Chapter 68 Section 4

Chen Que said lightly: "I'm afraid it was done by some frustrated soldiers? As long as there is no problem with the generals such as Chen Mingren who hold military power, it will not affect the overall situation." Mao Zhongxin showed Chen the original telegram sent by Mao Renfeng through the Hunan Station. The above content was that Mao Renfeng urged Mao Zhongxin to quickly find members of the Hunan Political Bureau's detection and prevention team, and set up this team as soon as possible to prevent the Hunan Bureau's rebellion. At the end, Mao Zhongxin repeatedly asked Chen Da to recommend a candidate for the leader of the detection and prevention team. Chen Dajun shied away because he was not familiar with the personnel situation in Hunan.

Seeing Chen Da's attitude, Mao Zhongxin fell into deep distress.Chen Da took the opportunity to secretly discuss countermeasures with Zhang Yanfo and Liu Bingwen, a data officer at the Changsha Station of the Military Command.They comprehensively analyzed all aspects of the situation and reached a consensus on three points: 1. Mao Zhongxin, Xia Song and others were ordered by Mao Renfeng to actively plot to sabotage the uprising, and drew up an assassination list. The primary target was Cheng Qian.They are currently looking for the executioner, and they will start immediately if they find it. The situation is very serious;

2. Zhang Yanfo quickly reported the matter to Cheng Qian and asked Cheng to strengthen the security work. 3. In order to preemptively strike, it is suggested that Cheng Qian find an excuse to arrest Mao Zhongxin according to the situation. Two days later, the three of them discussed the countermeasures again. Zhang Yanfo said: "I have already reported to Song Gong (Cheng Qian), and Song Gong is very difficult to deal with the third point. The reason is that he himself is currently being monitored by Bai Chongxi, and the pressure is very high." Mao Zhongxin is a member of the Ministry of National Defense and holds a certificate from the Ministry of National Defense. To arrest him, not only will he not get the support of Bai Chongxi, but it will also make Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Renfeng believe that Cheng Qian has a rebellious plot.”

Liu Bingwen thought for a while, then suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "I have a solution!" "What good way do you have, tell me quickly." Zhang Yanfo and Chen Da asked urgently at the same time. Liu Bingwen said confidently: "It's not convenient to arrest him, just scare him away! Don't look at him with a murderous look, but he is actually very weak inside. Let me write an anonymous letter to scare him, and I'm sure he will run away with his tail between his legs." Zhang Yanfo and Chen Da jumped up happily after hearing this.The two agreed that this method is feasible.

When Chen Da heard it, without further ado, he immediately took out a fountain pen and wrote a few words "shua, shua, shua": "Mr. Zhong Xin: Playing with fire and self-immolation, there is an ancient saying. Those who understand current affairs are brilliant, and those who move against the trend will surely perish." Mr. Wang reined in the precipice and left Changsha quickly. Otherwise, watch out for Mr.'s head!" The end of the letter was signed as "informed person". The three of them read the letter and smiled knowingly. Then Liu Bingwen took it home and asked his wife to copy it and mail it to Le Tao Hotel.

Zhang Yanfo repeatedly asked Chen Da: must pay close attention to Mao's situation after receiving the letter. The next afternoon, the letter arrived in Mao Zhongxin's hands.Chen Da watched from the side, and saw that Mao Zhongxin's expression changed extremely quickly from frowning to anger and then back to calm.Soon, he put the letter in his pocket and said to Chen Da: "I have something urgent to go to a friend's place, maybe I won't come back for dinner." That night, Mao Zhongxin left Changsha angrily and slipped to Guangzhou. After Mao Zhongxin was driven away, Cheng Qian, Chen Mingren, including Zhang Yanfo and other military officials felt relieved.However, they all knew that Mao Renfeng would never let it go.According to Zhang Yanfo, in addition to continuing to send killers to Changsha to wait for the assassination, Mao Renfeng's most poisonous move is to use Bai Chongxi's power to attack Cheng Qian and destroy peace.

At this time, not only Cheng Qian was in a difficult situation, Chen Mingren also found it increasingly difficult to deal with Bai Chongxi, and was also worried that the military commander would poison him.He came to seek advice from Zhang Yanfo, and Zhang Yanfo replied: "From Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Renfeng to Xia Song, no one has doubted you, and you are not on the assassination list, and he thinks that you are the most resolute anti-communist among the soldiers in Hunan. Bai Chongxi still wants to Using you to defend Changsha for him, you can continue to sing anti-Communist high-profile to deceive them in public, while secretly restricting and using the secret agents skillfully to protect the rebels."

From then on, whenever the military reconnaissance spies detected underground party activities and mass gatherings in Changsha, the inspection spies either leaked the news or acted a step too late, always missing the mark.Several times, when they scouted the situation of the underground party organization and went to ask Chief of Staff Luo Wenlang to order the mobilization of the nearest troops, Luo Wenlang could have notified them by phone, but deliberately used written orders to act. From drafting to signing, it often took hours , so that the people who supported the uprising had time to notify the underground party, and the inspection office lost time, and they couldn't get anything when they went there.

Mao Renfeng was very annoyed by this, but he couldn't help it. In this way, the underground party worked hard to win over the rebels in the military and used their surveillance agents to play an important role in protecting the peaceful uprising.Mao Renfeng once sent Jiao Yuqing, Sun Kun and other four secret assassins to Changsha. They tried every means to assassinate Cheng Qian, Cheng Xingling, Tang Shengming, Zhang Yanfo and other rebels, but they never succeeded due to strict precautions.Later, they thought it would be easier to assassinate Tang Shengming, and it would be easier to deal with, so one day, when Tang Shengming just went out, he panickedly shot Tang, missed and fled the scene.Until the eve of the People's Liberation Army's entry into Changsha, the military rebels never relaxed their monitoring of the diehards of the military.

The military killer was lurking in Changsha, and it was August 1949 in a blink of an eye.Cheng Qian, chairman of the Kuomintang Hunan Province, and Chen Mingren, commander of the Kuomintang First Corps, announced a peaceful uprising in Hunan in Changsha. At the same time, through Liu Bingwen, a member of the personnel department of the Hunan Station of the Military Command, Zhang Yanfo obtained the list of hidden secret agents of the Military Command in Hunan Province, as well as their code names, hidden locations, and weapons. batch of spies. Mao Renfeng, who was far away in Taiwan, was very anxious. He scolded Mao Zhongxin as a big fool, imprisoned him, and gave orders to Sun Kun, the military commander who continued to lurk in Changsha.

Mao Renfeng first ordered Tang Shengming to be sanctioned immediately. Tang Shengming was known as a "playboy", and his life was full of legends.He is the younger brother of Tang Shengzhi, a veteran of the Kuomintang.When he was a teenager, he studied in the Primary School Attached to the First Division of Hunan Province, where he met Mao Zedong and had a close friendship. In the autumn of 1924, he joined the Hunan Army. In March 1926, he was sent to the Guangdong Revolutionary Government as a personal representative of Tang Shengzhi, and soon entered the fourth phase of Whampoa Military Academy to study.In December of the same year, he served as the head of the security regiment of the Fourth Army General Command.During the Northern Expedition, he formed friendship with Communists such as Nie Rongzhen and Xu Xiangqian.In the "Nanchang Uprising" and "Autumn Harvest Uprising", they provided support with guns, ammunition and military supplies.Later, he sponsored General Chen Geng to recover from his injuries in Shanghai.