One day in October 1947, two PLA fighters in the Liaoning Southern Military Region were swimming and setting up sentries when they suddenly spotted a man dressed in the costume of a Kuomintang major walking in front of them. The two were a little surprised, what did a Kuomintang officer do when he ran to the Liberated Areas alone?
One of the warriors said, him so much, catch him first! Only two warriors were seen, one occupying favorable terrain, and the other quietly hiding on the side of the road. When the Nationalist major approached, the soldier rushed out from the side of the road, pointed a gun at him and said, "What's the matter, raise your hand." ”
Seeing that the muzzle of the black hole hole was pointed at himself, the Kuomintang major did not show a hint of panic, he raised his hand and smiled at the soldier and said: "Comrade, misunderstood, my own people." ”
The soldier looked at his uniform and said with a contemptuous face, "Whoever is with you, honestly follow me to the reform camp to meet your comrades!" ”
When he heard that he was going to be taken to reform, the Kuomintang major was a little anxious and shouted loudly: "I want to see the chief and tell the chief that my code name is 902, and I can find out my identity from the Central Intelligence Department." ”
The two warriors were stunned to hear this: "It's not small, the opening is the center, is it really their own people?" So they sent the captured major to the company headquarters, then to the battalion headquarters, and finally to Wu Ruilin, commander of the Liaonan Military Region. Wu made several phone calls to the Central Intelligence Department, and got a reply that there was indeed this person.
Two weeks later, the Liaonan Military Region sent the 902 to Tonghua, the seat of the Liaodong Branch. Chen Yun, secretary of the Liaodong Sub-bureau and political commissar of the Military Region, and Xiao Jinguang, commander of the Military Region, personally came forward to receive him.
What was the origin of this Kuomintang major who called himself 902, who was able to alarm the top leader of the Liaodong sub-bureau?
Zhao Wei in his youth
His name was Zhao Wei and he was born in 1919 in Wen'an County, Hebei Province. Due to his family's poverty, Zhao Wei went out as an apprentice at a very young age and wandered around. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Japanese army brutally killed our soldiers and civilians. The mountains and rivers were shattered, and young people who did not want to be slaves to the country joined the army to defend their families and defend the country.
The young Zhao Wei also planned to study military service to the country, so he went to Guilin and was admitted to the sixth branch of the Central Military Academy (according to the enrollment time, it belongs to the sixteenth period of Huangpu).
The sixth branch was formerly a military school founded by the Gui Department in Nanning according to the experience of the Huangpu School, and was completely controlled by the Gui Department. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Gui Department handed over the school to Lao Jiang, and later moved to Guilin because the campus was bombed by the Japanese army.
According to the custom, when Huangpu students graduate, Old Jiang must attend the speech as the principal of the main school, with the intention of showing that the graduating personnel are their own students, so as to facilitate the control in the future. At the same time, the school will also give away the graduating student "Zhongzheng Sword" in the name of Lao Jiang.
On the day of the graduation ceremony, Zhao Wei not only met Old Jiang, but also received an exquisite short sword, which hung on his body and made him feel incomparably powerful.
After graduation, Zhao Wei was assigned to Li Zongren's Fifth Theater as a machine gun company platoon leader. Since his regiment was a supplementary regiment, it was responsible for training new recruits and did not have the opportunity to go to the battlefield. This made Zhao Wei feel extremely disappointed, he joined the army in order to kill the enemy and defend his family and defend the country.
So he went to Shaanxi to plan to join the commander of the military academy who had already served as the commander of the division, but when he arrived in Shaanxi, he was severely trained: "Soldiers take obedience to orders as their natural duty, how can they leave their posts without authorization because of their personal preferences?" ”
Zhao Wei could only return to the Fifth Theater in disgrace, but by this time he had lost his job and could only find a way to find a way to find a way for Zhu Jianguo, a classmate who was a staff officer at the Fifth Theater Headquarters.
Zhu Jianguo introduced him to the Fifth Theater Appeasement Group, which was actually dedicated to dealing with the CCP. Even though the Kuomintang and the Communists cooperated during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Kuomintang never relaxed its vigilance and rejection of the CCP from top to bottom, and the original open struggle became more hidden.
To deal with the CCP, we must first understand it, and the best way to understand it is to read the CCP's theoretical books. At the same time, Zhao Wei was often able to seize some CCP propaganda pamphlets during his work. So reading progressive books became part of Zhao Wei's work, and he was gradually impressed by the Communist Party's theory and his thinking changed dramatically.
In fact, all this was Zhu Jianguo's arrangement. They had gone through the same post, and Zhu's thinking changed earlier than Zhao Wei's.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhao Wei was transferred to the Northeast Security Command as a major staff officer. On his way to work, he passed through Tianjin and went to meet his old classmate Zhu Jianguo. At this time, Zhu Jianguo's public identity was that of a staff officer and acting chief of the operations section of the Kuomintang's 11th Theater major, and his real identity was that of an underground member of the COMMUNIST Party.
Zhao Wei
Zhu Jianguo was very familiar with Zhao Wei's situation, and after some simple testing, he thought that he had a relatively good grasp of plotting against Zhao Wei. So he confessed his identity to Zhao Wei and invited him to participate in intelligence work. Sure enough, Zhao Wei listened happily and said, "I have been waiting for this day for a long time." ”
In March 1946, after requesting the consent of the organization, Zhu Jianguo arranged for Zhao Wei to go to the home of a friend surnamed Wang at No. 89 Shijuma Street to connect with the organization. The Beiping underground organization sent an intelligence officer named "Wang Shijian" to meet with Zhao Wei.
At first, Zhao Wei proposed to want Yan'an to participate in the revolution, but Wang Shijian advised him: "If you go to Yan'an to become a battalion commander at most, your role in gathering intelligence for the organization will be greater in your current position." After that, Wang Shijian met with Zhao Wei twice, briefed him on the discipline of intelligence work, and entrusted him with specific tasks.
Wang Shijian repeatedly stressed: "Your job is extremely important, don't be a last resort, you can't easily evacuate." ”
The last time the two met was in a bathhouse, and Wang Shijian revealed his scars and told Zhao Wei: "This is left by torture after being arrested by the enemy, and revolutionaries cannot betray their comrades even if they die." Zhao Wei was deeply touched by Wang Shijian's firm will and was determined to follow his example and swear not to betray the organization's information.
Wang Shijian reported the development of Zhao Wei to Li Kenong, who personally approved Zhao Wei's code name as "902".
In March 1947, Wang Shijian sent underground party members to Shenyang to contact Zhao Wei. At this time, Zhao Wei was already serving as a major staff officer in charge of the secret office of the Kuomintang Northeast Security Command. He was responsible for a lot of work, including marking the operational situation map of the headquarters, compiling a list of the strength and garrison of each army, and compiling a monthly list of troop strength and stationing above the regimental level.
These important situations were handed over to the organization by Zhao Wei. When the liaison officer arrived in Shenyang, the enemy was working out a combat plan for the fourth attack on Linjiang. Zhao Wei handed over this important information to the liaison officer and finally sent it to northern Shaanxi, which provided great help to the Platon Army in crushing the enemy's attack.
In view of Zhao Wei's importance, the organization also arranged for the intelligence officers Shen Bingquan and his wife to set up a secret radio station near Zhao's residence for his contact with Yan'an.
Speaking of this key information provided by Zhao Wei, we have to mention the most classic battles of the Northeast Theater during the Liberation War.
Northeast Battlefield
After the victory of the War of Resistance, the Eighth Route Army took the lead in advancing into the northeast. However, in the early days of the War of Liberation, the strength of our army was still relatively weak, and after the enemy army entered the northeast, it was difficult for our army to gain a foothold. The main force retreated to the area north of the Songhua River to rest, and some troops were still left in the southern Manchuria region to contain the enemy army.
Du Yuming, commander of the enemy's Northeast Security Command, proposed the strategy of "defending the north and attacking the south" in an attempt to clear the base area of southern Manchuria and attack the north in one fell swoop, launching several attacks on the base area of southern Manchuria in succession. However, at that time, the enemy's troops in the northeast battlefield were insufficient, and the rivers in the northeast were dense, and the railway lines were often destroyed by our army, making it difficult for large corps to maneuver.
To this end, the Northeast Bureau proposed a coping strategy of "fighting south and north and pulling south". That is, when the main force of the enemy attacked our northern Manchuria, our southern Manchuria base area took the initiative to attack the enemy's rear. When the enemy attacked our base area in southern Manchuria, the northern Manchuria base area crossed the Songhua River to attack the enemy's important cities such as Changchun. Exhausting the enemy.
Although this tactic has achieved certain results, the strength of the southern Manchuria base area is too weak after all, and the losses after being attacked by the enemy army are too large, and the confidence of the base area is shaken. At the critical moment, the Northeast Bureau sent Chen Yun and Xiao Jinguang to take up posts in Southern Manchuria, and they mobilized extensively, and finally strengthened their determination to stay in Southern Manchuria.
The enemy attacked Linjiang for the fourth time and mobilized troops on a large scale. Zhao Wei not only handed over the enemy's plan to the organization in advance, but also discovered the movement of the Kuomintang offensive force, the 13th Army, in time. This is a national ordnance unit, the combat effectiveness can not be underestimated, and the commander of the army, Shi Jue, is a very arrogant general.
When the 13th Army arrived in Shenyang, there was a short rest, in order to find out the specific departure time, Zhao Wei boarded the train of the 13th Army in the name of visiting his classmates, and found the classmates who served as staff officers in the headquarters of the army, and the two talked for a long time. Just as Shi Jue rushed in, he saw Zhao Wei and immediately asked in a stern voice, "Who are you and how did you get on the bus?" ”
Although Zhao Wei identified himself, he was still angrily reprimanded by Shi Jue. However, zhao Wei was still very happy to be able to figure out the time of the enemy's action. After returning to the general staff, he immediately drew up a telegram to the 13th Army, to the effect that it would immediately enter the position and attack the commanding heights of Lanshan. This area is very dangerous, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and our army has already laid a pocket array here.
This telegram was not issued by the enemy's top brass, but was made up by Zhao Wei himself. Zhao Wei was usually responsible for drafting telegram orders, the staff department had a large number of personnel, and in wartime there were all kinds of intelligence and telegrams, and when Zhao Wei took it to approve and sign, his direct superiors did not ask who gave the order.
With the signature of the first leader, the telegram order could be uploaded layer by layer, and finally this false order made up by Zhao Wei was signed and approved by the enemy army layer by layer, becoming a real telegram order.
Until decades later, Shi Jue still cherished Du Yuming's "blind command" in his memoirs. He said that he originally planned a three-way column and focused on the left wing of the formation attack, but in the middle of the way Du Yuming forced the change to the left and right columns to march. At that time, the 13th Army had just arrived at the front, and the troops had not yet fully assembled and had no time to rest, so they were forced to launch an attack.
As a result, Shi Jue's 13th Army was lured into the pocket array of our army step by step. When Shi Jue found that the main force of the People's Liberation Army was all assembled on the left wing, the Emergency Command requested the right wing troops to immediately turn to reinforcements. But it was too late, and reinforcements were blocked by the PLA on the way. More than ten hours later, the enemy's 89th Division and the 162nd Regiment of the 54th Division were completely annihilated.
According to the statistics of the People's Liberation Army War Report, more than 7,800 officers and men below the deputy division commander of the enemy army were captured in this campaign, and a large number of weapons and equipment were captured, while our army suffered extremely small losses. The 13th Army was the main force of the enemy's attack, and after the main force was annihilated, the various units had to retreat one after another.
This was the last time the enemy launched an attack on Linjiang, after which the enemy could no longer concentrate its forces to launch a large-scale attack. On the contrary, our army's strength has continued to grow, turned to a strategic offensive, and grasped the initiative in the northeast battlefield. Soon after, Du Yuming was also dismissed for medical treatment.
Shi Jue rebuked Du Yuming several times in his memoirs, but he never knew that he had received a fake order. After the war, Du Yuming sent people to investigate and found that the telegram was drafted by Zhao Wei, but Zhao Wei insisted that the telegram was signed by leaders at all levels and was in accordance with the procedure. In the end, the matter could only be resolved.
Stone Awakening
The battles of Sanxia Jiangnan and Sibao Linjiang were the key turning points in the northeast battlefield, and the victory of the campaign mainly relied on the heroic battles of the soldiers and the flexible command of generals at all levels. But the information provided by Zhao Wei also provided extremely important help. In the subsequent Siping Campaign, Zhao Wei also handed over important information such as the defense map of the enemy's 71st Army and the deployment of reinforcements of the New 6th Army and the New 7th Army to the organization.
After the Battle of Siping, the enemy army had only a few data points left in the northeast, and could only change from comprehensive defense to key defense. To this end, the command asked the General Staff Office to formulate a "northeast key defense plan", and this task was eventually given to Zhao Wei. The plan he drew up was agreed by Chen Cheng, who succeeded Du Yuming, who ordered Zhao Wei to take the plan to Beiping and hand it over to Old Jiang.
Before leaving, Zhao Wei went to the secret contact point of the underground organization to pass on information. When he walked to the door and found that the curtains of the contact point were all closed, he was surprised, which was a signal that something had happened to the contact point. He immediately turned back to his quarters, and in order to inquire about the situation, he ventured to find another underground party member lurking among the enemy troops.
Shen Bingquan, who had been the original contact point, was arrested and a hand-drawn military map was found from his residence, which was drawn by Zhao Wei. The liaison officer was arrested and found important evidence, which was already extremely dangerous for Zhao Wei, and once Shen Bingquan confessed, he could not escape by inserting his wings.
Nervousness and panic are inevitable, but as an excellent intelligence officer, Zhao Wei still sinks his heart to analyze. Shen Bingquan's wife was not arrested, indicating that the enemy did not know much about the situation. Your position is important and you can't give up easily. He remembered seeing Wang Shijian's body full of scars in the bathhouse, and believed that the Communists had a strong will and that Shen Bingquan would not easily confess himself.
In the end, Zhao Wei decided to stick to his post to observe the situation. It just so happened that he was going to Beiping, and then contacted the Beiping underground organization to inquire about the situation. On October 7, Zhao Wei flew to Beiping, and he did not send intelligence at the first time, but found an old classmate named Ji Qiren to understand the situation in Beiping.
After the two met, he learned that Zhu Jianguo, an old classmate who had introduced him to the intelligence system, had been arrested after his identity was exposed, in addition to more than a dozen intelligence officers lurking in the enemy army. Zhao Wei had lost contact with the organization, could not know the specific situation in Peiping, and did not dare to act hastily.
He suddenly remembered that Wang Shijian had said that in case he could not contact the organization, he would go to No. 8 Pants Zi Hutong on Baozi Street to find a comrade named Wang Xiao. When Zhao Wei found Wang Xiao, he learned that the Beiping underground organization had also been destroyed, and he asked Wang Xiao whether to stay behind or evacuate, because he was likely to be exposed.
Wang Xiao did not give an answer, and they agreed to meet again the next day. But the next day, when Zhao Wei walked to The door of Wang Xiao's house, he found several strangers dressed as spies standing outside. Obviously, Wang Xiao was also in trouble, and Zhao Wei at this time was like a kite with a broken line.
In fact, at that time, Zhao Wei did not know that a radio case had occurred in Beiping that shocked old Jiang. Earlier, the military command used more than 10 radio reconnaissance vehicles to detect the secret intelligence station of the Chinese Communists stationed in Beiping, and arrested the station director Li Zhengxuan and others. Li Zhengxuan confessed to intelligence stations in Xi'an, Shenyang, Chengde, and other places.
Peiping
Subsequently, Wang Shijian in Xi'an was accidentally exposed, and he was arrested when he was preparing to go to Beiping to inquire about the situation. After Wang Shijian was arrested, he also turned himself in and confessed to the intelligence organizations in North China, Northwest China, and Northeast China led by him. The CCP's northern intelligence system was massively disrupted.
Zhao Wei did not know that Wang Shijian had been arrested, and he still remembered what Wang had said: "The post is important and cannot be easily evacuated." After Zhao Wei handed over the defense plan to the North Parallel, he bought a ticket back to Shenyang.
Zhao Wei maintained a high degree of vigilance, and did not go home after getting off the plane, but went to his fiancée's house. He decided to make a phone call to the unit to test the situation, and it was the newly appointed Chief Lu. When this Lu Section Chief heard that it was Zhao Wei, his tone became a little excited, and he quickly asked, "Where are you?" How not to come back to work. ”
Zhao Wei realized that he might be exposed, saying that he had a fever after getting off the plane and was resting at his fiancée's house. Chief Lu asked zhao Wei's fiancée's address three times in a row, and said that he would take notes. This made Zhao Wei more convinced that he had been exposed, and after hanging up the phone, he immediately called a carriage and went to the old city of Shenyang.
Zhao Wei found a store and dialed a phone to his fiancée's home. It was Chief Lu who answered the phone, and it was obvious that he had taken someone to find Zhao Wei's fiancée's home. Zhao Wei lied that he was in the hospital, and after saying that, he ran to his fiancée's unit and wanted to take his fiancée out of the city with him. Sadly, the fiancée had come home from work five minutes earlier.
It was impossible to return to his fiancée's house, and he had to walk alone toward the liberated area outside the city. Zhao Wei knew the deployment of troops in the enemy's defensive area and knew how to walk through the enemy blockade. Along the way, Zhao Wei climbed the mountain and waded through the water, and several enthusiastic farmers provided him with food.
While crossing the Taizi River, two Kuomintang soldiers suddenly appeared on the shore and shouted, "Stop, where are you going?" Zhao Wei was still wearing a military uniform, and said very calmly: "I am a staff officer of the 52nd Army, and I was ordered to go to the front to inspect the terrain, which part of you are there?" The two men were local security forces, and when they saw Zhao Wei, who was wearing a general's military uniform, they immediately saluted and found a boat to send Zhao Wei to the other side of the river.
Crossing the Taizi River is the Liberated Area, Zhao Wei has a thrill to find the organization, and is comforted by Chen Yun and Xiao Jinguang. In the end, Zhao Wei was assigned to work in the Dalian Intelligence Office, and after liberation, Zhao Wei worked in the intelligence department until his retirement in 1981.
After leaving, Zhao Wei is conducting patriotic education for students
In fact, in Beiping, Zhao Wei had lost contact with the organization, and he could completely decide where he went. If he only thinks about his personal safety, he can go to a safer place. However, he resolutely returned to Shenyang because his work was extremely important to the organization.
The more dangerous the time, the more it can test a person's loyalty and faith. Zhao Wei was undoubtedly a loyal underground party member, and although he ventured back to Shenyang without obtaining any valuable information, his choice showed the world the great spirit of communists who were absolutely loyal to the organization and fearless of sacrifice.
This intangible wealth is as important as military intelligence.
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