The telegram of Tang Jiyao and Chen Jiongming made the situation in Guangzhou suddenly tense, and they were deeply disgusted with the former, whether it was Hu Hanmin or Liao Zhongkai, let alone GCD and Soviet Russian advisers; However, there are many people in the army who have ambiguous attitudes, and of course there are many resolute ones, such as Fan Shisheng and Zhu Peide of the Yunnan Army, Li Jishen of the Guangdong Army, and Tan Yankai of the Hunan Army; However, the attitudes of Yang Ximin and Liu Zhenhuan of the Dian army who really controlled Guangzhou City were unpredictable.

"......, that's the case in Guangxi. Let me introduce Chen Jiongming's dynamics.

According to the intelligence, Chen's troops were divided into three routes, the first route was Lin Hu's department, which was currently concentrated in Boluo, with an estimated strength of 20,000-25,000; The 2nd Route Hong Zhaofu Division is currently assembled in the Shilong and Shitan areas, with an estimated strength of 10,000-12,000; The third road Yeju Division, currently in Huizhou, Tamsui, and Dongguan, has an estimated strength of 6,000-8,000. In addition, Chen Jiongguang's 7,000 troops went out to Lutian and the area of grain.

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After Chiang Kai-shek introduced the situation, he walked back to the conference table and sat down expressionlessly, and Acting Marshal Hu Hanmin looked at Yang Ximin, Liu Zhenhuan, Xu Chongzhi, Tan Yankai, Zhu Peide, Liao Zhongkai, and General Counsel Gallen and others present, and felt very helpless. Before Sun Yat-sen went north, he began to arrange the Eastern Crusade, but the Dian Army and the Gui Army, which were the main forces of the Eastern Expedition, prevaricated in every possible way, held several military meetings, and adjusted the deployment several times, Yang Ximin and Liu Zhenhuan first asked the Generalissimo Mansion for equipment due to insufficient equipment, the purpose was to ask for weapons for Soviet and Russian assistance, and then to ask for military salaries, which made Hu Hanmin so angry that he almost vomited blood, and the Yunnan Gui Army occupied the richest area of Guangzhou, which was the richest of the armies, and actually asked the Generalissimo's Office for military salaries.

"Now that Chen Jiongming has called, I'm afraid it won't work if I don't fight, I don't know how to fight, you can tell me what to do." Hu Hanmin said to everyone.

There was silence at the venue, Yang Ximin and Liu Zhenhuan looked indifferent, Tan Yankai and Zhu Peide were a little helpless, they faced Hunan Zhao Hengti and Jiangxi Benren; Xu Chongzhi didn't have many ideas, although the strength of the Guangdong army was not weak, but it was scattered all over Guangzhou, Li Jishen was in Xijiang, Liang Hongyi was in Kaiping; Guangxi Li Zongren has already sent a telegram asking for help, the Generalissimo's Office cannot ignore it, if Li Zongren is allowed to fail, then Tang Jiyao and Shen Hongying will go down the river and form a situation of east-west flanking with Chen Jiongming, and Guangzhou will be in danger.

"Let's talk about Guangxi first, Li Zongren said that he would resolutely obey the orders of the Generalissimo's Mansion and block Tang Jiyao, but he asked for assistance, and Tang Shen's troops were not something they could resist." Hu Hanmin will pick up the relatively easy treatment without opening your mouth.

"Needless to say, send troops to support. If no one wants to go, I'll go. "It was Fan Shisheng, the commander of the Second Army of the Yunnan Army, who followed Gu Pinzhen to fall to Tang, and later Tang Jiyao was successfully restored, and many of his classmates and friends were killed by Tang.

"Just your little one?" Liu Zhenhuan, commander-in-chief of the Gui Army, sneered, although the Yunnan Gui Army is one externally, but it still has to be separated internally, and this Fan Shisheng and him are not very compatible: "Brother, I'm afraid it won't work, unless we add our Gui Army, maybe we can stop Tang Jiyao." ”

"Where is Commander Liu going, the Eastern Expedition can't be without Commander Liu, let me go with Brother Xiaoquan," this is Li Jishen, the commander of the First Division of the Guangdong Army, Li Jishen has a wisp of goatee, and he doesn't look like a soldier, but like a pedant.

Li Jishen knew what Liu Zhenhuan thought, and after Sun Yat-sen appointed him as the commander-in-chief of the Gui army, Liu Zhenhuan wanted to return to Guangxi, but none of the local troops in Guangxi welcomed him, even Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, and Huang Shaohong, who supported the Generalissimo's Mansion in Guangzhou. Liu Zhenhuan once wanted to fight back, but Xijiang was his own defense area, and he had an appointment with Li Baihuang and would never let Liu Zhenhuan copy their back road. Now Liu Zhenhuan wants to take this opportunity to return to Guangxi, but of course Li Jishen can't let him get his wish.

"Well, the Second Army of the Yunnan Army and the First Division of the Guangdong Army will form a reinforcement of the Gui Army to support Li Zongren. Commander Liu's troops should stay and deal with Chen Jiongming, this side is even more important. Hu Hanmin also did not want Liu Zhenhuan to go to Guangxi, he once promised Li Zongren's representative that he would not send Liu Zhenhuan into Guangxi, so as soon as Li Jishen came out, he immediately made a decision. Liu Zhenhuan had no choice but to glance at Li Jishen hatefully.

Hu Hanmin doesn't care about these, the most direct threat at present comes from Chen Jiongming, and it is difficult to do it without the strong Gui army to go east. Then he asked, "Commander Yang, see how to fight." ”

"Acting marshal, there is nothing to worry about, the soldiers will block, we will defend first, Brother Tan's Hunan army will guard the north of the Union, Longyan, Baiyun Mountain, block Lin Hu, Brother Xianchen will guard the middle stone plate, block Hong Zhaofu, I will guard Wuyong and Nangang in the south, block Ye Ju, and wait for their division veterans to get tired, we will counterattack again and completely destroy Chen Jiongming." Yang Ximin said with a big grin.

After hearing this, everyone scolded in their hearts, the Dian army had the largest number of troops, and Ye Ju's department was an obvious defensive deployment, as long as the southern front did not attack, there was almost no battle to fight. Although the Hunan and Jiangxi troops commanded by Tan Yankai had 20,000 people, he still had to face Jiangxi Benren, and Chen Jiongguang's 7,000 people were obviously going for him.

"No, no, General Yang, this strategy is too passive, we should adopt a more active offensive strategy." Gal shook his head after listening to Yang Ximin's deployment.

"What do you think, Mr. Advisor?" Although Hu Hanmin did not understand military affairs, everyone's reaction was in their eyes, knowing that this deployment was inappropriate, and at this time, seeing Gallen come forward to oppose it, of course he was happy in his heart, you must know that Yang Ximin was arrogant and narrow-minded, and could not tolerate different opinions.

"Chen Jiongming's deployment is obviously to take an offensive in the north and middle lanes, and a defensive position in the south road; So we should adopt an offensive and defensive strategy according to their deployment. Specifically, it should be the Yunnan army guarding the northern line, the Gui army guarding the central line, but the south is the direction of our counterattack. Gallen said.

"When the enemy first came, their morale was high, and in the art of war, they were said to decline, then exhausted, and defeated; So we hold on first, and then counterattack when their morale has declined. Yang Ximin said, if it weren't for the identity of the other party's consultant, he would have slammed the table.

"No, General Yang, General Tan has to defend both Shaoguan and Guangzhou, which is more than his strength." The gallon pointed out another flaw.

"You can transfer two divisions from your brother's troops." Yang Ximin said unceremoniously.

"The first division of the Guangdong army is going to Guangxi, the second army is stationed in Kaiping and Enping to defend Deng Benyin, and the second and third divisions and Zhu Peide's division are stationed in Lianzhou and look at Zhao Hengti, and they can't transfer people at all." Chiang Kai-shek interjected at this time. He is not only the chief of staff of the Generalissimo's Mansion but also the chief of staff of the Guangdong Army, so he has a very clear understanding of the strength of various departments, and the troops of Li Fulin and Huang Mingtang add up to less than 4,000 people. Some time ago, Yang Ximin sent people back to Yunnan to recruit troops, but Tang Jiyao did not stop him, but instead adopted a cooperative posture, which is very abnormal. Chiang Kai-shek suspected that Yang Ximin and Tang Jiyao had a secret agreement, and Tang Jiyao and Chen Jiongming were political allies, and after Chen Jiongming's rebellion that year, Tang Jiyao was the only one in the Kuomintang who publicly defended Chen Jiongming. If this is the case, Yang Ximin's deployment is suspected of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, but what is even more terrifying is that if the war goes a little badly, Yang Ximin launches a rebellion, and Chiang Kai-shek shuddes when he thinks of this.

"I suggest that the Yunnan Army defend the northern front, the Gui Army defend the central line, and the Second Division of the Guangdong Army and our Whampoa Army defend the southern front." Chiang Kai-shek decided not to let Yang Ximin hide on the side and pushed him to the front line.

Chiang Kai-shek's suggestion was immediately supported by Tan Yankai, Xu Chongzhi, Zhu Peide and others, and Yang Ximin said with a disgraceful face: "Whampoa School Army? You're just a bunch of recruit eggs, can you use it? This is going to the battlefield, it is a real knife and a real gun, not just a trick. ”

Chiang Kai-shek's face turned red as soon as he brushed the ground, and said loudly: "We are not afraid of sacrifice." Although the training time of our school army was short, the morale and revolutionary spirit of the soldiers were very high, and they entrusted me to ask the deputy commander to fight. ”

"Heh, please fight, you are all the prime minister's baby pimple, that is, a golden treasure egg, which is useless." Liu Zhenhuan said contemptuously.

"General Chiang, don't get excited, let's continue the discussion." Seeing that the meeting was a bit off-topic, Gallen pulled the topic back. "I don't think it's good to have only the second division of the Guangdong Army, it's best to transfer one or two more brigades to join the southern front operation, so that we can launch an attack with superior forces on the southern front, and then disrupt Chen Jiongming's deployment and destroy his offensive." Gallen insisted on attacking instead of defending.

Then Tan Yankai expressed his support for this strategy, Xu Chongzhi was a little hesitant, because he didn't know whether to draw troops from that unit, or Li Jishen made him make up his mind, Li Jishen suggested that a brigade be transferred from the first division, and one less brigade in the Gui army was nothing, as long as the Eastern Expedition was fought quickly, Tang Jiyao would not have time to open the road to Guangzhou.

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After arguing for several hours, Yang Ximin finally failed to do so. According to the deployment formulated by Gallen, the Yunnan Army was responsible for defending the northern line, the Gui Army and the Hu Sishun Division of the Yunnan Army were defending the middle line, and the Hunan Army of Tan Yankai's Department sent a division out of the front line of Bazi and Weng Yuan to contain Chen Jiongguang's department; The 2nd Division of the Guangdong Army, Zhang Zhang Minda, and the 1st Division of the Guangdong Army, Xu Ji Brigade, launched an offensive on the southern front, first clearing the Guangjiu Parallel, and then attacking Tamsui and Huizhou. The training time of the Whampoa school army was too short, and the Eastern Crusade did not participate in the war.