1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

It hasn't appeared again for a long time.

On this side, after giving a good warning to He Yingqin stationed in Nanchang, the "Marx" continued to fly northwest; the next stop was Wuhan.

Since the Central Committee has chosen the strategy of "sacrificing Hubei, Henan and Anhui to change the national situation", then it is natural to increase the intensity of the attack on Wuhan, the "Hubei, Henan and Anhui anti-communist center", not to mention bombing and distributing leaflets. As long as this "Communist plane" with a shining red star appears and its identity is confirmed, Chiang Kai-shek's attention will naturally be attracted. Li Desheng is very confident that as long as he leaks the news of his appearance in the Hubei, Henan and Anhui base at the right time, Chiang Kai-shek will definitely fight to encircle and suppress it.

In this way, Jiangxi and other Soviet areas could temporarily breathe a sigh of relief, and the central government's strategy could be realized. At noon, the "Marx" arrived over Wuhan.

The citizens did not react much, because Wuhan is a big city after all and it is a thoroughfare connecting nine provinces. When fighting Japan some time ago, many fighter jets took off from Wuhan, so it was not particularly surprising; but the Wuhan officials were facing a serious enemy.

Even if He Yingqin was a complete idiot, he still dared not fail to report the Communist planes passing through Nanchang, so the Nationalist troops stationed in Wuhan had already received the news. But what could they do?

No fart hair.

At that time, there were almost no military aircraft in Wuhan, only two old-fashioned "Lincock" biplane fighters transferred from Nanjing.

This broken plane was designed and manufactured by the British and then sold to the Canadian Air Force. However, due to its poor performance, it was returned and the Nationalist Army seized it as a treasure. However, once it was tested, even the impoverished Nationalist Army despised it.

Not only were they not allowed to join the Wuhan air force in the Battle of Shanghai at the beginning of the year, they were not even included in the 1932 new paint scheme and were directly sent to Wuhan to "retire". Wuhan's ground-based air defense?

Flying so high, what's the point of defending...

Moreover, He Chengqian, who had just been removed from his posts as member of the Hubei Provincial Government and Governor of the Province, and temporarily replaced a bald man as the "Director of the Wuhan Headquarters of the Hubei, Henan and Anhui Provinces Bandit Suppression Command", was not stupid.

This Communist plane flew over from the south. Whether it was from Nanchang or from the farther Guangdong, it flew over several provinces and managed to fly here. It didn't matter whether the Nationalist troops in Guangdong and Jiangxi couldn't stop it or didn't stop it at all. Anyway, there must be something fishy about this matter.

Maybe it's difficult to deal with.

After a while, when Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek finished his work in Shanghai, he would come to Wuhan in person to serve as the "Commander-in-Chief of the Hubei, Henan, and Anhui Provinces Bandit Suppression Campaign." If Wuhan's only "air force" was sent out to pursue the enemy at this time, and something unexpected happened, who would be held responsible?

Even if we win, it's just one plane, so it can't be considered a big achievement;

Lost the fight, haha... The chairman just took office and you're already causing trouble for him, right? A gay guy unzipped my pants!!

No one wants to cause trouble for themselves.

At most, they'll just drop some leaflets and a couple of bombs. They can't hurt me, so why should I care?

So, He Chengqing pretended to order the Wuhan air defense forces to fire a few shots at the plane. After the plane circled and left, the two "Lincock I" planes were finally ready to take off. Alas, we can't catch up with the enemy, we fear it's a trap, and we quickly retreat;

what?

Report to Chairman Chiang?

Hey, how come you are so ignorant?

The chairman is very busy, so don't disturb him with such trivial matters.

Thus, the "Wuhan Air Battle" imagined by UMP45 and others never occurred, and Chiang Kai-shek had no idea that his lifelong enemy had been spared by his bureaucratic minions. Li Desheng and his entourage successfully landed at an airstrip in Xinji County, Henan Province.

140 teachers were bullied when they first joined the Red Fourth Army

"...Welcome the special envoy from the Central Soviet Area...Huh?"

When Chen Changhao, the 26-year-old political commissar of the Red Fourth Front Army, came to greet him, he was undoubtedly delighted when he saw a plane land steadily at the temporary airfield. Having once personally bombed Huangan County with hand grenades on the first Chinese Communist Party aircraft, the "Lenin", Chen Changhao had a good impression of airplanes.

He personally brought people to greet them, not only because the plane was so valuable and truly worth his personal visit, but also because he was eager to see what kind of plane the Central Soviet Area had sent. It would be great if he could fly it again and bomb Wuhan.

Incidentally, with the help of UMP45, telegraph communication has been successfully established between the Central Soviet Area and the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet Area, allowing the newly established Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to promptly transmit orders and exchange information. But back to the point.

When Chen Changhao saw clearly the person getting off the plane, he was stunned and couldn't help but let out a small exclamation.

First, the pilot was clearly a woman, quite tall, with an outstanding temperament, quite graceful movements, and carrying a strange weapon. Chen Changhao had never heard of a female pilot!

Didn’t Long Wenguang (the first pilot of the Chinese Communist Party) say that women were not suitable for flying?

Second, there were two people getting off the plane right after the pilot, and judging by the way they were hugging each other, they must be a couple. Why would they send a couple here?

Before Chen Changhao could figure out the reason, the tall man in the lead slowly pulled down his thick scarf and face towel, revealing a face that was extremely familiar to all Chinese people in later generations. Chen Changhao was immediately...

no response.

Since he had never met Li Desheng before, he naturally didn't know him. He smiled and greeted him politely:

"Are you the special envoy sent by the Central Soviet Area? I'm Chen Changhao, the political commissar of the Red Fourth Front Army. I don't know you yet. What's your name?"

A few days ago, the Central Soviet Area suddenly contacted their radio station and sent a telegram saying that a special envoy would be working in their area to convey some very important matters. While marveling at the Central Soviet Area's radio technology, several senior cadres of the Red Fourth Front Army, who were left by Zhang Guotao in the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base area to "check and balance each other," were also puzzled:

Where is Chairman Zhang?

Why was there no mention of him in the telegram?

Also, why didn't they disclose the name, identity, and position of the "special envoy" in advance so we could prepare? Was it because of confidentiality?

But soon, Chen Changhao's face changed drastically. Because he heard a familiar name: "Hello, Comrade Chen Changhao, my name is Li Desheng..." "!!!"

he!

It’s actually him!

What is he doing here?!

As one of the so-called "Twenty-Eight and a Half Bolsheviks," Chen Changhao, who graduated from the same school as Wang Ming, was of course very clear about "Chairman Wang's" attitude toward Li Desheng. Two words describe it: fear.

They were more afraid of him than Chairman Zhang Guotao.

Because Li Desheng's qualifications were contemporary with Chairman Zhang's, and his achievements were even greater than his, his status and prestige in the Central Soviet Area and even the entire CCP were quite high. (Note: Zhang Guotao at this time was not the Zhang Guotao he would become when the two sides joined forces. He made a big mistake during the Nanchang Uprising and only managed to retain his position in the party by studying in the Soviet Union.) (After entering the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base area in April 1931, he relied on Marshal Xu's command to win several battles and kill many cadres who opposed him, and only then was he able to gain a firm foothold in the Red Fourth Army.

His achievements and reputation at this time were far inferior to Li Desheng)

(A teacher's bad temper doesn't mean he has low prestige—it just depends on whether this prestige can be "recognized" and turned into actual power.)

It's no exaggeration to say that Wang Ming and other so-called "Soviet-educated" figures were trying to completely seize power in the CCP, and the leaders of the "local faction" like Li Desheng and Zhang Guotao were the biggest obstacles. Why was such a figure, absolutely qualified to compete with Chairman Zhang, suddenly sent to the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base area?

Chen Changhao felt a great sense of uneasiness in his heart and forced a smile.

"...Oh... Chairman Li, hello... Hello, I've heard of you. Why... did you suddenly come here?" "I'm here on orders from the new Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to convey some orders to your Hubei-Henan-Anhui base area."

Why not use telegram?

Why do you have to send such a "big boss" to deliver it in person?

Chen Changhao felt even more uneasy and even asked a "well-known" nonsense question: "Has the new Central Committee of the Communist Party of China been elected?"

"Yes."

"Chairman Zhang and Xu..."

"We'll talk about this later... Have you gathered all the military and government officials as ordered?" "Uh... yes... but not all, because..."

"Okay, it doesn't matter if it's not all of them. Let's go to the venue first and I'll convey the message on the spot." "Ah...ah...oh oh..."

Chen Changhao, known for his decisiveness and boldness, was completely overwhelmed by Li Desheng at this moment, and could only humbly respond with an "oh oh oh" as he obeyed. Hopefully, it wasn't something too bad...

Before dinner, except for those who were obliged to guard the "border" and were unable to leave, all the cadres of the Red Fourth Front Army at the battalion level and above, as well as the middle and senior political cadres of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base area, gathered on the playground. Li Desheng stood in front of the newly installed loudspeaker and began to read the order from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to the audience:

1. New members and alternate members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and the Central Committee have been elected;

2. From this day forward, all base areas will immediately cease the torture and other practices against "those targeted for counter-revolutionary activities"; 3.

Although some of the previous orders had raised some concerns, they did not spark much discussion and even made many people feel relieved, their mental stress was swept away. For example, the order to stop using violence to carry out "anti-counterrevolutionary" activities...

Now, those comrades who were imprisoned in various places and waiting to be executed after Chairman Zhang returned can finally survive.

These honest people relaxed considerably, even feeling grateful to Li Desheng. However, some "smart people," such as Chen Changhao, perceived a different meaning. Wouldn't stopping the "anti-counterrevolutionary" campaign mean overturning the previous policies of Wang Ming and Chairman Zhang?

What on earth happened in the central government that there were such big changes?

The most important thing is, why is there no mention of Chairman Zhang in this new CPC Central Committee? Great fear and anxiety began to spread among some middle and high-level commanders and fighters.

Next, Li Desheng conveyed an order that made many people jump up immediately:

..removed Comrade Zhang Guotao from his positions as member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, member of the Central Committee, Vice Chairman of the Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Republic, Secretary of the Central Bureau of the Communist Party of China in the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet Area and Chairman of the Military Commission...” This series of “appointments and removals” can be simply summarized in one sentence:

All of Chairman Zhang Guotao's positions were completely and thoroughly removed!

If this wasn't enough to make everyone in Hubei, Henan, and Anhui suspicious, then Li Desheng's complete takeover of Zhang Guotao's position immediately made them think of something bad. In addition, Xu Xiangqian and others who had gone to the Central Soviet Area to attend the meeting had not returned yet. Someone in the meeting hall immediately stood up and shouted:

"Why? Why kill Chairman Zhang?"

"Maybe he was just caught?"

"No! Chairman Zhang must have been killed by them!"

"Yeah! Tricking Chairman Zhang and the others into a meeting and killing people! What a feat!" "Backdoor banquet! This is a backdoor banquet!"

"That's the Hongmen Banquet!"

"Ah! The Hongmen Banquet! The Hongmen Banquet!"

A group of mid-level leading cadres from the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base area and the Red Fourth Front Army began to clamor, with some even clamoring to lead troops to Jiangxi to "seek an explanation."

Chen Changhao and other senior commanders and the main senior leaders of the base area were relatively better off, simply pursing their lips. Some wanted to say something, glanced at the others, and remained silent. In the past, Li Desheng would have been furious.

Whatever the Party Central Committee decides, it is the Party Central Committee's decision. Li Desheng has had his ups and downs, but at most he has only complained privately. To be making such a fuss and openly opposing it now, even saying he will "settle accounts with the Party Central Committee," is so unorganized and undisciplined!

No wonder, in previous discussions, Xu Xiangqian and some cadres who had been to the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base area and the Red Fourth Front Army all said, "The people here are full of banditry." What the hell are they if not bandits!

But this time, Li Desheng was not angry.

Put yourself in their shoes and think about it. Before the entire organization has clear rules and regulations and cadre appointment and removal rules, this kind of "power grabbing" behavior is indeed easy to cause misunderstandings. It still needs to be standardized...

There is also the purge of counter-revolutionaries, which is indeed necessary, but we really can't do it casually anymore.

We must attach great importance to evidence, evidence...

Therefore, Li Desheng, who had anticipated this scene, simply stood calmly in front of the stage, his eyes fixed on the "vegetable market" below. After the "bandits" noticed something was wrong and quieted down a bit, he took out another document and handed it to Chen Changhao and the others:

"Leading comrades from the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base area and the Fourth Red Army, please take a look at this: these are the signatures of comrades who attended the meeting, including Xu Xiangqian. They all support the decision of the Party Central Committee.

Chen Changhao silently accepted the document, glanced at it, and then passed it to Shen Zemin, a member of the Standing Committee of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Secretary of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Provincial Committee, and others. They passed it around. Soon, the document, signed by Xu Xiangqian, Zeng Zhongsheng, and even Zhou Chunquan, was verified and passed down. The once-noisy meeting room suddenly quieted down considerably. This... this...

I originally thought that the Jiangxi side was "cheating and seizing power", but now it feels like the people on my side are "deliberately rebelling"... This is embarrassing.

No one in the noisy meeting hall was jumping up and down anymore, but Li Desheng became even more unhappy.

Because this clearly reveals another major problem pointed out during the discussion of "Zhang Guotao's mistakes" in the Central Soviet Area: Zhang Guotao was really turning the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base area and the Red Fourth Front Army into his personal kingdom step by step!

Isn't this scene the concentrated embodiment of the "feudal personal kingdom"?

A good party organization has turned into this in less than a year!

Although his lungs were about to explode with rage, Li Desheng recalled his mission, what UMP45 had said that day, and his experiences during this period, and managed to hold it in. He said softly, "Comrades, I know you all have doubts in your hearts, but I can guarantee with my Party spirit that the Party Central Committee's removal of Comrade Zhang Guotao from all his posts was absolutely not without purpose."

"It is precisely because the Party Central Committee discovered the serious problems with Comrade Zhang Guotao that it made this decision. Comrades, please rest assured that the Party Central Committee will not wrongly accuse a comrade without reason."

.... "

After a pause, someone in the meeting hall shouted again: "What mistake did Chairman Zhang make? Tell me!" "Yes! Tell me!"

"If you don't tell me, you're guilty!"

"Right, right, right! I have nothing to hide! Why are you afraid to speak out?"

Don't be angry with your mother!

These bandits!!

141 Chairman Li wants to punish someone?

The noisy voices have never stopped since Li Desheng took office, the noise just varies in size.

After all, Li Desheng was not Zhang Guotao. He had never been on the Red Fourth Front Army, had no military achievements, and had not started a killing spree. Therefore, his prestige was seriously insufficient. The Red Fourth Front Army had always been lax in discipline. Even if Li Desheng was their (nominal) supreme leader, what would it matter?

Until you show qualities that convince us, we will never be convinced by you.

Of course, it is hard to say whether there is deliberate indulgence on the part of the leaders on the stage; at least no one has come out to stop it at the moment.

You have to know that those who accompanied Zhang Guotao to the meeting were not necessarily his close associates;

And those who stayed in Hubei, Henan and Anhui to look after their hometowns were not necessarily his enemies...

UMP45 remained silent as well, hiding in a corner and quietly observing everyone, trying to prevent a sudden uprising and attacking Li Desheng on the stage. After all, there were rumors that the Red Fourth Front Army had nearly attacked the Red First Front Army, with one officer even attempting to shoot Li Desheng, Wu Hao, and the others.

Although it was just a rumor, lacking sufficient Party historical records to confirm or disprove it, humans, as creatures, were better off being cautious. The commander's order was to "absolutely guarantee Li Desheng's safety!"

Back to the stage.

Facing everyone's doubts, Li Desheng clenched his fists and just shook his head slowly:

"It's not that I feel guilty. It's mainly because, although we have basically confirmed the charges, we haven't yet obtained solid evidence, so..." "Then tell me what the charges are!"

"Yes! Tell us about it!" "I don't believe it either!"

"I think you're the ones killing people indiscriminately!" "Chairman Zhang is definitely dead!"

".…."

The people who shout the loudest are generally two types of people.