Chapter 133 2. The mysterious "Kunlun column"

After Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and others withdrew from Yan'an, they continued to march eastward, passing through Liujia and Wayaobao successively, and joined Liu Shaoqi, Zhu De, Ren Bishi, Ye Jianying and others who had arrived earlier. On the night of March 25, 1947, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China moved to Zaolingou, Qingjian County. On the night of March 26, the Secretariat of the Central Committee held an emergency enlarged meeting to discuss whether the Party Central Committee should remain in northern Shaanxi or cross the Yellow River east and enter Shanxi.At the meeting, two different opinions were formed, and the debate was fierce.

The final result of the debate was that the five people were divided into two teams, some insisted on northern Shaanxi, and some crossed the Yellow River. Everyone agrees.In the end, Mao Zedong made a decision. Liu Shaoqi, Zhu De and some members of the Central Committee formed the Central Working Committee, with Liu Shaoqi as the secretary, went to North China to carry out the work entrusted by the Central Committee; Combat on the battlefield; Ye Jianying, Yang Shangkun and others led most of the staff of the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission to Northwest Shanxi to coordinate rear work.

On the afternoon of March 27, Liu Shaoqi and Zhu De led the Central Working Committee to set off to cross the Yellow River eastward.Along with the Central Working Committee are the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Social Affairs, the General Office, the Party School, and the "Liberation Daily". After the various agencies left in batches, Zaolingou suddenly became deserted.The remaining organs and guards were reorganized lightly.The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was organized into 4 brigades; the security forces were organized into a pistol company, and a headquarters was established, called the "Three Detachments", code-named "Kunlun Column".Ren Bi was the column commander, Lu Dingyi was the political commissar, Ye Zilong was the chief of staff, Wang Dongxing was the deputy chief of staff, and Liao Zhigao was the director of the Political Department.

Zhou Enlai suggested: the army has a code name, and we should also have a code name for the sake of confidentiality.Mao Zedong agreed, and gave himself the replacement name "Li Desheng", which means that the evacuation of Yan'an must be a victory.Zhou Enlai's replacement name was "Hu Bicheng".The pronunciation of "Hu" and "Wu" in the Zhejiang accent is the same, which means that the revolutionary cause must be successful.Ren Bishi's code name was "Shi Lin", which is a homonym for Commander.Ren Bishi had a Stalinist beard and liked to smoke with a big pipe.Therefore, using "Shi Lin" as the code name is quite vivid.Lu Dingyi's code name was "Zheng Wei", which sounds like a homonym for political commissar.Since then, a mysterious "Kunlun column" has appeared in northern Shaanxi.