On the evening of March 25, 1949, Li Kenong accompanied *** to meet with several democrats, but the more he thought about it, the more wrong he became, and decided to go back to Xiangshan Villa in advance to have a look.
As soon as he got out of the car, he gathered several guards and said:"** will be here soon, now, go and check every place again, we want to make sure *** is safe. ”
After receiving the task, the guards turned and went.
But half an hour later, a guard ran out and said loudly:"Report, in the Shuangqing villa, a bomb was found! ”
After Li Kenong heard this, a cold sweat broke out on his back:"Go ahead and carpet search again. ”
What is going on with this thrilling scene?
On January 31, 1949, after the peaceful liberation of Beiping, ** began to consider stationing in Beiping.
But at this time, the situation in Beiping is still very complicatedAll the forces arranged for their spies to infiltrate Beiping, waiting for an opportunity to sabotage, especially the Kuomintang, waiting for a resurgence.
To this end,** It was decided to arrange people to clear out the spies in Beiping first, and in May of the same year, they were stationed in Beiping from Xibaipo.
So who should be entrusted with this important task?
"Li Kenong, only with him, I can rest assured. ”The first thing that comes to mind is my country's "** king".
The *** on the side also agreed:"Comrade Kenon has many years of experience, and when dealing with spies, we must use their methods to clean them up. ”
After Li Kenong received the task, Li Kenong was duty-bound and immediately took action, he organized the police to conduct a rolling survey of the entire Beiping City, only in FebruaryMore than 2,000 spies were caught.
As a result, the spies were panicked and turned themselves in. After such a rectification, the public security environment in Beiping City is much better.
Due to the obvious results of the operation of the special agents, the date of entering Beijing was brought forward to the end of March.
After receiving the notice, Li Kenong took the initiative to find *** and said:"Prime Minister, although Peking has cleared nearly 3,000 spies at present, there are still hidden deeper, I am afraid it has not been cleaned up, and I am afraid it is too early to enter Beijing in March. ”
After listening to Li Kenong's words, ** was silent for a few seconds and asked:"Do you have any good proposals? ”
"We can ask the chairman and leaders to go to Xiangshan, a suburb of Beiping, first, and then enter the city when the time is ripe. ”Li Kenong said the plan he had come up with.
When Li Kenong heard Xiangshan, he was also interested and asked, "Oh? Let's be specific. ”
"In Beiping, because of the dense population, there are many spies disguised as ordinary people, and it is difficult to clear them for a while, but the Shuangqing villa, with its back to the mountain, is an open flat land in front of it, and there are air-raid shelters, so the safety factor is relatively high. ”Li Kenong analyzed.
** nodded and accepted Li Kenong's suggestion. As a result, Li Kenong did a series of security work for Xiangshan.
He closed Xiangshan and no longer opened it to the outside world, reducing the opportunities for spiesOnly ordinary people living in the mountains are allowed to enter and exit, because it is the principle of the Communist Party not to disturb the people.
But for the sake of safety, Li Kenong asked the guards to visit every house to make sure there were no suspicious charactersAt each key point, guards are arranged to guard at all levels.
Finally on the vicinity of the Shuangqing villa, and every room in the villaRounds of carpet searches were carried out to rule out the danger.
On March 25, ** and the five secretaries of Shuangqing Villa took a special train to Beiping, from the moment they got off the trainLi Kenong followed the chairman and protected him every step of the wayHe was afraid that among the people close to the chairman, there would be spies who were unfavorable to the chairman.
At around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, after resting for a while in the Summer Palace, ** went straight to the PLA garrison. The arrival of ** has given great encouragement to the PLA, the revolution has been in sight for so many years, and the joyful expression is filled with the faces of the soldiers.
After coming out of the garrison, he met with Li Jishen and others, and had an in-depth and long talk with these democrats on the issue of the development of New China.
The night is getting deeper and deeper, and seeing that the early morning is approaching, Li Kenong always feels that something is wrongThis is the last chance for the Kuomintang, and it is impossible for them to let it go in vain, just watching it like this.
After thinking about it, Li Kenong decided to go back to Shuangqing Villa in advance and confirm it again.
As soon as he got out of the car, he called the guards over and said:"** is coming soon, let's carefully check every room, after so many years of revolution, we must not be careless at this time. ”
Be! After receiving the order, the guards acted separately according to the group.
Half an hour later, a guard ran out and said loudly:"Report, in the Shuangqing villa, a bomb was found. ”
"Found in which room? ”Li Kenong asked nervously.
"** in the room. ”The guards reported the situation.
After listening to this, a cold sweat broke out on his back and he ordered:"Go on, carpet search, see if there are any other suspicious places, and we will continue to search until the chairman arrives. ”
Be! "The bomb was checked, and the guards knew the seriousness of the matter, and no one dared to slack off.
Fortunately, after a final examination, no further abnormalities were found. At this time, it was already more than three o'clock in the morning, and after meeting with the democrats, I came to Shuangqing Villa.
Seeing that *** and several leaders had settled down in their respective rooms, Li Kenong's heart relaxed a little.
How did this bomb come to room ***?
Picture丨***Although,** is already safe, but if something like this happens, how can Li Kenong let it go? He was determined to investigate the matter thoroughly.
Li Kenong was on the periphery of Xiangshan, turning round and round, he carefully checked every point where the card was set up, and each checkpoint was guarded layer by layer, and not only set up a bright outpost, but also a dark sentry patrol from time to timePeople from the outside are categorically unable to enter.
In Xiangshan, all residents are relatively fixed, and every household has been checked beforehand. "What's the problem? In addition to the residents, there are also temples and nunnery. ”Li Kenong was secretly surprised.
Thinking of this, Li Kenong immediately asked the police officersThe temple and the nunnery were sealed off, and the specific whereabouts of each monk and nun in the days before the 25th were known, and then through the confessions of the monks and nuns, the entry and exit records were compared.
When one by one was questioned in detail, there was an old nun's statement that aroused Li Kenong's suspicionsHis keen instincts told him that there was something wrong with the old nun.
Xiangshan Li Kenong immediately ordered that the old nun be detained, and he would interrogate him personally.
"From the 23rd, when have you ever descended the mountain and who have you seen, say it again. ”Li Kenong asked.
The old nun was a little flustered, and she said in a hurry"I don't remember very well, it seems like ......It seems that the 25th went down the mountain, no, no, no, it should be the 24th. ”
"What the hell is it? ”Li Kenong stared at the old nun to see if she was lying.
The old nun thought for a moment before she said:"No. 24, right No. 24. ”
"What are you doing down the mountain? Who have you seen? ”Li Kenong asked.
"That day, I was going to go down the mountain to buy something, but that day I always felt weird, as if someone followed me when I walked to **. When I finished shopping and was about to come back, someone pulled me into a small alley. ”The old nun began to recall the events of that day.
Li Kenong listened quietly, waiting for her to continue.
The old nun looked at Li Kenong's serious expression, and saw the police officers with guns next to her, she didn't dare to slack off, and continued: "I don't know that person, but he said he was from the Kuomintang. He told meIn the past two days, there will be bad people coming to Xiangshan, let me bring that bomb up the mountain, and then I can get rid of that bad guy, and Beiping will be safe. ”
"Bastard thing! Do you know who the man who came to Xiangshan is? That's *** our country can be liberated, it depends on him! ”Li Kenong jumped up in anger.
When the old nun heard this, she covered her mouth in fright, and it took her a while before she reacted and said:"Then I almost did a terrible thing, a sin. ”
"Yes, why don't you hurry up and make up for it, tell everything you know, and help us solve the case. ”Li Kenong pressed the table, he wanted to know the most critical part.
"The man told me to take the bomb to the bottom of the highest tree in the back mountain on the night of the 24th, before dawn on the 25th, and I did. ”The old nun knew that she had done something bad, and lowered her head and whispered.
Li Kenong frowned, stepped forward and asked"Didn't ask you to hand over the bomb to whom? ”
Picture丨Li Kenong"No, he probably doesn't believe me. ”The old nun shook her head.
"Then when you planted the bomb, did you see anyone? Or after burying it, do you see who will take it? ”Li Kenong asked, this is too critical.
It was very dark at the time, and to be honest, although I had been here for so long, it was the first time for me to touch the mountain in the dark, so,After being buried shallowly, he left in a hurry. ”The old nun shook her head helplessly and said.
In this way, the clues that have been hard to find are broken. Li Kenong let out a long sigh and thought to himself:"So, it's worse than expected! ”
The next day, Li Kenong came to ***'s office.
"Chairman, I would like to report to you something, it may be a bit serious. ”Li Kenong said seriously.
Oh? What's wrong, what's the situation. * Putting down the book in his hand, he asked.
We have found out that the bomb was brought in by an old nun in the nunnery, but the situation is even worse, the old nun cannot come to the Shuangqing Villa, and it is impossible to know the specific location of your room.
So ......So this one who put the bomb in your room should be our internal people. And it's quite possible that someone inside our guards, so I'm asking for all the guards to be replaced. ”Li Kenong reported the situation seriously.
After hearing this, ** pondered for a while, nodded, and agreed to Li Kenong's request.
But,After Li Kenong investigated the background and behavior of all the guards, there was still no clueEvery guard is loyal and does not behave out of the ordinary.
In the end, ** and a group of leaders entered Beijing safely. But,This unsolved case has always been a mystery, and it has also become the biggest regret in Li Kenong's life.
However, this still cannot hide Li Kenong's great military exploits for New China.
At the beginning of 1927, ** after contacting Li Kenong for a period of timeHe is considered to be bold and careful, extremely adaptable, and very suitable for intelligence work.
So, ** officially recommended Li Kenong to ** Special Operations Section. Li Kenong was there, specially responsible for intelligence collection and undercover work, reporting directly to ***.
After several months of investigations,The Action Section decided to place Li Kenong in the General Affairs Section of the National Organization DepartmentThis officially opened his ** road.
A few days before the operation, ** specially called Li Kenong secretly and said:"Kenong, you're doing very well in the Operations Division, but next up, your task can be very difficult and dangerous, so be mentally prepared. ”
Li Kenong straightened up and said"Prime Minister, don't worry! I will do my best to penetrate the enemy's interior and intercept useful information. ”
However, you must also pay attention to safety and protect yourself, because the Kuomintang is ruthless, we have seen it, and if you need anything, you can contact me directly. "* Repeatedly.
Picture丨Li Kenong (second from right) came to the General Affairs Section of the Kuomintang, because Li Kenong had worked as an editor in "The National**" before, so he wrote wellHe was soon appreciated by Xu Enzeng, the director of the General Affairs Division, and became the team leader.
After becoming the leader of the group, Li Kenong came into contact with a large number of intelligence documents, which provided valuable clues for our party. Even, saved *** and the revolutionary comrades of the entire Shanghai station.
In April 1931, the Kuomintang arrested Gu Shunzhang of ** Special Branch. Since Gu Shunzhang is an important person in charge, he knows a lot of confidential informationBut even the people of the Kuomintang didn't expect that before they began to extort confessions, Gu Shunzhang himself told a lot of internal secrets.
In order to gain the trust of the Kuomintang,Gu Shunzhang not only told the location of Shanghai, but even the address of *** was also sold.
After receiving the news, the Kuomintang immediately reported the news to Dai Li, the head of the secret service.
On the day of Gu Shunzhang, director Xu En called Li Kenong and said:"Quick, these confidential documents, deal with them immediately. ”
Li Kenong returned to his seat and saw one of themIt was Dai Li's desire to go to ***'s residence and grasp his specific plan of action. After seeing the information, Li Kenong was secretly shocked, and saw that there were only 2 hours left before Dai Li's set time for action.
While bowing his head and acting as if he was working seriously, he urgently contacted his upline to pass on this critical information.
Because of the timely information, just a quarter of an hour before Dai Li came to ***'s house, ** escaped smoothly with everyone. Dai Li touched the still warm teacup on the table, and was so angry that he slammed the cup to the ground.
During the three years that Dai Li was lurking in the General Affairs Section of Li Kenong, he passed a large amount of confidential information for *** and saved the lives of many revolutionary comrades.
Li Kenong not only saved ***, but also saved ***
December 21, 1949 was the birthday of Soviet leader Joseph StalinIt was decided to personally celebrate Stalin's birthday and discuss the follow-up cooperation plan between the two countries.
** The first time I went abroad, this is a long way, and the Kuomintang spies will definitely take advantage of this opportunity to create chaos.
The *** in charge of this security work found Li Kenong and ordered:"**This trip is not trivial, and the whole process must be kept confidential. In addition, you arrange the investigation work along the way to ensure that nothing goes wrong, and when the time comes, you will accompany you to protect the chairman. ”
After receiving the task from his visit to the Soviet Union, Li Kenong immediately arranged a large number of police officers to conduct a comprehensive investigation from Beijing to Manchuria.
But at this moment, the intelligence agency intercepted a classified document sent by radio wavesThe news that he was going to take the train to Manchuria was exposed.
Li Kenong immediately found *** and *** reported the situation, and after hearing this, ** laughed:"We're not afraid, just follow this vine and touch the other party's melon. Scout now! ”
After receiving the order, Li Kenong, together with the public security organs, immediately investigated the source of the information. Based on his years of experience lurking in the Kuomintang, it seemsThis person may be in the city of Beijing, or maybe he is very close.
A day and a night later, Li Kenong locked down the place where the message was sent, and sure enough, it was in the city of Beijing, and it was on the edge of Zhongnanhai.
When the public security organs arrested Ji Zhaoxiang, who sent a message, he was so frightened that his feet trembled.
"Who is that radio wave message sent to? ”Li Kenong asked with a gun pointing at Ji Zhaoxiang's head.
"Hair ......Sent to Mao Renfeng. ”Ji Zhaoxiang raised his hands, so frightened that his tongue was knotted.
Would you like to send him a message for me? I'd like to meet this old friend for a while, too. Li Kenong said with a smile.
Over there, Mao Renfeng was guarding the radio and was walking around in a hurry. At this moment, the machine rang out. Mao Renfeng hurriedly rushed forward and said with a smile: "The news is here!" ”
But when he saw the document in his hand, he was so angry that he tore it to shreds. On the shredded paper, faintly visible:Mao Renfeng, your plan has been shattered, and the Kuomintang will not have a chance to turn over, and it will never be.
Picture丨Ji Zhaoxiang and Li Kenong wiped out the enemy invisibly through wars without gunpowder smoke again and again.
Although he did not go to the battlefield or lead soldiers, the state still awarded him the rank of general, which is an affirmation of his revolutionary contributions.