Optimistic about Guangzhou? This is a very vague sentence, what to see? Of course, Zhuang Jihua would not be stupid enough to think that Chiang Kai-shek was asking him to live in Guangzhou and not let people move away, he could only be optimistic about the people in Guangzhou, so who should he be optimistic about? It can't be Wang Jingwei, although Wang Jingwei is the representative of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, he is also the chairman of the National Political Axe, so he stayed in Guangzhou, but can he use it? The same principle applies to Tan Yankai, Zhu Peide, and Borodin. Since it is not these big heads, then it is the small heads, who are the people in the Huangpu Department who stay in Guangzhou? Wang Bailing, Director of Education of the Military Academy; Wang Maogong, commander of the Second Division; Zhang Zhizhong, Chief of Staff of the Garrison Command, Commander of the Fourth Enlisted Regiment; Except for Wang Bailing, all of these people joined the Whampoa department halfway, and it seems that Chiang Kai-shek is still not at ease with them.

Zhuang Jihua suddenly thought, will someone also come to "see" him? Once this thought came to mind, it was like a poisonous snake entrenched in his mind, and he slowly recalled from the Seventh Company to the recent whole army, and he felt that Chiang Kai-shek had been watching him all the time, for example, when he was in the Seventh Company, Yu Jishi knew the details of their company's training very well, and he even used it to joke during the whole training, he didn't pay attention to it at the time, but now that he thinks about it, someone was watching him at that time; During the training, he sent troops to Liutang Town, and he did not report to Chiang Kai-shek, but Chiang Kai-shek still knew that this could be interpreted as a report by Jiang Xianyun or Yu Jishi, but it could also be interpreted as a report by those who watched him. Thinking of someone looking at him behind him, Zhuang Jihua's scalp was a little numb.

Yang Kunru sent a telegram to the whole country to reverse Chiang, saying: "Chiang Kai-shek mixed with the Guangdong army, wantonly confusing him, dividing Chen and Xu, and the Guangdong army did not agree...... I want to wipe out the Cantonese generals and revolutionary fathers in .......,"

And Chen Jiongming did not sit idly by and watch his subordinates be wiped out, he contacted Deng Benyin, an old subordinate who was guarding Nanyue, and asked him to attack Guangzhou together, echoing each other, and then contacted Duan Qirui and asked him to assist the Dongjiang River, and then personally went to Hong Kong to discuss with Hong Kong Governor Situ Bats, hoping that Hong Kong Britain would provide a batch of guns, ammunition and military expenses. Stubb promised that since the provincial and Hong Kong strikes and blockaded Hong Kong, Hong Kong could only import the daily necessities it needed from the Dongjiang area, and the British authorities in Hong Kong naturally refused to let the Dongjiang fall back into the hands of the national government.

Although Chen Jiongming tried his best to contact outside, there was always a problem within the Dongjiang Chen Army, that is, who would command. The three giants of Dongjiang Chen Jun: Chen Jiongming, Ye Ju, and Lin Hu are not currently in Dongjiang, Chen Jiongming is unwilling to directly intervene in command, Ye Ju is seriously ill, and Lin Hu is running between Wuhan, Changsha, and Shanghai, but Sun Chuanfang is fighting fiercely with the Feng army and has no time to care about Guangdong; Wu Peifu came out of the mountain again, and was holding the banner of begging thieves to sharpen his knife against the north, and he had no intention of the south; Zhao Hengti is a typical gatekeeper dog, and he is satisfied with Hunan and is not interested in Guangdong. Of course, they didn't completely ignore Lin Hu, Zhao Hengti helped him recruit a group of recruits, Wu Peifu supported a group of newly manufactured Hanyang Manufacturing, and Sun Chuanfang in the victory provided 100,000 oceans.

Not only are the Big Three not there, but even Hong Zhaolin and Xiong Luo are not in Dongjiang. The generals of the Dongjiang River could only discuss on their own, and as a result, Liu Zhilu's battle plan was accepted by everyone, and according to Hong Zhaolin's plan, Huizhou was used to attract the main force of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and the rest of the troops gathered around Huizhou.

The specific deployment is that more than 3,000 people from Yang Kunru and Mo Xiong guard Huizhou; About 3,000 people from Li Yibiao and Chen Xiujue's department gathered in Laolong; More than 3,000 people from Huang Renhuan and Lian Yanxiong gathered in Zijin; More than 2,000 people from Li Yunfu's department gathered in Pingshan; More than 2,000 people from Xie Wenshan's department gathered in Meihui; The key to this plan is in Huizhou, Yang Kun is defending Huizhou, regardless of victory or defeat, he must fight to the death with the Eastern Expeditionary Army, while the peripheral armies can move according to the situation, even if they are defeated, they can retreat to Jiangxi or Fujian.

Huizhou is easy to defend and difficult to attack, there is no record of breaking the city in 500 years, and the General Headquarters of the Eastern Expeditionary Army and Chen Jiongming set their sights on the ancient city of Huizhou at the same time.

Chen's troop deployment had long been clearly understood by the local peasant unions and trade unions, and was marked on the operational map of the General Headquarters of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and Chen's operational ideas were also revealed to the world. Chiang Kai-shek looked at this situation map, and couldn't help but think of Zhuang Jihua's battle plan, according to that plan, I am afraid that Chen's army will not escape the fate of being annihilated.

Just thinking of this, Chief of Staff Chen Zhuo interrupted his thoughts: "Headmaster, it seems that they want us to attack Huizhou, use the fortified city to consume our army, and then attack inside and outside, in order to defeat our Eastern Expeditionary Army in a war." ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded lightly, and only then did he see clearly that the enemy's combat intentions could be adjusted. The advance of the Eastern Expeditionary Army had approached Huizhou, and the Chen army did not put up a resolute resistance on the outskirts of Huizhou, but retreated after a little contact, so the Eastern Expeditionary Army would soon advance to the city of Huizhou. Strategically, Chen's army has achieved its goal, and now it depends on the offensive and defensive battle of Huizhou.

Chiang Kai-shek stared at the map marked with red and blue pencils, but recalled Zhuang Jihua's words in his mind: "Break through the left army with the main force and take a detour to the flank of the Eastern Expeditionary Army." After thinking about it again and again, he finally said: "Order He Yingqin to surround Huizhou with a powerful force, and Luo Fengxiang will be the guide of Dongjiang Xuanxuan, and the main force will be placed in Boluo." He ordered Li Jishen's troops to go out of Tamsui, Yonghu, and Ma'an to block the enemy in the east, and ordered Cheng Qian's troops to temporarily garrison near Boluo to respond to the armies. ”

Principal: This is going to change the plan. Chen Zhuo was slightly stunned, didn't dare to ask more, but quickly sent out the order.

When He Yingqin received the order, he ordered the formation of a siege army with Tan Shuqing's division of the Third Division of the First Army, the first brigade of the first division, the artillery battalion of the first division, and the engineer battalion; The 2nd Brigade of the 1st Division, the 1st Brigade of the 2nd Division, the Garrison Division, and the 1st Detachment of the Party Army were the general reserves.

In the next two days, Li Jishen led his subordinates to occupy the line of Huiyang Guanqiao and Yonghu, and Cheng Qian led his subordinates to the vicinity of Boluo. The actions of Li Cheng's two divisions completed the task of covering He Yingqin's attack on Huizhou in the middle.

On November 4, the Eastern Expeditionary Army surrounded Huizhou, and in the afternoon of the same day, Chiang Kai-shek led the General Headquarters of the Eastern Expeditionary Army to arrive outside Huizhou. Yang Kunru resolutely carried out the operational purpose of luring the enemy to attack the city, and even the commanding heights outside the city Fei'e Ling easily gave up, and the whole army retreated into Huizhou City. However, under the city of Huizhou, Chiang Kai-shek finally couldn't hide his inner worries, and proposed a plan to change the operational deployment and first destroy the enemy forces on the periphery of Huizhou, and then attack Huizhou.

"Advisor Luo, the enemy's intention is already very obvious, he just wants to attract our army to attack the city, and use Huizhou to consume our army, we can't fall for the enemy." Chiang Kai-shek patiently explained to Luo Jia Juefu.

"It is precisely because of this that we have to attack Huizhou even more, General Chiang, the enemy's whole hope is Huizhou, if we can conquer Huizhou, the blow to the enemy's morale and confidence will be decided, and it will make them lose the courage to fight." Luo Jia Juefu did not have the tone of teaching elementary school students, but emphasized the status of Huizhou among the generals of the Chen army, and the important surname of the enemy to fight the confidence of the enemy. In the military theory of the Soviet army, the tip of the knife is emphasized and the strong is strong, and if you pin your hopes on Huizhou, then I will directly break Huizhou, defeat your hope, and make you completely desperate.

Chiang Kai-shek was still hesitating, he was worried that the storming of Huizhou would cause too many casualties, and Chen Zhuo obviously understood his concerns, so he said to Luo Jia Juefu: "The storming of Huizhou may cause great casualties...... ”

"It is impossible to win without paying a price, Chen," Luo Jia Juefu interrupted Director Zhou, he waved his hand and arm and said with a resolute expression: "It is impossible to have no casualties in a war, but as long as the enemy is annihilated, it is acceptable and inevitable to pay some price." ”

He Yingqin also felt that it was inappropriate to change the operational deployment now, so he tactfully persuaded: "To completely besiege Huizhou, we still need to increase the strength of one regiment, so that we will only have two brigades and garrison divisions left to attack the enemy around Huizhou, and the strength will not have an absolute advantage, and if the battle is stalemate, it will be difficult to say how the entire battle situation will develop." ”

"Okay," Chiang Kai-shek sighed softly: "Jingzhi, we must fight quickly and take Huizhou as soon as possible." ”

Then he said to Luo Fengxiang: "Luo Xuanwei has been in Huizhou for a long time, how do you think this battle should be fought?" ”

"The city defense of Huizhou is very strong, but there are also weaknesses, the north gate has not been completely repaired since the attack of the Yunnan Gui army in the 22nd year of the Republic of China, if you can concentrate artillery fire to attack the north gate, victory is more certain." Luo Fengxiang said after thinking about it.

"Okay, just do what Luo Xuan's consolation envoy said." Chiang Kai-shek made up his mind: "The artillery is concentrated in Fei'e Ling, and the north gate is the main direction of attack. The Air Force was ordered to send planes to assist in the war. ”

"Principal Jiang, in the art of war, it is said that there are three ques and one encirclement, is it to leave a way for them to survive." Zhou Enlai said with a smile that he resigned from the post of full-time party representative as director of the Political Department of the First Division, and the director of the Political Department was Li Gongxia, a member of the [***].

"Well, you're right," Chiang Kai-shek looked at the map again: "Vacate the east gate, and leave a way for Yang Kunru to survive." ”

Then he raised his head and shouted to the officers of the headquarters: "This must be a fierce battle, all departments must organize siege vanguards, and the commander must be on the front line to command. ”

The generals agreed.

(To be continued)