After the victory in Tamsui, the Eastern Expeditionary Army was like a bamboo, conquering Pingshan and Baimanhua; Hong Zhaolin and Yin Ji originally wanted to use the terrain conditions of Bai Manghua to block the Eastern Expeditionary Army, but the army had no fighting spirit and low morale, and was bypassed by Zhang Mingda's division of the Guangdong Army and attacked its flank, so Hong Yin's two divisions fled one after another, Yin Ji's troops were completely dispersed, and Hong Zhaolin only led more than 3,000 people to flee to the Chaoshan area, so far the enemy army on the southern front had almost no resistance.

After the conquest of Baimanhua, the headquarters of the Eastern Expeditionary Army held a meeting in Baimanhua, attended by Xu Chongzhi, Chiang Kai-shek, Gallen and other high-ranking front-line generals to discuss the next operational direction.

At this time, looking at the entire battle situation, the main force of the Yunnan Army on the northern front confronted Lin Hu in the area north of Heyuan and Boluo, Tan Yankai's troops and Chen Jiongguang's troops held each other in Lianping, and the entire northern front was in a state of stalemate; The Gui Army on the middle line, Hu Sishun of the Third Army of the Yunnan Army, and Chen Mingshu Brigade of the Yue Army surrounded Huizhou; The southern front troops composed of the school army and the Guangdong army fought successively, and Chen Jiongming's hometown Haifeng was already under the knife.

The morale of the troops on the southern front is high correspondingly, but the senior generals are very calm, Xu Chongzhi brought the news that the northern front of the Yunnan army and Lin Hu are fighting a "sit-in" war, both sides have a tacit understanding to maintain a defensive position, what is even more worrying is that Yang Ximin and Liu Zhenhuan recently issued a telegram advocating that the north and the south negotiate peace and achieve domestic peace, and then Yang Ximin actually left his troops and went to Hong Kong, and Lin Hu still did not launch an attack, which is a hidden reason that makes people think deeply.

There are two roads in front of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, one is to go north to capture Huizhou; The first is to attack the east to take the Hailufeng and Chaoshan areas. The advantage of the former is that Huizhou is the support point of Chen Jiongming's army, and pulling out this nail will facilitate the complete destruction of Chen Jiongming's power in the Dongjiang River; The disadvantage lies in the thick walls of Huizhou City, and after the long-term operation of the Chen army, the defense system is tight, and the Yunnan Gui army has besieged the city for several months, if Huizhou is moved for a long time, it will inevitably give the Chen army a chance to breathe, and Yang Ximin's dynamics are suspicious, once the Yunnan Gui army changes, not only will the current achievements be lost, but also the Eastern Expeditionary Army under the fortified city will be attacked by the enemy on both sides. The advantage of advancing eastward into Chaoshan is that the enemy Hong Zhaolin's troops are no longer able to fight, and the enemy's troops are empty, so they can take advantage of Yang Ximin's unclear attitude to take Chaoshan and annihilate or drive Hong Zhaolin's troops to Fujian; The disadvantage is that the eastward advance is a lone army, and the supply line is at least 400 miles from Guangzhou to the front line, and once Yang Ximin changes, the back road may be completely cut off.

The two plans have their own advantages and disadvantages, and the generals of the various armies who participated in the meeting had fierce arguments, but Gallen and Zhang Mingda strongly advocated the eastward advance, Xu Chongzhi and Chiang Kai-shek were a little hesitant, and Xu Ji strongly advocated going north to capture Huizhou.

Gallen objected, now the enemy is a frightened bird, if we rest and recuperate the enemy, we will take a breath, we have rested, the enemy's reorganization has been completed, and then we will have to attack again with several times more difficulty than it is now.

Gallen's words did not convince Xu Ji but made Chiang Kai-shek make up his mind, he decided to go east, his decision affected Xu Chongzhi, Xu Chongzhi decided to transfer the Chen Mingshu Brigade of the Guangdong Army to join the southern front operation, and at the same time asked the base camp to increase Wu Tiecheng's guard army to join the southern front operation, and Chiang Kai-shek still served as the commander-in-chief of the southern front.

The specific deployment was that the whole army was divided into two routes, and the left flank was led by Chiang Kai-shek to attack Haifeng at Meilongwei; The right flank was led by Xu Chongzhi himself, along the left bank of the Xizhi River, and attacked Haifeng by way of Sanduozhu.

The rout of the southern front made Chen Jiongming shocked and angry, he didn't expect the defeat of the southern front to be so fast and so thorough, only two more regiments of the Whampoa school army, Xu Chongzhi's Yue army changed so much, he couldn't understand, so he attributed the reason to his subordinates not listening to the command, if Hong Zhaolin could have been dispatched two days earlier, Tamsui would not have been taken advantage of. Lin Hu did not move on the northern front and did not attack Tan Yankai's flank as ordered. Chen Jiongming felt that his control over his subordinates had dropped a lot this time, and these people had been struggling to survive in the Dongjiang River for two years, and the accumulated contradictions between them had erupted in this battle. However, he felt that there was still a chance, Ye Yuanqiu was discussing with Yang Ximin in Hong Kong, and Deng Benyin's attitude was also relaxed, as long as he could win a battle, these forces that were swaying in the middle would throw themselves on him, and he would be able to turn the whole situation around. Chen Jiongming settled down and sent a long telegram to Lin Hu: A secret agreement has been reached with the Dian army, he will not attack me, just leave a small number of troops to monitor it, the main force from Heyuan south, through Zijin, Hepo, Kumho to attack the flank of the southern line of the Guangdong army, annihilation in one fell swoop, and finally Chen Jiongming told Lin Hu in a sad tone that this battle is related to the survival of the whole army, only you have the ability to turn the tide, if you fail, this army will cease to exist.

Zhuang Jihua caught up with the troops in Haifeng, the progress of the troops was too fast, and the front team had done its best, but they could not catch up with the troops in Pingshan. Hong Zhaolin was supported by Ma Xiongtao's brigade transferred from the northern front in Sanzhuduo, but that night he was attacked by Zhang Mingda's division and Xu Ji's brigade, and the whole army collapsed again, most of Ma Xiongtao's troops surrendered, and Hong Zhaolin led the remnants of more than 2,000 people to abandon Haifeng and Lufeng, and retreated all the way to Chaoshan. The Left Wing Army led by Chiang Kai-shek met no resistance, but still reached Haifeng after the Second Division of the Cantonese Army.

Zhuang Jihua led the seventh company and the front team into Haifeng, to the quartermaster department and the quartermaster to complete the task of handing over him, when passing through the city gate, he saw the palace embroidery painting and lark A-Ying there to promote a group of peasants, next to a few people wearing red ribbons in peasant costumes.

He turned his head and left, but he didn't expect to see him at a glance, their group was too eye-catching, the cart was full of materials, and the cart was full of various clothes, but the palace embroidery painting eyesight was still very good, and he was found in the crowd at once.

She squeezed out of the crowd and ran towards Zhuang Jihua, shouting as she ran: "Company Commander Zhuang, Zhuang *." ”

Zhuang Jihua stood helplessly, he didn't like this kind of girl who likes to participate in politics, not to mention that she was inclined to GCD. Gong Xiuhua ran to him, his face was flushed, his chest rose and fell slightly, Zhuang Jihua looked at her and couldn't help but say: "Xiuhua is a very elegant name, I didn't expect it...."

"I didn't think of anything, I didn't expect me to be wild, like a boy, did I?" The palace embroidered the painting at a glance.

"I just don't think the name deserves you." Zhuang Jihua didn't want to cause unnecessary controversy, he still had to ask where the quartermaster department was, there was no need to delay time here.

"My parents want me to stay at home, learn what embroidery and embroidery, and marry a rich man in the future, so that I won't do what they want." Gong Xiuhua snorted coldly.

"Then you don't do your propaganda well, what do you want me to do?" Zhuang Jihua had seen this kind of rebellious girl in her previous life, and she always wanted to break free from the shackles of her family and go her own way, but most of them were quickly scared back by difficulties, and only a few of them persevered; Of course, the former is not necessarily a bad thing.

"You don't seem to welcome me?" Gong Xiuhua blinked and felt a little aggrieved, she had a good impression of this person, she met him for the first time in the last parade, and Li Zhilong and Chen Geng spoke highly of him afterwards, but he rarely participated in their activities, not even the Youth Army Association; His idea allowed her to participate in the Eastern Crusade, and if she performed well, she was likely to join the CY, which was told to her by Li Haoyi, secretary of the Youth League branch; It was this person who organized their performances in Zhangmutou, and as a result, they were welcomed by the soldiers everywhere they went; was also praised by their superiors, and Director Zhou of the Political Department also visited them in person; Li Zhilong was not as depressed as he was when he first set off, and became full of confidence.

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