Any way to keep the 28 Bolesheviks ascendant in Chinese Communism?

I've been reading recently about the beginnings of the Long March, the collapse of the Jiangxsi Soviet and Mao's rise to power after the ousting of Bo Gu amongst others.

Not knowing a great deal about the period but is there a way for the 28 Bolesheviks to keep themselves in a leadership role and avert the rise of Mao. Losing a majority of their soldiers by throwing them at KMT fixed positions seems to be the straw that broke the camels back, would avoiding this help or was it just a matter of time before they were supplanted?
 
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I suppose my other question would have to be how much control would Moscow exert on the Chinese Bolesheviks or would there eventually be tensions and splits, maybe when the purges kick into high gear?

Would the USSR push this Chinese leadership to a United front with the KMT against the Japanese?
 

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I suppose my other question would have to be how much control would Moscow exert on the Chinese Bolesheviks or would there eventually be tensions and splits, maybe when the purges kick into high gear?

Would the USSR push this Chinese leadership to a United front with the KMT against the Japanese?

The USSR would be absolutely pro 2nd United Front if it helps bog down Japan and protect the USSR. The alternative, a defined partition between the Communists and Japanese puppets, is less likely.
 
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