Chapter 47 "Noisy every day along the way, quarreling all the way!"——An Unpredictable Journey

What Chiang Kai-shek is most worried about is the rise of "red bandits".When the new warlords were fighting, the CCP had established 15 revolutionary base areas across the country, and the regular Red Army had grown to more than 100,000 troops.Among them, Jiangxi's Central Base, Fujian-Zhejiang-Jiangxi Base, Hubei-Yuan-Anhui Base, etc., are within a hurricane's feet from Nanjing, the ruling center of the Kuomintang, and they are pointed at its chest and back like sharp knives. For Chiang Kai-shek, the rise of the "red bandits" is a thousand times more terrifying than any anti-Chiang faction in the Kuomintang.If this confidant is not eliminated, "the country will have no peace, the people will be miserable, and the disaster will be endless."As soon as the curtain of the Central Plains War fell, he dispatched troops and began a large-scale "encirclement and suppression" of the Central Revolutionary Base Area.

On October 10, 1930, Chiang Kai-shek published the "Confession to the Father" to commemorate the Double Tenth Festival, and sent a mobilization meeting to the whole country to "comprehensively wipe out the Communist bandits".At the same time, he secretly sent people to organize landlords and gentlemen in Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Henan and other provinces, pretending to be representatives of the villagers, and under the banner of a petition group, went to the Nanjing Central Party Headquarters to petition, "demanding that the government send troops to suppress bandits."When Chiang Kai-shek met these "representatives of the people", he declared: "After the Fourth Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, I will supervise and suppress the Communist bandits in Hunan, Hubei, and Jiangxi."

On November 12, 1930, the Fourth Plenary Session of the Third Central Committee of the Kuomintang was held.Chiang Kai-shek asked all party members to "emphasize unity, stress tolerance, and be willing to give in," and "in order to achieve unity and unite in suppressing the Communist Party, everything can be sacrificed and everything can be endured."He first set an example of "tolerance", "forbearance", and a model of "pious repentance", and issued an amnesty decree, announcing that in the past four or five years, he had successively "attached rebellion", "engaged in chaos", "betrayed the party and sold the country", The 481 people who were expelled from the party for more than 20 crimes such as "endangering the party and the state", "colluding with the reactionary", "establishing a small organization", "sabotaging the organization", "resisting the central government", "disobeying the prime minister" and so on, were all revoked and restored Party membership.

Chiang Kai-shek said that those who were expelled from the party "did not actually rebel against the party. Opposing the attackers was against me and someone in Chiang Kai-shek. Therefore, all crimes were caused by me personally. If there is no self, comrades may not be like this It fell apart, and the imperialists might not be able to oppress like this." "The country is in a state of internal and external troubles, natural disasters and man-made disasters, and the vitality of the national revolution is almost cut off, and even the unified situation cannot be preserved." "Therefore, comrades in the party, To the Prime Minister, I admit that I am a guilty person. Now I repent, and I am willing to sacrifice everything, contribute to the party and the country, and atone for my sins.”

Then, he implored the central government to cancel the arrest warrants for Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang, and asked Kong Xiangxi to make a special trip to Chen Yan and Feng in Shanxi as a mediator; Zhang Xueliang was the deputy commander-in-chief of land, sea and air, and allocated 15 million yuan in military expenses to order him to guard the northeast and take over Pingjin and Hebei. When all these "pacification" was done, Chiang Kai-shek, as a victor, flew to Nanchang with his wife Song Meiling on the "Meiling" special plane, and supervised the "communist suppression".He held a "Communist Suppression Conference" in Nanchang, and offered a reward of 50,000 yuan for the capture of Red Army commander Zhu De, Mao Zedong, Huang Gonglue, and Peng Dehuai.

Needless to say, Chiang Kai-shek felt a certain respect among his peers for the leaders of the "red bandits" who were arrested.Back then, when they marched side by side under Sun Yat-sen's banner—in Jiang's words, "playing spoons in a pot", he got to know many of them, and he thought they were indeed a group of outstanding figures.Because of this, he can't underestimate them and must put them to death. In late November 1930, Chiang Kai-shek appointed Lu Diping, chairman of Jiangxi Province, as the commander-in-chief and Zhang Huizan as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy. He mobilized 100,000 troops and launched the first large-scale "encirclement and suppression" against the revolutionary base areas in southern Jiangxi and western Fujian.

On the bank of Zhonghu Lake in Nanchang City, there stands a tall and fortified building. Inside the building is a thin, well-dressed bald man.At the moment, he is sitting behind a fine mahogany desk, holding the local KMT newspaper Minguo Daily in his hand, a smug smile on his thin lips.His eyes flicked over the main news of the day, over the New Year’s gifts published by ten shopping malls in Shanghai, over the miscellaneous advertisements of aphrodisiacs, gynecological medicines, and jewelry, and then concentrated on the main editorial of the day—this is New Year's Day message published on the last day of the year in 1930.While celebrating the arrival of the New Year, it warns people: natural disasters are approaching, the Second World War is imminent, and the Communists take the opportunity to make trouble. People should be loyal to the party and the country, support the leaders, advocate benevolence and morality, abstain from drinking and tea dancing, and strive for the survival of the motherland and China. And work hard.The editorial also wants people to believe: fortunately in troubled times, the situation in Jiangxi is changing rapidly, the Communist bandits can be wiped out within a few days, they are already besieged on all sides, and they have to tie the soldiers together with ropes to prevent them from escaping, the collapse of the Communist bandits is just around the corner, and so on .

The newspaper reader licked his lips, satisfied with what was written.In fact, these words were all written under his personal instruction. At this moment, he is waiting for the good news from the front line of "suppressing bandits".However, on the last day of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, what was sent to Chiang Kai-shek was not the good news, but the bad news of "the defeat of the Jiangxi Province to suppress the Communist Army": the former enemy commander-in-chief Zhang Huizan was captured, and one and a half divisions were annihilated. The first "encirclement and suppression" was crushed by Zhu and Mao's Red Army.When the bad news came, the happy atmosphere in Nanchang and even Nanjing disappeared.Chiang Kai-shek lamented: "Woohoo Shihou (Zhang Huizan's alias), the soul is back!"

Just when the Red Army of Zhu and Mao smashed the first "encirclement and suppression" launched by Chiang Kai-shek, and Mao Zedong happily wrote down the heroic words of "calling in unison, Zhang Huizan was caught in the front" with wild ink, he was far away from the southern border. The sleeping Red Seventh Army has embarked on a long journey of thousands of miles to fight. After starting from Hechi, the Seventh Red Army still followed the original plan. After capturing Huaiyuan, a small town on the way to the north, they attacked Qingyuan, a large town on the south bank of the Longjiang River, and then directly attacked Liuzhou.When the troops stationed in Huaiyuan, they learned that the enemy had heavy troops stationed in Qingyuan, and built fortifications in Rong County and Dushan near Qingyuan, and made preparations for defense.

In this regard, different opinions arose within the Front Committee and the Military Committee of the Seventh Red Army: Deng Bin believed that Qingyuan was an important town for the enemy, and the enemy would defend it with all his might.Based on this, he did not agree to attack Qingyuan, nor did he agree to attack Rong County near Qingyuan.Another opinion is that the central government instructed to concentrate on attacking fortified positions, and the Seventh Red Army should attack Qingyuan without dodging. ——It is not difficult to see that there is some negativity and resistance in this opinion.It seems that only by suffering a little bit can the "mania" of the representatives of the Central Committee and some people be restrained.

Of course, Zhang Yunyi and others also believed that Qingyuan was not easy to attack, and as for whether to attack Rong County, they would wait until Tianhe to make a decision. Finally, as a result of the debate, it was decided to adopt the opinions of Zhang Yunyi and others, give up fighting Qingyuan, and the troops continued to march towards Tianhe. Occupied Tianhe, learned that Qingyuan and Rongxian were heavily defended by the enemy, the military committee and the front committee agreed with Deng Bin's opinion, and decided not to attack Rongxian, but to divert the enemy's target through the three defense areas, and then occupied Chang'an ( Rong'an today).But the next day, they learned that there was a small river in Rong County that could be waded directly to Chang'an, so the Military Committee and the Front Committee decided to attack Rong County again. On November 18, the Seventh Red Army left Tianhe for more than 40 miles. Near Siba (now Luocheng County) in Tianhe County, they encountered the Guilian Army's Lianfang Division who came from Yishan to intercept them. A fierce battle broke out between the two sides. .The enemy and we held each other for three days. At this time, the enemy Han Caifeng's division chased from Huaiyuan again, trying to encircle and pinch the Red Army with Qin Lianfang's division. The Red Seventh Army was forced to withdraw from the battle, took advantage of the darkness to throw off the enemy army, and rushed to the three-defense area of ​​​​90,000 mountains in the north... On November 25, the Seventh Red Army arrived at Sanfang (now Rongshui County).The three defenses are located in the hinterland of Damiao Mountain, there is no enemy trouble, and because of the heavy rain, it is difficult to march, so the troops rest here for a whole day.During the period, a meeting of party members and cadres above the platoon of the whole army was held to summarize the experience and lessons of fighting the enemy since starting from Hechi.To this end, the Military Commission and the Front Committee first held a meeting to unify their understanding. Deng Bin spoke at the meeting: "We have been away from Hechi for more than ten days, but we have only advanced less than 100 kilometers. In four battles, nearly 500 enemies were wiped out, and our army also paid an almost equal price. However, the enemy can replenish in Latin, but we cannot. Even if the casualty ratio between the enemy and the enemy is three to one, or even more, it is not very cost-effective for us. Judging from the situation we are facing, whether our army can hit the next target—— —Changan, decide whether the next step is to conquer Guilin" His speech was immediately opposed by representatives of the Central Committee and the Military Commission. Deng Gang accused: "Who is responsible for not fighting well?" Deng Bin asked, "Whose responsibility do you say?" Deng Gang's face was full of anger: "The responsibility lies with some people in the front committee who leaned to the right and failed to implement the orders of the central government!" Deng Bin smiled coldly: "Since you came, all deployments and actions of the entire army have been carried out according to the orders of the central government!" "So, the responsibility lies with me, the central government!" "Am I still the secretary of the former party committee? Of course I shall bear the responsibility." At this time, Chen Haoren couldn't hold back, stood up and said: "The former committee's initial estimate was wrong! Originally, we were asked to attack Liuzhou first and then attack Guilin, but Comrade Deng Bin advocated attacking Guilin first and then attacking Liuzhou. Of course Hey, it’s never too late to make up for a dead sheep. As Lu Fangweng’s "Jiannan Poetry Draft·Qiu Xing" said: "Isn’t it wrong to punish the soup, it’s reasonable to make up for the dead sheep." I suggest that we still implement Liuzhou first. A plan. This can change from passive to active, and at the same time create an illusion for the enemy, and catch them off guard!" Zhang Yunyi looked down at the simple map that marked the situation of both sides on the table. After listening to Chen Haoren's speech, he raised his head and glanced at everyone. , Li Zongren has sent heavy troops to occupy various important cities and towns, and dispatched the Lianfang Department and Han Caifeng Department as mobile divisions to intercept and pursue our army and prevent the Red Army from gaining a foothold in Guangxi. According to Comrade Haoren's opinion, change from passive to active , if we can 'seek directly with a foot', wouldn't it mean that we will lose a sheep and get a cow, and there will be no loss!" But now it seems that no matter whether it is Guilin or Liuzhou, it is not easy for us to win." "From this point of view, the situation is serious and complicated, but it is also obvious." Gong Hecun said in the tone of the chief of staff, "We have no other choice but to take the initiative and fight resolutely!" "Becoming passive and active requires not only conditions, but also time," Deng Bin said in a slightly hoarse voice. "If the war is not fought well, it is because of a problem with the military guiding ideology. I can take responsibility. There is no need for everyone to argue. At present What is urgent is to study and formulate a practical plan based on the situation we are in.” There was a kind of unbearable pain in his tone.A person who is good at taking blame and blaming himself is often trapped in pain in his heart, as the saying goes, "the clever man works hard and the wise man worries". Deng Gang projected a strong thorny gaze on his face: "The policy of the central government has been set, and the mission of the central government to the Seventh Army has been set. Is there anything to be shaken? Just take a step, you will be timid, and you will retreat. What face is there to talk about revolution, talk about struggle, talk about the establishment of Soviet power?" Chen Haoren immediately stated in his capacity as the Secretary of the Military Commission: "If the enemy wavers in the slightest, it will be disloyalty to the party, betrayal of the revolution and the Red Army!" Speaking of this, everyone stopped the endless debate, expressed their obedience to the instructions of the central government, and insisted on the plan of attacking Liuzhou. Deng Bin felt deeply isolated at the meeting.He smoked one cigarette after another.His two large European-style eyes shone brightly in the sunken eye sockets, scanning the members of the Military Commission and the Front Commission present.He didn't seem to feel any embarrassment or uneasiness about the isolation he was in, and he seemed to be full of deep understanding for everyone sitting here: the party, after all, is very young!The Red Army, after all, is very young!Everyone, after all, you are very young! It is difficult to explore the road that no one has traveled before.This kind of difficulty is often an unreasonable pain for ordinary people! Objectively, it is unpredictable and unpredictable. Subjectively, it is limited by the blind obedience and thinking of revolutionary theory. In an era of great historical change, many strange and complex issues are sternly faced by these "passionate, energetic, but immature" revolutionaries. Everything is unknown and everything is hidden in the clouds. , everything has great ambiguity and uncertainty.It's hard to say that walking into a canyon is absolutely good, and it's also hard to say that climbing a cliff is absolutely bad!Maybe, an insurmountable gap will suddenly appear on the identified flat road; maybe, when the mountains and rivers are full of doubts, there will be a situation where the willows are dark and the flowers are bright. Ah, in the unpredictable journey, the environment and situation no longer allow the fighters to think calmly and carefully.Both the improvement of the level of revolutionary theory and the enrichment of practical experience require time and even a heavy price!Then he thought again: When exploring in the boundless night, if you take one step right, you should not regard it as a supreme glory; if you take a wrong step, you should not regard it as a lifelong shame.The kind of partiality that elevates one party to heaven and tramples the other party into hell for the sake of temporary political needs is neither dialectical materialism nor historical materialism! So, he said calmly: "I obey everyone's opinions. Here I make a request, willing to resign from the post of Secretary of the Front Enemy Committee, and suggest that Comrade Deng Gang or other comrades should be in charge." opposition.There was an uproar. Deng Gang patted the table: "Comrade Deng Bin, what do you mean? Do you want to put down the pick? I came all the way here, do I want to replace your ex-committee secretary?" Deng Bin said: "I'm not picking someone, and it's not that I can't be the former secretary of the party committee. I suggest that the most suitable comrade should be the secretary." Deng Gang said: "Everyone summed up the experience and lessons, and it is not necessary to remove someone from his post or dismiss him from office! You must be the former party secretary!" Chen Haoren echoed: "That's right, that's right! Arguing and arguing are just for one purpose, to fight the battle well! Complete the task assigned by the superior!" Gong Hecun stood up and said softly: "Hi! Both of you are imperial envoys sent by the central government one after another, and you have the same surname, and you are called 'Representative Deng' by everyone. Who will be the secretary of the former party committee? All agree, no opinion." Zhang Yunyi immediately said: "It is a big taboo for military strategists to change generals before the battle! No matter what, the conclusion will be made after the battle!" Seeing this situation, Deng Bin had no choice but to obey everyone's decision and continue to be his former party secretary. ——Deng Xiaoping recalled that during this long and arduous journey, the front committee of the Seventh Red Army never stopped arguing and never eliminated differences. "Every day along the way, noisy, noisy all the way"! After the Three Defense Conference, the Seventh Red Army went southeast to attack Liuzhou.