In 1891, Mo Xiong was born in Yingde, Guangdong, from a poor family. His mother died when he was 6 years old, and his father knitted for a living. At the age of 9, Mo Xiong attended a local private school, but dropped out because he could not afford to pay the school fees. After that, to support his family, he herded cattle, mowed grass, and worked as an apprentice. At the age of 13, he decided to leave his hometown to earn a living and went to Guangzhou alone to make a living. In his spare time as a clerk at a seminary, Mo Xiong taught himself, received help from other students, and came into contact with revolutionaries and was influenced by their ideas.
At the age of 16, he joined the China League, then joined the New Army, and rebelled. In 1911, he responded to the call of the Northern Expeditionary Army to participate in the Northern Expedition and served as a platoon commander and company commander in the army. In 1922, due to his outstanding performance, Mo Xiong was promoted to the commander of the Guangdong Army and became the honorific title of "Big Brother Mo" for Kuomintang members. In the same year, Mo Xiong contacted Sun Yat-sen, and then Yang Ximin and Liu Zhenhuan to crusade against Chen Jiongming. Due to his meritorious service, he was appointed as the commander of the Second Independent Brigade of the Second Division of the Guangdong Army.
In 1925, Chiang Kai-shek demanded that Mo Xiong hand over the command of the troops, which led to Mo Xiong's departure from Taiwan and the beginning of underground work. In 1927, Mo Xiong returned to Chinese mainland and joined Zhang Fakui, serving as a regimental commander in his army. In the ensuing Guangdong-Guizhou War, Mo Xiong returned to Beijiang and organized the "Einsatzgruppen" to join forces with Zhang Fakui against Chiang Kai-shek. In 1930, after Zhang Fakui's defeat, Mo Xiong gave up all his positions and lived in seclusion in Shanghai.
However, as a veteran of the Kuomintang, Mo Xiong returned to the Kuomintang Ministry of Finance at the invitation of Soong Ziwen to serve as an inspector. While in Shanghai, Mo Xiong came into contact with Communist Party personnel and came up with the idea of joining the Communist Party. Although Mo Xiong helped to rescue many ** party members and progressives, he was not allowed to join the party at the suggestion of the Communist Party because he believed that it would be better for the Communist Party to remain in the KMT.
Chiang Kai-shek launched several encirclement and suppression campaigns against the Red Army but failed, which aroused his dissatisfaction, so he replaced a large number of generals to carry out the encirclement and suppression. As one of the early generals of the Kuomintang, Mo Xiong was once again appointed to the task. This was in the interests of Mo Xiong and the Communist Party, as he had access to more Kuomintang intelligence. In the encirclement and suppression of the Red Army, Mo Xiong pretended to command and replaced the Kuomintang generals with underground Communist workers.
The Red Army seemed to be losing and retreating, but in fact, every time he fought, Mo Xiong secretly let go of the Red Army. Chiang Kai-shek did not perceive the truth, and saw that Mo Xiong won frequently, so he promoted him. However, Chiang Kai-shek was not satisfied with a few small victories. In 1934, he consulted with Mo Xiong and decided to launch a large-scale encirclement and suppression of the Red Army, amassing an army of 1.5 million people, more than 200 planes and hundreds of artillery pieces, with the intention of annihilating the Red Army.
Mo Xiong was very anxious, and immediately after the meeting, he found Xiang Younian, an underground member of the Communist Party, and informed him of the situation. Xiang Younian immediately reported the news to the Red Army base area. With the intelligence assistance of Mo Xiong, the Red Army successfully evaded the encirclement of the Kuomintang. Chiang Kai-shek was furious at the leak, but never suspected Mo Xiong. It was not until the country was about to be liberated that Mo Xiong's identity was hunted down by the Kuomintang. In order to avoid pursuit, Mo Xiong fled to Hong Kong and went incognito with the help of our party.
After the liberation, **personally found*** and asked for Moxiong's safety. **Arrange for Mo Xiong to work in Guangdong, but due to the large number of Kuomintang, Mo Xiong's identity should not be disclosed for the time being, so he is called "the general of the Kuomintang uprising". In Guangdong, due to the long-term oppression of the Kuomintang, Mo Xiong was arrested as soon as his true identity was known. When Gu Da learned of this, he immediately reported it to *** and avoided an unjust case.