One day at the beginning of 1937, the "King of *".Li KenongOn the way to the mission, I passed through my hometownWuhu。So, he thought about stopping by to visit the children.
But who knows, Li Kenong just knocked on the door, and a delicate girl in the door was so frightened that she hurriedly closed the door with a "bang", turned her head and ran into the house and shouted:"Grandpa, grandpa, the debt is here again! ”
Outside the door, Li Kenong stood there alone with a stunned face.
Who is this girl? Why did she say that she was in debt when she saw Li Kenong?
Li Kenong, a native of Anhui, joined the revolution in 1918 and joined the ** special branch in 1927, and was also responsible for intelligence work Hu Di and Qian Zhuangfei and called the "Three Heroes of Longtan".
*"This level of identity needs to be kept strictly confidential, including family members. Li Kenong's parents and children all know that he has a job outside, but what he does is unknown.
On April 25, 1931, after dinner, Li Kenong, as usual, began his work in a secret base (a modest small hotel in downtown Shanghai).
Suddenly, there was a rhythmic but obviously rapid knock on the door, and although Li Kenong was puzzled, he immediately opened the door after quickly judging that it was a joint code.
The young man outside the door was Qian Zhuangfei's son-in-law, Liu Qifu, specially for Qian Zhuangfei and Li Kenong to deliver information. As soon as he saw the door open, he hurried into the house. Li Kenong first quickly glanced out of the door, and after making sure that there were no suspicious characters, he quickly closed the door.
Liu Qifu gasped and said anxiously
"Dawn has already surrendered to the enemy, and the intercepted news says that he is going to Nanjing to meet Chiang Kai-shek and confess the list of underground parties! ”Li Kenong's face turned pale, this "dawn" is an important intelligence officer of **Special BranchGu ShunzhangOnce he confesses the list, the consequences are unimaginable.
At the moment, the most important thing is to tell this immediatelyChen Geng
However, April 25 was a Saturday, and there were still two days before Li Kenong and Chen Geng agreed to connect. If we wait until Monday to talk about it, it will be too late.
Li Kenong walked around the room, frowning, thinking quickly about how to contact Chen Geng immediately.
"There's a way! ”
Li Kenong was in distress, and suddenly his eyes lit up, so he immediately locked the doors and windows and walked towards the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee. He didn't know that Chen Geng was not in the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee, but at the moment this was the only place where it was possible to find him.
In the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee, Li Kenong searched for it from place to place. After a long time, maybe God had to help him, and when it was almost dawn, he really found Chen Geng in the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee.
Li Kenong anxiously told Chen Geng the news that Gu Shunzhang had surrendered to the enemy, and then the two didn't say a word, and immediately went straight to the stronghold where *** was.
After the three of them met, none of them looked good, and ***, who usually had no habit of smoking, lit a cigarette, frowned, and had a heavy face.
The comrades-in-arms who fought together in the past defected to the enemy, and it is difficult for anyone to accept this matter. Fortunately, Gu Shunzhang has a distance from Nanjing, and because the information is sent in time, it is still too late to organize and arrange the next step.
Subsequently, under the arrangement of *** and the leaders, all contacts between Gu Shunzhang and the underground party members were immediately cut off, and at the same time, all the institutions and individuals who had contact with Gu Shunzhang quickly began to retreat.
There were hundreds of people who retreated, and some of them could not receive the news in time, so Li Kenong and others rushed around to inform them.
In those two days, Li Kenong wished that he could grow a pair of wings and raise his speed again. Because, once he arrives one step late, or Chiang Kai-shek's spies arrive one step earlier, the consequences are unimaginable.
Late at night on April 27In the process of running around, Li Kenong suddenly rememberedQian ZhuangfeiwifeZhang ZhenhuaI didn't know about this matter, so I took advantage of the moonlight and quietly went to the French Concession where Zhang Zhenhua was located.
By the time Li Kenong arrived, it was already early in the morning, and the whole alley was very quiet. Knocking directly on the door is definitely not a no-go and will attract the attention of others.
So Li Kenong had an idea and came up with an idea.
When Li Kenong's son Li Li reached his old age, he recalled his father's method and said helplessly:
"The situation was so urgent that there was nothing to be done. Father remembered that Zhang Zhenhua hated others defecating everywhere regardless of the occasion, so he walked directly to the window of Zhang Zhenhua's house, and through the sound of urinating, Zhang Zhenhua immediately opened the door. ”Then, Li Kenong ran away without stopping. Calculating the distance, Gu Shunzhang is about to arrive in Nanjing, and at this time, time is already racing against time.
On April 28, the traitor Gu Shunzhang and the spies sent by Chiang Kai-shek began a large-scale raid on dozens of underground party strongholds in Shanghai.
As for the results, they were naturally extremely disappointed.
In three days, with the joint efforts of underground workers, dozens of strongholds were completely evacuated.
Even *** and Chen Geng, who left in the last few minutes, left the stronghold from under the noses of the spies through "makeup" and went to a safe place.
It's just that when everyone arrived in a safe place, Li Kenong remembered his wife and children, but he didn't see them.
Three days ago, Li Kenong was incompetent, so he asked others to help inform him of the transfer of his wife and children.
At that time, it was indeed notified, but everyone was busy transferring, and it was too late to arrange for Li Kenong's wife Zhao Ying and two sons to be transferred to **.
Li Kenong was naturally anxious about this, but it was impossible for him to leave his work to find his wife and children, so he could only secretly keep an eye on their whereabouts.
On the other side, Zhao Ying and her two sons (Li Zhi is 9 years old, Li Lun is 4 years old) came out of the residence, because they didn't have much money on them, and they didn't know where to find Li Kenong, so the mother and son could only wander all the way.
Li Zhi later recalled that because they didn't have much money, they didn't dare to stay in a hostel. During the day, the mother and son each eat a baked cake, and at night they live in the vegetable market.
wandered like this for many days, until one day he saw that the money in his pocket was about to bottom out, so Zhao Ying asked Li Zhi to go around Sichuan North Road in Shanghai, maybe he could meet acquaintances.
Under difficult conditions, the two brothers were not tired or naughty, and Li Zhi would go to North Sichuan Road every day to take a turn. Finally, when Li Zhi arrived there one day, he really saw an underground party member who was once familiar with his fatherGong Qiaoyan
Seeing the miserable appearance of the mother and son, Gong Qiaoyan immediately arranged a place for them to live, and then immediately contacted the organization.
When the news of the safety of the mother and son reached Li Kenong's hands, his spirit that had been tense for a long time finally relaxed. Subsequently, under the arrangement of the organization, the mother and son were safe.
It's just that due to the particularity of Li Kenong's work, it would be more dangerous if he took the mother and son with him, so Zhao Ying returned to his hometown with his two sons.
It's just that they didn't expect to see each other again six years later.
At the beginning of 1937, Li Kenong had been away from his family for six years.
Six years is not a long time for Li Kenong, who has been struggling on the front line, but for his family, it is waiting to be superimposed day by day.
The two daughters and three sons are growing up, and the eldest daughter is almost 20 years old; And his parents are also aging day by day.
In the past six years, Li Kenong and his family have exchanged letters, and once the reply was written by his youngest son Li Lun.
At that time, in the second year of the family's separation, 6-year-old Li Lun took a pen and wrote a letter to Li Kenong one by one, in which he mentioned:
"I miss my dad so much that I sometimes wake up crying in my dreams. The family is very poor, and they don't have money to buy stationery, so they use the leftovers of their older brothers and sisters, and sometimes they pick up what others throw on the road. ”Finally, Li Lun wrote:
"But I listen to my mother, I'm not naughty, and I'm good at studying, so don't worry. ”When Li Kenong received the letter, he read it with red eyes. How could Li Kenong not know that his family missed him and the family's financial difficulties, but in front of his family and country, he was left behind.
At the beginning of 1937, when Li Kenong was on a mission, he passed through Wuhu, and finally had the opportunity to meet his family.
Wuhu is not Li Kenong's birthplace, but the place where he joined the party, and it is also the place where his family has lived for a long time.
Perhaps because of the timidity of his hometown, Li Kenong stood at the door of his house, looked at the familiar gate, and stayed for a while before he stretched out his hand to the gate with red eyes.
Knock, knock. After knocking on the door for a while, Li Kenong stood aside and waited excitedly and nervously.
Chirping. The door opened, and a delicate girl who looked a little thin looked at him with wide eyes, and Li Kenong didn't speak, but the girl's face immediately panicked, and then quickly closed the door with a "bang".
Through the voice from behind the door, Li Kenong heard the girl's voice: ".Grandpa, grandpa,Oh no, the debt is coming! ”
Li Kenong looked at his clothes with a smile, this time on a mission, in order to better disguise his identity, Li Kenong put a briefcase on his arm, and his clothes looked a little "rich". If it was in the past, Li Kenong didn't think there was anything wrong, after all, he was on a mission.
But when I went home this time, it was a joke. The economic situation at home is not good, and wearing such clothes to the door is not like "asking for debts".
However, for Li Kenong, it is more emotional, after being away from home for many years, not only the appearance of the children has changed, but even Li Kenong's face has unconsciously added a little perseverance, and the eldest daughter who opened the door did not recognize herself for a while, which is understandable.
Immediately, Li Kenong shouted loudly towards the door"Father, it's me, Cunon! ”
Li Kenong's voice passed through the door, and after a few seconds, the door squeaked open again. This time, it was Li Kenong's father who opened the door.
With Li Kenong's father's "personal certification", Li Kenong finally entered the house.
In the house, the family gathered around and confided in each other the thoughts they had not seen for so many years. However, when his children asked about his situation, Li Kenong could not mention it.
In fact, the only one who knows that he works at home is his wife Zhao Ying. Including the correspondence in the past six years, in order to prevent accidents, Zhao Ying is extra careful every time she writes and sends letters. After all, Li Kenong's work is so special, if he is not careful, he is afraid that his life will not be saved.
After a brief reunion of the family, Li Kenong left his hometown. This time, Li Kenong and his family were not separated for too long.
1938 was the second year of the full-scale outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. During the 8 years of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, every patriotic Chinese stood together and contributed their strength to resist Japan together.
In this year, Wuhu fell, and Li Kenong returned home and sent his eldest daughter Li Ning, eldest son Li Zhi, and youngest son Li Li to Yan'an. Before Li Kenong left, he said to his three children:
"In the future, the party is the home of each of you, and if the party goes, you will follow; In the same way, no matter where you go in the future, you must always remember to be loyal to the party's cause and to your own home. ”At the end, Li Kenong instructed earnestly:
"The three of you, learn some real skills, don't engage in oily tones, no matter what you do or how you behave, you must be down-to-earth. ”The three children responded in unison, and then ran to their respective "battlefields".
In the same year, Li Kenong's wife Zhao Ying also joined the party, and served as a confidential secretary in the following years, and Li Kenong became each other's "comrades-in-arms".
Although Li Kenong's family is geographically speaking, everyone is distributed in different regions, but they all have a common goal.
In 1940, Li Kenong's second daughter, Li Bing, also devoted herself to revolutionary work. In the second year, ** also invited Li Kenong's family to dinner, and at the dinner table, ** asked Li Bing:"Do you know what your father does? ”
Li Bing's eyes widened and he looked at *** puzzled, and said:"You know, my dad is the director of the Eighth Route Army's office in Guilin! ”
After listening, he laughed and said:"You're wrong, no. Your father is a 'big spy,' a 'big spy' of the Communist Party."
Although Li Kenong's children are not very clear about the content of Li Kenong's work, they have some understanding of their father's work after joining the party and participating in the revolution one after another.
In this process, Li Kenong's tall image in the hearts of his children was quickly established. Under the guidance of Li Kenong and Zhao Ying, they have both achieved good results in their respective fields.
It is worth mentioning that Li Lun, who wrote a letter to his father when he was only 6 years old, also grew up step by step after participating in the revolution.
In 1955, Li Kenong was awarded the rank of founding general, becoming the only general who had never fought a war; And at the award ceremony in 1988, Li Lun was also awarded the rank of lieutenant general.
The father and son obtained military ranks at the same time, which is very rare in the history of the People's Liberation Army, and it has to be admired: the tiger father has no dog son!
In 1962, Li Kenong died of illness in Beijing.
In the late eighties of the last century, that is, more than 20 years after Li Kenong's death, the organization considered that some of Li Kenong's original experiences could be made public, so the *** bureau published a book specially written for him, called "Li Kenong".
At this time, people have more understanding of Li Kenong's former work. Later, some film and television companies also made related films, so that people could see the scene of the revolutionary work at that time more vividly. His story, described as "secret and great", is undoubtedly the most apt.
Now, decades later, the hero is gone, but his dedication lives on in our hearts.