In 1937, there was a real "brawl" on the second floor of the Eighth Route Army's office in Nanjing, and the two future bigwigs of the republic confronted each other fiercely.
One of them is known as the "originator of the two major field armies" and will serve as a leader at the national level in the future. The other was the founding general, whose death even gave the CIA a three-day holiday to celebrate.
So, who are these two great predecessors? What are their respective revolutionary legends? Let's first get to know the most mysterious admiral - Admiral Li Kenong, the king of the red **.
Among the founding generals, General Li was the only one who never led an army to fight, but his contribution and the exploits of his secret agents were comparable to those of a million heroes. Li Kenong, born in Chaohu, Anhui Province in 1899, worked as a journalist in his youth and joined the Communist Party of China in 1926.
After the defeat of the Great Revolution, he came to Shanghai and was selected by the discerning *** to join ** Tek, and began his brilliant career on the hidden front.
Qian Zhuangfei is in Nanjing, Li Kenong is in charge of the radio exchanges of the national branches, Hu Di is in charge of North China and Northeast China, and I am their command center! ”
Li Kenong handed over a copy of the national cipher telegram in advance, and made an important contribution to the first victory against "encirclement and suppression" in the Soviet area. In the early years, the leaders of the Politburo of our party were all in Shanghai.
In 1931, Gu Shunzhang rebelled in Wuhan and tried to wipe out the leadership core of our party in Shanghai with the help of the Kuomintang. However, thanks to Li Kenong's wit and courage, he succeeded in stopping Gu Shunzhang and protecting the core of our party's leadership in Shanghai.
If Gu Shunzhang succeeds, China's history will be completely rewritten.
At the critical juncture, Qian Zhuangfei disregarded his personal safety and risked his life to pass on the confidential information of Gu Shunzhang's defection to Li Kenong, and Li Kenong also bravely handed over the information to Premier *** through the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee.
When Gu Shunzhang rushed to Shanghai with Chen Lifu, Xu Enzeng and a large number of spies, I and the leaders of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee had been successfully transferred, and most of the personnel were safe.
And *** At the last moment, after careful planning and makeup, he successfully avoided Chen Lifu's pursuit and was almost caught. Chen Lifu sighed afterwards: "If it is five more minutes, ** will be captured alive!" ”
This time, which is related to the life and death of our party's intelligence work, the chairman praised Li Kenong and Qian Zhuangfei for making great contributions. And *** affectionately called Li Kenong and his team "Longtan Three Heroes".
On February 25, 1936, Li Kenong secretly met with Zhang Xueliang in Luochuan. The main purpose of the talks was to establish an anti-Japanese united front with the Northeast Army. Zhang Xueliang arrogantly asked the Red Army if they could put down ** and accept the adaptation of **.
Li Kenong calmly replied: "I'm here to talk about cooperation, not about surrender!" He turned away, showing dissatisfaction with Zhang Xueliang's arrogant attitude. Zhang Xueliang realized his mistake, quickly grabbed Li Kenong, and began a formal meeting.
The talks achieved remarkable results, the Northeast Army and the Red Army declared an armistice, and a secret radio station was established in Yan'an to jointly resist Japan.
Zhang Xueliang met secretly with Li Kenong again on March 16 to discuss more details of the cooperation. ** Spoke highly of Li Kenong's work: "Li Kenong single-handedly did a good job!" ”
However, Chiang Kai-shek, who was unknown, had been forcing Zhang Xueliang to "suppress the Communists", which eventually led to the outbreak of the "Xi'an Incident" and opened the era of the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.
In his later years, Zhang Xueliang recalled this history and still praised Li Kenong: "Li Kenong, very powerful! During the Anti-Japanese War of Cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Li Kenong became a "professional household of the Eighth Office", and successively served as the director of the "Eighth Office" in Xi'an, Nanjing, Shanghai, and Guilin, and the secretary general of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Chiang Kai-shek pretended to invite *** to Chongqing for negotiations. He thought that *** did not have the courage to do so, and planned to occupy the "moral" commanding heights on the grounds that *** did not have the sincerity of peace talks, and then start a civil war.
Sure enough, ** will not come. So, on the 20th, he sent another telegram of more than 300 words to ***, inviting him to come to Chongqing again, but in fact it was an invitation to hide a knife in a smile.
** The invitation was declined again, and Li Kenong succeeded in intercepting the "good news" sent by the two spies to Chiang Kai-shek.
Li Kenong and *** used their ingenuity to successfully convince Chiang Kai-shek that *** would not go to Chongqing. In the process, they used the intelligence system to obtain information and made the Kuomintang side unprepared for negotiations by sending false information to the spies.
In the end, ** successfully arrived in Chongqing and seized the initiative in the peace talks. This is a contest of wit, and it is also the embodiment of the outstanding wisdom of *** and Li Kenong.
In the War of Liberation, our party's intelligence network led by Li Kenong exerted tremendous power. Two examples illustrate the effect. At the beginning of 1947, when the Kuomintang was preparing to attack Yan'an, our party learned this information in advance through Xiong Xianghui, Hu Zongnan's confidential secretary, so that *** and *** could be safely transferred.
In the following more than a year, the "mushroom tactics" were used to successfully contain more than 100,000 Kuomintang troops wandering around in northern Shaanxi, and the Northwest Field Army of the first boss also won successive battles during this period.
Behind these victories, countless secret warriors played a key role in providing a steady stream of enemy intelligence. In January 1949, in order to promote Fu Zuoyi's peaceful uprising in Beiping, ** decided to capture Tianjin first and give Siye a 3-day deadline.
* Therefore, the order was given to conquer Tianjin in 48 hours. And Liu Yalou, the commander-in-chief of the front, made a 30-hour military order, where did his confidence come from?
Liu Yalou's victory was due to the complete data of Tianjin's intelligence system, including the city defense map and the layout of the firepower points. As a result, Siye occupied Tianjin in only 29 hours.
The chairman praised: "During the war of liberation, intelligence work was the most successful! In June 1951, the chairman personally appointed Li Kenong to Kaesong, North Korea, to preside over the armistice negotiations.
In the 20th round of negotiations on August 10, when the DPRK representative finished speaking, the US side remained silent, and the scene fell into a prolonged Cold War. The representatives of China and North Korea were very anxious, and at this time, Li Kenong handed them a note with only three words on it: Sit!
Under! Go! In a fierce negotiation, our representatives, with their inner strength, chose to remain silent. In the end, the negotiations lasted two hours and fifteen minutes, becoming a great spectacle in the history of world negotiations.
In another negotiation, under the instructions of Li Kenong, the representatives of the Volunteer Army announced the start of the negotiations, and then announced the adjournment of the meeting, which took only 25 seconds. Under the planning and command of Li Kenong, the "best person", our negotiations have become sharper and more flexible.
Finally, on July 27, 1953, the United States had to sign an armistice. It is said that after Li Kenong's death, the CIA also took a three-day holiday to celebrate.
In 1955, Li Kenong was awarded the rank of general, which was personally approved by *** in recognition of the great contribution he and his secret soldiers made to the revolution.
On February 9, 1962, General Li Kenong died of illness on the job. He fulfilled his promise with his actions, and in order to protect New China, he fought to the last moment of his life.
He was the founder of the four major field armies and a role model for us. Next, let's meet the away player Tao Zhu.
Tao Zhu: Qi Yu Xuan Ang, the pillar of the country Tao Zhu, born in 1908 in Qiyang, Hunan, his family originated from the Eastern Jin Dynasty famous family - Tao Kan. His father followed Sun Yat-sen in his early years and participated in the Xinhai Revolution, but was unfortunately killed by Wu Peifu's men.
In order to take revenge, Tao Zhu followed his uncle to the north and south when he was a teenager, and he cultivated the quality of both civil and military. By chance, an elder saw him and exclaimed: "The instrument is magnificent, the pillar of the country!" ”
In 1926, Tao Zhu was successfully admitted to the fifth phase of the Whampoa Military Academy. In the Nanchang Uprising, he served as the commander of the special service company of Ye Ting's Independent Regiment, and together with the company's instructor, the founding general Xiao Ke, he led the troops to eliminate the regimental headquarters of the enemy's 57th Regiment.
Admiral Tao Zhu once went south with the troops, and although the troops were scattered by the enemy's heavy forces, he insisted on staying and participated in the Guangzhou Uprising, serving as the chief of staff of the main force guard regiment.
He also led his troops on the causeway and braved the fire of the imperialists until the end. Tao Zhu participated in two important uprisings in the early days of our party's armed struggle, and this experience was very unique among the founding generals.
Tao Zhu, a revolutionary who came to Xiamen in early 1929 to organize underground activities. However, the party organization in Xiamen has been basically wiped out because of the betrayal of traitors, and more than 40 leaders at all levels have been imprisoned.
In this case, Tao Zhu's first task is to rescue them. In the face of dozens of well-equipped guards, Tao Zhu did not choose to be brutal, but led 12 broken guns and 11 comrades with no combat experience to the mountains for assault training.
After a period of hard training, they finally mastered the skills of shooting and tactics. After that, Tao Zhu also bought off the guards, entered the prison many times to step on the spot, and designed the perfect route for attack, rescue and evacuation.
On the day of the robbery, Tao Zhu entered the prison with several comrades in the name of visiting the prison. Then, they joined forces with their comrades in prison and rescued more than 40 people in just 10 minutes.
In this battle, the prison guards *** several, and our side has none. This incident caused a sensation throughout the country and frightened the Kuomintang military and police in Xiamen.
The film "Spring and Autumn in a Small Town" was shot based on this, showing the bravery and wisdom of Tao Zhu and other revolutionaries.
Tao Zhu began to carry out guerrilla warfare in eastern Fujian in 1930, and in April of the following year, he visited *** in Zhangzhou, and after reporting on the situation of the struggle in Fujian, he asked *** to provide *** with 2 companies to expand the base area.
But ** said that there was difficulty, so Tao Zhu was angry and said, "We support the troops' money and food, why are there difficulties?" You just don't want to give it to us! If you want to eat food again, you should go to the Kuomintang to grab it yourself! ”
This makes it embarrassing. At this time, ** played a round in time, and finally gave Tao Zhu half of the company's equipment. Although Tao Zhu's temper is hot, *** admires him very much and praises him, "It's really a cow, if you use it well, you will definitely be able to make a lot of contributions to the revolution." ”
Tao Zhu also lived up to expectations, using these new equipment to hit the northeast Fujian base area.
Tao Zhu and his wife and *** In 1933, Tao Zhu was transferred to Shanghai to work, but not long after, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for betrayal by a traitor. In prison in Nanjing, he used his time to study on his own.
From then on, all his speeches were written by himself, almost without a secretary, which laid the foundation for his later career. In 1937, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party began their second cooperation.
Tao Zhu was rescued from prison, who saved him? It is Li Kenong, the "eight-office professional household". He was dressed as a major general of the Kuomintang, holding the business card of the 18th Group Army, and went to the prison to "fish" out Tao Zhu.
Before Tao Zhu could thank Li Kenong, he was transferred to Wuhan. Because he is very familiar with the staff of the "Eighth Office" in Wuhan, no one cares about him going in and out. One night, he was in a hurry, so he rushed directly to the second floor to find ***
But when he got to the second floor, he bumped into a fat man. Both of them were shocked, and Tao Zhu thought he had encountered a thief, so he swung his fist over. The fat man was not polite and began to fight back, and Tao Zhu suddenly felt as if he had been hit by an oil hammer.
Just as they were fighting, they suddenly broke off: "What are you doing?!" At the same time, the lights in the corridor were also turned on, and it turned out that *** rushed to hear the news. After introduction, the fat man was Li Kenong, and when he bumped into Tao Zhu, he thought he was a spy.
In 1937, Tao Zhu was dispatched to the Central Plains to create a base behind enemy lines. At that time, the Kuomintang army had just experienced a major defeat, and our party lacked a mass base, so he started almost from scratch.
However, just two years later, Tao Zhu not only established the Hubei-Henan border region, but also formed a New Fourth Army guerrilla force of several thousand people. At the beginning of 1939, when Comrade *** came to the Hubei-Henan border area, he only brought more than 100 people.
However, what Tao Zhu handed over to him was an elite division that had already undergone many battles. Therefore, later Comrade *** once said: "If I am a general, Tao Zhu is a marshal!" ”
The guerrilla unit led by Comrade Tao Zhu was reorganized into the First Division of the New Fourth Army during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and later became the main force of the Third Field, and at the same time, the guerrilla force led by Comrade Tao Zhu in the Hubei-Henan Border Region was also the main force of the Second Army, and some of the teams were also incorporated into the First Field and the Fourth Army.
Therefore, Comrade **'s statement that he is the "originator of the 2nd field and the 3rd field" is not comprehensive, and it can be said that Tao Zhu is the "originator" of the Fourth Field Army. In 1940, Tao Zhu returned to Yan'an and served as the secretary general of the Military Commission.
During the War of Liberation, he worked in the Northeast again, from the Great War to logistics to land reform.
Tao Zhu in the Northeast (middle) In January 1950, his Guangxi campaign to suppress bandits was perfect, pacifying 400,000 bandits and eliminating 40,000 in just half a year.
This result made *** very satisfied, so he immediately sent him to Guangdong to take charge of the government and be responsible for the implementation of land reform. In general, whether it is a civilian or a military position, as long as there is a difficult battle, ** will send Tao Zhu to solve it, and he has never disappointed ***.
As a result, he was promoted to the Politburo Standing Committee in 1966 and became a member of the Zhengguo rank, second only to *** in his position
Tao Zhu, a lonely cadre who can sacrifice everything for the revolution, although he has only been in the leadership position for more than a year, he will always be a "revolutionary cow". His poem "Selfless in the Heart, Heaven and Earth Wide" is the best description of him.
He died in Hefei in November 1969, but his spirit lives on.