In the conference room of the Wuhan Military Station, after a long silence, Li Zhao glanced at Zheng Yi, then looked around at the members of the party group of the garrison regiment, and asked with some uncertainty: "Or, let's prepare quietly?" ”

Zheng Yi nodded: "It's time to prepare, tomorrow you accompany me to Hankou, the existing 280,000 checks from the Bank of China need to be exchanged, take out 50,000 cash oceans just in case, and convert the rest into pounds sterling and deposit it into a special account of Hankou HSBC, whether it is handed over to the organization or to buy equipment in the future, there is no need to jump in a hurry." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Li Zhao immediately understood: "Okay! Wang Jingwei's check to us cannot be kept, and it will be cashed one day sooner and safer one day...... It's just that 50,000 oceans are a little more? ”

"Not much, what if the superiors need it? In case of a fight, where do you go to find a bank in the midst of chaos? Zheng Yi explained.

Li Zhao nodded, and the brothers also cheered up.

Zheng Yi looked at Li Lianshan and Dong Zongzhuo: "Lianshan, Lao Dong, tomorrow we will start to check all the equipment, and take out all the mortar shells and shell gun bullets stored in Xu Zhilin, and the general pointed bullets will also receive five bases, and all the weapons and ammunition stored in the backyard of the regiment headquarters will not be moved first." ”

"Yes!"

Li Lianshan and Dong Zongzhuo replied in unison.

Zheng Yi turned to Cao Mancheng: "There are still more than 5,000 pairs of British-made Zhongbang military shoes and 6,500 sets of winter clothes in the small courtyard east of the regiment headquarters. ”

Cao Mancheng nodded heavily: "Don't worry, boss, I will do it steadily!" ”

Almost at the same time, in a hidden western-style building in the Hankou Russian Concession, Mr. Qiu Bai, Zheng Yi's direct leader, and Director Zhou discussed in a low voice face to face.

"All the Communist Party cadets and the three cadet corps of the Central Military and Political School are ready, and as soon as Wang Jingwei makes a move, they will immediately disperse into Zhang Fakui's Fourth Army and the 11th Army and Comrade He Long's 20th Army, Comrade Lu Deming's Second Front Army Guard Regiment will not move for the time being, and the two regiments composed of party members in the First Independent Division will all enter Comrade Ye Ting's 24th Division." Director Zhou, who is in charge of military affairs, made a detailed report.

Mr. Qiubai, who presided over the work of the Standing Committee, nodded: "What about Comrade Zheng Yi's independent second division?" ”

Director Zhou sighed: "At present, except for the two of us, no one knows the true identity of Comrade Zheng Yi, I can't bear to use it!" ”

Mr. Qiubai also sighed: "Why don't I know? But for such a major matter, such an elite armed force, we can't keep it a secret...... According to the organizational principle, we must report to the upcoming special session as soon as possible, otherwise we will make mistakes! ”

"Can you postpone it for a few days and only report to the Standing Committee?" Director Zhou can only take a step back, he is now only the Minister of Military Affairs, and has not entered the political bureau, so he has no decision-making power, and must report the military power in the hands of our party to the higher-level party organization, not to mention that the entire party is in a critical juncture.

Mr. Qiubai weighed it again and again: "Then postpone it for a few days, report at a small-scale core meeting, narrow the scope as much as possible, and keep this secret." ”

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July 15, morning.

The 50,000 Eastern Expeditionary Army, composed of the 20th Army led by He Long and the Fourth Army and the 11th Army led by Zhang Fakui, had just arrived at the Jiujiang line, when He Jianshi, the 38th Army of Tang Shengzhi stationed in Hankou, suddenly dispatched to encircle the Hubei Provincial Federation of Trade Unions again and pounced on the homes of the trade union leaders and important Communist Party figures to arrest them.

At the same time, Li Pinxian of the Eighth Army quickly blocked the station, docks, and transportation hubs, arresting all trade unionists and communists.

Immediately afterwards, the Second Enlarged Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang issued three decisions:

1. To convene the Fourth Plenary Session of the Central Executive Committee within one month to discuss and resolve the opinions put forward by the Presidium of the Political Committee; 2. Before the Fourth Plenary Session of the Central Committee and the Executive Committee is convened, the Central Committee and the Party Department shall refrain from any speech or action that is contrary to the policies of the Party's doctrine; 3. Dispatch important comrades to Soviet Russia to discuss practical joint measures, the selection of whom shall be decided by the Political Committee.

Up to this time, Wang Ching-wei, who had already brandished a butcher's knife at the Communists, was still playing duplicitous tactics, openly stating that he would continue to maintain unity with Soviet Russia and the Comintern, and on the other hand, ordering the complete arrest of the Communists in the party, government, and military departments in Wuhan.

Fortunately, the members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party received warnings from all sides in advance, and through such methods as emergency dispersal, hiding, and evasion, they were able to preserve the party's core leadership and most of its strength, and the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party that lasted for many years came to an end, and the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were completely divided and hostile.

On 20 July, the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made a historic and important decision: to gather part of the National Revolutionary Army under its control and influence, and to join forces with the Second Front Army under the commander-in-chief of Zhang Fakui to go south to Guangdong, join up with the local revolutionary forces, carry out the agrarian revolution, restore the revolutionary base areas, and then launch a new Northern Expedition.

Three days later, this important decision was conveyed to the Communist Party branch of the Wuhan Military Station, along with a directive to "do not act rashly and wait for orders."

Zheng Yi didn't say a word after reading the instructions, and stood in front of the large map for a long time, staring blankly at Jiujiang and Nanchang, where He Long, Ye Ting, and General Zhu Yujie's troops were gathered.

Li Zhao, Dong Zongzhuo, Cao Mancheng, and Li Lianshan sat at the conference table and were silent, and the troops led by the party organizations at all levels all left Wuhan and headed for Nanchang, and even the Wuhan workers' pickets took up their weapons and went down the river.

Half an hour passed, Zheng Yi returned to his seat, lit a cigarette, and smoked a third of it in one gulp: "Everyone, we must be prepared for the worst, discuss whether to start the No. 3 plan to avoid risks, once the organization orders us to stay in the Kuomintang camp and persist in the struggle in another way, we will immediately transfer the vast majority of party members quietly in the name of retiring from the army or even running away without permission, and send them directly to the Hunan and Jiangxi borders, and we must not leave any hidden dangers." ”

"I have reported your intentions to my superiors, and I believe that new instructions will come soon." Li Zhao said very surely, but he was also feeling empty in his heart.

Cao Mancheng, who has always been steady, put forward a possibility: "The current situation is very chaotic, Wang Jingwei's Qing Party is getting bigger and bigger, and if the instructions from the higher authorities come too late, it will be difficult to deal with it; although after the big contest, in the name of comprehensive readjustment, we have organized the officers and men of each battalion and company who are vacillating in their middle positions and weak wills into five companies, and then divided them into three different battalions to skillfully control them, but no one can guarantee whether there will be any fish that have slipped through the net." ”

"Once the news from outside comes in, it is likely to cause chaos, and it will be difficult to keep it secret at that time."

"Will you be able to make it to the end of the month? I think there will be instructions from my superiors before the end of the month. Dong Zongzhuo didn't have any bottom in his heart, but he had to support Li Zhao, secretary of the party branch.

Li Lianshan was just about to stand up and speak, but was held down by Zheng Yi: "I agree with Lao Dong's opinion, don't panic, believe in the organization, and persevere!" ”

"However, we can't sit back and wait, and the emergency plan still needs to be implemented quietly and prepared just in case."

"Agreed!"

Li Zhao and Dong Zongzhuo expressed their positions in unison, and their eyes on Zheng Yi were full of gratitude and admiration.

Cao Mancheng then agreed, Li Lianshan looked at Zheng Yi with his eyebrows locked, sighed, and said in a low voice: "Boss, don't look at me like this, you just let me die now, and I am willing." ”

Zheng Yi patted Li Lianshan's hand: "Since this is the case, then bear with it!" ”

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