On September 26, 1950, the residents of the capital were preparing with joy for the upcoming first anniversary of the National Day. However, behind the jubilation, there is a dangerous conspiracy.
In Beijing's Ganyu Hutong, Cao Chunzhi – then head of the reconnaissance section of the Ministry of Public Security and the Political Security Bureau – was leading the police on an extremely important secret arrest mission.
In this operation, there were also personnel of the Beijing Military Management Commission. Who are they going to arrest? What conspiracy are they hatching?
The National Day is approaching, and No. 16 Ganyu Hutong in Beijing is surrounded by law enforcement officers. They aim to catch spies. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the United States and the Kuomintang still wanted to compete with the People's Liberation Army, but they could not compete with it because of the popular will.
Therefore, they can only train spy agents in the metropolis to carry out sabotage and assassination. As the capital of China, Beijing is the natural place of choice for these criminals.
Since the peaceful liberation of Peiping, the activities of Kuomintang agents and international spies in Beijing have become rampant.
For the Beijing public security department and the Military Management Commission, arresting spies is nothing new, and even Beijing citizens feel that catching spies is already a daily operation. But this mission is unusual, even the captains of the relevant departments are personally deployed to monitor the place 24 hours a day.
Why is it so closely monitored? The reason is simple, because the conspiracy hatched by the spies in this house is too big. How big is it? To put it simply, they attempted to bombard the Tiananmen Tower with mortars on the National Day of the first anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, when the leaders of our country climbed the Tiananmen Tower.
This kind of espionage with the intention of assassinating the country's leader cannot be tolerated in any country, and it cannot be ignored either.
When the war of liberation continued to be won, the United States ** representative Marshall hatched a secret plan to assassinate *** in an attempt to buy Chiang Kai-shek time in this way.
This difficult task was entrusted to the American espionage organization "Hidaka Agency". However, the gradual defeat of the Kuomintang reactionaries forced the Japanese authorities to flee the mainland and flee to Taiwan Province of China.
After arriving in Taiwan, they had to put their assassination plans on hold for the time being. Although the Hidaka agency has left the mainland, their latent forces in Beijing and other places are still plotting to assassinate Chinese leaders such as ***.
However, they did not know that in the Hidaka organs, our Party's secret front personnel had already laid an ambush.
In order to protect the coherence and confidentiality of the story, Hua Jian has given the hero of the secret front a pseudonym, and I hope that readers will forgive me. In response to the indomitable plan of the Hidaka agency, he had a rough grasp of the situation.
But at this time, this staff member has been tracked by the US counterintelligence team, and his movements are restricted and he is unable to divulge intelligence. At this moment, Major Canon, the leader of the US counterintelligence team, took a fancy to him and hoped to plot against this CCP fighter.
This is undoubtedly a rare opportunity, and Hua Jian accepted it without hesitation. Under the arrangement of the US military, Hua Jian returned to Beijing. As soon as he arrived in Beijing, he regained some freedom and immediately found his fiancée, who was also a fighter on the hidden front.
Hua Jian reported the relevant information to the organization through his fiancée. The organization was appalled by the overseas spy's plan to assassinate ***. However, finding these spies in Beijing is tantamount to finding a needle.
However, Hua Jian took the initiative to ask Ying to continue lurking, hoping to get more information. With his assistance, the U.S. side soon got in touch with Taro Yamamoto, a Japanese spy lurking in Qingdao, Shandong.
Under the guidance of Taro Yamamoto, Hua Jian became acquainted with two American intelligence officers. After careful investigation, the intelligence officers confirmed that Hua Jian was the person sent by his superiors to assist in the mission, so they introduced him to a higher-level intermediary.
Soon after, a reactionary spy organization in Beijing gave Hua Jian a "job" through an intermediary. This job is actually a disguise, Hua Jian, as a long-time person who has been engaged in the work of the hidden front, knows that he is about to come into contact with the core department of espionage.
According to the address on the letter of appointment, he successfully found the China office of Deutsche Bausch in Ganyu Hutong, Beijing. Although there were only four people in the office, Hua Jian knew that there was a boss behind the scenes.
At the behest of his superiors, he began to continue to lurk, looking for an opportunity to capture the ** behind the scenes. Soon, the secret service asked him to collect the license plate of the special car of the leader of our country.
Hua Jian obtained the real license plate through the leaders of the public security department, but he knew that this license plate would soon be replaced.
After Hua Jian got this license plate, he immediately received a blackmail from the intermediary of the spy organization. But instead of panicking, he used this information as a threat to show that he was a subordinate of Major Cannon of the United States and did not belong to their leadership.
If he is not allowed to see who is behind the scenes, then the cooperation is terminated. In the end, the intermediary introduced the behind-the-scenes ** Zheli to Hua Jian in 1950. After an investigation by the Public Security Bureau, Zheli is an Italian who came to China in the 20s of the 20th century and has been doing business and teaching.
At the same time, Gansner, the ** person of Baoshi Company, was also found to be a spy of the US Strategic Intelligence Agency. Hua Jian accepted a new assignment to investigate the residents of No. 16 Ganyu Hutong.
Some people reported that the sound of telegraphs could often be heard here, and the resident, Liu Yi, was a middle-aged man in his 50s who had worked for the Kuomintang. So, Hua Jian began to follow Mr. Liu in his spare time.
One day in April 1950, Hua Jian saw Mr. Liu go out to Tiananmen Square. On that day, Hua Jian didn't have any special work, so he followed. He found that Mr. Liu, unlike ordinary tourists, kept staring at Tiananmen Square, and his hand was still gesturing, as if he was measuring the length, width and height of Tiananmen Square.
At this moment, Hua Jian found that this person was somewhat familiar. After a closer look, he found that this was not Liu Yi at all, but Ryuichi Yamaguchi, whom he was familiar with.
By chance, Hua Jian discovered a key figure hidden among Japanese spies, his name was Ryuichi Yamaguchi. It is said that Ryuichi Yamaguchi came to China in 1938 as a Japanese spy, and after Japan's surrender, he continued his spy activities in China as a member of the Kuomintang Military Commission and the Institute of International Studies.
The encounter between Hua Jian and Ryuichi Yamaguchi surprised Gansner, who was secretly spying, and even sent someone to question Hua Jian. After some exchanges, Hua Jian was even more convinced that Ryuichi Yamaguchi might be Tetsuri's boss.
So, he invited Takashi Yamaguchi to dinner in the name of celebrating his birthday, and kept making him drink at the table until he was drunk. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Hua Jian found the safe in Takashi Yamaguchi's car, which found his spy card and a sketch of Tiananmen Square, on which two arcs were drawn, shaped like ballistics.
Hua Jian immediately took pictures and put all the items back in their original place, and then handed them over to a nearby scout. In mid-September, Takashi Yamaguchi.
1. Ganas and Zheli and others are all gathered together, and behind them, there is another person hidden.
The real identity of the Italian Li Andong is none other than the leader of the spies. They planned to shell Tiananmen Square on National Day, thinking that the plan was seamless, but unexpectedly, our undercover agent Hua Jian had already known about it and reported top-secret information.
The public security department began to monitor Ryuichi Yamaguchi on September 16 and found that he had repeatedly been in the vicinity of Tiananmen Square, the National Museum, the public security bureau and the location of the fire brigade, and had also visited the vicinity of Jinshui Bridge many times to look up at the castle tower.
The surveillance of Li Andong and others is also smooth, and the net can be closed at any time. Seeing that the National Day was approaching and the evidence was conclusive, the public security department decided to keep watch for the sake of safety.
Surprisingly, Li Andong's appearance surprised Hua Jian, he thought that Ganas, Tetsuri, Yamaguchi Ryuichi and others were the masterminds behind it, but Li Andong's true identity caught him off guard.
Born in Italy in 1896, Li Andong studied in Shanghai as a young man, and in 1932 joined the Italian Fascist Party, embarking on the path of a spy.
Li Andong, a former Italian fascist, returned to China and organized a fascist party branch in Beiping. Because of his collusion with Japanese militarism, he worked for China's intelligence gathering efforts from 1933 onwards.
After the 77 incident, Li Andong's behavior became even more crazy. However, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he was arrested for espionage. Espionage crimes are subject to similar penalties all over the world, and few people escape the pursuit of death, let alone those who commit the most heinous crimes and have conclusive evidence.
However, in May 1947, the Kuomintang unexpectedly released Li Andong, giving the explanation that "the suspicion of the crime is not sufficient, and he will not be prosecuted." From then on, Li Andong returned to Peking and became a spy for the US Strategic Intelligence Agency.
With his extensive experience, he successfully recruited a group of intelligence officers, including Ryuichi Yamaguchi. However, after learning of the planned shelling of the Tiananmen Tower on National Day, the public security department approved the arrest of Li Andong and others on September 26.
In order to ensure the success of the operation, the public security department has set up a number of arrest teams to carry out precise strikes against different spies.
Under the order of the operation, Li Andong and Yamaguchi Takachi followed**. After taking them under control, our public security authorities conducted a thorough search of their homes. The results of the search were unexpected, it turned out that they not only wanted to bombard the city tower, but also secretly hid a large amount of ** ammunition and top-secret information.
This information even includes a list of expired license plate numbers of the vehicles used by the leaders to travel. During the interrogation, they tried to quibble, but through interrogation and a stick figure of the Tiananmen Tower drawn by Ryuichi Yamaguchi, Ryuichi Yamaguchi finally pleaded guilty.
Ryuichi Yamaguchi revealed that the shooting picture was from him, and the picture showed that he planned to attack Li Andong with a mortar from his home during the Tiananmen National Day celebration. After the interrogation, Ryuichi Yamaguchi admitted that he had aimed his cannon at Tiananmen Square.
He had studied in the army** and was skilled, firing 40 shells a minute. Lee's confession also corroborates their criminal intentions. This allowed their crimes to be confirmed.
Through the unremitting efforts of the public security department and the heroes of the hidden front, the conspiracy of Li Andong's gang was successfully exposed and the smooth progress of the National Day Celebration was guaranteed. Their bravery and wisdom give us confidence in the security of our motherland.
However, all of this is possible, without the dedication and sacrifice of these heroes, it can have unimaginable consequences. Therefore, we should always remember their exploits and pay them the deepest respect.
The Li Andong case is a typical case of sabotage and subversion attempted by the Kuomintang reactionaries and US imperialism to sabotage and subversion at home after the founding of New China. There were many such reactionary spies at that time, and even now, there are many overseas spies who are trying to infiltrate and sabotage our country.
But we firmly believe that under the strong leadership of the Party and the People's Republic of China, with the unremitting efforts of the Ministry of Science and Technology and countless unsung heroes, and with the common resistance of the people of the whole country, these reactionary spies will eventually be run over by the wheels of history!