At 7 a.m. on February 26, 1950, scouts and heavily armed policemen from the Beijing public security organs suddenly descended from the sky in a courtyard house in Nanchizi, which was the secret residence of Taiwan spy Ji Zhaoxiang in Beijing.
Before Ji Zhaoxiang and his wife could react, they were arrested by the public security officers who rushed into the house. The scouts quickly searched the house, and soon, they found the code book next to Ji Zhaoxiang's pillow, seized a loaded bullet in the sofa, and searched the radio station and the antenna for sending the signal in the mezzanine of the wall and the roof shed respectively.
At the same time, the Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau also took arrest actions, and Ji Zhaoxiang's accomplices in Tianjin were arrested one by one.
What kind of mission did this spy named Ji Zhaoxiang shoulder, how did our public security officers catch his whereabouts, and what twists and turns did the entire reconnaissance process go through, everything has to start from the beginning.
December 21, 1949 was the birthday of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, and China was ready to send a delegation to visit the Soviet Union, first, to congratulate Comrade Stalin on his birthday, and second, to jointly discuss Sino-Soviet cooperation.
News of the delegation's impending visit to the Soviet Union was sent through a secret radio station in Beijing, and the telegram was addressed to the Kuomintang Secrecy Bureau in Taiwan. This is not the first time that the signal of this radio station has appeared, and the public security department has intercepted the signal several times and learned that the Kuomintang Secret Bureau has a hidden radio station in the Beijing-Tianjin area. But after some time, the signal suddenly disappeared, until this time the cipher was re-emitted.
Mao Renfeng, who received the secret telegram, and his American adviser Brad immediately hatched a vicious assassination plan, preparing to send spies lurking on the mainland to create a second "Huanggutun Incident." The specific time for doing so was when the delegation's special train returned to China.
Our spy soon learned of Mao Renfeng's plan. The Ministry of Public Security quickly set up a special case group with the participation of the Political Security Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, and the Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau to jointly crack the case, with Vice Minister of Public Security Yang Qiqing in charge.
On the evening of December 6, 1949, the members of the delegation took a special train to Moscow and sailed out of Beijing to visit the Soviet Union. Yang Qiqing was transferred to the delegation to visit the Soviet Union and was responsible for the security of the delegation, and the case was transferred to Li Kenong. At that time, Li Kenong was in charge of the national anti-special rape work, and was the head of the Social Department of the Communist Party of China at the time. Li Kenong, a master in the dark war, appeared.
On the first day of Li Kenong's arrival, he first conveyed the instructions of the leaders: Before the delegation to the Soviet Union returned home, the case must be cracked and the members of this spy organization arrested.
When Li Kenong began to take over the case, the task force had very little information on the enemy's situation: a secret telegram of the enemy secret code that had just been intercepted, and a spy ** "0409". Li Kenong arranged four direction finders and three search planes to monitor 24 hours a day, and the case quickly progressed, and the signal source of this radio signal that has frequently appeared in recent times should be in the Nanchizi area, but it is not clear which building it is in. But Nanchizi is very close to Tiananmen Square and close to Zhongnanhai. Therefore, all the personnel of the task force were very nervous.
Another group of members of the task force looked for clues from another angle, saying that funds are indispensable for spies to carry out their activities, and if there are financial exchanges, they will inevitably leave traces. However, they searched Beijing for a long time but found nothing. Li Kenong reminded them: If it were me, I would definitely not collect money in Beijing.
Inspired by this, the project staff decided to expand the scope of their search, and their first stop was Tianjin, which did not disappoint them. The scouts found three suspicious remittances in a bank in Tianjin, all of which were remitted from Hong Kong to Beijing Xinqiao** Company, and the payee was Ji Ailin of Beijing Xinqiao** Company.
Through investigation, the scouts found that Ji Ailin's original name was Ji Cainan, and he was the first owner of Beijing Xinqiao ** Company. The scouts began further investigation into Ji Cainan, and finally came back to the conclusion that there were various indications that Ji Cainan was just the one who helped withdraw the money. So, who is 0409?
Just as the investigation entered a state of confusion, the scouts got a message through ** monitoring: Ji Cainan was preparing to hold a banquet and invited many people to the banquet. The task force immediately arranged for personnel to be controlled. At the banquet, the scouts found a man with suspicious behavior, and after the banquet was over, the scouts followed the man all the way to the No. 7 courtyard of Ciqikunancha.
The scouts are no strangers to this address, and when they investigated Ji Cainan, they had already learned that Ji Cainan had a younger brother, his name was Ji Zhaoxiang, and his place of residence was also here. Is this a coincidence?
The public security officers searched the files overnight and interrogated the spies in custody, and they soon learned that Ji Zhaoxiang had graduated from the Kuomintang special police academy and had received special training. In this way, the scouts' eyes were focused on Ji Zhaoxiang.
At this time, the telecommunications investigation team intercepted a secret telegram sent to 0409 by Taiwan's "Secrecy Bureau": "Brother Fa **2 taels, I have negotiated with the businessman, and I hope to negotiate it in the name of Wu Guangyu." ”
Sure enough, there was a person who called himself "Wu Guangyu" who got through a business's **, and what he said was to hurry up and get it done, and according to the scout who followed Ji Zhaoxiang, the "Wu Guangyu" who hit ** was Ji Zhaoxiang. At this point, Ji Zhaoxiang is "0409" has been determined.
The public security officers did not immediately arrest Ji Zhaoxiang, but went further to investigate. So, the scout disguised himself as a meter reader of the Electric Power Bureau entered the courtyard of Ji Zhaoxiang's house and got a piece of information: Ji Zhaoxiang's house does not have many electrical appliances, and there is a lot of electricity available.
At the same time, Ji Zhaoxiang's next-door neighbor has also become the "eyeliner" of public security officers. This neighbor is an old policeman from the Kuomintang period, and now he is a ** maintenance worker at the Xidan Post and Telecommunications Bureau. The public security officers found him and asked him to cooperate with the work, and he agreed and promised not to disclose the slightest rumor. So, the scouts installed a small light bulb in his house, and if Ji Zhaoxiang sent an announcement, this small light bulb would flash when it was interfered with by radio waves. The scout told the neighbor to notice when the small light bulb would flicker and record it and report it to the police.
Li Kenong summed up all kinds of intelligence information and made a comprehensive analysis of the facts of the case, and he believed that Ji Zhaoxiang was the Kuomintang spy that the special case group was looking for, and there was no objection to this conclusion; he was also called an "all-round intelligence officer" because he had all kinds of techniques such as collecting intelligence, receiving and receiving telegrams, writing secret communications, poisoning, assassination, and incineration.
On February 25, 1950, Li Kenong presided over a plenary meeting of the task force, and he said: "In accordance with the instructions and requirements of the ** leadership, it is time for us to conclude our investigation of the Beijing Hidden Taiwan of the Taiwan Secrecy Bureau. I announce that tomorrow morning I will take action to arrest Ji Zhaoxiang! Li Kenong also specially explained: "After searching out the enemy platform, give me a **, I want to go to the scene to see." ”
At 7:35 a.m. the next morning, public security officers arrested Ji Zhaoxiang at No. 7 Ciqikunancha. The public security officers immediately reported the news to Li Kenong. After a while, Li Kenong drove to Ji Zhaoxiang's house.
The public security officer in charge at the scene reported the situation to Li Kenong, especially mentioning the plan revealed by the enemy's intelligence manuscript. Li Kenong said: You can sort out the specific situation well, and after a while, go to the ministry with me and go to the northeast with a few comrades I arranged.
Rest assured, Chief, I can go at any time. The person in charge of the public security replied.
Li Kenong patted him on the shoulder: "Yes, a good soldier." Let's go to the scene! ”
After carefully inspecting the scene, Li Kenong said to Ji Zhaoxiang, who was being detained by several public security officers: "Don't be nervous, I'm here today to see you deliver a report." You will use this radio station and use the original method to call Mao Renfeng of Taiwan's Secret Bureau. I said, how about you send a newspaper? ”
Willing to serve, willing to serve! Ji Zhaoxiang said as he prepared to send a report.
Li Kenong dictated the message while pacing around the room, and soon, Ji Zhaoxiang skillfully sent a message.
At the headquarters of the Kuomintang Secret Bureau in the suburbs of Taipei, Mao Renfeng, director of the Secret Bureau, was waiting for "good news," and he even dreamed that if the operation was successful.
Honk. Honk. Honk. Ji Zhaoxiang began to call Taiwan's Secrecy Bureau. Mao Renfeng immediately sat down next to the radio station, waiting for the operator to receive and translate the telegram, and the message was quickly translated (approximately):
Mr. Mao Renfeng: Carefully planned by you, the "universal platform" lurking in Beijing has been detected by us......The person who sent you the report now is Ji Zhaoxiang, the newly promoted colonel of the "Universal Table," ......In the future, we will take in all the spies sent by your bureau to the mainland, but we will not thank you! Finally, let me tell you, it is Li Kenong ...... who is speaking to you nowIf you lead your troops back, I, Li Kenong, can guarantee your safety.
Mao Renfeng took the translation telegram in shock, read it over and over again in disbelief, and was so angry that he couldn't say a word.
In the past, Li Kenong was engaged in intelligence work in the "national control area", and he made Dai Li very anxious. After he took over as director of the Secrecy Bureau in 1947, Li Kenong was also beaten everywhere. Now the "universal platform" is planted under him again.
Mao Renfeng sat on the chair for a long time before getting up. Although he has been defeated repeatedly, Mao Renfeng did not despair, because he still has the trump card of "Northeast Technology Column" in his hand.
On the evening of February 17, 1950, over a mountain forest near Harbin, two parachutes slowly descended. This is a high-ranking killer sent by the Kuomintang Secret Bureau. What Mao Renfeng never imagined was that the two airborne spies fell directly into the encirclement of our military and police, and they became prisoners as soon as they landed.
In the early morning of 20 February, Ma Nai, commander of the "Northeast Technical Column," led his men to the agreed hotel to contact the contact person, and after some probing, Ma Nai was convinced that the person who came was a special commissioner of the Secret Bureau, so he confidently laid out the assassination plan and handed over the list of personnel for the 170 operations. Ma Nai** knew that this "special commissioner" was actually a public security officer sent by Li Kenong......
On the evening of March 14, 1950, the delegation returned to Beijing safely. Mao Renfeng's plan went bankrupt completely, and his fantasies were "wiped out".
On June 2, 1950, after a trial by the Beijing Municipal Military Justice Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Ji Zhaoxiang was sentenced to death and immediately executed.