Chapter 46 Nie Rongzhen ordered the shooting

Zhang Fakui and Li Hanhun, the commander of the 25th Division, who received the news of the riot, were extremely shocked. They could no longer covet the coolness of Mount Lu, greeted their followers, and hurried down the mountain. When Li Hanhun arrived at the headquarters of the 25th Division at the west end of Huanglaomen Station in the south of Jiujiang, he called Zhou Shidi, the head of the 73rd Regiment, and asked him to come quickly to discuss important matters.Zhou Shidi put down the phone and didn't recover for a long time.He knew that Zhang Fakui had attended the anti-communist meeting in Lushan, and Li Hanhun had just come down from Lushan.But his team, which is preparing to participate in the riot, has not yet received the party's instructions, and does not know how to act.He asked the adjutant, "Where is Director Li?"

The adjutant replied: "Maybe he went to the hospital." "Please ask him to come back quickly, I have something urgent to find him." Li Shuoxun, director of the Political Department of the 25th Division, arrived at Jiujiang Hospital early in the morning on August 1.He came to visit his wife Zhao Juntao.Because Zhao Juntao traveled long distances with her husband, and just heard that his 27-year-old brother Zhao Shiyan was killed by the reactionaries in Shanghai, he suddenly fell ill.Li Shuoxun came to bid farewell to his wife: "I'm going to Nanchang to participate in the riots. The troops will soon go to Nanchang to concentrate. You have to go back to Shanghai. Let's say goodbye temporarily." "You have to be careful." If there is any possibility, Zhao Juntao This strong woman is willing to go forward with her husband, but she is absolutely unwilling to be a burden to him. There are tears in her eyes, but a smile on her mouth, as if it is not a farewell, but a reunion.What else did he want to say, the adjutant arrived, and as soon as he whispered in his ear, he gently shook his wife's hand and ran out of the hospital.When we arrived at the station, the party meeting had already started, and we were discussing whether Zhou Shidi should go to the division headquarters.Most party members were worried that they would be detained if they went, and advocated not to go.Although Fu Kezhen, the battalion commander of the first battalion, is a small man from Guangdong, with a personality like a pepper, he slapped his chest: "I will go on behalf of the regiment commander! If he wants to detain me, I will give him a shot first!"

Zhou Shidi thought it was wrong: "I guess Li Hanhun would not dare to detain me. If he doesn't go, he won't know their intentions, so it's better to go. If you make more preparations at home, he won't dare to do anything to me." "You go. We are in control of the house. This place is called Mahuiling. You can ride a horse and you will definitely come back!" Li Shuoxun said optimistically.That's all.Zhou Shidi took a cavalry messenger and set off on horseback from Mahuiling, where the regiment headquarters was stationed.It is only 10 miles away from Huanglaomen Station.In order to find out the situation, when he arrived at the division headquarters, he first went to Zhang Yunyi, a member of the party and the division chief of staff.When Zhang Yunyi saw Zhou Shidi, he had a strange look on his face, he rushed forward and said, "Today you have to pay attention..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Hanhun rushed in from the outside. "Captain Zhou, you're here so fast." Li Hanhun greeted affectionately, approached Zhou Shidi, and said in a low voice: "Guess what I found out in Lushan? The commander-in-chief (referring to Zhang Fakui, the commander-in-chief of the Second Front Army) appreciates you very much. He wants to use you and promote you. Don't miss the opportunity, you have to go with him, don't go with the Communist Party..." Li Hanhun didn't know Zhou Shidi's party status.When this happened, Zhou Shidi had no choice but to express his attitude: "The Fourth Army was able to win the battle in the Northern Expedition. The reason why Zhang Fakui has today's status is because of the help of the Communist Party. How many Communist Party members died on the front line! I think So, whether it is you or me, following Wang Jingwei to oppose and split the Communist Party will definitely lead to a dead end."

Li Hanhun had never seen Zhou Shidi so tough, and was about to explode when the rumble of a train coming from south to north was heard outside.Zhou Shidi went out to inquire about news from Nanchang.He boarded the train that had just stopped, and met Xu Jishen, a classmate of Whampoa Phase I and a member of the Communist Party.When Xu Jishen saw Zhou Shidi, he was taken aback, and stabbed Zhou Shidi secretly: "There is a riot in Nanchang, you should go back quickly, it's dangerous here!" Zhou Shidi realized it, and immediately got out of the car, pulled the horse from the cavalry messenger, jumped on it, whipped the horse fast, and ran back to the regiment headquarters.

Nie Rongzhen was already waiting at the regiment headquarters.He told Zhou Shidi: "A train from Nanchang has arrived. This is the signal for the uprising that Enlai and I agreed to. Nanchang has already started, and we will start to act immediately!" They studied it and decided to load the troop's baggage on the train and transport it away immediately. The troop took a nap at 1 p.m. and concentrated in De'an, 20 to 30 kilometers south of Mahuiling, according to the scheduled plan.The head of the 74th Regiment of the 25th Division was not a member of the Communist Party. The foundation of the party in this regiment was relatively poor. There was only one reconnaissance company, and the company commander was a member of the Communist Party. Nie Rongzhen informed this company to take action.Sun Yizhong, the deputy battalion commander of the 75th Regiment, was a student in the first phase of Whampoa. At that time, he was the secretary of the Communist Party branch of the 75th Regiment, and actually held the leadership of the regiment.Nie Rongzhen decided to pull out the 73rd regiment first, and ordered the 75th regiment to follow up.Before the 75th regiment set off, Nie Rongzhen said to Sun Yizhong: "Your 75th regiment lives with the division headquarters. It is easy to be spotted by Li Hanhun when you move. When you start to move, don't bring backpacks, luggage, or Just bring the food load, just bring the weapons and ammunition.” Sun Yizhong agreed one by one, but turned around and thought about it, and there was a question: “Once we are discovered by Li Hanhun, how should we answer?” “You just say pull out and fight.” In the field." ("Playing in the field" means field exercises)

At 1 p.m., the uprising troops marched in the direction of De'an as planned.The 1st Battalion of the 73rd Regiment served as the guard.Their task is to resist resolutely and cover the main force in case of enemy pursuit.The 75th Regiment also followed, and the reconnaissance company of the 74th Regiment also set off. It is the scorching heat of midsummer, the leaves are turning white and shining in the air, and countless Maemis are screaming hoarsely.The insurgents rushed forward, everyone seemed to be soaked in water, sweating profusely.The Seventy-Five Regiment has not yet fully come out.Suddenly a train came from the direction of Jiujiang.The train slowly stopped at the north end of a large iron bridge.As soon as the car door opened, a heavily armed soldier stepped on the steps, raised his arms towards the marching team, and shouted sharply: "What are you doing?" The moving team was startled by the shout, Involuntarily stopped.Someone replied: "We do military defense work."

"On whose order?" "Following the orders of the party." "Which party order?" "Communist order." "I order you to stop immediately!" Is it Zhang Fakui? !It was indeed Zhang Fakui.Originally, he and Li Hanhun were discussing how to stabilize the 25th Division. Unexpectedly, the 73rd Regiment had already set out, and when they heard that the 75th Regiment was also in motion, a cold sweat broke out on the scalp: This is not bad!Chase!They came to Mahuiling by train.The train was galloping forward, the carriages swaying wildly, chasing each other, like short-legged steel monsters, hunched over and pounced forward.

Nie Rongzhen was on the train at the south end of the big iron bridge. He heard Zhang Fakui's shout and said to a comrade next to him: "The visitor is not kind. Zhang Fakui must have come in a hurry to stop the actions of the 75th regiment." The comrade was a little worried: "If Zhang Fakui's stop is ineffective, will he jump over the wall in a hurry and pull the 74th regiment over to fight against us?" "I guess he wouldn't dare." Nie Rongzhen stepped out of the car door and looked around, "The Tenth Division and the Twenty-fourth Division have all left, and only the 12th Division and the 74th Regiment of the 25th Division are left in Jiujiang. He will not take any risks with this amount of troops, but now that Nanchang City has already taken action, we must not let Zhang Fakui go, this will increase the pressure on Nanchang." He ordered Li Platoon Leader who was closely behind him: "You Tell the driver to drive right away, and if they don’t drive, you will shoot. But you are only allowed to shoot at the sky, not people.”

"Yes!" Platoon Leader Li responded and ran towards the car door.He made a horn with his hands, and yelled at the train that Zhang Fakui was riding in the north of the bridge: "We obey Commander Zhang, and the train of Commander Zhang can pass." The driver looked directly at Zhang Fakui.Zhang Fakui closed his mouth and eyes, shaking his head.The driver ducked his head. Zhang Fakui asked again: "What are you doing?" "Go back to Guangdong!" "Going back to Guangdong requires an order from the military committee. You have to go back with us, otherwise, you will beat me to death."

Nie Rongzhen didn't care much, and shouted at Platoon Leader Li: "Fire the gun!" Li platoon leader was also unambiguous, opened the gun bolt and shot into the sky.Platoon Leader Li's men fired consecutively without waiting for an order. When Zhang Fakui heard the gunshot, he was in a state of confusion. Instead of hiding in the car, he jumped out of the car and ran for his life.Li Hanhun, who was behind him, saw the commander get off the car, and jumped out of the car himself, and the two ran for their lives in a panic.Zhou Shidi heard the gunshots and thought that the enemy was catching up. He immediately took the second and third battalions, occupied the high ground at the northwest end of De'an Station, and prepared to meet him.After Zhang Fakui and Li Hanhun jumped out of the car, the driver started the car and drove to De'an Station.Seventy-five regiments of the uprising surrounded the train. The Zhang Fakui Guard Battalion in the car has five or six hundred people, fully equipped with portable machine guns.Zhang Fakui's pistol and binoculars were also in the car.The Seventy-Five Regiment wanted to hand over their guns.They said it belonged to the headquarters and refused to hand in their guns. Nie Rongzhen instructed Zhou Shidi: "We must quickly deal with this group of enemies. You order them to surrender their guns immediately." Zhou Shidi sent a staff officer to give an order to the enemy battalion commander, and the enemy surrendered their guns.After propaganda, some soldiers and some junior officers joined the uprising team. The train that Nie Rongzhen took arrived at De'an. As soon as he approached the platform, platoon leader Li came to report that Zhang Fakui had sent a staff officer and asked to see the officer.Nie Rongzhen was a little puzzled, wondering what the hell Zhang Fakui was doing.The staff officer stepped forward respectfully, gave a military salute to Nie Rongzhen, and held a large envelope with yellow paper and red frame in both hands.Nie Rongzhen opened the envelope and couldn't help laughing.It turned out that it was Zhang Fakui who asked to return his telescope.He thought that although Zhang Fakui prevented the uprising and colluded with Wang Jingwei, he was still different from Jiang and Wang after all, and the relationship between the party and him was not broken, so he should do something to fight for it, so he asked Li Platoon Leader to hand over the telescope to Zhang Fakui's staff , At the same time, the captured guards were also released back. Later, it was said that Zhang Fakui, who fled from the desert, asked Li Hanhun: "Where is your army?" Li asked Zhang again: "Where's your army?" The two complained to each other like a cockfight.