Chapter 2 2. I want to join the Communist Party

A street in the north of Ningdu City is full of traffic, very lively.In the crowd, several young Kuomintang officers swaggered into a small tavern, and the last one handed the chicken he was carrying to the boss who came forward to greet him.Because they were regular customers, the boss enthusiastically led them up to the second floor. After the guests sat down and the tea was brewed, the boss gently closed the door and went downstairs to kill chickens. These Kuomintang officers are all underground members of the Communist Party of China and members of the Special Branch of the Communist Party of the 26th Route Army.They are Liu Zhenya, Staff Officer of the 73rd Brigade Headquarters (Secretary of the Special Branch of the Communist Party of China), Wang Chao of the General Headquarters (Special Commissioner of the Party Central Committee), Li Su of the 74th Brigade (member of the Special Branch Organization), and Li Su of the 79th Brigade. Yuan Xuezu (commissioner of the Special Branch Propaganda Committee) and Luo Yaping, director of translation of the general headquarters who had just joined the party (joined the party as early as the period of the Great Revolution, but later lost contact, was introduced by Wang Chao, and rejoined the party organization).Among them, Wang, Yuan, and Li were secretly sent by the Central Revolutionary Military Commission. They entered the army in Yihuang in late May and launched a military movement working group aimed at fighting the army's uprising.

The topic of today's secret meeting is to study how to win over Chief of Staff Zhao Bosheng.Wang Chao first analyzed Zhao Bosheng's situation: "As far as I know, Zhao Bosheng is a rare leftist general in the Northwest Army. He believes in Comrade Liu Bojian very much. I appreciate the Song of the Vanguard. At the beginning, he was dissatisfied with the separation of the country and the Communist Party. Later, because of disagreement with the diehards in the Northwest Army, he wanted to abandon his official position and work in agriculture. In the army, he was not flattering, coquettish, and clean Self-defense, loving soldiers like children. After the September 18 Incident, he strongly demanded resistance to Japan, and he is a true patriot."

Luo Yaping immediately added: "After coming to Ningdu, he released all the farmers who were arrested on the charge of 'red bandits'. He often talked to the guards and asked, why did you fight the Red Army? Do you not agree with the Red Army's division of fields? Do you want to give you three acres of land? Once he asked me: "Hubei is the place where the Communist Party came from. You are from Hubei. Have you seen it? Is the mouth as big as a blood basin like it was painted in the newspaper?" In short, he was sympathetic to the revolution, and opposed Chiang Kai-shek's policy of 'safety at home first, then fight against foreign countries'. He advocated that 'brothers fight against the wall, and resist their aggression from outside'..."

Liu Zhenya, who was sitting by the window, made a summary: "Sun Lianzhong left this morning. Chief of Staff Zhao is now in charge of military affairs. He has strong mobility and high prestige among officers and soldiers. At present, Gao Shuxun, the commander of the 27th Division, has been defeated by the Red Army. brigade, also known as unwell, left the army and went to Nanchang to fool around. Chi Fengcheng, commander of the 79th brigade, and Wang Enbu, commander of the 80th brigade, also left Ningdu one after another. If Zhao Bosheng can be won at this time , will bring a lot of convenience to the activities of the party organization, and will have a major impact on the military movement of the entire 26th Route Army! In addition, Dong Zhentang, the brigade commander of the 73rd Brigade, is also a person who sympathizes with the revolution. Strong patriotism, high prestige among the soldiers, and good personal relationship with Zhao Bosheng. I see if these two people can be considered together. Of course, they are both senior officers of the Kuomintang after all. If something goes wrong, their destructive effect It is also very large. So we have to be very careful about this issue.”

Wang Chao nodded at the side, and said: "The main direction of Zhao Bosheng's inner activities now should be actively looking for a new way out. Our party will lose opportunities if we don't take the initiative at this time! Put it aside. The central government has already criticized us, saying that we are too inclined to the officers in our work, and asked to shift the focus of our work to the soldiers..." After repeated research, the special branch decided to send a letter to Zhao Bosheng first. In this letter, the situation in China after the "September 18th" Incident was first analyzed, and then a large number of facts were listed to illustrate the current dilemma of the 26th Route Army.In particular, it revealed that Chiang Kai-shek sent the 26th Route Army to Jiangxi in the name of "suppressing the Communists", but in fact it was an insidious trick to eliminate dissidents and kill people with knives.And under the current situation, the only way out for the 26th Route Army is to unite with the Red Army and unite against Japan.I hope that Zhao Bosheng can understand the situation and make contributions to it.

The meeting decided: Comrade Luo Yaping is responsible for forwarding the letter.Because Luo Yaping's public identity is the translation director of the general headquarters, it is more convenient for him to enter and leave Zhao Bosheng's office and will not arouse suspicion.If Zhao can accept the ideas in the letter, Luo will disclose the party's views and come forward to find out the relationship with the party; , or prepare to sacrifice without exposing others; if you encounter ordinary investigations, deal with it, say that you picked it up, and put it here, and you will not do this in the future.

The meeting was over, and the chicken on the table was eaten with only skeletons left. Luo Yaping put the letter in his arms, and several people went downstairs humming a little song as usual, pretending to be a little drunk and going back to the team. The next morning, while Zhao Bosheng was away, Luo Yaping took the telegram and entered his room.While putting several telegrams on the table, he also quietly stuffed the letter into the drawer. The next step is to wait in anxiety. At this time, Luo Yaping is anxious in his heart, mainly because he is worried about accidents.Because at that time, it is trivial to sacrifice or escape, and it will be troublesome to affect the special branch. In that case, all the efforts and work of the party in the 26th Route Army will be in vain.Luo Yaping didn't dare to think about it anymore, and calmed down to spend every difficult night peacefully.A few days later, when he was going to do morning exercises as usual, Zhao Bosheng stopped him at the door: "Director Luo, come to my bedroom."

Luo Yaping followed the chief of staff into the room, seeing that it was time for the decision, he was much calmer at the moment.After Luo Yaping sat down, Zhao Bosheng slowly took out the letter from the book on the table and put it in front of Luo Yaping, Luo Yaping remained calm.In fact, Zhao Bosheng had been vaguely aware of the activities of the Communist Party in the army, and based on Luo Yaping's usual speech and performance, he also guessed Luo's identity somewhat.Regarding the letter on the table, it seems that he also guessed the origin.Zhao Bosheng's usual kind and sincere attitude appeared even more cordial at this time. He pointed to the letter and said, "I guess this letter was not written by you, but it is related to you!? If you are convicted in a lawsuit, you will be the first Suspect, are you right?"

Luo Yaping still chose to remain silent and was not in a hurry to express his opinion.In order to dispel Luo's worries, Zhao Bosheng smiled and continued: "I have read all the contents of the letter, and what I said is right, absolutely right! Chiang Kai-shek is non-resistance! If you don't resist Japan, China will surely perish. The Three People's Principles I have read it many times, and I have said a lot of words for the welfare of the people. They want the people to eat well, dress well, live well, and there are many big plans for building a country. But who will do it? How? Now warlords and bureaucrats are rampant. Excessive levies and miscellaneous taxes are plentiful, causing people to be displaced, mourning, starvation, and finding no way of life everywhere. The people are really struggling!" Then Zhao Bosheng said: "You know my situation. I have been aspiring to revolution for a long time, but I suffer from no leadership. When I got in touch with Director Liu Bojian in the Northwest Army, I felt that the Communist Party was not ordinary and was truly revolutionary. After the defeat of the Northwest Army, when there was no way out, I sent people to look for Director Liu several times, and I went there myself A trip to Shanghai failed to achieve my goal. I guess this letter was written to me in the name of the Communist Party organization, and I agree with all the opinions stated in the letter!" After speaking, Zhao Bosheng looked at Luo Yaping kindly again.

Looking at the kind and sincere chief of staff in front of him, Luo Yaping's eyes became hot, and he could no longer restrain himself, and nodded slightly.Zhao Bosheng stood up excitedly, patted Luo Yaping on the shoulder and said, "Okay! I call you here today. I have nothing else to say. I want to join the Communist Party. Don't think that I am the chief of staff. I will do whatever the Party calls me to do. As long as I Zhao Bosheng Get it, even if you go through fire and water, you will not hesitate. Just be my guide!" On the same day, Luo Yaping quickly reported the result to the special branch.If Zhao Bosheng can be won to join the party, then the party's military work in the 26th Route Army will be a big step forward, and it will be more conducive to the extensive development of future work.The party organization promptly reported Zhao Bosheng's situation and requirements for joining the party to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Shanghai. After reviewing all his history and political performance, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China officially approved Comrade Zhao Bosheng to join the Communist Party of China in October 1931.

After that, in the 26th Route Army, the Communist Party's secret activities sprung up like mushrooms after rain.In the army, they make friends with friends, classmates, subordinates, fellow villagers, etc., find out the backbone of them, and then pass propaganda, organizational learning, etc., after a period of testing, and then develop into the party.In just a few months, Li Qingyun (captain and company commander of the 73rd brigade), Yang Jintang, lieutenant colonel of the general headquarters, Wang Hongwen, captain of the law enforcement officer, Wang Mingwu, second lieutenant and platoon leader of the machine gun company of the 74th brigade, and general Wang Zhenduo, Wang Jitan, Zhao Hongzhi, Yang Yilin, Tan Shiji, Liu Jingsheng, Huo Wanzhong, Tian Yushan, Li Chunhua, Lu Zimei, Dong Junyan and others from the law enforcement team of the headquarters joined the party.In addition, Xiong Botao, the captain and deputy company commander of the 79th Brigade of the 27th Division and the Communist Party member who lost contact with the party after the failure of the Great Revolution, also reconnected.