1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

Even Trotsky, who was always aloof and arrogant, remained calm even when faced with a huge crisis, and had the demeanor of a great general, was so shocked that he was speechless for a while.

In his past fifty years or more, not even the dangerous split in 1904 and the several exiles that followed could have caused him to change his mind like this;

If I had to say it, the only time he could have been so emotionally shaken was when he signed the humiliating Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany in 1918, which forced the new Soviet regime to withdraw from the world war.

"You see! Isn't it! The American people are really great!"

The young man noticed that his idol's expression had finally changed dramatically. He became even more excited and asked anxiously:

"Comrade Trotsky! Is this the signal for the beginning of what you call the 'world revolution'?"

Trotsky thought for a few seconds and shook his head:

"There are too few sources of information at the moment, so I can't be certain, but it seems more like an independent action by the oppressed masses seeking survival..."

Having said that, Trotsky was actually quite happy.

Faced with the massacre, they did not surrender, nor did they yield to the reactionaries, but bravely stood up to fight. This is indeed a heroic act worthy of special mention.

This is what the proletariat should look like!

Also, the US military is pretty fucking lame, right?

Although they were veterans, they probably had no intention of resisting at first. But, their impromptu uprising managed to defeat several heavily armed American troops, even breaking into the White House and capturing the president?

Oh my God, if this were the Red Army of Workers and Peasants that I had established back then, the commanders under it would have had to go to Lenin one by one and eat his potato-sized fist.

Let me briefly mention Leo Trotsky here.

Lenin's loyal comrade, close friend and successor, the second-ranking member of the Soviet Politburo, one of the Soviet leaders whose portraits were displayed side by side with Lenin, and later the leader of the Fourth International;

The main founder of the Soviet Red Army, the direct leader of the October Revolution and the defender of the Soviet regime, and the earliest proponent of the New Economic Policy;

Lenin called him "the most talented person in the Central Committee" and Stalin called him "few people have made as many revolutionary contributions as Trotsky."

So why is such a person not in the Soviet Union now but in Türkiye?

Then you have to ask Comrade Stalin about the "permanent revolution" theory and the "Soviet priority" theory, as well as the political struggle within the Soviet party that was even more intense than that of the Chinese Communist Party.

In short, this was a former leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union who was extremely talented, but whose strengths and weaknesses were equally prominent, and who was defeated in the political struggle with Stalin and expelled from the Soviet Union.

(Due to a series of reasons including Stalin’s reign, “Trotskyist” was a derogatory term in China. However, after Stalin’s death and even after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the party’s evaluation of Trotsky changed significantly.)

(At least, it completely refuted the previous claim that Trotsky "opposed Lenin," fully affirmed Trotsky's various achievements, and used the term "assassinated" to express the CCP's sympathy for Trotsky.)

Now, even though Trotsky was forced to live on a small island in Turkey, he still had a large number of followers willing to provide him with all kinds of information from all over the world, waiting for him to return to the Soviet Union one day and promote the revolution.

Of course, as time went by and the domestic and international situation changed, Trotsky himself knew that this hope was becoming increasingly slim.

Therefore, he devoted more energy to striving for a united front of the German working class and opposing the rise of fascist forces.

Unexpectedly, the German working class's organizational work was progressing slowly, and Hitler's rise to power was becoming increasingly obvious. He was worried, and then this kind of thing broke out in the United States first?

Trotsky carefully considered the possible impact of this incident and finally made a judgment:

Lacking the leadership of a legitimate Communist Party, it was just an ordinary riot, lacking the nature of a proletarian uprising and having little impact, not enough to shake the dominant position of American capitalism.

However, we can contact our comrades in the United States later and ask them to pay more attention to these veterans to prevent them from being liquidated by American capitalists and to preserve the (potential) revolutionary forces as much as possible.

After giving some earnest instructions and sending the excited young man away, the great theorist Trotsky continued to write, but was soon interrupted again.

The visitor, looking hurried, handed him a telegram and whispered, "It's from the Soviet Union."

Trotsky narrowed his eyes and carefully examined the outer envelope of the telegram. After confirming that there were no signs of tampering, he carefully opened it.

Although Trotsky was expelled from the Soviet Union, he still had a large number of sympathizers and supporters in the Soviet Union. Even at the top level, there were people who secretly communicated with him.

So, what Stalin knew, Trotsky probably knew too. Oh?

About the Chinese Communist Party?

Trotsky had not paid attention to the Chinese Communist Party for some time, but that did not mean he was completely ignorant of it.

Before the failure of the Chinese Revolution, many Chinese students had read his works, written to him, and even visited him to seek his advice.

To this, Trotsky responded one by one and was happy to "debate" with them, even if the argument got him red in the face.

I heard that after returning to China, these students set up a "Trotsky Study Group" to focus on translating and studying his theories.

However, with the failure of the Great Revolution and the increasingly fierce struggle between Trotsky and Stalin, he was expelled from the Soviet Union and paid little attention to that place.

So, when we received news about the CCP again, it turned out that they had achieved such a great victory?

It seems that Stalin intends to increase aid to the CCP?

While Trotsky was genuinely happy for the achievements of the Chinese Communist Party, he was also sneering in his heart.

Stalin's rude character of not releasing the eagle until he sees the rabbit has not changed at all.

If the CCP has no use value, it will be thrown aside. If it has use value, it will be quickly attached.

Just like the failure of the Chinese Revolution, it was clearly the fault of Stalin and the Communist International's blind command, but all the blame was placed on the CCP.

No wonder Chen Duxiu wrote to me specifically to complain and express his support for me.

You treat the CCP like this, and you still expect it to obey you?

Just wait and see. When the CCP becomes too powerful, the first person to resist will be you, Stalin!

Before Trotsky could digest this news, he saw the next one:

The Chinese Communist Party came into contact with an organization called the "World Communist Revolutionary Party" and received strong assistance from the other side.

? ? ?

When Trotsky saw this name, he felt an inexplicable sense of trance, as if something belonging to him had been stolen.

No, it can't be said to be in a trance.

Because Trotsky did intend to establish a world party advocating the theory of "permanent revolution" and lead this party to fight against Stalin and the current Communist International!

He even considered a name for the party—the World Socialist Revolutionary Party!

How come someone has already gotten ahead of me before I even started?

The parties involved in the transmission of the news seemed to have agreed on this. Just as Trotsky was speechless over the news about the "World Revolutionary Party (CP)" and began to investigate his connections, comrades from the Communist Party of the United States also sent a telegram:

We have come into contact with a presidential candidate named "Springfield" and believe him to be a socialist, suggesting...

Woman? God of War? Socialism?

What is this and what?

Why has this world started to go so crazy that I can't understand it?!

Not long after, an old man quietly left Türkiye and boarded a ship to the United States.

291 Mark Company's big move

July 1932, Shanghai.

"Woo..."

The heavy sound of the whistle resounded throughout the Shanghai Concession dock. After more than half a month of bumpy journey, the two huge ocean-going ships finally arrived at their final destination.

When the managers and laborers at the dock saw this, they immediately knew that big business was coming, and their faces were filled with joy.

There is no other reason.

1. These two ships are obviously cargo ships, which means they have a lot of unloading work to do, which means they have a lot of business;

2. The flag hanging on the boat is the American flag. Americans are always famous for their generosity and magnanimity. A little bit of it showing between the fingers is enough to make everyone feel free and easy for ten days or half a month.

Although the number of American ships has decreased significantly in the past two years, although they are generally not as generous as before, and although we have heard that the US president made some jokes recently, the United States is still a country that China must look up to.

If it were not so difficult to leave their homeland and the journey was not so long and transportation was not so inconvenient, I wonder how many Chinese would have abandoned this shabby country where survival is difficult and run to the beautiful new world across the ocean.

Big Shanghai, oh big Shanghai, it’s so extravagant and magnificent, but all of this has nothing to do with these low-level thugs and coolies.

As the ship docked, a huge man with white, gray and black hair walked down with the gait of a bear.

His majestic gaze, tall stature, muscular figure and exposed strong arms made every Chinese who saw him take a step back, feeling ashamed of himself, and no one dared to come forward to talk to him.

This is not about worshipping foreigners, but just the instinctive retreat engraved in the genes of male animals.

After getting off the boat, the man ignored the others and glanced around. He found a thin young man wearing round glasses holding a sign standing in the crowd, so he walked over and asked:

"Are you Sen Zhao? "

"Yes, am, are you MR Kryuger?" "Yes."

After taking out their ID cards to confirm each other's identities, the two of them suddenly became much closer.

The young man named Zhao Sen handed the sign to his companion and extended his hand enthusiastically: "Hello, Mr. Kruger, I am the China Resources Company's executive in charge of connecting with your Mark Company. My name is Zhao Sen."

Don’t ask where China Resources Company came from. The answer is that it was just established.

"Hello, Mr. Zhao Sen, I'm the Director of Overseas Transportation for Mark & ​​Griffin Security Contracting Company. My name is Borzevich Kruger."

Incidentally, Borzewicz Kruger was a veteran of World War I. He joined Springfield’s team during the White House wage war, even made it to the White House, and even negotiated with the U.S. government as a veterans representative.

After hearing his full name, Miss Springfield's expression suddenly became a little strange. She then pulled him into the group and soon promoted him to Minister of Overseas Transportation and sent him on a business trip to China.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Kruger, eager to hand over the goods and complete his mission, quickly got to the point and handed Zhao Sen a list he had already prepared.

"Mr. Zhao, this is the list of supplies you purchased this time. Please verify and receive them, and then arrange for someone to quickly transfer the supplies to the warehouse."

"Okay... okay."

Zhao Sen took the list and just glanced at it, his hands couldn't help but tremble.

Complete salt mining equipment, oil extraction equipment, bullet production lines, power generation equipment, cement production lines, industrial machine tools, milling machines, planing machines, etc. 5-8 sets each;

3000条春田式步枪、30万发子弹、5000枚手榴弹、10000条刺刀、10挺高射机枪和20挺老干妈、4条春田式步枪生产线以及配套的原材料等;

5 super-large radio stations of transoceanic level, 20 large radio stations of national level, 100 small and medium-sized radio stations to ensure smooth provincial connectivity, 3000 home radios and matching hand-cranked small generators, etc.

Sugar, salt, books, materials, trucks, fertilizers, optical instruments, various medicines...

In short, the scale is extremely large, and it is almost aimed at helping the CCP build a complete industrial system.

In fact, it is not wrong.

If time had not been so tight and the lines had not yet been connected, Mark would have planned to have Springfield develop an American version of the "156 Aid Project Plan" to help China establish a complete industrial system 20 to 30 years in advance.

Although he had learned from the party organization in advance that a new round of aid was arriving, when the list was actually placed in front of him, Zhao Sen was still so excited that he almost exposed his identity.

Yes, this is another communist party.

Zhao Sen, whose real name is Shi Huang, is 32 years old and is the Secretary of the Hebei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and Minister of Propaganda.

However, this was not the main reason why he was chosen to contact Mark Company.

This person has several other identities:

He graduated from Tsinghua University and Stanford University, joined the Communist Party of the United States and was appointed Secretary of the China Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the United States. He lived in the United States for 4 years and in Moscow for 2 years.

According to previous reports, the head of the relevant department of Mark Company who was responsible for transporting goods and making contacts was a Russian-American, so Shi Hun was urgently transferred to Shanghai.

Even though he had seen a lot in the United States and the Soviet Union, Shi Hun never expected that the aid from the United States would be so great!

As the Secretary of the CPC Hebei Provincial Committee and the Secretary of the CPC China Bureau, Shi Hun was certainly aware that this could not be the work of the CPC, let alone the CPC.

If the Communist Party of the United States had such strength, why would it have been suppressed for so many years and only relied on changes in the overall environment to barely become a political party that can walk in the sun?

As for the CCP?

To put it bluntly, even if they were selling out their country for personal gain, they would never be worth this price!

What value does the CCP have now? Is it of any value to the United States?

No. Did it happen to the Soviet Union?

A little, but not much.

So it is obvious that these supplies are not the "supplies you bought" as Kruger said, but are "aid" sent by an unknown force!

And it is very likely that this is genuine free aid without any political or economic conditions!

Who is so generous?

Resisting the urge to dig deeper, Shi Hun, who was not informed of the existence of the Shigeki Party, boarded the ship with dozens of party members who were rotated from Ruijin and Hubei and began to count the supplies.

It took them a whole day to count the huge amount of supplies. Except for a small amount that was damaged during transportation, the rest of the supplies were completely matched.

During this time, Shi Hun chatted with Kruger and asked him about the news indirectly. He learned that the two ships were the first to explore the way and had first gone to Japan to unload the cargo before going to Shanghai.