Chapter 16 The sixteenth chapter treacherous intentions exposed, Zhang Guotao established a pseudo-central government in footwood

After Zhang Guotao took the stage in Aba and directed a farce attacking the Central Committee’s northward route, he felt that it was not enough, and in the name of the General Political Department, the General Party Branch of the General Command, etc., he held "activist meetings", "party and group meetings", The purpose of a series of large and small meetings such as the "Cadres Meeting" is to slander the central government and promote itself. Zhang Guotao seems to be very busy at this time. Today he will give a report at this meeting, and tomorrow he will give a speech at that meeting, talking about the so-called opposition to escapism and future southward actions.He tried his best to indoctrinate the troops against "the escape route of individual right-leaning members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee" and against the so-called "right-wing opportunism to flee north."He said that only going south is the real offensive route, and advocated inflammatory slogans such as "hit Chengdu to eat rice" among the troops, in order to cause widespread influence among the troops.

In late September 1935, under Zhang Guotao's order, the Red Army, which went south from Aba and Baozuo, gradually concentrated on the front lines of Zhuo Keji, Malkang, Songgang, and Jiaomuzu (Zhuomu Diao). These small towns to the north of the snow-capped mountains are the location of one of the seven chieftains of Xiaojinchuan, which was conquered by Emperor Qianlong of the former Qing Dynasty when Lao Shi went on an expedition to hurt his people and money.Chieftain Zhuo Keji's palace was built at the confluence point of the two rivers, facing the rapids in the front and the steep mountains in the back. On a stone square platform 8 feet high and 10 feet wide, there are four high-rise buildings that look like Western style.The front building has two floors, and the left and right rear buildings are all four floors. Standing in the surrounding mountains, it has become a scenic spot on the side of the snow mountains in western China, embellishing the desolate and closed snow mountain scenery in western China.

The first and second floors of the palace are the chieftain's kitchen, storage room and the residence of serfs.The third and fourth floors are very ornately decorated, with glass windows on all sides, and exquisite carvings on all doors and wall panels.There are several rooms in the right building, which are quite exquisitely furnished. There are antique shelves along the wall, and there are magnetic cylinders, jade and antiques in the shelves.The bed, desk, and chairs and stools in the room are all made of exquisite rosewood, so it is obvious that this is the chieftain's bedroom.There are wooden kangs and elegantly decorated tables in the two giant rooms of the left building, which are the dormitories of the chieftain's subordinates.On the back building is the Great Buddha Hall, in the middle there is a resplendent and magnificent Buddha statue, in front of the Buddha statue are hung a number of white satin Buddha buildings.On the scripture racks on both sides of the Buddha statue, there are many Tibetan scriptures neatly arranged.There are several murals painted on the two walls of the Buddhist hall. Due to the age, they have been blackened by smoke, and it is difficult to identify the ancient paintings of which dynasty.There is a small Buddhist hall in each of the left and right buildings. On both sides of the hall, there is a new and beautiful mural.Because the horses, elephants, lions, tigers, leopards and heroes' armor in the paintings are also very colorful, and each has a vivid body and posture.In this palace, there is also a reception room for the chieftain, and the three block characters of "Shu Decoration Building" are hung on the door.There is one book and some Chinese books on the red lacquered rectangular table in the reception room, which shows that the owner of the room is somewhat Chinese and elegant.

The owner of the room went to college in Chengdu and had a deep friendship with Sichuan warlord Liu Wenhui.The machine guns and rifles he used to guard the palace were all given to him by Liu Wenhui.Zhang Guotao's troops going south passed by here.He once sent the vanguard to contact him and lie to him, but the chieftain not only refused, he even killed the person he sent.As a result, Zhang Guotao was angered, and he sent a battalion of troops to attack, and beat the chieftain to pieces in one fell swoop, and had to lead the remaining Tibetan soldiers to the deep mountains in embarrassment.After the Red Army occupied the chieftain's palace, it naturally became the place where Zhang Guotao stayed.

Zhang Guotao stepped into the chieftain's palace with great ambition, climbed to the top of the floor and looked around, admiring the rare scenery in western China, lamenting the luxury of life of the upper class of Tibetans.I thought to myself, there is a world of difference between these upper class members and the Tibetan servants.It's just that there are too many disadvantages in the construction of the bunkers that guard the palace, and it is difficult to achieve the effect of protection.For example, the bullet holes of the bunker are too small, the target is too obvious, and it is built near the palace, so the high-rise buildings of the palace become their obstacles, and it is difficult to defend against bandits, and it is even more difficult to play a role in resisting the army, so they were defeated by Zhang Guotao's troops. Totally expected.Because once the high platform is besieged, and the stone steps on the platform are guarded or monitored from a distance with a machine gun, all the soldiers guarding the fort and the palace will become a turtle in an urn.Zhang Guotao thought to himself, these chieftains are too lacking in strategic and tactical thinking, lack of basic military common sense, and they are really too "earthy".

Then Zhang Guotao thought again, Mao Zedong always accused that there was no way out for going south, as if going south could only go to wild and remote places, with nowhere to intervene.And isn't this gorgeous palace under his feet a beautiful place?If it is a safe place, this place can be used as a temporary shelter.The dangerous terrain around, if some soldiers are stationed and guarded, although it cannot be said to be impenetrable, it can be "occupied" for a while.On a whim, he thought a lot. Standing on the railing of the palace floor, Zhang Guotao stared at the snow mountain in the distance with his hands crossed on his hips. It was undulating and dazzlingly white, turning up layers of silver snow waves.He blinked, and then a bright white road appeared in front of his eyes, and his mind was overwhelmed.A major decision hit his heart that he had been thinking about for many days: he must break with the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China as soon as possible.Can no longer wait, no longer hesitate.He said in his heart: "That's it, it's decided, and we will have a meeting to resolve it immediately." The fist clenched in his right hand vigorously waved downward, as if he held a huge power in his hand, and what he waved away was the heart that had been in his heart for several days. of distress and resentment.Immediately he felt happy again, because he thought that Mao Zedong's "riding the horse north" had "created" this rare opportunity for him, and that the blame for the split was you, Mao Zedong and others, not me, Zhang.I, Zhang Guotao, raised the banner to "do the right thing for the heavens" and "follow the people's hearts", which is a matter of course.Just like that, Zhang Guotao patted his hipbone with his hands, and then lightly closed his palms again, an indescribable joy filled his heart.

On the evening of October 5, Zhang Guotao betrayed the Communist Party of China, betrayed the Chinese revolution, openly split with the central government, and held a meeting of senior cadres for the formation of the second party in the Baike Lama Temple in Jiaomuzu. Baike Lama Temple is the largest Lama Temple in Jiaomuzu, which can accommodate 40 to 50 people, so Zhang Guotao notified Zhu De, Liu Bocheng, Xu Xiangqian, Chen Changhao, Li Zhuoran, Luo Binghui, He Changgong, Dong Zhentang, Zhou Chunquan, Zeng Chuanliu, Fu Zhong, Li Te, Yu Tianyun, Liu Zhijian and others attended the meeting.Although there were several horse lanterns in the main hall, the brightness was still very limited, so rows of butter lamps were lit on the tables, but the surrounding corners were still dim, and the faces of the participants could not be seen clearly.

Zhang Guotao naturally sat in the center of the hall, and on the square table beside him was a lantern covered with a Mobil cover.Seeing that people had almost arrived, he stood up and said to everyone in a low voice: "Comrades, at the Sichuan-Shaanxi Provincial Committee held in Aba last month, I talked about why Mao Zedong and other comrades abandoned us and went north alone, and why we insisted on going south. Now I will talk about talk about it. "One, before the Fourth Front Army joined forces, the First Army's withdrawal from the Central Soviet Area was a retreat. But at that time, the leading comrades of the Party were very shy and covered up this hard fact, not daring to say that they had been hit and that they were retreating. , but claiming that we have won is bragging and deceiving ourselves and others. We crossed the Jialing River and developed westward. In a certain sense, it was also a retreat, but our retreat was orderly. However, we joined forces with the front army Finally, the retreat should be terminated and the enemy should be counterattacked. However, the leading comrades at the time underestimated this new situation, did not study the political situation at that time, and did not acknowledge their retreat. Everyone was afraid of exposing their mistakes and advocated continuing to march. Continue to retreat. No matter what cover their retreat is under the cover of the enemy going north to attack, the result has developed into a desperate split of the Red Army, fleeing north, and causing the greatest criminal act in the history of the Chinese Communist Party."

Zhang Guotao's remarks did not feel sudden to most of the participants, because most of them had heard these remarks in a series of meetings last month, but the current tone was just a little higher. After a pause, Zhang Guotao continued: "Under such circumstances, it is absolutely necessary for us to mobilize the whole party to strongly oppose the opportunistic escape route of Mao, Zhou, Zhang, and Bo. It is absolutely correct for the Fourth Front Army to go south resolutely. Mao, Zhou, Zhang, and Bo Bo said that going south is a dead end, and going south will become a turtle in a urn. Aren’t we living well? Which one is a turtle? Mao Zedong and others attacked us saying that going south has terrain obstacles and an enemy with superior forces, and at the same time said going south is a retreat route , This is complete nonsense. We must use the fact of our victory in the southward movement to smash their predictions and make their predictions absolutely bankrupt. We must use the achievements we have achieved in our southward movement to counterattack the enemy to answer them resoundingly.”

The wick of the horse lantern beside Zhang Guotao was burned black, the light source was covered by a lot, and the room suddenly dimmed.Zhang Guotao had to stop speaking, turned sideways and turned on the lantern again.Then go on and on: "The current Soviet movement has suffered some setbacks. We should admit that this is a fact. We should transfer the Soviet movement to relatively backward areas. This is an inevitable trend. It is not surprising. In China's backward areas, we can establish The base area is to win the victory of the Chinese revolution through arduous struggle. The Four Fronts went south to create a new base area. We must use arduous struggle to ensure this victory. Like those cowboys who can only work in peacetime We don’t need it. When the revolution is developing, there are basketball and football games, restaurants, and good news, and we are elated. But when the revolution takes a crooked path, we are pessimistic and disappointed, and we always carry a few gold rings with us. Ready to flee, this is not a revolutionary who is ready to fight hard, but a decorator in times of peace, we don't need this."

When Zhang Guotao said this, he seemed a little angry, and his voice became louder: "Now Mao, Zhou, Zhang, and Bo led the first and third armies to go out secretly and flee northward. The prestige of the Party Central Committee has been discredited and it has lost the qualifications to lead the entire party. We must follow Lenin's method of breaking with the Second International and form a new one. Temporary central, resume work." Zhang Guotao was afraid that some of the cadres here would not understand why Lenin opposed the Second International, so he explained it plausibly: "In 1905, when Lenin was the representative of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party on the Executive Board of the Second International, he led the Bolshevik Party and fought against Trotsky, who sold liquidationism under the guise of conciliationism. The October Socialist Revolution in Russia After the victory, Lenin exposed the betrayal of the proletarian revolution by the opportunists of the Second International represented by Kautsky and the slander of the dictatorship of the proletariat. International, presided over the founding meeting of the Third International, which is now known as the Communist International. "The current Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has been dominated by right-leaning opportunists such as Mao, Zhou, Zhang, and Bo. Their splitting behavior has seriously undermined the unity of the party and the principle of unity of the Red Army. Its root is defeatism and long-standing guerrilla habits. They have degenerated to such an extent. Their secret northward march is completely a conspiracy, selfish, dishonorable, immoral, and a shameful act that has never been seen in the history of the CCP Red Army. It has lost everyone's credibility. Comrades, what are we doing with such a central government? We have every reason to abandon the original central government and set up a temporary central government to save the failure of the CCP. At an appropriate time, we will convene a party congress and establish a formal central government. " In the dim and flickering lights, Zhang Guotao stared at the cadres around him with wide eyes, and asked everyone in an expectant tone: "What's your opinion on the immediate formation of a new 'temporary central government'?" The establishment of another central government came so suddenly that everyone was dumbfounded.Liu Bocheng looked at Zhu De, and saw Zhu De sitting there with his back slightly hunched in thought. In the blurred light and shadow, his dark face was covered with a shadow.Xu Xiangqian supported his head with one hand, staring at the lantern in a daze, as if he was thinking about something.It can be seen that even Chen Changhao is not mentally prepared, otherwise he would not stare at Zhang Guotao with a pair of surprised eyes.The night wind kept blowing into the room through the gaps in the window lattices, blowing the horse lanterns and butter lamp seedlings on the tables so that they flickered and swayed from side to side.It seems to want to extinguish the bunches of dim lights.It could be heard that under the attack of the night wind, several big trees outside the Lama Temple made rattling and rattling sounds, as if some evil spirit was making terrifying sounds in that dark corner. No one made a statement, and the atmosphere at the venue was dull and tense. Suddenly Huang Chao said loudly: "We don't trust the original central government anymore!" Zhang Guotao turned his head and saw that under the dim butter light, Huang Chao had a very ugly face, more like a heavy smoker. Lite went on to say: "Since the central government has left us behind, we will no longer run with the central government." Zhang Guotao nodded in satisfaction, and triumphantly asked Zhu De who was sitting not far away: "Commander-in-Chief, tell me, how about it?" Everything that appeared in front of him made Zhu De feel sad and at a loss.History has come here with heavy steps, as if frozen.Although he didn't understand the truth of the matter, he felt that the situation was very complicated.At present, he does not know some secrets about the situation, but he knows in his heart that it is the established policy for the Party Central Committee to lead the army northward.Going north was a major decision he made while participating in the research, and it was also Zhang Guotao who raised his hand in favor of it. How can it be said that going north is an escape?He was quite indignant at Zhang Guotao's performance tonight, but he deeply felt that there was nothing he could do at this time.I thought that this problem would be difficult to solve in a short time, so I had to endure it.One day, the Fourth Front Army will go north.Now that Zhang Guotao is forcing me to express my opinion, I will talk about it, whether you listen to it or not, just tell everyone.Thinking of this, Zhu De calmed down instead, so he said earnestly and calmly: "In the face of the enemy, we must talk about unity! The Red Army of the world is one family. The Red Army of Workers and Peasants of China is a whole under the unified leadership of the Party Central Committee. Everyone knows that our "Zhu Mao" is known to the whole country and the whole world. Let me This 'Zhu' goes against 'Mao', I can't do it. No matter how big things happen, they are all problems within the Red Army. Everyone should calm down and find a solution. We can't let Chiang Kai-shek watch our excitement. I If you agree with the central government's policy of going north to resist Japan, you can only raise your hand once." Zhang Guotao felt uncomfortable after hearing Zhu De's speech, but it was inconvenient to have an attack.Because what Zhu De said made some sense after all.And Zhu De, as the commander-in-chief of the Red Army, is known as the "Father of the Red Army" and has a high prestige in the army. No matter how old Zhang Guotao is, no matter how many people and guns, there is nothing he can do to Zhu De. In the dim light, Zhang Guotao looked at Zhu De with slightly swollen eyes, then turned his gaze to Liu Bocheng, urging eagerly: "Chief of the General Staff, tell me." Liu Bocheng looked at the venue. Although he did not fully understand all Zhang Guotao's treacherous intentions at this moment, his sharp eyes had already seen some of Zhang Guotao's tricks, especially after listening to Zhu De's speech just now. , the commander-in-chief obviously cannot be righteous and outspoken.But his speech contained persuasion, irony and remonstrance, and hoped that Zhang Guotao would not go too far.The most important thing at present is the unity of the Red Army.Liu Bocheng is also deeply worried and distressed that the Red Army is about to enter the abyss of division!Then he said: "At present, everyone knows that after a long period of marching and fighting, the troops have suffered losses along the way, especially when they have passed through the snow-capped mountains and water and grasslands. , For us, it is quite difficult, we can say that it is difficult. At this time, the Red Army can only have a way out if it unites against the enemy." "Okay, okay, stop talking, who wants you to give a political mobilization report here!" Zhang Guotao interrupted Liu Bocheng's speech impatiently, and said to Xu Xiangqian who was sitting not far away with a gloomy face: "Xu Xiangqian, tell me." Originally, Xu Xiangqian felt that Zhang Guotao called such a meeting suddenly, he was not mentally prepared, and he didn't quite understand it.For everything that happened in front of me, I don't know the inside story, and I am very sad.Support it, there is not much reason, there is a party center in the first place, and another one is established here, what is the name?Oppose it, I haven't figured out some things, I can't explain why, it's really a dilemma.So I had to answer Zhang Guotao and said: "Let me think." At the meeting, Zhang Guotao called almost everyone by name, and asked everyone to express their views on his peddling of other traitors. Except for Huang Chao, only a few deceived cadres spoke in support of Zhang Guotao's proposition. When Zhang Guotao saw someone agreeing, he immediately stood up and took a long list written in advance, and said plausibly: "Now I announce the establishment of a provisional central committee consisting of Zhang Guotao, Zhu De, Liu Bocheng, Chen Changhao, Xu Xiangqian, Wang Shusheng, Zhou Chunquan, Li Zhuoran, Luo Binghui, Dong Zhentang, Yu Tianyun, Fu Zhong, He Changgong, Zeng Chuanliu, Li Te, Huang Chao, Fang Qiang, Liu Zhijian." Then Zhang Guotao said: "Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Zhang Wentian, and Bogu privately led troops to the north, split the Red Army, refused to implement the decision of the Military Commission and the General Command to go south, and announced their expulsion from the party. The temporary chairman of the Central Committee will be temporarily appointed by myself. When the time is right, formal elections will be made to establish the Central Committee , report to the Third International for approval." The venue immediately fell silent.Most of the people present at the meeting were surprised when they heard what Zhang Guotao said. No one thought that Zhang Guotao's thoughts would slip so far all of a sudden. Liu Bocheng glanced at Zhu De uneasily, and saw that Zhu De's face was as frosty as autumn, and he was sitting there motionless. Zhang Guotao asked Zhu De with some guilt: "Commander Zhu, what's your opinion?" Zhu De replied calmly: "Since you call me the commander-in-chief, how can I, the commander-in-chief, oppose the Central Committee? I can't be a member of the Central Committee like you." Zhang Guotao became angry and said loudly: "Could it be that you are determined to follow Mao Zedong?" Zhu De still said calmly: "What's wrong with Mao Zedong?" Zhang Guotao said angrily: "Mao Zedong split, don't you understand!" Zhu De was excited, and said loudly with great patience: "In the face of the great enemy, we must talk about unity! The Red Army is one family. The Red Army of Chinese Workers and Peasants is a whole under the unified leadership of the Party Central Committee. No matter what happens, it is an internal problem of the Red Army. Everyone must calm down and find a solution. You can't ask Chiang Kai-shek to watch our excitement!" Zhang Guotao said angrily: "Tell me, do you recognize the central government we have now established?" Zhu De immediately pushed back: "You insist on creating a central government here. I don't agree. I reserve my opinion according to the provisions of the party constitution and do revolutionary work in the name of the commander-in-chief." Zhu De gave Zhang Guotao a nail in the face in front of everyone.In order to change the passive situation, Zhang Guotao turned to Liu Bocheng angrily: "Chief of Staff, what's your opinion?" Liu Bocheng said angrily: "I'm afraid I'm not worthy to be a member of your Central Committee, I'm not qualified!" Zhang Guotao pointed at Liu Bocheng and shouted: "You—you—" then said to everyone: "Today, the provisional Central Committee has been established. In any case, those sitting here, whether they like it or not, are members of the Central Committee. We must immediately inform the original Central Committee that disregarded trustworthiness, explaining that we will use the Party Central Committee, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and the The central government, the Central Military Commission, the commander-in-chief, etc. published documents to the outside world, and had relationships with them, asking them not to 'falsely use' the name of the central government." After careful planning, Zhang Guotao finally staged a scandal in the history of the Communist Party of China, which was crowned with a monkey and dressed in a yellow robe. Unfortunately, it was what Mao Zedong and Luo Fu said.Mao Zedong said not long ago that if Zhang Guotao's mistakes continue to develop, he will inevitably oppose the central government and betray the revolution.Luo Fu also said that if Zhang Guotao's mistake of splitting the Red Army is not corrected, his future must be to organize a second party.Mao Zedong and Luo Fu looked at the problem really sharply, penetrating three points.