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?