Chapter 22 Section 13

After a while, Qian Zhiguang boarded the boat and bid farewell to everyone. He told everyone: "Gentlemen have successfully boarded the ship, but the voyage behind is still very long. Our ship is sailing the northeast route, so everyone is going to the northeast to do business now. In the pockets of the clothes prepared for you, there are There is an order form, please take the time to read it, and prepare a set of words in advance to deal with the interrogation on the road. In order to ensure the safety of the flight, please be familiar with your new identity." In the end, Qian Zhiguang asked again and again:

"You gentlemen are the precious wealth of the nation. We have the responsibility to send you safely to your destination. But at present, our strength is limited at sea. We can only rely on tact, courage and discipline to overcome all possible difficulties and sail on. During the process, I hope that everyone will keep in touch with the accompanying comrades." Indeed, these figures are well-known politicians, scholars and experts in contemporary China, and Qian Zhiguang deeply feels the heavy burden on his shoulders.Any one of them, once it falls into the hands of Chiang Kai-shek, will cause irreparable losses.Huge risks and a strong sense of responsibility made him have to tell him repeatedly like a primary school student.

The "Aldan" made a long cry and left the port slowly, sending the third batch of patriotic democrats on their journey northward... When the ship braved the wind and waves and was about to arrive at Dalian Port, the eyes of many democrats were moist.They invariably recalled the scene two years ago. At the end of 1946, under the full-scale attack of the Kuomintang army, there was no piece of peaceful and tranquil land in the entire liberated area led by the Communist Party.At that time, the largest city owned by the Communist Party of China was Zhangjiakou outside the Great Wall, and it was taken away by the Kuomintang army as soon as the war started, and even Yan'an, its base camp for many years, was also lost to the Kuomintang.The environment is so dangerous that the Chinese Communist Party resettled the friends to Hong Kong.And the Chinese Communists themselves, from Mao Zedong to ordinary soldiers of the PLA, no matter how violent the wind and waves were, no one left their posts.When the war situation improved, they took the democrats to the peaceful and stable liberated areas.

On June 15, 1949, the Preparatory Committee for the New CPPCC was formally established in Beiping.As the deputy director of the preparatory meeting, Li Jishen actively participated in and led various preparatory work. When the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference was actively preparing, Li Jishen's wife and children took a Norwegian cargo ship from Hong Kong, quietly passed the blockade of the Taiwan Strait, and arrived safely in Tianjin, the liberated area. Upon hearing the news, Li Jishen was very happy and went to Tianjin to meet him in person.When meeting with the whole family, the battle-tested general was so excited that he shed tears.

After Li Jishen's family arrived in Peiping, they temporarily lived in the Peking Hotel, and soon moved to a bungalow with a two-story courtyard house at No. 5 Xizongbu Hutong.This house was occupied by a traitor during the Anti-Japanese War. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, it was taken over by the Kuomintang government.Xizongbu Hutong is close to Beijing Dongsi and the current Beijing Railway Station. At that time, many important democrats lived in this area, including Soong Ching Ling, Zhang Lan and others. After Li Jishen arrived in Peiping safely, Mao Renfeng, who was severely scolded by the exasperated Chiang Kai-shek, did not give up. He found Li Jishen's early secretary Zhang Xu (alias He Youfang) from inside the Kuomintang, who claimed to be able to see Li Jishen at any time. Then take the opportunity to start.However, it was originally planned to wait for Li Jishen to return to Hong Kong, but Li Jishen stayed in Peiping and could not return.Chiang Kai-shek was in a hurry, and Mao Renfeng sent Zhang Xu into Beiping to assassinate him.Zhang Xu planned a very complicated plan. First, he used the connections of the Kuomintang revolution to enter Beiping. After the assassination was successful, he fled to Tianjin and returned to Hong Kong on a fishing boat prepared in advance.This plan actually costs 50,000 US dollars!However, due to Li Jishen's tighter security measures in Beiping, this plan finally failed.