Chapter 57 first square

He Long's 20th Army set off relatively late, around the 5th.Although He Long did not quite agree with the selected evacuation route, he still firmly implemented the decision of the former committee.Before leaving, he also issued a detailed statement, which was organized by He Long's actual speech. There was no empty talk in it. It was vivid and profound, full of He Long's wisdom and humor, and it is still as fresh as ever when I read it today. It is also one of the reasons why He Long has always had appeal.His proclamation is briefly recorded as follows: The Nanchang Uprising was really a great revolutionary action, a revolutionary action that truly supported the Prime Minister's doctrine and policies.Because the first northern expedition of our National Revolutionary Army turned into a personal victory for Chiang Kai-shek.

The party power movement in March this year was again used by Tang Shengzhi, and the second Northern Expedition also turned into a victory for Feng Yuxiang and Tang Shengzhi.The Central Party Headquarters and government of the Chinese Kuomintang in Nanjing were personal tools of Chiang Kai-shek, while Wu Zhihui and Cai Zimin’s generation were his decorations; the so-called Central Party Headquarters and National Government in Wuhan were still three-thirds popular, leaders recognized by everyone When Wang Jingwei first returned to China, he was very ambitious. He told us at the beginning: "If China does not solve the land issue, the national revolution will have no hope of success." However, when he heard Tang Shengzhi and He Jian's savage warriors snort, he was so frightened that he hid the resolution he had drafted in his purse and dared not publish it.

Xu Kexiang was a head of the regiment. In Changsha and other places, he killed 10,000 workers and peasants and service comrades of party departments at all levels. , isn’t this clearly rewarding the warlords for doing counter-revolutionary, anti-peasant and worker activities against the Party and the country? Such a party, such a government, such a leader, what use is there for him!Therefore, in order to maintain Premier Sun's socialist policy and support the victory of the revolution, we have to resolutely obey the orders of the revolutionary committees organized by the majority of comrades in charge of the Central Committee in Nanchang and provincial party departments, and act as our party's revolutionary comrades in Nanchang. And advocated by people with lofty ideals across the country.This kind of action is completely based on the party's point of view. It is definitely not that I, Commander He Long and Ye Ting, want to plot against the commander and seek power.This is the first thing you comrades should understand.

Some people doubted: "We have left the party, the government, and the political leader—Wang Jingwei—and the military leader Zhang Fakui. What will we base on?" Such a pitiful state of cowardice like a child leaving his mother, we Every comrade, especially armed comrades, should never have one. We naturally have a revolutionary party, a revolutionary government, and revolutionary leaders to lead us, but the so-called Wuhan Central Party Headquarters, the Nationalist Government, and the so-called Wang Jingwei have become dysfunctional puppets, and have become new warlords like Tang Shengzhi and He Jian. Tool of.What do we want him for!This is the second thing that comrades should understand.

Nine out of ten of our subordinate officers, especially comrades in the soldiers, are of poor peasant origin.Our revolutionary action this time is not only a struggle to implement the agrarian revolution and solve the peasants' problems, but it is also a struggle to solve our own problems.Since we are fighting to solve our own problems, we should endure hardships, sacrifice, and endure hunger and heat.This is the third thing that comrades should understand. During the long march under the scorching sun, comrades will definitely get sick, and even die of illness. Commander Ye and I are naturally uneasy, but who gave us this pain?

The first is Tang Shengzhi He Jian.Because they betrayed the revolution, betrayed the party, robbed the central bank of cash, and caused the central bank notes to plummet; the second is Zhu Peide.He forcibly withdrew 2 million yuan in cash from Jiangxi Bank to fill his pockets, causing the price of Jiangxi banknotes to drop sharply, and the people even refused to use them.Our Second Front Army can't get cash, and all the salaries we receive are banknotes, and we can't buy food and fodder. As a result, my armed comrades, who have worked hard and fought hard, can't cure hunger when they are tired, and Wang Jingwei is still there every day. The entire revolutionary army of the Second Front Army prolongs its shameless political life with the heart of quick Tang Shengzhi, causing our Second Front Army to fall apart and be displaced. We feel the pain, so we have to think of the enemies who made us suffer Tang Shengzhi, He Jian, Zhu Peide, Wang Jingwei, we must muster up the courage to go to Guangdong.Only when we arrive in Guangdong can we preserve our real revolutionary strength, develop our true revolutionary strength, and build a new revolutionary base.

Our visit to Guangdong is not negative, but positive; it is not to send Guangdong comrades back to their hometowns, but to gather revolutionary comrades from all provinces to prepare for the third Northern Expedition, to realize the Prime Minister’s three major policies, to implement the Prime Minister’s Three People’s Principles, and to overthrow all old and new warlords and traitors. Wang Jingwei, who survived the party, and so on, this is the fourth thing that comrades should know. Now that we understand that we are revolutionizing and sacrificing for ourselves, we should protect the people, especially the general poor workers and peasants, and oppose Laf. We should also protect the merchants and not forcibly buy or sell them.Otherwise, we are not a revolutionary party. We are fighting the same war as the old and new warlords. We are fighting against Chiang Kai-shek, Tang Shengzhi and others to seize territory. It is a counter-revolutionary action and the result is against the interests of the people.This is the fifth thing comrades should understand.

The commander-in-chief never likes to talk too much about running the army, but if he has said it, he must do it, and both parties are bound by party discipline and military discipline. Our revolutionary comrades must abide by the above five things, and the success of the revolution will not be far away. We are willing to encourage all comrades. In the "first phalanx" where He Long is located, there are many glasses - there are many intellectuals: Guo Moruo, Yun Daiying, Gao Yuhan, etc., can be said to be "learned and rich, talented", their glasses glow in the sun , but people can suffer.Except for Yun Daiying's "Gandhi"-like "ascetic monk" appearance, Gao Yuhan is shaking his tall body, sometimes singing songs and sometimes reciting poems.It was Guo Moruo who sang with him.Although Guo Moruo suffered minor injuries from the defeat of the Third Army on Nanxun Road a few days ago, he is still in good spirits.

There is also a lot of gray hair - there are a lot of old people.Tan Pingshan, chairman of the presidium, wore a Chinese tunic suit and a flat straw hat, and rode a black horse.Everyone called him Chairman Tan, which was what Tan Yankai used to be called, but now it is quite natural to call him, and Tan Pingshan agreed.Peng Zemin, Minister of the Overseas Department of the Central Committee, is not yet 60 years old, but his hair is all white. He has a slender figure, and he seems to be walking very hard. He is often seen standing on the side of the road panting.He also brought along a wife who was about the same age as him. This old couple is really the most pitiful figure in the army, because they all grew up overseas, and I'm afraid they haven't suffered such hardships in their lives.Then there is Jiang Jihuan, the provincial chairman, who also retreated with the army.Although his physique seems to be better than that of Peng Zemin, his difficulty is that he is too fat. It is already difficult for a fat person in hot weather. Now it is difficult to climb mountains and ridges under the scorching sun.

The two old men, Xu Teli and Lin Boqu, were in particularly good spirits. When they saw some young fellows resting on the road, they always greeted with a smile: "Hey, Comrade, cheer up and let's go!" These five people, plus the commander in chief Liao Ganwu, Director of the Political Department of the Ministry, Fang Weixia, Director of the Political Department of the First Division, and Gao Yuhan, Secretary of the Secretary Office, are basically "sitting on five and looking at six" in age, and they are called "Eight Immortals" by everyone.Even Wang Weilian, who later joined the enemy, had to admit: "Although these eight people are old, they don't accept their old age. They travel over mountains and rivers, and walk dozens of miles a day. They don't think it's hard. They grow stronger when they grow old. There are plenty of them."

Chief of Staff Liu Bocheng is always unhurried and in good spirits.When others sat down to rest, he took out a military book and read it carefully.He said reading was rest for him. Secretary-General Wu Yuzhang took a sedan chair as an exception because of his heavy hemorrhoids and his extremely thin body. Zhang Guotao, the agricultural and industrial committee member, is also fat. On such a day, he is listless, as if he has been cut off from opium.He always walks with Peng Pai.Peng Pai was the exact opposite of him.He is the liveliest one in this phalanx, singing and dancing all the way, totally like an innocent child.Sing the Internationale and Cantonese opera, "Naughty boy!" Gao Yuhan always laughed at him like this.There is a real child in this queue, his name is Xu Yizhen, he is only 11 years old, he is said to have joined the Communist Youth League, and he is serious and hardworking, which makes the "adults" admire him. The guards of the Revolutionary Committee and the Staff Group have a heavy burden.In addition to guard duties, he was also responsible for escorting a large number of weapons and ammunition seized in Nanchang.In addition to a pistol, each person carried two rifles, more than 200 rounds of ammunition, backpacks, military blankets, water bottles, lunch boxes, foreign picks, and shovels, weighing a total of about 60 catties.In addition, each shift carried a big tent, and each shift had to take care of a civilian man carrying a gun. General Su Yu was the squad leader in the guard at that time.He was very impressed with the march. There was not even a single cloud in the sky in August. It was really hot and tiring to travel seventy or eighty miles a day. On the first day of marching, more than a dozen comrades of the 77th Regiment died of heatstroke.The civilian husbands at that time were different from the migrant workers who were mobilized and organized from the base areas in the later war years. They might escape at any time, which made the guards very nervous ideologically.There was one of the youngest soldiers in the guard. If he was not paying attention, the civilian husband ran away, so he had to pick up the gun by himself, but he couldn't pick up the gun after walking too far.Because of this, a lot of captured weapons and ammunition were lost along the way. Zhou Enlai walked in this queue. Although he was talking and laughing, the careful Guo Moruo still saw some shadows through his glasses: "Enlai, it's rare to see you so sad!" Zhou Enlai turned around: "Am I sad? No." Guo Moruo walked up: "Isn't everything arranged?" What." Zhou Enlai stopped: "I always have some kind of ominous sign, is there any loophole?" Guo Moruo was puzzled.He admired Zhou Enlai most for his meticulousness and thoughtfulness, and his calmness when things went wrong, so why did he doubt himself now? From the perspective of the entire army, the situation of the first large march was not ideal, and it seemed to be in disarray.After walking 90 miles that day, when they camped at Lijiadu, many cadres had blisters on their feet.Ordinary cadres always want to bring more daily necessities before setting off, but after going on the road, the weight of these things seems to be increasing, and the beloved things that weigh a few taels also become heavy pendants at this time.At the request of many cadres, it was decided to throw away these burdens.On the beach by the Lijiadu River, all kinds of clothes, books, and utensils were piled up like a hill, and they were set on fire to show their determination. When all these things were reduced to ashes, some people couldn't help sighing and said: "Why are we so stupid, why don't we distribute these things to the local people?" On the way from Lijiadu to Fuzhou, Zhou Enlai waited by the roadside, waiting for the limping Zhang Guotao to come up.Zhou Enlai's face was dark, and he said: "According to a report from a comrade who escaped, Cai Tingkai, the tenth division who marched to Jinxian, has already rebelled and dragged the team to the east!" Zhou Enlai's premonition was correct.