Chapter 246 245. The Northern Expedition finally settled in Jiangxi and Fujian

The Northern Expedition army captured Changsha and fought hard in Wuhan. Wu Peifu waited for help, but Sun Chuanfang stood still and watched the success or failure.As the commander-in-chief of the five-provincial coalition forces, he commanded the five provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Anhui, and Jiangxi. His trick was to wait for both the revolutionary army and Wu Peifu's army to be defeated, while he waited for work with ease and stopped with silence. The Northern Expedition of the National Revolutionary Army was originally a two-way march, one way out of Hunan and into Hubei; the other way through Jiangxi into Jiangsu and Zhejiang.When the revolutionary army spread its might over the two lakes, Sun Chuanfang reinforced Jiangxi with a large army, attempting to invade the borders of Hunan and Hubei by dividing routes, and divided the commander-in-chief of Jiangxi, Deng Ruzhuo, into six groups: the first group, Tang Fushan and Zhang Fengqi, concentrated in Pingxiang and Yichun to attack Zhuzhou. Zhou and Liling; the second route Jiang Zhenchen concentrated in Yongxin, Lianhua invaded Rongling and Youxian; the third route Xie Wenbing and Chen Xiujue two routes, the Xie department concentrated in Wanzai, and the Chen department concentrated in Ninggang; the fourth route Liu Baoti concentrated in Yichun The Yang Ruxuan and Yang Chisheng divisions of the fifth route concentrated in Xincheng and Dashan, and attacked Nanxiong;

In August 2015, Sun Chuanfang issued a plan to aid Jiangxi, with Wang Pu's Department of the Third Mixed Brigade of the Anhui Army as the first army, the Soviet Army's Zheng Junyan's Department as the second army, Xie Hongxun's department as the third army, and Zhejiang Army's Zhou Fengqi Department as the fourth Army, Liu Fengtu of the Anhui Army was the fifth army, and Lu Xiangting, the commander-in-chief of Zhejiang, was the commander-in-chief of the Jiangxi aid army. On September 1, Sun Lianshuai arrived in Jiangxi to personally command the military. Lai Shihuang's troops in Jiangxi accompanied Sun Yat-sen into Jiangxi from Guangdong during his first Northern Expedition. They were originally a revolutionary army.When the Nationalist Government embarked on the Northern Expedition this time, it sent Xiong Shihui to Jiangxi to oppose Lai Shihuang and preach the Three Principles of the People.Xiong Shihui is a righteous man from Anyi, Jiangxi. He graduated from Baoding Military Academy and graduated from the Japanese Army University. He is a strategist. He was ordered to go to Jiangxi and went alone. , Concise and powerful words persuaded the local garrison to join the revolution and fight for the Three People's Principles. In early August, Xiong Xu went to Ruijin to meet with Lai Shihuang. After Xiong's earnest persuasion, Lai was willing to join the revolutionary army and was reorganized into the Independent First Division of the First Army of the National Revolutionary Army. Lai was still the division commander, and Xiong Shihui was the division's party representative.Lai joined the revolution and accepted that the National Revolutionary Army's number was not made public, because at that time Sun Chuanfang had ordered Fujian Governor Zhou Yinren to gather heavy troops in Tingzhou, Longyan, Shanghang, Yongding, and Heping. On the surface, Lai was still under the command of Sun Chuanfang and Jiangxi governor Deng Ruzhuo, so Sun Fang's battle plan was generally known, and Lai passed it on to He Yingqin who was stationed in Shantou.

When the Northern Expeditionary Army attacked Hunan and Hubei, in order to ensure the safety of its right side and back, and to make future progress easier, Zhu Peide, the commander of the Third Army of the National Revolutionary Army and the commander of the right wing, was ordered to be executed after Lai Shihuang officially announced the uprising. Appointed as the commander of the Fourteenth Army, Xiong Shihui was also promoted to the party representative of the military department. On August 22, the vanguard of Sun Chuanfang's reinforcements landed in Jiujiang and advanced towards the west of Jiangxi. Therefore, in order to seize the enemy's opportunity, the revolutionary army decided to take the initiative to take the offensive before Sun Chuanfang's reinforcements were concentrated.

On September 3, the revolutionary army under the command of Li Jichen attacked Ganzhou. Due to Lai Shihuang's uprising, which was close to the water, they occupied Ganzhou on September 6. Yang Ruxuan and Yang Chisheng fled in embarrassment.Under the command of Zhu Peide, the right-wing army also occupied Pingxiang on the 6th, Yichun City on the 10th, and Gao'an on the 18th. The Cheng Qian Department of the Sixth Army of the Revolutionary Army conquered Gao'an on September 10, and then marched towards Nanchang. On the afternoon of the 19th, Cheng Qian personally led the 19th Division to attack and occupy Nanchang. Both Lu and Zhangshu actively supported the counter-offensive, but Cheng Qian's army was weak and outnumbered, so he was forced to withdraw from Nanchang.

The Northern Expedition Army believed that the battle in Nanchang, Jiangxi was related to the overall Northern Expedition, so Jiang Zhongzheng returned to Changsha from the front lines of Hunan and Hubei, diverted to Jiangxi, and personally supervised the division. On September 19, 2015, he arrived in Pingxiang, and entered Xinyu on the 26th.Since Sun Chuanfang's army to aid Jiangxi gathered in Jiujiang, it seemed that there was an attempt to go west to Hubei to harass the revolutionary army's flanks, so the Northern Expedition Army dispatched the Seventh Army Li Zongren's troops to gather in Daye and Yangxin to attack Jiuhong.

Sun Chuanfang has gathered reinforcements from the three provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui to organize five front armies and one general reserve. Form the first front army with Deng Ruzhuo's department, under the jurisdiction of Tang Fushan, Zhang Fengqi, Jiang Zhenchen, Xie Wenbing, Yang Ruxuan, Yang Chisheng, Chen Xiujue, Liu Baoti and other departments, responsible for the battle from the south of Zhangshu to the Ji'an area. With Zheng Junyan as the backbone, the Second Front Army was formed, under the jurisdiction of Li Yanqing, Peng Dequan, Li Liangchen, Yang Genghe, Liang Hongen and other ministries to take charge of the operations in the Lehua and Nanchang areas of the southern section of Nanxun Road.

With Lu Xiangting's unit as the backbone, the third front army was formed, under the jurisdiction of Xie Hongxun, Yang Zhendong, Liu Shilin, Cui Jinyu, Li Junyi and other units, responsible for the operations in the De'an, Tujiabu and Wuning areas in the middle of Nanxun. Zhou Yinren formed the Fourth Front Army to confront the Northern Expeditionary Army on the Fujian-Guangdong border and southern Jiangxi. The fifth front army was organized by Chen Tiaoyuan's troops, under the jurisdiction of Wang Pu, Liu Fengtu, Bi Huadong and other departments, and was active in Ruichang in northern Jiangxi and Wuxue, Fuchikou and Shitanyao in eastern Hubei.

With Zhou Fengqi's department as the general reserve team, two brigades, Silie and Chenguang, were under the jurisdiction of the two brigades, stationed in Jiujiang and Hukou areas for support. Sun Chuanfang himself was in command on the Jiangxin ship outside Jiujiangkou. On September 24, the two regiments of the 14th Army led by Xiong Shihui first conquered Taihe, and then conquered Ji'an. On September 27, they captured Jishui. On September 26, Li Zongren led the two armies of Xia Wei and Hu Zongduo to advance towards Ruichang, attacked De'an on the 29th, cut off Nanxun Road, and captured Ruoxi on the 30th.

On September 30, Chiang Kai-shek entered Qingjiang, and on October 2 captured Xingan City.At the same time, fierce fighting was fierce in the Wanshou Palace area in Nanchang.Jiang Zhongzheng moved to Gao'an again, and went to the front line to supervise the battle against Nanchang. On October 3, he captured De'an and formed a siege around Nanchang. Sun Chuanfang ordered to shorten the line of defense, retreat to Nanchang, guard the Niuxing Station with heavy troops, and build strong fortifications. From October 6th to 10th, the offensive and defensive battle in Nanchang was fierce, and De'an City and Yongxiu City were also lost after Sun Jun's counterattack.

Sun Chuanfang had been stationed on the Jiangxin Ferry at the China Merchants Wharf in Jiujiang. He was scheduled to return to Nanjing on October 1. Because of the tense fighting situation in Jiangxi, Sun's subordinates asked Sun to postpone his departure. Sun himself hesitated, but ordered to concentrate his troops to defend Nanchang. Sun Jun who stood firm in Nanchang was Deng Ruzhuo's subordinates Zhang Fengqi, Yue Siyin, Tang Fushan and other troops with 6,000 troops.Xie Wenbing and Chen Xiujue are in Dongxiang and Guangxin; Jiang Zhenchen, Yang Ruxuan, and Yang Chisheng are in Jinxian to echo the Nanchang defenders.Since the main force of Sun's army was on Nanxun Road, and the revolutionary army failed to succeed in the siege of Nanchang, the various armies failed to negotiate closely and fought alone. Therefore, the main force of Sun's army could not be wiped out. Under the command of Ping, the siege was withdrawn from Nanchang.

Jiangxi Governor Deng Ruzhuo's troops were defeated in Ganzhou and Zhangshu. Deng himself was electrified and went to the field when Zhangshu abandoned his defense. After the revolutionary army withdrew from the siege of Nanchang, it concentrated its forces and prepared to annihilate the main force of Sun's army on Nanxun Road first.The 35,000 troops of the Sun Department's aid to Jiangxi were all concentrated on Nanxun Road. From Niuxing to Lehua, they became the main force of the Sun Department's Second Front Army. , and the area from Mahuiling to Jiujiang is the general reserve team of the Sun Department.Sun's Fifth Front Army supported the battle on Nanxun Road in Ruichang, Yangxin, Wuxue, and Tianjiazhen.Sun Jun Jiang Zhenchen, Yang Chisheng, Yang Ruxuan, Xie Wenbing, Chen Xiujue and other departments in Fuzhou, Jinxian, and Dongxiang still have more than 13,000 people despite their defeat. Sun Chuanfang's bad luck has also begun now. The war situation in Jiangxi is unfavorable, and he can't do what he wants. The revolutionary army has captured Wuchang City in Wuhan, and the left-wing army of the Northern Expedition has advanced to Shashi. Songkou; Baibaoshan in Jiangsu and Xia Chao in Zhejiang declared independence from Sun Chuanfang's control, and now Sun Chuanfang's situation is not much better than that of Wu Peifu. The Northern Expedition Army considered the future of the Northern Expedition in view of the situation in Jiangxi, and the Sun Army who cleared Jiangxi was to attack Nanxun Road in order to defeat Sun Army's main force in one fell swoop. On October 28, Jiang Zhongzheng personally issued a general attack order at the Gao'an camp, and issued a combat order saying: "Since our army left the army, those who have fought fiercely with the bandits in Hunan, Hubei, and Jiangxi, in March, I have wiped out the troops of Wu Peifu's warlords, and the main force of Sun Chuanfang's warlords. The revolutionary forces are expanding day by day. The pain is gradually reduced, because the spirit of the former Prime Minister’s care is actually the achievement of our soldiers’ struggle. The wind spreads, and we celebrate the same Yin. Moreover, the officers and soldiers of our former enemy fought back and forth, prepared for hardships, and even had endless clothes and quilts. Succession is the one who understands righteousness, encourages perseverance, strives for meritorious service, and kills the enemy to achieve results. The commander-in-chief of this book is especially commendable. Recently, the domestic warlords wanted to survive, so they joined forces to seek me and colluded with the imperialists again. The help of the yin and cunning is getting worse every day. Sun Chuanfang is the current center of gravity of the warlords and an obstacle to the future of the party and the country. Therefore, this general attack by our army is to quickly wipe out the forces of the sun thieves, so that the remnants of the warlords will not spread, that is, imperialism. The enemy must also be deterred and dare not attack, and the situation will be successful. All our revolutionary soldiers must know that if I don’t kill the thief, the thief will kill me. I would rather die than die. Only by embracing the final sacrifice can I win the final victory. If the victory of the war is endless, if the victories are in chaos, the victory will not only be shamed to the world, but there will be no place to bury him if he dies. Shout out! Encourage him! This order." On October 28, the revolutionary army launched a general attack in Jiangxi. As of November 6, the main force of Sun's army on Nanxun Road was completely defeated. Sun Chuanfang left Jiujiang and returned to Wusong by ship on November 2.His troops were defeated, and only Zheng Junyan, who remained in Niuxing Station and Yingshang area of ​​Nanchang, resisted stubbornly with fortifications, and the remnants of Jiang Zhenchen, Tang Fushan, Zhang Fengqi, Yue Siyin and other remnants clung to Nanchang city and suburbs. On November 3, the siege of Nanchang began. The morale of the revolutionary army was like a rainbow, and they followed suit. Bai Chongxi led the army to completely disarm the Soviet army and the two remnants of Tang Fushan near Chucha, and captured 15,000 officers and soldiers under Li Yanqing and Wang Liangtian near Makouxu. There are countless names and weapons.The right column of the revolutionary army disarmed more than 6,000 people from Jiang Zhenchen's department outside Nanchang City, and a total of 3,000 defenders from Tang Fushan, Zhang Fengqi, Yue Siyin's department and the Soviet army in Nanchang City raised a white flag to surrender.The revolutionary army then occupied Nanchang City on November 7, and Jiang Zhongzheng entered Nanchang on November 9, and divided his troops to restore Ruichang, Jiujiang, Hukou and Wuxue. When the revolutionary army attacked Nanchang, it adopted an isolated encirclement to cut off its foreign aid. At the same time, it used the main force to defeat the main force of the Sun Army on Nanxun Road, and finally forced the defenders in Nanchang to surrender. The unprecedented victory of the revolutionary army in Jiangxi was a heavy blow to Sun Chuanfang. Fujian has always been a great threat to the revolutionary army, because Chen Jiongming used this route to march from Fujian to eastern Guangdong, and Fujian was under Sun Chuanfang's forces. When the revolutionary army fought against Sun Chuanfang's army in Jiangxi, the Zhouyin people in Fujian concentrated their main force Guarding the border between Fujian and Guangdong posed a great threat to the Northern Expeditionary Army. The strength of Zhou Yin's people is not small, and there are 60,000 to 70,000 people. Zhou Yi is the commander of the 12th Division and the governor of Fujian.When Sun Chuanfang was unfavorable in the battle in Jiangxi, he repeatedly ordered Zhou Yinren to quickly lead his division to attack eastern Guangdong in order to contain the revolutionary army. In late September 2015, Zhang Yi, Liu Jun, Li Baoheng, Sun Yunfeng, and Li Fengxiang from the Zhou Department marched towards Raoping, Dapu, Fengshi, and Jiaoling. Zhou himself also entered Yongding from Longyan. Chen Jiongming still has a remnant party in the Dongjiang area of ​​Guangdong, and he is always thinking of making a comeback. When the Zhou Yin people began to invade eastern Guangdong, they also secretly helped Chen's troops to disrupt the rear of the revolutionary army. At the beginning of the Northern Expedition, Jiang Zhongzheng decided to send He Yingqin, the commander of the First Army, to lead the three divisions to guard Chao and Mei to defend the Northern Army in Fujian. The situation is well understood. After the Zhou Department moved to the east of Guangdong, Jiang Zhongzheng believed that there were so few troops in the east of Guangdong and the strength was disparate, so he repeatedly called He Yingqin and ordered him to take a defensive position.He Yingqin believed that the area under his jurisdiction was vast and the troops were single. If he fortified everywhere, he would be weak everywhere. He also knew the weaknesses of Zhou Yinren's troops very well. After more than one kilometer, I feel tired, and the terrain of the border areas of Fujian and Guangdong is complex, with too many mountains, which is extremely inconvenient for the soldiers in the surrounding area.The people of Zhou Yin tried their best to search in Fujian, and the people of Fujian hated them to the bone. The various troops were in the same bed and did not help each other. However, the Fujian militiamen swarmed up and could contain Zhou's rear. Therefore, He Yingqin thought that if the revolutionary army could concentrate its forces to defeat Zhou Yinren's main force, the Third Army , Fujian is not difficult to pacify. Jiang Zhongzheng received He Yingqin's report, and immediately accepted He's suggestion, and ordered He to lead his troops into Fujian, defeat the Zhou army, and pacify Fujian.He was ordered to face the enemy, and there were remnants of Chen Jiongming in the Chaozhou and Hui areas. Wang Shengzu, the dean of the Chaozhou branch of the Central Military Academy, was the commander of the Chaozhou garrison, and he ordered more than 400 students from the school to act as the Chaozhou and Mei garrison commander He Ji. Fifth served as the Chaoshan defense.The Kuomintang members of Fujian Province even organized the Fujian Provincial Staff Group, and promoted Song Yuanyuan as the interim director to lead various militias and liaise with the navy to respond in Fujian.He Yingqin went from Shantou to Gaopo to command everything, went to Sanheba on September 30, and went to Zuobi on October 9. He attacked Yongding with the third division. , Zhou himself led more than ten guards to escape across the city in a hurry at 4 pm that day.On the same day, the 14th Division cleared the Zhou army in Luba.So He Yingqin led his troops to detour to Songkou via Feng City, occupied Feng City on the 11th, crossed the river to attack Songkou on the 12th, and besieged Songkou from three sides. He Yingyin entered Songkouwei that night. More than 50 officers and staff below the company commander, more than 4,000 soldiers, and more than 4,000 rifles and more than ten guns were seized. The Cao Wanshun and Du Qiyun brigades of Li Fengxiang's Second Army of the Zhou Division revolted in Jiaoling on October 8, joined the Revolutionary Army, and were organized into the Seventeenth Army of the National Revolutionary Army. , Du Qiyun was the commander of the second division.He Yingqin also ordered one part of the army to stay in Yanqian, the main force to enter Zhongdu, and the other to advance to Shanghang. When He Jun conquered Songkou, it was the Revolutionary Army's great victory in Jiangxi. Jiang Zhongzheng had already stationed in Nanchang and marched from the north to the south of the Yangtze River to the southeast.After the recovery of Shanghang, He Jun immediately attacked Tingzhou, completely occupied Tingzhou on October 29, and seized more than 500 rifles, three machine guns, and five cannons. They occupied Zhangzhou on October 24, Nanjing on November 7, arrived in Tong'an on November 20, captured Fuzhou on December 7, and captured more than 10,000 people.Zhou Yinren was taken in by his brigade commander Li Shengchun in the remnant of Fujian and joined the Revolutionary Army. He Yingqin ordered him to be included in the Seventeenth Army. The remnants of Zhou Yinren fled to Wenzhou and Taiwan in Zhejiang Province, trying to unite with Sun Chuanfang's various ministries in Zhejiang Province. At this time, Chen Yi in Zhejiang Province had sent a telegram to respond to the revolutionary army, but the army was far away in Shaoxing and Yongjiang. Two roads went south to meet Zhou Yin's troops fleeing to Zhejiang. In the first ten days of January 2016, Chen Yi's Ministry contacted the Zhou army, that is to say, they followed and forced into Linhai. He Yingqin sent the 17th army from Fujian to Zhejiang to attack the Zhou army. Although Li Shengchun served in the revolutionary army in Fuzhou, he fled to Zhejiang from the Zhou Dynasty. Li Shengchun refused to obey the command. He Yingqin sent him to fight in Zhejiang. Due payment. When He Yingqin arrived in Yanping on March 2, he ordered Feng Yipei, the commander of the second route, to lead his troops to disarm Li Shengchun, and the whole province of Fujian was then under the control of the revolutionary army. In the pacification of Fujian, He Yingqin's strategy and tactics were used very flexibly, and he had a thorough understanding of the enemy's situation, so he was able to switch from defense to offense, preemptive strikes, defeating the strong with the weak, and winning a complete victory.