Chapter 12 4. Mao, Zhou, and Peng's suggestions are invalid, and the "Taishanghuang" will act arbitrarily

The night is already very deep.Ruijin Shazhouba Wulong Village, a small village surrounded by big trees, is very quiet. Li De, a foreign consultant, lives here.The staff and officers of the headquarters are used to calling the house where he lives an "independent house".This house is more than 100 square meters and is located between the General Command of the Military Commission and the General Political Department of the Red Army. Bogu ordered it to be built especially for Li De. "Independent House" candles flickering.The emergency meeting of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission convened by Bogu is in progress.Bogu admired foreign consultants very much, and the Military Commission also moved to his house to open.

Bo Gu, Li De, Xiang Ying, Luo Fu, Wang Jiaxiang, Mao Zedong, Liu Bocheng and others attended. Chen Mingshu, Jiang Guangnai, and Cai Tingkai from Fujian raised an incident and established the Fujian People's Government, electrifying the whole country; Chiang Kai-shek in Nanchang was furious, and his army marched to suppress it.Faced with such a new situation, what should the CCP do? This is the topic of the emergency meeting of the Military Commission. In the fifth "encirclement and suppression" of the Soviet area, Chiang Kai-shek used fortress tactics, and when he was able to fight well, suddenly a fire broke out in the backyard, surrounded by nearly 100,000 troops, and Cai Tingkai, who occupied a province in Fujian, suddenly turned against the Communist Party of China and pointed his gun at it. I was really hit in the head, and I couldn't help but make him feel terrified and terrified.

Yan Daogang, the deputy director of the First Office of the "Nanchang Camp" in charge of combat operations at the time, described Chiang Kai-shek who was nervous at that time in his memories: Chiang Kai-shek learned of the Fujian Revolution in Nanchang.He immediately recalled Gu Zhutong, commander of the front-line "suppression general", Chen Cheng, Lin Wei, and Xiong Shihui, chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Government, to discuss countermeasures. Chiang Kai-shek said angrily: "Li Jishen and Chen Mingshu opposed me a long time ago, and Cai Tingkai didn't know how to flatter me. They joined forces to fight against me. This time I will never tolerate and raise traitors."

"I have decided to arrest Li Jishen, Chen Mingshu, and Chen Youren, and revoke Cai Tingkai and Jiang Guangnai's concurrent positions." Gu Zhutong and Chen Cheng added: "This incident is no small matter. When an incident occurs in Fujian, Chen Jitang and Li Zongren from Guangdong and Guangxi will gloat and have different intentions. If Fujian is not pacified, Guangdong and Guangxi will follow suit!" Xiong Shihui, Lin Wei, etc. also nodded, agreeing with Chiang Kai-shek's intention: first to wipe out Cai Tingkai, kill chickens to show Guangdong and Guangxi, and then turn back to deal with the Red Army.

Chiang Kai-shek went to Fujian in person and set up Xingyuan in Jian'ou, Fujian. The main force of Jiang's direct lineage in the Central Soviet Area in the "encirclement and suppression" formed the "crusade army" and entered Fujian from the west. With Jiang Dingwen as the commander-in-chief of the Third Route Army, he led Li Yutang's Third Division and Li Yannian's Ninth Division from eastern Jiangxi to northern Fujian to gather in Jianyang and Jian'ou; Zhang Zhizhong as the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Route Army, led Wang Jingjiu's 87th Division and Sun Yuanliang's 88th Division entered Pucheng and Jian'ou in northern Fujian from Nanjing and Hangzhou via Zhejiang; As the commander-in-chief of the Fifth Route Army, he led Leng Xin's Fourth Division, Li Mo'an's Tenth Division, Song Xilian's Thirty-sixth Division, Liu Kan's Eighty-third Division, and Tang Enbo's Eighty-ninth Division through Jinxi , Zixi entered the Shaowu and Shunchang areas of western Fujian to gather; sent Mao Bangchu as the air force commander, concentrated most of the fighters and bombers of the Jiang army in Jian'ou, scouted the mobilization of the 19th Route Army, and bombed Fuzhou and other places; Most of the two German-style artillery regiments originally stationed in Nanjing were transported to Jian'ou for assembly; the naval fleet was sent to the waters of Fujian for reconnaissance and landing.

The above are the first batch of troops to enter Fujian, about 100,000 people. At this time, Chiang Kai-shek's hatred for the Fujian government greatly surpassed that of the Ruijin Soviet Red Party.He wished he could cut off this "tumor" growing on his body overnight. Song Xilian was the commander of the 36th Division of Chiang Kai-shek's direct line at that time.The division was ordered to enter Fujian within the composition of the Fifth Route Army.He recalled: It was about 7 o'clock in the morning on the ninth day after the Fujian Incident, Chiang Kai-shek called me from Nanchang himself, and asked me about the equipment of the troops and the combat effectiveness of the troops.I answered him one by one, and said to him in a confident tone: "The officers and soldiers have a strong will to fight, and the troops are capable of fighting."

Two days later, he came to Fuzhou by car, summoned me immediately, and asked about the situation of the troops, and then issued an order to issue 200 light machine guns and 300 pistols to the 36th Division, and asked me to dispatch them immediately. People went to Nanchang Armory to pick it up.At the same time, he asked me to gather the teams near Fuzhou at 9:00 tomorrow morning to wait for his review.On the same day, I sent an ordnance officer to Nanchang to pick up the weapons with Jiang's warrant in a large truck. At 8:30 the next morning, the troops assembled at the airport. At 9:00, Chiang Kai-shek, Gu Zhutong, Lin Wei and others arrived at the airport by car, and then rode on horseback for a week of inspection.At that time, the officers and soldiers of the 36th Division were very energetic and neatly dressed, so their military appearance was quite strong.After the review, Chiang Kai-shek seemed very satisfied, smiled and said to Gu Zhutong and Lin Wei: "It seems that this army is good." Then he gathered the officers and soldiers and gave a speech, encouraging everyone to fight the enemy bravely, defend the country, and strictly observe military discipline. set.

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Chiang Kai-shek asked me to take the heads of the brigades to his place for a meeting. The brigade leaders Wu Chengren, Fu Zhengmo, chief of staff Zhong Bin and four regiment leaders attended.At the meeting, Chiang announced that Li Jishen, Cai Tingkai and others had publicly "betrayed the party and the country" and organized some kind of "people's government" in Fujian.The Nationalist Government had explicitly authorized the Military Commission to be responsible for fighting the rebellion, and then explained the significance of the crusade against the 19th Route Army; then ordered the 36th Division to be under the command of Wei Lihuang, and set off from Fuzhou within a few days, passing through Jinxi and Zixi, and entering Fujian.

He repeatedly reminded that this trip will pass through the Communist Army area, and there may be battles with the Communist Army. Be especially careful and alert. When marching, you must send more search teams on both sides. When camping, you must not be too scattered. Set up security guards and conduct strict inspections at night. In the end, he issued a warrant and issued a special fee of 1,000 yuan to each brigade and regimental commander, and 10,000 yuan to the division headquarters. Chiang Kai-shek was very worried, and the two divisions of Zhang Zhizhong, the imperial guards guarding Beijing and Hangzhou, also joined the crusade.If the Red Army breaks into Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangsu, he will be in danger, and his old nest in Nanjing will be lost!

However, Chiang Kai-shek was too worried, because the Supreme Command of the Red Army had no intention of "taking advantage of people's danger", let alone set fire to Nanjing in the backyard of the "Chairman", even if the frightened Jiang Jun's descendants passed by under his nose, they never I want to have a fight.Because of this, Lao Jiang secretly rejoiced, and Jiang's generals also found it incredible. Song Xilian's 36th Division successfully arrived at Shaowu, the assembly area designated by Chiang Kai-shek.Chiang Kai-shek said to Gu Zhutong: "I really didn't expect that Lin Biao and Nie Rongzhen would be lenient. The Song division didn't hurt a single soldier and passed through their defense line. God help me!"

Song Xilian passed under the nose of the First Red Army, and Lin Biao had telegraphed the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, requesting an attack to avenge Daxiongguan and Yungai Mountain, but Bo Gu and Li De refused.Bogu said that Chiang Kai-shek's fight against Cai Tingkai was like a dog biting a dog, and we don't have to lose troops for the Fujian government. Heaven may not help Lao Jiang, but the "Left" closed-doorism of Bogu, Li De and others helped him a lot. When Jiang Jun and Cai Tingkai's Nineteenth Route Army turned against each other, Bo Gu and Li De still held the viewpoint of "how can there be a cat that doesn't eat fish, and how can there be a warlord who doesn't counter-revolution". After the establishment of the Fujian government, the CCP's "Red Flag Weekly" published in Shanghai published an article "The Fujian Incident and Our Tasks," saying: "The 'people's government' of the Nineteenth Route Army, Chen Mingshu, and Li Jishen's generation is also a kind of reactionary rule. New deception." Based on this, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China later asserted in the "Message to the People of the Whole Country" that the Fujian People's Government "will not be any different from any counter-revolutionary government of the Kuomintang, and all its actions will be nothing more than those of some past counter-revolutionary Kuomintang leaders and politicians." Their purpose is not to overthrow imperialism and the rule of the Chinese landlord and bourgeoisie, but to maintain this rule, to prevent the revolutionization of the entire Chinese people and their move towards the Soviet Union. The way forward!" At the Military Commission held in Li De's "independent house", there were still two completely different views on how to deal with the current situation of the Fujian government. Mao Zedong was unwilling to lose such a golden opportunity. He said: "No matter what plans the Nineteenth Route Army has in the future, the point of resisting Japan cannot be ignored. Since they dare to raise the banner to oppose Chiang Kai-shek, we should actively support them." Bogu believes that "the Fujian government wants to prevent the development of the revolutionary struggle of the people, paralyze and deceive the masses, and make the struggle against imperialism and Chiang defeat, and help the imperialist Kuomintang to consolidate its rule. Their policies and steps are not the same as those of the Chiang Kai-shek Kuomintang. difference." Because of this, when Bogu talked with Zhang Yunyi, the Soviet military representative in Rongrong, he only confessed to him: "The purpose of this trip is to try to win some troops over." As for how to use this opportunity to promote the development of the revolutionary situation and support the 19th Route Army against Chiang Anti-Japanese, but no word was mentioned. Mao Zedong analyzed the situation of the enemy and ourselves at that time in detail, and suggested: "The Red Army should jump out of the enemy's encirclement, move to the outer line, fight to the enemy's rear, and go to the border areas of the four provinces of Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Anhui to destroy the enemy in mobile warfare." , and absolutely cannot adopt the wrong policy of fortress against fortress, only then can the enemy's fortress policy fail." Bogu couldn't help thinking of the more specific suggestions made by Zhou Enlai, Peng Dehuai and others who were in front a few days ago. Peng Dehuai suggested: "Leave the Fifth Army Corps to defend the Central Soviet Area; gather the First and Third Army Corps and the Seventh and Ninth Army Corps to march towards the border areas of Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi, rely on Fang Zhimin and Shao Shiping's bases, threaten Nanjing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou, and support the 19th Army. Army's Fujian Incident, promoted the anti-Japanese movement, and undermined Chiang Kai-shek's fifth "encirclement and suppression" plan." Zhou Enlai, in the name of the headquarters of the Red Front Army, also called Bogu, Li De, and Xiang Ying to report the changes in the enemy's situation after the Fujian Incident. However, these suggestions were rejected by Bo Gu and Li De. Zhou Enlai once again suggested that instead of dividing the assault corps, the main forces of the Red 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th corps should be concentrated immediately, and the main forces of the Red 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th corps should be concentrated, and the main forces of the Jiang army should be intercepted on the Dongxiang and Deshengguan lines, and the main force of the Jiang army entering Fujian should be decisively fought. Thinking of this, Bo Gu was even more displeased, saying: "Going to the outside line, hitting the borders of Fujian, Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangxi, isn't that ignoring the Central Soviet Area? Will Ruijin be protected? This is adventurism that broke away from the base area of ​​the Central Soviet Area! " Li De has even more "bright opinions": "Cai Tingkai's Fujian government is the most dangerous enemy, worse and more dangerous than Chiang Kai-shek, and it is more deceptive to the masses. The Red Army must not support Cai Tingkai." Bogu listened to Li De, and Li De listened to his boss, General Counsel Fred. When Chiang Kai-shek launched an army to enter Fujian, Fred sent a telegram from Shanghai to the Central Red Army to concentrate its main force within a month and quickly advance to the west of Jiangxi until the border of Hunan. In addition to occupying Nanchang, it also wanted to capture Changsha as much as possible. Li De faithfully carried out this instruction. Bogu only obeyed Li De's order. Mao Zedong's proposal was rejected.Peng Dehuai's suggestion was rejected.Zhou Enlai's suggestion was also rejected. Regardless of Mao Zedong or Peng Dehuai's attack on the outside, or Zhou Enlai's decisive battle inside, they may directly or indirectly support the 19th Route Army.Both Bogu and Li De were unwilling to intervene in this "warlord melee", let alone fight Chiang Kai-shek for Cai Tingkai. This time, the Military Commission made the final decision by Li De himself.All the main forces of the Central Red Army were transferred from the eastern front to the Yongfeng area on the western front to attack Chiang Kai-shek's fortress. This was a major decision error. The more than 100,000 enemy North Route Army who "encircled and suppressed" the Central Soviet Area swaggered through Peng Dehuai's and Lin Biao's defense areas without encountering any obstruction, and "asked for replacement" with the 19th Route Army. Chiang Kai-shek eliminated all worries about the future; Cai Tingkai faced the enemy, and the Red Army lost its opportunity.