Chapter 75 The "Kunlun" column moved quietly in northern Shaanxi

After the Central Headquarters and the People's Liberation Army Headquarters left Yan'an, where they went has become a major event that has attracted worldwide attention and has a bearing on the overall situation. Chiang Kai-shek's goal was to wipe out the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in one fell swoop. If he failed to do so, he would cross the Yellow River and force the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to leave the Shanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, thus politically attacking the Chinese Communist Party. On March 25, that is, a week after Hu Zongnan occupied Yan'an, the Kuomintang's "Central Daily" spread rumors that Mao Zedong, Zhou Laien and others "had moved to Jiamusi, or had absconded abroad."

In fact, at this time Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai were in Wangjiaping near Wayaobao, where they met with Comrades Liu Shaoqi, Zhu De, and Ren Bishi who had retreated here first, and initially discussed the whereabouts and deployment of the Party Central Committee. In the early morning of the 29th, the leaders of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China arrived at Zaolingou from Wangjiaping. This is the Zaolingou Conference, a glorious page in the history of Chinese revolution. The meeting was held in a cave, without a solemn podium, no soft sofa, no high-end microphone, and no fancy recording equipment.However, this meeting played a major role in the revolution led by the Communist Party of China.

Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, and Ren Bishi sat around on the kang. "I have thought about it repeatedly. Our central government cannot leave northern Shaanxi." Mao Zedong said, this is a question he has repeatedly considered along the way. effect". Ren Bishi did not follow Mao Zedong, he said questioningly: "One side is near the water, and three sides are facing the enemy. What if Hu Zongnan catches us all?" Participants all know that this is of course not alarmist talk, but to face the reality! Mao Zedong's stay in northern Shaanxi was indeed "adventurous", and he really encountered danger twice later.Fortunately, the danger was saved twice, and the crisis was turned into safety.

At the meeting, Zhu De voted for Ren Bishi. Mao Zedong also explained his views: "We have lived in northern Shaanxi for 12 years, and the common people have provided for us. If we are in danger, we will run away. I am sorry for the people of northern Shaanxi!" "We can't act emotionally, we must consider a surefire strategy." Liu Shaoqi's speech was obviously tendentious.They are all concerned about Mao Zedong's safety. Unexpectedly, after Liu Shaoqi's speech, Mao Zedong's words became more emotional, "In short, if I don't fight Hu Zongnan, I won't pass the Yellow River. I have to live with you."

It should be pointed out that Mao Zedong had already made up his mind that the Party Central Committee would stay in northern Shaanxi.Before Hu Zongnan attacked Yan'an, Mao Zedong decided to take two steps: the first step is to insist on defending Yan'an, and never give up Yan'an unless it is absolutely necessary; Northern Shaanxi. On March 19, when Mao Zedong saw off General Wang Zhen near Yan'an, he said: "I will fight with them in northern Shaanxi. If we don't defeat Hu Zongnan, we will never cross the Yellow River!" Now that the chairman of the Central Committee has said such things, the others have nothing to say, and they all agree to stay.

After everyone expressed their opinions, "No!" Mao Zedong suddenly changed the subject, "It's not all concentrated here. Bi Shi's opinion is reasonable, what if we call Hu Zongnan to fight in one go, so we also come to an ancient book saying Yes, the troops are divided into three groups." The Zaolingou meeting finally decided that the members of the head office of the CPC Central Committee should be divided into three, and three sets of leadership groups should be established: The Central Working Committee, referred to as the "Working Committee", was led by Liu Shaoqi and Zhu De to Xibaipo, Pingshan County, Hebei Province, Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Province, and was responsible for handling the work entrusted by the Central Committee; the Central Rear Committee, referred to as the "Rear Committee", was led by Yang Shangkun and Ye Jianying. In Northwest Shanxi, responsible for the logistics support and resettlement of the central and military organs and their families in the northern Shaanxi battlefield.

, Yang Shangkun was the commander of the rear detachment, and Li Weihan and others participated in the Central Rear Committee to coordinate work in the northwest of Shanxi.The picture shows Ye Jianying giving a report at the cadre meeting. The Central Front Enemy Committee, referred to as the "Front Committee", continued to stay in northern Shaanxi and commanded the liberation war in northern Shaanxi and the whole country on behalf of the Central Committee. Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Ren Bishi in the secretariat stayed behind. At this meeting, a document was formed, which was the "Notice within the Party on April 9, 1947" issued by Qingyangcha, Hengshan County.

The "Notice" tells the whole party and the whole army: the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the headquarters of the Chinese People's Liberation Army will continue to stay in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, and jointly shoulder the task of defending the border region with the people of northern Shaanxi. After the Zaolingou meeting, the front committee went underground. Mao Zedong's alias was "Li Desheng", and Zhou Enlai's alias was "Hu Bicheng".Just from the names of "Victory" and "Success", we can see that Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai had the indomitable spirit to forge ahead in the face of powerful enemies and the confidence that the revolution would surely win.

In order to unify the actions and command, the central authority remaining in northern Shaanxi formed a column according to the military establishment, and established a headquarters, with Ren Bishi as the commander and Lu Dingyi as the political commissar. While the Kuomintang agents were collecting information and spying on the whereabouts of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, on March 30, a mysterious column code-named "Kunlun" appeared in northern Shaanxi.This column is composed of more than 200 people. The commander is called "Shi Lin" (homophonic), the political commissar is called "Zheng Wei", the chief of staff is Ye Zilong, and the deputy chief of staff is Wang Dongxing.

Until the failure, Hu Zongnan did not figure out that this "Kunlun" column was the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China they had been looking for, and Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Ren Bishi, etc. were all in it.On the major battlefields across the country, the instructions received by the People's Liberation Army were issued from here. Some people think that Mao Zedong resisted all opinions and insisted that the Party Central Committee stay in northern Shaanxi was a blind and risky act.Actually this is incorrect. Mao Zedong's decision-making has always been based on the scientific analysis of the problem.At that time, his analysis was that the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border area had dangerous terrain, good conditions for the masses, a large circle area, and considerable security guarantees.

Later facts proved that Mao Zedong's insistence on keeping the Party Central Committee in northern Shaanxi was his "sweet pen" in writing the glorious chapter of his life history. Politically, he slapped Chiang Kai-shek and Hu Zongnan heavily.In terms of military affairs, as long as the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Mao Zedong are still in northern Shaanxi, Chiang Kai-shek's last trump card - Hu Zongnan's 230,000 troops will be firmly nailed to death in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia.