That night, Premier Zhou held a banquet at the Beijing Hotel to entertain the heroes of the uprising of the two airlines, and Chen Zikun accompanied him, and he always wanted to find an opportunity to ask Li Kenong what the words on the airport had a deep meaning, because he knew that Li Kenong's identity was not only the vice minister of foreign affairs, but also the intelligence minister of the Military Commission, and the number one spy of ***, which was equivalent to Dai Li's status in the Kuomintang.

Although the leaders gave great trust and courtesy, his political status was still not as good as those old comrades in Yan'an who fought the world, so some things he could not ask if he wanted to, and he could get a satisfactory answer if he asked.

After the official establishment of the Air Force, Chen Zikun continued to serve as an adviser, but he no longer came to the front line of work, pushed away the special cars and orderlies equipped by the organization, and returned to Jiangdong to continue to be the chairman of his military and political committee, but now is not the time for him to be a warlord behind closed doors, and the political, economic, diplomatic, and military affairs must be under the leadership of the superiors, that is, the leadership of Comrade Rao Shushi, chairman of the East China Military and Political Committee, and first secretary of the East China Bureau.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chen Zikun's old subordinates came and went more frequently, quite a bit of a group to keep warm, and they often went to the Fenglin Road Mansion to talk about the current situation and the future.

After the liberation, the power of these former Jiangdong military and political officials was greatly reduced, and their economic income was also greatly affected, especially when the land reform was carried out in the rural areas, their fields and properties were confiscated, and everyone had some resentment to a greater or lesser extent, hoping that Chen Zikun could protect some more interests for them as he did during the period when Beiyang was transferred to the Kuomintang.

Chen Zikun said that you can rest assured, *** benevolence and righteousness, and you will definitely not be able to treat everyone badly.

This matter has come to an end for the time being, Yan Su has a keen sense of political smell, and he raised another puzzle: "The chairman of the military and political committees of the major regions is also the commander of the military region, why is Rao Shushi in East China instead of Commander Chen Yi?" Is there going to be a big personnel change? ”

Chen Zikun said: "Don't guess, Commander Chen Yi is also the mayor of Shanghai, and he has a great responsibility for stabilizing the economy. ”

Everyone agreed, when it came to Shanghai's economic purge work, one by one could not help but praise it, it was much stronger than the Kuomintang, tigers and flies were all beaten, and there was no mercy, it was really a thunderous method that shocked people's hearts, Shanghai's prices quickly stabilized, and the profiteers who hoarded and lived in strange places were severely cracked down, and they were very happy.

After chatting for a while, Chen Zikun was sent to the gate and returned to the study, where Liu Ting asked him what he thought of the concerns of his old subordinates.

Chen Zikun said: "Since you choose this road to stick to it, hesitation and ambiguity are unacceptable, I heard that Fu Zuoyi bargained with the CCP, and wanted to deal with Suiyuan as a semi-independent region and retain his own army, but I don't know that the CCP and the Kuomintang are different, China has been chaotic for half a century since the end of the Qing Dynasty, and the world should also return to its heart, New China must be a powerful regime, not a plate of scattered sand, no one wants to continue to be a local prince, Fu Zuoyi is like this, and I am the same." ”

Liu Ting said: "I think you should consider the issue of standing in line, Chinese politics is the most about this." ”

Chen Zikun said: "There is no need to worry about this, just maintain a high degree of consistency with the central government at any time, I stand on the side of Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou, more, you help me draft an application for joining the party, I want to strive for progress and join China." ”

Liu Ting said: "You are a member of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to join *** again." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Criticizing or not criticizing is another matter, the key is to show an attitude. ”

Liu Ting smiled: "You, what an old fox." ”

Chen Zikun also smiled bitterly: "Who can understand my helplessness." ”

Sure enough, Chen Zikun's application to join the party was politely rejected by the Central Committee, and Premier Zhou replied to him, saying that he would make a greater contribution to the revolution by staying in the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee.

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Taiwan's Taoyuan Air Force Base, and more than 2,000 staff members of the two airlines in Hong Kong telegraphed an uprising, which caused a great psychological shock to the Kuomintang Air Force, and some pilots who were not determined to fly were grounded, political and ideological studies were carried out every three or five times, and some people suddenly disappeared and never appeared again.

In this terrifying atmosphere, Chen Bei lived like a year, drinking heavily in the club bar every day, his beard was unkempt, and he was drunk like mud, and his colleagues knew that he was suffering in his heart, but they couldn't comfort him, they could only touch him and pat him on the shoulder.

At noon that day, Chen Bei was still lying in the dormitory and fell asleep, when suddenly four men in Mao suits came, took him to an organ without a sign, asked him what connection he had with the defector, interrogated him for a long time, did not get any valuable information, and released him back.

Chen Bei returned to the dormitory, took out half a bottle of whiskey from the cupboard, tilted his neck and lowered half a bottle, looked at his thin face and decadent face in the mirror, and couldn't help but sigh.

When I went back to bed, I felt something was wrong next to the pillow, and when I touched it, there was a bunch of keys and a note.

The note said that there was an L5 sentry plane flying to Kinmen tonight, and the time, runway, and pilot candidates were clearly marked.

Although he didn't say anything, Chen Bei also knew that this note was guiding him to do something, to revolt!

Air force control is becoming more and more strict, pilots must make a guarantee before taking off, and the flight mission is even more confidential, and they will not know who the specific pilot is until they take off.

Chen Bei rushed out the door, and there was no figure in the corridor.

He returned to the house, sat quietly for twenty minutes, suddenly got up, took out a razor, dipped it in soap, shaved his face, combed his hair, took out a new military uniform that had been ironed and smoothed from the closet, changed into a polished leather shoes, pinned a pistol to his waist, put on a boat-shaped hat and sunglasses, and went out proudly.

The key is the back door of the base dormitory, in order to strengthen management, there are gendarmes standing guard at the door of the dormitory, whoever goes out to do everything must be registered, and with the key, you can avoid the gendarmes and go to the airport.

The first thing Chen Bei did was to solve the pilot of the sentry plane, that person he knew, had been trained in the United States, had the rank of major in the United States, and had a good relationship in peacetime, he waited in the bathroom in the lounge, knocked the pilot unconscious very smoothly, took his flight helmet and walked to the runway.

Until he sat in the cabin, he was not interrogated, Chen Bei congratulated himself on his luck, and at the same time lamented the lax management of the Air Force.

The ground staff came over and gestured, Chen Bei's face was hidden under his sunglasses, and he gave a thumbs up expressionlessly.

The tower instructions sounded on the radio, Chen Zikun fooled over, started the engine, and the light sentry machine flew into the sky.

Twenty minutes later, the pilot with a big bag on his head crawled out of the toilet, covered his head and shouted, "Stop him!" ”

A terrible siren sounded over the base, the pilots on combat readiness duty were quickly summoned, and a squadron of P51 Mustang rushed into the air to pursue the defectors.

The L5 sentry aircraft piloted by Chen Bei is a light reconnaissance and communication aircraft with a very low speed, and it is a lamb to be slaughtered in front of the fighter, at this time he has already flown over the sea, and all kinds of noises on the radio are continuous, all calling him to return, coercion and temptation are all used, Chen Bei just smiled faintly, ignored it, held the control stick steadily, and flew towards the light.

A P51 twin plane formation flew overhead, Chen Bei's heart was cold, and he tried to drill into the clouds, but it was too late, and he was discovered.

The sentry plane is not armed, and its maneuverability is not as good as that of a fighter jet, and it can't be beaten, and it can't run away, so it can only be slaughtered by others, and at this time a familiar voice came from the radio: "Chen Bei, is it you?" ”

It was the voice of his comrade-in-arms Wang Xijue, who was a student of the Air Force Military Academy, who had flown a training plane with Chen Bei during his time on the mainland, and was a very good young pilot, only 20 years old.

"It's me." Chen Bei replied.

"Return now, or shoot you down." Wang Xijue's voice was resolute.

Chen Bei didn't say a word and continued to keep course.

"One last warning, if you don't return, I'll shoot you down!"

Still no response.

A string of tongues of fire erupted from under the wing of the Mustang fighter, Chen Bei subconsciously avoided it, but he didn't expect it to hit the ballistic, and the sentry plane was shot, but fortunately it didn't hurt the engine, only the skin and radio antenna were damaged.

Chen Bei took out a photo from his wallet showing his family smiling at him.

"Mother, father, goodbye." Chen Bei said silently.

Just as he was waiting for the next wave of bullets, the fighter jet flew away.

Chen Bei understood that it was Wang Xijue who let him go.

When flying over Fujian, Chen Bei was lost, the compass of the sentry machine failed, lost his direction, it got dark, it rained heavily, and the fuel was almost exhausted, he flew forward with his memory, and suddenly saw a runway with lights on, it was the airport! The sentry plane flew towards the light, and the alarm immediately sounded over the airport, and the soldiers of the antiaircraft artillery unit wearing steel helmets quickly entered the battle position, and the Japanese-made 13-mm anti-aircraft machine gun rang out with a bang, and the bullet exploded next to the plane.

The sentry plane finally landed on the runway, several trucks rushed with bright headlights, the heavily loaded PLA surrounded the plane, and the steel helmet flashed in the night, and the bayonet was white.

"Get down!" An officer shouted.

Chen Bei opened the hatch and danced a white handkerchief: "Don't shoot, I'm an uprising." ”

The officer hurriedly put away his gun and stepped forward to check, Chen Bei's face was ugly, he was shot in the leg, bleeding profusely, and squeezed out a smile: "I am Chen Bei, a major of the Kuomintang Air Force, and I ...... revolt on the plane."

"Stretcher!" As soon as the officer waved, the soldiers stepped forward to lift Chen Bei out and put him on a stretcher and send him to the nearest hospital.

Five minutes later, the field airfield guard unit received a call from the military region, saying that there might be an uprising plane flying from Taiwan tonight, and asked them to be cautious and not to be injured by mistake.

"Oh no, both the man and the plane were injured." The chief officer of the airport has one head and two large.

Chen Bei was hit by an anti-aircraft machine gun bullet in his right leg, his bone was broken, and the medical level at the front was not high, so he was sent to Fuzhou for surgery overnight.

When the news was fed back to Beijing, Intelligence Minister Li Kenong was furious and slapped the table and said that no matter how well we do our underground work, we will not be able to support the rear support, and we must be severely investigated and held accountable.

A month later, at Jiangdong Airport, the Chen family waited eagerly for the return of Chen Bei, the hero of the uprising.

The transport plane landed slowly, and Chen Bei, who was wearing the uniform of the People's Liberation Army Air Force, appeared at the hatch, still handsome and chic, but with a pair of crutches under his armpits.