The day after the meeting, Liao Zhongkai and Gallen took the Yongfeng ship to Shantou, and the next day after Liao Zhongkai arrived, Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei rushed to Shantou, and in order to keep the meeting secret, the meeting was not set up in the Lin Family Ancestral Hall of the General Headquarters of the Guangdong Army, but in the Golden Garden outside the city.

Chiang Kai-shek even put forward a specific battle plan for the counterinsurgency, that is, he led the First Brigade of the Party Army, the Chen Mingshu Brigade of the Guangdong Army, the Xu Ji Department of the Fourth Division of the Guangdong Army, and the Wu Tiecheng Department of the Guard Army to form the Eastern Front Counterinsurgency Force, and Xu Chongzhi led the Second Division of the Guangdong Army to stay in Chaoshan. The counterinsurgency troops attacked the Zhao Chengliang division of the Dian army stationed at Shilong Shitan along the Guangjiu Road through Tamsui; Now Tan Yankai's Hunan army in Beijiang, Zhu Peide's Yunnan army, and Cheng Qianjian's [***] formed the northern line, and Tan Yankai commanded to go south along the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway to attack Guangzhou; Now the Guangdong army in Wuzhou, Li Jishen, formed a western front and attacked eastward along the Guangsan Road.

After careful consideration, the military general adviser Gallen believed that the total number of troops participating in the counterinsurgency was 50,000, while the total strength of the Yunnan Gui army was less than 40,000. More importantly, the main force of Hu Sishun's division of the Third Army of the Yunnan Army is still in Huizhou and has not moved closer to Guangzhou, so if we can secretly return to the army, Hu Sishun will not be able to rush back to Guangzhou to participate in the war in the future. Therefore, Glen suggested that when Xu Chongzhi stayed in Shantou, he should openly make some remarks against Fujian, and the tougher the better, the stronger the atmosphere of war, the better, and it is best to send a small force to harass Fujian.

Xu Chongzhi laughed when he heard this, he was very happy in his heart, the control of Guangzhou by the Yunnan Guijun had already caused his dissatisfaction, but his own strength was caught, so he had to swallow his anger; The victory of the Eastern Expedition made him more confident, and he had been thinking about it for a while in his mind to drive away the Yunnan Gui army to occupy Guangzhou, and he originally planned to incorporate the rest of Chen Jiongming's troops and find a way to do it after realizing the great unity of the Guangdong army, but he didn't think that Yang Ximin would be so stupid to send the opportunity to his hands, he told Gallon loudly with a red face, he is the best at bluffing, you can rest assured to quell the rebellion, as long as I am in the Dongjiang, there will be no problems in the Dongjiang.

After the meeting, Liao Zhongkai was released back to Guangzhou, striving to stabilize Yang Ximin and win time for the Eastern Expeditionary Army to return to the division. Chiang Kai-shek rushed to Meixian to mobilize his troops. Before leaving, he tactfully reminded Xu Chongzhi that he must be careful when he co-opts the rest of Chen Jiongming, these people can betray Chen Jiongming today, and they can betray you tomorrow, Xu Chongzhi didn't care. The next day, Xu Chongzhi summoned reporters to deliver a murderous speech, demanding that the Fujian side immediately return the Yongfu ship, otherwise the Eastern Expeditionary Army would go to Fujian to get it.

With Xu Chongzhi's speech, the Guangdong army began to move frequently to the border of Fujian and Guangdong, the civilian army in Fujian was unprecedentedly active, Zhou Yinren was very panicked, and even sent a telegram to Sun Chuanfang asking for more troops in Fujian, Sun Chuanfang called back and scolded Zhou Yinren, asking him to immediately contact Yangshuzhuang and put back the Yongfu ship, the current situation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is obscure, and Zhejiang's troops must not be transferred south.

Zhou Yinren thought about it and finally came up with a bad idea, he sent people to spread rumors in Xiamen, saying that the Guangdong Navy would attack Xiamen in retaliation against the Beiyang Navy. Hearing this rumor, the residents of Xiamen were shocked overnight, and in panic, the residents of Xiamen collectively petitioned Yangshuzhuang, demanding that the Yongfu ship be returned and that Xiamen not be destroyed in the war. Yang Shuzhuang had no choice but to agree.

Xu Chongzhi didn't expect the Yongfu ship to come back so easily, and he was stunned, he didn't know what to do, so he had to put his mind on the negotiation of the integration of Chen Jiongming's remaining troops, and the tension on the Fujian-Guangdong border also eased. During this period, Chiang Kai-shek had already led the counterinsurgency army back to Guangzhou.

Chiang Kai-shek delivered a speech entitled "Retaking the Guangzhou Base Area" to the Party Army and the Guard Army in Pingshan, saying: "The Guard Army and the Party Army are all revolutionary troops and subordinates of Generalissimo Sun, and now because after the death of Generalissimo Sun, Guangzhou, the revolutionary political axe base area that Generalissimo has worked hard to build for decades, will be harmed by the collusion of the counterrevolutionary warlords Tang Jiyao, the Beiyang warlord Wu Peifu, and the fake revolutionary warlords Yang Ximin and Liu Zhenhuan in the cities of Guangdong Province, and we have no choice but to rise up and support the revolutionary political axe built by Generalissimo Sun." The revolutionary political axe base built by Generalissimo Sun is just like the industry left by our ancestors, and the property left by our ancestors with great difficulty was taken away by robbers for no reason, is this not a shame for us to be our descendants? Therefore, when we go back this time, we must defeat the bandit army that has betrayed the country and brought disaster to the people, defeat the rebels who hinder our implementation of doctrine, and protect our revolutionary base areas. If we don't fight to the death and recapture Canton, our revolutionary army will have no place to stand, we will not be able to practice doctrine, and can we still be worthy of the dead generalissimo?...... This time we will go back to the province to fight the Yunnan Gui army, and we will definitely be able to win, because the people of the provincial capital hate the Yunnan Gui army very much, and they want us to go back every day, and they oppose the Yunnan Gui army every day, and when they hear that we are going back, they are ready to welcome us, so we are very sure that we will be able to succeed......

After the counterinsurgency army arrived in Pingshan, the purpose of returning to Guangzhou could not be concealed, Yang Ximin decided to strike first, and ordered to take over the Guangzhou Finance and Taxation Bureau, the police station, the Central Party Headquarters and other places in the city; Hu Hanmin also issued a counterinsurgency order in accordance with the prior arrangements. At the same time, martial law was declared on Huangpu Island, and more than 2,000 students of the second and third phases who had returned to school were organized into an assault corps, with Zhang Zhizhong, the head of the student corps, as the commander-in-chief, Bao Huiseng, the acting director of the Political Department, as the party representative, and Chichibanzhov as the adviser, responsible for guarding Huangpu Island.

Yang Ximin planned to drive away the base camp first, so he sent troops to attack the Shimin Soil Factory, but at this time he found that all the boats could not find the workers who drove the boats, and the workers in Guangzhou held a general strike under the call of [***], whether it was a ship or a train, they all lay down, they couldn't move, and all the movable ones were collected to the south bank, Yang Ximin couldn't, so he had to collect some small sampans, ready to rely on these sampans to cross the river, but the navy that supported the base camp sent Yongfeng ships, Jiang Chip ships and other warships to cruise on the river, These small sampans did not dare to go down the river at all, so Yang Ximin had to leave part of the army to monitor and turn his attention to the battlefield on the outskirts of Guangzhou.

This time Zhuang Jihua has been acting with Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek was angry along the way, in Tamsui because of the deserters in the troops, and when he was in Zhangmutou, he scolded the staff again, because the staff actually left the communication office behind, and Chiang Kai-shek could not contact the armies after arriving in Zhangmutou; This incident made Chiang Kai-shek both angry and disappointed, so he transferred Zhuang Jihua to the General Staff Office as a confidential staff officer, in fact, he was his representative, supervising the work of the General Staff.

Although the staff officers of the General Staff Department were very dissatisfied with this, they did not dare to complain about Chiang Kai-shek, so they had to vent their anger on Zhuang Jihua, but what kind of person Zhuang Jihua was, after a long time, it became clear the reason why these people were cold to him, no matter that he was not angry, nor did he complain to Chiang Kai-shek, he just waited for the opportunity silently. What disappointed him was that he didn't see Huang Mingcheng in Zhangmutou, he had been transferred to work in the Guangdong District Committee, the new chairman of the trade union surnamed Lu, who was also a worker of the workers' group, was very enthusiastic about Zhuang Jihua, Zhuang Jihua asked him to organize a front team, Chairman Lu laughed and said that he had already prepared, the Guangdong District Committee had ordered that the trade unions and peasant unions in all parts of the country should support the counterinsurgency, so they not only organized a front team, but also organized a workers' counterinsurgency team, just like when they beat Chen Jiongming, and then asked in a low voice whether the seized loot could be the same as at the beginningWhat they seized belongs to them? Zhuang Jihua was happy to see him, and said to him that you can ask Principal Jiang this question, but he estimates that there should be no such possibility, and it is just a coincidence that the guns captured last time can be given to them, because there are still many troops with incomplete weapons and equipment. Zhuang Jihua looked at Chairman Lu's disappointed face and asked if there would be no front team without guns; Chairman Lu was glared, and said angrily, who said that there is not only a front team, but also a workers' team, this is an organizational order, and then said, of course, it would be better if there were, after speaking, the two laughed.

In Zhuang Jihua's heart, he actually looked down on the Dian Gui Army, in his opinion, the combat effectiveness of this kind of double spearmen was simply not worth mentioning, but he didn't expect that as soon as the battle started, he knew that the double spearmen were also very combative.

Shilong's enemy troops retreated without much resistance, and He Yingqin commanded the 1st Brigade to occupy Shilong with ease, and then successfully captured Shitan; The main force of the Yunnan Gui army retreated to Longyan Cave and relied on the geographical advantage to resist.

The battle in Longyan Cave was very fierce, He Yingqin commanded the First Brigade to launch several charges in a row and were beaten down, Chiang Kai-shek scolded Niang Xipi in the headquarters, scolding and scolding that he was going to the front line, Zhuang Jihua hurriedly stopped him, and said that he should go to the front to see what the problem was.

The chief of staff of the party army is the former commander of the third battalion Wang Jun, and also Zhuang Jihua's top boss, after he was removed, he was transferred back to the military academy, of course Chiang Kai-shek knew that he had wronged him, so in a small talk, Zhuang Jihua took the opportunity to fight for Wang Jun, saying that the defeat in the north of Tamsui City is not to blame the commander of the Wang battalion, the main responsibility of Wang Bailing, Chiang Kai-shek also stepped down, and appointed him as the chief of staff of the brigade when the first brigade of the party army was formed. Qian Dajun served as the head of the Third Regiment.

When Zhuang Jihua arrived at the First Brigade, Wang Jun was a little surprised and asked him what he was doing on the front line instead of staying with the principal? And He Yingqin was shouting at Liu Zhi, the head of the regiment, on the phone: "Lao Tzu shot you." ”

Zhuang Jihua brandished a pistol and shouted: "Robbery, monthly tickets, renewal tickets, and reminder tickets, all bring them." ”

(To be continued)