Chapter 80 Zhu De, Chen Yi and Lin Biao in trouble

The 25th Division did encounter the situation mentioned in Nie Rongzhen's letter.The situation of this army is extremely dangerous.The enemy's army was overwhelming, and the Kuomintang troops gathered in Chaoshan and Sanheba areas had more than 5 divisions, with a total of about 40,000 people. They were aggressively looking for the last fortress of the rebel army and fought the final decisive battle. Internally, the remnants of the rebel army had just assembled from all sides, and under the blow of sudden defeat, they were quite chaotic both organizationally and ideologically.They were isolated and helpless, and they had lost contact with the leadership of the uprising army. Zhu De could only be responsible for everything independently and make decisive decisions promptly.

According to Chen Yi: Comrade Zhu De's status was not considered important during the Nanchang riots, and no one listened to him. Everyone just respected him as an old comrade.But at this time, although most of the troops below were not his old troops and it was difficult to lead them, he still showed his true qualities as a hero and became the leader of this army.Some people were dissatisfied at first.Zhu De is no longer polite: "I am a member of the Communist Party. I have the responsibility to preserve the revolutionary seeds of the Nanchang riots. I am determined to shoulder the heavy burden of revolution. I am confident that I will bring this revolutionary team out of the enemy's encirclement. Carry out the revolution to the end!" To be convinced, one must have an idea.

He summarized everyone's opinions into 4 points: "First, we have lost contact with our superiors. We must contact the superior party as soon as possible so that we can obtain instructions from the superiors; "Secondly, if we want to preserve this army as the seed of revolution, we must find a foothold that is both concealed and mass-based. The border area of ​​Hunan, Guangdong and Jiangxi is a place where the enemy's troops are weak, and it is a zone where no one cares. The Peasant Movement started early and was the most effective support for the Northern Expedition. We should take this as our foothold;

"Thirdly, according to the latest information, the enemy has approached me from the south, west, and north, and we want to penetrate from the northeast. Now the enemy is strong and we are weak, and our army is isolated and helpless. There is not much ammunition in storage. covert, marching along the border; "Fourth, we must continue to do arduous political and ideological work for the entire army, and give full play to the vanguard role of party members and cadres. Now we must stabilize the morale of the army, and we must prevent some defeatists from leaving the army freely, escaping with their guns, or even defecting to the enemy."

"I'll work with you!" Someone among the cadres responded.It was none other than Chen Yi who was in love with each other. "Be sure to bring this team out!" "I'm an old soldier, I don't have any other skills, it's okay to lead a soldier!" With everyone's support, Zhu De's waist became stronger, and he teased Chen Yi: "You are a big pen, Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu, etc. , Moscow, Paris, where can’t I go, and why do I have to take this winding mountain road?” Chen Yi is a frank person and does not hide his thoughts.He said that he had thought about it all, going to a foreign country without money.If he went to a big city, he would be familiar to several familiar city families, and he would not be able to survive.Let's seek refuge with rich and powerful friends. After all, it is just a fleeting thought, and we will never be reconciled without revolution.More importantly, he has personally experienced over 10 years that the Chinese revolution would not have been possible without the powerful armed forces of the Communist Party itself.

This heartfelt words infected Zhu De, and he became happy: "Great, great! As long as there are 200 people who are sincere and dedicated to the end, this team will have great hope!" The backbone of the party decided to change the "25th Division of the National Revolutionary Army" to "the 1st Division of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army".At the same time, people were secretly sent to Hong Kong to report to the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee. On October 7, the team was led by Zhu De to move to the northwest.Afraid of encountering the enemy, troops mostly choose to march in dense forests and sparsely populated places.Difficulty.Although Zhu De shouldered the heavy burden, his original team was small, and some people thought they belonged to the old 25th Division, and they were not convinced by Zhu De's command.The troops were plagued by cold and hunger, and were afflicted by epidemics such as dysentery and malaria.More importantly, the Great Revolution failed, and the main force of the Nanchang Uprising failed in Chaoshan. What is the future?

Some leading cadres not only did not do the work of explaining, but also left without saying goodbye, and some even rebelled.There were not only deserters, but also major errands. Some people led a squad, a platoon, or even a company to leave the team openly, and went to find their own way out.Some of them later returned to the Revolutionary Army.The number of people in this team became smaller and smaller, and when they reached the Xinfeng area, there were only seven or eight hundred people left.In particular, those middle and senior military officers who had real power to lead the troops almost left on their own one after another, causing great difficulties for the troops and even facing the danger of disintegration.

At this time, Zhu De stood tall like a mountain.Thanks to Chen Yi's full support.Although Chen Yi was sent to the 73rd Regiment halfway, but now the 73rd Regiment is the main force of the whole division.He has shared weal and woe with the soldiers, and his leadership skills have been proven, so his words are listened to. On October 16, the troops arrived in Wuping County in western Fujian, fought a battle with Zhong Shaokui's bandit team, and occupied Wuping.But one of Qian Dajun's divisions followed him immediately. Zhu De commanded the troops to repel the attack of the two enemy regiments, and then ordered Su Yu's platoon to occupy the hillside outside the west gate of the city to cover the transfer of the brigade.

It was at this time that Su Yu suffered his first injury.A bullet passed through his head and neck bone above his right ear. At that time, he only felt a violent blow and fell down, unable to move, but he still knew it in his heart.I vaguely heard the platoon leader say: "Su Yu, I can't control you." He unloaded Su Yu's pistol and ran away alone (later the platoon leader left the team by himself).When Su Yu was able to move a little, Kong Yuan was alone by his side.I just feel weak and unable to get up.With the belief that he must catch up with the team no matter what, Su Yu tried his best to stand up, but he swayed and fell down again.I had no choice but to roll down the hillside and crawl to the road with difficulty, but slipped into the paddy field beside the road.

At this time, several comrades came along the side of the mountain, helped Su Yu climb out of the paddy field, bandaged his wound, walked with him for a while, and finally caught up with the troops. ——The two generals of the Republic, Su Yu and Chen Geng, almost repeated the same story.Faced with this practice of retreating when the enemy's regular army attacked, some officers and soldiers who wanted to fight felt discouraged.During the rest of the march, Lin Biao, the commander of the Seventh Company, invited Chen Yi aside, shook his head and said: "Now this team is a mess, and it can't meet the enemy. It will collapse if it is attacked. Why don't you pull a team up the mountain by yourself, and you will be able to fight against the enemy." Lean and capable, able to play a climate."

Chen Yi was a little surprised: "What do you mean?" At that time Lin Biao admired Chen Yi's talent.He also said the truth: "I hope you will go up the mountain with me to lead the troops. I do military work, and you can rely on me in the military." Chen Yi understood that Lin Biao wanted to take people up the mountain to pull another team, so that Chen Yi could be the party representative. Chen Yi criticized Lin Biao's idea of ​​going his separate ways and advised him to stay and strengthen the team.Chen Yi believes that this team will always get better. Early Lin Biao joined the revolution under the influence of his two cousins ​​(Lin Yunan and Lin Yuying) from Lin Jia Dawan.He is a big kid, smart and hardworking, and also good at fighting, but he has a lot of selfish and distracting thoughts.This was demonstrated in the battle of Huichang.At that time, Chen Geng discovered that the Seventh Company was slowly moving back, and the battle position of the Seventh Company was in the center of the position. If the center was invaded by the enemy, the consequences would be disastrous.He greeted "Company Commander Lin" loudly-Lin Biao made rapid progress. When he was in the fourth phase of Whampoa, Chen Geng was already the company commander, but now Chen Geng is just the battalion commander.Lin Biao heard the shout and stood up immediately.A grenade happened to explode nearby, enveloping both of them in smoke. "What's the matter with the Seventh Company?" "Our company has sacrificed too much, and only one third of our vitality is left. Withdraw, battalion commander!" "No!" Chen Geng ordered sharply, "No retreat without orders from the headquarters. Charge up and fill the gap in the position!" "Battle Commander Chen, no, we have too few people!" Lin Biao refused to give up his opinion easily. "If you say again, I'll shoot you!" Chen Geng was in a hurry, and the veins on his thick red neck were exposed.According to battlefield discipline, those who disobey orders have the right to be executed on the spot.Lin Biao looked at the people around him, knew the seriousness of the matter, made up his mind, raised his gun, and shouted, "Come on!" The Seventh Company threw itself into the fierce battle again. Lin Biao held a grudge.He has not forgotten the feeling of "humiliating" for decades. During the "Cultural Revolution", if General Chen Geng had not passed away, he would have been killed by Lin Biao; Lin Biao couldn't kill the dead, so he put all the grievances of 40 years ago on Chen Geng's widow, and issued a warrant to persecute him... Lin Biao, who did not persuade Chen Yi to go up the mountain, was ordered to lead the seven companies to fight the front station. After entering the camp at Shijingling, he ordered the squad to buy food, cotton clothes and medicine. "Where's the money?" asked the soldiers who were sent out.Yes, without money, how to buy things? Lin Biao was taken aback.He sent people everywhere to look for the quartermaster, but there was no one there.A soldier reported to him: "It seems that the quartermaster disappeared during the march. It's been half a day. I'm afraid he has already slipped away." Hearing this, Lin Biao turned around in a hurry, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.The quartermaster was his cousin, and if it was true that he escaped, Lin Biao's life would be in danger. In the evening, the follow-up troops came to the camp one after another.There was no food and clothing, and the military salary was abducted. In an instant, the crowd was furious, and the army was in an uproar. Huang Haosheng, head of the 73rd Regiment, was furious when he heard the news. He called Lin Biao away and reprimanded him: "Lin Biao, you have committed a serious crime for the revolution. You have to die to understand. Your cousin ran away with the money, and you belonged to him." Commander, it’s his elder brother again, what should he do? He didn’t manage the army strictly and allowed his brother to escape, that’s a heinous crime. Come and tie Lin Biao up!” Lin Biao suddenly turned pale and was at a loss. At this moment, Zhu De and Chen Yi who rushed over loudly stopped the action of the head of the 73rd regiment. Those who can stay at this time, Zhu De regards all as his comrades, so he does not want to have any internal entanglements.He asked Lin Biao: "Don't be afraid, speak slowly. What's going on?" Lin Biao was still in shock, gasping for breath, and hurriedly said, "I know that the military salary is related to the safety of the entire army, so I specially asked my cousin to carry it. Who knows that this bastard slipped away halfway. What should I do? You have to decide for me, soldier Captain, Instructor." Lin Biao's complaints made the loyal Commander Zhu forgive him.He asked someone to bring a stool for Lin Biao and let him sit down.After Lin Biao calmed down, Zhu De explained the truth to him: "The three armies have not moved, and the food and grass go first. Losing the army's salary is equivalent to losing the army's food and grass. If it is not done well, the soldiers will rebel. You must learn from it in the future. , Important documents and military documents must be collected by yourself, and don't hand them over to others, remember?" Lin Biao burst into tears of gratitude.He swore that if he ran into this cousin in the future, he would kill him with his own hands. After a turmoil, Lin Biao followed the troops and continued to advance in the face of hunger and cold.But when the troops arrived in Dageng County, the situation changed again. Su Yu recorded this historical fact in detail: At that time, some officers from the Whampoa Military Academy, including Lin Biao, commander of the seventh company of the 73rd Regiment, came to Comrade Chen Yi and expressed their desire to leave the team and find another way out.They also "persuaded" Comrade Chen Yi to leave the team with them.They said: "You are an intellectual, you have never fought a war, and you have never built a team. We have built a team. Now the team is no good. It can't be touched. It will collapse if you touch it. It's better to walk away in plain clothes than to be a prisoner. Comrade Chen Yi replied firmly: "I will not go. Now that I have a gun, I can kill the local tyrants and evil gentry. As soon as I leave the team, the local tyrants and evil gentry will kill me." Comrade Chen Yi warned them more seriously: "You have to go You go, leave your guns behind, and we will continue to make revolution. As long as the team exists, we can also exist. We must have the spirit of revolution, be able to withstand difficulties, and personal sacrifices. There is hope for the Chinese revolution. It is most shameful to run away with guns !” On the day when the troops left Dafei County, he and a few wavering elements broke away from the troops and ran towards Meiguan.It was only because the landlord's door-to-door regiment guarded the pass tightly, and when they encountered suspicious people, they would search their belongings and beat them up, or arrest them and kill them. Lin Biao felt that he had nowhere to go, so he was forced to return to the army that night. In the "September 13" incident 44 years later, Lin Biao self-exploded while defecting.When Comrade Chen Yi reviewed the past history, he pointed out: "The Nanchang riots, Jinggangshan, what role did Lin Biao play? He is simply a fugitive." Just before and after Lin Biao's desertion, the troops moved westward, the discipline became more and more disordered, and incidents of extortion and robbery occurred frequently.Most people are very dissatisfied with this, but there is nothing they can do about it.Because most of the original organizational system has lost its organizational and leadership role, some military officers even turned a blind eye and closed their eyes for fear that bad elements would shoot black guns behind their backs, and dared not intervene, so that these violations of discipline could not be stopped in time.When the troops entered Xinfeng City, the violation of discipline became more serious.In this county town, there are shops, restaurants, pawnshops and money houses. As soon as the troops entered the city, a few bad guys got into restaurants and restaurants to eat and drink, wiped their mouths and left after eating; some even broke into pawnshops, put grenades on the counter, and deliberately pulled out the fuse: "Boss, tell me how much you weigh, and use it as pocket money." The bad behavior of these people is almost as bad as the warlord team, and the impact is very bad. Zhu De and Chen Yi were discussing with local people in the city when they suddenly received a report: a pawn shop was robbed by a group of soldiers. Zhu De was furious and asked Chen Yi to go to the emergency first, and he would arrive later.Chen Yi asked the buglers to blow the emergency call, and asked the messengers to convey the enemy's situation and the order to move out. He led the team and ran out of Xinfeng County for more than 20 miles in one breath, and stopped when they reached a flat land in Shanyuli. Zhu De also arrived on flying horse.Chen Yi stood on the hillside and issued the password for the whole team.Zhu De responded and ran to the vanguard position, standing at attention solemnly.Wang Erzhuo followed and stood in second place.So more than 800 people quickly lined up. Zhu De and Wang Erzhuo came out to the hillside where Chen Yi was standing. After urgent research, Chen Yi announced the serious harm of the robbery of the pawnshop, and found out the three main robbery culprits who took the lead in the accident on the spot, and shot them immediately.Chen Yi also told everyone about the revolutionary purpose and glorious tradition of this iron army led by the Communist Party, and asked everyone to consciously implement policies, abide by discipline, and serve the public wholeheartedly.He particularly emphasized the need to take Zhu De as an example.Zhu De disdained high-ranking officials and generous salary, and joined the Communist Party in 1922. He had great vision and firm will. Many division and regiment leaders left, but he did not leave. He saw that this team would definitely develop and the revolution would succeed.Everyone will revolutionize with Commander Zhu to victory! The officers and soldiers spontaneously shouted the slogans "Support Commander Zhu!" Zhu De stood up and spoke. He thanked everyone for their support and said that if he himself violated discipline, everyone can hold him accountable. Zhu De also solemnly announced that from now on, this team will be jointly led by him and Chen Yi. People can clearly see that Commander Zhu is thinner than when he set off from Raoping.His eyes were slightly red, his cheekbones became more prominent, and he had a long beard. "Comrades!" He announced loudly: "Everyone knows that the Great Revolution has failed, and our rebel army has also failed! However, the revolutionary banner cannot be thrown away. Those who want to continue the revolution. Those who want to continue the revolution, come with us. Those who are not revolutionary can go home without any force. However, the weapons must be kept, because they are bought by comrades with their lives and blood!" He paused, looked at the team's reaction, and said: "I still hope that everyone will not leave. Everyone has strength in a group, and it is easy to be wiped out if scattered. I am determined not to leave, and I will do it alone. Revolution to the end! The Chinese revolution in 1927 is like the Russian revolution in 1905. Russia was dark after the failure of the 1905 revolution, but the darkness was temporary. In 1917, the revolution finally succeeded. China will also have a '1917' .I urge you to believe it." The mountains have been hidden in the hazy night, and the river beach has darkened.But Zhu De's words made many people aware. Chen Yi also spoke: "Mr. Zhu said that China will also have a '1917' year. What a good analogy! Only heroes who can stand the test of failure are real heroes. Every comrade, every A true revolutionist must have this kind of courage, this kind of courage, this kind of ambition, and be able to withstand any difficult and dangerous test, including the test of life and death, and dare to be a hero in the event of failure. !" After that, the troops carried out a unified reorganization, forming a total of 7 infantry companies, 1 mortar company, and 1 heavy machine gun company, a total of 9 companies, forming a regiment.In order to narrow the target and facilitate concealment, the designation of the "Fifth Column of the National Revolutionary Army" was used. The commander was Zhu De, the instructor was Chen Yi, and Wang Erzhuo was the chief of staff.Su Yu was assigned as an instructor for five consecutive terms. Failure screens and matures revolutionaries.This is the team that later went to Jinggangshan to join Mao Zedong.