At the beginning of 1935, a major event occurred in Chinese history, that is, the Zunyi Conference was held.
At this meeting, the erroneous military line of Bogu and Li De was put an end, the leadership of the chairman was established, and the Red Army was saved from the catastrophe.
Reed
Li De, a person who likes to think of himself as Yang Qinchai, what happened after the Zunyi meeting? He was dismissed from his advisory post, initially following the First Army, and then the translator Wu Xiuquan went to the Third Army, and he followed the headquarters again.
Although he was no longer a military adviser, he would still attend some important meetings, which of course were to honor him. He made serious mistakes in military command, but he did not deliberately make mistakes, it was a matter of level, so it was necessary to respect.
In June of that year, another major event occurred in history, that is, the Red First and Fourth Fronts met the division. When the two armies were united, the strength of the Red Army grew, and the soldiers had more hope for the future.
However, the problem soon arose, and Zhang Guotao, the leader of the Red Fourth Front, should have seen that the strength of the Central Red Army was far inferior to his own, and he had a different idea.
The result of this idea was that instead of carrying out the central government's plan to go north, the troops were ordered to go south.
At that time, the Red Army was divided into two routes, left and right, the left route army was commanded by Zhu De and Zhang Guotao, the right route army was commanded by Chen Changhao and Xu Xiangqian of the four fronts, and the central army followed the right route army.
Zhang Guotao
However, when the Right Route Army walked through the vast meadows and sent a telegram to the Left Route Army to move closer to the Right Route Army and move north, Zhang Guotao sent a telegram to Chen Changhao and Xu Xiangqian to lead the Right Route Army back and "go south and thoroughly carry out the struggle within the Party." In the telegram, Zhang Guotao demanded that Chen and Xu take measures if they did not cooperate.
Obviously, the situation is already very urgent, and the Red Army and the Red Fourth Front may be able to merge at any time. Seeing this situation, the chairman immediately made a decision and decided to lead the Red 1 and Red 3 armies and the columns of the Central Military Commission to go north first to avoid the worst situation.
And this action, in the eyes of Chen Changhao and others, is what Zhang Guotao called "non-cooperation", and it is possible to take action. Just in case, the troops who had gone north first were on alert. This is even more considered uncooperative.
After learning of this situation, the commander-in-chief Xu Xiangqian expressed confusion, meaning "why do you want to say goodbye without saying goodbye" The political commissar Chen Changhao was furious, meaning that he wanted to fight back the "fleeing" troops.
He asked Xu Xiangqian: "Fight, or don't fight?" Xu Xiangqian said in a nonchalant manner: "What kind of fighting, where is the reason for the Red Army to fight the Red Army!" ”
After Xu Xiangqian said this, Chen Changhao also gave up the idea of fighting, but still sent people to recover the people of the Four Fronts Army, and Xu Xiangqian did not say anything about it.
It is said that among the troops who went north first, in addition to the Red 1 and Red 3 armies and the columns of the Central Military Commission, there were also cadets from the Red Army University, and the vast majority of these cadets were from the Red Fourth Front.
Litt
To this end, Chen Changhao ordered the responsible person of the Red Army University to chase the cadets back, and then carry out Zhang Guotao's order to go south.
The chief of education of the Red Army University was Li Te, who was originally the chief of staff of the Red Fourth Front, and was transferred to the chief of education after the establishment of the Red Army University.
After receiving the order, he immediately led a group of cavalry to pursue. Soon, they also caught up with the first troops. He made the cavalry shout that going north was escapism, there was no future, and going south was the way out.
Along the way, he also whipped the Red Army university students who followed them north, and their attitude was extremely bad. After catching up, his cavalry team confronted the people of the CMC column, which was very rude to the chairman and accused the chairman of escapism.
At this time, a man and a horse came to the front and dragged Li Te off the horse. At first glance, it was Li De, who had been removed from his advisory position.
A string of foreign characters came out of Li De's mouth, and those who understood Russian knew that he was cursing Li Te, disobeying the orders of the central authorities, and being so arrogant.
Li Te was dragged off his horse by Li De, and immediately scolded, even in Russian. Then, the two had a physical altercation and became rough.
Xu Xiangqian
At this time, the chairman spoke to Li Te, the twisted melon is not sweet, it is correct to go north or south, to let the facts speak, first act separately, let time judge who is right.
Listening to the chairman's words, Li Te had nothing to say and left with the people sadly.
For this matter, many people wrote articles saying that Li De realized his previous mistakes in military command and supported the chairman with practical actions.
I've read no less than 5 articles about it, and they're full of praise for Reed.
So, what is the truth, did Li De really realize his mistakes from the heart and admit his mistakes?
On the question of whether to go north or south, Li De really supported the decision of the Central Committee, and he fully supported the Red Army's move north. Therefore, when he saw Li Te arrogant, he did not fight in anger, and directly moved to drag Li Te down, directly scolded, and then prepared to fight.
However, it is also inaccurate to say that Li De was completely motivated by support for the central government's decision. Li De supported going north, and also took some bootleg goods. Personally, the closer he went north, the closer he got to the Soviet Union, and he hoped to be able to connect with the domestic international community, and perhaps restore his advisory position and regain power.
Chen Changhao
At that time, the CCP had been disconnected from the Comintern for a long time, and Li De was even more uncomfortable than the others, thinking that he represented the Comintern, and he was the only one who had such qualifications. Therefore, his mood is extremely urgent.
In fact, li de has been defending himself since the Zunyi Conference, and he will say that he is right, that the enemy is too strong. After a while, he said that he was only an adviser, only the right to make suggestions, and that it was the Chinese comrades who made the final decision.
So, are these the author's speculations or are they based on? The latter, of course.
After the end of the Long March, the American journalist Snow once interviewed Li De, and even at that time, he was still defending himself and did not admit that he was wrong in command.
And, until he returned to the Soviet Union, back to Germany, he insisted that he was right. This can be seen in a book he wrote after returning to Germany.
Li De's book is called "Chronicle of China", he wrote about his own experience in China for 6 years, in the book, there are many untrue facts, very upside down the taste of right and wrong. He was still preaching his dogmatism and stubbornly refusing to acknowledge the grave mistakes made and the heavy losses inflicted on the Red Army.
If you want to know the end, you can find this book to see, read it again and it will be very clear.
For Li De, everyone does not know what they want to say?