Chapter 747: The Gao Jingting Incident (continued)

Ye Ting is 43 years old and in his prime.

The famous generals of the Northern Expedition returned to the anti-Japanese battlefield, and Ye Ting was naturally high-spirited and determined to leap on the horse with a sword and create brilliance. However, the situation of the New Fourth Army was special in that it was mainly formed by the Red Army guerrillas who remained in the eight southern provinces led by Xiang Ying and Chen Yi, the main force of the Red Army, after the Long March. Although Ye Ting was a famous general of the Northern Expedition, the father of the Nanchang Uprising, and the commander-in-chief of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army of the Guangzhou Uprising, he was no longer a member of the **, and it was inevitable that the cadres and soldiers would resist the troops by letting a person who had left the party command the ** troops.

Speaking of Ye Ting's departure from the party, in fact, Ye Ting himself was also very aggrieved. During the Nanchang Uprising, Ye Ting was the former enemy commander and commander of the 11th Army, and on the way to withdraw from Nanchang and turn to the Cháo Shantou area, Ye Ting's Cai Tingkai's division surrendered to the Kuomintang, and a division led by Ye Ting himself was defeated by Xue Yue, and the other division left the army from the division commander Zhou Shidi and all the officers above the regiment left, leaving only Zhu De to lead 800 people to hold on, and go to Jinggangshan to meet with Máo Zedong and establish the Central Red Army. Ye Ting went south alone to participate in the Guangzhou Uprising and served as the commander-in-chief of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army of the rebel army. After the failure of the Guangzhou Uprising, Ye Ting escorted the ill Zhou Enn to Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, Ye Ting was punished because the Canton uprising lasted only two days and suffered heavy losses. Later, Ye Ting was ordered to go to the Soviet Union, but after arriving in the Soviet Union, Ye Ting encountered accusations and criticism, and even went to Eastern University to give a report.

A person who fought bloodily for the revolution, but in the end was treated unfairly by the organization, Ye Ting's mood must be cool and cold. Especially the criticism of people like Wang Ming who stood on the shore and criticized people struggling in the water made Ye Ting even more angry. In particular, the Comintern even described the failure of the Canton Uprising as the result of Ye Ting's political vacillation, which made him feel even more hopeless. In a fit of rage, Ye Ting decided to go into exile in Europe and became a vegetarian. Fortunately, when he met Zhou Enlai, Liao Chengzhi, and Huang Ping who went to Germany in Berlin, Ye Tingcai cheered up again and returned to China to join the "Third Party" organized by Deng Yanda, Song Qingling and others, the "Chinese National Revolutionary League" organized by Li Jishen, and helped Jiang Guangnai and Cai Tingkai organize the "People's Revolutionary Government of the Republic of China".

Since being appointed as commanders of the New Fourth Army, Ye Ting and Xiang Ying have been busy organizing and training troops, and they have a clear division of labor with each other, and their cooperation is still pleasant. However, with the completion of the reorganization of the main force of the New Fourth Army and the departure to the anti-Japanese front, contradictions became apparent. Xiang Ying was the de facto leader of the three-year guerrilla war in the south, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, and the de facto political commissar of the New Fourth Army. Although he made mistakes in following and supporting the left-leaning line of Wang Ming and Bogu during his time in the Soviet Union, he was indeed a great revolutionary and had high prestige in the eyes of the cadres and soldiers of the New Fourth Army. Moreover, Xiang Ying's style is simple, compared with Ye Ting's wearing a general's uniform or a suit and leather shoes, opening a small stove, and hugging him wherever he goes, the cadres and soldiers always feel that Xiang Ying is their real leader, and Ye Ting seems to be a little far from the cadres and soldiers of the New Fourth Army from the Red Army. In addition, Ye Ting is not a party member and cannot attend the meetings of the Southeast Bureau and the Military Commission of the New Fourth Army, so he does not have enough weight to speak in major decisions involving the New Fourth Army. Over time, contradictions come out.

This is not to say that Xiang Ying and others deliberately set him up. Do you think, Xiang Ying and the vast majority of the soldiers of the New Fourth Army are loyal revolutionaries who have been unswervingly encircled and suppressed by Chiang Kai-shek, Ye Ting once left the party, what kind of behavior is this behavior in their eyes? Can it be trusted?

Strictly speaking, leading the New Fourth Army with a combination of Ye and Xiang is itself a helpless combination caused by history.

Ye Ting once went to Xi'an to meet Máo Zedong and proposed to rejoin the party, but considering that it is now a period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, it is more convenient for Ye Ting to stay outside the party to coordinate the relationship between the New Fourth Army and **, Máo Zedong and Zhou Enlai both advised him not to join the party for the time being.

Last time, Vice Chairman Zhou personally went to the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army, and one of his main tasks was to coordinate the contradictions between the leaders of the New Fourth Army, Ye and Xiang.

At this time, Máo Zedong's prestige has not yet reached the point after the Seven National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the name of Máo Zedong's thought has not yet been introduced, and no one shouts Long live Chairman Máo. This is still good, like Wang Ming, I am afraid that only the instructions of the Comintern are instructions, and the instructions of Máo Zedong are not necessarily instructions.

The contradiction between Ye and Xiang is not a problem, they are all commanders of the first army and figures in the annals of history, where will they fight for trivial matters such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea like Dousheng Xiaomin, and they are all big strategic issues.

Ye Ting believed that the central authorities' decision to develop northward was correct and would open a big door for the New Fourth Army to develop and grow, so he strongly advocated developing northward. Xiang Ying also supported the development to the north and the war to the east. But he couldn't bear to give up the Jiangnan base area, which was earned by fighting bloodily and sacrificing many comrades-in-arms. This is similar to Gao Jingting's reluctance to leave Dabie Mountain.

If the Kuomintang and the Communist Party sincerely unite to resist Japan and there is no friction and incident, Xiang Ying's proposition should be said to be feasible. In particular, after the Fifth Plenary Session of the Fifth Central Committee of the Kuomintang put forward the policy of preventing communism, restricting communism, and dissolving communism, the New Fourth Army would be in danger if it was left alone behind enemy lines south of the Yangtze River.

At this time, the Kuomintang has not yet set off a ** high cháo, and there has been no incident in southern Anhui, not to mention Xiang Ying and Ye Ting, even Máo Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Zhu De will not believe that ** will attack the New Fourth Army, after all, the enemy is currently the most important thing to be unanimous with the outside world.

Ye Ting took the initiative to ask the four detachments to set up the Jiangbei Command Headquarters, with the aim of establishing the Jiangbei Command Headquarters and uniformly commanding the Jiangbei New Fourth Army to march eastward. Before leaving, at the military committee of the New Fourth Army in Yunling, Ye Ting said that if Gao Jingting disobeyed the command, he would be punished by military law. Xiang Ying disagreed, and he said to Ye Ting: "Gao Jingting is a hero, but after the anti-Japanese resistance, his thinking was rigid, he couldn't keep up with the situation, and he was not resolute in implementing the instructions of the central government. You should give priority to education, persuade each other with good words, and clearly explain the strategic significance of going to fight in eastern Anhui. If he does not listen to the persuasion, he can be given appropriate punishment. However, how to dispose of it must be reported to Máo Zedong for approval, and he cannot make his own decisions. ”

The reason why Ye Ting said this is because since Gao Jingting talked with Liu Yimin, he did organize troops to march east into eastern Anhui. However, when the Japanese army's second heavy army group moved south, because eastern Anhui belonged to the plain and it was not easy to hold on, Gao Jingting had to lead the main force to retreat to the Shucheng, Tongcheng, and Lujiang areas to avoid the enemy's edge.

After the Japanese heavy army group withdrew, Gao Jingting immediately asked Zhang Yunyi to lead the military special battalion and the four detachments and eight regiments to the east, and the seventh and ninth regiments also followed up and initially gained a firm foothold in eastern Anhui. However, he himself led the pistol regiment and the main force of the special service company to stay in Shucheng, and in the eyes of the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army, this was a lack of resoluteness in carrying out the order to advance eastward. Thinking of the fact that at last year's military meeting of the Yangtze River Bureau, Gao Jingting had a dispute with Wang Ming, and that he was resistant to the Yangtze River Bureau and the Anhui Working Committee's practice of sending tens of thousands of ** party members and revolutionary youths to "help the Kuomintang Fifth Route Army establish a base in Dabie Mountain", Ye Ting held that Gao Jingting was not resolute in carrying out the orders of the Central Committee and the Military Department to advance eastward.

To tell the truth, the Yangtze River Bureau and the Anhui Working Committee under the chairmanship of Wang Ming sent tens of thousands of party members and revolutionary youths to help the Gui Department build a base in the Dabie Mountains.

After Ye Ting and Deng Zihui went to Jiangbei to join Zhang Yunyi, they went to the four detachments to hold a meeting of cadres at and above the company level to convey the instructions of the central and military departments to advance eastward, and mobilize the four detachments to go all out to advance eastward.

At this time, Gao Jingting happened to be sick, and he was not happy, the New Fourth Army established the Jiangbei Command, and several leading members were set, but there was no him in it. In addition, the Jiangbei Command Headquarters Establishment Plan, which was approved by the Central Committee and submitted by the Military Department of the New Fourth Army, also split the main forces of the four detachments and set up the Fifth Detachment and the Guerrilla Column respectively.

Gao Jingting had doubts about the leaders of the New Fourth Army and believed that the leaders of the military department were suspected of squeezing him out. Therefore, after agreeing to lead the pistol regiment and the spy company eastward, he suddenly ordered the seventh regiment and the pistol regiment to return to Shucheng on the way to the army. The reason was the Guards Detachment Command. As a result, the 7th Regiment had an accident on the way back.

Now that the head and deputy commander of the Seventh Regiment have defected, people cannot but doubt Gao Jingting's political attitude.

Dai Jiying immediately reported to Ye Ting, saying that Yang Kezhi and Cao Yifu's defection was instructed by Gao Jingting. Both of them were pulled up by Gao Jingting, one turned out to be Gao Jingting's secretary, and the other turned out to be Gao Jingting's guard.

Dai Jiying was an old man in the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet Region; in addition to serving as the vanguard of the anti-rebellion and emergency response, he was also an extremely resolute commander in the struggle against the enemy, and he made outstanding military achievements. It is said that the person who knows Gao Jingting best in the New Fourth Army is Dai Jiying. Dai Jiying said that Yang Kezhi and Cao Yifu's defection was directly related to Gao Jingting, but Ye Ting didn't believe it.

During the war years, the most feared thing was the mutiny of the troops, which would have to be grounded.

Ye Ting, Zhang Yunyi, and Deng Zihui discussed it, and they all believed that the four detachments were facing an unprecedented crisis, and they must mobilize troops to carry out the struggle against Yang and Cao.

After all, during the period of the struggle between Hubei, Henan, Anhui and the Dabie Mountains, Gao Jingting also carried out the ultra-left line and killed good people by mistake. In addition, Yang Kezhi and Cao Yifu were indeed raised by Gao Jingting, no matter what, in the defection of Yang Kezhi and Cao Yùfu, Gao Jingting has an unshirkable leadership responsibility.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that a few people have the idea of hitting Gao Jingting and replacing him.

On May 13, Ye Ting went to Lihuang County as promised, and Liao Lei, chairman of the Anhui Provincial Government and commander of the security forces, reported to the Fifth Theater that the four detachments of the New Fourth Army had seven charges of harassing Anhui Province, and the Fifth Theater immediately reported to Chiang Kai-shek, who sent a telegram ordering that "Gao Jingting is requested to be sentenced to execution." Ye Ting returned to the Qinglong Factory with Chiang Kai-shek's official letter approving the execution of Gao Jingting.

As a result, in the name of Commander Ye, the order was issued to Gao Jingting to lead the pistol regiment to the area under the Huainan Railway, and Zhou Junming, the commander of the eighth regiment, was responsible for conveying it.

Where would Gao Jingting have thought that there would be any problems with this order? When he rushed to the Qinglong Factory with the pistol regiment, Zhou Junming came out to greet him and told him that Commander Ye was waiting in Chujiaweizi, and his residence had been arranged.

Everything that followed was planned, Gao Jingting, who didn't think much about it, didn't care about resting, and went to see Ye Ting with the guard team, and was immediately disarmed and seized. Ye Ting immediately reported to the Central Committee in the name of Ye and Xiang, and the Central Committee called back to revoke Gao Jingting from his post as commander of the Fourth Detachment, and on 15 June, he sent a telegram to reassign Xu Haidong to serve as deputy commander of the Jiangbei Command and commander of the Fourth Detachment.

By this time, no one had listened to all of Gao Jingting's defenses. Ye Ting, Zhang Yunyi, and Deng Zihui immediately convened a meeting of cadres above the company level of the four detachments to criticize Gao Jingting. The meeting lasted for three days, and Deng Zihui, director of the Political Department of the New Fourth Army, announced that Gao Jingting was "anti-party and anti-central," "disobeying military orders," and "possibly leading his troops to defect to the enemy," and asked Gao Jingting to admit his mistake. Gao Jingting did not admit any of them, and refuted them one by one. There was no way, Deng Zihui had to ask everyone to go back and discuss how to deal with Gao Jingting. The result surprised several leaders, and the cadres discussed the idea of educating Gao Jingting.

After Dai Jiying reported to the army chief, Ye Ting said that Gao Jingting would be dealt with seriously and would be shot.

How did Liu Yimin know about these changes, and thought that Gao Jingting was leading four detachments to develop a base in eastern Anhui. Therefore, in his battle plan for sweeping the Suzhou-Anhui border area, four detachments were also included in the cooperative operation.

After Liu Yimin's telegram was sent, Ye Ting's telegram arrived quickly, saying that he was currently near the Qinglong factory in Heféi, and hoped that Liu Yimin would quickly go south and meet in Quanjiao County, eastern Anhui.

Only Ye Ting's telegram did not have Gao Jingting's telegram, Liu Yimin panicked, and hurriedly sent an urgent telegram to the chairman, asking to find out what happened to Gao Jingting in the four teams.

The chairman replied that after receiving a report from Ye and Xiang of the New Fourth Army, Gao Jingting had disobeyed military orders and had been removed from his post and imprisoned. The Central Committee decided to reassign Xu Haidong to serve as deputy commander of the Jiangbei Command of the New Fourth Army and commander of the four detachments.

When Liu Yimin saw it, he felt very remorseful in his heart, he had known this, so it was better to report to the chairman at the beginning and transfer the four detachments to the instructor and a brigade. Now that things have developed to this point, I don't know if Gao Jingting is still alive? Hopefully there will be time to save his life.

Liu Yimin immediately called the chairman: "It's urgent. Gao Jingting has made great contributions to sticking to Dabie Mountain, and he must not be hastily disposed of. If it really doesn't work, you can transfer Jingting to the instructor as a brigade commander or brigade political commissar. The leader of the New Fourth Army disposed of Gao Jingting in this way, which was a quick move by those who loved him and hated him. Chiang Kai-shek offered a reward of how many silver dollars to buy Gao Jingting's head but could not get it, did the head of the New Fourth Army want to use the head of Gao Jingting, a powerful general of the Red Army, to tie up with Chiang Kai-shek? When will the poison that has been expanded be eliminated? Ye Ting is confused, Zhang Yunyi and Deng Zihui are confused, and Dai Jiying is good at suppressing and expanding, this person cannot be reused. Please ask the central government to rescue Gao Jingting, a hero of the Red Army. ”

The tone of this telegram was very disrespectful, and the statement that the head of the New Fourth Army wanted to use the head of Gao Jingting, a leading general of the Red Army, to slap Chiang Kai-shek was even more unprincipled nonsense. But Liu Yimin also had no choice but to go up. You must know that the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army belong to two systems, Ye Ting's qualifications are so old, and he is so strong, he has to leave the military headquarters at every turn, and Liu Yimin will not have a result in sending him a report asking for Gao Jingting to be released.

That's it, Liu Yimin didn't give up, and still copied the telegram to the chairman without changing a word and reported it to the leaders of the New Fourth Army Ye and Xiang, hoping that he could save Gao Jingting's life in time.

Liu Yimin was really anxious, and he didn't want to think about the consequences of copying the telegram to the chairman to the head of the New Fourth Army, Ye and Xiang. At the very least, it will affect the relationship between the instructor's southbound troops and the New Fourth Army.

It may be that Liu Yimin's telegram was too heavy, and the chairman sent a telegram back immediately, saying that he had sent a telegram to Ye and Xiang, and transferred Jingting to study at the Xi'an Central Party School and assigned another job.

It's a pity that as soon as the chairman's reply arrived, Ye Ting's and Xiang Ying's telegrams also arrived. Ye Ting's telegram said that Gao Jingting had disobeyed the orders of the Central Committee and the Military Department to advance eastward, and that he should be severely punished and that military law should be enforced. Just two hours ago, a proclamation was issued in the name of Ye Xiang to execute Gao Jingting. Xiang Ying's telegram said that he did not know about the matter, and immediately sent a report to Commander Ye, releasing Gao Jingting and asking Gao Jingting to report to the military headquarters.

After reading the telegram, Liu Yimin was so angry that he smashed his desk with one palm.

This incident stimulated Liu Yimin greatly, and he had nowhere to vent his resentment, so he even sent a telegram to the chairman, in addition to relaying the telegram to Ye and Xiang, reporting that the Gao Jingting incident was so terrible that Chiang Kai-shek approved the shooting of Gao Jingting, and the head of the New Fourth Army set a trap to detain him and ordered it to be executed. If Chiang Kai-shek or anyone else approved the shooting of Liu Yimin, **, Liu Bocheng, He Long, and Xu Xiangqian, would the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army also try to seize and order execution? This incident shows that our party and our army have not yet been eliminated from the expansion of the anti-rebellion and the expansion of the anti-rebellion and the expansion of the anti-propaganda. It is suggested that the central authorities send an investigation team to the New Fourth Army to examine the Gao Jingting incident and investigate the responsibility of those responsible. The New Fourth Army must strengthen its leadership and change its ideological concepts. Judging from the temporary situation, the commander of the New Fourth Army does not have the ability to command the Eighth Route Army's instructor Chōu to transfer troops, and suggested that the chairman consider that after the instructor opens up the Suzhou-Anhui border area, the troops left in the area will still be under the Eighth Route Army's structure, and will be directly under the leadership of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters or continue to accept the leadership of the instructor, so as to avoid the recurrence of such tragedies.

This telegram was the first time that Liu Yimin had spoken to the chairman in an unruly tone since he crossed over, and it had a great impact. It is said that after reading the telegram, Máo Zedong was so angry that he immediately dictated the telegram, sternly reprimanding Liu Yimin for being arrogant, what does the little baby's family know? He ordered Liu Yimin to return to Xi'an immediately after completing the opening up of the base area in the Suzhou-Anhui border region to study at the Central Party School and study hard what party discipline is.

After Ye Zilong finished recording, he repeated it, and when he turned around to shoot it, Máo Zedong stopped him and asked Ye Zilong to leave the draft of the telegram and send a report to Liu Yimin, ordering him to seize the fighter plane and act quickly.

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