The factional struggles within the Kuomintang, one of China's most famous intelligence agencies, are even better known for their intelligence-gathering capabilities. After the incident in which Dai Li's plane crashed into the mountain, the struggle between the "three giants" of the military command, such as Mao Renfeng, Tang Zong, and Zheng Jiemin, became increasingly fierce, and they all aspired to the post of director of the military command.
Although the military command was later reorganized several times and eventually became Taiwan's so-called "Military Intelligence Bureau," the tradition of "factional struggle" within it does not seem to have disappeared. In Taiwan's military history, there have also been many internal disputes, one of which even led to the son of Taiwan's military leader Qiu Guozheng.
What kind of history is this?
As early as 1928, Chiang Kai-shek set up a secret intelligence organization at the General Headquarters of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the "Secret Investigation Group", which was headed by Dai Li. After many evolutions, this organization eventually became known as the "military commander".
At its peak, there were more than 50,000 military commanders, spread across all branches of the Kuomintang, the army, the police, and embassies abroad. They carry out their activities by a variety of means, including surveillance, kidnappings, arrests and assassinations.
During the Anti-Japanese War, the military commander also successfully collected intelligence on the Japanese side and carried out some operations behind enemy lines. After Chiang Kai-shek's defeat and retreat to Taiwan, the military commanders also withdrew, and after several reorganizations, in 1985 it was reorganized into the "Military Intelligence Bureau" under the "General Staff Headquarters of the Ministry of National Defense" in Taiwan, under the direct command of the "Chief of Staff".
At that time, the "Military Intelligence Bureau" was very strict in the selection and training of intelligence personnel, including regular training subjects, intelligence gathering, formulation, file production, and even "disguise" training.
In order to ensure the privacy and security of our students, we use pseudonyms during training and prohibit asking each other about their identities and backgrounds. Taiwan's "Military Intelligence Bureau," with its superb archival production technology, has succeeded in confusing intelligence officers so that they cannot hear any information in the tapes, but in fact, the intelligence is hidden in the boxes and nylon ropes of the tapes.
During the period of the two Chiangs, most of the spies sent by the Taiwan authorities lurked in the interior to transmit intelligence, and their hiding places were hidden and little known. However, in the first period, most of the spies sent by Taiwan's "Military Intelligence Department" were not professional intelligence personnel, but Taiwanese businessmen doing business on the mainland.
They mainly use money and beauty to corrupt relevant personnel in the mainland to obtain intelligence. However, Taiwanese businessmen are businessmen after all, and they are easy to be arrested by national security, and there were about 5,000 Taiwanese spies sent to the mainland during the ** period, and later only more than 500 people remained, and most of them were arrested.
Since then, Taiwan's "Military Intelligence Bureau" seems to have been less "professionally sophisticated" in its intelligence work than in the past, but the "tradition" of internal factional struggles still exists, such as the case of Chiu Kuo-cheng's son.
Qiu Guozheng was born in 1953 in Taipei, Taiwan Province, but he comes from a family in other provinces, and his ancestral home is Guanyun County, Jiangsu. He studied at the 1976 class of the Army Academy and the 1995 class of the War College in Taiwan, and studied at the U.S. Army War College.
Qiu Guozheng is known for his strong desire to perform, and his love of "showmanship" makes him more like a politician than a soldier. His path to promotion may have some luck in it.
In 1979, a major accident occurred in the third company of the tank battalion under the 292nd division of the Taiwan army, which led to the punishment of the commanders at all levels of the tank battalion, making the position of the company commander of the third company empty.
It was at this time that the 26-year-old Qiu Guozheng was offered the position and began his path to promotion. After many years, he finally became the "Commander of the Army" in 2015.
Under Qiu Guozheng's rule, it may not be described as "strict", but more appropriately it may be "harsh". It is said that Qiu Guozheng's most frequent focus is on "the turf in the barracks" and "the scalp of the soldiers", and if he finds anything that does not meet the standards or dissatisfies him, he will be punished.
In addition, Qiu Guozheng is not ashamed of this, but is proud of it. Even if he brought it up or ridiculed it in front of others, he would proudly say, "I also take care of leather shoes." ”
For this reason, the outside world usually calls him "General Three-Pis". In a sense, this is also a manifestation of "showmanship", but his showmanship skills are much more than that.
More often, Qiu Guo is showing his image in front of **.
Qiu Guozheng once recalled his "bold words" in an interview. At that time, Qiu Guozheng, as the colonel and chief of staff of the 249th Division, warned his son in the Taiwan Strait crisis in the 90s of the last century that if a war broke out in the Taiwan Strait, he would either wait for him to "come back with honor" at home, or go to the battlefield to find his "body".
Although it sounds like a soldier's words, some people question whether this is a conversation that Qiu Guozheng fabricated in order to brag to **, because judging by his character, he may not go to the battlefield in person at all.
During the exercise of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in Taiwan, Qiu Guozheng was questioned about the flight of Continental Army planes over Taipei. In the face of this sensitive issue, Chiu Kuo-cheng said that the Taiwan military will not provoke a conflict, but will adopt a strategy of fighting wits rather than fighting spirit.
His remarks were seen by some analysts as a way out for himself to avoid being identified as a die-hard "** element." However, Qiu's "rational" stance does not mean that he will not go to war.
In fact, he loves his son very much, and like other Taiwanese military leaders, he arranged a pretty good "way out" for his son. Although this behavior has won him the attention of ** to a certain extent, it has also made him controversial.
Overall, Qiu Guozheng's stance and behavior reflect his complex attitude towards ***. His strategy of "fighting wits without fighting spirits" shows his desire to avoid conflict on the one hand, and on the other hand, it also reveals his deep understanding of ***.
Despite the controversy surrounding his words and deeds, his views and strategies are still worth pondering.
Chiu Kuo-cheng served as president of the National Defense University in Taiwan, and just like President Chiang before him, he trained many "protégés" who held important positions in various departments in Taiwan.
Among them, Liu Deliang, deputy director of Taiwan's Military Intelligence Bureau, who has a close relationship with Chiu Kuo-cheng, was once considered to be his ** person, and was even expected to become the vice president of the National Defense University for a time.
Therefore, after Qiu Huangnian entered Taiwan's Military Intelligence Bureau, Qiu Guozheng also specially asked Liu Deliang to help take care of his son.
Liu Deliang did not refuse this request, in fact, he has always taken great care of Qiu Huangnian, and specially arranged for him to go to a certain country in the Middle East to study. In 2014, Qiu Huangnian relied on his excellent performance, according to the convention, to go to a certain country in the Middle East to study under a pseudonym and a fake identity, but just a month after he arrived, his identity was **, and there were even rumors that he was almost caught by the mainland.
In the end, out of security concerns, Taiwan's "Military Intelligence Bureau" urgently recalled Qiu Huangnian before the Mid-Autumn Festival, ending his study program in the Middle East ahead of schedule. It is said that Taiwan's "Military Intelligence Bureau" told him to stay in a safe place at that time, and then used a false identity to book a plane ticket back to Taiwan.
Fortunately for Qiu Huangnian, everything went smoothly and he returned to Taiwan safely. So, why is Qiu Huangnian's identity **? This is related to the internal struggle of the Taiwanese "Military Intelligence Agency".
In 2014, the post of director of Taiwan's "Military Intelligence Bureau" was vacant, and many people were interested in this position, and Chiu Kuo-cheng, then deputy director of Taiwan's defense department, directly confirmed that Liu Deliang was promoted to director.
Many people disagreed, believing that this was Qiu Guozheng's compensation in return for Liu Deliang for taking care of his son. More importantly, Chiu Kuo-cheng's decision has completely broken the power order within Taiwan's "Military Intelligence Bureau" and aroused great internal dissatisfaction.
The report letter flew to the desk of the Taiwan leader like snowflakes, and the spearhead pointed at Liu Deliang's promotion because of the "special care" he gave to Qiu Huangnian. This led to Qiu Huangnian's status ** and had to return to Taiwan early.
In the face of these accusations, Qiu Guozheng and Liu Deliang firmly denied it. Qiu Guozheng said that he had no idea that his son had applied for the "Military Intelligence Bureau" examination, and that he did not learn about it until his son went to the "Military Intelligence Bureau" to report, and that he had never asked about his son's work.
He also claimed that he did not know who was the candidate for director of the "Military Intelligence Bureau" before attending the "People's Appraisal Conference," and when asked what he thought of Lau Duc Liang, he only replied "very good" and said that he "strongly supported Lau Duc Liang." These accusations are purely fictitious.
Qiu Huangnian was not promoted by his relationship, but because of the decision of the former director, he went to further study. His low-key qualities were recognized, but in the end, he was sacrificed for internal struggles.
Yan Ming, head of Taiwan's defense department, expressed great indignation at this situation, saying that the relevant personnel appointments have already been announced, but the "Military Intelligence Bureau" is still carrying out "black letter" attacks and using the "safety of innocent intelligence personnel" as a bargaining chip, and this kind of behavior cannot be tolerated.
Although stern warnings that "this kind of atmosphere cannot continue to develop," this is not the first time that there has been a conflict within Taiwan's "Military Intelligence Bureau." As early as 2009, the chief and deputy director of Taiwan's "Military Intelligence Bureau" had an infighting, which eventually led to Ge Guangming, then director of the "Military Intelligence Bureau," being sentenced to prison.
According to information, in 2008, Taiwan's "Air Force Lieutenant General" Ge Guangming served as director of the "Military Intelligence Bureau."
When Ge Guangming first joined the "Military Intelligence Bureau," he was regarded as an "outsider" because he had worked in the "Telecommunications Development Office" of Taiwan's defense department and was not an internal member of the organization.
Under such circumstances, he was ostracized by various factions, especially Liu Benshan, who was the deputy director at the time, and turned a blind eye to Ge Guangming. When the conflict between the two intensified, Liu Benshan even reviewed the documents on his own, ignoring Ge Guangming's instructions at all, which made the latter very angry.
In the end, Ge Guangming decided to suspend Liu Benshan for reflection.
Although Liu Benshan was forced to "stop" by the order of the executive director, he did not sit idle, but skillfully used his "intelligence work" advantages to collect a large amount of evidence from Ge Guangming, and even kept complaining upwards, which plunged the "Military Intelligence Bureau" into chaos.
In October 2009, Taiwan's security department intervened in the investigation, and Ge Guangming was dismissed from his post as director of the "Military Intelligence Bureau". After investigation, it was found that Ge Guangming embezzled the funds that should be handed over to the public treasury for personal use on the grounds of official business, and his ** amount was as high as more than NT$3.7 million.
Therefore, Taiwan's "military high procuratorate" demanded that Ge Guangming be sentenced to a heavy sentence. Initially, Taiwan's "High Military Court" sentenced Ge Guangming to 14 years in prison, but after several retrials, Ge Guangming was finally sentenced to two and a half years in prison.
Taiwan"Military Intelligence Agency"The internal struggle was fierce, and immediately after the new director Qiu Guozheng took office, there were rumors that he asked for his son. But in fact, as long as the Qiu father and son have a relationship with Andy Lau, it is difficult to avoid being used by other factions to pull Andiel Lau down.
After this incident, Qiu Huangnian was transferred to work in Taiwan's security services, and although he avoided the danger of "further study" in the Middle East, he also left"Military Intelligence Agency"This land of strife.
Some people speculate that Qiu Guozheng applied for a transfer to Taiwan's "head of the Security Bureau" in 2019 in order to take better care of his son. Although Qiu Guozheng firmly denies it, considering what he has done in the past, this possibility cannot be completely ruled out.
After all, it is more reassuring to keep your son by your side than to entrust it to someone else to take care of.