In the spring of 1938, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression entered the most intense stage, and Laiyuan County, Baoding, Hebei Province was full of Japanese soldiers who were powerful and powerful. As spring blossoms, there are more and more pedestrians on the streets, and vendors who do small businesses begin to walk the streets. Under the eaves of a house, a young man carried a burden to sell fried peanuts, and he shouted to passers-by: "Fried peanuts!" Cigarette! Opposite him was the Japanese army's garrison in Laiyuan, and the young man would also solicit in Japanese: "Antarctic hemp rice (peanuts)!" ”
When the Japanese who passed by heard his cries, some would stop to taste the peanuts, but they would put on the rampant posture of the invaders and would not pay. Many people in the local area would rather make less money and avoid the Japanese and not do business with them, but this guy who sells peanuts took the initiative to come forward and get close to the Japanese. When the Japanese army bought his peanuts, he would erase the change, and even take the initiative to ask for money. Sometimes the Japanese ask for credit, and he doesn't collect debts.
One day, Yoshio Tangmae, a Japanese officer in the garrison, came to the young man's stall and wanted to blackmail him. Without saying a word, the young man presented several boxes of cigarettes and a large pile of peanuts to the Japanese officer, and respectfully sent off Yoshio Tangmae. Later, every time Yoshio Dozen passed by here, the young man would stuff him with a bag of peanuts, so that Yoshio Dozen had a good impression of him, and felt that this young man was obedient and clever. But when this guy faced the Chinese, not only was he not accommodating, he was not allowed to take credit, and sometimes he charged more money. After a long time, many Chinese scolded him as a traitor, groveling to the Japanese, but arrogant to the Chinese.
When the young man heard these scoldings, he was indifferent, but directly stopped doing business with the Chinese, served the Japanese wholeheartedly, and specially learned a few words of Japanese. Later, when he saw Yoshio Maeda, the young man flattered and said, "I will have to speak Japanese in the future, and I will learn a few words early now and benefit from it as soon as possible." Yoshio Maeda was very proud when he heard this, and said loudly: "Good boy, if there are benefits in the future, we will definitely miss you." From then on, Mrs. Maeda Fang let out the words, saying that this young man was a friend of the imperial army and was trustworthy.
Now the guy became a complete traitor, and the local Chinese were very angry, it turned out that this was to do big business for the Japanese. Seeing that the young man was getting mixed up with the Japanese, many people scolded him for being a traitor behind his back. But the guy never responded, and still fooled around with the Japanese. One day, Yoshio was eating peanuts from a young man, and said in broken Chinese, "You're very lucky." ”
The guy didn't know why, so he hurriedly sent two boxes of new cigarettes and said, "This is a new brand, Taijun try it." Satisfied, Yoshio put the cigarette in his pocket and said, "How much money do you make?" The young man said respectfully: "Small business, small business." Fang Fu in front of the hall smiled and motioned to the translator to tell the young man the inside story. It turned out that the young man felt that the young man was trustworthy and trustworthy for the Japanese, and planned to let him go to the Japanese army to work in the bathhouse and serve the Japanese officers.
This incident did not seem to be much, but in the winter of the following year, Abe Norihide, the flower of Japan's famous general, was taken away by the Eighth Route Army and died in a ravine outside Baoding. After this incident, the Japanese army was very shocked and arrested this young man who burned the water in the bathhouse and tortured him, saying that he was an undercover agent. The Japanese really guessed correctly, the guy's real name is Ji Cheng, and he is indeed the underground party of the Eighth Route Army, and he approached the Japanese to obtain intelligence. So, what happened to him? Why did you choose him to be an undercover agent?
In 1916, Ji Cheng was born in a poor family and went out to work early to subsidize his family. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Laiyuan County was occupied by the Japanese army, and Ji Cheng could only walk the streets and alleys to do some hawker work, and his life was very difficult. At the end of 1937, the Eighth Route Army opened up the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area, and also established an anti-Japanese ** in Laiyuan. This place is located in the depths of the Taihang Mountains, and the Japanese troops stationed here cannot penetrate at all, and the commander of the Japanese troops here is Lieutenant General Abe Norihide.
In order to regain the lost territory, Yang Chengwu, the commander of the First Division of the Eighth Route Army, decided to establish an intelligence station in Laiyuan and send excellent intelligence workers to penetrate into the enemy's interior. After some screening, they found Ji Cheng. He is not only familiar with the situation in the county, but also has an active brain and has worked as a small trader, which is convenient for him to get through with the Japanese. When Yang Chengwu found Ji Cheng to explain his intentions, he agreed without hesitation. After Ji Cheng got acquainted with the Japanese, he learned that Keio Yamamoto, the head of the Japanese Army's Intelligence Department, had a habit of cleanliness and had to take a bath once a day, and he had to boil hot water in winter. Ji Cheng felt that there was something to be done in this matter, so he paid extra attention.
After they got acquainted, Fang Fu in front of the hall asked Ji Cheng to burn the bathhouse, this opportunity was rare, and Ji Cheng hurriedly responded. Keio Yamamoto built a bathhouse in the courtyard of the Ministry of Intelligence, and Ji Cheng was in charge of boiling water. But Keio Yamamoto had a lot of requirements, not too hot and not too cold, and had to adjust the water temperature according to the daily temperature. Ji Cheng works very hard and cleans the bathhouse every day. Keio Yamamoto was wary at first, and he took a bath by himself and didn't let Ji Cheng in. Slowly, after he trusted Ji Cheng, he also asked him to take a bath for himself, so that Ji Cheng talked in the small talk, and slowly learned a lot of information.
After the news of Ji Cheng rubbing the Japanese came out, it aroused the contempt of many people, and some people directly accused Ji Cheng of being a traitor in person. But for the sake of the overall situation, Ji Cheng silently endured it. Ji Cheng met a translator surnamed Shui, because the Japanese army needed to translate Chinese documents for the puppet army, so the water translator knew a lot of combat intelligence of the Japanese army. Shui Yi is not a native of Laiyuan, and he is also discriminated against within the Japanese army, and often uses alcohol to kill his sorrows. Ji Cheng noticed this, and often took the initiative to invite the water translator to drink together, and the two became acquainted with each other.
On October 24, 1939, Ji Cheng went to the Ministry of Intelligence as usual, but he found that there were many strictly investigated posts around him, and even the puppet army was allowed to enter the door after strict verification. He keenly realized that something big was going to happen. On Ji Cheng's way to the Intelligence Department, there was a post almost a few meters apart, and there were many Japanese soldiers patrolling, and from time to time they had to check the pedestrians on the road. After Ji Cheng came to the Intelligence Department, he was surprised to find that Fang Fang and others in front of the hall were not there.
Ji Cheng originally wanted to find these familiar Japanese officers and inquire about what was going on, but today he couldn't see anyone. Ji Cheng was anxious: after lurking for so long, it must seem extraordinary today, but he couldn't find anyone to ask. He decided to go out on the street, found an excuse to go out, went to a photo studio he knew, and hid to observe the situation. I saw several cars driving not far away, carrying at least 30 Japanese people. In the cab of the last car, there was an officer with a lot of momentum, and I saw two gold stars pinned to his coat, which must be a senior official.
After Ji Cheng returned to the Intelligence Bureau, he noticed that Shui Translator was busy in his room all day, and Keio Yamamoto took a shower later than usual. Therefore, Ji Cheng couldn't get out of the city, he took a few bottles of wine to find the water translator, knocked on the door for a long time, and the water translator opened the door for him with a lot of sweat, and said: "Alas, this is you, otherwise I wouldn't dare to open the door!" Ji Cheng's eyes widened and asked, "Why?" The water translator said: "I'm afraid of leaking secrets. Ji Cheng's heart moved, and when he entered the door, he caught a glimpse of the marching map spread out on the table by Shui Yi, while placing the wine bottle on the table.
Ji Cheng put on a look of indifference and said, "Shui Translator, you put these away quickly, we still have to drink." The water translator said, "No, the ink hasn't dried yet." Then he rolled his eyes and smiled, "Do you know how to look at a map?" Ji Cheng scratched his head, pretending to be stunned and said: "Look at what you asked, I thought I could understand without words, but I turned out to be blind, how can I understand the map." The water translator put his mind at ease, Ji Cheng took the opportunity to pour wine vigorously, and when the water translator was dizzy, he said: "This is a head, when will we go, we can also go out and have a good drink." ”
Shui Yi said inarticulately: "I can't stay for a few days, I will be conscripted and requisitioned tomorrow, and I will enter the mountains to sweep in three days, which is enough for the Eight Roads." Seeing this, Ji Cheng carefully memorized the marching map in his heart, and said to Shui Translator: "Then I'm leaving!" The water translator lay motionless, Ji Cheng hurriedly returned to his room, copied the information and maps he heard today, and rushed to the contact point the next day and handed it over to the correspondent of the Eighth Route Army.
After receiving the information, the Eighth Route Army immediately held an operational meeting, and Yang Chengwu personally formulated a combat plan, which was reviewed by *** and immediately put into the battle. On the night of November 6, fierce fighting began between the two sides, and in the afternoon of the next day, our troops found that a number of Japanese officers had gathered in a small temple in Loess Ridge, so they ordered a mortar bombardment. It wasn't until later that I learned that there was Abe Norihide in it.
Such a defeat made the Japanese very angry and arrested a bunch of doubters, including Ji Cheng. Keio Yamamoto is also worried that if Ji Cheng is an underground party, he will not have good fruit to eat. After some interrogation, the Japanese did not gain anything, so they had to let Ji Cheng go. When Keio Yamamoto learned about it, he trusted him even more and asked him to do a lot of confidential intelligence work. By 1944, Japan's situation in China was becoming more and more defeated, and the unwilling Japanese formulated a plan to destroy the Jin-Cha-Ji border region, which was learned by Ji Cheng. But in the process of delivering information, he was accidentally exposed, but fortunately, the underground party came to the rescue, and he was able to return to the base area.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Ji Cheng was assigned to work in the Public Security Bureau, and some local people reported that Ji Cheng was a traitor, and he also made trouble with the county party committee. In the end, the county party committee came forward to clarify Ji Cheng's identity, and everyone suddenly realized: it turned out that Ji Cheng endured humiliation and burdens for a greater goal, so they admired him even more.