1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

"But that was before the September 918th Incident!"

Chen Shuxiang raised his voice slightly:

"Before the September 918th Incident, if we were the Northeast Army, we could be said to be 'waiting for the enemy to tire themselves out.' But now that we, the Red Army, are marching north to fight the Japanese and taking the initiative to start a large-scale war, the Japanese are waiting for the enemy to tire themselves out!"

"Now, the Japanese Kwantung Army has occupied almost all of Northeast China and has begun to integrate the rich resources and manpower there. They have also mobilized a large number of troops. Their strength is no longer what it used to be!"

"We only have the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base area, half of Wuhan, Xiangyang, Nanyang, and Yulin as our logistics base, but the Japanese army has the entire Northeast as its backing!"

"We haven't fought the Japanese yet, so we don't know their level of military training. But remember, Comrade Ma Shiwu demonstrated their bayonet fighting techniques to us. What do you think of that level?"

"I don't think we can easily defeat an army that even has such perfect bayonet fighting skills. We must continue to train hard and improve our skills to achieve victory while reducing casualties!"

Zhong Wei stopped talking.

The booklet "Guide to Bayonet Fighting Techniques" was still in his arms! At this time, another young cadre stood up:

"Comrades, I agree with Comrade Chen. We need to be wary of the theory of a quick victory. I also think that we should not just focus on the Japanese army. We should also not ignore their navy."

As he spoke, he shook the booklet in his hand:

"Although the Japanese Navy's performance in the Shanghai War was not very good, it is, after all, a force that we do not have. When we fight near the coast, we are likely to be affected by them. This must be taken into consideration."

"Although the Japanese navy and army are mortal enemies who wish to destroy each other, if a real fight breaks out, who knows whether the Japanese navy will fire at us first, or at the Japanese army first, or if everyone will fire together?"

“…Hahahahaha…”

There was a roar of laughter.

There is a book in school that explains the jokes and grudges of the Japanese army and navy in great detail. We often borrow it to read it after studying, and it is really hilarious.

Of course, while everyone is happy, no one really pins their hopes on the enemy's internal conflicts.

Didn't the Japanese Navy support the Army during the Battle of Shanghai? Seeing that the atmosphere was more relaxed than before, the officer said:

"In addition, I think that compared to ordinary Japanese ships, we should pay more attention to the Japanese Navy's aircraft carriers. Although they have not been sent to China, I think this type of ship is far more dangerous than ordinary ships;"

"Ordinary Japanese ships can only bombard inland for tens or hundreds of kilometers with their artillery, and they're not accurate. But aircraft carriers are different. They can carry carrier-based aircraft and stay on the sea surface, attacking inland from any direction!"

"As long as it's within the range of carrier-based aircraft, no place inland is safe. The worst thing is that they can attack us, but we have almost no way to fight back!"

"Although we have some air power, it is still very weak and can only provide cover for operations inland. It can scare the Nationalist army, but there is absolutely no hope of winning against the Japanese air force! We cannot afford a war of attrition!"

"After the Red Army crosses the river and advances into the South Manchuria region, this will become a major problem. I think we should pay considerable attention to it."

Li Desheng raised his eyebrows and asked Xu Xiangqian in a low voice:

"This is... Zhou Xihan, right?"

"Yes, I used to be a staff officer at the army headquarters, and now I am a staff officer at the corps headquarters."

"Hmm... You have a good understanding of the navy. You can consider transferring to that area in the future..."

"I've made a note..."

As the two chatted, Zhou Xihan had basically finished introducing his research on aircraft carriers. Chen Shuxiang suddenly remembered something and spoke:

"In addition to the aircraft carrier issue Comrade Zhou mentioned, I believe there is another person whom the Chinese Communist Party and the Red Army, from top to bottom, must pay special attention to: the Japanese prince currently in charge of Northeast China."

"I've read many of his public statements and policies, and quite a few of them are very similar to our own. They're extremely misleading. I'm afraid he's likely to gain the trust of a significant number of people. He's a very dangerous enemy..."

"puff..."

"Comrade Shiwu, what are you laughing at?"

"I remembered happy things."

Chen Shuxiang at the front of the classroom was still speaking:

"In fact, judging by the intelligence we've received so far, he's been quite successful. If the newspapers in Manchukuo, Shanghai, and Nanjing aren't lying, the influx of food and population into Manchukuo is increasing rapidly."

"Not only that, he also organized his troops to essentially wipe out the anti-Japanese forces in Northeast China, making it extremely difficult for our Party to carry out its work there. This is especially true of the 386th Brigade that defeated Ma Zhanshan. Its commander, Wang Yong, must have been quite a formidable figure..."

“Puff cough cough cough cough cough…”

"Chairman, what are you laughing at?" "I'm also thinking of something happy."

Are you happy about the same thing?

Xu Xiangqian felt that these two people must be hiding something from him, but he has never been a person who likes to think too much. Seeing that Li and Ma had no intention of explaining, he turned his head and continued listening.

At this time, another voice came with the support of many people:

"Even so, we can send a small force to fight first, to spread the reputation of our Red Army and crush those doubts, right?"

"Well... we have to fight... but..."

These cadres were of too low a rank to know the plans of the CPC Central Committee and the Corps Headquarters. After all, it all boiled down to "strategic needs, trust the CPC Central Committee, trust the Corps Headquarters, and trust Chairman Li" and so on.

Half an hour later, the issue of fighting against Japan was basically over, and everyone started discussing economic issues such as how to build arsenals in various places.

After hearing this, Li Desheng got the answer he wanted, and quietly left the bustling "Corps University" with Xu Xiangqian and Ma Shiwu.

From beginning to end, except for the security officer at the gate, no one at the Corps University knew that the top leaders of the Northbound Corps had ever been here.

This is in stark contrast to later generations of leaders who had to suspend classes for three days in advance to prepare for their visit.

After all, one comes to show off his power and the other comes to understand the real situation on the ground and prepare for his next decision. Of course, they are different.

"Then, Comrade Xiang Qian, while I'm gone, all matters of the Corps, big or small, will be handed over to you. If you have any questions, communicate more with Comrade Wang Ruofei and others. Stock up on supplies as much as possible. When I return, we'll be ready to march."

"Please rest assured, Chairman!"

"it is good."

Li Desheng tightened his clothes, put on his warm hood, and said, "Comrade Shiwu, let's go!"

"What a joke!"

368 The Maturity of the CCP

"Comrade Li Desheng! We're less than 300 kilometers away from Nanchang!"

UMP45 turned its head and controlled the direction of the sound, transmitting it completely to the ears of Li Desheng in the co-pilot cabin. The latter did not say anything, but stretched out his right hand and made an "OK" gesture.

Yes, these two were flying again, the same American plane they had seized from the Liberation Army last time. After removing the weapons and ammunition racks and adding two auxiliary fuel tanks, the maximum range could reach 1400 kilometers.

Even with two people on board, with the UMP45's sophisticated driving technology, it can easily fly directly from Yulin, Shaanxi to Nanchang to take Li Desheng to a meeting.

Incidentally, the CCP has so far "established" simple or regular airports in Ruijin, Huangan, Wuchang, Nanchang, Nanyang, Xiangyang, Xi'an, Yulin, etc., which can accommodate small passenger planes and fighter jets.

Of course, because some of the above airports were not directly controlled by the CCP or could be directly threatened by the National Army, after discussing with Li Desheng, for absolute safety, UMP45 chose to fly directly to Nanchang.

Although it was only a few months after the national conference, holding another meeting did seem a bit troublesome, but there was no other way, because the situation was changing so quickly that many things had to be communicated face to face.

After another hour of flight, the plane landed steadily at the Nanchang Old Barracks Airport, where Chiang Kai-shek and He Yingqin's planes had taken off and landed many times.

By the way, the Xiaomiao military airport that the Kuomintang had just repaired and a dozen training aircraft purchased from abroad also fell into the hands of the Communist Party.

Kaishen's fall means the CCP is well fed!

"Runzhi!"

"Comrade Desheng!"

A number of senior CCP Party, government, and military leaders, including Wu Hao, General Zhu, and General Peng, appeared at the airport and greeted Li Desheng, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, with great ceremony.

Even Xiang Ying, who had always been somewhat (quite) dissatisfied with Li Desheng, greeted him enthusiastically and took the initiative to show a gesture of concession.

There is no way. In just a few months, the contributions he made were so great that they subverted the overall situation of the struggle between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.

Historically, the CCP's first major city capture was Harbin and Shijiazhuang after the start of the Liberation War, and before it could establish a stable regime, it abandoned the city due to the KMT's attacks and other reasons.

Prior to this, the CCP had been wandering around in the "mountains", resulting in a lack of experience in urban management. Cadres rushed into the work without sufficient preparation, which led to many problems.

But now?

Nanchang, Yulin, Zhangzhou and other places have become firmly in the hands of the CCP, and Nanyang and Xiangyang are also controlled by pro-communist forces such as Yang Hucheng and Fan Shisheng;

At the same time, because of the occupation of Nanchang and other places, Jiujiang, Fuzhou, Ganzhou, Xinyang, Luoyang and other places were under the radiation pressure of the Red Army's military power and were essentially relieved of (most of) the threats.

Although Wuhan had nominally given up and withdrawn, its interior had been completely emptied by the Red Army. The strength of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base area had greatly increased, and the party organization in Wuhan had been fully restored. The Red Army could return to the area at any time.

Not to mention the cooperation the CCP reached with local warlords in this process, the blow it dealt to Chairman Chiang's Kuomintang government, and the material and spiritual benefits it obtained.

This achievement is partly due to the efforts of people in the central government, but everyone must admit that most of it is due to the "Wuhan Victory" that shocked the whole country and made people feel that the victory was incredible.

So, who wouldn't look up to the person who has made the greatest contribution?

In addition to Li Desheng, the woman who got off the plane later was also warmly welcomed.

Although her name never appeared in any war reports or news, most people didn't even know she existed.

"Comrade Ma Shiwu!" "Comrade Commissioner Ma!"

"Hello!"

UMP45 waved her hand with a smile, greeting everyone, and then immediately gave the order:

"The people have been delivered. As instructed in the previous telegram, please help me refuel the plane immediately. I need to go out soon."

"go out?"

"Well, I'm going to pick up one of my colleagues outside."

colleague...

The World Revolutionary Party...

Everyone had their own guesses. Wu Hao and Li Desheng invited:

"Comrade Shiwu, the meeting later is very important. Do you want to..."

"No need! I've already told you that I won't be attending your own internal CCP meetings."

UMP45 waved her hand again, then skipped off to greet the ground crew.

Not long after, the plane took off again and headed west.

Watching the plane getting smaller and smaller, Wu Hao was lost in thought.

Shouldn't...

"Runzhi, do you want to take a break?"

"No need, let's just start the meeting!"

Although the meeting room is much more advanced than before in Ruijin, the CCP's meetings are still extremely efficient these days;

As soon as everyone arrived, we started the first topic:

Regarding the establishment of the Nanchang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government and the appointment of relevant personnel.

As the temporary capital of the entire CCP, the largest city it occupies, and a window for external display, Nanchang’s importance is unquestionable;

It's okay to implement martial law for a short period of time, but it definitely won't work for a long time.

After several months of vigorous rectification, the spies, prostitutes, hooligans, gangsters, thieves, robbers and bandits in Nanchang have been basically eliminated;

The CCP used this opportunity to train or select just enough urban management cadres, and the people accepted the CCP's management, and things could gradually return to normal.

After thorough consideration and observation, the CPC Central Committee has drawn up a list of candidates and has communicated with key Politburo members, roughly confirming the list.

So the problem isn't the selection of candidates, but rather what kind of organizational structure the CCP should adopt to govern Nanchang.

In the past, this would naturally not be a big controversy. People could just copy the Soviet structure. But after Comrade Ma Shiwu brought a series of new concepts, ideas and knowledge, things changed.

Almost everyone was considering one thing: Is the original system of the Chinese Soviet Republic, which had been officially established for less than a year, still applicable to the current CCP?

Especially after Wang Ming and other "Soviet factions" encountered problems one after another, some people even directly questioned: "Is it really correct for us to just copy the Soviet system?"

Once this idea emerged, coupled with the huge vacuum in Soviet power, it became uncontrollable, and the so-called "pro-Soviet faction" was unable to suppress it.

Why didn't Litvinov, who had just left, act bossy towards the CCP during his stay in Nanchang?

On the one hand, it's because his focus is on the United States, and the other reason is here.

You say that we in the Soviet Union are awesome?

But when you were here, we couldn't take Nanchang or Wuhan, and we even suffered heavy casualties because we followed your orders.

Now that you're gone, we've completely opened up the entire struggle. Come on, tell me what's going on.

No one can answer this question, because once you answer it, you will easily be slapped in the face by this fact.

No matter how much the Jade Emperor brags, the fact that he was beaten by a monkey is something he will never be able to get over.

Therefore, the issue of re-examining the Soviet system and planning a new country and a new system was naturally brought to the highest level for discussion.