The Fourth Outstanding Person of Huangpu Military Academy

Anyway, considering the time, it’s almost time.

"The main purpose of this trip to Shanghai is easy to guess. The principal should be taking me there to strengthen our relationship, meet various people, and go to various places. I just need to cooperate with the socializing. The only problem is that it will take some time."

"The Northern Expedition has ended, and the commanders of various units are away reporting on their duties and attending social events. It's not uncommon for them to be away for ten or eight days. If I can't stay in Shanghai for two or three days, and I refuse social engagements and rush back to the First Division, it will arouse suspicion. So I plan to stay in Shanghai for three days this time.

Chen Tianheng looked at Chen Mingren and Xu Xiangqian:

"During my absence, the Central Committee's liaison officer may come to the First Division at any time. You have all met Comrade Qian Zhuangfei and can receive letters. But this time, please pay attention. If the Central Committee's letter includes instructions for the First Division to be dispatched, then the General Staff will not need to wait for my return to the First Division. Immediately issue military orders and mobilize the troops according to the plan."

Chen Mingren: "In other words, if anything happens during these three days, the First Division will be directly under the command of the Central Committee?"

Chen Tianheng: "Yes. General Secretary Chen is one of the founders of modern Chinese. The meaning of his letter should be easily understood and unambiguous. Distill from it 'what he wants us to do' and prepare to act accordingly."

Xu Xiangqian: "Commander, given the First Division's current reaction speed, it's possible that by the time you return to Nanjing, we've already left Nanjing and headed elsewhere in accordance with the Central Committee's instructions."

Chen Tianheng: "I have a way to catch up with the troops. I am not going to Shanghai without troops this time.

The First Division entered trusteeship mode.

Chen Tianheng brought two teams of soldiers to Shanghai for self-defense: a squad from the First Battalion of the Divisional Reconnaissance Battalion, led by Guo Rugui, in civilian clothes; and a squad from the First Regiment's Reconnaissance Company, in uniform, led by Reconnaissance Company Commander Cai Qingchuan himself.

The situation across the country is extremely chaotic now.

Wang Jingwei placed all the left-wing members of the Kuomintang on probation, which was not a small number, more than 80,000 people.

Soong Ching Ling objected and said that she would also be placed on probation within the party along with these people.

Chiang Kai-shek said that it was far from enough to keep these people on probation within the party, and that they should be held accountable for the crime of treason. Of course, the Communists who committed treason should also be arrested and tried at the same time.

Just today, the newspapers reported that the KMT Ningbo headquarters had been destroyed, with dozens of KMT and Communist Party members arrested. Wang Jingwei expressed dissatisfaction, but the KMT's "New Right," supported by Chiang Kai-shek, demanded not only the arrest of these members but also the execution of half. Rumors circulated that not only had the KMT headquarters in Ningbo been destroyed, but widespread fighting had also broken out in rural areas throughout Ningbo, though no one had reported on it.

Another piece of news was that Chiang Kai-shek accused the Wuhan branch of the Whampoa Military Academy of treason, saying that hundreds of teachers and students of the military academy had mysteriously disappeared and that they were planning a surprise attack on Jiangnan, because most of these teachers and students were Communist Party members.

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Chen Tianheng salutes.

Chiang Kai-shek temporarily moved the Northern Expedition's headquarters to Shanghai, but he himself had no permanent property and lived in a hotel. After Chen Tianheng saluted, Chiang Kai-shek stepped forward and shook hands with him, saying, "The First Division's performance in the Battle of Xuzhou and Bengbu truly deserves the title 'the best of a hundred divisions.' Chen Tianheng, you can also be called the 'the best of a hundred generals.'"

Chen Tianheng: "You are too kind, President. It is all thanks to the Whampoa Military Academy that we, passionate young men, have been trained to become outstanding officers. This is how we can lead our troops in the Eastern and Northern Expeditions and defeat the enemy."

Chiang Kai-shek nodded: "Han Qing is here today.

Zhang Xueliang appeared from the side room, stepped forward and bowed to Chen Tianheng, and Chen Tianheng extended his hand and shook hands with Zhang Xueliang.

As long as Zhang Xueliang was in the South, Zhang Zuolin's attitude was good, and the peace talks between the North and the South went smoothly. Now Zhang Xueliang was a "hostage", and as long as he stayed in the South, his mission would be accomplished.

Life was comfortable enough. After the Second Zhili-Fengtian War in 1925, the Fengtian Army briefly occupied Shanghai, and Zhang Xueliang spent several months there. During those months, he indulged in the city's lavish lifestyle. Now, under house arrest as a captured general, he lived a similarly extravagant lifestyle.

Chen Tianheng: "I'm in Shanghai now. I wonder what the Corps Commander's plans are for the future?"

Chiang Kai-shek: "I have appointed Han Qing as a senior senator of the National Revolutionary Army. When the country is unified in the future, I will recommend Han Qing as the vice-president of the National Assembly.

The Deputy Speaker of Congress is indeed a high enough position, but this position also requires staying in the capital for a long time.

Zhang Xueliang: "National reunification is in sight, and the war that has lasted for more than ten years is about to end. This is also good news for me. I plan to engage in business in the future and promote the country's industry and commerce, which is also a way to save the country.

Chen Tianheng: "If the north and south can be unified in the future, I'm afraid the National Revolutionary Army will not be able to retreat to the mountains."

Chiang Kai-shek: "That's right, that's right.

Chen Tianheng: "During the Battle of Xuzhou and Bengbu, the Japanese garrison in China was frequently mobilized. Two thousand Japanese troops in Tianjin forced their way south through the Jinpu Road, which had been declared martial law by the An Guojun Army, and headed south to Jinan. Furthermore, the Kwantung Army shipped three thousand Japanese troops from the Northeast Sea to Qingdao, ready to maneuver along the Jiaoji Railway to Jinan at any time. It was just that the Northern Expedition was progressing smoothly along the Jinpu Road, as Hanqing knew. Therefore, the Japanese army's plan to block the Northern Expedition in Jinan was impossible to implement.

Zhang Xueliang: "Ah... yes, yes.

Chiang Kai-shek: "Japan is eager for expansion and is as keen on seizing territory as the Soviet Union. From now on, both Japan and Russia will be a serious threat to us. Tianheng, compared with the First Division and the Japanese divisions, which one is stronger in combat effectiveness?"

Chen Tianheng: "If we were to engage a Japanese division, the First Division wouldn't be afraid, but we don't want to engage them just yet. Hanqing, Japan has extensive influence in Northeast China, and even has tentacles in North China, including Jinan and Qingdao. Therefore, I'm afraid I need to remind Marshal Zhang to pay attention to his personal safety."

Zhang Xueliang: "My father was wary of the Japanese.

Chen Tianheng nodded.

Zhang Zuolin was an old fox. Of course, this does not mean that he was fighting against Japan at this time, but that he had received so many benefits from the Japanese and allowed so many Japanese forces to enter the Northeast. At the same time, he was also highly vigilant about whether the Japanese would kill him.

He has always been cautious in his actions. In 1928, he was defeated badly by the Second Northern Expedition in the south at Huanggutun. In his panic, he did not take any safety measures and was defeated.

Chiang Kai-shek: "Tianheng, since the First Division left for the Northern Expedition, the Shanghai business community has been longing for the days when the First Division was stationed in Shanghai. Business leaders are looking forward to meeting you and reminiscing about the past. Do you have any plans for the next few days?"

Chen Tianheng said: "As the commander of a division, I should be in charge of the troops in the barracks, but since the business people are so kind, I will stay in Shanghai for two more days.

International Settlement, The Ritz-Carlton, Taipei (Pujiang Hotel)

It was inconvenient for Chiang Kai-shek to stay in hotels within the concession, but businessmen like Zhang Jingjiang could.

At this time, Zhang Jingjiang, Chen Guangfu, Yu Qiaqing and others were having a small gathering at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. In their view, the master of Shanghai was not Chiang Kai-shek at all, but the local tyrants who were drinking and chatting here.

"Chiang Kai-shek wants us to win over Chen Tianheng and make him loyal to him. Why bother? Wouldn't it be more direct to just pull Chen Tianheng over to our side?"

Yu Qiaqing made a statement.

Chen Guangfu: "Chen Tianheng is still a little young, only 21 years old, 22 in lunar age. It's not just about age, but age represents seniority. Those old Kuomintang members who participated in the Tongmenghui are still there, so only Chiang Kai-shek can control the entire Kuomintang.

Yu Qiaqing: "We should look to the future and support potential stocks, right?"

Chen Guangfu: "That's true."

Yu Qiaqing: "China will undoubtedly move towards democratization in the future. By then, in a national election, Chiang Kai-shek's appearance, his speaking style, and his behavior would make him unfit to be an elected politician. The premise of democratic politics is that you have to be superficial, and sometimes even superficial is enough.

Zhang Jingjiang: "Everyone, before we discuss whether to bring Chen Tianheng into Chiang Kai-shek's circle or into our circle, can we first discuss a conclusion on how to bring Chen Tianheng into the circle?

"Chen Tianheng is rich, and his cousin has a lot of money. Chen Tianheng's current life is not like that of a wealthy person. That's because he pursues simplicity rather than saving money. He and his troops often use money to buy time, which is the style of rich people.

"And Chen Tianheng didn't have any hobbies. If he did have one, it was fighting. He personally funded improvements to the equipment for his troops, just for the fun of fighting.

"He's not interested in women," Zhang Jingjiang spread his hands. "So, what should we do? Should we just go along with his only hobby and let him continue to have sex to his heart's content?

"There's no opponent now. How about we arrange an opponent, like Chiang Kai-shek, and let him have a good fight?"

"Ha ha ha ha..."

After the outrageous joke, the people present continued to discuss Chen Guangfu, saying: "It's abnormal for young people not to be interested in women.

Zhang Jingjiang: "He certainly wasn't someone who deliberately abstained from sex. He had a girlfriend while he was in Guangzhou's Huangpu Military Academy, a woman with no background, but they later broke up. It's said that she was a Communist, a particularly eccentric faction within the Communist Party, and Chen Tianheng couldn't stand it. I think Chen Tianheng wasn't interested in an arranged marriage."

Yu Qiaqing: "Brother Zhang, you can't apply Chiang Kai-shek's approach here.

How old was Chiang Kai-shek when you introduced Jieru? He was probably in his thirties or almost forty.

Chen Tianheng is still young and he is not in a hurry to get married.

Zhang Jingjiang: "If it's not a marriage, then it's just looking for a playmate. Will it work?

Chen Guangfu: "It works. I just don't know what kind of playmate would catch Chen Tianheng's eye."

Zhang Jingjiang: “This question stumps me. I don’t know either.

"I seem to know..." Yu Qiaqing pondered.

Zhang Jingjiang: "I didn't know, but you did?!"

Yu Qiaqing: "When the First Division entered Shanghai, I was the one who greeted them. At that time, I think I said, 'Shanghai is the Paris of the East, a place with so many beautiful women, so beautiful beyond words.' Then Chen Tianheng replied, 'That's all. ' 'In this place, there's only that one person who's okay, and she's already taken.' Who was that...?'"

Zhang Jingjiang, Chen Guangfu, Zhang Gongquan, Qian Xinzhi: "Who?"

Chapter 86: Revolutionary Literature

"When I arrived in the south, I heard people shouting 'revolution' all over the streets, just like when I was in the north a few months ago, I heard people shouting 'anti-communism'.

"And this 'revolution' has even invaded the literary and artistic world."

"Recently, an article in the Guangzhou Daily instructed us to learn from four revolutionary writers:

"Donnanzio of Italy, Hoppelmann of Germany, Ibnazzi of Spain, and Wu Zhihui of China."

"Two imperialists, one a traitor to his own government, one the initiator of the Kuomintang rescue. Haha, haha, a model for revolutionary literature. Don't block my way, I'll just smoke one."

"Baga, I'm just smoking one, I'm your teacher!

Lu Xun, cigarette in hand, dodged left and right. Chen Tianheng, sitting opposite him, fanned him vigorously with a magazine. Lu Xun struck two matches, but both were extinguished by Chen Tianheng. He turned his back to the table and stubbornly lit a cigarette.

Chen Tianheng showed his white teeth and the innocent smile that only the younger generation can show: "Mr. Zhou, smoking is bad for your lungs.

"I'm a medical student, so of course I know this. Smoking is bad for your body, but good for your mind.

Chen Tianheng: "... Mr. Zhou's point is that, under the cover of the sword, scolding the enemy commanding the sword is not revolutionary literature. Nor is literature filled with 'beat, beat, kill, kill' or 'blood, blood' revolutionary literature?"

Lu Xun: "Of course not. If this can be called revolutionary literature, then being a revolutionary writer is indeed the most satisfying and safest thing. To curse from under the command knife, to curse from the referee's seat, to curse from the official newspapers—to be truly a hero of the age. The wonderful thing is that those being cursed dare not speak a word.

Chen Tianheng: "So, if the revolution succeeds, literature and propaganda cannot rely on the sword of command, cannot sit in the judge's seat, and cannot have government-run newspapers. If they use these things to their own advantage, then it is no longer a revolution.

Lu Xun: “That’s how it is.

Some time ago, Lu Xun stayed in Beijing for a few months, and in February he went south to Shanghai. He was planning to live in Shanghai permanently in the future.

Since attending Guangzhou University as an auditor, Chen Tianheng has been keeping in touch with Lu Xun. Chen Tianheng also sent Lu Xun the songs, lyrics and music he wrote for the First Regiment and the First Division, and then Lu Xun published them under the name of entrusted publication.

Among these songs, the one Lu Xun praised most highly was "Target Practice Song", followed by "First Teacher's Song". He believed that the former was "Wind" in the Book of Songs, while "First Teacher's Song" had the meaning of "Ode".

"I passed through Hangzhou in January, but after capturing Hangzhou, according to the battle plan, we had to attack Shanghai immediately before the enemy could react, so I didn't have time to see the ruins of Leifeng Pagoda," said Chen Tianheng. "In Hangzhou, I only had time to eat West Lake vinegar fish.

Lu Xun: "My article was not about Leifeng Pagoda itself.

Chen Tianheng: "I know, but it would be nice to take some photos of the ruins there."

Lu Xun: "Are you used to the taste of the West Lake vinegar fish I ate in Hangzhou?"

Chen Tianheng: "I don't know how a chef can cook a fish like this. The vinegar is vinegar, the fish is fish, and West Lake is West Lake. The boundaries are so clear. It's like taking a sip of vinegar, then jumping into West Lake and nibbling on a swimming fish. At that moment, my mind was constantly thinking about everything around me: the origin of the universe, human life, where the trash can is, and how to trick Liu Zhi into eating a few more bites."

Lu Xun puffed out the cigarette from both nostrils and said: "At Guangzhou University, you said you didn't plan to enter the literary world, and I strongly opposed it.

Lu Xun is 46 years old, more than twice the age of Chen Tianheng. During their meal and conversation, the two of them acted as if there was no generational difference between them, and all sorts of jokes started coming out of their mouths, both self-deprecating and each other's.

Of course, the last thing on the agenda was Chen Tianheng's meeting with Lu Xun.

"Not bad, really good."

This is the letter Chen Tianheng wrote to Lu Xun when he just took office as the commander of the 1st Division on the Nanxun Line, asking him to design the emblems of the 1st Division and the 1st Army.

Lu Xun is not only a literary giant, but also a graphic design master in China at that time.

"Mr. Zhou, this is the design fee.

Lu Xun looked at the pile of silver dollars that Chen Tianheng pushed over and asked, "Is this from the National Revolutionary Army's military budget?"

Chen Tianheng: "No, this is something I wanted to do personally, so I paid for it myself."

"Shen Yanbing! Old Shen!

Under the neon lights, Shen Yanbing (Mao Dun) appeared holding an umbrella. Chen Tianheng waved at him, and Mao Dun finally saw Chen Tianheng standing under the eaves of the coffee shop.

Chen Tianheng was not wearing a military uniform, but a windbreaker and a top hat, so it was indeed difficult for Mao Dun to recognize him at first.

"In 22 and 23, you could enter and exit the concession freely, but now it's inconvenient," Chen Tianheng said. "So I can't go to the United Reading Group to take a look. How is the group doing now?"

Mao Dun: "I just returned to Shanghai not long ago. Last year, the Wuhan branch of Huangpu Military Academy opened, and they were shorthanded, so they pulled me over to be an instructor in military and political science. I only returned after the Spring Festival. The group's profits and sales are growing rapidly. After they severed ties with the Communist International, all the party members in the group sided with General Secretary Chen. After all, the General Secretary is now personally involved in the group's business."

Chen Tianheng: "That's good.

When the United Reading Group was first established, Chen Duxiu wondered how he could possibly get involved in such business matters. He was merely a figurehead, contributing financially and refusing to get involved in the business. Later, he couldn't resist asking questions, and then, even more so, he began to thoroughly understand the group's business processes, from hiring to capital flow to logistics. He wanted to understand everything.

So now Chen Duxiu is not a hands-off boss, but at least he is a director who often takes care of the business.

Contradiction: "Over the past two days, there have been a lot of gang members openly roaming the streets, hanging around unionized factories with malicious intent. It's said that some key union members have disappeared. But the United Reading Group is fine. We're a relatively high-end company in Shanghai, and our offices are located near a large number of foreign-funded enterprises. Gang members can't get close."

Chen Tianheng: "The gang is wandering around, this is a bad sign..."

New Thank you

In another place in Shanghai, by the Huangpu River, three or five people in cheap suits and top hats were working.

Several men pulled a large sack off the carriage. When it hit the ground, the man inside struggled desperately, his mouth grunting with a rag stuffed in it. The men in suits simply kicked him twice more. Then a small fishing boat approached the Huangpu River. The men in black suits tossed the sack aboard, and three of them jumped aboard. The remaining man trotted towards the approaching black sedan, which had parked about fifty meters away.

"President Zhang! How can we bother a prominent figure like you to come to such a small matter? Haha, seriously! We, the little guys, can handle this kind of dirty work! You don't even need to touch it!"

Huang Jinrong nodded and bowed towards the back seat of the car.

Zhang Jingjiang said in the car with a serious face: "I can't help but ask about this matter. First of all, the matter must be completed properly, without exceptions; secondly, no one can be suspicious.

"Yes, President, it will be done. The three people who went up there are all my direct subordinates. They would never set an ambush if I told them to do something. Secondly, this Zhang Damin is not a good citizen at all. He has no legitimate job. He indulges in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. When he runs out of money, he asks his girlfriend, Ruan Lingyu, for money, and then spends it immediately. He also has several gambling debts that he doesn't want to pay back. Even if we don't take action, those creditors will want to get rid of him."

Zhang Jingjiang pushed the door open and tried to get out: "I still want to watch him sink.

"Hey, hey, hey, President, you don't have to get out of the car, you really don't have to... Umbrella! Umbrella!

President, I will hold an umbrella for you.