Chapter 78 Lost to Hong Kong

When the quicksand withdrew, there was chaos.Those who retreated with He Long were Liu Bocheng, Lin Boqu, Peng Pai and his wife.After several small battles with the pursuers, there were only two or three hundred soldiers left.Arriving at a village near Shenquan Port, He Long asked the troops to get in touch with the local Communist Party organization, persist in the struggle and then slowly return to Hunan, and contact them after he arrived in Shanghai. After He Long and several other leaders broke up with the army, they were taken by Peng Pai to an underground relative's house, where they changed into the appearance of fellow villagers and small and medium-sized businessmen in Guangdong.

Xu Yixin, who was walking with him at the time, was still a child, and he was reluctant to throw away the red collar.When Liu Bocheng saw it, he said to him: "My little brother, when will you keep this?" It was very dangerous, so Xu Yixin had no choice but to leave it. Peng Pai was very familiar with this area. After he led He Long and his party to Shenquan Port, he rented a large fishing boat that could carry a hundred people through underground connections, and traveled by sea for another three or four days to Hong Kong. Before entering the port, He Long and the others threw all their guns into the sea in order to avoid unnecessary trouble.At that moment, their hearts were bleeding.

Nie Rongzhen and Ye Ting were not as smooth as He Long. They always followed Zhou Enlai. In the confusion, the stretcher bearers also ran away, leaving only two guards. They took turns carrying Zhou Enlai on their backs, sometimes supported by Ye Ting or Nie Rongzhen.The situation is very dangerous, because among the five people, the only weapon is the small pistol on Ye Ting's waist, and the others are unarmed. Zhou Enlai still had a fever and couldn't even eat porridge. Sometimes he lost his mind and shouted from time to time.They tried to avoid the main roads, but they were unfamiliar with the small roads, so they stopped and went.Fortunately, Peng Pai has worked here for many years and has a solid foundation among the masses. The peasants knew that they came from the rebel army, but they still warmly received them and gave them food and drink.With the help of farmers, they found Yang Shihun, Secretary of the Shantou Municipal Party Committee who fled here.

Yang Shihun is a local who has worked in the central government and is very familiar with Zhou Enlai and Nie Rongzhen.Nie Rongzhen was not polite, and immediately proposed: "Comrade Shi Hun, you are familiar with the local situation, so you can't leave us. We can't even understand the local dialect. You have to find a way to escort us to Hong Kong. The relationship along the way You are familiar with it too, right?" Yang Shihun was very happy and didn't refuse: "Don't worry, as long as I'm here, I won't leave you behind." He leaned over and touched Zhou Enlai's forehead again: "Oh, it's so hot, find a place quickly!"

That night, they moved to a small village called Huangcuoliao not far from Quicksand, where they hid in the home of District Party Secretary Huang Xiuwen.After turning on the lamp, Huang Xiuwen could clearly see Zhou Enlai's yellowish face and high cheekbones. He had already lost a lot of weight.There is only one big bed in the house, and a grass bunk is temporarily prepared on the ground floor. Huang Xiuwen felt a little sorry: "The place is too narrow, please rest on this bed." Zhou Enlai sat on the edge of the bed: "It's okay, it's fine." The next day, it was raining heavily and the waves in the sea were churning.When Huang Xiuwen came in, he found that Zhou Enlai hadn't eaten and his face was very red, so he asked uneasily, "Comrade Zhou Enlai, are you sick?"

"A little uncomfortable, but it's okay." Yang Shihun was anxious and said: "Comrade Zhou Enlai has had a fever for a long time. He was overtired yesterday, and today his fever is even worse." Ye Ting, who was wandering in the house in deep thought, suddenly turned his face and asked Huang Xiuwen, "Can you find a connection with the Lufeng County Party Committee?" "I can find it. The county party committee has a secret traffic station." "Then Comrade Xiuwen, please report to the county party committee and try to find a reliable doctor to treat Comrade Enlai's illness; at the same time, send people to hire a boat and sail to Hong Kong when the wind and waves calm down." After Ye Ting finished speaking, he turned to ask Zhou Enlai Opinion, "Do you think it is good?"

"It's very good to hire a boat. But I don't think you should bother the county party committee about hiring a doctor. My illness is not a big deal, and I can survive the march and war. Besides, the environment is much more stable now." Zhou Enlai sat up while talking, as if to prove that his body could still support it. "No, you have suffered enough from the disease, you should get a diagnosis and treatment as soon as possible!" Ye Ting did not change his words.Nie Rongzhen and Yang Shihun on the side also persuaded Zhou Enlai to agree with Huang Xiuwen to report to the county party committee.

In the afternoon, when Zhou Enlai's high fever subsided a bit, he asked Huang Xiuwen to find the responsible cadre of the county peasant association and a squadron leader of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army to come to his house. He wanted to know about the peasant movement and the armed struggle here. Comrades from the County Agricultural Association told him that a few days ago, under the leadership of Comrade Dong Lang, the rest of the 24th Division had thrown off the enemy's pursuit, passed through Xintian and Hekou, and now safely arrived at Brownstone Creek and Zhonghe in Hailufeng. Cave.

Zhou Enlai felt a little relieved: "That's all right. With the combination of the revolutionary army and the mass movement, the revolutionary flame of the Nanchang riot will be ignited again in Hailufeng." Perhaps this is Zhou Enlai’s deep-rooted pain in leading the uprising—in March 1944, he pointed out the main mistake of the Nanchang Uprising: I think its main mistake is that it did not adopt the policy of local revolution, and the army should not be pulled away after the uprising. Even if you want to go, you should not go too far.At that time, if the agrarian revolution was carried out on the spot, the disbanded military students in Wuhan and some peasants who survived the uprising in Hubei and Hubei could be gathered together, and they could develop their own strength even more.However, after the Nanchang Uprising, instead of carrying out an agrarian revolution locally, it went far away to Shantou; instead of slowly developing locally, it was a purely military offensive and went to the seaport, hoping to get arms from the Soviet Union.If there is an on-the-spot revolution, it may not be possible to keep Nanchang, but the situation in the three provinces of Hunan, Hubei, and Jiangxi will be different, and they will be able to join the Autumn Harvest Uprising troops led by Comrade Mao Zedong...

Zhou Enlai, who was ill, was treating the storm. On the fourth day, Huang Xiuwen was notified by the county party committee that he was asked to escort Zhou En to Xibi Village, a well-established revolutionary base, for medical treatment. There was a reliable doctor of traditional Chinese medicine there.That night, he prepared a sedan chair and sent Zhou En to the meeting place that the county party committee had already arranged.Nie Rongzhen, Ye Ting and others also followed. After four or five days, before dawn, they returned to Huang Xiuwen's house.But Zhou Enlai's condition has not improved, and the only way now is to arrive in Hong Kong for medical treatment as soon as possible.But the weather was not good. Although the rainstorm had stopped, the strong wind still rolled up the huge waves and beat the coast violently.I had no choice but to stay for a few more days.

Huang Xiuwen's father was a person who had suffered all his life. Seeing these people leave their hometowns made him feel very uncomfortable.One day, he went to buy a fresh fish that weighed 3 jins, and happily prepared it and brought it to the house. Ye Ting laughed when he saw it: "Hey, old man, how do you buy fish? Your family is not rich, and besides, the pickles are already delicious!" The old father said: "You have a heavy workload, and this comrade is ill again. How can you not eat some fish to strengthen your body!" Zhou Enlai was very sorry: "You still have to take care of us when you are old. We are not bad. You care too much." He pointed to the fish plate and said: "The dish is ready, please send a plate to us. Old lady, try it, you come here to eat too." The old father couldn't resist Zhou Enlai and Ye Ting, so he had to sit at the dinner table, but the chopsticks always caught pickles. Zhou Enlai picked up a piece of fish and put it in Huang Xiuwen's father's bowl. Ye Ting also said to the two guards: "Why, you are restrained too, let's charge it!" Made everyone laugh.After they left, the old man realized that they were two "big officials". After staying for about half a month, the boatman came to inform that it was time to go to sea.Everyone is very happy.In the evening, Huang Xiuwen hired another sedan chair to carry Zhou Enlai to the boat.Before leaving, they said goodbye to his father, thank you very much.The old father was also moved by it, and prayed: "God bless you all have a safe journey!" Sailing.The sky was gray and the waves were roaring.The boat was so small, it was a flat boat. 5 people packed the boat to the brim.They arranged Zhou Enlai to lie down in the cabin, and there was no room for another person in the cabin.In the wind and waves, the boat shook so badly that it was difficult to stand or even sit firmly. Nie Rongzhen was afraid of being thrown into the sea, so he found a rope to tie his body to the mast. Ye Ting laughed straight: "You can figure it out thanks to you." The boat bumped into the sea for two days and one night, and finally sailed into Lei Yue Mun in Hong Kong on a clear morning, and docked in the sea of ​​Causeway Bay. After disembarking, Yang Shihun said: "You are here to take care of Comrade Enlai. I will contact the provincial party committee. Now the Guangdong provincial party committee is working in Hong Kong."