Northwest Years 西北岁月 Episode 8

Now that the 26th Red Army failed to move south, the revolutionary situation in Shaanxi suddenly reversed. Wang Taiji met with Zhao Boping and expressed that he knew that the time was not ripe, but in order to re-strengthen the 26th Army, he was determined to lead the cavalry regiment in the uprising. The team was renamed the "Northwestern People's Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army".

Because Zhang Wen, the confidential secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, rebelled, many comrades in the party were exposed. The soldiers lurking in the 17th Route Army took the risk to see Qin Mulan and told him about the situation. Qin Mulan thought that the Provincial Party Committee leadership meeting would be held in Fusheng Building today, and hurried over with Li Lie.

At this moment, Gao Gang went upstairs to meet with Xiao Zhang and Du Heng. Unexpectedly, Kuomintang inspector Wei Hai led a surprise arrest. Du Heng and Xiao Zhang were arrested. Gao Gang evacuated from the back door and was picked up by Qin Mulan and others. On the other side, Wei Hai took Du Heng to the interrogation room and said that Cheng Jianwen and Yuan Yuedong had surrendered and begged for mercy. Du Heng was timid and became a traitor before Wei Hai was punished.

Because Du Heng and Yuan Yuedong rebelled at the same time, the Shaanxi party organization was severely damaged. Qin Mulan, Gao Gang and others discussed to come up with a transfer plan as soon as possible. Considering that Wang Taiji had planned an uprising, Gao Gang immediately went to meet Wang Taiji after receiving the order. He had to take Zhaojin with him no matter what. This force would be an important force in the main Red Army.

Not long after, Wang Taiji led the cavalry regiment to revolt and gathered with the Fourth Red Regiment and the Yaoxian guerrillas in Zhaojin. Xi Zhongxun was extremely happy and the scene was full of celebration. However, the Fourth Red Regiment led by Huang Zixiang had a lot of grudges with the White Army. Naturally, they were somewhat dissatisfied with Wang Taiji, who had been an officer of the White Army. The Fourth Red Regiment and the Volunteer Army also had conflicts due to lack of food, and the two sides fought fiercely. , and in the end it will be up to Xi Zhongxun and others to intervene and stop it.

In order to resolve the conflict between the Fourth Red Regiment and the Volunteer Army, Xi Zhongxun and Qin Wushan discussed bringing everyone together and putting everything they had in the open, which would be more conducive to solving the problem. To this end, the Shaanxi-Gansu Border Special Committee held a meeting in Chenjiapo, Zhaojin, to resolve the unified leadership of several armed forces and establish a new main Red Army unit, with Wang Taiji as the commander-in-chief.

As soon as these words came out, Huang Zixiang and others immediately became dissatisfied and had a dispute with Gao Gang and others. Wang Taiji also politely declined to be the commander-in-chief, but he was undoubtedly the most suitable candidate. In the final vote by show of hands, Wang Taiji became the temporary commander-in-chief with four more votes. Huang Zixiang objected again, even quarreled with Gao Gang, and angrily decided to leave with the Fourth Red Regiment.

Seeing this scene, Xi Zhongxun hurriedly chased Huang Zixiang with his pipe pot, and handed him the pipe pot that had been with him for more than ten years. Xiao Zhi was moved by reason and emotion. Huang Zixiang understood what Xi Zhongxun meant, but he could never forget how the Red Fourth Regiment was established, and he couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart.

Xi Zhongxun's persuasion was fruitless, and he angrily said that if Huang Zixiang insisted on leaving, he would split the Red Army and the organization and become a deserter. Later, Xi Zhongxun took Yang Sen back to the meeting without any more words. Huang Zixiang was stimulated by Xi Zhongxun's words, and for a while it was not just whether he should leave or stay.

That night, Wang Taiji euphemistically expressed his intention to decline the appointment of commander-in-chief and recommended Huang Zixiang to take over. However, Xi Zhongxun told Wang Taiji that this appointment was carefully considered by the special committee and everyone voted by a show of hands, hoping that he would not refuse again. With everyone's insistence, Wang Taiji promised to lead the team and explained the next deployment. Huang Zixiang happened to be standing outside the door and heard it. He walked in directly and agreed to Wang Taiji's combat deployment and was willing to stay. Several armed forces finally formed a unified leadership.