On this day, 89 years ago, on October 20, 1936 (September 6, 1936, the lunar calendar), Wang Yaqiao, the national "King of Assassins" and founder of the "Axe Gang", passed away. Wang Yaqiao On October 20, 1936, the assassination king Wang Yaqiao was assassinated by Kuomintang spy Dai Li in Guangxi. After the assassination of Wang Jingwei, Dai Li, the head of the Kuomintang secret service and director of the Military Unification Bureau, led a large number of spies into Hong Kong and tried every means to arrest Wang Yaqiao. Wang was in a difficult situation. So in February 1936, he left Hong Kong with more than 20 people and his family and arrived in Wuzhou, Guangxi. He lived in the Wezi of Li Jishen's family. In September, Yu Wanjun, the concubine of Wang Yaqiao's former subordinate Yu Likui, suddenly came to Wuzhou from Hong Kong and told Wang Yaqiao that they had difficulties living in Hong Kong and asked to come to Wuzhou to live. Yu Wanjun had been bribed by Dai Li at this time. Dai Li promised her that he would release Yu Likui after capturing Wang Yaqiao. Yu Wanjun betrayed Wang Yaqiao for the temptation of great profit. After she arrived in Wuzhou, she contacted the secret agent. On September 20, she said that she had something to ask Wang Yaqiao to her house for discussion. At this time, more than a dozen spies were already ambushed in Yu's house. As soon as Wang entered the door, the secret agent immediately sprinkled a handful of lime on him. The king was fascinated, but he still insisted on fighting the secret agent. The secret agent originally wanted to capture Wang Yaqiao alive, but seeing that it was impossible, he shot and stabbed him with a knife. Wang Yaqiao was shot 5 times, stabbed 3 times, and died on the spot. The spy used a knife to peel off Wang Yaqiao's face. On the way to retreat, Yu Wanjun was killed in order to silence her. Chairman Mao commented on Wang Yaqiao: He was not guilty of killing the enemy, but he was meritorious in resisting Japan. If you don't care about small things, you won't be confused about big things. The shocking assassination case of the Republic of China planned by Wang Yaqiao: On November 10, 1923, Xu Guoliang, the chief of the Songhu Police, was assassinated in Shanghai. On August 18, 1928, Zhang Qiubai, director of construction of Anhui Province, was killed in Meixi Villa, Nanjing. On July 24, 1930, Zhao Tieqiao, the General Office of Shanghai Investment Promotion Bureau, was hit continuously by assassins holding a Browning pistol in China Merchants Bureau and died. On June 14, 1931, Chiang Kai-shek, Chairman of the National Government, was shot in Lushan. On July 23, 1931, Kuomintang Finance Minister Soong Tzu Wen was assassinated at Shanghai North Railway Station, casting a lifelong shadow and jumping immediately after that. On March 1, 1932, the Japanese Navy's flagship Izumo was bombed in the Huangpu River in Shanghai. On April 29, 1932, General Yoshinori Shirakawa, the supreme commander of the Japanese army in China, was sent to the west in Hongkou Park in Shanghai. On November 10, 1932, Count Lytton, head of the international investigation team, was assassinated at the Chinachem Hotel in Shanghai. On November 1, 1935, Wang Jingwei, vice president of the National Government, was shot three times at the Central Party Headquarters in Nanjing. One of the bullets eventually led to Wang Jingwei's death in Nagoya, Japan nine years later. On December 25, 1935, Tang Youren, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Kuomintang, presided over the Mei-Japan negotiations in Shanghai, causing a disaster of death. Extended reading: How the assassination king of the Republic of China Wang Yaqiao was finally assassinated Extended reading: How the assassination king of the Republic of China Wang Yaqiao was finally assassinated Wang Yaqiao (front row center) and his men (file photo) Wang Yaqiao used assassination as the main means of resisting Japan and Chiang Kai-shek. He assassinated Japanese invaders generals, Chiang Kai-shek, etc. Chiang Kai-shek once offered a sky-high reward of 1 million yuan for his arrest. However, such an assassination king who was unmatched by no one in ancient and modern times, unfortunately died in the assassination of others. The "No. 1 Killer" shocked both at home and abroad. Wang Yaqiao was born in Hefei, Anhui Province in 1887. He was intelligent since he was a child and hated evil. When he grew up, Wang Yaqiao was dissatisfied with the corruption and incompetence of the Qing court and the division of China by Western powers, so he joined the Alliance. In 1915, he followed Sun Yat-sen and devoted himself to the struggle to protect the country and discuss Yuan. He wrote to Sun Yat-sen many times, proposing to set up an assassination organization to assassinate reactionary warlords. Sun Yat-sen refuted him: "To solve the revolution, we should completely overthrow the organization with armed forces, not kill one or two people." Seeing that his revolutionary concept of assassination was not accepted by Sun Yat-sen, Wang Yaqiao fled to Shanghai and established the "Anhui Workers 'Shanghai Neighborhood Association" among Shanghai workers born in Anhui, and became the leader of the organization, which soon gathered hundreds of people. Each of them had an axe, and hundreds of axes immediately stirred Shanghai Beach into darkness, and the Axe Gang became famous from then on. After having his own independent organization and force, Wang Yaqiao let go of implementing his assassination concept and began his career of assassinating the king. He brandished his sword and raised his gun without stopping, killing feudal remnants, reactionary party and government dignitaries, Japanese devils, and hooligans and bullies. Many unknown traitors and spies were nothing more than a meal. As long as Wang Yaqiao thought he deserved to die, there was no one who dared not kill him. He became the "number one killer of the Republic of China" that many people talked about. The one who was "fortunate" to become the first "headless ghost" under Wang Yaqiao's sword was Xu Guoliang, director of the Shanghai Police Department in Songhu. Xu Guoliang spared no effort to suppress revolutionaries and patriots. On November 12, 1923, when Xu Guoliang came to the Shanghai hot spring bathroom to take a bath and went out to board the car, Wang Yaqiao's subordinates drew guns and shot Xu Guoliang, killing Xu Guoliang. In 1927, Chiang Kai-shek launched a counter-revolutionary coup on April 12. Wang Yaqiao witnessed the killing of countless revolutionaries. He was very angry and decided to assassinate Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Tzu Wen. In the summer of 1931, under the organization of Wang Yaqiao, the assassin sneaked into Lushan and fired two consecutive shots at Chiang Kai-shek, who was walking along the tunnel. Due to the distance, he missed the hit, and Chiang Kai-shek escaped. On July 23, 1931, Wang Yaqiao assassinated Song Ziwen at Shanghai North Railway Station, but mistakenly identified Song Ziwen's secretary Tang Yulu as the target, and Song Ziwen escaped by chance. After the "January 28th" Incident broke out in 1932, Wang Yaqiao summoned his subordinates to urgently announce "all-out anti-Japanese war" and established the Songhu Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army, acting as its own commander. At the same time, he organized and established a "Iron and Blood Anti-Tradition Group" targeting senior Japanese officers and hardcore traitors, and personally served as the head of the group. After the Songhu Armistice, on April 29, on the day of the Japanese Victory Ceremony, Wang Yaqiao sent people to the venue and detonated a bomb. General Yoshiruo Shirakawa, former commander-in-chief of the Japanese Kwantung Army and commander-in-chief of the Japanese Invaders in Shanghai, was killed on the spot. The remaining 10 Japanese military and political officials were also either dead or injured. Shortly after the January 28th Incident, British diplomat Lytton led an international investigation team to China to actually investigate the Sino-Japanese conflict. Lytton actually made consecutive remarks that were biased towards Japan. Wang Yaqiao decided to teach Li Dun a "bloody lesson." On November 10, 1932, the killer sent by Wang Yaqiao was accidentally arrested by the police when he was preparing to take action at the hotel where Litton stayed. Litton was scared and hurriedly fled China. The ridicule of international public opinion made Litton lose face. Subsequently, the "League of Nations" repeatedly exerted pressure on the China government to punish Wang Yaqiao and other "murderers". Wang Yaqiao's wave of shocking assassination cases made all prominent figures in the Kuomintang feel like thorns on their backs. Chiang Kai-shek's frequent offers of sky-high rewards for Wang Yaqiao posed a huge threat to Chiang Kai-shek's dictatorship. He regarded Wang Yaqiao as a thorn in his side and strictly ordered Dai Li to arrest Wang Yaqiao. Dai Li had joined Wang Yaqiao in his early years. He knew very well how powerful Wang Yaqiao was and was unwilling to get involved in this muddy water. However, he was "handpicked" by Chiang Kai-shek and had to work with the Shanghai Military Police to hunt down his mentor Wang Yaqiao. Although Dai Li worked hard, he failed to catch Wang Yaqiao in Shanghai. In August 1933, Wang Yaqiao knew that Shanghai was no longer a place to stay for long, so he disguised himself as a dock worker and led more than 20 key members to sneak into Hong Kong with the ship. Soon after arriving in Hong Kong, Wang Yaqiao quickly got in touch with Li Jishen, the leader of the "Southwest Faction", and others, and jointly planned to assassinate Chiang again. Wang Yaqiao sent his general Hua Kezhi to the post of president of Nanjing Chenguang News Agency. As a reporter, he had extensive contact with top Kuomintang officials to inquire about Chiang Kai-shek's whereabouts and wait for an opportunity to strike. In November 1935, after the opening ceremony of the Sixth Plenary Session of the Fourth Central Committee of the Kuomintang, Chiang Kai-shek had not arrived for a long time, so Premier Wang Jingwei had to take the lead in leading members of the Kuomintang Central Committee to take photos. At this time, Sun Fengming, disguised as a reporter, took out a pistol from the box camera, aimed it at Wang Jingwei and fired. Wang Jingwei fell to the ground and was seriously injured. Sun Fengming was then shot dead by security personnel. Wang Jingwei's assassination caused an uproar across the country. Chiang Kai-shek called Dai Li and gave him three days to solve the case. Dai Li analyzed: The Communist Party does not advocate terrorist assassinations. It is most likely that it is the anti-Chiang faction. Among the anti-Chiang faction, there is no other person in China except Wang Yaqiao. He also learned that Hu Yunqing, president of Chenguang News Agency, was actually Hua Kezhi under Wang Yaqiao, and he had long disappeared by this time. Knowing that this shocking case was the work of Wang Yaqiao, Chiang Kai-shek severely issued a death order to Dai Li: "Increase Wang Yaqiao's reward from 100,000 yuan to 1 million yuan. If you can't catch him alive, you will die! I know your relationship with Wang Yaqiao. If Wang Yaqiao escapes again this time, don't come to see me!" In the past few years, Dai Li still had a little response to the capture of Wang Yaqiao or fantasized about using it for himself, but he was forced into a dead corner. After Dai Li learned that Wang Yaqiao was hiding in Hong Kong, he personally led dozens of key elements to Hong Kong to kill Wang Yaqiao. After repeated representations from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nanjing National Government, the British government telegraphed the Hong Kong authorities to assist the Nanjing National Government in arresting Wang Yaqiao and his accomplices. Hong Kong police had no choice but to inform Wang Yaqiao to leave Hong Kong as soon as possible. Li Jishen wrote to ask Wang Yaqiao to go to his hometown in Wuzhou, Guangxi for a while. In February 1936, Wang Yaqiao left Hong Kong with more than 20 subordinates and family members to live in Li Jishen's ancestral residence. After Wang Yaqiao disappeared mysteriously again, Chiang Kai-shek was in panic all day long. After Dai Li was scolded by Chiang Kai-shek, he became anxious. Suddenly one day, he came up with a clever plan to "search for people"... It turned out that Yu Likui, an important subordinate of Wang Yaqiao, was arrested in Nanjing for participating in the assassination of Wang, but Yu Likui was a tough man and never refused to reveal a word about Wang Yaqiao. Dai Li decided to start with Wan Jun, one of Yu Likui's concubines in Hong Kong, and find Wang Yaqiao's hiding place. The spies found Wanjun, and after some coaxing, Wanjun agreed to help the spies find Wang Yaqiao's latest residence. It is indeed much easier for insiders to find insiders. Within three days, Wanjun told Dai Li the news that Wang Yaqiao was hiding in Wuzhou, Guangxi. On September 20, 1936, Wanjun said that she had an important matter and invited Wang Yaqiao to her residence for discussion. Wang Yaqiao didn't know what was going on, so he went to Wanjun's residence at the appointed time. As soon as he entered the door, the spies immediately sprinkled a handful of lime on him. Wang Yaqiao was blinded, but he still tenaciously fought fiercely with the spies. In the end, Wang Yaqiao was shot 5 times and stabbed 3 times, and died on the spot. A generation of heroes in troubled times ended his career of assassinating the king. Then, the spies killed Wanjun with another blow. Wang Yaqiao assassinated many people in his life, but never killed Communists, progressives or innocent people. He also helped the Communist Party do many good things. According to the memories of Wang Yaqiao's capable officer and later became an outstanding figure on the hidden front of the Communist Party of China, at the end of 1931, the "Red Flag Daily" sponsored by the underground party of the Communist Party of China encountered difficulties, and Wang Yaqiao promptly raised 10,000 yuan for them, allowing the "Red Flag Daily" to continue publishing. In addition, Wang Yaqiao also provided travel expenses for comrades who went to Yan 'an and funded lawyers to help defend arrested Communist Party members. It is said that when Comrade Mao Zedong evaluated Wang Yaqiao, he said: "We are not guilty of killing the enemy but have meritorious service. If you don't care about small things, you won't be confused about big things." It can be regarded as a conclusion for him. (According to "Integrity Outlook")