Chapter 224 Two, two, three, quell the demons in Guangdong and Guangxi

After Chen Jiongming was expelled from Guangzhou by the coalition forces of Yunnan and Guangxi, he led his army to occupy the Dongjiang area of ​​Guangdong. After Sun Yat-sen went north, Chen Jiongming thought he had an opportunity to take advantage of it, so he collected bandits from the South Dongjiang Road, contacted the warlords of Fujian, Jiangxi, and Hunan, and claimed to be the commander-in-chief of the National Salvation Army. , Commander-in-Chief Lin Hu, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Hong Zhaolin, Commander-in-Chief Ye Ju, etc. totaled 70,000 people, trying to offend Guangzhou. At that time, Guangzhou had the Dian Army (Yang Ximin's Department), the Guangdong Army (Xu Chongzhi's Department), the Hunan Army (Tan Yankai's Department), the Gui Army (Liu Zhenhuan's Department), the Yu Army (Fan Zhongxiu's Department), Zhu Peide's Dian Army, and a small number of Hubei troops. , Jin army and Shaanxi army, more than 100,000 people collectively called the coalition army, with Yang Ximin as the commander-in-chief of the coalition army.

On January 15, 2014, the Guangzhou government decided to march eastward and send troops in three routes. The Guangdong army was the left-wing army, the Yunnan army was the right-wing army, and the Guangxi army was the Huizhou siege army. On February 1, the battle plan was changed, and the Guangdong army was changed to the right wing. It went straight to Chaoshan via the sea and Lufeng, and attacked Hong Zhaolin's defense line.Taking the Dian army as the left wing, passing through Heyuan and Laolong, heading straight for Xingning and Wuhua, attacking Linhu's defense line.The Gui army was still responsible for besieging Huizhou.

When the coalition was organized, the Yunnan and Guangxi armies deliberately ignored the school troops of the Huangpu Military Academy. The Huangpu school troops were full of revolutionary consciousness. At that time, they froze the Whampoa school army on the grounds that they were too weak to fight and did not need to participate. The Huangpu students were discriminated against by the various armies in Guangzhou, and they were very angry. They felt that it was a great shame and humiliation that they could not participate in the crusade against Chen Jiongming.At that time, the school army was only the first, second, and third batch of students and the first and second regiments of teaching. There were no more than 3,000 people. The salary and equipment were not sufficient, the training time was short, and they had no combat experience. The right-wing Cantonese army, Jiang Zhongzheng was also the chief of staff of the Cantonese army at that time, that is, he served as the commander-in-chief of the school army as the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy.

The military discipline of all walks of life in Guangdong is not good. After the Whampoa school army set off, they have new eyes and ears.They have strict military discipline, public buying and selling, high morale, and swift action. It was dispatched on February 3, 2014, and captured Dongguan on the afternoon of the 5th.Along the way, they were warmly welcomed by the people, and the school soldiers shouted "Long live the people". On February 11, the area along Guangjiu Road will be completely controlled. On the morning of the 15th, fresh water was recovered. After the Whampoa school army regained Dongguan and Tamsui, the Guangxi army continued to attack Huizhou for a long time, and the Dian army did not advance or retreat between Zengcheng and Boluo.The school army fought alone with a revolutionary spirit, continued to attack, and captured Hai and Lufeng in late February.

Because the school army chased to the north and achieved fruitful results, it was greatly tabooed by the Yunnan and Guangxi troops.Yang Ximin and Liu Zhenhuan colluded with Lin Hu, Chen Jiongming's subordinate. The school army took the lead, and joined forces with the Guangdong army to attack Lin army, resulting in a great victory in Mianhu. On March 23, Wuhua and Xingning were conquered successively.At the same time, troops were stationed in Chao and Mei.Chen Jiongming fled to Hong Kong, his subordinate general Hong Zhaolin led his troops to flee to Fujian, and Lin Hu led his troops to Jiangxi.The vigorous first Eastern Expedition of the Whampoa School Army came to an end.

While the teachers and students of Whampoa were happily celebrating the great victory of the Eastern Expedition, the sad news of Sun Yat-sen's death in Beijing suddenly came, and the whole army was deeply saddened.Sun Yat-sen died of illness on March 12, 2014. Guangdong Governor Hu Hanmin was afraid that the news would affect the morale of the school army, so he did not notify the school army of the Eastern Expedition until the end of the war. On March 22, Chiang Kai-shek led the whole army to hold a memorial ceremony. At noon on March 27, Chiang Kai-shek assembled the school army outside the east gate of Xingning City and gave a lecture to the whole army in a mournful tone:

"Our Prime Minister passed away in Peiping on the twelfth of this month. The death of the Prime Minister is the saddest and most unfortunate event for our school and our party, and it is also the greatest loss for mankind in our world.When the Prime Minister is here, we should be silent for five minutes regarding our school's hope and enthusiasm for education, as well as his descriptions, attitudes, thoughts, and remarks.Think about it carefully, and mourn with Zhi. The Prime Minister passed by our school when he was going north last year. He wanted to go to the Yuzhu Fort on the other side of Huangpu to see the fortification work of our first classmate.Not sure yet, but I went to Beijing to fight, and even if I die, I can feel at ease. ’ I asked: ‘Why did the Prime Minister say these words? The Prime Minister also said: "The Three People's Principles we advocate can be implemented in the future, and you, an ordinary student of the Army Military Academy, can hope to implement them in the future."All people are bound to die, but they have to die well. Today I can see the heroic spirit of the officers, students and soldiers of the Whampoa Military Academy, so I can continue my life, so I can feel at ease even though I am dead. After hearing these words, everyone must keep in mind that they must work hard to live up to the painstaking efforts and hopes of the Prime Minister in educating everyone.In the future, we can only continue to work hard.Only those who have achieved the success of our doctrine can be regarded as followers of the prime minister and members of the Chinese Kuomintang.

The reason for the Prime Minister’s illness, I have already mentioned before, his illness and his death, all because of the failure to fully implement the doctrine, and it has been three years since Chen Jiongming rebelled against the party, and the party members cannot get rid of this mere rebellion, so Worried and angry, he died today.The root cause is that Chen Jiongming’s rebellion prevented the party from developing, so we must kill the rebel Chen Jiongming to vent the Prime Minister’s anger. Although Chen Jiongming’s army has been defeated by us more than half, Chen Jiongming himself has not yet obtained it. It is always an obstacle to the implementation of our doctrine.I hope that everyone will work harder in the future. Only by killing Chen Jiongming can the revolution succeed, and practice can comfort the heroic spirit of the Prime Minister.The Prime Minister knows that the illness will not be cured this time, so the responsibility for the hope of our party and the implementation of the Three People's Principles rests with our officers, students and soldiers in the Whampoa Military Academy. I hope that everyone will work harder in the future to achieve Practicing the purpose of doctrine can be regarded as fulfilling our responsibility.

Our Whampoa Military Academy Teaching Corps will be the backbone of the Chinese Revolutionary Army in the future, and it is already well-known both at home and abroad.This is because our army never retreats, but since now, if we fail a little or retreat, our reputation will not be maintained.If even one person retreats, the reputation of all of us will be ruined by one person. This person who retreats is our public enemy and should be sentenced to death.There is another important point, we must always think about our reputation, it is entirely given to us by our own dead officers and brothers, how pitiful they are dead, our comrades who are not dead should avenge them on their behalf. We should not retreat in fear just because we saw a comrade being beaten to death in battle. Can such a person still serve as a revolutionary army?Still ambitious?

This time we attacked Xingning, we had less than 2,500 troops, and the enemy had more than 15,000 troops. The reason why we were able to defeat him was that we were all obeying the orders of the officials, united as one, only advancing, not retreating.The second is to observe military discipline and care for the people. Everyone followed the principal through hardships and hardships and won many battles. This is the principal's great satisfaction and gratitude.If everyone can continue to do this without turning back and consistently, in a short time, the Three People's Principles will be implemented in Guangdong, and then extended to all provinces and the whole country, and we will have a happy life.

We set off from Huangpu to Xingning. After traveling for more than a thousand miles, we fought many fierce battles. We were very brave and patient. What a spirit this is.We must also know that we protect the people, that is, practice. If the Prime Minister saw this scene here, he must be very happy. Although the Prime Minister has passed away, his soul is still alive, and he can be very relieved. His soul will definitely come to protect us. Yes, as long as we work hard, we can live up to our Prime Minister's painstaking efforts. " After the great victory in the Eastern Expedition, the Central Executive Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang appointed Jiang Zhongzheng to concurrently serve as the Chaoshan aftermath supervisor to handle local aftermath matters. On April 11, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the school troops to live in Mei County. Yang Ximin of the Yunnan Army and Liu Zhenhuan of the Guangxi Army did not take active actions during the first Eastern Expedition, and secretly colluded with Lin Hu. Unexpectedly, the Huangpu School Army took the Dongjiang with a fearless spirit. Together, there are 50,000 to 60,000 people, far superior to the school army. Therefore, in mid-May, the Dian army began to concentrate in Guangzhou, potentially deploying defenses in the Baiyun Mountain and Shougouling areas; the Gui army was transferred from Dongjiang to Beijiang, and planned to attack Guangzhou. The Marshal's Mansion's attempt.After the death of Sun Yat-sen, Generalissimo of Guangzhou was replaced by Hu Hanmin. On May 13, 2014, Hu Hanmin sent Liao Zhongkai to Shantou. A military meeting was held at the headquarters of the Guangdong Army that night. In Guangzhou, Jiang Zhongzheng was the commander-in-chief, and Yang and Liu, who were trying their best to eradicate the obstacles to the revolution, consolidated the revolutionary base. On May 21, Jiang Zhongzheng led the party army (i.e. the school army) and the Cantonese army from Chao and Mei to return to Guangzhou.From June 7th to 14th, after a week of fighting, the Yunnan and Guangxi armies were completely defeated, and Guangzhou fell back into the arms of the revolution. On August 20, 2014, the party army was officially renamed the National Revolutionary Army. Jiang Zhongzheng was the commander of the first army of the National Revolutionary Army. Reorganized as the third division.He Yingqin, commander of the First Division, Wang Maogong, commander of the Second Division, and Tan Shuqing, commander of the Third Division.Tan Yankai, commander of the Second Army of the National Revolutionary Army, Zhu Peide, commander of the Third Army, Li Jichen, commander of the Fourth Army, and Li Fulin, commander of the Fifth Army, thus the Revolutionary Army was established. When Jiang Zhongzheng led his troops from Chao and Mei Huisui to attack Yang and Liu, the remnants of Chen Jiongming expressed their surrender and returned to Chao and Mei, but they did not really surrender, so they rebelled again on September 1, 2014 and attacked the left behind The Cantonese army couldn't resist, and retreated to Danshui. Chen Jiongming's army then pushed westward steadily, occupying Puning, Huizhou, Lu, and Haifeng counties, and ravaged Dongjiang.At the same time, Xiong Kewu, the Sichuan army in collusion with the North Road, marched from Beijiang to Tongzhou, and Deng Benyin on the South Road invaded Zhaoqing and would attack Guangzhou.The Guangzhou Nationalist Government then ordered a crusade, which was the second Eastern Expedition. On September 28, the national government issued the campaign strategy as follows: (1) On the Dongjiang River: Jiang Zhongzheng, commander-in-chief of the Eastern Expedition Army (with the First and Fourth Armies as the backbone). (2) North Road: With Lu Diping as the North Road Guard Commander, control the troops stationed on the North Road. (3) South Road: Guard Henan with Li Fulin, commander of the Fifth Army. (4) Guangzhou: Guard Guangzhou with Wang Maogong, commander of the Second Division of the First Army and commander of the Guangzhou Garrison.And Zhu Peide, the commander of the third army, was the commander of the general reserve. Jiang Zhongzheng led his army to the second eastward expedition, besieged Huizhou City on October 9, and conquered it on the 14th. On the 20th, they attacked Chao and Mei. The first column recovered Chaoshan on November 4, and occupied Raoping on the 7th.The third column occupied Wuhua on October 28, conquered Funing on October 31, and took advantage of the victory to clear Meixian and Dapu.Dongjiang then came to a conclusion. Guangdong and Guangxi were finally unified under the growing revolutionary forces.