Guangzhou.

Since the relocation of the Kuomintang headquarters from Shanghai, the revolutionary atmosphere in the city of Guangzhou has become much stronger. Of course, this has something to do with the fact that Guangzhou was the first coastal city to open up, and there are a large number of people in Guangzhou who have received Western education or ideological influence, and are still very supportive of the democratic revolution.

Of course, there are those who advocate revolution and there are those who oppose revolution. The old soldiers, represented by Lu Rongting, the overseer of Guangdong, nominally supported the revolution, but in fact they were extremely opposed in their hearts. Lu Rongting agreed to the Kuomintang's entry into Guangdong, and his intention was to use the influence of the Kuomintang to counterbalance the growing new army in the southwest. It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven, the Kuomintang has just moved in, and before it can play a role, Beiyang will attack the southwest with a four-way army. Cai Ye even exchanged half of Guangxi for Lu Rongting to send troops to resist the Beiyang Army all the way. Lu Rongting couldn't refuse this temptation, and he didn't want to refuse. There is a good saying, it is easy to invite God and it is difficult to send God, and now Guangdong is no longer his own hall, although Sun Wen has no real power, but his name is too loud. As the first president of the Republic of China, Sun Wen's reputation can be said to be known to women and children. Coupled with the continuous propaganda of the Kuomintang, Sun Wen's image has always been maintained on the throne of the pioneer of the revolution. Of course, for this approach of the Kuomintang, no domestic force will clearly oppose it, after all, Sun Wen has indeed made a great contribution to the democratic revolution, plus now the people are fighting each other, the source of power is not reputation, but the real military power in his hands, Sun Wen does not, even if his name is as big as the sky, it is difficult to influence the general trend of the Republic of China.

In the original time and space, Sun Wen was running around during this period, hoping to find a warlord who supported the revolution all the way in China, and supported him to reunify the country and complete the bourgeois-democratic revolution. Unfortunately, Sun Wen did not know that the nature of warlords determined that it was impossible for them to give up their power and wealth for the sake of the revolution. Sun Wen finally realized the importance of the army after continuing to hit a wall. Coupled with the support of the Soviet Union at that time, the Whampoa Military Academy, which was originally famous in time and space, was born.

But in this time and space, because of Feng Yong, an outsider, the history of the Republic of China has undergone serious changes. Sun Wen had never experienced the difficulties of domestic warlords, and entered Guangdong in one or six years. It was even more resolute to raise funds to establish the Kuomintang's own military academy. It is even more argumentative to have a quota of 3,000 party troops. This was a huge leap forward for the Kuomintang, which had always been empty talk.

In China, no one has ever dared to underestimate the influence of the Kuomintang, whether it is Yuan Shikai, Li Yuanhong, or Duan Qirui, or even Feng Yong in the northeast, they are extremely concerned about Sun Wen. It's just that Feng Yong is really the only one who can clearly understand the influence of this military academy on the Kuomintang. The other warlords simply didn't look down on this little military academy that had been so hard to establish. In the Republic of China, there was no martial arts hall similar to a military academy under the rule of a warlord. These martial arts halls have produced a large number of officers. In the troubled times of China, there were countless famous generals, so that every lecture hall was famous in history.

On October 15, 1916, Sun Wen arrived in Guangzhou on an American merchant ship and was warmly welcomed by the Kuomintang high-ranking and Guangdong overseer Lu Rongting. On the day of his arrival, Sun Wen proposed to Lu Rongting that "education should be a sacred cause and talent should be the foundation for the founding of the country," and he demanded the establishment of two academies in Guangzhou, one for one literature and one for martial arts, Guangdong University and the Whampoa Military Academy. As a prominent figure in the Republic of China, there were many tabloid reporters who accompanied Sun Wen to the south. Facing the flashing light, Lu Rongting agreed with a smile. Anyway, these conditions have been negotiated privately by the two parties, and Sun Wen said this just to go through a process to make both sides look good.

As the largest party in the Republic of China, although the Kuomintang was suppressed by the Beiyang government, as a national political party, there were still many wealthy businessmen who supported the revolution. Therefore, although the Kuomintang's finances are not loose, it can also provide a part of the start-up capital, plus Sun Yat-sen attaches great importance to the military academy and personally grasps this matter. The construction of the military school quickly became an eyebrow, so before the military school was built, the enrollment information was sent out through the newspaper.

The official name of the Whampoa Military Academy is "Chinese Kuomintang Army Military Academy", because its site is located on Huangpu Island southeast of Guangzhou, everyone calls it Whampoa Military Academy. The purpose of the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy was to train officers for the Kuomintang party army. The Whampoa Military Academy takes Sun Yat-sen's "creating a revolutionary army to save China from peril" as its purpose; Take "love and sincerity" as the school motto; The purpose was to train military and political talents, form a revolutionary army with Whampoa students as the backbone, carry out armed overthrow of imperialist and feudal warlord rule in China, and complete the National Revolution. In order to provide officers for the establishment of the party and army as soon as possible, the military academy took Sun Yat-sen's Three People's Principles as the ideological education and implemented a completely closed teaching, and in order to provide officers for the establishment of the party and army as soon as possible, the first phase of the Huangpu Academy was assigned a one-year study position.

The current domestic situation made Sun Yat-sen feel that he was not waiting for me at any time, and the recruitment of party soldiers was not smooth, and after Lu Rongting annexed the whole of Guangxi, his attitude towards the Kuomintang suddenly became ambiguous. If it weren't for the fact that Beiyang was still in the army, I'm afraid Lu Rongting's attitude would have been even worse.

The opening time of the Whampoa Military Academy was set for after the Spring Festival of 1917. The examination for freshmen is also set for the next year, after all, the Whampoa Military Academy's enrollment is open to the whole country. With the huge influence of the Kuomintang, it was easy to get an advertisement for recruiting military cadets into a large and influential newspaper in China.

When the news came that Lu Yuguang used 2,000 people to break the 40,000 Beiyang Army, it was the Kuomintang that shook the most. You must know that in Sun Wen's heart, the Beiyang Army is the most powerful army, but it is such a powerful army, with a twenty times superiority in strength, it has been defeated head-on! This result made Sun Wen a little difficult to accept.

"Let's talk about it!" Sun Wen sat in the dull conference room, and the cigarette in his hand was never extinguished.

"Prime Minister, the current situation is too unfavorable for us. Lu Rongting's overseer army may attack us at any time, we must prepare early! Hu Hanmin said.

"Lu Overseer's attack on us? Hermes-Epitek, you're a little worried! Liao Zhongkai shook his head disagreeingly. Compared with Hu Hanmin, who has a gloomy expression, Liao Zhongkai, who is bookish, is also more naïve.

"I agree with Mr. Hu's words. Now the Gui Army's attitude towards us is becoming more and more ambiguous, and the materials that were originally promised to be allocated to our Whampoa Military Academy have been intercepted again. If this continues, after the New Year, the facilities of the Whampoa Military Academy will not be completed at all! Jiang Zhongzheng complained. As the military commander of the Kuomintang party army, with the recruitment of the party army, Chiang Kai-shek's voice became more and more powerful. Now he is qualified to speak at a high-level meeting of the Kuomintang.

"Kai-shek, things haven't gotten to the point where you think. Lu Yuguang's defeat of the Beiyang Army is not necessarily a bad thing for us, but we need to understand the specific situation on the front line. Hermes-Epitek, Lu Yuguang, you should have seen him, what kind of person is he? "Usually the contact between the Kuomintang and the Overseer's Office is handled by Hu Hanmin, Sun Wen devoted all his energy to the preparation of the Whampoa Military Academy during this time, and he didn't feel anything about Lu Yuguang, who was on the same side.

"Lu Yuguang, Lu Rongting's stepson, the young marshal of the Gui department, is twenty-two years old this year. I didn't have the experience of leading troops to fight on my own. Even the independent regiment in his hands had just been formed. This was also his first time on the battlefield. According to my contact with him, Lu Yuguang is a very smart young man, but he can't be compared with Cai Yi's fame at all. I really didn't expect him to do that. Prime Minister, will there be anything wrong with this? Hu Hanmin thought about Lu Yuguang in his memory, although he performed very well, but it was not to the extent that it was unforgettable.

"Yes, after Mr. Hu said this, I also felt strange, I have also met Lu Yuguang, I didn't think he was such an outstanding young man! Gui Jun's victory in this battle is strange, and there must be something greasy in it! Jiang Zhongzheng thought about it and said.

Sun Wen and Liao Zhongkai glanced at each other.

"Prime Minister, why isn't this a bad thing for us? The fighting power of the Gui army is so strong, it does not need the support of our Kuomintang to be able to preserve the current foundation. Lu Rongting will definitely not like to see us. Liao Zhongkai said.

"Although I don't know the actual situation on the battlefield, although Lu Yuguang's independent regiment has just been established, it is known as the most elite unit of the Gui Army, and the troops are all veterans who have survived a hundred battles. Although it is an exaggeration for 2,000 men to defeat 40,000 men, it is not impossible for such a thing to happen if certain conditions are met. Wartime is full of contingencies, and anything can happen on the battlefield. Sun Wen said slowly. Everyone nodded.

"Besides, if all the troops of the Gui army have this kind of combat effectiveness, I am afraid that Beiyang will not take the lead in attacking the southwest, but Liangguang. Moreover, the defeat of the Beiyang Army by the Gui Army is not necessarily a good thing for the Gui family, which will attract the attention of the Beiyang to the southwest to Liangguang. Beiyang can't deal with Cai Yi in the southwest, and it can't deal with the Liangguang Gui system! Moreover, this battle made Beiyang lose face, and in order to save the dignity of Beiyang, Beiyang will not easily let go of the Gui family. Compared with the pressure brought by the new army in the southwest to Liangguang, Beiyang is really a behemoth. And if the Gui family wants to protect itself, they also need the support of our Kuomintang. Therefore, I think this hostile behavior of the Overseer's Mansion is only temporary, as long as Lu Rongting is not blinded by the victory in front of him, it will not be long before he takes the initiative to come to the door. At the same time, he will also vigorously support us in building the Whampoa Military Academy. The more Sun Wen spoke, the more confident he became, as if he really saw the future dying.

Liao Zhongkai, Hu Hanmin, and Jiang Zhongzheng were said by Sun Wen's heart to be hot. Looking at Sun Wen's eyes, he also showed worship. This is the charm of Sun Wen, the charm of self-confidence. This attraction is not only attractive to women, but also fatal to men. This may be the spirit of the king in later legends. And from Sun Wen's clear analysis, it also indirectly proves that Sun Wen can occupy an important position in the history of the Chinese revolution, and he is definitely not a straw bag.

(To be continued)