The Fourth Outstanding Person of Huangpu Military Academy

Mao Runzhi: "This matter is being resolved.

Chen Tianheng couldn't move his right hand, so he moved his left hand and turned his head, and then he found that his head was wrapped in thick gauze.

Li Dazhao: "Your right arm was pierced by shrapnel, and your head was scratched by tiles. You may also have a concussion. Both of these injuries only require stitches. The most serious injury is in your chest. Two types of shrapnel hit your chest. One of the shrapnel is embedded in a bad position, and the doctor did not remove it.

Chen Tianheng: "Will the shrapnel just stay in my body from now on?"

Li Dazhao shook his head: "The doctor said that it won't work. I'm afraid we need to find a master to perform another operation. But don't think too much about it. Your cousin Chen Ying is looking for a famous doctor. By the way, Chen Ying has arrived in Guangzhou today.

Since Chen Tianheng was transferred to Guangzhou for medical treatment, Chen Ying returned from Hong Kong to Guangzhou to take care of him, and walked around the hospital every day. When she heard that Chen Tianheng had woken up, Chen Ying rushed upstairs and burst into tears when she saw Chen Tianheng.

"You keep saying it's not that fast, not that fast. Are you also factoring in your own injuries?

Chen Tianheng: "...No, my injury was not part of the plan.

Since meeting this cousin in 1924, Chen Tianheng and Chen Ying always said that the revolution would not move so fast when talking about national affairs.

In 1924, Chen Tianheng said that the revolution would take eight to ten years to succeed. At the time, Chen Ying thought this was a fairly normal prediction.

When the Northern Expedition started in 1926, Chen Tianheng still said that it would take about eight years to achieve victory.

In early 1927, the Battle of Jinpu Railway was won, and Zhang Zuolin's followers were captured by Chen Tianheng. Unable to continue the battle, they signed a humiliating treaty with the National Government. National unification was basically confirmed. Chen Ying sent a telegram from Hong Kong asking, "Is your great prediction still accurate?" Chen Tianheng said that it was still accurate.

Then came the split from the Communist Party, followed by the purge. Then, Ye Ting and Chen Tianheng raised their flags, launching the Nanchang Uprising. A few months after the uprising, the rebels suddenly marched south and captured Guangzhou, quickly establishing revolutionary bases in Qinghuang, Guangdong, southern Jiangxi, and southern Hunan. At this point, Chen Ying asked Chen Tianheng again, "The situation is good. Doesn't it look like we're about to win again?"

Chen Tianheng still said that it was not that fast and it was still too early.

Chen Tianheng told Chen Ying that his short- and medium-term predictions on the economic situation, industrial prospects, and financial industry were all accurate and never wrong. This was the main reason why Chen Ying was able to become one of the top five Chinese businessmen in Hong Kong and rank second within three years. So even though Chen Ying had doubts about Chen Tianheng's predictions, he was ultimately convinced.

"I've made it through this time, and nothing will change in the future. You'll still be the queen of Hong Kong's investment world," Chen Tianheng said, "and you just need to help your cousin occasionally.

Chen Ying shook her head: "Do you think I'm worried about not being able to make money in the future? I'm worried about you. The elders of the Chen family are all gone. In this generation, there was a cousin, you know, a drug addict, who died this year from taking morphine. We are the only two left in the Chen family." Chen Tianheng: "That's true..."

"But I'm really fine this time, and this won't happen again. I missed it this time..."

Chen Tianheng had overlooked Zhang Gan's random firing of the fate bomb.

Moreover, the opposite side actually had the Liao Type 14 field gun produced in Northeast China.

Chen Tianheng knew that Chiang Kai-shek had requested a batch of arms from Zhang Zuolin. However, he didn't anticipate that what Zhang Gan's 18th Army requested was not the 75mm mountain gun, but the Liao-14 77mm field gun, a copy (or rather, a semi-finished assembly) of the Austrian 77mm field gun, which had a range of 10 kilometers in the 1920s. However, this gun was incredibly heavy, weighing over a ton, more than double the weight of the 75mm mountain gun.

What was unexpected was that Zhang Gan really brought this thing to the battlefield, and fired fate bullets at the maximum range.

Chen Ying: "There's still a piece of shrapnel in your body. The doctor said it's extremely dangerous. Until it's removed, you'd better lie down quietly and don't stand up, especially not walk around, otherwise the shrapnel may damage your organs. I'm contacting doctors in Hong Kong and the UK to see if anyone can perform surgery to remove the shrapnel.

Chen Tianheng was out of danger and his life was safe. This news was actually reported in the Guangzhou Daily the next day.

Chen Ying set up a visiting schedule, with a daily visiting time limit of no more than 4 hours. People who come to the hospital to visit Chen Tianheng now have to queue up.

"Mr. Lu Xun.

Lu Xun pointed at the person next to him: "Well. This is..."

Chen Tianheng: "I think I should know, Xu Guangping, right?

Xu Guangping: "Hello, General Chen."

Lu Xun: "Now I understand that the storytelling session was planned by you. But I don't want to talk about it anymore."

Mao Dun: "Haha, now I dare to sign my name in the editor-in-chief column of the story club.

Guo Moruo: "You two look so embarrassed. As for me, I will not change my name. China National Geographic has been under my name since the beginning."

Chen Tianheng: "Guo Zi, do you dare to bring Huang Mulan or Peng Yilan here like Lu Xun did?

Guo Moruo: ".."

"We compiled regulations, combat regulations, tactical principles. For infantry, artillery, reconnaissance, and engineering. We also had procedures for company and platoon-level staffs, and for chief officers. We typeset and printed all of this. Chen Tianheng, you wrote at least 20 words during this year of fighting."

Ye Jianying, the current president of the Whampoa Military Academy, came alone and brought with him a few newly printed books.

Chen Tianheng: "To build an army with modern military thinking requires more than just 20 words."

Ye Jianying: "The military rank system must also be established. The ranks of officers are relatively easy to understand, but the ranks of non-commissioned officers you have compiled are quite complicated.

Chen Tianheng: "I have written down the reasons in those materials.

Ye Jianying nodded. "Okay, then let's keep working hard. If 20 words isn't enough, we can add another 20. Let's work together.

Chen Duxiu and Deng Yanda were given additional visits outside of the four-hour visiting time. Although the government had visitation rules and regulations, they did not apply to Chen Duxiu and Deng Yanda.

"I heard that your cousin has contacted a hospital and a surgeon in Hong Kong," Deng Yanda said, "but we still feel that it is not appropriate for you to seek medical treatment in Hong Kong.

Chen Duxiu: "Although your cousin is safe in Hong Kong, that's because the Chinese Chamber of Commerce has united its forces, supporting and defending each other. The Chinese Chamber of Commerce may not be able to protect the relatives of the Chinese businessmen who attended the meeting, especially if the incident becomes a big deal. We have inquired from various channels in the past few days, and the Soviet Union and Moscow also have the technology to perform this operation.

"Oh..." Chen Tianheng nodded slightly, "Indeed, Hong Kong is not very safe for me. I have worried about this issue before.

Deng Yanda: "Moscow is safe. It's just a bit of a journey. But speaking of Moscow, there's another thing. The Frunze Military Academy. If you go to the Soviet Union for medical treatment and recuperation, the Soviets are willing to offer an advanced combat class. What do you think?"

Chen Tianheng: "Was it a liaison between the Communist International, or between the Guangzhou and Soviet governments?

Deng Yanda: "Of course it's between governments. The Communist International no longer has this kind of cooperation with us. We communicate through diplomatic channels. Just like those students studying engineering and science. The first batch of these students just left last month."

Chen Tianheng: "I'll need a few months of medical treatment. If I go to Frunze for further training, it will take at least a year before I can return...

Chen Duxiu: "That's the problem. I'm hesitant about it. But I'm secondary. Your opinion should be considered most when making a decision."

Chen Tianheng: "One year...that should be possible.

Chapter 158: Chaos and a New Chapter

Does the Soviet Union now recognize the Guangzhou United Government? Yes.

Did the Soviet Union recognize the Republic of China Coalition Government in Guangzhou as the sole legal government of China?

--no.

Although the Soviet ambassador was expelled by Chiang Kai-shek in October and the Soviet Union had no diplomatic relations with the Republic of China in the north, the Soviet Union still sent personnel to contact Chiang Kai-shek's Republic of China, hoping that the two sides would reach a new agreement after mutual understanding.

In other words, the current Soviet policy principles toward China are almost equivalent to "one country, two governments."

Fortunately, it has not evolved into "two Chinas".

After the Ganjiang Campaign and the Hunan-Jiangxi Anti-Encirclement and Suppression Campaign, the Soviet Union suddenly discovered:

After the Soviet Union, the world may have had the second socialist regime (although it was a local regime), the Guangzhou United Government.

Although the military strength of the Chiang Kai-shek government and the Guangzhou government is now in a ratio of 10:1, this regime has actually survived the military encirclement.

From the Soviet Foreign Affairs Committee to Stalin himself, everyone was surprised and delighted by this.

However, despite this surprising development, the Soviet Union had little to offer. 156 projects were impossible, and the Soviet Union itself was still in a state of disarray. The only thing the Soviet Union could offer was some surplus industrial products, such as thick, unsalable heavy crude oil and carbon steel.

The Soviet Union had arms, but it couldn't sell them openly. Because the Soviet Union was so short of money, the Guangzhou government had to pay for them, even though there were still large quantities of 65mm bullets and Japanese rifles in warehouses in the Far East that the Soviet army didn't need.

Only after purchasing the first batch of 500 million rounds of ammunition did Stalin personally order that Japanese bullets and rifles would be sold at half price in the future.

"The Soviet newspaper Pravda published an article praising the Guangdong revolutionary government's military victory in its fight against the encirclement and suppression campaign."

"Comrades Chen Duxiu, Li Dazhao, and Deng Yanda have embarked on a correct revolutionary path suitable for China.

"General Chen Tianheng was called the Suvorov of China by Pravda.

Chen Tianheng: "Could it be that the Guangzhou Daily compiled it themselves? There's the Truth Daily over there. Could you please read it to me?

The nurse put down the Guangzhou Daily and looked at the densely packed Russian newspapers on the table, a look of despair on her face.

Chen Tianheng: "...Forget it, just finish reading today's Guangzhou Daily.

"The Navy's 'Seagull' boat engaged pirates in Jinwan for two days, narrowly defeating four pirate vessels and quelling the pirate problem in the bay."

Chen Tianheng: "Yeah.

Li Zhilong, the "Navy Commander," only has this one small gunboat under his command. The Fujian Navy, seeing the Guangzhou government's naval power as pitiful, secretly gifted it to them. Now, they're having a blast fighting pirates in the waters near the Pearl River Estuary.

"He Zhonghan, a top student from the first class of the Whampoa Military Academy, returned to China from the Soviet Union and announced his withdrawal from the Party in Shanghai."

Chen Tianheng: "Yeah.

This is by arrangement. No need to be too surprised.

Ye Jianying came with Liu Bocheng this time.

"The 3rd Division of the 1st Army and the 2nd Army are now in Hengyang. The city defenses are being strengthened, even though the Chiang Kai-shek Army across the way has no intention of attacking. Oh, and by the way, the Soviet comrades said that if we can organize the labor of the road construction workers, the Soviet Union can assist us in building the Guangdong-Hankou Railway from Shaoguan to Hengyang.

Chen Tianheng: "Is it a standard gauge railway?

Liu Bocheng: "Yes, standard gauge.

The most challenging terrain on the Guangdong-Hankou Railway lies in the core Nanling Mountains region between Chenzhou and Shaoguan. If the Shaoguan-Hengyang section is completed, the only remaining section will be the Hengyang-Zhuzhou section, which is not the most challenging. Once all of Hunan is conquered, the entire Guangdong-Hankou Railway will be open to traffic.

Chen Tianheng: "There's also the Guangzhou-Meizhou-Shantou railway. There are also three main heavy-duty highways. In fact, a lot of infrastructure is needed for both industrial development and military needs.

The heavy load at that time was not at the level of a hundred-ton truck... The roadbed and road surface could withstand a vehicle weighing 30 tons, which was the limit of human imagination in the 1920s.

"There's nothing else to worry about," Liu Bocheng said. "Go to the Soviet Union, have the surgery, and recover from your injuries. But Chen Tianheng, it's time for you to get married."

Ye Jianying: "That's right. How about the nurse who was here reading the newspaper with me? Do you understand?"

Chen Tianheng: “It’s not a necessary option.

Liu Bocheng and Ye Jianying: "…

...The situation in Guangzhou is not that good now," Ye Jianying sighed, "victory came too easily.

Chen Tianheng: “I know.

Ye Jianying: "Many people are a bit arrogant, with all kinds of ideas. You went to the Soviet Union, had surgery, recovered from your injuries, and studied in Frunze. This is very good, and it allows Guangzhou to face some difficulties.

"You talk as if I deliberately hide myself to give them a test," Chen... "No. I went to Frunze, the Soviet Union, to study, and I wanted to follow Tianheng's smile," and then I got to know a few friends.

Liu Bocheng: "Soviet friends, do you mean friends in the Soviet army?"

“Yes, it’s helpful to come to us at the critical moment.

Chen Tianheng nodded.

In fact... in the Soviet Union, during these years, Chen Tianheng even made some German friends.

After Germany's arms control, Weimar Germany and the Soviet Union secretly agreed that the German army would go to the Soviet Union, a "lawless place", to train and exercise with the Soviet army and work out tactics.

But it seems unlikely that German soldiers will be able to come to help.

Ye Jianying stared at Chen Tianheng's face: "Chen Tianheng, why are your eyes more bloodshot?"

"Do you have a fever again?" Liu Bocheng took the thermometer and said, "I took your temperature. It's 39.8℃.

Ye Jianying: "Tsk... Doctor, doctor!"

The doctor ran in, checked the thermometer, felt Chen Tianheng's forehead, loosened the gauze on his chest a little, and looked at the wound with a small flashlight. When he looked up again, his face had turned pale, and beads of sweat the size of beans oozed from his forehead.

Ye Jianying and Liu Bocheng: "What's going on?!"

First Army Headquarters.

Huang Wei suddenly woke up from his dream, covered in cold sweat.

Shivering, he looked out the window. It was still early morning. Huang Wei wanted to go back to sleep, but as soon as he fell asleep, he was startled awake again and stayed up until dawn.

"I was so scared, so scared," Huang Wei said with a bitter face, his eyes dark. "Last night's dream was so horrible!"

Du Yuming: "Ah? What did you dream about?

Huang Wei: "Do you remember Shuangduiji? That's where we captured Zhang Xueliang inside a Fengtian Army tank."

"Yeah, remember."

Huang Wei: "Last night I suddenly dreamt of that battle again, but I wasn't outside the tank! I was inside the tank! I climbed out, and then I was captured!"

Du Yuming: "It's all reversed. Could it be Zhang Xueliang who's laughing outside the tank and trying to arrest you?

Huang Wei shook his head: "It's definitely not Zhang Xueliang. I don't know who it is, but those people look familiar... Hey, why do you have dark circles under your eyes too?

Du Yuming: "Don't mention it. I was also tortured by nightmares last night and didn't sleep well. I dreamed of a battlefield, and I was surrounded! There were soldiers on all sides! It was cold, and my chest and back were freezing! My stomach hurt! Then I woke up in fright.

"Oh, it's so strange, why would I have such a dream?"

Huang Wei also sighed, "What a nightmare.

"Bang.

The door of another dormitory opened and the Chief of Staff of the Second Division, Lu Deming, appeared at the door.

Huang Wei and Du Yuming only had black circles around their eyes, while Lu Deming's was even more exaggerated, his entire face was black.

Du Yuming: "Lu Deming, what happened to you last night...?"