The cause of Bai Chongxi's death was bizarre: the body was green, the pajamas were rotten, and ** was missing
In the long history of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Bai Chongxi's death has always been an unsolved mystery. In the early morning of December 2, 1966, the Bai Chongxi Mansion on Songjiang Road in Taipei fell into hustle and bustle.
When Bai Chongxi's adjutant pushed open the door of his room, he was shocked by the sight in front of him: Bai Chongxi was lying on the floor bent over, and he had been dead for a long time, his pajamas were torn to tatters, and his bare ** was green and purple.
He eagerly searched for his personal **Zhang**, but never found it. Whether it was suicide or homicide, and what the cause of death was, these questions caused heated discussions in Taipei at that time.
There was a foreshadowing: the cracks in the Chiang-Bai alliance began to appear in 1929, the year after the success of the Northern Expedition, the Kuomintang had frequent internal strife, full of intrigues and intrigues.
Among them, in the battle between Chiang Kai-shek and the Gui family, the Gui army was defeated, and Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi went into exile. In 1930, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi returned to Guangxi, recruited talents, and put forward the so-called "three-self" policy: autonomy, self-defense, and self-sufficiency, which formed an antithetical posture with Chiang Kai-shek in Nanjing.
On June 1, 1936, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi joined forces with Chen Jitang to launch an anti-Chiang military operation. However, due to Chiang Kai-shek's early bribery of the Guangdong Air Force, the operation ended in the defeat of the Gui army.
Faced with the pressure of unity within Guangxi and the anti-Japanese resistance of the people, Chiang Kai-shek finally compromised and accepted the joint request of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, and ten years later, the two factions cooperated again.
Although the two sides did not show any suspicion during the Anti-Japanese War, after the war, with the resolution of external troubles, the military action of the Kuomintang army to "suppress the Communists" became more and more fierce, and the rift between Chiang Kai-shek and the Gui faction, especially with Bai Chongxi, gradually expanded.
In the Battle of Xu Beng in 1948, the Kuomintang army was in a dangerous situation. However, at this time, Bai Chongxi, the "commander-in-chief of the suppression of bandits in Central China," had an army of 600,000 in Wuhan, and while quietly watching the crisis of Xu Beng, he actively contacted and gathered the main peace people to prepare for peace talks with the Communist Party.
Chiang Kai-shek, who learned of this, was furious and even considered sending the killer ** Bai Chongxi.
When Chiang Kai-shek's prestige fell to the bottom, Bai Chongxi took the opportunity to telegraph with Zhang Zhen, asking Chiang Kai-shek to step down and hope that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party would negotiate peace and achieve peaceful coexistence. However, both ** and the government are in a precarious situation and are unable to negotiate meaningfully.
Seeing that the KMT-CCP peace talks were about to break down, Bai Chongxi proposed a plan to exchange Chiang Kai-shek's going abroad for peaceful coexistence, hoping to soften the position of the Communist negotiators. However, Chiang Kai-shek regarded Bai Chongxi as a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh, and if he was not limited by the overall situation, he would do his best to get rid of Bai Chongxi.
Despite this, Bai Chongxi still overestimated his military strength and underestimated Chiang Kai-shek's narrow-mindedness. On April 20, 1949, when the People's Liberation Army began to cross the river, Bai Chongxi saw his dream of establishing a base in Jiangnan shattered, and reluctantly led the 600,000 troops in Central China with the Gui system as the main force to withdraw to Guangxi, and then turned to Hainan Island.
And Chiang Kai-shek, although he was already in the wilderness, was still the president of the Kuomintang, and while he was resuming his duties in Taiwan, he kept a close eye on the Gui army that had been transferred to Hainan Island.
Although Bai Chongxi's army was intercepted many times during the retreat, when they arrived at Hainan Island, the remaining hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers and complete ** equipment far exceeded the other armies that retreated to Taiwan.
Hearing the news from Hainan, Chiang Kai-shek was even more unbearable - how could he exist outside of Taiwan, there was a possibility of a more powerful force than him?
Chiang Kai-shek, with a high position and BRICS, sent Chen Liang and Luo Qi to lobby Bai Chongxi with letters and military expenses. Bai Chongxi was **, but he was still hesitant and sent Li Pinxian to find out the truth.
However, Li Pinxian did not perceive Chiang Kai-shek's sinister intentions, and was finally treated with complete courtesy, and after returning to tell Bai Chongxi that Chiang Kai-shek was sincere.
Bai Chongxi was deeply touched by this sentence, so on December 30, 1949, despite Li Zongren's opposition, he took a special plane from Haikou to Taiwan. As soon as he arrived in Taiwan, he was like a bird trapped in a cage and could no longer leave a single step.
Seeing the heavily guarded crowd around him, Bai Chongxi immediately understood that Chiang Kai-shek's so-called "discussing the aftermath" and "premier" were all means to deceive him.
Bai Chongxi watched his army be leaderless in Hainan, and his heart was full of disappointment. So he decided to bring his eldest brother, second brother, fourth brother and second sister, as well as more than 20 members of his family from Hong Kong to Taiwan.
Many people were confused by his decision, but Bai Chongxi had his own plans in his heart. He saw that many of the generals' family members had flown to places like the United States, Thailand, Japan, and Hong Kong, and the situation was chaotic.
Therefore, he decided to take all his family members to Taiwan as a way to prove his loyalty to Chiang Kai-shek. He thought that this would make Chiang Kai-shek believe that he would still need his army in the future when he was "** mainland".
Therefore, instead of panicking, he left Chiang Kai-shek with steps.
Since Bai Chongxi came to Taiwan, Chiang Kai-shek's suspicion and dislike for him reached its peak. On the one hand, he heard that Bai Chongxi intended to develop Hakka organizations, and on the other hand, his attempt to extradite Li Zongren to Taiwan to "punish crimes" ended in failure, which made Chiang Kai-shek's attitude towards Bai Chongxi even worse, and regarded him as a bird who wasted food.
According to information obtained by Chiang Kai-shek's eyeliner, Bai Chongxi's latest contact location is a fishing and hunting equipment shop on Zhengzhou Road in Taipei, and the owner is a Hakka. Chiang Kai-shek immediately ordered Mao Renfeng, the director of the secret bureau, to investigate.
After several days of stalking and unannounced visits, the reconnaissance team successfully locked down the owner of the fishing and hunting equipment shop.
One day, the boss went out for a stroll on his bicycle and was suddenly targeted by the people of the investigation team, who caused a fake car accident, and then carried out endless questioning, which angered the boss and made him ask to go to the police station to solve it.
At this time, a person stepped forward, pulled the boss into the detection car, took out his documents, and asked viciously: "I heard that Bai Chongxi often comes to your store for activities, how many guns and ammunition does he buy at a time?" ”
The owner of the fishing and hunting shop was puzzled, and recalled for a while and said, "He has his own shotgun, and he only buys loose ammunition when he comes to my shop." No matter how the investigation team pressed him, he resolutely denied that his fishing and hunting shop was Bai Chongxi's stronghold.
This matter was reported to Chiang Kai-shek, who did not believe it, and was suspicious - or murderous, even if it was futile to dissect his mind.
The tragic death of Bai Chongxi's wife, Ma Peizhang, plunged him into deep grief. Unaware, however, is that a conspiracy is brewing and waiting for his call.
The appearance of Gu Zhengwen made this conspiracy even more insidious and deadly.
In 1965, under the restrictions set by the US authorities, Li Zongren and his wife returned to the mainland through Zurich, Switzerland, and were warmly received by the leaders of the Chinese government.
On the contrary, Bai Chongxi, who was in Taiwan, realized that he had lost his value to the Kuomintang. When Li Zongren was in the United States, Bai Chongxi was still the object of attention in American society, and Chiang Kai-shek had to keep a close grip on him, and could not hurt, scold, or make him disappear.
But as soon as Li Zongren returned to the mainland, he had neither military power nor a bargaining chip in political negotiations, so what was the use of Chiang Kai-shek keeping him? It turned out that after Li Zongren returned to the mainland, Chiang Kai-shek summoned Mao Renfeng, and he hinted that he could start the operation to sanction Li Zongren.
Mr. Jiang wanted to find a suitable candidate, and Mr. Mao recommended Mr. Gu. Mr. Jiang twice invited Mr. Mao and Mr. Gu to the residence, but did not explicitly mention the mission.
Every time he left, Mr. Jiang would ask Mr. Gu about his work, look at him with gloomy eyes, and then say, "Okay! You take more responsibility! Mr. Gu was puzzled by this, and he asked Mr. Mao why Mr. Jiang had made an appointment with him but was reluctant to give clear instructions.
Mr. Mao also glanced at Mr. Gu and said casually: "I went to you just to see your face." Mr. Jiang is accustomed to looking at faces, and only after reading can he decide whether a person is available or not. ”
Mr. Mao told Mr. Gu: "You just have to sanction the 'old girl' (Mr. Jiang's contemptuous name for Bai Chongxi), and you don't need to ask about other things." ”
Gu Zhengwen was given the task of assassinating Bai Chongxi, he knew the importance and difficulty of this task, but he was still full of confidence. Because he served as the deputy commander-in-chief of "**rescue**", and was awarded the position of "Colonel of the Secret Bureau, Leader of the Investigation and Defense Group", he has rich experience and excellent execution ability.
Gu Zhengwen's first step was to buy an adjutant surnamed Yang beside Bai Chongxi in order to obtain Bai Chongxi's whereabouts in time. Gu Zhengwen's plan was to use the opportunity to kill Bai Chongxi when he was out hunting, and disguise it as an accident.
One day, the adjutant surnamed Yang secretly reported to Gu Zhengwen that Bai Chongxi would go to Shoufeng Mid-Mountain in Hualien County to hunt on the xth.
Gu Zhengwen led the members of the reconnaissance team to Shoufeng Banshan for a field investigation, and after some investigation, they found that there was a small intermountain railway composed of manpower rail trolleys in Bai Chongxi's hunting mountainous area.
Considering Bai Chongxi's advanced age and frailty, it is speculated that he would not choose to hike up and down the mountain, but would more likely take a trolleycar. Therefore, the reconnaissance team decided to wait for Bai Chongxi to go up the mountain, loosen the screws that fixed the small bridge on the way in advance, and let Bai Chongxi fall into the 50-meter-deep canyon together with the rail trolley.
At 10:30 a.m., Wang Jian, Bai Chongxi, and others of the reconnaissance and defense group arrived at the predetermined location.
They immediately climbed under the bridge, twisted off the wooden piers supporting the bridge deck one by one, and then quickly hid in the nearby grass and waited for Bai Chongxi and his party to descend the mountain.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, there was a sudden sound of the rail trolley starting in the mountains, and Bai Chongxi and the two entourages descended in the car, but they did not sit in the front car, which became the key to Bai Chongxi's life.
When the car slid to the bridge where the screwdriver had been removed, all of a sudden, the vehicle was empty and crashed into the canyon with the people and the car. Bai Chongxi and his adjutant who followed him widened their eyes, and at this time, one of the adjutants in the car pushed Bai Chongxi out of the car with force, but he fell into the abyss with the car.
Bai Chongxi looked at the four bloody corpses at the bottom of the valley, with a wry smile on his face, obviously he already knew the truth of the matter.
He immediately woke up the escaped adjutant, followed the track down the hill to call the police, and dealt with the "accident". After the incident, the investigation and prevention team returned to the bureau to ask Gu Zhengwen for his guilt.
Gu Zhengwen comforted the team members: "This can only show that Bai Chongxi's life should not be extinguished, and he happened to be sitting in the back car." Gu Zhengwen immediately reported the results of the operation to Mao Renfeng and Chiang Kai-shek, apparently they had already learned that Chiang Kai-shek did not severely reprimand, but only looked a little regretful: "Let's plan slowly." ”
After that, Gu Zhengwen also tried to buy Bai Chongxi's girlfriend, the wife of Fu Rong, chairman of the Democratic Socialist Party, and had to get close to Bai Chongxi because of a debt dispute of 350,000 yuan with Bai Chongxi.
Because Mrs. Fu was too shrewd and capable, Gu Zhengwen never had a chance to get close to her, and everyone who heard about this plan frowned and shook their heads, so Gu Zhengwen had to seek other solutions.
And Bai Chongxi, after experiencing the ** in Shoufeng Mid-Levels, became more cautious and unwilling to go out easily, which made the staff of the defense team feel very troubled.
Soon, Gu Zhengwen was transferred to the inspector's office and was no longer directly responsible for the assassination mission, but he still kept meeting with his colleagues in the reconnaissance team, and at the party, he learned that Chiang Kai-shek was still unwilling to let Bai Chongxi go, and after many failed assassination attempts, Chiang Kai-shek's attitude towards the reconnaissance team became more and more tough.
At every meeting, the reconnaissance team would ask Gu Zhengwen: "Is there any way to make the 'old girl' disappear, so that everyone will be more relaxed." Gu Zhengwen heard in the chat that Bai Chongxi was recently dating Zhang ** from Ximending Yiyi Plastic Surgery Hospital.
Hearing the news, Gu Zhengwen has not forgotten his assassination plan, and now he is beginning to think about how to implement it.
Bai Chongxi's death: Lonely and lonely night, his partner changed round after round Gu Zhengwen heard that Bai Chongxi's partner recently was a ** who had massaged his bones. Not long after, a colleague from the reconnaissance team called: "'Old girl' bought a U.S. military distilled water bottle and a dozen rice wine today, what do you guess he is going to do?" ”
Gu Zhengwen didn't answer, but asked rhetorically: "What do you say?" ”
When Gu Zhengwen heard his colleague say that the four-star general went to find Lai Shaosoul, he knew that he was not here to see a doctor. Gu Zhengwen gave Lai Shaosoul a ** and asked him to give full play to his expertise, and Jiang ** entrusted him to take care of the general, and he needed strong medicine when he was seriously ill.
Lai Shaosoul understood that Gu Zhengwen just wanted him to do something about Bai Chongxi's prescription dosage, so that Bai Chongxi would collapse under the power of the medicine. Lai Shaosoul immediately telegraphed Bai Chongxi, saying that he had prescribed a new prescription that was more nourishing.
Bai Chongxi was unsuspecting, took the prescription to the Tianshengtang Chinese Medicine Pharmacy and bought two large packages of Chinese medicine to make wine at home. In the next few months, Bai Chongxi did not show any discomfort symptoms, and praised Lai Shaosoul's prescription for being good.
On December 1, 1966, that night was no different. However, in the early morning of the next day, the adjutant found that Bai Chongxi's door was closed and was very confused.
At 8 o'clock this morning, they were going to Wumei Village to cut the ribbon for the Kaohsiung Nanzi Processing and Export Zone, but more than half an hour had passed, and Bai Chongxi had not gotten up yet.
Haven't heard of it. He turned and entered the house, the time had passed, and it did seem a little rude if he hadn't said hello. The adjutant pushed open the half-hidden door and called Bai Chongxi through the gauze tent, but received no response.
He opened the gauze tent and saw Bai Chongxi lying prone on the bed, his pajamas torn to shreds, his neck and arms were bare with green, and the adjutant shouted a few more times, but there was still no response.
He stretched out his hand tremblingly, and what he touched was cold, only to know that his master had passed away. The old mother of Baifu heard the adjutant's cry of grief and immediately rushed over, and when she saw this chaotic scene, she couldn't help but know it.
There was chaos in the house, only the old mother put on clothes for Bai Chongxi, and sighed while wearing: "Mr. drinks medicine and wine all day long, I knew that he would not be able to stand it." ”
At this time, the adjutant calmed down and found the crux of the problem, and he asked: "Why didn't you persuade him?" The old mother retorted: "His life in his old age is so unpleasant, it is rare to have something that can make him feel happy, how can I bear to dissuade him?" ”
A prescription, a pot of medicinal wine, ended the decades-long feud between Chiang Kai-shek and Bai Chongxi, and Bai Chongxi's follow-up operation was revoked accordingly.
Shen Du et al., edited "The Biography of Senior Kuomintang Generals in the Year of the Chronicles, The Final Destination of the Standing Committee of the Kuomintang Central Committee, Volume 1" edited by Feng Chunlong, and "The History of Chiang Kai-shek ** Bai Chongxi" published by Gu Zhengwen and Xu Junrong in the 02 issue of "International Press" in 1993.