Xu Lai, born in Shanghai in 1909, was originally named Xiaomei, also known as Jiefeng. As a child, due to family poverty and little overnight food, she entered a British egg factory in Zhabei at the age of 13. Later, her family situation improved and she enrolled in school. In school, Xu Lai's grades were average, but she liked singing and dancing. When she was 18 years old, she was pretty and moving and was admitted to the Chinese Song and Dance Academy hosted by Li Jinhui. After graduation, she joined the Mingyue Song and Dance Ensemble and traveled to big cities such as Pingjin Ninghan. She also performed with the group in Nanyang. Although her singing and dancing performance is not outstanding, her beauty and cleverness still attract many audiences. In 1933, Xu Lai starred in the movie "Remnant Spring" in the Star Film Company, which became a hit with success. Before the Anti-Japanese War, Xu Lai married Lieutenant General Tang Shengming of the National Government Military Committee. In 1940, she and her female assistant Zhang Suzhen (a well-known female spy in the army) accompanied her husband who was secretly sent to Nanjing to break into the Wang Puppet regime undercover and collect information, often living in Nanjing and Shanghai.
At the turn of the spring and summer of 1940, the handsome Tang Shengming brought his fashionable and attractive wife Xu Lai and his female assistant Zhang Suzhen (there are now accounts of Zhang Suzhen being Dai Li’s mistress, but this is not the case, but Tang Shengming’s concubine, which is also a little wife. The role of the Shanghai tabloid. The low-level interest of the Shanghai tabloid described that Tang Gongzi and his wife Xu Lai and Zhang Suzhen often sleep in the same bed with three people, which is in line with Tang Gongzi’s habit of "Playboy") appeared in Xiaguan Railway Station At the exit, the couple were welcomed by Wang Puppet Ye Peng, Gao Guanwu, Su Chengde and others. Japanese military police commander Otsuka Kiyoshi also appeared in the welcome crowd. He spoke fluent Chinese and said that he was very welcome to General Tang’s ability to leave the Chongqing government and come to Nanjing to participate in "peaceful salvation of the country" and support the "East Asia co-prosperity". . The Japanese military commander also complimented Xu Lai. Xu Lai was entertaining with disgust in his heart.
Tang Shengming is the younger brother of General Tang Shengzhi, a native of Dong'an, Hunan, and a student of Huangpu Phase IV. He is capable and capable. He served as the commander of the 12th Army of the National Revolutionary Army in his early years and was awarded the rank of major general. In 1928, by Zhou Fohai's recommendation, Tang Shengming became the staff officer of Chiang Kai-shek's room. At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, he served as deputy commander of Changsha garrison and commander of Changde garrison. He is good at communication, strategic, courageous, and well-connected, and he is well-known in the officialdom. He is also known as brother to the military commander Dai Li. Chiang Kai-shek instructed Dai Li to secretly summon Tang Shengming to Chongqing and give him a face-to-face instruction. Tang Shengming was asked to go undercover in Nanjing, act on the occasion, take advantage of the contradictions between the Wang and Puppet officials, do division work, and collect intelligence. Tang Shengming accepted the task, and one of his favorable conditions was that he had a well-known movie star wife who could provide him with cover.
Tang Shengming’s brother Tang Shengzhi’s Nanjing Baiziting No. 22 mansion has long been occupied by a major general of the Japanese Army, so Wang Jingwei personally coordinated to place Tang Shengming and his wife in a garden house on Guling Road in the west of the city, and appointed Tang Shengming as a member of the Wang Puppet Military Committee and China Will high ginseng, to show grace. Tang Shengming pays attention to enjoyment, is generous, likes playing mahjong, dancing, and has a good drinking capacity. He is a player. He is full of family friends, and Xu Lai loves to have fun and has excellent card skills. Every time she plays cards, she loses less and wins more. She is very sociable, and soon became acquainted with Wang Jingwei’s wife Chen Bijun, Chen Gongbo’s mistress Mo Guokang, Zhou Fohai’s wife Yang Shuhui, etc. . Through the card game and dinner, Xu Lai obtained a lot of important information from the core of Wang Puppet, and told her husband that Tang Shengming was very excited, and he must know that he did not have as much information as his wife.
At the end of 1941, Li Shiqun, head of Shanghai Wang Puppet No. 76 headquarters, meticulously planned the kidnapping case of China Hotel. That night, Ma Yuanfang, the chairman of the provincial party committee and director of the provincial education department responsible for leading the anti-Japanese struggle in the occupied areas of Jiangsu, and the Jiading magistrate Zhang Beisheng, Ge Yuqi, Jiang Bingzhong and six cadres were suddenly surrounded by Wang Puppet agents and all were arrested. Afterwards, except for Ma Yuanfang and Zhang Beisheng (who were allegedly injured while resisting arrest and sought medical treatment on parole), all the arrested persons involved in the case published surrender statements in Wang Puppet's "China Daily". Dai Li ordered the army stationed stationed in Shanghai to find out the truth as soon as possible.
When Xu Lai played mahjong with the hostess, Mo Guokang, Chen Shunzhen and others in Yang Shuhui's private house, he heard Yang Shuhui revealed that the undercover was Zhang Beisheng. As early as one month before the incident, he was arrested secretly by the puppet agent Wang when he was in a brothel on Guangdong Road. He could not stand the torture and surrendered himself to confess. He also expressed his willingness to help catch Ma Yuanfang and others. Li Shiqun This was successful in one fell swoop. Xu Lai told her husband the information after returning home. Tang Shengming immediately tried to tell the person in charge of Juntong and Zhongtong Shanghai Station, cut off any contact with Zhang Beisheng, andPrepare to wait for an opportunity to kill this cleverly disguised traitor. Later, the Japanese and puppet authorities transferred the exposed Zhang Beisheng to Nantong as an inspector.
In the autumn of 1942, Tang Shengming attended an important high-level meeting in the Nanjing Wang Puppet Military Committee, which Wang Jingwei personally presided over. At the meeting, Wang said that the six generals of the Japanese Army in China, Han Jun, had notified him that two divisions must be dispatched in the near future to cooperate with the Japanese army to carry out surprise raids against the Soviet-Chinese Anti-Japanese Army and the New Fourth Army. At that time, the Yuepu mixed brigade stationed in Zhenjiang would be used. As the main force, 60 naval air forces stationed in Nanjing and Shanghai will also be dispatched to assist in the battle. Wang Jingwei and generals such as Ren Yuandao, Ye Peng, Sun Liangcheng and other generals discussed the combat strategy, and warned everyone that they must strictly observe confidentiality.
Tang Shengming considered again and again, and asked her to venture back to Shanghai for his wife. At this time, Xu Lai felt that he was in danger, perilous, and under great pressure. However, she finally focused on the cause of anti-Japanese and agreed to return to Shanghai to pass on information. Due to the accurate and timely intelligence, the Soviet-Chinese anti-Japanese forces reduced a lot of losses. When Xu Lai lived in Nanjing, he often accompanied her husband to visit scenic spots such as Sun Yat-sen Cemetery, Mochou Lake, Wuzhou Park (now Xuanwu Lake Park) or taste Qinhuai snacks from Confucius Temple. In Nanjing under the harsh rule of the Japanese and the puppets, black prison cars and police cars often roared past the streets. Japanese and puppet military police and gendarmes can be seen everywhere, and the city is enveloped in a dull and depressing atmosphere. In fact, Ma Xiaotian, the director of the Puppet Political Security Administration in Nanjing, had always had doubts about Tang Shengming and his wife. From time to time, he secretly monitored and sent special agents to the Telecommunications Bureau to monitor the phone calls of Tang Xu and his wife, but found nothing.
In early 1943, when Xu Lai visited the family members of the murdered anti-journalists, it caused serious suspicion between Ma Xiaotian and Su Chengde, two spies chiefs, and almost caused a disaster. In 1941, an incident involving Huang Yiguang, Shao Mingxian and other anti-journalists attempted to assassinate Wang Jingwei in Nanjing, followed by the assassination of Japanese and puppet officials by the military united action team killer Qiang Yihu. Ma Xiaotian solved the two cases, and most of the persons involved were executed after being arrested. Huang Yiguang’s widow, Wang Zhexiang, was released after being detained for about three months. He was sick, unable to work, and cut off his livelihood. The situation was miserable. Relatives, friends and acquaintances were worried about getting into trouble and were afraid to lend a helping hand. Xu Lai heard about this, and after several considerations, she decided to visit Wang Zhexiang and provide financial support.
Xu came to drive himself and rushed to Wang Zhexiang's residence. Here, she also unexpectedly saw Yang Jinghan, the young widow of the murdered anti-journalist Shang Zhensheng. It was heard that when her husband was killed, she was pregnant and expecting childbirth. Today, her child is almost two years old. Due to malnutrition, the little guy is very thin and sick. She comforted Wang and Yang to take care of their mourning, and delivered milk powder, sausages, biscuits and other food. The Wang Puppet agent, who has been secretly monitoring nearby, has recognized that this Yong Rong and noble beauty is Xu Lai, and knows that her husband is the new member of the Qingxiang Committee and the Lieutenant General of the Military Commission’s staff, Tang Shengming, so he dared not detain him rashly. Check and report to the boss on the same day.
Three days later, Ma Xiaotian hosted a banquet at the Confucius Temple International Hotel in honor of Tang Shengming and Xu Lai who had just returned from Suzhou. Tang Shengming and Xu Lai are already well-known figures in Nanjing. Wang Jingwei has summoned Tang Shengming several times, and his courtesy is very high. In addition, Tang Shengming had a close and delicate relationship with Zhou Fohai, who was very enjoyable in front of the Japanese military and political officers in Nanjing. Ma Xiaotian once reported to Lieutenant General Kenshiro Shibayama, the chief of the Nanjing secret service agency, and talked about his suspicions. Shibayama pondered for a while without making a clear statement. He praised Ma for his loyalty and skill, but he asked him to act cautiously. Before the conclusive evidence, and no action against Tang Shengming and his wife, Ma Xiaotian had to be patient and be careful.
has been around for three wine inspections, and he euphemistically suggested that Mrs. Tang should not contact some people on the internal control list of the General Police Department in the future, so as not to embarrass him. Tang Shengming heard that there was something to say, and immediately thanked him, praised him for being a friend, and blamed Xu Lai for a few words. Xu Lai was also really taken aback: It seems that Ma Xiaotian is indeed quite powerful, no less than Li Shiqun in Shanghai, no wonder the Central and Military Commanders who have been engaged in the underground anti-Japanese struggle in Nanjing in the past two years have been almost wiped out and paralyzed. Afterwards, Tang Shengming repeatedly warned Xu Lai that he must be careful.
In April 1943, Japan's Koya Institute, out of propaganda needs, instructed the East Asian League China Association (formerly known as the Daminhui) controlled by the big traitors Su Chengde and Ma Xiaotian to find some well-known Chinese actors in Shanghai and Nanjing to film and celebrate "The Flower of the Empire" ", the navy assistantNan Zao Yunzi (assassinated by my anti-Journalist a year ago) spying career video. Finding a heroine is a top priority. Cultural traitors Hu Lancheng and Zhang Shankun came forward to organize a film crew. Zhou Xuan and other movie star actors who stayed in Shanghai were unwilling and unsuitable to play the Japanese female spy. When Hu Lancheng thought of Xu Lai, he volunteered to work as a couple at Tang Shengming's house adjacent to his residence. Xu Lai refused, saying that she had been inactive for nearly seven years and was in poor health and could not follow her life. After the
incident subsided, Xu Lai took refuge in Shanghai and stayed deep in the house to protect his personal safety, and then disappeared from the social scene. Tang Shengming stayed in Nanjing and continued undercover, engaging in intelligence and instigation work. Soon, he was appointed as the security commander of the pseudo-Jiangsu Province. He lived in Suzhou and traveled between Suzhou, Nanjing, and Shanghai. Xu Lai liked the mountains and waters and beautiful scenery of Nanjing, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, but she was forced to leave Nanjing quietly and return to her hometown of Shanghai. In 1956, Tang Shengming went to Beijing as Counselor of the State Council, and Xu Lai also returned to Beijing to settle. She died in 1973 at the age of 64.
(Source: Sohu Vision)
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