1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

"Because of some special experiences, I hate traitors... So, now, I want to execute this traitor. Who is in favor? Who is against?"

Amidst the silent approval, a voice suddenly rang out:

"I object!"

125 Matt's Special Agent Curses the Entire CCP

Zhang Guotao's reaction from beginning to end has almost completely proved that he was the culprit who caused the arrest and killing of a large number of comrades including Li Dazhao; most people in the Communist Party will not be merciful to traitors.

They could deal with Zhang Guotao in the same way they had dealt with the "AB Group", the "Reorganizationists", the "Third Party" and the "Trotskyists" before.

Therefore, when UMP45 asked the question "Who is in favor and who is against?" which seemed like a routine procedure, no one openly expressed opposition; including the representatives of the Red Fourth Front Army and the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet Area who came to the meeting with Zhang Guotao, they just remained silent.

If it weren't for the "restraint", shouts like "Kill him, kill him" would have been heard in the venue long ago.

Therefore, Li Desheng's sudden words "I object" seemed so harsh.

Everyone watched in astonishment as this nasty fellow stepped out, stood before UMP45 and Zhang Guotao, and reiterated his point: "I object! You can't execute him like this!"

Zhang Guotao never expected that Li Desheng would actually stand up and speak for him. He was stunned for two seconds, then shouted as if he had been pardoned: "Yes, yes, yes! You can't execute me! What right do you have to execute me!"

Before Li Desheng could continue speaking, Wu Hao interrupted:

"Comrade Matt, you are not a member of the Communist Party of China, so please don't deal with our cadres on our behalf."

At that moment, he seemed to have completely forgotten that some time ago in Shanghai, the World Revolutionary Party had directly executed five high-ranking CCP traitors in front of Pan Hannian, without the Communist Party's consent. "Right, right, right, right, right! You, an outsider, have no right to deal with me!"

Li Desheng and Wu Hao successively spoke up for him, and Zhang Guotao, as if grasping at straws, began frantically attacking UMP45's "outsider status" in an attempt to gain sympathy. However, Zhang Guotao himself did not realize that his actions only reinforced his past as a traitor in Peking.

UMP45 naturally ignored Zhang Guotao's defense, nor did she respond to Wu Hao's subtle accusations. She simply looked at Li Desheng calmly and asked, "Are your reasons for opposition the same as Comrade Wu Hao's?"

"No."

Li Desheng shook his head:

"I object because you say Zhang Guotao is a traitor, but that's just your one-sided statement. There's no concrete evidence to prove it..."

Upon hearing this, Supreme Court President He Shuheng's eyes lit up, and he felt secretly annoyed. Comrade Ma Shiwu had said this in her lecture before!

"Evidence is the main thing, confession is the supplement"!

What's more, there is no confession from Zhang Guotao, only Ma Shiwu's "one-sided statement"! The spirit of the rule of law! The spirit of the rule of law!

How come I, the president of the court, can't react as quickly as Comrade Li Desheng at the end of the day? I still need to keep learning...

...Everything you said verbally, Comrade Shiwu. Zhang Guotao hasn't admitted anything, and you haven't produced any documents. There's no evidence, so you can't punish him based on that." "What if Zhang Guotao continues to deny his guilt?"

"We can only detain him for questioning while we wait for the evidence to be gathered... and then proceed to trial and sentence him." "What if he still doesn't plead guilty?"

"At that point, he won't deny his guilt. Besides, with the evidence so irrefutable, it doesn't matter whether he admits his guilt or not." Li Desheng looked at Zhang Guotao with extreme hatred.

"Although I also believe that Comrade Shiwu did not lie or say anything wrong, since we must uphold the rule of law, we must have evidence and cannot rely solely on one person's one-sided statement. This "anyone" naturally includes you."

"What if I must execute him?"

"After that, my confidence, and that of the CCP, in your party's future statements and cooperation will be greatly reduced."

"..."

Senior CCP officials aware of the "570 million yuan aid" incident watched nervously as Li Desheng and Ma Shiwu engaged in a tit-for-tat exchange, fearing a quarrel or even a split. Unwittingly, they had placed the World Revolutionary Party on a level no less important than the Communist International and Moscow.

After a moment of silence, UMP45 suddenly clapped her hands, her pretty face slightly smiling.

"As expected of you, Comrade Li Desheng."

Then she looked at the others and said loudly:

"He's right. We can't just execute someone based on my one-sided statement, even if everyone knows he's a traitor. We must uphold the rule of law; it's the foundation of our country."

" ”

...

Seeing that Ma Shiwu was not angry, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, including Li Desheng. He was also under considerable psychological pressure from facing Ma Shiwu, who represented the World Revolutionary Party.

Not only was the party behind the other party the current "financial backer" and "mentor" of the CCP, but also because he believed Ma Shiwu's knowledge and theoretical level were far inferior to his. Of course, most importantly, Li Desheng was convinced that this was indeed another "test" to test whether the CCP had truly listened to the "lectures" it had been given over the past period of time.

Fortunately, the test passed.

"Then what do you think Zhang Guotao should do?"

"Everyone voted to suspend him from all positions, detain him, and conduct an interrogation investigation. At the same time, we will send people to Peking to obtain more evidence." "This process will be very long and cumbersome."

"No matter how time-consuming or troublesome it is, it has to be done... A human head is not a leek; it can grow again after being cut." "Yes, a human head is not a leek..."

UMP45 sighed softly, then suddenly asked:

"If that's the case, why is it that killings are carried out indiscriminately, whether in the Central Soviet Area, the Western Fujian Soviet Area, the Western Hunan-Hubei Soviet Area, or the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet Area?" "Uh..."

Everyone was surprised that UMP45 would bring up the topic again, and the situation became awkward again. Without waiting for anyone to respond, UMP45 said to Li Desheng:

"It would be fine if there was no evidence, but why did you abandon the fine tradition of the Jinggangshan Party purges that didn't involve physical annihilation, and instead resort to brutal torture and physical annihilation?"

If we hadn't put the example of how Zhang Guotao was dealt with today, perhaps not many people would have thought there was anything wrong with it - in troubled times, severe punishments should be used!

However, faced with a traitor as clear as Zhang Guotao, no one simply executed him, but instead sought evidence. Doesn't this prove that the previous purge process of "forcing, confessing, and believing" was completely flawed? In fact, many in the CCP had long been aware of the various problems with the purge. Thanks to the efforts of Wu Hao and others, the "anti-AB group" activities in the Central Soviet Area, which had gradually subsided, were a clear example.

Of course, this does not mean that the purge was completely stopped. Small-scale purges still occurred from time to time in the Central Soviet Area, and historically it did not gradually end until before the Long March.

As for the anti-counterrevolutionary campaigns and indiscriminate killings in other Soviet areas, they lasted until the Yan'an period, when they were reluctantly ended under the Party Central Committee's order and replaced by the teachers' policy of "curing the disease and saving the patient." Although many people recognized the problem, few had the ability, willingness, and courage to change it. Some even today still do not believe that this approach is problematic: "In troubled times, severe punishments should be used. Comrade Ma, if we don't purge reactionaries like the 'AB Group' and the 'Reorganizationists' who have infiltrated our Party, our regime will be in danger at any time!" "Since you are here to engage in revolution, you should not be afraid of death!"

"..."

Following the voice, UMP45 asked calmly, "Are you Xia Xi, Secretary of the Xiang-E-West Branch?"

"Yes, Comrade Ma knows me?" "Of course he does."

UMP45 smiled slightly:

"He's a famous traitor from Hunan! How could I not know him?"

"What! !"

Everyone was shocked, and someone immediately looked at Xia Xi with vigilance, ready to capture him.

Because, all the "corrupt elements" and "rebels" Comrade Ma Shiwu had previously pointed out have now confessed, and her performance just now was too impressive. As I said before, UMP45 is now the "emperor" of the Soviet area and even the Communist Party of China. Whoever she calls a traitor is a traitor. Xia Xi's face immediately flushed red, and veins bulged on his forehead. He roared angrily:

“You’re talking nonsense!!!”

However, few believed him. Even Wu Hao and Li Desheng had doubts in their eyes. Ma Shiwu had never made a mistake, and her credibility was beyond imagination.

However, UMP45 said calmly:

"Yeah, I was just talking nonsense, just labeling you a traitor."

"Because you carried out the anti-counterrevolutionary campaign in the Hunan-Hubei-West Hubei base area, and that's exactly what you did. You just randomly labeled people and killed them on random charges. Am I wrong?"

If we say that the large-scale anti-counterrevolutionary campaign carried out by Zhang Guotao in the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base area was the largest and most detrimental anti-counterrevolutionary campaign full of sectarianism and personal power, then

The anti-counterrevolutionary campaigns presided over by Xia Xi in western Hunan, Hubei, and the Red Third Army were the most brutal, insane, and unreasonable, their cruelty far worse than in any other Soviet area. This was especially true during the "pure Xia Xi period" from March 1931 to around June 1934.

I won't go into the specific events and names of people in history here, but just knowing a few facts will give you an idea of ​​how crazy Xia Xi really was:

1. Xia Xi killed almost all the division commanders, chiefs of staff, chiefs of staff, political commissars, directors of political departments, regimental commanders, and regimental chiefs of staff of the three divisions and nine regiments of the Red Third Army, and he killed them several times;

2. All kinds of anti-Party accusations were flying everywhere. Drinking tea together was called a "tea party," taking a walk together was called a "shoulder-to-shoulder party," and eating together was called a "twist-twist party/delicious food party." Then everyone was arrested and killed.

3. Xia Xi killed three of his four guards, and only spared the remaining one after He Long's persuasion (and threats) did he do so.

4. The fourth counter-encirclement and suppression campaign failed, and the Red Third Army, having lost two-thirds of its men, was forced to relocate. While being pursued by the enemy, Xia Xi continued to frantically carry out a purge, arresting people during the day and killing people at night.

5. At the end of December 1932, the Red Army's Third Army marched 8,000 miles and arrived at Yesanguan, Badong County. More than 30,000 men were killed, leaving less than 9000. Xia Xi was still carrying out the anti-revolutionary campaign and killing people.

6. By the time Xia Xi was finally deposed and dismissed from office in 1934, the entire Red Army had been slaughtered, leaving only four members: himself, He Long, Guan Xiangying, and Lu Dongsheng.

This shows how cruel and ridiculous the anti-counterrevolutionary campaign presided over by this guy was.

It is no exaggeration to describe him as a "psychopath" and a "murderer".

If he had not been chased by bandits and drowned in the water in 1936 and defined as a "martyr", who knows how he would be evaluated in the history of the Party.

""

...

Xia Xi was choked by UMP45's words and clenched her fists. She wanted to say something but couldn't.

Obviously, his deeds in western Hunan and Hubei and in the Red Third Army have been known. Refutation?

Isn't that true?

Or do you also want to be the second Zhang Guotao?

After shutting down Xia Xi, UMP45 turned to Deng Fa, the current director of the National Political Security Bureau.

"The purge you carried out in western Fujian to purge the Social Democratic Party was even more severe than Xia Xi's purge of the Reformists..." "Well, that's because..."

"I know. In the Soviet Ministry of Culture, you saw a cadre sleeping with two women in his arms!" "...Not only that, but also..."

"I know, I know. Some of the officers and soldiers of the 12th Red Army didn't understand the difference between the Second and Third Internationals and shouted the wrong slogans, so you mistook them for Social Democrats!" UMP45 waved her hand impatiently, seemingly disallowing anyone to interrupt.

"I admit that these guys are indeed full of unruly people, have no understanding of Marxism-Leninism, and don't abide by discipline, but is this justification for you to accuse people and kill people at will?"

Deng Fa was speechless.

"You have learned a lot about law these days. Look at it yourself and see if your actions of killing Lin Meiting and others from the Red 12th Army without any evidence were right or wrong.

"You killed 35 members of the Yanxi Soviet Government's executive committee, half of its alternate members, and many of the founders of the base area. And you still think it was right? These people were only in their 20s! What did they know about the Social Democratic Party?" "Do you really think Fu Bocui and his men led the Red Army to fight you because he was the so-called leader of the Social Democratic Party? The subsequent Hangkou, Hangwu, Xinan, and Hugang incidents were all caused by your pushing them into a corner!"

(That is, the "rebellion" launched by grassroots Red Army commanders to resist the purge and save their own lives and those of their comrades led Deng Fa to believe that these people were indeed Social Democrats, and he continued to kill them, which in turn triggered even greater resistance - a vicious cycle.) "And you, Ren! Ren Bishi! Wang Jiaxiang! Gu Zuolin! Don't think you can stay out of this! If you hadn't expressed your support for the purge when you passed through western Fujian, the situation wouldn't have escalated so badly!"

"And you! You! You! Tell me, among all the cadres and staff you killed, how many of them were killed with solid evidence?"

Watching the UMP45 "attack" one Soviet area after another, one person after another, Li Desheng knew that the enemy was about to shift their firepower to him.

"And you! You all! Li Desheng! Peng Dehuai! General Zhu! Zeng Shan! And Huang... Oh, he's already died..."

"This time, the Red Army busted over 4400 members of the AB Corps...the AB Corps' commander-in-chief...' Do you really think they were all members of the AB Corps? Was there really a commander-in-chief? Have you produced any evidence?"

How did the Futian Incident really happen? Do you really have no idea? Was it because they were truly members of the AB Corps, or was it because Li Shaojiu arbitrarily arrested, tortured, and killed people? "Did Xie Hanchang and Xiao Dapeng die unjustly? How many days could Li Wenlin and Zeng Bingchun have lived? If Liu Tiechao hadn't died last year, was he also a bad member of the AB Corps?"

"The more you fight against the AB Corps, the more people there are. Is it because there are really so many of them, or is it because you're attacking each other, accusing each other, torturing and executing people at will, and forcing more and more people to join the 'AB Corps'?!"

"

A group of people were scolded until their faces turned red. They lowered their heads deeply and did not dare to look at UMP45. Only a few people like Xiang Yin and Wu Hao had calm faces and no shame.

The former opposed the view that the Futian Incident was a "counter-revolutionary incident," believing it to be "a non-mass line, and that the Red Terror only terrorized the masses." This statement even became one of the reasons for his dismissal from his position as Secretary of the Central Committee. (Incidentally, perhaps because of this blow, Xiang Yin later began a frantic purge, and was eventually killed by his trusted bodyguard Liu Houzong.)

As for Wu Hao, he was one of the main contributors to stopping the "Great Purge" in the Central Soviet Area.

In December of the previous year, while traveling through western Fujian, Wu Hao noticed that the Great Purge was becoming increasingly intense and deviating, and he reported this to the Central Committee. This prompted the Central Committee to send a letter on January 21st criticizing Deng Fa and the Fujian, Guangdong, and Jiangxi Provincial Committees, which gradually halted the purge in western Fujian. On January 7, 1932, Wu Hao presided over a meeting of the Central Bureau, severely criticizing the General Front Committee for its over-expansion and oversimplification of the purge, and demanding that it be corrected.

After the establishment of the National Political Security Bureau, the work of suppressing counter-revolutionaries was undertaken by the Bureau, and it was no longer left to the various government agencies and the military to do on their own. This was the only way to curb the trend of random suppression of counter-revolutionaries.

However, most of the original leading cadres of the Fujian-Xi base area had died, including Lin Yizhu, who was actually in charge of the anti-counterrevolutionary campaign in Fujian-Xi at the time. He was labeled a "Social Democratic Party member" and was killed. It has to be said that this is really a kind of "black humor."

"Besides, don't you particularly like labels like 'Social Democratic Party' and 'AB Group'? Then I'll tell you!"

"First, there's the Social Democratic Party! This party originated in... so it never even entered China! How can there be any Social Democratic Party within the Red Army and the base areas?" "Then there were the Reorganizationists... then the Third Party... then..."

"Finally, there's the AB Corps, which was formed by Chiang Kai-shek under the orders of Duan Xipeng and others to seize power in the Jiangxi Provincial KMT! It's worth mentioning, but only worth mentioning! It was officially established at the end of 1937, but only existed for three months before being disbanded due to the April 2nd Incident and the April 12th Incident! Where is the AB Corps anymore?"

"Don't believe it? What's the story behind Duan Xipeng's speech at the KMT Jiangxi Party Committee's commemorative meeting on April 15th of last year?"

...At this time, the Central Committee had begun a purge of the Party, indicating that the AB Group's anti-communist goal had been achieved. According to Party discipline, no further changes in the Party's organization, environment, or personnel were permitted; the situation was absolutely untenable. "What do you mean, don't you understand?"

Essentially, the "April 12 Incident" followed the "April 2nd Riot," and the KMT's purge had become a highly publicized and well-known event, making the existence of a secretive organization like the "AB Group" unnecessary. "Furthermore, Chiang Kai-shek had already stipulated that party members were prohibited from organizing or joining other political groups, lest they be subject to disciplinary sanctions... The AB Group no longer existed within the KMT, yet it has reappeared here?"

Revolution is not a dinner party, writing an essay, or embroidering a painting. It cannot be so elegant, so leisurely, so refined, so gentle, courteous, frugal, and modest. Revolution is an uprising, a violent act of one class overthrowing another. "That's a very good point, it's true! But, "Who are our enemies? Who are our friends? This question is the primary question of the revolution. How could you have forgotten it?"

"Now you're here attacking without any purpose, accusing others of crimes, and killing your own comrades at will. In my opinion, what Xu Jishen said is absolutely correct. The Kuomintang can't kill you! You'll kill yourselves first!"

"..."

126 The Comintern's Special Envoy Arrives!

"...Officer Matt? Officer Matt? Are you still asleep?"

He Zizhen stood outside the door, cautiously and softly calling UMP45's name. Next to him was Deng Yingchao, who had just finished surgery and looked a little weak. Seeing no response from inside the room for a long time, Deng Yingchao asked worriedly:

"Zizhen, could Officer Matt have already left?" "No... no... right?"

He Zizhen's face was full of worry, but she refused to believe it: "Agent Matt doesn't seem like that kind of person..."

"What kind of person am I not?"

UMP45 opened the door, expression expressionless: "What do you want from me?"