At the meeting of the Standing Committee, Chen Ke very much agreed with Zhang Yu's judgment on the British, Chen Tianhua has rich experience in local work, but he is somewhat unsure of the recent changes in the international situation, and he asked: "How are the British going to deal with the Bolsheviks?" Is there a war with them? ”

Although Shang Yuan was not engaged in party affairs, he was very sensitive to more specific interests, and "the contradiction between Britain and the Bolsheviks was not the main contradiction in Britain at present, and the level of this contradiction would not be raised until the end of the war in Europe." After finishing speaking, Shang Yuan paused for a moment before continuing: "So Comrade Lenin is indeed a very strategic person. ”

Qi Huishen replied: "Speaking of which, he chose the same path that our People's Party has taken. ”

Chen Ke almost laughed out loud when he heard this comparison. It was not that he dared to ridicule Comrade Lenin, Chen Ke was well aware that the strategic choice of the People's Party was in fact copied from Comrade Lenin's path. However, this expression was misunderstood by the comrades, although Xu Dian did not care about the strategy, but after all, he had worked hard with the comrades for more than ten years, and the level of hindsight was naturally more than enough, he also smiled: "The revolution is indeed conceived among the people, and the information we have received shows that the Bolsheviks were able to seize power by opposing continued participation in the war." Comrade Lenin's idea of using the period of imperialist war to complete the revolution at home was indeed a good idea, and what we were most worried about in those years was the situation in which the imperialists joined forces to intervene in China, and now we have done everything possible to avoid this situation. It is a pity that the Bolsheviks prepared too late, and if they had purposefully prepared a few years earlier, they would have basically settled the situation. ”

Shang Yuan also sighed: "This can only show that their strategic vision is still not enough." But in retrospect, we really danced on the tip of a knife along the way, and it would not have been possible to have today's situation if we were a little rash or slack. ”

"We have avoided the crisis of a joint siege by internal and external enemies, which the Bolsheviks would have had a hard time getting. I'm afraid that we in China will also become a member of the siege of the Bolsheviks. Zhang Yu's personality is full of the characteristics of keeping pace with the times, and it is important to summarize the past, but everyone lives in the present, and the present and the future are more important. Now that the British side has made its attitude clear, Zhang Yu believes that determining China's position may be a far more urgent priority.

Chen Tianhua did not want a Marxist party to be destroyed, and listening to Zhang Yu's murderous words, he asked: "Strategically speaking, if we join forces with the Bolsheviks of the United Communist Party, or maintain good intentions and neutrality towards them, will it trigger a siege by the Entente?" ”

"It is definitely not us who can deal a fatal blow to the Bolsheviks, and our help may not be of much use to them." Zhang Yu cleverly put forward his ideas and positions.

After listening to Zhang Yu's words, Chen Tianhua simply picked out the topic, "Then let me say this, according to our experience, in the early days of the war, when we couldn't afford to lose, the Beiyang Army that came to encircle and suppress us used that ......, ah, the Divine Skill Body Protection Pill, we are likely to suffer heavy losses." That would be a heavy blow to the revolution. It is true that the old army lacked the will to war, lacked revolutionary ideals, and they were strategically a bunch of paper tigers. But in real battles, these old armies are also combative, not to mention the old armies that have experienced war. ”

The Politburo Standing Committee members now have the confidence to stand up to any army that takes medicine, and the medicine developed by Chen Ke is used in the European theater after all, and everyone can even joke about it. However, once the army of the Bolsheviks of the United Communists fought directly with the old Russian army, which was not inferior in numbers and equipment, it was feared that it would suffer considerable losses in the early stages. Taking the People's Party as an example, as long as Beiyang can play a one-to-one exchange ratio with the People's Party back then, it will be difficult to determine who will be the victor in China's civil war.

You Wei also lost the joking mood she had a while ago, she saw that the other comrades were arguing quite fiercely, and couldn't help but shake her head, "I studied chemistry, and medicine can not only treat diseases in a targeted manner, but also eliminate diseases with medicine." I should be proud to be able to change the mental state of human beings in a targeted manner. But now I also feel sad. ”

Zhang Yu replied coldly: "That's the user's problem, not the developer's problem." Chairman Chen knew the usage of this thing before it was developed, why did we never use it? Opium, morphine, and even heroin are indeed very good products when used medicinally. Some people have to use these drugs to find stimulation, is it also the fault of the drugs? ”

Hearing that everyone had led the discussion to the ethics of war, Chen Ke hurriedly interrupted the meaningless discussion, "The Bolsheviks of the United Communist Party will definitely face a fierce war, and there is no need for us to take the lead in expressing our stance at this time. If they are willing to sign a border treaty with us first, we will have reason to make a statement to the Entente that we do not want to gain too much benefit. It is okay to support Comrade Lenin behind his back. ”

"Don't want to overdo it?" Chen Tianhua felt very strange about Chen Ke's term.

Chen Ke nodded, "Yes, the so-called wall is falling down and everyone is pushing it, if the Bolsheviks can't hold it, all countries will have to cut a piece of meat from him, and we can't stay out of it." It is certainly impossible for the British to support us in swallowing up the Asian part of Russia, but if we do not show a peep into our interests commensurate with our own strength, the British will certainly think that we are abnormal, and they must think that there is a ghost behind us. At this time, we make a statement that is in line with our strength, but it will not be noticeable. And this is our last chance to reclaim the old territories of the North. We simply want to restore the Nebuchu Treaty, which is precisely within the acceptable limits of the Entente group. If we make even a small extra demand, the Entente will think that we have to do more good, so the key is timing. Making the right request at the right time is the best way to solve the problem. ”

Of course, the members of the Politburo Standing Committee and members know that this timing is very important, and how to choose the timing has always been Chen Ke's job. The comrades all wanted to hear Chen Ke's opinion.

Chen Ke stood up and pointed to the map, "The best option for us in the current time is to unify the whole country. A complete China has great value in itself, and it has bargaining capital. If we want to move Russia, we ourselves cannot have a handle in the hands of others. ”

"Hasn't the Military Commission already begun to march on the North Road and the West Road?" Shang Yuan asked.

"There is a wool and animal husbandry business on the North Road, and the herdsmen are naturally willing to cooperate with us in an all-round way. As for the West Road, what I am most concerned about is how to quickly change the local situation. After Chen Ke finished speaking, he pointed to the location of the White Emperor City in Fengjie on the map, "The White Emperor of the Dynasty is among the clouds, and thousands of miles of Jiangling will be returned in one day." The apes on both sides of the strait could not stop crying, and the light boat had already crossed the ten thousand mountains. In my opinion, Li Taibai's poems are quite strategic. ”

Fengjie White Emperor City is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, about 15 miles away from the east of Fengjie City, hidden in the lush green trees, is the west mouth of the Three Gorges, the gateway to the Sichuan. Due to the steep terrain, it has often been a battleground for soldiers throughout the ages. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Gongsun Shu according to Shu, built a city on the mountain, because a well in the city often emitted white gas, like a white dragon, he took this to call himself the White Emperor, and named this city the White Emperor City. After the death of Gongsun Shu, the locals built a temple on the mountain to erect a statue of Gongsun Shu, called the White Emperor Temple. Because Gongsun Shu is unorthodox and is a false title, in the seventh year of Ming Zhengde (1512), the governor of Sichuan destroyed the statue of Gongsun Shu, worshiped the statue of the river god, the earth god and the horse aid statue, and renamed it the "Three Princes Temple".

In the twelfth year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty (1533), the statue of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang was re-enshrined, and the name was "Justice Temple"; Later, the statue of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei was added, and the pattern of no white emperor in the temple of the White Emperor was formed, and the characters of Shu Han were worshipped

A flotilla of ten ships of the People's Party arrived at the White Emperor City on March 4, 1918. Sichuan has always been rich, but it is facing a difficult situation in Shu. Although the scenery of the Three Gorges is beautiful, and the strange peaks and strange rocks make the tourists who can eat enough to eat pleasing to the eye, but it is by no means the gospel of the boaters, and it can even be said to be the disaster of the boaters. In the era of sail power, ships sank in the Three Gorges every year, and the sound of the Sichuan slender men pulling boats has always echoed on this waterway for thousands of years.

The average tonnage of the fleet swimming against the current is around 1,000 tons, and the ships are equipped with the latest steam engines of the People's Party, or more precisely, the steam engines produced by the People's Party itself, which are provided by the United States and produced by the People's Party. Even so, the fleet going against the current felt that the Mali of the steam engine was still not enough.

A thousand-ton steel ship is naturally not a light boat, and the speed of the ship cannot be done in a day. However, the other ships along the way saw the steel beast parting its waves and going upstream, and all the sailors stood on their own ships near the BJP fleet and watched in amazement.

At the head of the fleet were the gunboats that opened the way, with thick muzzles, towering masts, and lights and flags to guide the whole fleet. And there is also a "scientific research ship" in the fleet of the People's Party, which makes the comrades feel puzzled. Jointly developed by the Mining Academy and the Naval Academy, the ship was built on a plain surface and loaded with many measuring instruments. From water velocity, water temperature, water depth measurement, there are also various ore sample collection equipment. Although it is not particularly large, it is said that the entire cost is much higher than that of any ship in the fleet. Because of the existence of this scientific research ship, the speed of the entire fleet, which was not fast enough, was greatly reduced.

The White Emperor City is actually not big, and Fengjie is not a big city. One of the main reasons for the city's prosperity is the fact that there is a landscape called "Ripple Huilan".

"That big rock is a pile, right?" The fleet commander asked after ordering the fleet to drop anchor and point ahead.

I saw a huge stone pillar standing in the center of the river at the mouth of Qutang Gorge under the White Emperor City, and said that the stone pillar was not enough, and even called it a small island.

The political commissar and the commander of the fleet stood side by side in the bow of the ship, the river was turbulent, the higher position was filled with mist, raising his eyes to the sky, the mountain peak was almost completely submerged in the clouds, and higher on the mountain, the figure of the White Emperor City could be faintly seen. The political commissar couldn't help but recite: "The river is as big as an elephant, and the pond can't be climbed." The pond is as big as an ox, and the pond cannot be left. The pond is as big as a horse, and the pond cannot be lowered. The river is as big as a burden, and the pond is untouchable. The river is as big as a turtle, and the pond cannot be peeped into. The river is as big as a turtle, and the Qutang is a boat. ”

The commander of the fleet did not have this kind of Yaxing, he pointed to the pile and said: "As long as this big stone is still there, no matter how big or small it looks, and what it looks like, the ships passing by here will not want to live a good life." I'm right. ”

The political commissar also smiled: "That's right. ”

"Isn't our job to blow it up?" The fleet commander then asked.

"Yes." The commissar nodded yes.

The fleet commander continued: "Isn't it necessary to take more pictures before blowing up this big rock?" In fact, Chairman Chen had already sent someone to take photos earlier, and those photos were used as information for this operation. ”

"That's right." The commissar replied.

Only then did the commander of the fleet turn his head, "Then the commissar, I have a question. Why did I hear that someone associated Feng Shui with this action before this action? This is completely a fairway cleaning job, what does it have to do with feng shui? ”

The political commissar was not asked by the commander of the fleet, he smiled and said: "You don't believe in this kind of thing in feng shui, some people believe it." You don't say it, someone says. We're here to work, so let's blow up this pile. Just looking at the current fuel consumption, we may not be able to drive the ship to Chongqing. ”

Many years later, the old people of Fengjie will still talk with relish about the young descendants who have always traveled to the White Emperor City about how they have seen how the People's Party blew up the pile, and the Sichuan opera troupe also arranged a special drama of "blowing up the river". What changed the luck of Sichuan after the pile was broken, and there are various versions of this legend.

However, the military history of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army is far less romantic and fantastical. In military history, the naval fleet of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army laid steel pillars on the stones by the river and pulled up steel cables. The officers and men of the navy and the engineering corps first went up to the mound and nailed steel cables with electric drills on it. In order to accomplish this job, a warship that supplied power accidentally ran aground, causing a hole in the hull. That is, the damage management is effective, so that there is no major accident of capsizing and sinking.

The divers strapped hundreds of pounds of steel ingots to their bodies and dived down, carefully measuring the size and scale of the pile. The blasting experts also conducted groundwater surveys and formulated a blasting plan after careful calculations.

Beginning on March 15, 1918, after three consecutive days of blasting, the pile was finally blown to pieces. The fleet did not finish its work after the pile disappeared from the river, and they nailed a lot of steel drills to the pile before it was blasted. Divers used the steel brazing of the remains of the pile sunk in the river to tie steel cables, used ships to drag the largest piece of the pile of debris away from the center of the river, and used explosives to continue to blow other pieces into small pieces that would not affect navigation.

The largest debris was dragged to the river by a wist, and a stone tablet was erected in front of the debris, with the inscription "Pile of Remnants".

At first, the people in Fengjie were very puzzled by the inexplicable actions of the People's Party, and most of the boats had to dock at the Zhudui to wait for the local navigators. When they saw the large BJP warship and received the news that the BJP had blocked the shipping routes, the fleet was extremely frightened and did not dare to take any risks to find themselves embarrassed.

When the bombing of the pile began, the people of Fengjie and the owners, sailors, and captains of the fleet knelt down. It's not that I'm scared in my heart, but I really kneel.

Although it is a ghost gate, it has always existed for thousands of years, and it has been a sacred thing that everyone on the Yangtze River has in their hearts. The People's Party simply and rudely blew up the pile and couldn't find the shadow, and even "hung the corpse to show the public" to the pile. Few Sichuan people can understand the mood at this time.

Even if it is a navigator who relies on the clouds to lead the way to eat, this craft is mostly family heirloom, and the clouds have cost the lives of their ancestors. Therefore, there is joy in sorrow and joy in kneeling and crying. However, the boaters knew that the pile was gone, and it was much more convenient to sail from then on. But looking at the empty and unfamiliar river, they felt extremely lost. When he kneels and cries, he is happy and sad.

The fleet of the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants completely ignored the reaction of these people, and some ships in the fleet were wounded. And fuel consumption also exceeded expectations, and after discussion, the fleet decisively turned around and returned home. The fleet decided to return to Wuhan to rest and recuperate, and then went up the river again. On March 25, 1918, the fleet left the White Emperor City and went downstream.

By the beginning of April 1918, the news of the People's Party's blowing up of the pile spread throughout most of Sichuan.