Chapter 17 Uprising Characters——Zhou Enlai and Chen Geng: Escape Night

Zhou Enlai, who was still sticking to Shanghai, not only changed his address frequently, but also changed the style of his clothes frequently.Sometimes it's a suit and leather shoes, sometimes it's a Chinese-style padded gown, and sometimes a pair of round sunglasses is added.He is about to leave Shanghai, but Deng Yingchao is still in Guangzhou. It is reported that the reactionary army in Guangzhou has already taken action, and Deng Yingchao who is pregnant will definitely make things worse.The more he thought about it, the more worried he became, so he sent a sealed telegram to the Guangdong District Committee, asking Deng Ying to leave Guangdong and come to Shanghai at high speed.

Deng Yingchao was still in the hospital when she received the telegram.She was in labor at the beginning of April, but unfortunately she encountered dystocia again, and the overweight fetus died immediately after birth.Her mother, Yang Zhende, was by her side to take care of her.She learned from the newspaper that the Shanghai workers' armed uprising was led by Zhou Enlai, and there was no news of him after the National Revolutionary Army entered Shanghai. On April 15, the counter-revolutionary storm blew to Guangzhou, and the warlords went out everywhere to hunt down the Communists.The second floor of the Nanhua Bank where Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao used to live was searched by the military and police, and three comrades who lived there were arrested.One was brutally murdered the next day; the other two died in prison.When Zhou Enlai's telegram arrived, an alert comrade rushed to transfer it to Deng Yingchao before the search.She listened to the police cars whizzing by on the street from time to time, and felt anxious.At this time, Chen Tiejun from the Women's Department rushed in and told her the decision of the party organization: You have been included in the list of wanted persons, leave here as soon as possible.

As soon as Chen Tiejun left, Deng Yingchao tried to go to the ground.But the hospital is not familiar with people, where can I hide?Wang Dexin, the old doctor who delivered the baby, also felt that the atmosphere was not right, and asked Deng Yingchao if she needed help.Wang Dexin is a kind Christian, because she didn't pick up Deng Yingchao's child, she couldn't help but feel a little guilty.Deng Yingchao also saw that Dr. Wang was a kind person, so she told her about the danger she was facing. Wang Dexin thought for a while, and pulled Deng Yingchao and her daughter together: "Let's go, I'll find a place for you to take shelter." She took them to a small room behind the hospital, and waited until the hospital regularly sent German herbal ships to Hong Kong. , looking for a chance to send them away.

Deng Yingchao made the trip as she wished, stayed in Hong Kong for a few days, and then went to Shanghai by sea. It happened to be May 1 when Deng Yingchao and her mother arrived in Shanghai.When the ship arrived at the public ancestral terminal, a large number of Indian British patrolmen boarded the ship's gangway, as if they were looking for someone, and they were blocked for a long time before they were released.The two of them found a hotel to stay in, and followed Zhou Enlai’s hinted connection method in the secret telegram, and went to the "Shenzhen" office to post a missing person notice, to the effect that: Wu Hao, your long-lost wife, now I will bring her to Shanghai. , after you read the newspaper, you can meet at a certain hotel.Mother Zhende.

At that time, the Kuomintang did not know that Wu Hao was Zhou Enlai's code name. Zhou Enlai was surprised and delighted when he read the newspaper.I am happy that Deng Yingchao has arrived in Shanghai, but I am surprised that the hotel just arrested a few cadres from other places who came to Shanghai to look for the Party Central Committee yesterday.He immediately sent a traffic officer to the hotel, sent Deng Yingchao to a Japanese-run Fumin Hospital, and let Yang Zhende live in a reliable comrade's home.Deng Yingchao stayed there for two weeks, and her body has recovered. The sad thing is, because the uterus was damaged during this delivery, it is very likely that she will not be able to conceive again.She didn't care about these things, and went out to look for a house every day, and finally found one, which was relatively secluded, and Zhou Enlai moved in with her.

The rumors became more and more serious, and Si Lie, the commander of the 2nd Division of the 26th Army, also confirmed that the enemy in Shanghai was offering a reward of 25,000 yuan for the capture of Zhou Enlai. Zhou Enlai decided to leave for Wuhan first.Chen Geng took out a pair of black fine wool trousers, a jacket, a tie and brown pointed leather shoes. "Try it, I think the size is about the same." Chen Geng wiped off the dust on the brim of the hat, and handed it to Zhou Enlai.Chen Geng was a member of the Communist Party of Whampoa Phase I and has been engaged in military work under the leadership of Zhou Enlai.Not long ago, he went to the Soviet Union to study "Cheka" (secret security personnel) for three months, and when he came back, he caught up with Chiang Kai-shek's massacre.The disguise skills he learned in the Soviet Union came in handy.He has already disguised himself as a sailor and will dress Zhou Enlai as the captain or first mate.

"Wait a minute," Zhou Enlai took out a two-inch photo and asked Chen Geng to identify it: "Who do you think this is?" The person in the photo has parted hair with a slit in the middle and wears a pair of glasses.Chen Geng recalled, as if he had never seen it before. "Whampoa Military Academy." Zhou Enlai reminded. "I don't know." Chen Geng shook his head. "Haha, it's me!" Zhou Enlai laughed. "This is a photo of me in disguise. When I apply for a passport abroad, I am afraid that the enemy will recognize it. Don't worry now, even you, a great spy by my side, didn't recognize it. It can be seen that everything is safe." Zhou Enlai looked at the mirror and looked at the appearance in the photo. After dressing up, let Chen Geng check it again, and the two slipped out quietly.

At Hongkou Wharf, they were followed.Chen Geng is very familiar with this feeling of being followed.Vladivostok’s training has a special section on how to get rid of stalking—the key is to block the line of sight.He no longer dodges, but strolls around the gate of the pier and buys things at the stalls.When the people who disembarked rushed out, he pushed Zhou Enlai down, squatted on the ground, pretended to tie his shoelaces, and turned around into the freight office.The janitor at the freight office took the money and made way for a passage.At around 10 o'clock in the evening, the British ship weighed anchor.Zhou Enlai hid in the third-class cabin and did not come out for two days.Chen Geng pretended to be sleeping, holding the gun in his trouser pocket.When the boat passed Wuhu, the military and police came up to search, and it was a false alarm.

When he arrived in Jiujiang, Zhou Enlai changed into casual clothes and met others on the deck.When he arrived in Hankou, Yun Daiying drove to the pier to meet him. Zhou Enlai looked at the comrade in front of him wearing 1000-degree myopia glasses, pointed to his head, and joked: "Daiying, that's not bad, Lao Jiang is offering a reward of 50,000 yuan for it!" Yun Daiying also laughed and said: "Your head is worth more than mine. I heard that Lao Jiang paid 200,000 yuan!" Zhou Enlai corrected it quite seriously: "Where, Slie told me it was only 25,000 yuan."

"The 180,000 yuan must have been embezzled by some corrupt official?" The two laughed loudly again.Yun Daiying sent Zhou Enlai and Chen Geng to live in the Wuhan branch of the Whampoa Military Academy. It was already late May at this time, and the party's "Five National Congresses" had ended 10 days ago.However, Zhou Enlai's talent shown in the third workers' armed uprising has been understood and valued by the whole party.He was elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and served as Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.Because he had not yet arrived in Wuhan, the post of Secretary-General was represented by Cai Hesen.

After Zhou En came to Wuhan, he immediately attended the ninth meeting of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee, and three days later he attended the tenth meeting.The meeting decided that the post of Secretary-General of the Central Committee should be transferred to Li Weihan, and Zhou Enlai should be transferred to the position of Minister of Military Affairs of the Central Committee (also known as Minister of Military Affairs at that time).It was also stipulated at the meeting that the military minister should attend the Standing Committee meeting when necessary.At that time, there were only three members of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee: Chen Duxiu, Zhang Guotao, and Cai Hesen.Zhang Guotao will go to Henan again soon. On the 29th, the Standing Committee meeting decided that Zhou Enlai would represent Zhang Guotao as a member of the Central Standing Committee and participate in the core leadership of the CPC Central Committee.During this period, the Standing Committee meeting is held almost every day to deal with various urgent matters. On June 3, Qu Qiubai was added to the Standing Committee. Starting from the 4th, Chen Duxiu, Qu Qiubai, Zhou Enlai, and Cai Hesen were on duty on the Standing Committee of the Central Committee in turn.This situation continued until late June.