The failure of the CPC to secure Soviet assistance against the hated KMT was not without its consequences.

Each passing day of the Revolution took a heavy toll on the guerilla fighters of the Red Army. Manchuria was falling, the Red Army seemed incapable of escaping the mountains of the north, and the remaining supplies dwindled further and further. Without major successes in encircling and capturing KMT supplies, the CPC found itself without the means to master anything that might fall into their lap in the first place - though the people have begun to stand, they were still merely people. People must learn before they can fight, and if they have nothing to learn, they cannot fight. Though word had reached Communist headquarters of Soviet arms once again finding themselves in CPC hands, inability to secure the route they traveled loomed over the shipment like a dark cloud.

Much to the chagrin of the Chairman, the 28 Bolsheviks (or what was left of them) had seen fit to re-establish contact with each other.

• Wang Jiaxiang

• Chen Changhao

• He Kequan

• Yang Shangkun

• Zhang Qinqiu

• Xu Yixin

• Wang Shengrong

• Wang Ming

The remaining 8 members of the introductory Soviet-Aligned CPC members corresponded confidentially. Among the topics discussed were the failure to secure Soviet support earlier on, the associated military failure of Mao and the peasant armies and the general underhandedness they now realized Mao used to put down the influence of the Bolsheviks. All had fallen victim to the propaganda machine employed by Mao, and now the Bolsheviki toiled in the shadow of the Chairman. Defamed and ignored, Wang Ming was specific to lament the abandonment of the CPC by the Soviets and furthermore stated that the revolution could potentially be doomed to fail.

Unless, of course, Mao were to be removed and the career of Ming were to be resurrected in the power vacuum.

It would require sacrifice, but sacrifice in the name of the people was the name of the game, was it not?