The Fourth Outstanding Person of Huangpu Military Academy

Chen Tianheng: "This man was a representative recognized by both Wang Jingwei and Chiang Kai-shek. However, I suspect Chiang Kai-shek also sent a secret messenger to contact Zhang Zuolin.

"Who else could the secret courier be? He's a KMT veteran, and he's on Chiang Kai-shek's side. Could it be Wu Zhihui?"

Chen Tianheng: "There's no need to guess. We can just rest and adjust in Suxian, Bengbu. We'll probably be transferred back to Nanjing or Shanghai soon.

After the First Division had fought a battle, the wounded, sick, and dead from various units were replaced by replacement battalions. A division-wide tally showed that the loss was more than compensated by three replacement battalions, and even the replacement battalions hadn't used up all their men.

In this Battle of Jinpu Road, although there was no battle that forced the First Division to use replacement battalions, Chen Tianheng still let three replacement battalions appear in the final encirclement and annihilation battle, taking on combat tasks that were not too stressful. These recruits had already gained practical combat experience before they were added to the combat regiment.

After the replacement of troops, the replenishment battalion will be replenished with new soldiers.

Chen Tianheng also inquired about the casualties of the Second Division in the battle. Liu Zhi's three sudden attacks in the battle also attracted enough attention, but the casualties of the Second Division were quite heavy, reaching 1300 people. Each of the three combat regiments lost about one-third to one-fifth of its troops.

Liu Zhi would take care of the casualties of the Second Division. Now Chen Tianheng and the General Staff had to restore the First Division to full strength in the shortest possible time.

"Zhang Xueliang brought 11 Renault tanks to the battlefield. Now we have found all of them on the battlefield, but most of them are scrap.

"The Fengtian Army's artillery corps brought two of their three artillery brigades. All of these heavy artillery pieces were dropped on the Jinpu route. We checked and found that they were basically not damaged, but they had almost used up all their ammunition.

The Third Department (Logistics Department) of the Northern Expedition Headquarters inspected captured supplies on the Jinpu Road battlefield. Huang Wei pointed out to the officers of the Logistics Department where the Fengtian Army's tanks were scattered, and told them that except for the three tanks in the pit, the other eight were either destroyed or grounded due to mechanical failures.

"Even the scrap parts must be brought back to Nanjing. At least the three drivable ones must be brought back for the decisive battle on the Jinpu Road. We will have a victorious parade in Nanjing. Soldiers, the tanks captured from the Fengtian Army must of course be brought out for people to see.

Huang Wei: "Okay, then we'll take those three back to Nanjing. However, even with those three tanks, it would be best to use something to carry them. If there's a railway, use the railway. If there's no railway, use a car to tow them. It's probably not possible to let them rely on their own tracks."

The equipment of the Fengtian Army's two artillery brigades fell into the hands of the Northern Expedition Army and of course had to be distributed.

However, the supply would not be divided equally among the seven participating armies; it depended on how Chiang Kai-shek and several powerful local factions divided the pie. Chen Tianheng estimated that the most likely distribution would be for the 1st, 4th, 7th, and 6th Armies to each receive an artillery battalion, thus simultaneously catering to Chiang Kai-shek's faction, the Guangdong Army, the Hunan Army, and the Guangxi Army.

The lack of artillery shells was a problem. The Nationalist government would arrange for the Hanyang Arsenal or the Shanghai Arsenal to switch to producing 100mm and 150mm shells, but it would take about six months for new shells to roll off the production line. Before that, the captured Fengtian Army artillery was useless.

In addition, there is another change that cannot be ignored: if the North-South negotiations produce a result and the North changes its flag within half a year, then the heavy artillery that falls into the hands of the Southern Army will probably use the shells produced by the Fengtian Arsenal directly.

"Order artillery shells from the Fengtian Arsenal?" Huang Wei smiled after hearing what the logistics officer said.

“That’s a way.

Wuhan.

"thump"

Wu Zhihui, a veteran of the Tongmenghui, one of the "Four Elders" of the Kuomintang, and a member of the Supervisory Committee, knelt before Wang Jingwei:

"Chairman Wang! At this moment, in this situation! Stop getting involved with the Communist Party!"

Wu Zhihui, 62, was almost 20 years older than Wang Jingwei. Wang Jingwei quickly stood up and helped Wu Zhihui up: "Mr. Wu, please stand up quickly. ... Please call me Zhaoming. Mr. Wu, I have separated from the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and I am not mixed up with the Communist Party.

Wu Zhihui: "Chairman Wang! This is not the time to separate the KMT and the CPC. We must eliminate the CPC! Eliminate the CPC!"

Gu Yingfen: "Chairman Wang, last year's so-called separation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was completely useless. The Communist Party can still operate openly in areas liberated by the National Revolutionary Army, developing secret members and organizations within the Kuomintang. Although you don't allow Communist Party members to serve as government ministers at the core, outside of the government, Communist Party and Comintern members are everywhere. Even Chen Duxiu couldn't stand what these people did. You can only imagine how extreme they are!"

Wu Zhihui: "The so-called KMT leftists among the Central Committee and the Central Executive Committee are actually mostly influenced by Soviet Communism and have become its puppets! The Communists are burning and killing everywhere, and these leftists are whitewashing the Communists! Chairman Wang, I know you once said you were a leftist, but the KMT leftists today are no longer the KMT leftists of three years ago. If this continues, the foundation of the country will be destroyed. If the foundation is destroyed, how can we, the branches and leaves, survive?"

Wang Jingwei: "Old Wu, my dear, the Party-state will not fall into the hands of the Communist Party. The Three Principles of the People must be practiced, but the Four-Point Declaration of the late Premier and Adolf Joffe is the red line that cannot be crossed in the cooperation between the Party-state and the Communist International, and it is also the governing principle of Zhao Ming. However, for the sake of the Northern Expedition and the unification of the country, we have no choice but to seek help from the Soviet Union. The Third Plenary Session of the Second Central Committee will be held tomorrow, and I have my own plans."

Wu Zhihui: "Zhao Ming, what if I want to impeach some members of the KMT Central Committee before the Third Plenary Session?"

Wang Jingwei: "Impeach whom? The Central Committee members who were influenced by communism?

Wu Zhihui: "That's right.

"How can you impeach so many people?"

Wu Zhihui: "As many as there are, impeach as many as there are. Zhaoming, I know you will issue a 'Resolution to Unify the Party's Policies' at the Third Plenum, but before you put forward this proposal, please allow the Supervisory Committee to review the qualifications of all delegates to the plenary session. This is the original responsibility of the Party Supervisory Committee."

In Guzhen, a rare guest came to the headquarters of the First Division.

Chen Jicheng, commander of the 20th Division of the First Army.

"Instructor Chen, why are you here in Guzhen?"

Chen Jicheng was a tactical instructor in the teaching department of the Whampoa Military Academy and theoretically Chen Tianheng's teacher.

Chen Jicheng turned his head back and forth, looking around the First Division Headquarters:

"The principal asked me to deliver a message. He also asked me to see the First Division of the First Army. ... Let's talk about the message first. It's a verbal message. First, the principal wants the First and Second Divisions of the First Army to move to Nanjing as soon as possible. Nanjing is ready for your stationing, and the barracks and dormitories have been vacated. Second, the Fourth Plenary Session of the Second National Congress of the Kuomintang will be held in about a month. The main officers of the revolutionary army will attend as official representatives.

"I see," Chen Tianheng said. "The headquarters has also mentioned the plan to move to Nanjing. But the Fourth Plenary Session of the Second Congress? Isn't the Third Plenary Session of the Second Congress being held now?"

Chen Jicheng: "The latest news hasn't been published yet. Yesterday, on the first day of the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee, the Central Supervisory Commission of the Party removed over 70 party delegates. Therefore, the Third Plenary Session is only a transitional moment, after which new delegates will be convened for the Fourth Plenary Session.

Chapter 79: Why did the Communist International's directives become so confusing again?

The 20th Division of Chen Jicheng's First Army spent most of the Northern Expedition playing a minor role. Except for a brief attack from eastern Guangdong to Fujian where they fought two battles, they spent the rest of the time stationed in Guangzhou.

This division is still stationed in Guangzhou, but its commander, Chen Jicheng, appeared in Bengbu. Moreover, Chen Jicheng came to Bengbu from Shanghai, which is in itself intriguing.

Chen Jicheng wore a pair of heavy metal-framed glasses, his face seemed to be always smiling, and his eyes loved to dart around. Of course, according to him, it was Chiang Kai-shek who asked the commanders of the various divisions of the First Army to visit the First Division whenever they had the chance and learn something from it.

However, Chen Jicheng looked around the First Division for a long time and then went back. It seemed that he did not have the patience to learn anything here.

"I've heard Commander-in-Chief Bai mention the move to Nanjing a while ago, and the time has been confirmed," Chen Tianheng said. "It's slightly advanced. But we need to reposition the entire eastern battlefield."

Chen Mingren rearranged the icons on the map and displayed the deployment situation of the Northern Expedition Army in the next few days.

As the North-South peace talks entered the stage of substantive negotiations, the Northern Expedition Army had few troops left on the front lines. From now on, only the 14th Army would be stationed in Bengbu, while the 22nd Division of the 1st Army would replace the 2nd Division in Suxian, serving as the vanguard.

Xue Yue's 22nd Division played a relatively minor role throughout the Battle of the Jinpu Road. Initially tasked with surveilling the enemy in Huaiyuan County, it was later transferred by Bai Chongxi to the east of Mengcheng, intended to block the An Guo Army's retreat route to Mengcheng. It finally participated in the final encirclement and annihilation battle, fighting for a considerable period. After the battle, however, it was relegated to the very front, peripheral area of ​​Suxian County.

Because Bai Chongxi didn't like Xue Yue very much.

Coincidentally, Chiang Kai-shek didn't like Xue Yue very much either...

In fact, it is possible that most of Xue Yue’s colleagues and superiors did not like him very much.

The other Northern Expedition troops that participated in the Battle of Jinpu Road retreated back to the Yangtze River line.

The 1st and 2nd Divisions of the 1st Army and the 6th Army were stationed in Nanjing.

The Second Army was stationed in Wuhu.

The Fourth Army was stationed in Anqing, and planned to continue moving towards the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in the future, and finally return to Wuhan to join the Western Route Army.

Zhenjiang had the 3rd and 14th Divisions of the 1st Army, and was facing the 19th Army in Yangzhou across the Yangtze River.

The Seventh Army was stationed in Suzhou.

There was no increase in the number of troops stationed in Shanghai. The 17th Army, which was stationed in Shanghai after Chen Tianheng was transferred away, is still stationed in Shanghai.

Chen Tianheng estimated that Chiang Kai-shek would have to continue making adjustments in the next stage. The First and Second Divisions might be stationed in Nanjing and Shanghai respectively in the future, but it was difficult to determine where the First Division would be stationed in the future.

Nanjing had been confirmed as the future capital of the Republic of China, a matter agreed upon by Wang Jingwei and Chiang Kai-shek. However, the process of relocating the capital was complex, and to this day, Wang Jingwei and the Nationalist government remained in Wuhan, while Chiang Kai-shek's headquarters were in Shanghai. The return of the capital to Nanjing was likely to take place in the second half of 1927.

6 countries city sea 3

After dealing with the future reserve garrison area of ​​the First Division and preparing contingency plans, the next step was to wait for news from Chen Duxiu in Shanghai and the Third Plenary Session of the Second National Congress of the Kuomintang in Wuhan.

At the Third Plenary Session of the Second Central Committee, the first to make a big move was the Kuomintang Central Supervisory Committee. This Supervisory Committee was originally intended to house Kuomintang/Tongmenghui veterans who were gossipy and opposed to cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. During the Northern Expedition, it never entered the core decision-making circle and never played the default function of the party supervisory committee. Now it has finally jumped out to make its presence felt.

Because although the Supervisory Commission has never performed its duties before, the charter stipulates that the Supervisory Commission should and should do supervisory work.

Wu Zhihui, on behalf of the Supervisory Committee, impeached all Communist Party members and those in the Kuomintang who were inclined towards communism.

The Kuomintang alone governs China; there is no possibility of a joint rule with the Communist Party. If the Communist Party insists on co-governance, or even seeks sole rule and threatens the Kuomintang's goals, the Kuomintang will have to put a considerable stop to it.

"There are deficiencies within our party, and some comrades have lost their original ideals and become accomplices with communism.

In the 12th year of the Republic of China, the declaration issued by Prime Minister Sun Yat-sen and Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Adolf Joffe marked the beginning of the three-year cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.

The Sun-Yue Declaration contained four points of consensus: first, communist organizations and the Soviet system could not be applied to China; second, the Soviet Union was willing to abandon all treaties and rights it had with China during the imperial era and to initiate new Sino-Russian negotiations; third, the management and sovereignty of the Chinese Eastern Railway should be subject to separate negotiations and agreement between China and the Soviet Union; and fourth, the current Russian government had no intention of implementing imperialist policies in Outer Mongolia.

"The Premier and Joffe both fully agreed with these four points and believed that the most important and urgent issue for China was the successful unification of the Republic of China and the attainment of complete national independence.

"The 'Four Points of the Manifesto' served as the premise and principles for future cooperation between the Soviet Union and the Kuomintang. Some comrades within the Party have now thrown the four points of Sun Yue's Manifesto out of the window. This is a betrayal of Party discipline and is leading China towards Sovietization. They must be severely punished!"

"The Kuomintang Central Supervisory Committee, Wu Zhihui, Zhang Jingjiang, Cai Yuanpei, Deng Zeru, Gu Yingfen, and Li Shizeng.

After Wu Zhihui finished his speech, which was so passionate that his voice was trembling, the Kuomintang central leaders asked him to step down and there was no need for him to speak anymore.

"The Communist Party's recent second land revolution in Hunan has damaged the very foundations of rural Hunan.

He Jian appeared and talked slowly about his hometown.

"I have no objection to the first land revolution. Besides, the first land revolution was indeed a collaboration between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. The second land revolution was completely a mess.

"The Communist Party arbitrarily arrests and parades people through the streets and executes people in the countryside. This includes land reform cadres previously sent to the countryside. They have all been arrested and executed. If we don't stop them, this group will only destroy the countryside."

"During the first Agrarian Revolution, most of the landless peasants received land. But what did they do during the second? They took the peasants' land away again. They said they were setting up collective farms. Don't you know what collective farms are?"

"Some places, such as many counties in Hubei, did not experience the first land revolution. Although they are not my hometown, I saw some things when I passed through these places, and I have to talk about them."

"In these places, the Communist Party couldn't mobilize ordinary farmers, so it mobilized rural hooligans and ruffians. They would rush out and attack people, kill a few people, and then no one could turn back. Then they would drag the ordinary farmers into the mob. From what I have seen and heard, the Communist Party's land revolution in Hubei was worse than in Hunan."

Li Jishen:

"The Soviet Union had collective farms and the sailors' uprising in Kronstadt. It's difficult to establish collective farms in Guangdong, but the workers' movement that the Communist Party has been promoting in Guangzhou and several other cities is not far off from Kronstadt in the end."

Amidst the chorus of agreement, Chen Youren stood up and spoke in opposition.

He attended the meeting on behalf of Soong Ching Ling.

"Delegates, you are not going to abandon the Soviet Union immediately just because you have just won the Battle of Jinpu Road?"

Tang Shengzhi stood up:

"Representative Chen Youren, why not?

Chen Youren: “This is extremely despicable.

Li Zongren: "Then let me be frank. China's revolution and unification are China's own affairs. Turning to foreign countries for help is not a good idea. Now that we have won the decisive battle of the Jinpu Railway and national unification is in sight, severing ties with the Soviet Union and the Communist International at this time will reduce the loss of our sovereignty. The Communist International has also exported its fallacies and heresies to China, confusing everyone and bringing chaos to our country. Separating from the Soviet Union is indeed the right thing to do, and it should be done with confidence and justification."

Wang Jingwei had long anticipated such a meeting scene.

After the Supervisory Committee sounded the alarm and cleared out a group of representatives, the situation in the meeting developed in the direction that Wang Jingwei expected. When the quarreling had almost died down and everything that needed to be said had been said, Wang Jingwei put forward his long-prepared resolution to unify the party's policies.

"1. All members of the Communist Party of China who are listed as members of the Kuomintang and serve in party organizations at all levels, in government at all levels, and in the National Revolutionary Army must withdraw from the Communist Party effective immediately. Otherwise, their positions will be terminated.

"Second, members of the Communist Party of China may not engage in Communist Party work under the name of the Kuomintang; members of the Kuomintang may not join other parties without the permission of the Central Committee. Those who violate this rule will be considered traitors to the party.

, Wu Zhihui was responsible for notifying Chen Yannian, the leader of the Chinese Communist Party, to immediately stop the activities of Communist Party members and Communist Party organizations in various places under the rule of the National Government.

Wuhan. Headquarters of the Soviet Political Advisory Group.

The cipher decoded a telegram and handed the transcribed telegram to Borodin.

After seeing this, Borodin's face changed several times and he almost fell down.

"Comrade Chief Counsel, what's wrong?"

Borodin: "Why, why have the Comintern's directives changed again?!"

Chapter 80, Sergei, you are looking for a bunch of makeshift teams

The Third Plenary Session of the Second National Congress of the Kuomintang was in the midst of a heated debate. Borodin was sweating profusely in his office in Wuhan.

Three days earlier in Moscow, Nikolai Bukharin, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Communist International, was sweating profusely in Stalin's office in the Kremlin.

"Nicholas! Where will you lead the Communist International? Where will you lead the revolutionary cause of 150 million people, pioneered by Comrade Lenin, for which millions of comrades have fought and sacrificed? Where will you lead the great Soviet Socialist Union? What kind of eastern borders will you bring to my beloved Soviet homeland?

"Comrade Nikolai Bukharin, please explain!"

Stalin banged his pipe on the documents on the table.

Stalin is busy now, very busy.

He recently visited Ukraine, inspecting Ukrainian industry in Kyiv, Crimea, and Nikolayev, and then went to Belarus to inspect the local machinery manufacturing industry. He also monitored Belarus's defense fortifications facing Poland. This round of inspections took two months.

After returning to Moscow, Stalin remembered that he should pay attention to what the Communist International had done recently.

You don’t know until you see it. Once you see it, it really makes me angry!

The Chinese Communist Party had actually split! Bukharin didn't even take any remedial measures, but immediately removed the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party who had dared to split it!

The Communist International also urged the Chinese Communist Party to immediately seize power by force! In the past month, half of the resolutions of the Executive Committee of the Communist International have urged the seizure of power, and half have reprimanded the Chinese branch for its slow preparations!

"Why would you do this in China? Was this clause included in the cooperation agreement we signed with Sun Yat-sen? No! Because that was not part of the plan! No!"

"I have absolutely no desire to promote the establishment of a Soviet state in China! It would be another matter if China established one on its own, but we don't want to do that now! It's too difficult! This is a country with a population of 450 million, three times that of the Soviet Union!"

"Why did you continue the revolution after the success of China's Northern Expedition, overthrow the Northern Expedition military government and establish the Soviets?"

"Do you think the Northern Expedition Army and the National Government are the February Government?

"Did the Nationalist government lose three million troops and two million square kilometers of land on the battlefield?"