Mao explains his refusal to comply with orders from the Hunan Provincial Committee. Further reading: Stephen Averill, Revolution in the Highlands: China’s Jinggangshan Base Area Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 Some names from this episode: Du Xiujing, Inspector sent to the Jinggangshan by the Hunan Provincial Committee in May 1928 and who returned in June Yuan Desheng, Representative of the Hunan Provincial Committee in the Jinggangshan Yang Chisheng, Guomindang commander defeated by the Communists in June 1928 Wang Zuo, Bandit leader who joined with Mao Zedong Yuan Wencai, Bandit leader who joined with Mao Zedong Wang Jun, Guomindang military commander in Jiangxi Shang Chengjie, Guomindang military commander in Hunan Xu Kexiang, Guomindang military commander in Hunan Wu Shang, Guomindang military commander in Hunan Support the show