Chapter 31 Pull out the twenty-five division

Zhou Enlai left Wuhan after dinner on the 25th. On the 24th (or 25th), Zhou Enlai held a meeting with Rominaz, Galen, and Zhang Guotao in Wuhan. At the meeting, Zhou Enlai asked the central government to quickly determine the name, political platform and strategy of the Nanchang riots, and earnestly plan to mobilize the workers and peasants in Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi and Dongjiang, Guangdong, and asked the Communist International to quickly provide arms and supplies via Shantou. The meeting decided to hold an uprising in Nanchang.And according to Galen's proposal, the direction of action of the troops after the uprising was stipulated: go south immediately, occupy Guangdong, acquire Haikou to obtain international aid, and hold the second Northern Expedition.

That night, he returned to his residence from a central meeting and told Deng Yingchao that he was going to Jiujiang, Jiangxi soon.He didn't say what to do or how long to stay.This has become Deng Yingchao's habit of strictly adhering to the confidentiality system, and she doesn't ask anything.However, there is a sinister situation ahead, and every life and separation may be death.They all tried their best to appear calm, but their hearts were burning with pain.At the door, they looked at each other, let go of the hand they had held for a long time, and said goodbye silently.Accompanied by Chen Geng on the way, he arrived in Jiujiang on the 26th.

As soon as Zhou Enlai arrived in Jiujiang, he immediately called a meeting of Li Lisan, Tan Pingshan, Deng Zhongxia, Yun Daiying, etc., and he reported the opinions of the Central Committee to the meeting.Someone asked: "Should the land of the big landlords be confiscated after the riot?" As soon as this remark came out, the venue suddenly became lively, and everyone expressed their opinions. Zhou En looked at the time, unwilling to continue the endless debate, so he clearly pointed out: "Agrarian revolution should be the main slogan." The meeting agreed with Zhou Enlai's opinion.Zhou Enlai asked again about the concentration of Jiujiang troops.

Tan Pingshan reported: "He Long's troops went from eastern Hubei to Jiujiang on July 23. I told him about the riot plan and asked for his opinion. His reaction was very strong and he immediately agreed." Zhou Enlai nodded: "I saw him in Wuchang in June, and he treated me very well. He said he listened to the Communist Party and was determined to fight to the end with the bastards like Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei. It seems that we can completely trust him comrades. Not only must Zhou Yiqun do a good job in his army, but also absorb him into the party in due course.” After the meeting, Zhou Enlai listened to reports from Nie Rongzhen, He Chang, and Yan Changyi in Ye Ting’s former headquarters in a large room. He was very satisfied with their work: “Thank you for completing the task of communication according to the deployment of the central government. You are about to go to Nanchang, and your next task is to try to pull the 25th Division to Nanchang to participate in the riots, and to take care of the troops and sporadic personnel who rushed to Jiujiang, so that they can arrive in Nanchang in time to participate in the riots."

Nie Rongzhen remembered Zhou Enlai's words and asked again: "Has the time for the uprising been decided?" "It hasn't been confirmed yet. After I arrive in Nanchang, I will make a confirmation depending on the development of the situation." "After the uprising, we didn't have a radio station, and civilian telegrams were not kept secret. How can we contact Nanchang?" Zhou Enlai thought for a while and said, "Well, as soon as Nanchang starts to take action, I will ask them to send a train to Mahuiling immediately. When you see the train, it means that Nanchang has already taken action."

Everyone agreed that this method was good. The train could not only report letters, but also transport troops and supplies to Nanchang, and they all agreed.After Zhou Enlai finished, he left the office to do other things. Nie Rongzhen said to Yan Changyi: "Our task is very important and urgent. In order to do it as soon as possible, let's divide the work. My opinion is that you stay in Jiujiang to do the support work. I will go to Mahuiling immediately to pull 20 Fifth Division." Yan Changyi agreed.Nie Rongzhen finally said: "Comrade Enlai has already left for Nanchang. The uprising may be held at any time. Let's split up."

There are only two small stations from Jiujiang to Mahuiling, and the train will arrive in less than half an hour. Nie Rongzhen got off the train and went straight to the station of the 25th Division.As he walked, he thought: It seems that the scope of communication and mobilization in the 25th Division should be expanded, so that more people can understand the intention of the Central Committee.Because the 25th Division is one of the main forces scheduled to participate in the uprising, Ye Ting once served as the deputy division commander of the division, and now the 73rd regiment of the division is the original independent regiment of Ye Ting, and Zhou Shidi, a Communist Party member, is still the head of the regiment , The foundation of the party is relatively good, and there will be no mistakes in expanding the scope of communication.But he is also aware of the difficulties: it is not easy to pull the 25th Division out of Zhang Fakui's hands and rush to Nanchang in time to participate in the uprising.The current commander of the 25th Division is Li Hanhun. He is a member of Zhang Fakui. It is impossible for him to participate in the uprising. A Communist, the instructor is Li Shuoxun.Sun Shucheng, head of the Seventy-Fourth Regiment, and Wang Erzhuo, chief of staff, are all forces controlled by the party.The 70th regiment was first led by Ye Ting and then Li Jiang. He was not a member of the Communist Party, but the three battalions under him were also under the control of the party.

At that time, Lin Biao served as the commander of the seventh company in the second battalion of the 73rd regiment where Zhou Shidi was the commander.When Lin Biao was the platoon leader in Wuchang, Zhou Shidi had a bad impression of him. "I remember Lin Biao was the platoon leader during military training. Once he violated discipline on the playground and quarreled with the chief of staff Xu Jishen. The enemy did not dare to advance under artillery fire, and the soldiers carried him away. At that time, he was very afraid of death. At that time, he had not been promoted to company commander. I don’t remember when he was promoted to company commander.” Later, Lin Biao still followed the hero’s craze. joined the uprising.

After Nie Rongzhen arrived in the 25th Division, he avoided the division commander Li Hanhun, and talked to many grassroots party members and cadres individually, and sometimes called a group of 10 or 20 people to communicate collectively.After mobilizing during the day, you have to consider your own action plan at night.In this way for 3 days in Mahuiling, he hardly slept a whole night.His eyes were red and his cheeks sunken.During this period, he also went to Mount Lushan. At that time, Borodin was in Lushan and asked him to talk about the plans and preparations for the Nanchang Uprising.Nie Rongzhen quickly went up the mountain and briefed him on the Central Committee's decision and the preparations of the troops.Zhang Tailei was the interpreter at that time.The reason why Borodin wanted to understand the situation was because he was about to return to China, and he knew the recent plans of the Chinese Communist Party so that he could explain something when he returned.So he is not the same as before. He just listens, does not speak, and does not express his opinion.Soon, he was sent back home.Liu Shaoqi also recuperated in Lushan.According to Zhou Enlai's confession, Nie Rongzhen learned about Liu Shaoqi's residence through Lin Zulie, Lin Boqu's younger brother. After meeting, he informed him that the Central Committee decided to riot in Nanchang, and asked him to be prepared and pay attention to his own safety. Liu Shaoqi moved away quickly.

He Chang returned to Wuhan.In a secluded classroom of the Hubei Provincial No. 1 Primary School near Xiongchu Building in Wuchang City, there are already more than a dozen young men and women in student attire sitting there. It was probably a bit feudal. After a dozen young men in gray military uniforms arrived, the female students immediately shrank their "position" and sat aside.This was the last meeting of the Communist Youth League before they were going to leave Wuhan.He Chang is the head of the Wuhan District of the Youth League.He was wearing a white trousers with thin black lines and walked onto the podium.The room suddenly fell silent, and the atmosphere seemed unusually serious.His tone was slow and solemn: "We first pinned our hopes on the Zhengzhou meeting, but the Zhengzhou meeting failed. Feng Yuxiang betrayed us and became a brother and brother with Chiang Kai-shek. Now, Wang Jingwei has decided to break with our party and betray the revolution." Congratulations Chang talked about the party's current tasks, requiring the party and regiment organizations to hide, and some comrades to leave Wuhan.He Chang did not explicitly mention the uprising.But those who listened to the lecture had a premonition that there would be some huge event lying ahead.The Chinese revolution is at a critical juncture.

Coming out of the meeting place, the group members suddenly found that the armed comrades who used to appear on the street in the past are now very rare. Occasionally, they ran into one or two, but they were in a hurry, as if they were in a hurry.As for those female soldiers from the Wuhan Military Academy who used to be very proud, with blue cloth W marks on their left arm sleeves and blue cloth leg wraps, none of them were seen.The mountain rain is about to come and the wind is all over the building.