The Founding of an Army Page #3

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and has labelled me a bandit.

Am I a bandit?

I'm a soldier!

He has a good point.

You are always yelling to fight and to kill.

Fight?

Would you sit back with your arms folded

while the poor are bullied?

If you turn a blind eye

when they are bullied, you are an accomplice.

You fight for others' justice

but you can save only a few at most.

We communists want to fight for everyone's justice

and change millions of our people's lives.

That's exactly right.

I would not embark on

that evil ship with Chiang.

As for the gifts,

I will take care of them.

It's a shame we don't have

the Hanyang Arsenal.

Otherwise we'd have all the guns

and cannons we could want.

We would kick those bastards' asses

so they would cry for their mothers.

Chiang and Wang have split with the communists

and the world now sees communists as a threat.

In such a critical moment,

Commander He knows so clearly what is right.

You are the kind of friend I must have.

A friend like you

is also what I need.

Anything else?

The Mosin-Nagans...

I can't get those.

That's what the Red Russians gave the Cantonese.

We would lose our heads

if we smuggled those out.

Have you served in the army?

I served for a few days.

I want all these guns.

I don't accept Canton Bank notes.

You have to pay in silver dollars.

That's not enough.

Here, take this.

That can be enough.

As a token of our friendship.

Also deliver the goods to Manager Luo.

Manager Luo you say.

Do you mean Luo Ronghuan?

Correct.

Then I know what you're doing.

You can keep the money

as well as the guns.

You are doing something big.

I'm keeping this watch

as the bond between us.

You are a hero

and I admire you.

The Nationalist Government is willing

to accommodate you with the utmost sincerity.

United we stand. Divided we fall.

The Nationalist Government reaffirms

that any force attempting to thwart

the Northern Expedition revolution will be...

Both Chiang

and Wang were students of Dr. Sun Yat-sen.

Nobody expected they would betray

the revolution one after the other.

This has had a chilling effect.

We will not give up.

The communists will remember forever

our intentions to follow

Dr. Sun's revolutionary path.

I hope you can maintain

this youthful zeal forever.

China's future

depends on you.

Madam,

I am here to say goodbye to you.

Where are you going?

Jiangxi

and then Guangdong.

To rekindle the spark of the revolution,

we must organize our own troops.

If it's necessary,

feel free to use my name

so that more people will support you.

No,

support us.

Fakui,

the communists see me as the

last Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou.

And you as Zhao Kuangyin, his trusted general

who robbed him of the empire.

Chairman Wang is fond of a joke.

Military men don't talk about politics.

All the communist soldiers are under your command.

That Ye Ting...

When the conditions are right there will be a coup

and the Nationalist Government's Chairmanship

will be yours sooner or later.

Chairman Wang,

it's not appropriate for you to say so.

I am not that kind of man.

As for how faithful I am

to the Nationalist's Government,

it is there for all to see.

Then send a telegram

calling Ye Ting onto Lushan Mountain

and let us confront him.

If he truly dares to rebel,

I will drown him with my own hands.

We can call him to the mountain

for a military conference.

Then, that commander from the 20th Army...

He Long is not a communist.

Forget about it if there are real difficulties.

Don't underestimate the skill of sewing.

Sometimes

it's more important than firing a gun.

All finished.

Let me see.

Who taught you this?

Lady!

Lady! Who taught you this, Lady?

My morn did when I was little.

So you are a little girl!

A little skill never hurts anybody.

Haven't you heard of such a saying?

Watch me!

So you mean

this Lushan Conference is some kind of a trick?

Wang Jingwei wouldn't dare

to seize your military power so openly

for fear it will cause a mutiny.

The Lushan Conference is just a ruse.

Once you leave your troops and go up the hill,

you'll become like teethless tigers

and you'll be bullied like sick cats.

Some kind of ambush.

I don't think it would be easy

to pull out my teeth, huh?

Here, try some.

Hey Boatsman,

nice congee.

Comrade Ye Ting taught me well.

You're not too bad at flattery either.

He really taught me well.

Su Yu!

Yes, sir.

Come,

have some congee.

Thank you.

At this point we can't return to Wuhan,

and if we head east

we'll be forced to confront Chiang Kai-shek head-on.

It is not wise for our troops to stay in Jiujiang.

Now at this crucial moment

this Zhang Fakui has

become the reactionaries' lackey.

What we do next will not be easy.

What are you talking about?

Oh I apologize.

We are accustomed

to speaking Cantonese among ourselves.

We're talking about where the army will be going.

Where then?

To Nanchang.

The Central Committee has decided

to stage an uprising in Nanchang.

The enemy has only 6,000 troops in Nanchang

and our 11th Army and 20th Army

together command a total of 20,000 troops.

We hold an absolute advantage.

Nanchang

has Chiang Kai-shek to the east,

Wang Jingwei to the west

and Zhang Fakui to the north.

All three are at war with one another

and none of them will send in troops

once we begin to act.

Besides,

in Nanchang City

we still have a Zhu De.

Zhu De?

Is he the guy who went to Berlin looking

for the Communist Party?

I don't need to go that far.

I am right here looking for the Party.

After the uprising,

I will sponsor you to become a Party member.

Why don't I take this job?

You need a sponsor to join the Party?

This is a provision of the Party's Constitution.

All right.

Regardless of who my sponsor is,

I request

to be stationed on the frontlines.

Comrades,

Nanchang is only the beginning.

Our goal is to fight

all the way back to Guangzhou,

assemble our forces,

and launch a new Northern Expedition

to unify China.

Commander Ye, Report.

I am the Colonel for the Nanchang City Garrison,

Chen Feng.

If I may enquire, sir.

Speak.

What, may I ask, is the purpose

of your troops' coming to Nanchang City?

To head east to face Chiang Kai-shek.

Commander Ye, Report.

Our troops have not received any command.

This is the command.

As my job requires...

Attention!

Welcome the "Iron Army"

of the Northern Expedition to enter the city!

Welcome the "Iron Army"

of the Northern Expedition to enter the city!

Wang Jingwei's telegram to purge the communists

indicates he is on our side.

But some generals support him as China's leader.

We must be cautious.

He will not become someone significant.

The ones I really worry about are Ye Ting,

He Long

and Zhou Enlai.

Right now these three

can't bring too much chaos.

There are many competent men

surrounding Zhou Enlai.

You must be careful.

I understand.

By the way.

Have the gifts for Miss Mei-ling

been prepared?

They have all been sent to Shanghai.

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