He joined the army very early and experienced the Crusades, Northern Expedition, Civil War, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and Liberation War. He experienced countless wars, and the War of Liberation was his most glorious period.
At the request of Chiang Kai-shek, Hu Zongnan led his troops to occupy Yan 'an on 1947, which was a blow to the command system of * * *. At that time, he was armed to the teeth and had hundreds of thousands of troops, becoming the supreme commander of the first war zone and a rare second-level general. Jianghu people call him "the king of the northwest".
In order to avoid the war, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression retreated to the northwest to preserve his strength, but the war of liberation became Chiang Kai-shek's right-hand man. It's a pity that he is ambitious, has no talent, doesn't understand strategy at all, completely obeys Chiang Kai-shek's orders, and ignores the ever-changing battlefield regardless of justice and evil. In the contest between the northwest and Peng, our army was far from wiped out, and finally we had to flee to Taiwan Province Province.
By the second half of 1947, the People's Liberation Army was gradually surviving and growing in the cracks, surrounded and swept by Kuomintang troops again and again. The troops changed from strategic defense to strategic attack, and the situation north of the Yangtze River tilted towards us.
As the main force of Liu Deng army broke into Dabie Mountain and Funiu Mountain, the East China Field Army captured Jinan, which not only wiped out a large number of enemies, but also disrupted Chiang Kai-shek's deployment, and all Kuomintang troops turned to defense.
Hu Zongnan's nationalist army also fell into the east-west battle, so it decided to implement mobile defense. In order to stop Hu Zongnan's plan, under the instruction of the Central Military Commission, the Northwest Field Army turned to an exterior strategic offensive.
That is, introducing the war into the Kuomintang-ruled areas and continuing to annihilate the enemy's effective forces in the process of expanding and consolidating the liberated areas will also help to stall the Hu Zongnan Group, prevent it from sending more troops to the battlefields in the Central Plains or North China, and reduce the pressure on friendly forces.
In view of the military deployment of Hu Zongnan Group, we plan to adopt the tactics of "besieging the city to help", attack Yichuan with some troops, wait for the support of the enemy army, and finally surround the enemy of Jiaozi and destroy its effective strength.
With the mutual cooperation of various units of our army, the battle of Yichuan achieved a major victory, which marked the first major victory after the Northwest Field Army turned to outside operations. In order to supplement the northwest forces, Chiang Kai-shek was forced to order the transfer of Pei Changhui Corps and Zhengzhou 38th Division east of Tongguan to Xi 'an, greatly reducing the operational pressure of the Central Plains People's Liberation Army.
Since the Northwest Field Army began to reorganize the new army, the combat effectiveness of our army has been significantly improved, and this campaign is also a big test. Obviously, our efforts are correct.
After this battle, the Chiang family dynasty was shocked. In order to appease the morale of the army, Chiang Kai-shek hurried from Nanjing to Xi 'an, a strategic place. Chiang Kai-shek deployed some troops from East China and the Central Plains to reinforce.
This victory of our army had a chain reaction, which indirectly promoted the success of Luoyang campaign and created favorable fighters for the battlefield in the Central Plains. At this point, the situation in the northwest battlefield has changed.
There are many factors in this great victory. First of all, our army mastered the enemy's military intelligence and their military deployment before the war, so that we could design traps and wait for them to get in.
According to the art of war, know yourself and know yourself. But if you only know yourself and your enemies, you may win or lose, but if you don't know yourself and your enemies, the result will be a fiasco. The battle of Yichuan was obvious, and our army knew it, and neither did Hu Zongnan.
At the beginning of 1948, the 1 intelligence officer of our army in the security information office received an urgent order from the superior, asking him to find out the current military deployment of Hu Zongnan Group as soon as possible, including the compilation contents of the three divisions A, B and C under the jurisdiction of Hu Zongnan after reorganization, plus a series of confidential materials such as the compilation and firepower allocation of reorganized 29 army led by Liu Kan.
This person is an intelligence agent placed by our army beside Hu Zongnan, who has provided a lot of information for the Northwest Field Army for a long time. The latest military deployment of Hu Zongnan Group is relatively easy to obtain, because it is not confidential within this army and can be obtained without going to a special place.
However, the specific contents of the three divisions A, B and C are very difficult. This is top secret information, which is usually kept in one place, that is, the Staff Office of the Office of Anappeasement, that is, the office of Vincent, the chief of staff of Hu Zongnan. The documents are in his safe, so it is difficult to get first-hand information.
If it's an ordinary safe, it's nothing more than the old methods, including matching keys, obtaining passwords, breaking the safe if it doesn't work, and so on. On the one hand, these old methods are dangerous, and the most important thing is that time is too late, and the superior gives little time. In that case, you need to find a special relationship and get in touch with the chief of staff. That's not ordinary people, only the top of the army.
Our 1 agent is a major in charge of logistics in Hu Zongnan's army, and belongs to middle and lower rank officers. On weekdays, he has nothing to do with officials at the level of Chief of Staff. How did he get such confidential information?
The man named Cai Maolin was born in Chengguan Town, xinmi city, Henan Province, on February 1920. 1937 after the full-scale outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the Japanese army attacked Chinese mainland, and his family was affected. Many people were displaced, and their wives and children were separated. Faced with this situation, Cai Maolin decided to engage in anti-Japanese and national salvation.
1In July, 938, Cai Maolin was recommended by the county committee of Mi County, and got the opportunity to go to northern Shaanxi Public School for training and study, where he successfully joined China. /kloc-after graduation at the end of 0/938, he voluntarily returned to Mi County to continue the anti-Japanese national salvation movement.
After a year's work, Cai Maolin has mastered a lot of work experience, but there was a problem in an activity in August. 1939. The enemy discovered the residence of the underground party organization, and the contact point was quickly destroyed. Cai Maolin lost contact with the organization.
1940 In July, Cai Maolin was unfortunately arrested. The county government suspected that he was a * * * person, so it instructed the military police to arrest him. He was interrogated many times in the local prison. After being tortured, Cai Maolin never revealed his identity.
The enemy had no choice but to send him to Luoyang for reform through labour, and then to Xi 'an for reform through labour, where he was tried more severely.
In the trial of more than two years, in the face of numerous tortures, he never wavered, never exposed party member's identity, and kept conservative secrets.
In order to solve the notice of our arrest, the organization has done a lot of work. Finally, in the summer of 1942, our king, then the director of the Northwest Military Supplies Bureau of the Kuomintang, and two comrades, according to the orders of their superiors, began the rescue work for those comrades who did not disclose my secret to the Kuomintang agents.
The method adopted is to let one of Wang's former students contact Lu Shunan, the administrator of the reeducation-through-labor camp, and claim to hold training courses for administrators in the reeducation-through-labor camp. It is necessary to recruit some comrades as students, and the Quartermaster Bureau will hire teachers to give lectures for more than half a year. After graduation, Xi Military Supplies Bureau will arrange work.
It was by borrowing this method that Cai Maolin was able to enter the training class smoothly. Because of the tense war and shortage of personnel at that time, Wang, Wang, Wang and Wang adopted this method, which did not arouse the suspicion of the Kuomintang authorities.
After graduating from the manager training class, Wang, Wang and Wang gathered these people in the Military Supplies Bureau and started an independent military supplies business research class. In the Quartermaster Bureau, Wang is the principal and Jack Yang, a progressive Democrat, is the captain. He supports * * *, while Zhou Jian is a political instructor.
The training time is only one month, and everyone understands that this class is actually to inquire about the thoughts of these students and see if they surrendered to Chiang Kai-shek or resolutely followed our party. After successful graduation, everyone was assigned to work in various units of the Kuomintang according to the rank of lieutenant clerk.
The Kuomintang Military Supplies Bureau set up a new office in Zhangye, Gansu, so Cai Maolin was arranged there. Wang, Wang's younger brother, is also a member of the party group and director of the office. Cai Maolin was directly led by Wang Yijun and began his intelligence work.
Unfortunately, in the summer of 1944, on the way back to Xi 'an, Wang Yikan hit the ground. The leader of the intelligence station was killed and Cai Maolin had to make other arrangements. He rushed to Ann, reported the current situation to Wang and Wang, and re-studied and deployed the next work. When Zhou Jian met Cai Maolin, something new happened.
Luoyang was captured by our army, and the former General Command of the First Theater was dissolved on the spot. In order to reorganize the first war zone, the Kuomintang authorities plan to set up a new headquarters in Hanzhong, with Chen Cheng as the commander-in-chief of the first war zone and Wang as the manager and director of the department.
At that time, Wang Zheng needed a right-hand man to walk with him, just in time for Cai Maolin to come to Lai 'an, so he appointed Cai Maolin as a clothing clerk and followed him to Hanzhong.
Cai Maolin didn't want to be a clerk in the clothing department at first, because too few people came into contact with this department and could not get precious innocence. Wang explained to him that because this department has no oil and water, no one in the Kuomintang army is interested in your position, so he won't worry about being calculated and noticed, and he can work for a long time and do intelligence work quietly.
Cai Maolin agreed, and they were all thinking about how to do well the orders given by their superiors. At the beginning of 1945, Chen Cheng was appointed as the Minister of National Defense, and Hu Zongnan's Eighth Theater also annexed the First Theater. Wang was deeply trusted by Chen Cheng and followed him to Chungking.
Wang also considered whether to take Cai Maolin to Chongqing, but after several considerations, he felt that there were enough comrades there, and the northwest region was the place where he was most needed. Moreover, Cai Maolin is familiar with the situation here and has contacted many people for such a long time. Therefore, Cai Maolin was assigned to work in the northwest supply area command of the Kuomintang, and of course he was still in the clothing department.
At the same time, he has another consideration, that is, the northwest supply area command is not only responsible for the first and eighth war zones, but also undertakes the supply tasks of seven war zones, so the number of troops involved is very large. If you are careful, you will find a lot of valuable information. I hope Cai Maolin will stick to it.
Cai Maolin certainly knows what the Chief Executive thinks. Although he is not in charge of the most valuable things, no one wants to leave his troops without quilts and clothes. Holding a large number of new military uniforms has also become the main means of business relations.
In order to gain the trust of enemy officers, he delivered the latest military uniforms to those officers on time. Even if there is not much money, there is no place to buy it. Those officers who need to expand their troops naturally look for him first.
In the long run, Cai Maolin has attracted many officers and army chiefs and has different contacts with them. He used his power to give gifts to those in power on holidays, which was also very popular. Everyone likes him.
After making friends with a group of officers, he usually hangs out together, and entertainment activities such as dinner and mahjong are overwhelmed. Cai Maolin has hardly won money. As long as those people are happy, he wants to lose money to make him happy. The main reason is that the Kuomintang army has been corrupt for a long time, and no one will care about his motives. After all, everyone has it.
Soon, Cai Maolin established a solid relationship in the supply area headquarters. Even in the Sui Department and the local troops in An, he had many deep friends, which made his intelligence work very smooth and expressionless. Even if he checked, he would not notice that he was here.
Because of his outstanding performance, Cai Maolin's intelligence relationship was transferred to the super-leader's security intelligence service on 1946. This man is a well-known underground intelligence agent of our party and has made great dedication and sacrifice for the country. Under his leadership, Cai Maolin obtained a series of valuable information.
Among them, there are stations and warehouses of Kuomintang troops in Shaanxi, and important strongholds are marked at the same time; Hu Zongnan's adaptation plan for the puppet troops under the jurisdiction of the Western Henan Theater; There is also all the compilation information of the Northwest Supply Area Command, the enemy titles in seven war zones, and the compilation of personnel supply statistics and resident information, which can be described as everything, quite rich, and this is also his contribution to lurking for so many years.
In view of this information, Chao decided to personally contact Cai Maolin, who will be the future agent of 1. There are only a handful of intelligence personnel who can directly contact Zhao, and Cai Maolin did it with his own wisdom and courage. One day in late autumn, in Xi 'an, a captain officer went to a battlement in the North Gate Tower on the wall of Xi 'an, conveniently took out a newspaper and sat down.
The lieutenant colonel of the North Dynasty, dressed in military uniform and sunglasses, walked up to the captain, knocked on the ground three times with a crutch, and then borrowed a light from the other side to smoke a cigarette.
Chao spat a cigarette and naturally chatted with the other party: "What's your name?"
"Left. What's your name? " That's right. "My surname is Huang."
"Which unit?" Zhao Wangbei asked.
"Officer corps. "
The other party replied: "What a coincidence, I am also in the officer corps. Can we talk together? "
"good!"
Only when the code is accurate can two people dare to sign up. This is the first time they have met.
After Cai Maolin told Chao about his specific work department and organizational relationship, Chao also said that his real name was "Huang Runsheng" and he was an engineer in a coal company.
They made an appointment for the time and place to meet later, that is, every Tuesday and Friday night, at Cai Maolin's house. If caught by others, he lied that Chao was an old comrade-in-arms in a war zone at that time, and now he is a staff member of Ansuiyuan Department.
Later, Chao arranged for Qin to contact him. As a businessman, Qin and Cai Maolin exchanged information. Because of the particularity of Cai Maolin's work, it is normal for businessmen to appear in his home.
Chao's order to Cai Maolin is to report a serial number, number, station and commander's name of the troops under Hu Zongnan's jurisdiction every month. These things must be mastered in real time. Of course, except for temporary major military tasks, this information will be arranged separately.
The deployment information of troops is top secret information, and Cai Maolin's work is impossible to get, but his own unit has a department in charge of rations supply, and the rations of troops are determined. How many copies are supplied regularly is counted, unlike his clothes which are replenished two or three times a year.
So he let the officers drink and eat, and established a good relationship.
Cai Maolin usually complains in front of these people. Now his clothing report is quite different from their ration statistics. First, the army information in his hand is still relatively old. In addition, he usually spends too much money, and corruption is a bit excessive. He is worried that his superiors will find out and he will be finished.
However, if the superiors compare the statistics of the canteen, they still have problems, so everyone can't stand it when the problems are exposed. The best way is to unify the data, even if it is checked above, there will be no problem.
The best way is for two people to work together and compile a statistical table of rations and clothes every month to cope with the above inspection. The man thought Cai Maolin's idea was too good, and he was usually corrupt, so he made a decision on the spot.
In this way, Cai Maolin can get all the information of the army every month, and where did these confidential information come from? He didn't know until Xi 'an liberated the enemy.
Cai Maolin first looks for a relationship from Xi 'an appeasement office, preferably the staff office, which is much more convenient. A lieutenant colonel named Zhao was noticed by him. They have known each other for a long time and work in Hanzhong No.1 Theater Command. Later, after he was transferred here, he was snubbed by Hu Zongnan's men, so it was easy to start. Because Zhao's staff likes going to the theatre, so does Cai Maolin, and they become playmates. Cai Maolin immediately invited him to his home and gave him a lot of gold and silver treasures. More importantly, this man has the key to the safe.
If you want to go in and out of the staff office freely, you must wait until Vincent, the chief of staff, is not in Xi 'an. One morning, Cai Maolin finally got this opportunity, so he quickly came to the staff office of the appeasement office. Obviously, he came prepared. He discussed with staff Zhao that he needed to prepare summer clothes. But he lost the latest data of the army, and the chief doesn't know about it yet. But you can't ask others about this confidential information, so you can only ask your good brother for help. So it only takes three days to borrow the latest materials here, and the original materials will be returned after completion.
Staff Zhao thought for a long time, but he still felt that this matter was too important to read casually, or he would die if he was investigated. Cai Maolin pretended to be angry: "Counselor Zhao, I thought we were old friends. If I really have no choice, I won't bother you. Only you can help me, brother. There is no other way. "
Staff Zhao saw Cai Maolin in a hurry and quickly pulled him to a place where no one was there. Finally, he decided to lend it to him, but he had to promise not to let outsiders know. In this way, this confidential information was handed over to Chao, and the comrades in the confidential department copied it overnight. The specific news of the enemy was transmitted to the central government by radio, and our army found out the news of the enemy before the Yichuan campaign.
During his work in Xi 'an Security Bureau, the Central Committee called Cai Maolin three times to commend his outstanding performance, and his deeds were also made into a TV series "Special Mission" to let more people know about this unsung hero.
After liberation, Cai Maolin continued to serve the people and took root in the public security system. No matter what age, he always puts his work first in life. 199 1 in July, in view of its outstanding contribution, it was awarded the honorary medal of "First-class Golden Shield of the People's Police" by the Ministry of Public Security. 1February 1995, Cai Maolin died in Xi 'an at the age of 75.
Since ancient times, war is not just a confrontation of hard power. The key to victory lies in intelligence work, and often a key intelligence plays a decisive role in the whole war situation. So no matter when, intelligence work is always the top priority of military work. Our party and army have a long history of intelligence work. We used our own advantages to attack the enemy's disadvantages on the basis of intelligence, and it was this little victory that led to today's victory.
In the hard revolutionary years, countless underground intelligence workers, unknown for their work, gave their lives for justice, and made great sacrifices for the victory of the revolution. Some people didn't know their life until they sacrificed, and became unsung heroes.
However, some people could not resist the temptation of the enemy, and soon betrayed the country under coercion and inducement, becoming accomplices of counter-revolutionary groups, and many comrades died at their hands.
No matter when, we can't forget that in that war-torn era, under the leadership of * * *, a group of people built the Great Wall of Steel with their own flesh and blood and paid their lives for the rise of the Chinese nation. Thanks to the party and the martyrs, today's life is hard-won. We should remember history and don't forget your initiative!