1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

"We in the Red Army don't conscript men. If you're willing to join, we welcome you, but you have to get your family's consent. You can't just run away like that."

"I'm the only one in my family. My parents died 16 years ago." "...You're 17?"

"Um, I'm almost 18."

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Xu Xiangqian was silent for a while, then patted Wang Erleng's head and said, "Okay, then I will accept you on behalf of the Red Army."

"Thank you, comrade! I'll obey you from now on! If you tell me to catch chickens, I won't bite dogs!"

“…Hahahahahaha…”

Wang Erlang's silly look amused Xu Xiangqian. After laughing for a while, he patted the other's thin shoulder:

"Okay, Erleng, I'll give you your first task now." "Person...person?"

"It's a mission! It's asking you to do something, to work, understand?" "Ah! I understand! I understand!"

"Okay, now, go back to your village..." "Hey? You want to chase me away?"

Wang Erleng widened his eyes:

"I'm not leaving! I said you'd take mine! You're such a big, handsome guy! Why don't you keep your word?"

"Um, I want you to..."

The devastated Xu Xiangqian was almost led astray and shouted:

"I want you to go back to the village! Tell the villagers! Tomorrow! Tomorrow you can come to Kouzi Town to watch the trial!"

"What is a promotion meeting?"

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After almost kicking and beating Wang Erleng away, Xu Xiangqian sighed deeply.

Comrade Shiwu is right. The people's cultural and educational level determines the upper limit of a country.

How can he work if he can't even understand his own words? As his wife Cheng Xunxuan laughed, Xu Shuai asked again, "Are you ready for tomorrow's public trial?"

The troops just received intelligence that the vanguard troops had easily defeated the militia members blocking the road, captured their leader, and took advantage of the situation to capture Kouzi Town. They are currently investigating the local tyrants and evil gentry in the town.

The method of investigation was simple - first, arrest those who organized troops to resist the Red Army, and the rest would be dealt with through large and small "grievance meetings" and "public trials";

Once the people had a preliminary understanding of the principle that "no matter how close you are to someone, they are divided by class", the Red Army could leave some funds, weapons and staff to establish a stable regime in the local area.

"I am prepared, but I am more worried about one issue."

"What?"

"If we do this, will Yang Hucheng in Xi'an have a bad opinion of us? What if..."

"That depends on how well the comrades in Xi'an do their work."

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Xi'an, Shaanxi Provincial Government, Pacification Office.

A group of men were crying and persuading in front of a rather strong man:

"Chairman Yang! Please don't let them enter Xi'an!"

"In my opinion, the Communist bandits are coming for you. They want to annex Shaanxi under the guise of going north to fight the Japanese!"

"Chairman Yang! You are our last hope! Please send troops quickly! Annihilate this gang of communists and protect the peace of China!"

"Chairman Yang..."

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Facing the persuasion of the local landlords, tycoons, and capitalists in Xi'an, Yang Hucheng's face remained indifferent, and it was hard to tell what he was thinking:

"Everyone, forgive my bluntness, but this conflict was caused by the local gentry in Kouzi Town who arbitrarily attacked the Red Army. The Nationalist government has repeatedly stated that during the period of cooperation between the two sides, peaceful coexistence should be the priority. Why did you resort to violence?"

"Uh...."

Everyone originally just wanted to teach the Red Army a lesson and prevent them from passing through Shaanxi, but who could have imagined that the enemy was so powerful that a single charge of a few hundred men could scatter thousands of men!

Although they were "in the wrong", with life and death at stake, no one cared about that. Seeing Yang Hucheng's ambiguous attitude, some people simply took off the "Emperor's New Clothes":

"Chairman Yang, please don't fool us! The so-called KMT-CCP ​​cooperation is nothing more than the defeat in Wuhan, with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek trapped in Hankou, forcing the Nationalist government to compromise!"

"Chairman Yang, you are the government-appointed governor of Shaanxi Province. The situation has changed dramatically. If the government can recover, the Communist bandits will be wiped out! I'm sure you understand this! Don't make the mistake!"

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As soon as this idiot said this, everyone's expression changed. Feeling threatened, Yang Hucheng put his hands on his waist and said in a bad tone:

"Oh? It seems that instead of obeying the orders of the Nationalist Government and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, I should obey your orders."

Seeing that the situation was not good, the fool who said the wrong thing immediately retreated, and an elderly gentry came out to smooth things over:

"Chairman Yang, Chairman Yang, Brother Heming didn't mean that. It's just that everyone knows how brutal the Communist bandits are and they don't want them to enter the city. As long as the Chairman doesn't let them in, everything will be fine."

He saw that Yang Hucheng did not want to offend the aggressive Red Army, but he also did not want his territory in Shaanxi to be taken away by the Red Army, so he hesitated.

"Haha, please rest assured, it's not appropriate for the army to enter the city. I believe the CCP also understands this..."

No matter how much they threatened or lured him, Yang Hucheng refused to send troops to stop the Red Army coming from the southeast, and the gentry finally had to disperse.

After the room was clear of outsiders, Yang Hucheng sighed heavily and shouted to the inner room:

"Comrade Xie Hua, you can come out now."

"Haha, General Yang, the gentry in Shaanxi and our Hunan gentry, it seems there is no difference..."

A middle-aged man with an accent similar to Li Desheng opened the door to the inner room and walked out with a smile, even having the leisure to make a few jokes.

Xie Hua, male, from Hengyang, Hunan, joined the Communist Party of China in 1926 and the Central Special Branch in 1930. Under the direct leadership of Wu Hao and Chen Geng, he engaged in military mobilization work on the covert front for a long time.

In March 1932, he was sent by the new Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to Xi'an as a special military commissioner to Yang Hucheng's army. He secretly carried out military mobilization work within the 3th Route Army and even infiltrated Yang Hucheng's military police battalion as a cultural instructor.

Historically, this man established a party branch in the gendarmerie battalion that could directly contact Shanghai, and served as its secretary. He also developed more than 30 party members, including the gendarmerie battalion commander Jin Minsheng and the deputy battalion commander Tong Lusheng.

A few days ago, he revealed his identity to Yang Hucheng according to Li Desheng's instructions, which led to the scene today.

Yang Hucheng had no intention of joking with Xie Hua and asked seriously:

"Comrade Xie Hua, please give me a definite answer. What exactly do you, the Red Army, want to do?"

Although he remained calm in front of the gentry, Yang Hucheng was actually very panicked when facing the Red Army marching from Xiangyang and Shiyan.

why?

Because he had less than 5 men under his command and they were scattered all over the place, while the Red Army's vanguard alone had as many as 1 men. All the troops added up were said to be no less than 6! There was even the possibility of 10!

The "Great Victory of Wuhan" had a huge impact on the entire Kuomintang and local warlords.

Because, unlike all the previous “big defeats”;

This time, the Red Army, with absolutely inferior manpower, absolutely inferior equipment, and in absolutely inferior circumstances, "completely annihilated" an enemy force whose paper strength and combat effectiveness were much greater than theirs!

This means that the Red Army far surpassed the Nationalist Army in terms of the will of the soldiers, the command ability of the military generals, the use of strategies and tactics, etc., leaving no room for excuses!

Based on the combat effectiveness demonstrated by the Red Army in the Battle of Wuhan and the various supplies "captured" from the Central Army, Yang Hucheng believed that if the other side really had any intentions, his "Qin Army" would definitely not be able to resist.

Moreover, Yang Hucheng himself was not very willing to have a conflict with the Red Army, otherwise he would not have been so tolerant of Xie Hua.

He was not a close confidant of Chairman Chiang, and he was only able to sit on the position of Chairman of Shaanxi Province because Yue Weijun was too incompetent and Chairman Chiang had no other choice but to do so. Why would he fight against the Communist Party with all his heart?

Historically, Yang Hucheng knew that Xie Hua was a Communist, but he turned a blind eye and watched him develop party organizations and members in the army, pretending to be unaware and secretly asked Jin Minsheng to protect Xie Hua's safety.

Later, someone reported that Xie Hua was a Communist, but he burned the letter of denunciation and turned to investigate the source of the denunciation. He also gave Xie Hua and others some travel expenses, causing all the Communists in the army to flee and leaving the spies empty-handed.

In addition to Xie Hua, historically, other CCP members that Yang Hucheng (vaguely) knew about but never arrested included but were not limited to:

Cui Wuqi (member of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee), secretary of the Provincial Government and mayor of Weinan County; Zhang Xingchu (member of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee), editor and vice president of Xi'an's "Gongshang Daily";

Editor and Vice President of Shaanxi Youth – Chen Jiahui (member of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee);

Yang Hucheng's working secretary: Kang Weike (a member of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee, no longer a member of the Party); Pu Kemin (a member of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee), a major secretary and political instructor at the Xi'an Pacification Office;

Xi'an Daily editor – Li Zijian (member of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee, no longer a member of the Party);

Yang Hucheng sponsored his study abroad in France—Pan Zili (Shaanxi Provincial Party Secretary); Xu Mengzhou (Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee Member), Chief of the First Section of the Shaanxi Provincial Government Secretariat...

The Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China held a meeting here at Yang Hucheng.

By the way, there are two very famous people under Yang Hucheng;

One is Song Qiyun, president and editor-in-chief of Northwest Culture Daily;

In other words, his unborn son was famous—"Little Radish Head." However, in this life, if Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek dared to give birth to another "Little Radish Head," he himself would probably be chopped into radish slices.

Another famous figure, like Song Qiyun, is not famous himself, but his son is quite famous. His surname is Xi...

"General Yang, if you're worried that the Communist Party of China wants to take action against you, there's no need to worry. The Red Army went north to fight the Japanese, not to seize the so-called territory."

Xie Hua said seriously:

"We, the Communist Party of China, are not Chiang Kai-shek. We will abide by the promises we make! I guarantee this with my party principles and the reputation of the Communist Party of China!"

and and,

After hearing this, Yang Hucheng felt relieved.

In the "KMT-CCP ​​Manifesto", the CCP made a solemn promise:

"When faced with possible friction and conflict in the future, both sides will never fire the first shot."

This has two meanings:

1. The CCP was ready for another fierce conflict or even military struggle with the KMT;

2. The CCP will not take the initiative to attack any Kuomintang troops.

Even the Kuomintang generals had to admit that the CCP's credibility was indeed much stronger than Chairman Chiang's. If a war really broke out, it would most likely be Chairman Chiang who would be the first to strike and would be in the wrong.

Although he was severely extorted, wasn't Yue Weijun finally released? Although he was detained in the army, weren't those captured Kuomintang generals killed?

Yang Hucheng sat back in his chair and said with a wry smile:

"So what do you want to do? If you're heading north to fight the Japanese, why are you taking such a long detour and passing through Shaanxi?"

Seeing Xie Hua was about to explain, Yang Hucheng waved his hand:

"Don't tell me those official jargons, like 'We in the Communist Party trust you, Yang Hucheng,' and so on. I want to hear the truth. I don't believe that you, the Red Army, are going around in such a big circle for no purpose."

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This made Xie Hua's original words stuck in his stomach. After hesitating for a while, he decided to tell the truth to this non-Chiang Kai-shek Kuomintang general who had rejected the "412 Party Purge" and had a rather "leftist" stance:

"Our Red Army is heading north to fight the Japanese. We must not only fight the Japanese, but also publicize the policies of our Communist Party and the Red Army and spread the seeds of revolution along the way."

"...In other words, you plan to establish some kind of Soviet regime in various places?"

"That's right." "Including Shaanxi?" "Including Shaanxi."

"Do you know that I'm from Shaanxi? I'm also the chairman of Shaanxi Province. You know what that means, right?"

"know."

Facing Yang Hucheng's sudden rise in momentum and faint murderous intent, Xie Hua remained calm and showed no fear:

"However, I believe more that General Yang was a patriotic and anti-Japanese man, a man of great righteousness, who once earned a living by working as a bellows and making fire."

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Yang Hucheng was almost laughing out of anger, pointing at his brand new Kuomintang general uniform and saying:

"I acknowledge my patriotism and loyalty, but you say I'm poor?"

"You came from a poor family, and even though you hold a high position now, you still haven't forgotten the common people. You are very disgusted with the gentry in Shaanxi. We saw this very clearly at the Xi'an Festival six years ago."

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Yang Hucheng felt a pain in his heart and fell silent.

The Xi'an Grand Festival refers to the "Xi'an Grand Festival" at the end of 1926.

In 1926, after defeating Yue Weijun, Wu Peifu ordered Liu Zhenhua to lead the "Zhensong Army" to arrive in Xi'an, which kicked off the eight-month "Siege of Xi'an".

In this battle, Yang Hucheng and Li Huchen, who was then the Shaanxi Military Supervisor, had a very difficult time defending. By the end of November, when reinforcements arrived and Liu Zhenhua was defeated, more than 60,000 people had died in Xi'an, accounting for a quarter of the city's total population.

After the war, Yang Hucheng felt deeply sorry for the elders in his hometown and was ostracized by Feng Yuxiang. After crying at the sacrificial ceremony, he was so disheartened that he resigned and returned to his hometown.

So why did Yang Hucheng dislike the Shaanxi gentry?