In 1976, an arrest operation indicated that China was about to put the chaos on the right track, in addition to the command and deployment of the older generation of revolutionary feats, there were 67 officers and soldiers on the scene responsible for the specific implementation.
They are the officers and soldiers of the ** Guard Regiment represented by Zhang Yaoci, Wu Jicheng, and Wu Jianhua, the unsung heroes of this operation.
In May 1953, Zhang Yaoci, deputy political commissar of the ** Guard Division, was processing documents and work in the office, and political commissar Zhang Tingzhen found him.
"Yaoci, you pack up and go to Zhongnanhai, Comrade Wang Dongxing has something to look for you. ”
With questions, he came to the office of Director Wang Dongxing of Zhongnanhai, at this time Wang Dongxing's position was the director of the Ninth Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, that is, the director of the Security Bureau of the General Office.
"Come, this time I called you over to have a task entrusted to you, **decided to set up** guard regiment, and you served as the head of the guard regiment, and the work content is responsible for protecting the core of the leadership of ***, as well as the party, government, and military leaders who work and live in Zhongnanhai. ”
Zhang Yaoci was taken aback after listening to Wang Dongxing's words, because the work task is very important, and it is the core of the whole party, the whole country, and the whole army.
Wang Dongxing saw that Zhang Yaoci seemed to want to excuse himself, and his face sank"This is a decision that has been discussed together, and it cannot be changed, you go back and prepare to form a ** guard group as soon as possible. ”
Things are not as difficult as Zhang Yaoci imagined, although the ** guard regiment is a newly formed unit, but it does not mean that Zhang Yaoci needs to start from scratch, considering the particularity of the defense, in early May, the guard division transferred a regiment of organs and troops to Zhang Yaoci as the basis for the formation of the guard regiment.
The predecessor of the First Regiment of the Guard Division was the Yan'an ** Garrison Regiment, which has a long military and party experience, excellent combat quality, and excellent ideological style.
In addition, a group of elite soldiers and strong generals who can stand the test were transferred from other units, and the ** guard regiment was initially established, and it applied to the General Staff of the Central Military Commission for a code name.
The code names of the guard regiment "8341" once caused a lot of superstitious or other speculations in society, but in fact they were not so complicated, and these codes were issued by the General Staff according to the sequence of preparation.
Why is there such a codename, or for reasons of simplicity or secrecy, most PLA units have a code name in addition to their official names, and when it is the turn of the ** guard regiment, it happens to be the code name "8341".
This code name is not set in stone, for example, after 1976, the ** Guard Regiment resumed the number of the Guard Division, and the new code name is "57001".
On June 9, Zhang Yaoci officially announced the news of the establishment of the ** guard regiment.
Zhang Yaoci and Zhang Hong served as the principal and deputy heads of the delegation respectively, and Yang Dezhong and Wang Huayu were the principal and deputy political commissars respectively.
In the specific arrest operation in 1976, two people were in charge of commanding inside and outside Huairentang, and Wu Jianhua, the political commissar of the ** guard regiment, was in charge of Huairentang, why did Wang Dongxing trust him so much.
The reason is that Wu Jianhua once participated in the reception of Shanghai and experienced an extremely thrilling "dark war", which is a more exciting history than any spy war drama.
In early May 1945, the East China Bureau moved to transfer some cadres from the Jinan City Public Security Bureau to the south to assist the People's Liberation Army in taking over the Kuomintang police station in Shanghai.
On May 15, the train carrying the Shanghai Police Station arrived in Danyang and organized training in a market town not far east of Danyang City.
Let's get to know Comrade Liu Panquan sent by the Shanghai underground party, who has been lurking in the Shanghai Police Station for many years, and then he will introduce the relevant situation of the Shanghai Police Station to everyone. ”
In Liu Panquan's introduction, the situation of the Kuomintang Shanghai Police Station was slowly unfolding in front of everyone like a picture scroll, and he was very clear about the geographical location, gate, side gate and other passages of the police station, and even drew an accurate internal topographic map by hand.
After the southbound cadres entered the city, when they took over the police station, they found that the actual situation was exactly the same as what he had introduced.
On the 25th, Wu Jianhua's takeover team was stationed at the Jiaotong University in Xujiahui with the organs of the East China Bureau, and more than 1,400 people, from leading cadres to ordinary guards, lay on the floor of the gymnasium to rest, which was the first night Wu Jianhua entered the city.
Shao Jian, secretary of the Shanghai Underground Police Commission, braved the wind and rain to come to Jiaotong University, and he was greeted by two young and handsome young men, Zhang Wenbing, secretary general of the Military Management Commission, and Wu Jianhua, secretary of the Military Management Commission.
"This is Comrade Shao Jian, it's hard work, your comrades on the hidden front are nine deaths! ”
Zhang Wenbing shook the other party's hand at once, and his words were full of admiration, Shao Jian felt a little embarrassed, waved his hand and said that he had not done anything great.
"We're all family, why are you so polite, it's amazing that you can hold out behind enemy lines! ”Secretary Wu Jianhua said.
The trio boarded a military jeep and drove slowly from the campus of Jiaotong University to the Shanghai Municipal Police Station at the intersection of Fuzhou Road and Henan, where they could see fortifications built by Kuomintang soldiers in sacks, as well as helmets and mutilated guns.
Walking into the backyard of the police station, there were still blood stains on the walls and ground from the shooting on the 24th, and before escaping, Mao Sen, the head of the Kuomintang police department, went down in a frenzy and shot to death nine revolutionary compatriots who were detained in the detention center of the police station.
Shao Jian, Zhang Wenbing, and Wu Jianhua silently hung their respects on the comrades who had seen the dawn but failed to join forces with the People's Liberation Army.
On May 28, Wu Jianhua took the takeover order issued by the Military Management Commission** and Su Yu to the police station archives and the three comrades in charge of the takeover to carry out the order.
These archives are related to all aspects of Shanghai, and they must not be sloppy, and the three of them counted, handed over, and put them into the cabinet one by one according to the file catalog card.
"No, there seem to be 22 sets of important case files missing here and 8 volumes, let's see if there are any missing numbers or really none. ”
When the three of them were preparing for a strict investigation, the comrades who had taken over from the Criminal Investigation Department sent materials on the investigation of progressives by the Kuomintang Criminal Police Department in the past.
The takeover was successfully completed for about 20 days, but the Kuomintang would not let go easily, and they lurked a large number of spies in Shanghai in an attempt to disrupt public order, sabotage production and construction, and subvert the nascent people's democratic regime.
In June, there was an incident near a shipyard in which Kuomintang agents shot and sniped at PLA guards in the middle of the night and openly set fire to civilian houses.
In the past six and seven months, the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Organs and Garrison Units arrested more than 2,500 spies, spies, and bandits, and cracked the case of Wei Kete's espionage from the Far East Intelligence Station of the "US Intelligence Bureau" and the case of Liu Quande, a special agent of the Kuomintang "Secret Bureau" who attempted to assassinate the mayor and other party and government leaders.
At around 5 p.m. on October 6, 1976, Wang Dongxing suddenly called Wu Jicheng, deputy head of the guard regiment, and asked him to immediately go to Wang Dongxing's residence and office building in the east of Zhongnanhai to discuss something.
"There's going to be action tonight, you should know what's going on, right? ”
As soon as Wu Jicheng entered the door, he heard Wang Dongxing's serious question about him, although the meaning of what the other party said was more vague, but Wu Jicheng understood it at once.
"I don't know the specifics, I don't know, but I've estimated about the same, and I don't have an opinion. ”
A few days ago, Wang Dongxing knocked on Wu Jicheng's side from time to time and gave hints, so he roughly understood what would happen next, and he firmly supported this matter and made corresponding preparations.
"Wu Jianhua will be responsible for the affairs inside Huairentang, you are mainly responsible for the outside, you must do a good job of vigilance and prevention, and then notify Sun Fengshan, after the relevant personnel's vehicles arrive at the scene that day, he will drive the car away as soon as the person gets out of the car, and he will manage the car in a unified manner. ”
There are no tirades, no clichés, and an extraordinary, significant task outlines the entire plan in just a few words.
Wu Jicheng was selected to be sent to Yan'an in 1945 to be in charge of security work.
Before that, he was an ordinary soldier of the Jinsui Sixth Division, and after fighting the Japanese stronghold in Ningwu County, Shanxi, Wu Jicheng, who was making post-war adjustments, received a notice from his superiors asking him to go to the military region to participate in the study.
However, when he arrived at the Jinsui Military Region in Caijiaya, Xingxian County, he found that there was no study task, and only arranged for him to rest first without talking about what he was going to do.
"This time, we selected you from all the units of the military region, we have an important task to explain, and send you to Yan'an to participate in the ** garrison work and defend *** and ***
Wu Jicheng's words from the head of the military region were taken aback, he didn't expect that he would be so close to *** and other ** leaders one day.
Wu Jicheng's first guard was a guard outside the courtyard of ***'s house, and he was very unfamiliar with *** who had been working at the grassroots level, and only knew that this was a ** leader.
Wu Jicheng, who stood guard for the first time, looked a little immature, because he was too excited, he didn't rest well for a few days, and after standing for a while, he felt a little sleepy, leaning on the wheel of the well and napping.
At that moment, a man in a leather jacket suddenly walked briskly into the courtyard, and behind the man there were two guards with guns.
Wu Jicheng was a little confused, he wasn't sure whether to stop him, whether he should stop and ask first, but in the end he still didn't stop him, and after being laid off, he reported the situation to his squad leader.
"That's Vice Chairman Zhou, didn't you know what Vice Chairman Zhou looked like before you came? Haven't you met? ”
During the Yan'an period, everyone respectfully called *** Vice Chairman Zhou, and Wu Jicheng was a little embarrassed by the words of the squad leader Shi Yuxi, and felt very guilty for being confused for being the first to stand guard.
Wu Jicheng and *** met for the first time, before the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China, when he was standing guard outside the Yangjialing ** auditorium, he saw a car driving over, there was a long pedal under the door on both sides of the car, and there were guards standing on the pedal, majestic.
The car drove from Zaoyuan through the Yanhe Bridge, stopped not far from the entrance of the auditorium, and the door opened A tall man came out of the car, it was ***
From the core guard in Yan'an to the ** guard regiment in Beijing, Wu Jicheng stayed for most of his life until his retirement in 1982.
On October 4, 1976, when Marshal *** saw the article on the front page of "Guangming **", the old marshal realized that this was a signal that they wanted to usurp the supreme leadership, and rushed to *** for urgent consultation in the evening of the same day.
"Solving their problems has reached the point where there is no time to wait, 'strike first, fight slow with fast', and make up your mind on the 6th or 7th. ”
**Agree with Ye Shuai's plan and ask Ye Shuai and Wang Dongxing to implement the action plan together.
Wang Dongxing's first reliable candidates were Zhang Yaoci, head of the ** Guard Regiment, and Wu Jianhua, political commissar, and he secretly found the two to discuss the selection of a group of politically and militarily competent personnel from the cadres of the Security Bureau's organs, bureaus, and sections, as well as the cadres of the "8341 Unit" to carry out the arrest operation.
The arrest operation was divided into five action groups, the first group led by Li Guangyin, and Wu Xinglu, Huo Jilong, and Wang Zhimin were members. ”
Jiang Tinggui, Xu Jinsheng, and Ren Zichao are members of the second action group, and the team leader Ji Hefu. ”
Gao Yunjiang, the leader of the third group, Huang Jieyuan, Ma Panqiu, and Ma Xiaoxian (female), this group is special, and Ma Xiaoxian is responsible for the relevant contact with the target person. ”
Teng Hesong of the Fourth Action Group led the team, and the team members Kang Haiqun, Zhang Yunsheng, and Gao Fengli; Li Lianqing, leader of the fifth group. ”
In addition to the five action groups, several people also arranged for Ding Zhiyou, Dongfang, Ye Guixin, and Zhao Ruxin to be responsible for the vigilance work at the scene.
Sun Fengshan managed the car and had six drivers under his command: Shi Youling, Yu Guixing, Shang Zhanliang, Wang Mingchen, Wu Zengbin, and Zhang Zhongchen.
Wu Jicheng was guarding outside the door of Huairentang that day, and after the target got off the car, he took their entourage to the room and isolated them, because Wu Jicheng also handled it like this in the past, and his appearance would not arouse suspicion.
On the day of the arrest, the General Office of the Communist Party of China informed the other party that it would hold a meeting at Huairen Hall in Zhongnanhai at 8 p.m. to study the design plan of the *** Memorial Hall and the sample of the fifth volume of the anthology.
Huairentang's operation only took 35 minutes, and it was successfully resolved without firing a single shot, and after Wu Jianhua came out of it, he asked Wu Jicheng to ask Zhang Yaoci if the matter over there was finished.
It was confirmed that all targets had been apprehended and isolated in various locations, and all the perpetrators had been arrested.
In addition to the leading comrades, there were 67 personnel of the "8341 Unit" who participated in the arrest operation, and all of them played a key role in their respective posts, and were received and condoled by the leaders afterwards.
Reference: Deciphering the Origin of Unit 8341 Sun Lin.
Red guard Wu Jicheng reminiscences of the past" Liu Yonghui.