Chapter 50 work hard

After another night and day of sailing, at 4 pm on August 4, the fleet of the teaching group arrived in Jiujiang. Unlike the usual busy scene, Jiujiang Wharf was deserted as if it had been robbed.On the contrary, there were many more soldiers with guns, patrolling the pier, checking pedestrians.All ships coming and going are not allowed to dock.As soon as the passenger ship of the regiment headquarters anchored in the middle of the river, a small boat sailed from the shore, and there were about 10 officers and soldiers on board.After the small boat was helped, an officer climbed onto the big boat and said to the regiment headquarters: "Commander Zhang has an order. Those who have guns put down their guns. The Kuomintang and the Communist Party are separated. You leave your guns on the boat and go ashore with your bare hands to assemble!"

The head of the regiment obeyed and asked everyone to put their guns on the boat and go ashore one after another.The soldiers didn't listen to the head of the regiment. Some quietly threw their guns into the river, and more people went ashore with their guns on their backs.In the twilight, the team was brought to the large lawn in front of the Jiujiang Federation of Trade Unions.The staff at the general headquarters saw that the troops went ashore silently. Although there were gunmen, there was no misconduct, so they asked the gunmen to put up their guns, and then shouted a password, turned back, and walked in unison to keep the troops away from the gunmen. place.Another command was called, and the whole regiment sat down on the lawn.

It doesn't look like there are any signs of arresting people, but the troops are waiting, who are they waiting for? After a while, under the moonlight, a group of high-ranking officers with their riding boots rattling came.People familiar with the upper echelon had already recognized that Zhang Fakui, commander-in-chief of the Second Front Army, was walking ahead, followed by Huang Qixiang, commander of the Fourth Army.One is thin and the other is fat, and their military appearance is very neat. The regiment rose.Contrary to everyone's expectations, Zhang Fakui, who looked serious, spoke in an unusually peaceful and friendly tone.

He first stated that asking "comrades" to lay down their arms was not intentional to make things difficult for everyone. It was because the military situation had changed and the Communist Party in Nanchang had rioted. "Ye Ting and He Long are not friends enough. I'm sorry. They took away several of my divisions and almost brought down the Second Front Army." Zhang Fakui spoke louder and louder, and his voice spread far in the clear night sky: "I, Zhang Fakui, want to Revolutionary, although I am not the Communist Party, but I and the Communist Party have the same goal and the same revolutionary goal. I know that there are many Communist Party members in the teaching group. If you are willing to go with Ye Ting and He Long, I will send them out of the country without any harm. Not the Communist Party Yes, I hope you will stay and study with peace of mind, and join me in conquering Chiang."

The team was quiet, a little overwhelmed.It should be said that Zhang Fakui also had a relationship with the teaching group: on the day Wang Jingwei launched a counter-revolutionary coup, Tang Shengzhi, the commander-in-chief of the First Front Army of the National Revolutionary Army, suddenly ordered the Wuhan Military Academy to conduct a field exercise in Hongshan.At the same time, he secretly ordered his direct army commanders He Jian, Li Pinxian, Liu Xing and others to lead a team to surround the teachers and students of the branch school on Hongshan in an attempt to annihilate them in one fell swoop.When the war was about to break out, Ye Jianying, who was the chief of staff of the Fourth Army, immediately went to Zhang Fakui and persuaded him to take the opportunity to break out of the siege and incorporate the armed force of the military academy to strengthen the strength of the Second Front Army.Accepting Ye Jianying's advice, Zhang Fakui immediately showed his signboard as a "leftist" leader and negotiated in person.Frightened by Zhang Fakui's pressure, Tang Shengzhi and He Jian had to terminate their long-planned conspiracy.This is how the Wuhan branch was reorganized into a teaching group.

"Let's do this." Zhang Fakui stepped back, leaving more space, "Since the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are separated, we will also divide one. Everyone goes their own way, don’t make any misunderstandings!” Still no one in the team moved—those who are not Communists naturally don’t have to move; those who are Communists don’t want to reveal their identities at this moment.The team remains the same.Zhang Fakui was taken aback.Then he laughed: "Okay, since everyone is willing to leave with me, Zhang, I won't abandon everyone, let's disband and rest."

That night, at the temporary station, Chen Yi secretly convened a meeting with the party leaders of each unit to study the way out.Some people advocated leaving overnight and rushing to Nanchang to join Ye and He; Everyone thinks that those who have not been exposed as party members should stay as much as possible so that they can control the troops.They also estimated that the troops of the Nanchang riots would go to Guangdong, and Zhang Fakui's troops were mostly Cantonese, and they would have to return to Guangdong in the future.If the teaching team can maintain its organizational system, it would be ideal to join Ye and He's troops when they arrive in Guangdong.

Where is Chen Yi going by himself?He smoked one after another, and his companions were also frowning.His identity has been semi-public, and many people call him the secretary of the general branch.He also agreed with everyone's opinion, rubbed out the cigarette with the heel of his shoe: "Okay, I'll leave." The later fate of the teaching group was as mentioned above: Zhang Fakui hesitated, which led to Ye Jianying's "self-recommendation".The teaching group stayed, and there were about 1,200 people left.Among them, more than 200 unexposed party members formed a branch again.

At midnight on August 4th, Chen Yi could no longer delay, and Xiao Jin, the spy company commander, accompanied him.Before leaving, the three platoon leaders of the secret service company were all sympathizers of the party. They persuaded Chen Yi to stay: "You are a CP member, and we will cooperate in the future. We must not kill each other. It doesn't matter if you are with us. As long as there is no order from above, we will never do anything to you. If there is an order from above, even our big officials cannot protect you, and it is not too late for you to leave." Chen Yi is an emotional person.His eyes were wet, and he shook hands with the three of them heavily, without speaking.

At 1 am on August 5, he and Xiao Jin hit the road.Both Chen Yi and Xiao Jin had an extra thought, don't listen to Zhang Fakui's good words, regardless of the railways and highways, there must be soldiers, if they stop them, they don't want to "gift" them back.Therefore, instead of heading south directly, they headed east first, and then turned to Nanchang.The moon is in the middle of the sky.Mottled moonlight casts in the woods.There was no wind, and there was an air of terror in the tranquility.Occasionally, passers-by on the road disappeared as soon as they saw them wearing military uniforms; lights were on on the windows, and they wanted to ask for directions, but when they knocked on the door and heard the accent, they immediately turned off the lights.Tired from walking, they turned into a dark town, but they encountered interrogation at the town entrance.Is it from the Farmers Association?Taking a closer look, his eyebrows and eyes are raised and his eyes are fierce. He must be against the militia.Because they were wearing military uniforms, it was useless at the moment, and the militia did not dare to be arrogant, so they let them go after asking a few questions.

But the small inn in the town refused to accommodate the two strangers.After walking all night, sleepy and hungry, the two of them went into the woods by the roadside to take a rest when it was almost dawn.But when he closed his eyes, he entered the "Menglong Kingdom".By the time they woke up, the sun had already hit their asses.It's getting hotter.They took off their military uniforms and started on the road again. They did not arrive in Nanchang until the night of August 6.When I went ashore and saw it, my heart sank.The streets are full of Zhang Fakui's soldiers.After inquiring, they said that they had just arrived from Jiujiang by train. Some soldiers were unloading some committee signboards; others were carrying buckets and brushing revolutionary slogans.From time to time, soldiers escorting "prisoners" passed by shouting from the street. Chen Yi blushed anxiously: How could there be any shadow of the rebel army?Where should I find it now?