1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

Not only Wang Jiaben's colleagues, but also Li Desheng was stunned.

WTF?

The Sixteenth Army Party Committee?

Wang Jiaben explained:

"The 16th Army Party Committee was established when General Zhu led his troops into hiding in our 47th Division. Later, Chiang Kai-shek pressured them too much and forced them to publicly disband.

"But in fact, this Party Committee has not disappeared. It has been active over the years and has recruited several new members. Today, it can finally see the light of day again!"

As soon as these words were spoken, several older party members among the twenty or so people could not help but wipe away their tears.

Because of various turmoil, they lost contact with the party organization. God knows how they have survived these years.

Although the atmosphere in the 51st Division was more relaxed than in other KMT units, their identities were ultimately shady, and the psychological pressure was immense.

Not everyone is like Chen Kang, who dares to heartlessly hug the necks of the Japanese prince and the head of the Japanese secret service and call them brothers.

"...Chairman Li, I know this may be hard to believe, but you can verify this with General Chen Yi. Several of these people worked with General Chen back then..."

As he spoke, Wang Jiaben tried to apologize to Fan Shisheng:

"Godfather, I'm sorry. I've been...eh?"

He noticed that even after hearing this news, Fan Shisheng remained calm and unsurprised. When he saw his godson looking at him, he even sneered:

"You little brat, do you think I don't know what you've done? Without my cooperation, do you think you can hide it from others? I tell you, ginger, the old ones are always the wisest!"

Wang Jiaben opened and closed his mouth, but in the end he couldn't say a word.

After temporarily quenching his godson's thirst, Fan Shisheng said:

"Chairman Li, Xiao Wang didn't lie. They are indeed Communist Party members and have been operating secretly within the 151st Brigade. Now, it's up to you to decide whether to let them return to their positions or stay in Xiangyang to continue developing the party organization."

Li Desheng took a deep breath, stood up, and looked at the twenty or so underground members of the Chinese Communist Party whose identities had not yet been verified:

"Good job, comrades."

A simple sentence made more than 20 men choke up and speechless. They looked at each other, and finally responded with firm military salutes and upright postures.

330 is a combat team, a propaganda team, and also a production team.

With more than 20 Communist Party members joining the dinner, the atmosphere quickly became extremely lively under the deliberate promotion of Fan Shisheng and others;

Everyone shared their experiences over the years, mocked Chairman Chiang, drank and chatted, and had a great time.

Even Li Desheng, who rarely drank, had a few drinks. Wang Jiaben, who had drunk quite a bit, even revealed his past:

"...Chairman Li, although I am not a member of the Communist Party of China, when I was the commander of the 301st Regiment, the battalion commanders and company commanders under me were basically all members of the Communist Party. I am very much in favor of your party's ideas;"

"So, taking advantage of this rare opportunity, I hope to join the Communist Party of China and become a glorious Communist Party member;"

"Also, my younger brother Wang Jiagang is still studying at a university in Guangzhou. I'd like to write to him and ask him to join the Communist Party of China. What do you think?"

"

Good guy.

Is this considered "bringing capital into the group and using connections"?

UMP45 secretly complained.

Having said that, if they recruited an entire brigade to join the CCP, they would have to treat them well, right?

Not to mention that Wang Jiaben just wanted to join the party with his younger brother. Even if he could get a position for his younger brother, it would probably not be a big deal.

However, Li Desheng's face darkened, and after a long pause he asked seriously:

"Comrade Wang Jiaben, how much do you know about our party's propositions?" "Uh... I've read most of the Marxist books..." "Then do you know that we Communists are revolutionaries?" "Yes! Revolution! I'm also a revolutionary..."

"We must not only revolutionize the reactionaries, but also our own lives, Comrade Wang Jiaben."

If Wang Jiaben was just an ordinary "pro-communist", then Li Desheng could have lowered his expectations of him.

But if Wang Jiaben wants to become a true Communist Party member, Li Desheng hopes that he is not just acting on impulse.

"Revolution...revolution of oneself?"

Wang Jiaben was sobered up a bit and was about to ask more questions when Fan Shisheng grabbed the shoulders of both of them, preventing them from discussing such a serious topic in such a casual setting.

"Alright, alright, guys, let's not talk about business! Let's not talk about business! Let's drink! We agreed today! We won't leave until we're drunk! We won't leave until we're drunk!"

,5

The next day, Li Desheng woke up with a dry mouth and looked at the time. It was already past 8 o'clock.

I haven't drunk alcohol for a long time... As expected, drinking can cause trouble...

At this time, He Zizhen came in with a bulging belly and a bowl of hangover soup, and asked angrily, "Are you awake?"

"Hmm....Uh..."

"Come, have some tea." "Okay... okay..."

After drinking tea, Li Desheng rubbed his aching head and asked, "Have all the comrades arrived? Did we leave them waiting?" "No, most of them are still asleep."

"Hmm... what's going on?" Li Desheng frowned.

Not to mention the Kuomintang's 51st Division, the Red Fourth Front Army and the former Red First Front Army he led were not of this style.

I had to drink some wine yesterday because of the occasion, but it shouldn't be enough to cause any problems.

Even if some people indulged themselves for a while, it wouldn't happen to everyone! Kuang Jixun and Zeng Zhongsheng might make mistakes, but Xu Xiangqian wouldn't, would he?

Not to mention the old subordinates such as Xun Zhunzhou, Deng Hua, Zhang Aiping, Ji Zhentong, and Wang Liang who were sent from the First Red Army.

so...

"What's going on? Haha, if Shiwu hadn't helped you block the wine yesterday, you'd probably still be asleep now!"

"...ah?"

At 8:50, Li Desheng hurriedly washed up and arrived at the backstage of the conference venue. He happened to see UMP45 standing there, hands on her hips, scolding a group of men who looked hungover.

"...You were really excited yesterday! You drank a lot!" "No, no..."

"Do you still dare to force the Chairman to drink?" "No, no, no..."

"Will you still drink in the future?" "No, no..."

Including senior Kuomintang officers such as Fan Shisheng and Wang Jiaben, all of them stood there obediently, with their heads down, and were scolded. Next to them were Communist Party generals such as Xu Xiangqian who wanted to laugh but did not dare to.

There was no way. I originally planned to get Li Desheng drunk, but UMP45 interrupted me halfway. As a result, a group of men, after making sarcastic remarks, drank in a round-robin manner but still couldn't drink more than a woman. It was really fucking embarrassing.

If word got back to my hometown, we might not even be allowed to sit at the table during the Lunar New Year celebrations. Someone was secretly observing UMP45's lower abdomen, extremely curious about where all the alcohol she had drunk yesterday had gone. She hadn't even been seen using the toilet...

He is so good at drinking, it seems that what Lao Xu and others said, "Instructor Ma is invincible in fighting", is not false.

All in all, he truly lived up to the "no P-month P-instructor" boasted by CCP cadres.

As for Xu Xiangqian and others?

Even though it was the first time I saw UMP45 drinking yesterday, they knew each other's personalities well!

Now that you have said it, you can definitely do it.

So, when Fan Shisheng and others provoked them, 121F1shie was desperately cheering and encouraging these idiots to rush forward;

The final result was that after the Kuomintang's actions were interrupted, Instructor Ma remained calm.

"Humph!"

Seeing that the guys who were so arrogant in front of her last night were now as well-behaved as kittens, UMP45 snorted and greeted the confused Li Desheng:

"Okay, Chairman, everything is done. We can start the meeting."

"Oh...oh..."

Amid the strong smell of alcohol that still lingered, the "grievance meeting" against the Kuomintang captured troops officially began.

In the "Wuhan Victory" some time ago, the prisoners captured by the Red Fourth Front Army were not only high-ranking officers such as Liu Zhi, but also a large number of ordinary underground soldiers.

Since they were mainly defeated by being dragged down rather than being defeated head-on, in addition to those who died in battle, escaped, or were dismissed, the number of Kuomintang soldiers who surrendered to the Red Army alone reached as high as 80,000 to 90,000.

The Nationalist soldiers had no psychological barriers to surrendering to the "Communist bandits";

These days, surrendering after losing a war is commonplace. When the situation becomes bad, people basically surrender at the first sign of defeat.

Some veterans have lost count of how many times their superiors have changed. Besides, if their superiors have surrendered or been captured, what else can a bunch of small soldiers do?

This is also the reason why Li Desheng had to wait until the support troops of the First Red Army arrived before he dared to go north to Xiangyang.

There was no other reason. The number of prisoners who had not been reformed was greater than the number of troops in the headquarters of the Red Fourth Front Army, and they could not even form an anti-Red Army.

Fortunately, because surrender was the "rule," generals and junior officers were kept separate, and the shock of the "Wuhan victory and Chiang Kai-shek's humiliation" was so strong, no one caused trouble.

However, after today, you don't have to worry about this problem anymore.

Because, after today's meeting, these former Nationalist soldiers will quickly evolve into "Liberation Fighters." (Instructor Ma)

Li Desheng brought UMP45 and others to the front.

Soon, a deafening roar echoed throughout Xiangyang City. "...Kill him! Kill him! Kill him!"

The soldiers, tears streaming down their faces, pointed at a trembling Kuomintang colonel on the stage, waving their fists desperately and roaring from their chests;

Judging from the situation, if the Red Army soldiers had not stopped them and they had no guns in their hands, there would have been one bloody incident after another at the scene today.

Li Desheng and other Red Army cadres were basically used to this.

Since the "grievance meeting" was "invented", almost all the Red Army bases that received orders from the Central Committee have vigorously carried out this movement;

Then, all the leaders were pleasantly surprised to find that the cohesion of the Red Army and the base areas had been greatly improved, and the phenomena of defection and internal unrest had been greatly reduced.

Now, people are generally not worried about no one joining the army, but that there are too many people who want to join the Red Army to fight the reactionaries, and they are forced to be picky.

Some educated soldiers were unable to join the Red Army due to various factors, and some even lay on the ground crying and wailing, refusing to leave.

As a result, this has led to another phenomenon: in recent months, the basic physical fitness of newly enlisted Red Army soldiers has far surpassed that of their predecessors...

In short, it was the powerful force of the "grievance meeting" based on class struggle that made all the poor people who had experienced it willing to unite closely around the Communist Party.

However, for the many national army generals who saw this scene for the first time, it was a subversive shock.

Generals like Ji Hongchang, who came from poor backgrounds and were upright, were more supportive of the CCP, just like General Zhang Zhenhan, who still serves as a loyal minister to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek.

Generals like Fan Shisheng and Wang Jiaben, who came from decent backgrounds but were good people, were shocked, but at the same time, inexplicably gained greater confidence in the future of the Communist Party of China.

Generals of the Nationalist Army such as Liu Zhi, Li Shiding, Hu Zongnan, Wei Lihuang, Peng Zhenshan, Xue Weiying, and Li Shiqing instinctively felt fear;

Especially those bastards who come from landlord and wealthy families, have a history of anti-communism, have the blood of communists on their hands, and even continue to hunt down the CCP after the purge.

Some people even began to tremble slightly, worried that the Communist bandits brought them here today so that the soldiers could execute them to fulfill their "letter of surrender."

But some people see things clearly and know that the CCP will not kill them so easily, but they still worry about the future of the party-state.

Communist bandits... The CCP is acting this way, I'm afraid it's to win people's hearts...

There is no fear of buying people's hearts, and the Nationalist Army has been buying people's hearts. This is something that Chairman Chiang's confidants and those who once belonged to others but surrendered to Chairman Chiang are very clear about;

The problem is that, judging from the reactions of the "audience" at the scene, the Communist army's bribery was probably far more effective than the Kuomintang's bribery with money;

Without spending a penny, just by talking, he can make thousands of people crazy!

snort!

Damn the Communist bandits, they always use some tricks to deceive people!

No matter what everyone thought, no one dared to express any different opinions under the roar of the violent soldiers. They all looked carefully at Li Desheng sitting on the rostrum, waiting for his decision.

While inspecting the various meeting venues and supervising Xu Xiangqian and other CCP cadres to carry out the "grievance conference" in an orderly manner, Li Desheng tilted his head and whispered to Wang Jiaben and others beside him:

"General Wang." "Chairman."

"What do you feel when you see this? Tell me about it." "This..."

Wang Jiaben knew that the test for himself was coming.

Although he was drunk yesterday, he still remembered clearly what Li Desheng said before he got drunk: "Revolutionaries must revolutionize their own lives."

He couldn't figure out what this meant yesterday, but after seeing this lively scene today, he vaguely understood it.

After thinking carefully for a minute, Wang Jiaben replied cautiously:

"The grievance meeting, on the surface, appears to be helping soldiers vent their grievances, but in reality, it seems your party is attempting to establish an army that is completely different from the one of the past thousand years."

Li Desheng's eyes lit up and he urged, "Keep talking."