you safe. The sender is your newly promoted Major Commander Ji Zhaoxiang. ”
When the telegram was presented to mao Renfeng's office of the Taipei Secrecy Bureau, the behavior of these secret service leaders was different, some of them were violent, some of them were hoarse, some of them were lost and discouraged, and some of them were terrified.
After Mao Renfeng saw the content, he sat on the ground in fright, and the whole person was paralyzed. It took a while before he came back to God and shouted angrily, "Send someone to build a platform again!" Send someone to build a platform! ”
But these agents looked at each other, who would dare to go? Only whispered in private: "I don't know who to send to die." ”
Ironclad facts proved that the secret agents' worries were not superfluous. Because on the same day after Mao Renfeng received the telegram, he threw out Qin Yinglin, the former leader of the Laiyuan lurking group of the Secret Bureau, and other old-school spies, and sneaked back to Pingjin to build a platform, and as a result, in less than half a year, these spies were arrested.
It is really in response to Li Kenong's warning to Mao Renfeng' words: "Those who win the hearts of the people will prosper, those who lose the hearts of the people will die, and many acts of injustice will kill themselves." ”