Throughout Chairman Mao's life, it is not difficult to find that he basically did not use a gun, he always used his pen as a gun, and wrote many magnificent articles to attack the enemy, so the world often praised him for defeating thousands of troops and horses with the four treasures of the literary room.
In 1946, after Fu Zuoyi snatched Back Zhangjiakou from our Party, he also followed Chairman Mao's example once and asked yan Youwen, the senior secretary next to him, to write an open letter ridiculing Chairman Mao. None of the people present at that time, except for Chairman Mao and Yan Youwen, could hear the chairman's voice.
Fu Zuoyi thought at that time that this was Chairman Mao's magnanimous remark about the demotion of the generals, but he did not expect that the open letter he instructed Yan Youwen to write was secretly approved by Chairman Mao, and Yan Youwen was a senior agent of our party lurking next to Fu Zuoyi.
Fu Zuoyi and Yan Youwen lived together day and night for more than ten years, when Fu Zuoyi had two major confidants, one was Yan Youwen and the other was Wang Kejun, so why could Yan Youwen win Fu Zuoyi's trust? Next, let's briefly introduce Yan Youwen's personal background.
Yan Youwen was born in 1914, he and Fu Zuoyi are both fellow Ronghe, Shanxi, at the age of 20, he was admitted to the law school of Shanxi University, during the university, Yan Youwen came into contact with Marxist-Leninist ideas, and then joined the progressive organization Of Chinese and Foreign Language Associations.
When the July 7 Incident broke out in 1937, Yan Youwen, who had just graduated from university, resolutely decided to go to Yan'an because he listened to Peng Xuefeng's anti-Japanese mobilization speech in Taiyuan.
In Yan'an, Yan Youwen accepted Xing Xiping's suggestion, went to northwestern Jin, and joined the anti-Japanese army of General Fu Zuoyi.
At that time, it was the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and many outstanding Communists and progressive young people joined the Kuomintang and jointly resisted the Japanese.
At this time, Fu Zuoyi was serving as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Route Army and the commander of the 35th Army, and his troops were stationed in the northwestern region of Jin, and the shanxi compatriots who suddenly appeared, because they were talented and well-written, did not leak anything, so that Fu Zuoyi was like a treasure, and soon Yan Youwen was promoted to Fu Zuoyi's main force and served as the political director of the 35th Army.
In 1939, Yan Youwen was transferred by Fu Zuoyi to be a private secretary and director of the Political Propaganda Department, responsible for anti-Japanese propaganda and mobilization work.
At that time, there were many people with good writing, but very few could hold high positions, and Yan Youwen soon became a big secret because of his insightful eyesight and overall view.
He became Fu Zuoyi's right-hand man, and the meetings presided over by Fu Zuoyi and all the documents and speeches were drafted by Yan Youwen.
Although he has always been in the ranks of the Kuomintang, Yan Youwen has never abandoned his faith, and as early as 1938, he was introduced by the CCP commissioner Pan Jiwen and secretly joined the Communist Party and became an undercover agent.
And because Yan Youwen had been to Yan'an, he was known to everyone, so his identity was once suspected by the Kuomintang.
In the second half of 1939, the Kuomintang set off an anti-communist upsurge, which led to the inability of Communists to stay within the Kuomintang, so Fu Zuoyi sent all the Communists who had already openly identified themselves out of the country.
Due to the urgency of the situation, the party organization was too late to make proper arrangements, Yan Youwen suddenly lost contact with the organization, so he silently chose to lurk and wait for the day when it could be reactivated.
Unfortunately, he was targeted by Dai Youwen, and Yan Youwen's resume in Yan'an always made Dai Feel that he had a problem, so After asking Chiang Kai-shek, Dai Youwen sent a telegram to Fu Zuoyi, indicating that his secretary Yan Youwen was most likely a communist, and asked Fu Zuoyi to transfer Yan Youwen to Chongqing for training.
Fu Zuoyi knew very well that once Yan Youwen was sent to Chongqing, he would have to shed his skin even if he did not die.
After a long period of observation, he felt that his confidant was absolutely reliable, and Yan Youwen did not mean much to him, so Fu Zuoyi chose to protect him, and Dai Kasa just gave up because there was no evidence, which allowed Yan Youwen to avoid a killing disaster.
Friends who have watched spy war dramas should know that the life of undercover lurking is extremely torturous and painful, fortunately, during the anti-Japanese period, Fu Zuoyi based on the great national righteousness, always the muzzle of the gun to the outside world, so Yan Youwen has also been trying his best to assist him, at that time Fu Zuoyi's department and the Japanese Kou broke out nearly 300 battles, most of them have Yan Youwen out of the figure of planning, and in the fierce battle with the Japanese Kou, Yan Youwen is still a pioneer and brave to take the lead.
In the Battle of Wuyuan, Yan Youwen was seriously wounded, and his body kept the shrapnel of the Japanese army.
Years of fighting side by side, the friendship between Fu Zuoyi and Yan Youwen has become stronger and stronger, the two are not only superior and subordinate relations, more like comrades-in-arms who cherish each other, and with their unique personal charm, Yan Youwen's prestige in the army is also very high.
In the period of the War of Liberation, Chiang Kai-shek had to rely on Fu Zuoyi, who was strong in strength, to deal with our party's army, and in order to know Fu Zuoyi's movements, Wang Yu, who worked in the security office of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, received a secret task, that is, to find Yan Youwen, who had been missing for many years, and set up an intelligence network.
At this time, our party did not know what position Yan Youwen was currently holding, and whether he had given up his faith was impossible to know, so Wang Yu's trip was extremely risky.
He came to Baotou disguised as a leather merchant and had a conversation with a Kuomintang officer in the hotel, only to find out that this person was the secretary of the confidential room of the commander of Fu Zuoyi's department.
Wang Yu invited the officer to a big meal, and the two of them soon called brothers and brothers after drinking and eating, while Wang Yu lied that he had come to find his brother on this trip, and the younger brother had written to inform his family that if there was a letter at home, he could entrust Chief Yan Youwen to hand it over.
After this set of lies, the officer quickly leaked the bottom of Yan Youwen, who said that Yan Youwen was the secretary of Commander Fu, and Wang Yu was overjoyed to hear the news, and began to get close to this officer.
A few days later, the officer took Wang Yu to the heavily guarded headquarters and went directly to Yan Youwen's office.
There was no chance to get along alone, and there was no time to exchange codes, Wang Yu could only make up the blind words of finding his brother again, Yan Youwen looked at Wang Yu vigilantly, saying that he did not remember this, Wang Yu had no choice but to leave.
Two days later, Wang Yu inquired about Yan Youwen's address, brought some pastries and leather goods to visit, and Yan Youwen's mother led him into the house, and as soon as his mother left, Wang Yu changed his previous face and said the question continuously, Are you Yan Youwen? Shanxi Ronghe people?
Yan Youwen was confused and nodded, Wang Yu knew that he had found the right person, he decided to take a risk, directly revealed his identity, and said: Comrade Yan Youwen, I was sent from Yan'an, and the Party Central Committee asked me to find you and Comrade Yang Ziming.
This sentence was like a thunderclap, which set off a terrifying wave in Yan Youwen's heart, and he believed the comrade's words, because except for the organization, no one knew that he and Yang Ziming joined the party at the same time.
Yan Youwen excitedly stepped forward and shook Wang Yu's hand: "After many years, I have finally looked forward to this day."
After this meeting, Wang Yu and Yan Youwen had several in-depth conversations, and it was learned that Yan Youwen not only served as Fu Zuoyi's personal secretary, but also as the deputy director of the political department of the Twelfth Theater and the president of the organ newspaper.
After Wang Yu reported the news to the organization, Chairman Mao instructed Zhou Enlai to protect Yan Youwen's personal safety, and Zhou Enlai personally arranged to establish a top-secret intelligence line, with Luo Qingchang and Wang Yu in a single line.
In this way, Yan Youwen and Wang Yu, as cousins, began to continuously send information about Fu Zuoyi's department to our party.
Through Yan Youwen, Chairman Mao profoundly understood the military strength, personality, and style of Fu Zuoyi's troops, and even Fu Zuoyi and Lao Jiang were on guard against each other and relied on each other.
Later, Yan Youwen reported an important piece of information that Fu Zuoyi was likely to attack the Liberated Area of Suidong.
Sure enough, in June 1946, the Suidong Campaign began, our army avoided its sharp edge and chose to retreat, and in October of the same year, after Fu Zuoyi occupied Zhangjiakou, he was overwhelmed and asked Yan Youwen to write an open letter to Chairman Mao, asking him to ridicule the Communist Party in order to achieve the advantage of psychological warfare.
Yan Youwen was very entangled after receiving the task, it is easy to expose if he does not write, and if he writes, how to write ah!
To this end, he specially reported this situation, and Chairman Mao, in order to consider the overall war situation and Yan Youwen's situation, specially issued instructions, indicating that this letter should be written, and Zhou Enlai even stressed: The letter should not only be written, but also scolded a little, so as to arouse the anger of the soldiers and people in the Liberated Areas, eager to eat the enemy on the battlefield, and the combat effectiveness of the troops will naturally increase greatly.
After receiving the reply, Yan Youwen also relaxed his heart, and in September 1946, the "To Mao Zedong Open Point" was freshly published, and it was reprinted in full in Nanjing and Chongqing at that time.
The whole article of more than 2,000 words was written in a splendid manner, and General Manager Zhu asked cadres at and above the company level to read it out, and sure enough, this open telegram directly stimulated the fighting spirit of all the officers and men of our army, while Fu Zuoyi's proud soldiers were bound to be defeated and began to lose one after another.
In 1947, Fu Zuoyi was appointed by Chiang Kai-shek as the commander-in-chief of the North China Suppression Campaign, and Yan Youwen, in addition to serving as Fu Zuoyi's secretary, was also awarded the rank of major general, concurrently serving as deputy director of the North China Suppression General Office and press spokesman, and his status rose to a higher level.
In 1948, Yan Youwen obtained a top-secret information that Chiang Kai-shek would withdraw from the northeast and concentrate his forces to secure Liaodong and Rehe in order to consolidate the northeast, while East China and Central China would strengthen their advance and suppress, blocking our army's southward advance on the one hand, and attacking our main force on the other.
According to intelligence, Chairman Mao decisively ordered the launch of the Autumn Offensive, which directly left old Chiang's plan stillborn.
In October of the same year, the victory in the Liaoshen Campaign had been decided, and Yan Youwen learned that Fu Zuoyi's 600,000 troops were preparing to fight with our army in the Ping, Tianjin, and Tang regions.
In November 1948, the main force of the Northeast Field Army entered the customs in three ways ahead of schedule, and when our army suddenly appeared in the area west of Zhangjiakou, it directly caught Fu Zuoyi by surprise, and as the 35th Army was completely annihilated, the sea route and the westward escape route were cut off, and Fu Zuoyi's hundreds of thousands of troops became turtles in an urn.
When he was trapped in Beiping City, Yan Youwen began to attack the heart, and he urged Fu Zuoyi not to choose to fight to the end, otherwise the cultural ancient city of Beiping would be destroyed, and you and I would become sinners for eternity.
Yan Youwen's words were like a sharp sword piercing Fu Zuoyi's heart.
In February 1949, our Party announced 43 first-class war criminals headed by Chiang Kai-shek, and Fu Zuoyi was impressively listed; after reading the list, he looked at the list like ashes and muttered to himself: It's over, it's all over!
Yan Youwen, who was present, actively advised: Chiang Kai-shek will certainly be suspicious of you for not leading your troops to withdraw south; the Communist Party is now holding peace talks with us, and it is not necessarily a bad thing to be listed as a war criminal to tie you to old Chiang Kai-shek, but I guess it is to dispel old Chiang's suspicions about you, and this matter is beneficial to us.
In order to cooperate with Yan Youwen's actions, Chairman Mao also personally drew up a secret telegram informing Fu Zuoyi: On the surface, you can show that you will resolutely fight down, secretly negotiate with us, and peacefully liberate Peiping.
Fu Zuoyi, who was unwilling in his heart, actually secretly made preparations for escape, he opened an airslide at the south gate of the Temple of Heaven and built a secret airport, but within two days, two shells hit the construction site, and this precision strike made him gradually give up his illusions.
Subsequently, under the persuasion of Yan Youwen, Fu Zuoyi finally made the right choice and formally proposed the peaceful liberation of Beiping.
After liberation, Yan Youwen had thought of disclosing his party membership, but Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou did not agree to it, taking into account Fu Zuoyi.
Later, Yan Youwen served as the deputy director of the Farmland and Water Conservancy Bureau of the Ministry of Water Resources, and was also elected as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
In 1958, Yan Youwen proposed to Fu Zuoyi that the party's policy was very good and that he wanted to join the Communist Party, and Fu Zuoyi simply agreed, so Yan Youwen's party membership was made public.
Although the branch disclosed Yan Youwen's party membership, it did not announce the year in which he joined the party, and until Yan Youwen's death in 1962, his inscription still did not have time to join the party, only because Fu Zuoyi was still alive at that time.
It is estimated that Yan Youwen himself did not expect that due to his scruples about Fu Zuoyi's feelings, his party membership was never revealed, laying hidden dangers for his children.
Yan Youwen died at the age of 48, and despite his party membership, he was still a surrendered insurgent in the eyes of others, and later in the special period, it also led to the unfair treatment of his wife and children, and his life was once very embarrassing.
It was not until 1993, when Wang Yu, who worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, went through several twists and turns to find Yan Youwen's family and made this secret public, and the treatment of this revolutionary ancestor was re-implemented.
Here, the author has to sigh, often the direction of history, it is likely to be because of a person's actions and behavior changes, such as Yan Youwen such a secret agent, he sent out an important intelligence, it is likely to rewrite the end of a big battle, these behind-the-scenes heroes hide huge energy, many of them even have names left, the future generations of us should cherish the hard-won life today, like these heroes to pay tribute.