In February 1967, an Englishman departed from Baiyun Airport in Guangzhou and headed for Hong Kong. When airport personnel checked his luggage, they found an anomalous pair of luggage companions - two rats.
While it was understandable to bring pets on planes at the time, these two rats were a bit peculiar in that they weren't pet rats, but real underground grey rats.
This is the first time that airport staff have encountered a situation of carrying such a rat on an airplane.
After careful consideration, the team members still felt that this action was a bit strange, because this kind of rat is also found in the UK, why did they choose to take China with them?However, what everyone didn't expect was that these two rats actually alarmed ***
What was the real purpose of these two rats being taken away by foreigners?How will things play out?Let's focus on unraveling the mysterious story between the alien and these two rats.
Airport officers were conducting security checks on British passport holders who were about to leave the country when they spotted a pair of unusual mice. This aroused their vigilance and promptly reported the matter to the comrades of the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Trade.
After Zhang Wenqi learned the news, he immediately conducted an in-depth investigation into the matter. He learned that Hong Kong was still under the jurisdiction of the British at the time, and that once the rats left Guangzhou and arrived in Hong Kong, we could not track them.
Although Zhang Wenqi was only in his 30s at the time, he already had a wealth of experience in investigation. He immediately demanded that the rats be detained and tested, and at the same time, in order to avoid arousing suspicion among foreigners, the operation had to be carried out in a low-key manner.
Through the examination of these two rats, we found that they carried traces of radioactive materials from the production base of China's northwest nuclear industry, which are completely consistent with the radioactive materials used in our country, which makes people wonder if there is some major conspiracy hidden in them.
In order not to attract unnecessary attention, Zhang Wenqi ordered to find two identical gray rats for the British. It was obviously impossible for these two rats to take out of the country with them.
Since there is a problem with these two rats, the person who took them out of the country must also be fully investigated. The foreigner's name was Watt and he was a chemical expert. In 1964, China introduced a set of civil chemical equipment worth 20 million yuan from VG Company, which is jointly operated by Britain and Germany.
Due to the weak industrial base in China at that time, it was necessary to equip professional equipment commissioning personnel after the introduction of equipment. Watt came to China as a chemical equipment expert.
Watt's love for Chinese culture as a foreign expert is astonishing. Rather than being as active in commissioning equipment as others do, he prefers to wander the streets and enjoy China's natural scenery.
Although his performance needs to be improved, his performance in other areas is highly regarded by his Chinese colleagues. In the sixties of the last century, during the exploratory period, there were still some immaturity in China's policy, and many foreign experts expressed dissatisfaction with this.
However, Watt never expressed any dissatisfaction and instead actively embraced China's policies, which won the trust of his colleagues. Due to his outstanding performance, ** specially approved his wife to visit relatives in China, and also approved his request for leave from Hong Kong.
He collected a lot of information from his factory in Lanzhou, but how to get it out safely became a problem.
Watt came up with an ingenious plan, he tried to quietly bring the information out of the airport through two rats. If it weren't for the caution of the airport staff, the two rats would have managed to escape his sight.
After investigating the matter, Zhang Wenqi realized that Watt was not simply an expert in chemical equipment, and there must be more secrets hidden behind him. Watt did not hesitate to go to great lengths for this purpose, and it was clear that he was not only satisfied with the information that the two rats could bring out, but he also intended to bring out more information.
At this time, the relationship between our country and the United Kingdom was not good, and our customs customs have always been known for being strict. Therefore, if Watt wants to pass on information smoothly, it is obvious that it cannot be done directly and publicly.
He may choose "Other Paths". After inference, Zhang Wenqi believes that Watt's wife must have come to China to visit relatives at this critical moment, and the purpose must be not simple.
Mrs. Watt's family visit is coming to an end, and Watt is planning to go on vacation to Hong Kong, so there is not much time left for our staff. Zhang Wenqi knew that Watt had many important secrets, and he wanted to take out more than just the weight of two mice.
If he is let go like this, state secrets may be leaked. However, Sino-British relations were very tense at the time, and if the detention of British citizens happened again, it could trigger a diplomatic incident that would make things even more tricky.
Faced with this dilemma, Zhang Wenqi had no choice but to report the matter to Yang Qiqing, vice minister of the Ministry of Public Security. After listening to his report, Yang Qiqing said: "We can't let him go, but we need to find a tactful way, don't startle the snake, delay him as much as possible, let him hand over his things to his wife, and we will set up an ambush at the airport." ”
The airport personnel cleverly delayed Watt's time, but if it took too long, there would always be a loophole that would be discovered. So the staff had an idea, taking advantage of Watt's work needs, and asked his factory to inform him to stay in the country temporarily.
Although Watt was somewhat unhappy with the temporary change plan, his advocacy of Chinese policy made him willing to give up his vacation for work. After receiving the notice, Wa had no choice but to hand over the luggage to his wife and let her take it out of the country first.
The staff at the capital airport also cooperated in seizing Watt's wife's luggage and conducting a search. As a result, the transmitter and some film were found in the luggage, as well as data on the country's nuclear industry.
After processing, the Chinese staff found that the film was actually a topographic map of China's nuclear industrial base, including seven complete combat readiness topographic maps of the Lanzhou Military Region, and even a topographic map of the Lanzhou military airport.
The radioactive material on the rat carried by Watt is the same as that of the Northwest atomic Bomb Base, which may leak important information about our country's atomic energy research. Fortunately, the customs officer stopped him, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Zhang Wenqi deeply felt that the matter was important and immediately reported it to Vice Minister Yang. Yang Qiqing realized the seriousness of the incident and immediately reported it to his superiors, and immediately said that he would make every effort to investigate the matter.
With the support of ***, Yang Qiqing and Zhang Wenqi strengthened their determination to investigate and began to formulate a detailed investigation plan.
What Watt took away involved important secrets of our country, and after expert research, it was difficult for Watt to obtain such detailed information alone, and there must be other people behind him who supported him.
In order to avoid exposure, Zhang Wenqi quietly replaced Mrs. Watt's information, so that he seemed to have succeeded in taking the information, and Watt was also left in the country by us.
In order to solve the mystery behind it, we used the arrest of other foreign experts to test Watt, but he inadvertently revealed a name when he was talking to our disguisers: Xu Delin.
The name Xu Delin, whose full name is Trutz von Xu Delin, was a chemical equipment technician who came to Lanzhou, China, with a foreign company and was the leader of a foreign expert group.
In order to have a deeper understanding of the real situation of Xu Delin, Zhang Wenqi decided to follow the China Import and Export Corporation to the Lanzhou chemical base as a technical expert.
The arrival of the Chinese delegation immediately attracted the attention of foreign experts, especially the unfamiliar name Zhang Wenqi, who knew something about Chinese chemical experts but had never heard of the name "Zhang Wenqi".
However, they speculated that the Chinese inspection team would be staffed not only by technical personnel, but also by political workers, so there were no doubts.
Make friends with Mr. Zhang and talk more to figure it out. "Time was tight and the task was too heavy for us to conceal the surveillance of Watt and his wife for long.
In order to quickly determine whether Xu Delin has a problem, Zhang Wenqi suggested that the expert group organize a seminar on the topic of chemical equipment and related theoretical knowledge.
In order to test whether Xu Delin really understands chemical knowledge, Zhang Wenqi specially invited top experts as a jury. However, Xu Delin's speech was too dogmatic and lacked original insights, which made the listeners feel a little dull.
This situation has caused Chinese experts to question Xu Delin's ability. Finally, after Xu Delin's speech, he suddenly asked a question: "Was Mr. Xu born in the United States?" ”
Xu Delin asked with some surprise: "How do you know that I am an American?" Zhang Wenqi replied with a smile: "Your accent is not so much like a British, more like an American." Moreover, I was also born in the United States. Although the two communicated amicably on the surface, in fact, Zhang Wenqi already had the answer in his heart.
In the chat in the symposium, Zhang Wenqi quietly obtained an amazing secret. After several days of investigation, he discovered that Hüdlin was not an Englishman, but an American with a British passport whose father had been a general under Hitler.
During his work in Lanzhou, under the guise of work, he frequently wandered around, photographed many ** in China's restricted areas, and measured the water level of the Yellow River many times. Faced with this situation, how should Zhang Wenqi deal with it?
After ascertaining the facts, Zhang Wenqi immediately flew to Beijing to report to the relevant departments and demanded that action be taken against Xu Delin. However, before we could take action, Xu Delin said that he wanted to leave China.
At the same time, we found that Mrs. Watt's information had been dropped, and a report from the Shanghai Public Security Department showed that Mrs. Watt had sent a telegram to Britain from the Shanghai International Telecommunications Bureau, saying that Watt was ill, that a doctor was with him, and that Xu Delin was healthy.
This is clearly Mrs. Watt's report to England that she has been closely monitored by our country, and Hüdlin has not yet been exposed. Xu Delin's exit application in this case was obviously to escape with intelligence, which is why he was in a hurry to leave China.
We don't yet know if Xu Delin has been exposed, but he proposed to leave the country at this critical moment, apparently to take the intelligence with him.
At a critical moment, Watt at the Xinqiao Hotel in Beijing received a mysterious package containing some canned food and a note that read: "Mr. George, what your wife brought out has been seized, you have failed, please write a letter of accusation against China ** to the International Court of Justice, try to send it and commit suicide, and create international **."
This was their last exploitation of Watt. Luckily, our technicians were able to decipher the sentence in time and took steps to prevent Watt from committing suicide. Zhang Wenqijia sent men to keep an eye on Watt, and confiscated all sharp objects and other items in the room that could be used for suicide.
After Watt's affairs were properly arranged, Zhang Wenqi began to deal with Xu Delin. In response to Xu Delin's request to leave the country, China directly denied it to avoid arousing unnecessary suspicion.
To this end, Zhang Wenqi came up with several strategies, one is that Xu Delin can only choose the 136 night flights that shuttle between Lanzhou and Beijing, the second is to conduct exit inspection at Beijing airport, and the third is not to hang the time chart board of 136 flights at the airport, if others ask, he claims that he cannot give an accurate answer because of the weather.
Xu Delin was not surprised by the scene in front of him, but Zhang Wenqi and others had already laid out a tight net at Beijing Airport. When Xu Delin saw Zhang Wenqi, he blurted out: "I didn't expect it to be you." ”
In the luggage that Xu Delin was taken away, a large number of secret documents about China's atomic bomb were found, which were important secrets of China. While it is certain that these individuals have stolen China's secrets, their status as foreigners has put Zhang Wenqi in a difficult situation, as they enjoy diplomatic immunity and can lead to diplomatic disputes if not handled carefully.
Zhang Wenqi decided to report the matter, and after unremitting efforts, we finally decided to punish those foreigners who stole our country's intelligence and give corresponding legal sanctions.
In the course of the development of New China, we have faced many dangers, and if we are not careful, we may lose all our achievements, and China's progress is something we have walked out step by step through difficulties and obstacles.