Chapter 248 247. The Northern Expedition captured Jiangsu and Zhejiang

Zhejiang was originally Sun Chuanfang's old base. After Sun expelled Yang Yuting, he immediately moved to Nanjing, making Nanjing the base of the joint commander of the five provinces. People in Zhejiang did not have a good opinion of Sun Chuanfang. Since the National Revolutionary Army’s Northern Expedition, there were frequent good news, and the Zhejiang People’s Congress was very excited, because the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition Army was from Fenghua, Zhejiang. From the perspective of local feelings, Zhejiang people were happy to see the Northern Expedition Army stationed in Zhejiang as soon as possible. .Zhejiang Province has been entrenched by foreign troops for a long time, and Zhejiang people are unbearable, so with this fellow commander-in-chief, everyone hopes to see him as soon as possible.

On October 15, 2015, Chu Fucheng, a gentry from Zhejiang Province, and others called Sun Chuanfang, asking Sun to order the Zhejiang Army stationed in Jiangxi to return to Zhejiang.At this time, Sun Jun was fighting hard with the Northern Expeditionary Army in both Jiangxi and Fujian. Sun Jun's situation was difficult to take care of the rear, which was an opportunity for Zhejiang people. Xia Chao, one of the powerful figures in Zhejiang Province, secretly sent money to the Revolutionary Army. On October 16, the Revolutionary Army appointed Xia Chao as the commander of the Eighteenth Army of the Revolutionary Army, and ordered eight battalions of the security regiment under his command to concentrate in Jiaxing. Songjiang attacked Shanghai to break Sun Jun's way back.Although Xia Chao has strength, he has made many enemies in Zhejiang, and Xia himself does not sincerely submit to the revolution.

Zhou Fengqi, commander of the Third Division of the Zhejiang Army, was originally incompatible with Sun, and Xiang Wu had no intention of fighting. Chu Fucheng and others took advantage of their fate and ordered Zhou Bu to stay in Nanjing. The troops suddenly left Nanjing without authorization on the night of October 14. In Shanghai, there are only three regiments of direct line troops, so the situation between Shanghai and Hangzhou suddenly became tense.However, Xia Chao and Zhou Fengqi did not answer, and Chen Yi, Sun's Zhejiang army stationed in Xuzhou, did not agree. Chen Yi publicly declared that his troops stationed in Xuzhou were protecting the portal for Jiangsu, that is, protecting the portal for Zhejiang, and would never move.

Although Xia Chao was the governor of Zhejiang Province appointed by Sun Chuanfang, Sun was worried about Xia Su, so he ordered all collection agencies in Zhejiang Province to release all the money and deposit it in the Bank of Shanghai for military use, and all the troops in Zhejiang Province were also transferred out to prevent illegal activities. Xia instigated. After the Zhejiang Revolution, Xia Chao first ordered the collection agency not to withdraw money unless he ordered it himself. At the same time, he used the security team to defend the Shanghai-Hangzhou Road. The mobilization was rapid. On the 21st, the Sun Bu Songmei Village Brigade arrived in Jiaxing, advancing steadily. Xia Chao saw that the situation was over, so he handed over the governor's seal letter to the provincial council for safekeeping on the morning of October 22, and left Hangzhou on the same day.

Sun Chuanfang hated Xia very deeply. Before Xia left, Sun Zeng said that even if the war failed, he would rather abandon Jiangsu than Zhejiang. After Xia Chao left, Sun Chuanfang offered a reward of 100,000 yuan for Xia Chao's arrest.The Thirteenth Regiment of Songmei Village entered Hangzhou on the 23rd to receive the Provincial Office and disarmed the Zhejiang Security Team.At the same time, Sun issued an order to appoint Chen Yi as the governor of Zhejiang, Song Meicun as the commander of the anti-state police, Xia Chao and Xu Baoju's family properties were all seized.It handles Zhebian's energized cloud:

"According to Song (Meicun) Brigadier Commander's report: At around 3 o'clock this afternoon, our army arrived in Jiaxing, and was threatened to retreat after a little resistance from Xia's army. Our army still intends to eliminate evil and calm the people, and continue to advance. Cha Xia's department It’s not for Xia’s use, but it’s enough to recruit this time for evil, only Xia alone. In addition to ordering the brigade commander and others to only punish the head of the evil, not to involve coercion, and not to make the local panic, special news. Sun Chuanfang. Yang. Seal.”

Later, the Song Mei Village Department captured Xia Chao and secretly executed him. At this time, the Southeast Peace Movement was also actively active. As early as the Qilu War, there was a peace movement organization in the Southeast. Every time there was a military conflict, the gentry from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces came forward to fight for peace. Zhang Yiling in Jiangsu and Chu Fucheng in Zhejiang .When the Northern Army was still besieging Wuchang, the Southeast Peace Games sent Zhang Yiling and Sun Chuanfang's general representative, Jiang Fangzhen, to Hankou to seek peace, but it was unsuccessful.

On October 13, Sun Chuanfang sent a telegram replying to the text message of the Southeast Peace Movement Federation, which said: "Zhang Zhonglao, the people's peace representative of our five provinces, and Mr. Jiang Baili, the military plenipotentiary representative of Fang, went to Han to negotiate a peace. Take Daye's withdrawal of troops as an example. On October 1, Mr. Jiang Baili sent a letter to ask Sun Chuanfang to stop the war on both sides of the Yangtze River. In Degan, it is very difficult to agree to the peace proposal. If I agree, I will withdraw from Daye and Yangxin at that time, and then the other army will not pass Qishui and Bahe, and there will be letters and telegrams to prove it. Spread the fragrance to respect the meaning of the people's representatives , Immediately reply the telegram agreeing, sincerely believe that the people have been in trouble for a long time, if they are afraid of breaking their promises, they will fight with them first, so that innocent people will suffer from Feng Dy, why should they retreat first and plead for the people, so that the people in the war zone can breathe a little bit. Treat people with sincerity, and people will treat me with sincerity. Instead, we tried our best to overcome all opinions, and on the morning of October 1 and 2, we successively sent telegrams to retreat the soldiers of Daye, Qishui, Yangxin, and Longgang. On the way, the other army has ravaged me in Qichun. Now let’s continue the east aid, peeping into the martial point, following the east down, and then again. The gentlemen try to think about it, is it tolerable, who can’t bear it? As for the revolutionary army, they had another plan. The main force was to attack Nanchang, and 2,000 people from Li Zongren's subordinates attacked De'an. Fortunately, the soldiers used their lives so that the piece of armor was not returned. This is the way of heaven, which Chuanfang expected. Huh. On behalf of the people, the lords call out for peace, and what they want to promise, is it a day and night. However, the handle of peace and war will be used by the other army, and the bell will be tied. Please ask the lords to ask Jieshi. And solve the difficulties, Therefore, to show justice and clarify right and wrong, all the kings are scholars who have accumulated knowledge and read the map, so you should understand that what you say is not wrong. May all the kings explain their grievances to the world."

On October 17, Jiang Fangzhen went to Nanchang, because of the new metaphor that Jiang Zhongzheng, the Northern Expeditionary Army, was stationed three hundred miles southwest of Nanchang. During this period, Sun Chuanfang was very contradictory. Sometimes he advocated peace, and at other times he opposed peace. Generally speaking, when the military situation turned favorable, he would advocate war, and when the military situation was unfavorable, he would advocate peace. In late October, Sun Jun widely rumored that Jiang Zhongzheng was injured while supervising the battle on the front line, and later it was said that he was seriously injured. Therefore, Sun's government affairs office once sent a telegram denying the peace, saying slightly:

"Since the war is over, what is the purpose of reconciliation? It is too self-calculating to make peace before the war, and to make peace after the enemy's defeat before the stalemate." Although Sun Chuanfang's trip to Tianjin was to sell himself to join the Feng clan, he was quite satisfied with what he could gain when the army was defeated. At the beginning of December, when he returned to Nanjing from Tianjin, he convened a meeting of the generals of his troops. In this military meeting, he unanimously advocated a battle with the revolutionary army to decide the outcome.On the one hand, strictly guard the border of Zhejiang to prevent the revolutionary army from entering Zhejiang from Jiangxi.

People from Zhejiang called on the two sides not to use troops in Zhejiang Province, designated Zhejiang as a buffer zone, and advocated that the defense of Zhejiang Province should be in charge of Chen Yi and Zhou Fengqi, while the Civil Affairs Bureau declared autonomy. On the one hand, they called on the revolutionary army not to enter Zhejiang, and on the other hand, Sun Jun who was stationed in Zhejiang Province Withdrew completely to avoid war. Chen Yi, the governor of Zhejiang Province, was in favor of the non-defense of Zhejiang Province. It is said that Chen Yi had negotiated with Sun Chuanfang, and Sun Chuanfang agreed to withdraw troops from the country on December 12 and cancel Lu Xiangting's headquarters in Hangzhou. Civil affairs belong to the people of Zhejiang, and the military is related to national defense, and the people should not interfere. If the revolutionary army invades Zhejiang Province, they vow to meet each other in arms.Therefore, Zhejiang's attempt to get out of the scope of the war failed. On December 14, Li Zongren's Department of the Revolutionary Army entered Zhejiang from Yushan and then entered Quzhou. Zhou Fengqi's army stationed in the west of Zhejiang neither resisted nor acted hostilely.Because Sun Chuanfang refused his request, Chen Yi moved his army from Hangzhou to Ningbo and Wenzhou.Zhou Fengqi had a tacit understanding with the revolutionary army early on. His defense area was in the west of Zhejiang, which happened to be the forerunner of the revolutionary army. Therefore, Li Zongren's troops entered Longyou from Quzhou and arrived at Lanxi, and the leading plainclothes team went to Fuyang under the care of Zhou Jun.The headquarters of the Revolutionary Army threatened to capture Hangzhou within three weeks.Therefore Jiangsu also declared martial law. Sun Chuanfang sent Baibaoshan, Feng Shaomin and other divisions to Changxing and Yixing, and Meng Zhaoyue stationed in Songjiang just in case.Meng Zhaoyue arrived in Shanghai on December 14 and went to Songjiang on December 15. His troops dug trenches in Fengjing and Jiashan.Lu Xiangting originally planned to set up a headquarters in Longhua, but he transferred the headquarters to Sun Chuanfang's direct command, and then moved the headquarters to Nanjing. People on the Shanghai-Hangzhou Road were panicked.The people who migrated to the Shanghai Concession were overcrowded. On the naval side, Yang Shuzhuang ordered the ships to concentrate in Shanghai. After Sun Chuanfang returned to Nanjing, Yang did not meet with Sun. The attitude of the navy has changed. The Lu army took over the defense from Xuzhou to Pukou, Xu Yuanquan and Sun Dianying went to Xuzhou in person, but there is no definite date for the main force of the Lu army, Bi Shucheng, to go south. On December 19, Chen Yi received a telegram from Zhou Fengqi, knowing that the revolutionary army was not in a hurry to enter Hangzhou, and that Chen was responsible for maintaining law and order in the provincial city. people.And with Jiang Zungui as the chief of military and political affairs, Chen Yi as the chief of civil affairs, the first and third two divisions were changed to the provincial defense army, and the autonomy of Zhejiang Province was announced. Any military separatism in the name of self-government, (3) political openness, (4) the existing army obeys the provincial government, (5) freedom of assembly, association, speech and the press, and (6) abolition of exorbitant taxes.This self-government has no strength. Some people say that it was ordered by Sun Chuanfang to ease the situation, so Cai Yuanpei, Huang Yu and others ignored it in Shanghai. The revolutionary army is well aware of the situation in the north. This can be seen from a confidential telegram written by Chiang Kai-shek to He Yingqin and an analysis of the situation in the north. The entire letter is transcribed as follows: Commander-in-Chief Honor: Secret, the overall situation is as follows. First, Feng Zhang’s military affairs for the peace of the country were all facilitated by Ning Sun’s trip to Tianjin. He wanted to use him as a back-up to protect his status, and Feng also wanted to pretend to be the president in the name of unifying the north. The Zhang version of the transition. 2. The Northwest Army (Note: Refers to Feng Yuxiang) is approaching Tongguan. Fengzhang is tight, and it must be more urgent than the South Army. Therefore, the Feng Army must first prevent the Northwest Army from entering Henan before it can attack the South. It is heard that the Northwest Army has no immediate possibility of entering Henan to take an offensive. 3. The army in Hubei is already engaged in clearing the western side of Hubei. After the Northwest Army cleans up the southern part of Shaanxi in order to make contact with the two armies in northern Hubei, it will be set to enter Henan. 4. Southeast On the one hand, Fujian and Zhejiang should be established first, and after Fujian is flattened, they should enter Zhejiang with all their strength. Once the Zhejiang Bureau is unified, they will then plan for Jiangsu and Anhui. The traffic at home and abroad is also difficult, so Nanjing and southern Anhui are also urgently trying to recover. If Henan cannot, the Central Plains is difficult to determine. The Northwest Army cannot contact me, and Yan Xishan cannot express his attitude. Yan has sent a representative to make a formal statement. Once our army Entering Henan or reaching Jinpu Road, he will surely respond. If Zhongyi occupies Henan in the north and Nanjing in the south, Jin will respond, and the Feng army will not be able to get it even if they leave the customs. Otherwise, the offensive and defensive will be free, and the Northern Expedition will come to an end. Just like today’s turmoil. The navy must pay attention to it. Without a navy on the Yangtze River, it will be very difficult to make military progress. Zhongzheng.” Another confidential telegram was sent to He Yingqin and Bai Chongxi, which said: "He Bai Commander-in-Chief Medal: Immediately receive the Shanghai telegram. The enemy plans Sun Jun to defend Songhu, Zhilu to defend Nanjing, and Yixing to take the offensive. Lu Xiangting and Zhou Yin are in Songjiang, Zhang Zongchang will go to Ning, Sun Laihu, Bi Shucheng to Shanghai, last night The first part of the Navy fired at the arsenal to no avail. Zhongzheng." This handwritten telegram was accompanied by a comment: "Don't stay for a while, we will arrive as soon as possible." Another secret message was sent to He Yingqin, which said: "Commander He's honorary certificate: secret, Jiang You telegram, the navy's attitude is unclear, and there will be many mistakes. It is better to enter Zhejiang by land. The time is urgent, and we will move forward quickly, (abbreviated below) Zhongzheng." In January 2016, the National Revolutionary Army decided to clear the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The strategy was to attack Hangzhou and Shanghai first, defeat Sun Chuanfang's main force, and join forces in Nanjing.Use the main force to enter Zhejiang from eastern Jiangxi and northern Fujian, attack Hangzhou and Shanghai, and use part of each to attack southern and western Anhui from the north and south of the Yangtze River.As for the Beijing-Hanzhou line, another part will be sent from eastern Hubei to southern Henan to contain Henan and northern Anhui, launch the main force in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and instruct the Northwest Army to leave Luoyang and Zhengzhou from the Longhai Road, and the revolution in southern Henan. The army responded, and the camera broke Wu Peifu's main force.This combat strategy was decided at the Nanchang Conference.At that time, the Beiyang side, especially Sun Chuanfang, was widely rumored that Jiang Zhongzheng was injured during the battle of Nanchang, but unexpectedly, he was immersed in sorting out the overall strategy of the battle, and tried his best to take Shanghai and Hangzhou. The revolutionary army decided to attack Shanghai and Hangzhou first in early 2016. Jiang Zhongzheng ordered the revolutionary army to enter Zhejiang from eastern Jiangxi and northern Fujian, and would attack Hangzhou. The former enemy commander-in-chief of the Route Army led all the ministries entering Zhejiang from Jiangxi, and first advanced to the west of Zhejiang. In early January, Bai Chongxi led the 1st, 2nd, 21st, and 22nd divisions of the First Army and Li Mingyang's advance team to Longyou and Quzhou successively. Zhou Fengqi of the Zhejiang Army surrendered his loyalty to the Revolutionary Army and was reorganized in Fuyang. The Northern Expedition Army appointed Zhou as the commander of the 26th Army of the National Revolutionary Army. Chen Yi also joined him and was reorganized as the commander of the 19th Army in Shaoxing.After Zhou Fengqi took office, due to oppression from Hangzhou, he retreated to Tonglu, Yanzhou, and Jiande successively. After the East Route Army of the Revolutionary Army commanded by He Yingqin wiped out the remnants of Zhou Yinren in Fujian, part of the 14th Division marched towards southern Zhejiang. . The 19th Army of the Revolutionary Army went south to the vicinity of Taizhou, and the other ministries in Jiangxi stationed in Nanchang and Nanxun Road with the Third Army, while the Second Army advanced in Yushan and Dexing, and the Independent Second Division advanced in Leping and Jingdezhen. The Sixth Army advanced to Hukou and Pengze, the Seventh Army moved to Huangmei, Guangji, and Qichun in Hubei, the Fourth Army moved to Wuhan, and the Tenth Army advanced to Luotian and Xishui in eastern Hubei. Plans for the Lower Yangtze Offensive. Sun Chuanfang organized his troops into five front armies. In order to maintain the territory of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, he first concentrated his main force on the Shanghai-Hangzhou line in an attempt to take Zhejiang, which had abandoned him, back to himself.Take the first front army against Fuchun, the second front army against Qian and Changhua, the third front army against Linpu and Zhuji, the fourth front army against Ningguo and Chizhou (Guichi), and the fifth front army through Chuzhou (Lishui) went out of Yanzhou (Jiande) to attack the back of the revolutionary army, and the other route was Tiantai, Ninghai to Shaoxing, and contacted the third front army in an attempt to fight the revolutionary army on both banks of the lower reaches of the Qiantang River. In late December 2015, after Sun Jun, Meng Zhaoyue, Wang Sen, Li Junyi and other ministries occupied Hangzhou, Zhejiang Governor Chen Yi was detained, and all his troops in Hangzhou were disarmed.Sun Jun, led by Meng Zhaoyue, continued to advance towards Fuyang.At this time, Zhou Fengqi (the 26th Army of the National Revolutionary Army), which was reorganized by the National Revolutionary Army, was in charge of covering the front enemy columns of the East Route Army of the Revolutionary Army. The Nineteenth Army) made contact with Wenjiayan in Xixing Town, Xiaoshan. On January 3, 2016, Sun Jun attacked Fuyang and fought fiercely. Although Zhou Fengqi's troops fought hard, but due to the strength of Sun Jun, they had to retreat to Quzhou on January 9 to gather.Another group of Zhou Fengqi's troops was ordered to advance from Jinhua and Chuzhou, and arrived at Yongkang on January 2. The next day, they fought fiercely with Sun Jun in Jinyun. Both sides suffered heavy casualties, but Zhou's troops were weak. Jinhua, arrived at Longyou on the 12th to join the main force. On January 10, 2016, the main force of the Chen Army (i.e., the 19th Army) arrived in Fenghua, and the vanguard arrived at Kongxikeng. On the 11th, it contacted Zhou Yin's Ministry in Hengtou City. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. He personally went to the front line to supervise the battle, occupied Ninghai City at noon, and then retreated across the board due to exhaustion of ammunition and exhaustion.Chen Jun, who was staying at Baiguan Town, also lost a fierce battle with Sun Bu Duan Chengze's brigade. On the 14th, Ningbo fell and fell into the harsh environment of being surrounded on three sides and facing the sea on one side. The first and field artillery units moved from Ningbo to Wenzhou by boat, and joined the 17th Army that entered Zhejiang from Fujian. Both Zhou Fengqi and Chen Yi were in the Zhejiang army. They responded to the revolution in Zhejiang and accepted the reorganization of the National Revolutionary Army. Their battles in Zhejiang were only to welcome the revolutionary army into Zhejiang, not the main battle. On January 19, 2016, when Bai Chongxi arrived in Changshan, Jiang Zhongzheng had a clever telegram to Bai, saying: "Quzhou is a strategically important place, the offense and defense can be determined by themselves, and the center can't control it." Bai then resolutely decided to take an offensive and ordered the front troops to gather near Quzhou , wait for the enemy to go deep and break it, and ordered the Changshan county magistrate to collect hundreds of wooden boats, large and small, and threatened to transport the army behind to gain momentum. The right wing entered southern Anhui from Qimen, Dexing, and Kaihua. First, it quickly wiped out the Sun Army in Tunxi and Huizhou, and then sent a warning to Wuhu; the main force went straight from Huizhou to Yanzhou, cutting off the Sun Army's retreat into Hangzhou. . On January 20, Bai Chongxi arrived in Quzhou, convened a meeting of front-line generals, and decided to take an offensive to annihilate Sun Jun in Jinhua and Lanxi. The side is no longer a threat. In fact, at this time, more than 10,000 members of Sun Jun Meng Zhaoyue's troops had reached Lanxi, and they were advancing towards Zhuji, Yongchang, Yangbu, Luobu, and Youbu.The remnants of Zhou Yinren's first division also arrived in Jinhua and marched towards Tangxi.Liu Baoti's department in southern Anhui moved to Qimen, and Li Deming's department moved to Yanzhou and Chun'an.The two divisions of Baibaoshan and Feng Shaomin who were originally in Hangzhou advanced to the upper reaches of Qiantang.These signs show that Sun Jun intends to take advantage of the fact that the revolutionary army has not yet concentrated, and use the main force along the north bank of the Qujiang River, and partly along the south bank of the Qujiang River, to invade Longyou and Quzhou, and defeat the former enemy division of the revolutionary army in one fell swoop. In response to Sun Jun's attempt, the revolutionary army attacked Jinhua and Lanxi along the south bank of the Qujiang River and the main force along the north bank of the Qujiang River. The operation began on January 27. The Second Division of the Central Army occupied Longyou, and Sun Jun retreated to Tangxi, Yangbu and Youbu.And Liu Baoti in southern Anhui also announced an uprising and participated in the revolution. On the morning of the 29th, the revolutionary army attacked in three ways. The 26th Army of the right wing attacked Tangxi; the first division of the Central Army attacked Yangbu, and the second division attacked Youbu; After a fierce battle, they advanced across the board and occupied Yangbu, Youbu and Tangxi.Meng Zhaoyue fled from Lanxi in a hurry and retreated across the board to Yanzhou, Tonglu, Pujiang and Zhuji. On February 1, the central army of the revolutionary army occupied Lanxi; on the 2nd, the right-wing army occupied Jinhua.The revolutionary army took advantage of the victory and attacked separately. On February 3, the advance troops of the Central Army occupied Jiande, the right-wing army occupied Pujiang, and part of the left-wing army occupied Chun'an.Bai Chongxi immediately ordered the right-wing army to continue to advance to Zhuji, while the advance team of the central army attacked Tonglu. Part of the left-wing army defended Suian and Chun'an, and the rest of the main force advanced to Fenshui. After a small battle, Tonglu was occupied by the revolutionary army. Meng Zhaoyue fled back to Hangzhou. Hao Yunting, head of the 13th regiment, was the commander of martial law in Hangzhou. Duan Chengze, the third brigade of the second division, was transferred to Fuyang. Meng Zhaoyue went to Fuyang to supervise the battle in person. Ruhong finally destroyed Meng Zhaoyue's final offensive. After the revolutionary army won a brilliant victory in eastern Zhejiang, Meng Zhaoyue fled back to Hangzhou, where he extorted more than 3 million yuan in military expenses, and then led his troops to Songjiang. On February 18, 2016, the central army of the revolutionary army entered Hangzhou; the right-wing army occupied Xiaoshan; the main force of the left-wing army occupied Lin'an and Yuhang. On the 19th, Bai Chongxi entered Hangzhou. The fourth, fifth, and sixth columns of the Eastern Route Army under the direct command of He Yingqin set off from northern Fujian in late January 2016. The fourth column headed for Jiangshan, the fifth column headed for Chuzhou, and the sixth column headed for Wenzhou. go ahead.He Yingqin handled Fang Shengtao, the political diplomat of Fujian Province, as the acting chairman, and Tan Shuqing was responsible for maintaining Fujian's security. On January 28, He Yingqin entered Zhejiang from Fuzhou via Yanping, Jianou, Pucheng and Yuexianxialing, arrived in Quzhou on February 17, and arrived in Hangzhou on the 23rd. In early February, Sun Jun, Jiang Qifeng and Duan Chengze still occupied Ninghai and Shaoxing. Zhou Yinren's headquarters was still in Taizhou, and the other was in Linhai and Huangyan. The battle in eastern Zhejiang was repeated and tortuous, but due to the high morale of the revolutionary army, eastern Zhejiang was finally cleared and brilliant results were achieved. After Sun Chuanfang retreated from Hangzhou in mid-February, his remnants were concentrated in Songjiang and Shanghai.At that time, the Zhi, Chu Yupu, Zhang Zongchang and other departments of the Lu army went south one after another. By the beginning of March, the Lu army Bi Shucheng's troops had already entered the Soviet Union and Shanghai area. He made close friends with the Revolutionary Army, and declared that he was willing to cooperate with the Revolutionary Army, but on the condition that the Revolutionary Army did not attack the Soviet Union and Shanghai, and then led his troops to cross Jiangyin to the north, the Revolutionary Army did not believe that Bi was sincere. At this time, Sun Chuanfang's internal division had already been split. Li Baozhang, the commander of the 9th Division stationed in Shanghai, had sent personnel to Hangzhou to show sincerity to the revolutionary army. , when the Revolutionary Military Commission was the commander of the Eighteenth Army.At this time, workers in Shanghai were going on a large-scale strike and demanded that Sun Chuanfang withdraw. Wang Pu's department joined the revolution, and the southern Anhui area was also taken over by the revolutionary Jiang Youjun.However, since Sun Chuanfang was defeated in the war, his ambition has not died. He still wants to keep the Soviet territory in order to counterattack. He once asked for help from the Lu army, and the Lu army will also go south to join the war. Early start.He Yingqin and Bai Chongxi held a military meeting in Hangzhou to plan the marching strategy. 1. The first, second, and third columns of the former enemy general headquarters advance along the Shanghai and Hangzhou roads to attack Shanghai. 2. The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Columns and the Second Army directly under the Eastern Route Army will pass through Yixing and Liyang and advance towards Changzhou and Danyang. Cooperate with the former enemy forces to encircle and annihilate the enemies in the Songhu area, turn left with the main force to advance towards Nanjing, and cooperate with the Jiangyou Army to attack Nanjing. After He Yingqin and Bai Chongxi agreed on the offensive plan in Hangzhou, they led the troops forward separately. Bai led the first, second, and third columns and Li Mingyang's advance team to gather near Pinghu and Jiaxing to temporarily take offensive defense. After the column occupied Yixing and Liyang, it attacked Song and Shanghai. On March 15, 2016, the revolutionary army was besieging Liyang. Bai Chongxi ordered the columns to attack the enemies of Songhu and Shanghai in advance on March 16. On March 16, the revolutionary army began to attack and advance. Sun Jun used Songjiang as a barrier to the southwest of Shanghai and tried his best to resist.In order to suppress and destroy the firepower of the frontal Sun Army, Bai Chongxi used the fast-built artillery train Zhongshan to reinforce the attack, and surrounded the attack on three sides with the 26th Army from the right flank and the General Reserve from the left flank.After several times of brave charging, Sun's army was out of support, and they retreated to Shanghai one after another. The revolutionary army then occupied Songjiang City on the morning of the 21st.On the same day, the 21st Division advanced from Wujiang and occupied Suzhou at noon;At this time, foreign troops fired guns and demonstrated in the concession, and crossed the border to build fortifications, using excuses to resist and delay the advance of the revolutionary army.After a strong protest by the revolutionary army, the foreign army began to retreat into its concession, and the revolutionary army continued to attack. The soldiers, General Zhi, and Bi Shucheng, the Eighth Army of the Lu Army, surrounded and disarmed in the Zhabei area. All settled down. Bi Shucheng fled back to Shandong. When the revolutionary army attacked Song and Shanghai, Bi Shucheng's troops were forced to retreat quickly due to the assistance of the navy.Yang Shuzhuang, commander-in-chief of the Beiyang Navy, had been in close contact with the revolutionary army before the revolutionary army entered Zhejiang. And attack the rear of the Yangtze River where the Shanghai enemy retreated, with considerable results.After the Revolutionary Army conquered Shanghai, Yang Shuzhuang became the commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army Navy and organized all naval ships into four fleets, with Chen Jiliang as the commander of the first fleet, Chen Shaokuan as the commander of the second fleet, and Chen Xunyong as the commander of the training fleet. Once Yi Ding was the commander of the torpedo guerrilla fleet, and the revolutionary army was joined by the navy, which greatly increased its strength. The battle of Songhu came to an end, and the revolutionary army moved downstream from the west of Zhejiang and the Yangtze River, intending to encircle and annihilate Sun Chuanfang's remnants, together with the Zhi and Lu troops who came to aid, between Shanghai and Nanjing. The revolutionary army marched towards Qishan, Zhide, Qianshan, and Huoshan with the Jiangyou and Jiangzuo armies. On February 20, 2016, Liu Baoti, the commander of the 15th Division of the Sun Department, joined the revolutionary army and took office as the third Commander of the Army and Commander of the Fourth Column of the Jiangyou Army; Chen Tiaoyuan, Commander of the Sixth Division, also joined the Revolutionary Army on March 4 as the Commander-in-Chief of the North Route Army and Commander of the 37th Army. Ye Kaixin surrendered and became the new Fifth Army Army commander, Wang Pu surrendered and took office as the commander of the new 27th Army, Anqing and southern Anhui were completely settled without bloodshed. On February 27, Cheng Qian led the main force of the Jiangyou Army to advance to Wuhu and Yicheng, occupied Wuhu on March 6, and Dangtu on March 17. After the capture of Anqing and Wuhu, the revolutionary army will attack Nanjing. In fact, except for the revolutionary army's one battle at Dangtu, the rest of the army is in full swing. The Northern Expedition of the National Revolutionary Army is progressing rapidly in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Reinforcement from the Zhilu Army did not help him survive. The main force of Sun Chuanfang and Bi Shucheng and Chang Zhiying of the Zhilu Army were defeated by the East Route Army of the Revolutionary Army on the Shanghai-Nanjing Line and the Songhu area in mid-March 2016. They crossed the Yangtze River and retreated northward, and the National Revolutionary Army then occupied Shanghai. , Suzhou, Changzhou and Danyang.The Jiangyou army of the revolutionary army occupied Dangtu at the same time and marched into Nanjing.The Jiangzuo Army advanced to central Anhui, and cooperated with Chen Tiaoyuan's troops to oppress the southern section of Jinpu and Huaibei.There is only a part of the Zhilu Army near Nanjing, and the main force of the rest of the Beiyang Army has retreated to Jiangbei. On the Nanjing side, Chu Yupu's main force is defending Xiaguan, and the other is in Tangshui and Longtan.The main forces of the Cantonese Army Xie Wenbing and Chen Xiujue are in Jiangning County, and one part is in Chunhua Town, Longdu Town, and Moling Pass.The Xu Yuanquan Department of the Sixth Army of the Lu Army and the main force of the White Russian Army were in Taowu Town, and one part was in Jiangning County.On the Jiangbei side: Sun Chuanfang's troops attempted to attack from both sides of the canal, while Zhang Zongchang's main force attempted to actively reinforce from Tianjin and Pu.Sun Chuanfang and Zhang Zongchang were stationed in Qingjiangpu and Bengbu respectively. The revolutionary army will attack Nanjing with all its strength.At this time, the situation of the revolutionary army was that the first, second, and third columns led by Bai Chongxi had already occupied Shanghai and Suzhou.The fourth, fifth, and sixth columns led by He Yingqin have also occupied Henglin, Changzhou, and Danyang; they encircled Nanjing in all directions.At the same time, in order to consolidate the defense of Songhu, the General Command of the Songhu Garrison was established, with Bai Chongxi as the commander-in-chief of the garrison, and a part of the White Army was transferred to increase operations in Nanjing. On March 22, 2016, He Yingqin arrived in Zhenjiang. At this time, the Beiyang Army planned to defend Nanjing to the death, so he urgently sent a telegram to Bai Chongxi. After quickly eliminating the remaining enemies in Qingsong and Shanghai, he immediately dispatched a team and the fifth column to drive to Nanjing for reinforcements.On this day, the leaders of the fourth and sixth columns entered the line near Qixia Street, Dongliu Town, and Tangshui Town. On March 17, 2016, after the Jiangyou Army of the Revolutionary Army occupied Dangtu, the leading troops continued to advance to the line of Caishiji and Majiacun, and agreed with the East Route Army to attack Nanjing; originally assigned to the second command of the East Route Army The column also arrived in Lishui on March 19 and returned to the Jiangyou Army.At this time, the Fourth Division was in Zhetang Town, the Fifth Division was in Caocun Town, and the Sixth Division was assembled near Honglanpi.Cheng Qian was originally scheduled to start attacking the lines of Ziling Pass and Jiangning Town on March 21. Now that the revolutionary army has encircled Nanjing, there are limits to what Nanjing can do if it wants to fight a beast. On March 23, the 16th year of the Republic of China, after the Lu Diping Department of the Second Column of the Jiangyou Army of the Revolutionary Army occupied Jiangning County, they marched towards Zhongshan Gate and Guanghua Gate; Cheng Qianmen of the first column broke through the Beiyang Army in Daxiaoshan, Mashishan, and Xishanqiao, and pursued Yuhuatai fiercely.The Beiyang Army fled back into the city in embarrassment, followed by the Revolutionary Army, and rushed into Nanjing City from the Zhonghua Gate.The rest of the columns also entered the city in the evening. The Beiyang Army did not resist anymore and fled one after another. One of them rushed across from Xiaguan and fled back to Pukou. The revolutionary army then completely occupied Nanjing City.After He Yingqin arrived at Shangtang Town on the same day, his vanguard troops also reached the line of Qixia Street and Dongliu Town. Knowing that Nanjing had been captured, he immediately ordered the sixth column to stand by near Tangshui Town.The fifth column was on standby in Wuxi and Jiangyin; the fourth column was stationed in Nanjing on March 25. Sun Chuanfang once boasted that the revolutionary army crossed Hubei and Jiangxi, and after the battle line was stretched and dispersed, he could give the revolutionary army a head-on blow. Defeated in Jiangsu, his Allied Forces of Five Provinces was no match for the Revolutionary Army at all, and it was even more vulnerable than Wu Peifu.Wu Peifu's troops also fought a hard battle in Wuchang, while Sun Chuanfang's troops were defeated again and again. Nanjing later became the capital of the Nationalist government.In fact, Nanjing is an ancient city in history. During the Three Kingdoms period, the Wu Kingdom established its capital here, and later the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties Song Qiliang and Chen Du established their capitals here. There were six dynasties in total. The Southern Tang Dynasty in the Five Dynasties and the Ming Dynasty Taizu also established their capital here.In the first year of the Republic of China, Nanjing was used as the seat of the interim government. Later, because Yuan Shikai succeeded as the interim president and was unwilling to leave his Beiyang power seat, Beijing was reluctantly changed to the capital.After the Northern Expedition of the National Revolutionary Army returned to Nanjing, it obeyed Sun Yat-sen's behest and designated Nanjing as the capital of the Republic of China. On April 18, 2016, the National Government issued a letter to all officers and men for the founding of Nanjing: "The national government accepted the resolution of the Central Political Conference this time and established Nanjing as its capital. The purpose is to restore the party's power and power, and to exercise its powers freely under the Three People's Principles, so as to realize the prime minister's legacy. During the prime minister's lifetime, those who worry about it are for How to build a free and independent Republic of China, and further realize the equality and freedom of all nations in the world, and the equality and freedom of all classes in the country. Because the warlords dominate the inside, the imperialists bully the outside, and even collaborate to destroy the three peoples For the advancement of Doctrine, we had to first decide on the plan to remove all obstacles to construction, and resolutely took the Northern Expedition as the first step in the founding of the country. Unfortunately, the army was not successful, and the ambition was to the end, and the legacy was clear. With this great responsibility, I put it into the hands of the Chinese Kuomintang. , Comrade Jiang Zhongzheng, whom he relied on in his life. After the death of the prime minister, the party adhered to the legacy and set out for the Northern Expedition,... moved to seven provinces, and then settled in Jianghan. For forty years, the great military achievements of the party cannot be compared with today's Although, if there is no epistemology, Comrade Jiang is also capable of serving all the soldiers of the party and the country. To put it bluntly, this great achievement is really due to the single-mindedness of all comrades in arms. For the success of doctrine, the success of military discipline. The battle of Wuchang, the battle of Nanchang, and the battles to clear the southeast, my armed comrades are the victims of the party and the country. The success of the success, so we live the rest of our lives, and fulfill the great trust of the party and the country. In the past, Cheng Ying was born and Gongsun Chujiu died. It was easy for the dead, but difficult for the living. Comrade, so we have respect for armed comrades, and we will encourage them in the future."