Chapter 51 Xu Guangda and Chen Yi walked the same path

Xu Guangda, who later became a general of the Republic, arrived in Nanchang on this day.Xu Guangda, formerly known as Xu Dehua, studied at the Whampoa Military Academy in 1926 and served as a trainee platoon leader in the Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army in 1927. On the evening of August 1, he went to the bookstore in Jiujiang City to buy books. Along the way, he saw pedestrians dodging and the atmosphere was very abnormal.I met an acquaintance, and after inquiring, I learned that there was a mutiny in Nanchang.Although Xu Guangda has been in the party for more than two years, he is at the grassroots level and does not know what kind of mutiny Nanchang was.But the matter was so important that he hurried back to the camp without thinking about buying books.

Early the next morning, Huang, the leader of the party group, came to him and quietly told him that Nanchang was a riot led by the party.Xu Guangda was overjoyed, and hugged Lao Huang: "That's great, we should have done this long ago! Otherwise, we would all be suffocated to death." Lao Huang was calmer and said: "Your identity has been exposed, and you are in danger here. Let's go together with the other communists from the artillery battalion." "How?" Xu Guangda was a little nervous by this sudden decision. "Pretend to be deserted, hurry to Nanchang, and find your own team."

The matter was urgent, and Xu Guangda didn't bother to take anything. He found a few other party members and sneaked out of the camp gate. After reaching the street, seven people lined up in a row, pretending to be on a mission, with their heads buried and their feet buried. Hurry up, hurried out of the city, and came to the south gate, Lao Huang said that a liaison officer was waiting there. "Hey, are you going to play in the wild?" The voice was not high, but sweet.Looking back, a female soldier in military uniform came from a small road. "We are playing in the wild." This is the secret code for the connection.Lao Huang took out the letter of introduction from the Jiujiang City Party Organization.

The female soldier read the letter of introduction, signed it, and told them: Zhang Fakui was anti-communist.Yesterday, when the 73rd regiment led by Zhou Shidi set off, Zhang Fakui and his guards chased after them by train. Fortunately, Zhou Shidi and the others opened fire and were not stopped.Now you can't go in the direction of Huanglaomen, and the train is no longer available. You should find a way to Nanchang by yourself.As she said that, she took out seven red ties: "This is the emblem of the rebel army, wear it when you see the rebel army." When Lao Huang distributed the red ties, the female soldier turned around and took out a bamboo basket from the bushes.She quickly lifted the cloth on the bamboo basket, ho, there are 7 short guns and a pack of bullets.

"Who will we report to when we arrive in Nanchang?" Lao Huang asked. Due to his anxiety and his native Yunnan accent, the female soldier couldn't hear clearly, so she blinked.Xu Guangda repeated it. "As long as it's the rebel army, any part will do. Submit the letter of introduction, and someone will assign you tasks." "Which way should we go?" Lao Huang led the team, trying to figure it out. "You can go anywhere, as long as you go quickly!" The female soldier took out some silver dollars, "This is the travel expenses, comrades, goodbye, I wish you all the best!" As the female soldier said, she shook hands with them one by one to say goodbye. Disappeared without a trace.

"This man is interesting!" Lao Huang and the others set out on the road, looking back for the shadow of the female soldier, but they couldn't see anything.Several people joked that this person is a goddess descending to earth.Walking halfway, Lao Huang suddenly called out: "Where are we going?" The seven people stopped together, scratching their heads.Some people say: Go to Lushan Mountain, walk along the Ganjiang River, you can bypass the checkpoints of Zhang Fakui and Li Hanhun, and go directly to Nanchang.OK, let's go. The 7 people threw off their feet and went to cross Lushan Mountain.When night fell, they were also deep in Lushan Mountain, taking advantage of the night, with one foot high and one foot low, desperately rushing on their way.

On the morning of August 6, they finally arrived at the city of Nanchang.Seeing the city outline in the smoke from a distance, they became excited, as if they saw the end of the starting line, they stepped up and came to the gate of the city.A few people took a closer look: "No, the gate guards don't look like one of our own!" Lao Huang also felt that something was wrong: there were military police standing guard at the gate, and there were corpses strewn about beside the city gate. Looking closely, the corpses were also wearing red ties around their necks!Did the riot fail and all the troops were wiped out?Impossible, the Communist Party in Nanchang is several times stronger than the enemy, so it won't be overturned overnight; besides, the female soldiers won't let us come to Nanchang to find an organization if they fail.The door guard was cruising, and glanced over from time to time.It's not appropriate to wait for a long time, so hide first.

A few of them got off the road, groped in the woods, and slipped to the river before sitting down to catch their breath. Lao Huang asked Jiangxi old cousin Yang Shiren to go to the fisherman to inquire about the situation in Nanchang City.The fisherman told them that the rioting soldiers had left. There is also a notice signed by Zhang Fakui posted on the riverside: Ye Ting He Long, entrenched in Nanchang, plots to commit crimes, implement redification, this commander-in-chief, shed tears to express gratitude to the party and state.Obviously, the rebel army has left Nanchang and moved.Yang Shiren's face was gloomy, and he said that his home was in Gao'an County, and he wanted to go home, and he didn't want to chase south any further.Some people also advocate waiting for a few days to see the movement before leaving.

Xu Guangda firmly disagreed, he was a little excited: "The red flags have been raised, we must keep up, use our feet to catch up with the revolution!" Comrades who agreed with Xu Guangda left Yang Shiren behind and chased south along the Fuhe River.After chasing for a long distance, Xu Guangda was the first to discover the road signs left by the rebel army, and his heart felt hot.Everyone squatted on the ground and studied the blurred arrow, like carefully guarding a wind lantern. In any case, life and death are in the direction of the arrow! They are on the road again.In the evening of the second day, they walked to an abandoned village site, and they were so tired that several of them fell asleep leaning against the ruined wall.They were asleep when they suddenly stopped drinking, waking them up.

Before they could figure out what was going on, their pistols had been confiscated.There was a buffalo standing in front of it, with a man who looked like an officer on its back, and there were some scattered teams behind them, all pointing guns at Xu Guangda and the others. The officer on the back of the buffalo asked, "What are you doing?" "The laggards." Lao Huang replied, and asked, "Which part are you from?" "I belong to the 20th Army!" "The 20th Army?" Lao Huang and the others were relieved when they heard that it was He Long's army.

"Report to the battalion commander, it was found from them." A soldier handed the three graduation certificates of "Central Military and Political School Wuhan Branch" found to the man on the back of the bull. "Oh, from the fifth phase of Whampoa, I am from the third phase of Whampoa." The officer on the back of the buffalo climbed down and spoke more politely: "I told you guys, stop chasing us, and do it with us!" It turned out that this group of people was originally a battalion under He Long's 20th Army, and they mutinied on the way after the uprising.The battalion commander was very interested in the appearance of Xu Guangda, a quiet scholar, and forced him to be his clerk, and took them away without any explanation.At dawn, the group walked into a village, and Xu Guangda was coerced into a rich man's house.The owner of the house welcomes the battalion commander into the main room.The host ordered the smoking guns to be served. Xu Guangda slipped out of the main room while the battalion commander was addicted to cigarettes.Ask the sentinel at the door in the tone of a clerk: "Where are my brothers?" "It's next door. We dare not neglect the people the battalion commander wants to use." "The room is so stuffy, I'll walk around the door." Xu Guangda said casually, assuming a clerk's posture. Xu Guangda stepped into the next yard.This yard is very small, with 3 main rooms, and there is a haystack in the yard. Under the haystack, there is a person sitting indistinctly. You can't see it clearly, only a trace of sparks, flickering, like smoking.Xu Guangda shouted loudly: "Who is standing guard here?" After hearing a panicked sound, the sparks went out, and a short soldier stood in front of Xu Guangda: "Report sir, it's me." He saw clearly that it was Xu Guangda who was newly "in charge", and immediately nodded and bowed: "Oh, clerk, you... ..." "Standing guard and smoking! And next to the haystack!" Xu Guangda first gave him a warning.The sentinel bent even lower. Xu Guangda ordered him: "Let them all come out, the battalion commander told them to go." The sentinel obediently brought them out and told them to follow Xu Guangda.Xu Guangda led the man out of the courtyard, and turned to tell the sentinel: "Forget it this time, next time I see you standing guard smoking, I will report to the camp!" The sentinel was very grateful.As soon as Xu Guangda and the others left the yard, they quietly left the village, and ran away as soon as they got on the road.They didn't stop to catch their breath until the sun peeped in the east. On the road, I kept meeting some people who slipped out of the rebel army.But they still chased forward, and they would not stop until they caught up with the large forces of the rebel army.They chased to the edge of Ningdu city. "Da da!" A burst of trumpets sounded.This voice is too familiar, isn't this our roll call? "Red tie, look, the sentinel's red tie!" "Let's wear this too!" Lao Huang took out his treasured red tie and motioned everyone to put it on. At the gate of the city, the sentinel asked, "Password?" "Play in the wild!" "What, fighting in the field?!" The sentinel hesitated for a moment, and suddenly realized, "Yes, it is fighting in the field. However, comrades, the password has been changed now, it is no longer called 'fighting in the field', it is called 'down with Chiang Kai-shek', remember Are you staying? Let’s go to town.” Xu Guangda and the others were relieved.As soon as he entered the city, he slumped on the ground and didn't want to get up.But my mind was always puzzled: there was an uprising, and it was a good idea to not occupy Nanchang City, so why was the evacuation so hasty?