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"I see the general situation clearly, but it's just the opposite of what you said. It's not that the enemy can't mobilize the army and police, but that our people are all exposed to the enemy. If you act recklessly, you risk being caught by the enemy. Comrade Ladies and gentlemen, we should always keep in mind the lessons of the blood of the Great Revolution." Guo Songtao said loudly.

"So what? We cannot be intimidated by the enemy's white terror. The revolution may not succeed once, and we may still fail this time, but we can use blood and life to awaken the masses, to awaken their conscience and struggle spirit.” Another comrade from the Organization Department was also one of the representatives who insisted on armed insurrection.

"In exchange for blood and life? Isn't the price too high?" the leader of the Municipal Party Committee's Culture Department mocked.

"That is, whose life and blood are used to wake up the people? Is it yours?" Guo Songtao also said coldly.

"Yes, it's mine and ours. Maybe we can succeed this time." The leader of the social department insisted.

"You also know that there is a certainty. Since you can't be sure, you rashly sacrificed the entire underground party organization to wake up the people. Don't you think the price is too high? Who will bear the responsibility? Can you afford it? "Guo Songtao said bluntly.

The leader of the social department looked at the comrade from the organization department, and both of them fell silent.

Indeed, the price they said was too great, not only the two of them could not afford it, but anyone present could not afford it.

"I don't think there is any need to argue any further. This matter is still decided by the central government. It is beyond our control. Now let's discuss how to rescue comrades who have been arrested by the enemy." The leader of the organization department said.

Talking about the rescue, Guo Songtao took a sip of tea, and then sighed: "At present, we have used all kinds of social relations, but they are almost useless. What we can hope for now, and the best result, is to force the Kuomintang authorities Conduct a public trial so that our comrades will not be secretly executed by the enemy. We have hired a lawyer, Mr. Zhang Shizhao."

"Oh, did Lawyer Zhang agree to come forward to help us?" the leader of the Ministry of Culture asked hastily.

Speaking of Zhang Shizhao, most people in Shanghai know that he was the chief education officer during the Duan Qirui government, and later resigned to become a practicing barrister.

When the leader of the Communist Party, Chen Du-xiu, was arrested by the Kuomintang authorities, it was Zhang Shizhao who shouldered the moral responsibility and acted as his lawyer. sentenced.

"But how can we force the government to openly try this case? There are quite a few people involved this time." The leader of the Organization Department asked worriedly.

"Naturally, we still use all kinds of social relations to let friends from the democratic parties and celebrities in the cultural circles put pressure on the Kuomintang authorities." Guo Songtao said.

"We can't be so passive. We should use violence to counter the enemy's violence. Even if we can't launch an armed riot in the entire city immediately, we should launch a small riot to rescue the comrades who were imprisoned by the enemy while the enemy was in a panic." Ministry of Social Affairs said the leader.

"Small riots are still risky. What if we use armed rescue to rescue our comrades first?" asked the leader of the organization department.

"According to what we have learned, there is a company of guards in the Fuxingshe building, and they are equipped with heavy weapons. All the agents of the Fuxingshe are soldiers. They all have guns and can fight. The strength of two companies has been increased, and the enemy relies on a solid building for fortification, and we do not have the strength of a regiment, so we cannot quickly capture that building." Guo Songtao said.

"The strength of a regiment?"

Everyone was a little desperate when they heard this number.

The underground party also has its own action team, with a limited number of people. Even if you add people from the Special Kosovo Office, it will never reach the strength of a regiment unless all the activists among the workers are armed.

However, even if a regiment can be assembled, there is not enough heavy weapons. It is absolutely impossible to capture a strong fortress with pistols and rifles alone.

In addition, most of the enemies are veterans who have been tested on the battlefield, but the armed workers have not been tested in actual combat at all. If they really go to the front line, how many of them can adapt to that kind of fierce battle scene in the hail of bullets?

All the people here have been on the battlefield and fought. Of course, they all know how useful the recruits can be in the first battle.

If there is not a sufficient number of veterans with them, most of them will be a mob. Many people will be too scared to move when they hear the gunshots. As long as there are casualties around them, some people can't even hold the gun.

"Armed rescue will not work. What happened at the Army General Hospital last time has proved this." Guo Songtao basically came to a conclusion.

Everyone nodded. The last surprise attack on the Army General Hospital was a mission carried out by the Central Special Branch Operations Department. They were all selected from thousands of soldiers. The losses caused were enormous.

"We should also mobilize the masses to take to the streets to propagandize against the white terror created by the Kuomintang authorities. Newspapers should also expose the enemy's fake democracy and true dictatorship, and fight against the enemy on the two fronts of culture and ideology," said the leader of the Ministry of Culture. Said.

"I agree with this point. There should be various methods of struggle." Guo Songtao raised his hand.

"I agree."

"I agree."

……

Everyone present raised their hands to vote, and finally the leader of the Ministry of Social Affairs also had to raise their hands in agreement.

In his heart, he scoffed at the weakness of these people, thinking that these people were cowards and opportunists who dared not fight the enemy with real swords and guns. This was not revolution, but speculation.

He believed in the successful line of the Soviet revolution, seized the political power in the city with blood and iron, and then gained control of the vast rural areas. Although he also experienced a brutal civil war, the Soviet revolution succeeded in one country alone. This is a pioneering work, and it is also the only way for other countries to win.

He also opposed those who advocated revolution in rural areas, so-called encirclement of cities by the countryside, and finally won national victory.

He believes that this deviates from the successful route of the Soviet revolution, and it is absolutely impossible to succeed. In October last year, he had the honor to meet Comrade Wang Ming, the leader of the Central Committee, and listened to his revolutionary teachings with his own ears.

Wang Ming gave him a 6-word study material "Struggle for the CCP to Become More Bolsheviks", hoping that he would study hard and play an active role in the future struggle against the enemy.

After reading this article, his blood boiled, and he repeatedly asked the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee to organize workers, students, and the masses to stage armed riots.

On October 1931, 10, Wang Ming, his wife Meng Qingshu and others left Shanghai for the Soviet Union. In Moscow, in accordance with the instructions of the Communist International, he took command of the domestic revolution.

However, he copied the revolutionary theory of "urban armed riots to seize power" from the victory of the Russian Revolution, which did not suit China's national conditions, brought great troubles to the Chinese revolution, and was opposed by many comrades.

"I think that even if we don't start an armed riot right away, we should organize workers' strikes, students' strikes, and citizens' strikes to increase the pressure on the enemy." He recalled that article at this moment, and couldn't help saying angrily.

"I understand your feelings, but these actions should be taken step by step, not all at once. First organize worker representatives and student representatives to give speeches on the streets, and then organize some demonstrations. Workers' strikes, students' strikes, and citizens' strikes have paralyzed the whole of Shanghai." The leader of the Ministry of Culture said.

Guo Songtao rubbed his temples with his fingers, but he disapproved of these measures in his heart, thinking that this was caused by the "left" adventurism prevailing in the party.

Guo Songtao believes that the most important thing now is to stop losses, rather than continue to expand the offensive against the enemy. Doing so will not bring any benefits except for greater losses and more bloodshed.

But he also knows that there have been such disputes within the party for two years, which fall into the category of line struggles.He didn't want the Shanghai municipal party committee to get caught up in the debate.

Therefore, at every critical moment, he will stop and make a step first to prevent different opinions from escalating.