Li Lisan steers the ship full steam ahead but it rocks violently. Chiang's “Chiang-He” army and the “Zhu-Mao” Red Army clash head-on in the Red revolutionary bases. There are great generals on both sides. The idea of blockhouses to choke the Zhu-Mao Army comes not from any of Chiang's German advisors but from Jin Handing, Zhu De's classmate from Yunnan Military Academy days.