In 1938, he joined the ranks of the first.
In July 1936, Xiong Xianghui graduated from Nanjing Middle School and entered Tsinghua University on the recommendation of Dong Biwu. A few months later, at the age of 18, he joined the Chinese Communist Party and became a member of the Communist Party.
According to the arrangement of his superiors, he immediately rushed to the arduous northwest, broke into the camp of Hu Zongnan, the warlord of the Kuomintang in the northwest, and began to carry out the hidden mission. One day in January 1938, Hu Zongnan met with a group of student soldiers from Tsinghua University in Baoji, Shaanxi. At this time, the Anti-Japanese War had broken out in full swing, Beiping had fallen, and most of the teachers and students of Tsinghua University went to the Southwest Associated University in Kunming. These student troops who went south said that they wanted to join the ** and join the anti-Japanese front.
When listening to the students' introductions, Hu Zongnan felt that they were still immature and what they said was not enough to worry about. But when it was Xiong Xianghui's turn to speak, Hu Zongnan immediately came to the spirit - this 18-year-old young man explained the Three People's Principles thoroughly, and shouted at the end "I am willing to dedicate my life to the Three People's Principles", which made Hu Zongnan greatly appreciated and decided to promote it.
This was Xiong Xianghui's homework done in advance in accordance with the deployment of his superiors, and it also allowed him to be promoted step by step, and finally became Hu Zongnan's core confidential secretary. An 18-year-old boy entered the ranks of ** in this way.
12 years of disguised service.
After four years of hidden development, by 1942, the 24-year-old Xiong Xianghui had become Hu Zongnan's most trusted right-hand man, holding all the important information. And the long-disguised dual identity has also brought great pressure to his life and work.
The outside world thought that he was a loyal young staff member of the Kuomintang against Japan, but in fact he was secretly working for the Communist Party and squeezing confidential information from Hu Zongnan. This contrast of identities and the threat to life safety make Xiong Xianghui worry all day long.
For example, in the famous Southern Anhui Incident, Xiong Xianghui mastered the large-scale transfer plan of tens of thousands of people in advance. He judged that this was a military operation launched by Chiang Kai-shek to fight the New Fourth Army, and decisively passed the information to the Southern Bureau. As a result, Yan'an directly disclosed this information on the broadcast**!
This undoubtedly made Chiang Kai-shek suspect Xiong Xianghui. Fortunately, Hu Zongnan has always trusted him, so he saved the day. In his 12-year latent career, Xiong Xianghui has been walking on thin ice, but his determination to work for the party has never wavered.
In 1947, the plan for the encirclement and suppression was leaked.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party broke out. In March 1947, Hu Zongnan was ordered by Chiang Kai-shek to personally lead an army of 150,000 to prepare to encircle and annihilate Yan'an, codenamed "Straight to the Yellow Dragon".
A few days before the troop departed, Xiong Xianghui used his identity as a confidential secretary to quickly send this information to Yan'an, so that the CCP's top brass successfully escaped. This time, Hu Zongnan was extremely annoyed, and investigated all the personnel of the headquarters, and almost found out the traitor.
Fortunately, the front-line military rations were in short supply at that time, and Hu Zongnan had to deal with the military supplies first, which gave Xiong Xianghui a chance to breathe. In his 12-year career, he has rescued Yan'an and important bases at the last moment many times.
Fun fact: Three chickens "committed suicide".
After 1947, Xiong Xianghui went underground to work. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he took his family to live on a farm in Northeast China. In the Spring Festival of 1970, when Xiong Xianghui was home alone, an interesting incident happened.
He doesn't know how to cook, and he solves it in the unit canteen on weekdays. This time, his wife was out and the children were not there, so he had to try to feed the three chickens at home. When his wife left, he told him to sprinkle some rice on the chickens every day. Unexpectedly, he fed all the chickens to death in his hands!
When the family returned, they saw three chickens dead and lying at the door. It turned out that Xiong Xianghui, who was feeding the chickens, sprinkled the insecticide as salt, and said with a blank face, "I want to feed them water, but they are all poisoned."
There was a big joke for a while. The heroes of the ** world, who are usually witty and brave, will be so confused in private! These little-known anecdotes make the secret ** life a little more humane.
The bits and pieces of the year's **.
These hidden ** anecdotes are rare to see in history books. They shortened the distance between us and that era, made the heroes appear vivid and real, and made us better understand the hardships of the work of the year.
The small stories behind these big events also warn us not to oversimplify historical figures. Xiong Xianghui is a ** who has dedicated his life to the party and the people, but he also has his own character flaws and life troubles. We should learn from his spirit while also taking care of the needs of these "people".
History is made up of real people. Everyone has their own story. The bits and pieces of these details are the most vivid and interesting parts of history.