Chapter 8 Behind the assassinations, intimidation and riots

A burst of rapid gunfire shattered the silence before dawn.The conversation between Deng Bin and Lei Jingtian was interrupted.A shuttle of bullets whizzed past the backyard of the Public Security Bureau with a violent sound.A bullet actually passed through the branches of the banyan tree and shot into the door frame representing the living room in the center. The split frame wood gave off a burnt charcoal smell. Lei Jingtian stood up in shock and anger, and cursed: "Damn it, it's Huang Shaohong's 'underground army' harassing again!" Deng Bin lit a cigarette, puffed on it and said, "Old Lei, let's keep talking, Director Gong will have a way to deal with them."

"Nanning is the lair that Li, Bai, and Huang have been running for many years, and their minions are buried very deep." Lei Jingtian sat down again, but he was still worried about the safety of the central representative. "Representative Deng, shall we find another place?" "I don't think they will come here." Deng Bin looked calm as usual.This kind of demeanor of calmness is obviously impossible to pretend. The "Underground Army" is a spy organization established during the reigns of Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, and Huang Shaohong. When Huang Shaohong fled, he handed over the "underground army" to the command of his cronies Huang Jinting. His main tasks were: first, to assassinate Yu Zuobai, Li Mingrui and other provincial military and political figures, and then the Communist Party, from leaders to ordinary party members, were all assassinated targets; It is to sabotage government agencies, trade unions, peasant associations, youth societies and progressive groups.In short, if Yu and Li are to be in Guangxi, the officials will have no place to settle down, and the people will have no peaceful days.

On the evening of the day before yesterday, Li Mingrui accompanied Yu Zuobai to the police brigade to inspect and return home when they were suddenly attacked by several masked gunmen.Fortunately, Li Mingrui had taken precautions. When he was about to board the car, he let his cousin sit in his car, and sent two bodyguards to sit in his car. Only then did Yu Zuobai escape from injury and escape from being killed.That night, someone posted a "notice" on the wall of Yu Zuobai's official residence, declaring: Anyone who takes down the heads of Yu Zuobai and Li Mingrui will be rewarded with 20,000 yuan in cash.The inscription is: Donglan Peasant Self-Defense Army.

That night, Yu Zuobai received another threatening letter: The garrison brigade is a tyrannical tool used by Yu and Li to suppress the people of Guangxi, and it must be disbanded immediately!If not, the heads of Yu and Li will be taken to thank the fathers and fellow villagers.The inscription is still: Donglan Peasant Self-Defense Army. Obviously, this is a premeditated, planned and purposeful assassination terrorist activity.Although Yu Zuobai and Li Mingrui scoffed at this, they concluded that Huang Shaohong's remnant party did it, or it was the tricks of Jiang and Wang's eyes and ears.But why the banner of "Donglan Peasants' Self-Defense Army"?

This cannot help but remind people of one person——Wei Baqun.Wei Baqun, formerly known as Wei Bingji, Wei Bingqian, Wei Cui, and Nongyousan, is a native of Donglan County, Zhuang nationality.He was born in a wealthy family. He participated in the Yuan Huguo Army in his early years. In 1925, he entered the Guangzhou Peasant Movement Institute to study. When the Great Revolution was developing rapidly throughout the country in 1926, he served as the special commissioner of the Guangxi Peasant Movement, the director of the Donglan Peasant Movement Workshop, and the director of the Tiannan Road Peasant Movement Office. The peasant movements in Donglan, Fengshan and other places under his leadership developed rapidly. Like fire like tea, it became one of the most developed peasant movement areas in the country at that time.Wei Baqun not only established the peasant association, but also established and developed the peasant self-defense armed forces in the Youjiang area. He served as the commander-in-chief of the peasant army.They fought against corrupt officials, resisted taxes, beat local tyrants, broke contracts, and made the peasant movement in full swing.The Guangxi warlords hurriedly sent troops to suppress it, creating the appalling "Donglan tragedy".Wei Baqun did not give in to the powerful enemy, led the peasant army to resolutely attack the enemy, and occupied Donglan County in one fell swoop, forcing Huang Shaohong, then chairman of the Guangxi provincial government, to recognize the legal status of the Donglan Peasant Self-Defense Army. After the "April 12" Incident, the revolutionary struggle in Guangxi went underground, and amidst the white terror, the peasant team led by Wei Baqun was the only one who persisted in open armed struggle.In July of this year, just before Deng Bin, the representative of the Central Committee, arrived in Guangxi, the Guangxi Special Committee formally approved Wei Baqun to join the Chinese Communist Party.

"Ba Ge" - is the Guangxi people's reputation for Wei Baqun, a peasant leader.However, at this moment, just as the representatives of the Central Committee and the Guangxi Special Committee reached a good tacit understanding with Yu Zuobai and Li Mingrui, and the cooperation and work were carried out smoothly, the "Donglan Peasant Self-Defense Army" suddenly appeared to create public opinion and assassinate the provincial head of state. , to disband the security brigade and a series of harassment and terrorist activities, which can not help but make people feel a little strange after being shocked.

Deng Bin and Lei Jingtian ordered Gong Hecun to quickly investigate clues and solve the case immediately. Deng Bin and Lei Jingtian had a conversation late at night. In view of the chaotic and disorganized local party organizations in Guangxi and the loss of contact with the provincial special committee, they studied how to restore and develop local organizations as soon as possible, establish contacts step by step, and cooperate with the specific implementation plan of the current central work. . The first thing to talk about is the Donglanju Party Organization and Donglan Peasant Self-Defense Forces related to this case.After analysis, the case was definitely not the work of the Donglan Peasant Self-Defense Forces.The enemy's use of this "separation" tactic is to spread rumors to confuse the public, destroy the cooperative relationship between the Communist Party and Yu and Li;

When Deng Bin came to Guangxi, he never met Wei Baqun.After Yu and Li came to power in Guangxi, they sent invitations to Wei Baqun, and Yu Zuoyu also sent some guns and ammunition to Wei Baqun’s peasant army, but Wei Baqun never sent anyone to Nanning to meet or meet Yu and Li. Connect with the special committee. At this moment, Deng Bin wished to see Wei Baqun, a hero of the Zhuang nationality, and discuss the revolutionary plan of Guangxi. Before coming to Guangxi, he talked with Zhou Enlai about his thoughts and plans: that is, to seize the cooperation between Yu and Li with one hand, and to seize the Youjiang base area that Wei Baqun had been running for many years with the other hand.It now appears that his "two-handed plan" idea is correct.Right now, a consensus has been reached on cooperating with Yu and Li, and the most urgent thing is to get in touch with Wei Baqun as soon as possible.However, Nanning is thousands of miles away from Youjiang Donglan, and the mountain roads are rugged and the streams are blocked, so the traffic is very inconvenient.

"I really want to go to Donglan right now," Deng Bin said thoughtfully. "You are needed here more, how can you go away? Besides, this road is not good, you can't go!" Lei Jingtian said anxiously. "Old Lei, if we can meet Brother Ba one day sooner, our hearts will be at ease sooner." "Yes, yes." Lei Jingtian was holding a hookah bamboo tube, smoking it gurglingly, thinking.Suddenly, he put down the bong and said: "How about this, you write a letter to Brother Ba, and I will send the 'Hunting Hand' Aaron to Donglan from the waterway, and deliver the letter to Brother Ba, what do you think?"

"Okay! I'll write it right away." Deng Bin immediately wrote a letter to Wei Baqun in the name of the representative of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, urging him to come to Nanning as soon as possible to discuss major plans. At this time, the Nanning Public Security Bureau had become a "base" for secret meetings held by representatives of the CPC Central Committee and the Guangxi Special Committee.In an old-fashioned wooden building in the courtyard, three mahogany Eight Immortals tables are connected to form a rectangular table, surrounded by several bamboo chairs and wooden stools. This is not only the office of the chief of public security, but also a meeting place for representatives of the Communist Party of China and the Guangxi Special Committee. .Since Gong Hecun became the head of the Public Security Bureau, he has been busy all day long: rectifying the police force, maintaining social order, clearing out the remnants of the old Guangxi clique, and being responsible for the security of the provincial government.He had issued a military order to Li Mingrui, and if there was a major problem within the scope of his authority, he would ask Gong Mou's head!In order to solve the major case of "the attempted assassination of Yu and Li", Gong Hecun personally led the criminal investigation team, disguised as a reconnaissance day and night, successively destroyed several dens of the old Guangxi clique in Nanning, and arrested more than 40 people from Li, Bai and Huang. Yu party.However, after interrogation, these people were only Huang Shaohong's "underground army", and they were not responsible for the shooting of Yu and Li's convoy.

Deng Bin told Gong Hecun that this case is related to our cooperation with Yu and Li, the reputation of the Donglan Peasant Self-Defense Army led by Wei Baqun and their relationship with the party. We must solve the case quickly and set the record straight! In the midst of extreme anxiety and rush, Gong Hecun suddenly received information from Chen Haoren: the veteran generals such as Lv Huanyan and Yang Tenghui from the old Guangxi clique who had been incorporated were occupying the key points of Wuzhou, and they had a close relationship with Zheng Jiemin, the eyes and ears sent by Chiang Kai-shek.They colluded with the "underground army", and their conspiracy was not only to assassinate important officials of the provincial government, but also to use violent means against the personnel sent by the CCP.The Public Security Bureau has been taken by them as a key target of terrorist attacks. After Gong Hecun reported the information to Deng Bin and Lei Jingtian, he sent several special agents to the No. 1 and No. 2 garrison brigades (mostly the old Guangxi clique) to release the information that night, saying that the CCP was going to hold an important meeting in the Public Security Bureau, but Take the opportunity to catch them all. Lu Huanyan and Yang Tenghui commanded by remote control, and dispatched thirty or forty plainclothes spies to lurk around the Public Security Bureau.At two o'clock in the morning, the two sides exchanged fire.Gong Hecun's "internal and external pincer attack" formation quickly wiped out the enemy.Immediately afterwards, a surprise interrogation was carried out on more than a dozen captured spies.The secret agents confessed one by one: They were not Lu Huanyan’s direct descendants, but Donglan County bandits and rebellious peasant army members who were bought with a lot of money. They shot Yu and Li Weisui, posted "notices" and sent threatening letters. .They confessed. "The case has been revealed! The case has been revealed! His mother has finally found out the truth!" Gong Hecun's reddened eyes flashed with fiery light, and he ran to report the case to Deng Bin and Lei Jingtian with relief. "Lu Huanyan, an old fox, is very cunning. In addition, Zheng Jiemin served as a senior counselor behind the scenes for him, so he hid his tail very tightly." Deng Bin analyzed, "However, why do those who claim to be the Donglan Peasant Self-Defense Force turn against the water?" Lei Jingtian said: "We might as well go for another trial." Two police officers escorted a middle-aged man into the interrogation room.The man's clothes were torn to pieces, and there were strips of bloody scars hanging on his face, arms, chest and back, and he was pushed in by hemp rope.His mouth was dripping with blood and mud.Everything shows that he was brought down after a fierce struggle. This man is thick and mighty, his eyes are full of fierce revenge, it seems that he must fight for death, he does not want to live. Deng Bin looked him up and down and asked, "Where are you from?" "Fengwu Town!" "What is your name?" "Tian Zhongliang!" "That's a good name." Deng Bin signaled Gong Hecun to untie him, but Gong Hecun was afraid of him committing murder, so he did not carry out. "Are you from the Donglan Peasant Self-Defense Army?" "Not only! And he's also the squad leader!" "Do you know Brother Ba?" "Yes! He is very kind to us!" "Then why did you betray Brother Bag and work for the bandits?" "It's so wrong! I was forced by them." Tian Zhongliang suddenly had tears in his eyes, "Plop—" he knelt down on the ground. "Untie him!" Deng Bin glanced at Gong Hecun.This time it was an order. "Untie!" Gong Hecun said to the policemen standing on both sides of Tian Zhongliang. "Help him to the chair," Deng Bin continued to order, "Pour him a glass of water!" "Let's drink tea." Gong Hecun personally brought a glass of water and handed it to Tian Zhongliang. The two policemen watched nervously, in case the strong man suddenly attacked.When he was captured, he roared and fought like a fierce tiger, and it took three or four to bring him down. "What is wrong with you, how did they force you, you can tell slowly." Tian Zhongliang is a martial arts instructor in Fengwu Town.When Wei Baqun formed the peasant self-defense army, he led his brothers into the peasant army and served as the team leader.The bandits in Fengwu Town were bought by Huang Jinting, the leader of the "Underground Army", so Tian Zhongliang's idea came up.One month ago, the bandits took Tian Zhongliang's young, beautiful, gentle and virtuous wife and one-year-old child to Nanning, and threatened Tian Zhongliang to work for them before returning his wife and child to him.Forced to do nothing, Tian Zhongliang secretly led more than a dozen brothers to Nanning to join the "underground army".Tian Zhongliang participated in blocking the way and shooting Yu and Li Weisui, posting notices, sending threatening letters, and raiding the Public Security Bureau.But he has been unable to see his wife and children. Deng Bin and Lei Jingtian had a deep insight into the resentment and hatred in Tian Zhongliang's staring eyes and the grievance that has never been able to avenge! Deng Bin said to Gong Hecun: "Director Gong, you can bring Tian Zhongliang's wife and children back to bring this case to an end!" Lei Jingtian said: "According to their confessions, look for clues, follow the clues, and we will definitely find them." Gong Hecun looked solemn, and said to Tian Zhongliang in a heavy voice: "Brother, you have met 'Bao Qingtian', and I am his guard with a knife. As long as you tell the truth, I will guarantee you to see him within three days." Your wife and children!" At that time, no one thought that this loud promise could not be fulfilled: three days later, Tian Zhongliang's wife and children were killed by the inhumane "underground army", and their corpses were left on the Yongjiang Bridge in Nanning. When Tian Zhongliang heard this, all thoughts were lost. He hated himself for being a tiger's minion, committing a lot of crimes, and he was ashamed to see Dong Lan's father and fellow villagers. Li Mingrui advocated to Yu Zuobo: first arrest Lu Huanyan, Yang Tenghui and others, if they don't obey, they will kill your dog heads to avoid future troubles! Yu Zuobai recalled that Lu Huanyan and Yang Tenghui had made military exploits when they helped him recover Guangxi, and wrote him a letter of loyalty; he also believed that most of the terrorist and assassination incidents were done by the "underground army", and no clues were found about Lu Huanyan and Yang Tenghui. , Take it down for no reason, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public.You might as well wait a few more days to observe his whereabouts and actions, and if there is any change, he will be punished immediately and severely! With just one thought, Yu Zuobai left an eternal grudge.This is something.