1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

Let's put aside for now the money-making plans and grand ideals of the "Empress Women's Products Group Co., Ltd." newly established by the new Manchukuo Emperor Wanrong and others under the guidance of a certain prince.

When Fujiwara no Kanezane led the 386th Brigade of Manchukuo and the 4th Division of the Japanese Army in the "Harbin Victory", the news of the real "epic victory" in Wuhan in the south finally spread.

Yes, it is the "Fourth Anti-encirclement and Suppression Campaign" which must have a significant place in history, also known as the "KMT-CCP ​​Wuhan Campaign".

As soon as this news came out, the attention of the whole of China was drawn to it, and some people who had high hopes for the National Government, especially Chairman Chiang, were instantly speechless.

Unlike the previous "minor fights" in which the Red Army beat them to a pulp (such as the "counter-encirclement and suppression" campaigns in various bases), this defeat was truly devastating.

News from various channels proved that the Nationalist government's 30-strong army was nearly annihilated by the Communist army, which was far smaller in number. Only a small number of troops west of the Yangtze River and those stationed in Wuhan barely survived!

A full 30 troops!

Don't think that China has hundreds of millions of people and losing 30 troops is nothing. That's something only a fool who has no knowledge of military science and demography would say.

No matter how bad the battle was, these people were all serious armed soldiers who had received certain military training!

Do you think that after 2016, China can easily mobilize 1% of the country's military-age men and make major powers around the world lose sleep?

Such a huge one-time loss was felt deeply by even the government, which had never treated soldiers as human beings. The officers in charge of conscripting young men all doubled the conscription task for the next year.

what?

You say it's all fake?

Is it a rumor spread by the Communist Party?

How do you explain the bodies of Nationalist soldiers floating down the rivers, the numerous occupied cities, and the siege of Wuhan?

Precisely because they knew it was impossible to conceal the truth, the Kuomintang government was too lazy to even refute the rumor, and even pretended that the incident did not exist, desperately promoting the slogan "I can't bear to see so many lives being lost" and so on.

Anyone with the slightest awareness of politics knows that this was just a desperate attempt by the Nationalist government (or Chiang Kai-shek to be more precise) to "save face."

Since you "could not bear to see the suffering of the people," since you "considered the overall interests of the anti-Japanese war," and since you "have always advocated for a peaceful resolution of the KMT-CCP ​​dispute," why did you personally lead so many people to "suppress the bandits"?

Now he's saying these things because he's been severely beaten and even surrounded in Wuhan, with his life on the line!

In the past, there would have been many people within the Nationalist government (Wang Jingwei: Are you calling me?) who would have jumped up and urged Chiang Kai-shek to step down.

But this time, because the "Communist bandits" maintained a strange silence, neither admitting nor denying Chiang Kai-shek's words, although this kind of jumping up and down still existed, it seemed to have no strength.

Since the "winner" himself doesn't refute the rumor, what's the point of others shouting loudly?

This is strange. Once the Communists won in the past, didn't they immediately spread propaganda everywhere to boost morale?

Why not this time?

No matter how confused everyone was, the Communist Party representative Chen Changhao and the Kuomintang representative He Chengjie signed the "Declaration of Cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party", making the previously agreed conditions public and announcing the beginning of the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.

At the same time, both sides are also working hard to implement conditions that have not been made public and cannot be made public for the time being.

"...Making a fortune in silence is the strategy we Communists need right now! Names are useless to us! Let Chairman Chiang live a few more days!"

While inspecting a factory being demolished by Red Army soldiers, grassroots cadres and soldiers asked in confusion why they had stopped attacking Wuhan and spared Chiang Kai-shek. Li Desheng replied:

"We need to continue to strengthen our own strength! Throw away the burdens in your heart! Throw them away! Throw them all away! Move everything that can be moved! Turn all your energy to the important task of moving!"

"Yes!"

In fact, the Red Army commanders and fighters did not completely fail to understand or disobey orders. It was just that during their shifts and breaks, they could not suppress their hatred for Chiang Kai-shek's ruling group.

Who wouldn't want this bastard to be hanged on the flagpole of the Wuhan Nationalist Government? Never mind, the Chairman is right, the most important thing is that we become stronger!

Once we become strong, we can defeat the white dogs as many times as we want! Let Jiang live a few more days!

Catch it next time!

The Nationalist army had no sincerity in negotiating, no intention of implementing the cooperation treaty, and no intention of giving up the plan to annihilate the Chinese Communist Party.

This point was not only very clear within the National Army, but was also extremely clear to most people in the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base area and within the Communist Party of China.

Since we're going to fall out sooner or later anyway, why not take advantage of Generalissimo Chiang's temporary inability to resist and give him a good beating... oh no, take advantage of him and fleece him?

Incidentally, this is also the reason why the Nationalist government chose Director He of the Wuhan Headquarters, who was now annoying Commissioner Chiang Kai-shek to death, to sign the contract - if the contract was to be overturned in the future, someone would have to take the blame, right?

The whole of Wuhan is very busy!

“Slow down, slow down! That’s a printing press!”

"Hey, hey, hey! Don't transport those ordinary papers! If you want to transport something, transport coated paper!" "Huh? There are new offset machines and winders? Such great stuff! Take them away!"

Outside the office building of Wuhan Daily, a newspaper directly under the Kuomintang Central Committee, a group of Kuomintang cadres looked on in dismay as the triumphant Red Army commanders and fighters happily emptied the entire three-story newspaper building.

"President, this..."

Seeing the original members of the newspaper were angry and helpless.

I was angry, naturally because the food service was gone. Looking at the situation, it would take at least 1-2 years to fully recover. The newspaper, which had been on the rise, had suffered another heavy blow.

Helpless, naturally, the Kuomintang officers and soldiers in charge of the "handover" and Chairman Chiang in the hospital further away did not dare to say a word. What else could they, a group of unarmed fighters, do?

Yes, according to the secret agreement between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the Red Army, which was originally just moving things in Wuchang and Hankou, sent a small force, which "quietly" crossed the river to Hankou under the "surveillance" of the Kuomintang army.

Don’t forget that Hankou was the core area of ​​Wuhan at that time, and there were more good things there, including even more good things that did not belong to Chairman Chiang.

In addition to general industrial facilities and equipment, official media controlled by the Kuomintang, such as the Wuhan Daily, were also included in the "KMT Asset Assistance Plan" formulated by the Kuomintang to assist the CCP.

What's even more interesting is that the Wuhan Newspaper is actually related to Hu Hanmin (the name of the newspaper was written by Hu Hanmin), so it must be included in the category of "aid".

what?

Didn't Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek agree with the Red Army to use the latter to eliminate Wang Jingwei's forces?

How did it happen to Hu Hanmin? You idiot!

accidental injury!

Do you understand accidental injury?

Our Red Army is barbaric, and we can't tell the difference between Wang and Hu!

In short, the Wuhan Daily suffered heavy losses this time.

However, surprisingly, the president Wang Yaming's expression did not seem particularly heavy, and he even comforted the members:

"Nothing, nothing. Since the Party-State has decided to restart the KMT-CCP ​​cooperation, it's only right to provide the other side with the necessary support!"

Yes!

In theory, the Red Army's seizure of the National Army's things was not their "active seizure," but rather the National Army's "active support."

Although the scope of this "support" was basically decided by the Red Army itself, it was just a face-saving measure, so please understand.

President Wang Yaming was not upset at being robbed; he was even ecstatic.

You can complete the tasks assigned above!

The Wuhan Daily was founded in 1929. Initially, it had simple equipment, a small staff, a low circulation, and a negligible social impact, making it almost impossible to continue.

In 1930, under the leadership of Hu Hanmin, the Nationalist government appointed Hu Boxuan as president and Wang Yaming as general manager, and declared it a newspaper directly under the control of the Kuomintang Central Committee, directly allocating funds and supporting it.

Wang Yaming was from Guizhou, a fellow town with Gu Zhenggang and Gu Zhenglun, two key members of the Kuomintang CC. He leveraged the Gus' connections to establish connections with CC leaders Chen Guofu and Chen Lifu, quickly squeezing out Hu Boxuan and becoming president.

At the turn of spring and summer in 1931, Wuhan was hit by a major flood. The entire city was submerged in water, and most newspaper offices were flooded, forcing them to cease publication.

Only the Wuhan Daily had an independent news building, with floors above the second floor safe from flooding, allowing it to publish normally, thus greatly increasing its influence.

Seeing that the newspaper was becoming the mouthpiece of the Nationalist government in central China, Chairman Chiang Kai-shek had always wanted to purge Hu Hanmin's influence in the newspaper, but he was struggling to find a suitable reason.

Then, the Wuhan defeat happened "just in time"...

Well, while the Wuhan Daily was a rare Wuhan newspaper that didn't perform "French and Nanjing art" during the Red Army's attack, someone has to take the blame for the KMT's debacle, right?

The failure of the war on the front line is not just a failure on the front line. The failure of the war of public opinion in the rear is also a huge failure!

If you insects had not failed to play the necessary propaganda role, thus causing the military to lose morale and the people to feel uneasy, how could Chairman Chiang have ended up in such a predicament?

So, go to hell, insect... you're fired! What?

You said the Wuhan Daily didn't flatter Li Desheng?

Just tell me, have you stopped your colleagues from writing stories like "The great Chairman Li will soon visit Wuhan to guide the city's construction work"?

what?

Isn't it your responsibility to stop those people?

I don't care. If something happens to your colleagues, you should be implicated as well. This is called "industry rectification."

In short, the Kuomintang's defeat not only gave the Communist Party a good meal, but also gave Chairman Chiang Kai-shek a perfect excuse to clean up his internal affairs.

All I can say is that Chairman Chiang was truly a rare talent in the world when it came to exploiting every opportunity to engage in internal strife and turning every unfavorable situation into an advantage. Otherwise, how could he have annihilated 100 million enemies and established a strong presence in Taiwan?

Wang Jingwei must be purged, and Hu Hanmin must be purged even more!

Therefore, it is completely understandable that Wang Yaming, the editor-in-chief of the Wuhan Daily and a member of Jiang's faction, did not care at all about his own newspaper being emptied out.

What's a little economic loss?

Politics overrides everything!

Take this opportunity to replace everyone with me...with Generalissimo Chiang's people! That would be beautiful...

Just as President Wang was "imagining the future," a neatly dressed Red Army officer walked up to him and handed him a document:

"Hello! President Wang, this is the list of items received by our army. Please sign for it!"

“Huh? A…list?”

President Wang smiled sweetly at the Red Army officer, took the document in confusion, and found it was a long form.

The title of the list is "List of Received Items - No. XX, XX Road, Hankou - Wuhan Newspaper Building", and then it lists the items taken from the "Wuhan Newspaper" in different categories, with several other signatures at the bottom.

President Wang had some difficulty reading this form.

Because the characters above were very different from what Wang Yaming had seen before. Although they were also Chinese characters, they were full of typos, making it almost unrecognizable to him, a cultured person.

snort!

Communist bandits are Communist bandits! They have no culture!

Wang Yaming thought about it in his mind, then looked at it for a while and became interested in the layout of the document.

Obviously, this is a new method used by the Communist Party. It looks simple and clear, and clearly displays the name, category, quantity and other issues of the materials, making it very convenient for statistics.

Although the Kuomintang also has something similar, it is far inferior to the Communist Party in terms of simplicity, convenience and detail.

interesting.

This can be kept for future use.

President Wang ignored the long list of assets belonging to the newspaper, took out a pen, and asked directly:

"You want me to...sign this? Where should I sign?" "Sign here."

The Red Army officer pointed to a certain place where five large characters "Transferor Representative" were photocopied, and in front of them were "Receiving Party Representative", "Soldier Representative", "Disciplinary Committee Representative" and "Warehouse Receipt Officer" respectively.

Seeing that the truck was still being loaded and the "communist bandits" didn't seem particularly anxious, President Wang signed slowly while asking:

"Master, what are these 'soldier representatives' and 'disciplinary committee representatives'?" "Oh, this..."

Since entering Hankou itself was a mission to promote their image to the people of Hankou and all walks of life, the officer did not hide it and pointed at the two people beside him and said:

"This is the soldier representative, and this is the disciplinary committee representative..."

Only then did President Wang notice the two people beside the officer, whom he had thought were just ordinary soldiers or followers.

One man's attire was not much different from that of an officer, except that he lacked the simple collar and epaulettes, and his hat was slightly different in shape;

The other one was dressed similarly, but his badge had the words "Disciplinary Committee" on it, and he also had a cloth strip with white letters on a red background tied around his arm.

"The Military Commission is organized by military personnel and is under the leadership of the Communist Party of China... The Discipline Inspection Commission, also known as the Discipline Inspection Commission, is..."

Following the pre-issued "City Entry Manual," the officer briefly introduced the two organizations. Facing Wang Yaming's incredulous expression, he said with a smile:

"These two are here to supervise my work. After you sign, they must also sign to confirm that there are no corruption issues during this acceptance process."

Wang Yaming was shocked.

These two organizations themselves aren't particularly unusual; what's unusual is the officer's attitude! He's so calm and composed under scrutiny, not even showing the slightest sign of discontent! If this sort of thing happened in the Kuomintang, there would have been an uproar long ago!

Don’t you trust me? → If you don’t trust me, I won’t do it → A gentleman cannot be humiliated.jpg.

What shocked President Wang even more was the signatures of the "soldier representative" and the "disciplinary committee representative."

Although their handwriting is crooked and not very pretty, and although it is also a typo, they are obviously literate and know how to count!

This...this, could it be that these people are the elite cadres of the Communist Party? Many officers in the Kuomintang are illiterate, not to mention the ordinary soldiers below!