Tang Shengming served as commander.

At the beginning of 1938, Tang Shengming was appointed as the deputy commander and acting commander of Changsha police. His position was taken by Changde Police Commander, Hunan Second Administrative Inspector Commissioner and District Security Commander, and he should be exchanged. At that time, Zhang Zhizhong, chairman and security commander of Hunan provincial government, also agreed to their exchange. Tang went to Changsha because his eldest brother, Tang Shengzhi, and Zhang couldn't replace him. Because he wasn't here, it was to his liking to propose a replacement. Jia is overbearing, but very capable. Changsha is the capital of Hunan, and the public security is quite chaotic, which is exactly what we need. Changde is much quieter than Changsha, so Tang is willing to go.

I work as an action instructor in the spy training class run by the Military Bureau of Linli County near Changde, and I often visit Tang Shengming in Changde. Once, he invited me to his house for a potluck. While eating, he suggested that I go to Changde to be the director of his supervision office in garrison headquarters. I shook my head again and again and said: the personnel system in the military system is very strict, and private activities and work are not allowed. He said it was not personal, but business. Because of the transfer from Changde, the bureau chose Tang classmate Deng Mocun, who graduated from Huangpu Phase IV, as the inspector general. Deng is a prude, afraid of accidents, and asks him for instructions in everything. Don is a man who doesn't like to be in charge, so he feels too much trouble in less than a month. I used to know him, so I want to go. I still think there is no reason for Deng Moucun to be transferred without making mistakes. Don said he could talk to Dai Li himself; Tang's wife Xu Lai and Dai Li's girlfriend, who live in Tangjia, both know me. They also said, see Dai Li, must let him agree to transfer me. Soon, Dai Li visited the Linli special training class from Wuhan and passed Changde. According to the three of them, Dai Li really agreed to transfer me to replace Deng Moucun as the director of the inspection department of garrison headquarters in Changde (later changed to Changde and Taoyuan) and the captain of the reconnaissance team of the second district security command.

As soon as I arrived in Changde, the Scout Bureau sent several trucks to Changde, and a battalion chief of the Scout Bureau's spy brigade took a personal letter from Dai Li to Tang Shengming. They found me first, and I took them to see Don. It turns out that when Dai Li was in Changde last time, he saw a Tewulian soldier in garrison headquarters doing exercises. He took a fancy to this tall and sturdy company, which was equipped with all muskets, and asked Tang to give the soldiers and weapons of this company to the military. Due to the newly established Military Bureau, three armed brigades of the General Staff Secret Service Corps are short of squadrons. Don immediately agreed. So Dai Li returned to Chongqing and sent someone to Changde to bring the company to Chongqing. When Tang saw Dai Li's letter, he immediately called the company commander and others, saying that he had sent the company to the Military Bureau, and asked them to inform the officers and men of the company to increase their salary for two months, immediately take care of household affairs and other private affairs, and leave within three days. As soon as I saw him, I just sent away a secret service company, but I was a little worried, because this company not only served as the past guard of garrison headquarters and the supervision office, but also wanted to mobilize this company to suppress it in the urban area at any time. I asked him, "The spy company was sent away. Who will be the guard? " He said, "I don't want them to leave in three days. Within three days, I can transfer one of several peacekeeping companies under the command of the District Security Command to take over the work of the special service company. " It dawned on me that he already had a plan, and it was estimated that he would be ready after he promised Dai Li. Tang Shengming has just arrived in Changde, but he still finds Changde far less interesting than Changsha, and even the restaurants he has eaten are not to his taste. Soon, a fire broke out in Changsha, and the whole city was in ruins overnight. In the unanimous condemnation of the whole country, Changsha police commander, Changsha public security bureau chief Wen Zhongfu and public security corps chief Xu Kun were taken as scapegoats and shot publicly. I still clearly remember that when the news reached Changde, Tang Shengming, his wife Xu Lai and Zhang Suzhen and I were attending a grand banquet held by Changde industrial and commercial circles. Hearing this, Tang Yi patted his head again and again and said happily, "If I hadn't transferred to Changde, this meal would have been impossible." I added: "Although the food in Changde Restaurant is a little worse than that in Changsha, it is much safer." Everyone present raised their glasses to congratulate him, saying that he was a veritable "blessing general".

In order to adjust the work of the supervision room, I spent a lot of time running all over the city. When I went to Tang to report the work deployment of the supervision room, he suddenly pointed out two places I didn't understand and asked me to send someone to check them often. I wonder how he knows the terrain of Changde better than I do. He told me brazenly that many years ago, his eldest brother was the commander of the Eighth Army, and when he was the head of the army, he was stationed in Changde. His big brother is very strict with him. In order not to let him go out to play at night, he parked his bed in front of his house and wouldn't let him go out. Accustomed to romance, my younger brother climbed out of his brother's bed as soon as he fell asleep. I crawled back from under the bed at dawn the next day. As soon as his words were finished, Xu Lai said, "Now, if you want to go out to play at night, I'll open the door for you so that you won't climb out from under the bed again." Tang heard a burst of laughter and even said, "I can't beat such a beautiful wife now." After the joke, Tang told me that this is the place where some prostitutes live, and it is the easiest place to hide thieves, so be careful.

When I worked with Tang, there was a verbal agreement: I can do what the supervision office should do; Even if killing people is wrong, he is willing to take responsibility for me, and he can do everything before telling him; But the case involving the problem of the * * * production party, you must first tell him not to handle it casually. I said * * * cooperation, * * * cooperation with the Japanese. I know how to handle it. He told me very seriously that the military government can cooperate or not. At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, why didn't they secretly arrest the * * * production party in Shanghai and Wuhan? He also stressed that this kind of thing must not happen in the area where he is responsible. I promised him that in Changde area and the second administrative region, I would follow his instructions and would not arrest the * * * production party or anyone related to the * * * production party case. So in those two years, although some progressive activities related to the * * * production party were found in this area, due to the relationship of Tang, no atrocities such as arresting people and committing crimes were caused.

One day, I got a call from the inspector general of Changde Bus Station, saying that the commander drove himself with two guards to the checkpoint, stood on the expressway where the checkpoint stopped to check, and did not sit down. I don't know what to do. I'll go right away. I saw him standing neatly in a uniform in front of the railing of the roadside parking inspection, looking in the direction of the car coming from Changsha. I ran over and asked him what he wanted. He just shook his hand at me and told me to rest at the checkpoint instead of standing next to him. I turned to talk to the inspector general. After a while, a car came from Changsha. He went to have a look, immediately gave a military salute to the people inside, and then raised his hand to ask the inspectors to raise the railing to let the car pass, and the people inside did not get off. When Tang saw the car driving in the direction of Yuanling Highway, he jumped in and followed. I'll immediately notify Taoyuan Automobile Checkpoint to get ready. As soon as the car of the commander who accompanied the guests arrived, he raised the green flag to let it pass, and was not allowed to stop, let alone go through all the registration procedures. After the phone call, I personally waited in the supervision room. It was two hours before Tang drove back. He invited me to get on the bus and go to his house. After sitting down, I asked, "Who was the one who just sent away?" He didn't answer me first, but took a few mouthfuls of cigarettes before asking me, "Are you all right?" I shook my head, thinking that many people say that he is a outspoken person. How can he keep this matter secret to this extent today? Seeing that I couldn't guess, he proudly said, "It was Zhou Enlai I escorted out of the country just now." I immediately asked him: "Is it the vice chairman of the * * * production party?" He nodded again and again. I was really surprised that a vice chairman of the * * * production party passed by me. I didn't know anything beforehand. How should I explain to the Military Bureau? When he saw what I was thinking, he also saw what I was thinking. He told me that he answered the phone from Changsha and knew that Zhou Enlai would often go to Deyu and Yuanling by bus, so he personally escorted him out of the country. He also called Sun Changjun, the garrison commander of Yuanling, and asked him to personally escort him out of the country. He said that Zhou Enlai was his teacher and he had many friends in the * * * production party. In the past, when the * * * production party was active in Pingjiang and Liuyang, there were no bullets. He also sent a batch of guns and later dragged them to Jinggangshan. Someone told Chiang Kai-shek about it at that time, and as a result, he just got a scolding. He said he would make all kinds of friends. He didn't care whether he was a socialist or not. As long as he thought he could make friends, he wouldn't care if he lost his head. After I came out of his house, I immediately reported to Dai Li and the Military Bureau by urgent telegram: Tang Shengming escorted Zhou Enlai across the border without telling me beforehand, and he also made friends with the producer of * * *. Dai Li didn't call back, only the Military Bureau instructed: "Continue to pay attention and cable at any time."