In the early thirties of the last century, the Central Special Branch Front encountered one of the most dangerous and thrilling moments, because the defection of one person almost caused a major setback to the entire Special Branch Front, and this defector was Gu Shunzhang, an important person in charge of the Central Special Branch.
In April 1931, Gu Shunzhang, the head of the Central Special Branch, did not return to Shanghai immediately after performing a mission in Wuhan, but instead deserted and stayed in Wuhan for recreation, and on a popular performance stage, he actually performed magic tricks on stage under the pseudonym of "Hua Guangqi". Unexpectedly, he was recognized by a traitor in the audience, and after that, the news of the report reached the ear of Cai Mengjian, the commissioner of the Kuomintang Party Affairs Investigation Section. Soon, Gu Shunzhang was arrested by Cai Mengjian and soon surrendered.
Before surrendering, Gu Shunzhang put forward a condition to Cai Mengjian, that is, to personally meet Chiang Kai-shek, and let Jiang know and promise to ensure the safety of his life, so as to prevent a small person like Cai Mengjian from playing tricks from it and killing him in order to make a meritorious contribution. In addition, he also asked Cai Mengjian not to send the information of his arrest to Xu Enzeng, the head of the Party Affairs Investigation Section in Nanjing, when Qian Zhuangfei, a red special agent, was lurking next to Xu Enzeng and became his confidential secretary. But Gu Shunzhang did not tell Cai Mengjian the reason for not reporting intelligence.
At this time, Cai Mengjian wondered, such an important piece of information told me not to report to my superiors, and did not explain the reason, so how can I make meritorious contributions? How to get promoted and get rich? Wouldn't it be futile to be taken in the first place? In fact, Gu Shunzhang did not let Cai Mengjian report information to Xu Enzeng because he had a selfish intention, he was not to protect Qian Zhuangfei, nor was he conscientious to discover, but he wanted to personally inform Xu Enzeng, sell his personal feelings to him, and pave the way for himself to continue to engage in the cause of secret agents in the future. And a person of Cai Mengjian's level was not qualified to know the intelligence at all.
However, Cai Mengjian did not agree, I caught the person, should be the first merit, so he ignored Gu Shunzhang's request, secretly sent the information of Gu Shunzhang's arrest and betrayal to Xu Enzeng, after the distribution, he was beautifully waiting for the time to be promoted and rich. However, when Gu Shunzhang knew of Cai Mengjian's actions, he was immediately dumbfounded, and only then did he explain to Xu Mengjian that Xu En had a red agent Qian Zhuangfei lurking around him.
Sure enough, Qian Zhuangfei received the encrypted telegram for the first time, and successfully cracked the contents of the telegram, knowing that Gu Shunzhang might have defected, and spread the news to the Party Central Committee in Shanghai. When the Kuomintang agents frantically pounced on the Party Central Committee, they pounced, and the responsible persons of our Party had been successfully transferred. Qian Zhuangfei accomplished this underground task brilliantly and made indelible contributions to the victory of the party's revolution.