After Jiang Xianyun left Zhuang Jihua's ward, he wandered in front of the gate of the hospital, smoking non-stop, he didn't know what to do. Chiang Kai-shek wanted to use the knife, at least he did not have these discoveries when he was in Nanchang, the general headquarters in Nanchang was full of people, representatives of the Bank of Shanghai, representatives of the industrial and commercial circles of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, representatives of Shanghai industry, and representatives of local organizations in Jiangsu and Zhejiang; These are all normal. The development of the revolution made those who had originally held a wait-and-see attitude quickly move closer to the revolution, and the General Headquarters of the Northern Expeditionary Army was the most dazzling place.

On the other hand, this judgment was made by Zhuang Jihua, he is not a comrade in the party, he believes in him, but will the leader believe it? The main thing is the evidence, where is the evidence? Jiang Xianyun hesitated for a while, threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, turned around and walked into the hospital again.

"Cultural Revolution, let's talk." Jiang Xianyun pushed open the door and was a little surprised to see the three people sitting in front of the hospital bed, but he still insisted on making a request. Zhuang Jihua nodded, Song Yunfei, Wu Ziniu and Xiaoxiu stood up and left the room one after another, Xiaoxiu said carefully before closing the door: "Don't quarrel." Jiang Xianyun smiled at her and reassured her.

After the three of them went out, the remaining two faced each other, but they were relatively silent, with a lot of thoughts, but they didn't know how to speak.

"How can I convince them?" In the end, it was Jiang Xianyun who spoke first, and the long silence made him feel very depressed.

Zhuang Jihua was very helpless in his heart, he wrung his eyebrows and pondered for a while, and then shook his head: "There is no way, we don't have any direct evidence, the conflict between the principal and Wuhan is currently limited to the regime and party power, and the conflict has not yet reached that level, your party and Soviet Russia still have illusions about him." ”

"But..., Cultural Revolution, can you be sure that he will really use force?"

Zhuang Jihua was stunned for a moment, and felt that Jiang Xianyun's train of thought was a little confused: "What's wrong with you?" How can you forget that the military academy education is 100% sure of that battle, no, if you are 60% sure, the chances of winning are very great, and sometimes 3 or 40% is enough, let's just say that Niu Xing is fighting, I am actually not 10% sure, but I still fought. ”

Jiang Xianyun was silent, he knew that Zhuang Jihua was right, and now he was just prejudicing: "Then what precautions do you say we should take?" ”

Zhuang Jihua said without thinking about it: "If it were me, I would start to transfer part of the forces to the underground and some of the backbone forces to the countryside now; Secondly, take advantage of the fact that the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party has not completely broken down at present, and train an armed force completely under your control, with as many people as possible, to control the Hunan and Jiangxi borders. ”

Jiang Xianyun's eyes lit up, and he felt that this idea was good, but who knew that Zhuang Jihua's next sentence would put him in a predicament.

"But can you convince them? According to the experience of Soviet Russia, urban riots are the way to revolution. Zhuang Jihua's voice contained a hint of mockery.

Jiang Xianyun's head had a headache again, and he noticed that Zhuang Jihua's countermeasure was to withdraw most of his forces to the countryside, not the city.

"Cultural Revolution, you mean we should abandon the cities and go to the countryside." Jiang Xianyun asked with some hesitation.

Zhuang Jihua smiled implicitly, and a little bitter pride suddenly welled up in his heart, Taizu would have to wait a few months before he could lead his troops to retreat to Jinggang Mountain, and he summed up that the road of the countryside surrounding the city would probably have to wait for a few years.

"What are you proud of, let me ask you." Jiang Xianyun was a little angry and a little strange, he didn't understand where Zhuang Jihua's pride came from.

"Oh, of course." Zhuang Jihua restrained his expression and said: "In the city, your strength is too weak, and you can't fight the principal, only in the countryside can you have a chance." ”

"Rural?" Jiang Xianyun was puzzled, this was contrary to the experience of Soviet Russia, relying on the working class to carry out riots in the cities, and then winning a national victory, which was the path that Soviet Russia had successfully practiced.

"I have asked Zaitian and Yu Sadu before, what is the difference between the Chinese revolution and the Soviet Russian revolution? This is one of the differences, the Soviet Russia has succeeded in the cities, but China can only go to the countryside, accumulate strength, and then enter the cities when the power is strong. ”

"The conditions in Hunan are good, the peasant movement is very prosperous, the terrain is mountainous, Guangdong and Guangxi to the south, Guizhou to the west, and Jiangxi to the east; The weak rule of the mountain deputies, coupled with a good mass base, is your capital. ”

"To the Central Committee of your Party, I suggest that you write a memorandum containing your predictions on how the situation has developed in recent months, as well as the strategies to be adopted to deal with it. That's what you can do. ”

Jiang Xianyun was stunned, and suddenly said, "I can still get close to him, and I have a chance to kill him." ”

"This idea must be put down," Zhuang Jihua said heavily, his tone contained a trace of sadness, Jiang Xianyun is different from him, he is thinking about himself, but Jiang Xianyun will not, if he doesn't say what is powerful, he will really do it: "The principal hasn't come that far, you kill him now, whether it succeeds or not, your party will be charged with sabotaging the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and then what?" Others will be honest and bright. Regardless of the fact that some do not have a principal. Do you understand! ”

Chiang Kai-shek is just a representative, and there are many people behind him, and once Chiang Xianyun carries out an assassination, whether he succeeds or not, he will provide the Kuomintang with a pretext for clearing the party, and it will also affect those who originally hold a neutral viewpoint, so this method cannot be adopted under any circumstances.

Helplessness, heavy helplessness; Suffering, the greatest pain in the world, is knowing that a tragedy is about to happen but not being able to stop it. Jiang Xianyun and Zhuang Jihua were speechless, and a suffocating depression permeated the two.

According to Zhuang Jihua's proposal, Jiang Xianyun wrote a memorandum overnight and sent it to Zhonghe Li to hand it over to the Hubei Provincial Military Commission, the secretary of the military committee was Nie Rzhen, the former political instructor of Huangpu, Nie Rzhen was very shocked after seeing it, he knew Jiang Xianyun very well, although he was a little depressed after returning from Nanchang, but he did not expect him to be so pessimistic about the development of the situation, and he was even more surprised by his countermeasures.

"Wushan, do you have any evidence? Will Chiang Kai-shek really use force? "At the moment, only the two of them were left in the office, and everyone else was driven away.

"That's what I judge, but we don't have the evidence, but I think it's going to go in this direction, faster than we thought." At this moment, Jiang Xianyun has calmed down, he has already figured it out, and he will do his best to save the situation and preserve his strength.

"We?" Nie Rzhen was very sensitive and immediately grasped the flaw in Jiang Xianyun's words: "Who else besides you?" ”

Jiang Xianyun was stunned for a moment and then admitted: "I promised not to reveal his name, in fact, you also know him, and he is also a classmate of Huangpu." ”

"Whampoa's? Zhuang Cultural Revolution? Nie Rzhen quickly guessed the answer, Jiang Xianyun closed his mouth tightly and did not deny or admit it.

"Huangpu Shuangxiong, it's really rare, he finally saw Chiang Kai-shek clearly." Nie Rzhen s words contained a hint of joy when he was in Huangpu when he was in Huangpu how much thought Director Zhou put into Zhuang Jihua but he didn t pull him over but he didn t expect it now.

"Instructor Nie was happy too early." Jiang Xianyun smiled bitterly: "He clearly refused, and we had a quarrel." ”

Nie Rzhen was stunned, he didn't understand a little, since Zhuang Jihua would warn them, why was he still unwilling to stand up completely?

"These conclusions are the result of our deduction," although Jiang Xianyun did not admit it, he brought Zhuang Jihua in his words: "Secretary Nie, I hope you can report this report to the Central Committee." ”

"This is natural, and we will report it to Comrade Guotao immediately." Nie Rzhen said and picked up the phone.

"Secretary Nie," Jiang Xianyun suddenly shouted, and Nie Rzhen, who was dialing, stopped and looked at him suspiciously: "Can the teacher not mention the Cultural Revolution, I promised him." ”

Nie Rzhen shook his head and sighed and said: "This Zhuang Jihua, swaying, petty-bourgeois compromise surname is really deep-rooted. ”

"Is Comrade Guotao here?" Nie Rzhen dialed the phone and asked, "Oh, that's good, I'll come over to see him right away." ”

Zhongheli is not a building but an alley, this alley was originally full of properties under the Hubei Supervision Army, and after Wuchang was conquered, it was confiscated by the national political axe as a reverse property, [***] started faster and occupied it first. First, the Military Commission moved here, and later the Provincial Party Committee and Youth League Committee all moved here, and it became the heart of [***] in Hubei.

Out of the door of the No. 2 Military Commission in Zhonghe and turned into the No. 3 is the Provincial Party Committee, these days here is very lively, the joy of the Spring Festival has not completely passed, the upside-down Fu word on the gate is still brand new, the couplets on both sides, the children are still playing with firecrackers in the alley, and the laughter temporarily disperses the dark clouds in the hearts of Nie Rzhen and Jiang Xianyun.

Stepping into the gate of the provincial party committee, there were many people waiting to see Zhang Guotao, and many people Nie Rzhen knew were obviously greeting along the way. When I met Mr. Cheung, he was talking to a young man.

Seeing the two of them coming in, Zhang Guotao stood up and said, "Comrade Rong Zhen, let me introduce to you, this is Comrade Wang Shouhua from Shanghai. Comrade Shouhua, this is Comrade Nie Rzhen, secretary of our Military Commission, who also returned from Soviet Russia and also taught in Huangpu. By the way, you can talk to him about what you want to do, he has a lot of combat experience, and you can talk about it alone later. ”

Wang Shouhua was very young, with a bookish face, and he enthusiastically stretched out his hand to hold Nie Rongzhen's hand: "Great, Comrade Enlai is also in Shanghai, and I have met him a few times." ”

"Hello, hello," Nie Rzhen was a little dissatisfied when he saw that Zhang Guotao did not introduce Jiang Xianyun, so he shook hands and said to Wang Shouhua: "This is Comrade Jiang Xianyun, he graduated from the first phase of Huangpu, and participated in two Eastern Crusades and Rebellion. ”

Wang Shouhua became more enthusiastic, and shook Jiang Xianyun's hand tightly. However, Nie Rzhen noticed that Zhang Guotao didn't seem to see Jiang Xianyun at all, didn't greet Jiang Xianyun, didn't shake hands, and sat down directly.

"He's Principal Jiang's master." Zhang Guotao has something to say in his words.

Jiang Xianyun didn't say anything, he was severely criticized by Zhang Guotao when he first came back, thinking that he had lost his human dignity in front of Chiang Kai-shek, did not resolutely carry out the struggle, was right-leaning, and surrendered; The big hats pressed Jiang Xianyun almost out of breath.

"Secretary Zhang, it just so happens that Comrade Shouhua is also here, and Comrade Xianyun has made a memorandum on the future development of the situation, which I think is very valuable." Nie Rzhen said and handed the memo to Zhang Guotao.

Zhang Guotao took the memo suspiciously, and looked at Jiang Xianyun with distrust, who sat on the side with a worried face, his eyes fixed on him.

Zhang Guotao opened the memorandum and gradually revealed a trace of mockery: "How strange is this judgment, it is only a matter of time before Chiang Kai-shek breaks up with us, and the purpose of his provocation of the dispute over the relocation of the capital is to prepare public opinion for betrayal of the revolution." ”

"Secretary Zhang, Comrade Xianyun's analysis is more comprehensive, and the coping strategy proposed is very creative, I think we should report to the Central Committee." Nie R Zhen said solemnly.

Only then did Zhang Guotao notice that Chiang Xianyun's memorandum not only analyzed Chiang Kai-shek's dynamics, but also analyzed the changes in the political situation in Wuhan after Chiang Kai-shek's betrayal, and pointed out that Wuhan might also follow Chiang Kai-shek's Qing Party and split the Communist Party. This analysis had already taken him by surprise, and the proposed response was even more different, completely different from the Comintern's understanding.

"Smack!" Zhang Guotao stood up and slapped his hands on the table: "Alarmist, pessimistic escape, the experience of the international communist movement shows that only by seizing the cities can the revolution win the victory, you have to go to the countryside, this is an escape, Jiang Xianyun, according to your proposal, our party should withdraw from Shanghai, Wuhan, Guangzhou and other cities, and the trade union should be dissolved?" Disbandment of pickets? It's right-leaning! It's surrender! Jiang Xianyun, I think you are an out-and-out surrenderer, traitor! ”

Jiang Xianyun was a little stunned, he didn't expect that he had worked hard to get such a result, and under the extreme shock, he forgot to distinguish for a while.

"Secretary Zhang, I don't think this is a surrender, nor is it an escape, but if Comrade Xianyun's previous analysis is true, then I think the later strategy is appropriate. The strength of our party.... ”

"Comrade Rong Zhen," Nie Rzhen was interrupted by Zhang Guotao before he finished speaking: "It is very dangerous for you to go on like this, now the revolutionary situation is getting better and better day by day, we are in the middle of the revolution, and you are singing the opposite, talking about the split of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, talking about the purging of the party, and you don't want to attack the warlords, imperialism, and the bourgeoisie, but you are talking about retreat, and you are completely frightened by Chiang Kai-shek!" Comrade Rong Zhen, I would like to remind you to stand firm on your position! ”

Zhang Guotao's voice was very strong, and Wang Shouhua did not agree with Jiang Xianyun's point of view, before he came to Shanghai, Shanghai was preparing to launch a second uprising, and the last uprising launched to cooperate with Xia Chao quickly failed, and one of the most important lessons learned was the lack of military experience, the workers who participated in the uprising were not trained, and the commanders did not know how to fight. In addition to discussing and cooperating with the Kuomintang and the people, he also wanted to invite some comrades in the party who understand military affairs to Shanghai to train workers.

"Comrade Nie Rzhen, I also think this view is too pessimistic," Wang Shouhua closed the memorandum, raised his eyes and looked at Nie Rzhen and said: "We have 300,000 trade union members and 50,000 workers' pickets in Shanghai, and we have decided to hold a strike and uprising when the Northern Expeditionary Army is approaching Shanghai, seize Shanghai, and establish a people's political axe!" ”

Wang Shouhua paused and asked, "I don't understand why you would suggest that the central government retreat, and retreat to Hunan?" ”

"Comrade Shouhua, in comparison, the strength of our party is mainly concentrated in the trade unions and peasant associations, and Chiang Kai-shek is in control of the army, even if you have workers' pickets in Shanghai, can they confront the army?" Nie Rzhen asked, he now felt a deep regret that without an army, the seemingly huge power was so illusory.

"Secretary Nie is right, our party used to despise military work too much," Jiang Xianyun felt a faint cramp in his heart, on the one hand, he didn't understand why his sincerity was actually regarded as disloyalty to the party's cause; On the other hand, he regretted that he had abandoned the two regiments, which were now much stronger than the party's armed forces, which, together with other forces, would have been able to confront Chiang Kai-shek: "The workers' and peasants' movement developed very rapidly, but these forces were not military forces, they were soft forces, and even the revolution in Soviet Russia was only successful because it developed its strength in the army and had strong military support." ”

Jiang Xianyun couldn't help but quote Zhuang Jihua's soft power, he wanted to criticize the original decision of the Central Committee, but the words came to his lips and swallowed again, he was under huge pressure, and many things are not easy to say now.

"Nonsense!" Although Zhang Guotao is young, his seniority in the party is very old, when Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao set up the [***] group, the third member they developed was him, and he led a delegation to Soviet Russia to participate in the Comintern Conference several times, and the results of his long-term high-level leadership made him self-confident and domineering, and no one could oppose it: "Our alliance with the Kuomintang was determined by the Comintern, and it was also determined by the Comintern if we did not master military strength. How did Ye Ting's Iron Army come about? ”

"But comparatively speaking, the strength of our party in the army is weak, and it is completely unable to confront Chiang Kai-shek." Jiang Xianyun argued.

"Where's your party name? How can you only look at the purely military force," Zhang Guotao asked sharply: "As long as the workers' and peasants' movement develops, the land question is solved, and the workers and peasants are organized, this is the foundation of our party." Why did Sun Yat-sen's decades-long revolution fail? That's the lesson. ”

"But now it's the military situation that decides everything." Jiang Xianyun did not give up, and still insisted on his proposition: "We don't have so much time!" ”

Jiang Xianyun's anxiety did not resonate with Zhang Guotao and Wang Shouhua, but attracted greater criticism from Zhang Guotao: "Jiang Xianyun, your attitude is very dangerous, you have not fulfilled your duties as a member of the [***] with Chiang Kai-shek, and now you have gone to the road of right-leaning surrender and openly opposed the Central Committee and the Comintern, and I think you will be a counter-revolutionary in the future." Comrade Nie Rzhen, I suggest that your Central Military Commission discuss this issue and put forward a proposal on how to deal with it, because my opinion is that he is no longer worthy of being a member of the party. ”

Zhang Guotao's words not only shocked Jiang Xianyun but also Nie Rzhen and Wang Shouhua, they didn't expect Zhang Guotao's reaction to be so fierce. Wang Shouhua hurriedly persuaded: "Secretary Zhang, Comrade Xianyun is also very kind, besides, he has worked in Chiang Kai-shek's headquarters for a long time and knows the situation there very well, even if the countermeasures he proposed are inappropriate, they have not reached the level of right-leaning and counter-revolutionary, but only different opinions." ”

"This seems inappropriate, Secretary Zhang, in my opinion, Comrade Xianyun's opinion shows his loyalty to the party." Nie Rzhen also disagreed, but his tone was more soothing: "Now that the differences in Wuhan and Nanchang are serious, you just said that Chiang Kai-shek's parting ways with us is inevitable, and since this is the case, it is also necessary for us to make some preparations in advance." ”

"This is the real exposure of the roots of his thoughts, even if there are differences in Nanchang and Wuhan, even if Chiang Kai-shek wants to part ways with us, things are not bad to this point, not to mention that this struggle has not yet begun, he wants to escape, this is not right, not surrender What is it?!" Zhang Guotao questioned Nie Rzhen in a fierce voice.

"If we just throw our hands away, what will the workers and peasants think of our party? What kind of impact will this have on the party's image and prestige? If you are afraid of even this sacrifice, what kind of revolution can you talk about! What to say for the happiness of the people! Nie Rzhen was about to speak, but Zhang Guotao was a series of questions, and every sentence could not be refuted, and every sentence was heart-wrenching.

"Secretary Zhang, in the first Eastern Crusade, the bloody battle of Kumho, Comrade Xianyun always fought on the front line, and he couldn't get out of the line of fire; In the second Eastern Crusade, the storming of Huizhou, Comrade Xianyun was a death squad of the fourth regiment, and he was wounded in two places; He still took the lead in counterinsurgency. He was born and died several times, and he was bloodstained several times, never greedy for life and afraid of death, and never wavered. A little further, Shuikoushan went on strike, Anyuan went on strike, and his performance has been obvious to all. I don't think his opinion has anything to do with the right-leaning capitulation, and his purpose is to remind the central authorities and prepare in advance. Nie Rzhen still argues for Jiang Xianyun, his qualifications in the party are not as good as Zhang Guotao, and he has never held a position in the Central Committee, but he also studied in France and Soviet Russia, and has also worked in the Comintern.

(To be continued)