Bai Wenwei and Li Liejun were originally the governors of Anhui and Jiangxi, but they fled with Sun Yat-sen because of the failure of the Second Revolution, so after the wanted warrant was lifted and re-appointed as the governors of Anhui and Jiangxi, they set off to serve in the two places, and dozens of retired army officers from Yuben set off with them.

The first mission of Bai Wenwei and Li Liejun was to gather the old ministries that had been broken up in the Second Revolution in the two places. The same was true of Huang Xing, who was appointed governor of Jiangsu, and Chen Qimei, who was reappointed governor of Shanghai.

After all, in this special era, nothing is better to use without a gun, especially Sun Yat-sen and others, although they have not yet comprehended the wise saying "power comes out of the barrel of a gun", but after the failure of the second revolution, they also deeply realized that nothing can be done without sufficient military strength...

Fortunately, although all the troops belonging to the Kuomintang during the Second Revolution had been dispersed, because the Nationalist Army then announced the relationship between the reading force, except for Lei Zhenchun's division of the Seventh Division of the Beiyang Army stationed in Jiangsu to continue to be responsible for suppressing the Kuomintang's rout, almost all the remaining Beiyang Army rushed to the Hubei battlefield, so after the defeat, in addition to the heavy losses of the Jiangsu army, the defeated armies of Anhui and Jiangxi did not lose anything after the defeat.

There is also Shanghai, because Shanghai is the largest city in the Far East, and the situation there is quite complicated, so after the defeat of the Shanghai army, the Beiyang Army has no way to deal with these routs. What's more, Chen Qimei led no regular army at the beginning, and many or even just some ninth-rate people with guns, this kind of character hid casually after the rout, and the Beiyang Army that entered Shanghai had nothing to do with them.

Therefore, after the Kuomintang was established again, in addition to Huang Xing encountering some troubles in the process of convening the old ministry, Bai Wenwei, Li Liejun and Chen Qimei successfully convened many old ministries.

Of course, these "old departments" were already a group of miscellaneous cards before they became defeated generals, and after they became "defeated generals of the remnants", their combat effectiveness was even more not optimistic.

Therefore, after Bai Wenwei and others gathered the establishment of 4 infantry divisions, they handed these people over to the group of officers who came with them, hoping that they could come up with some ways to make these defeated troops a little more useful.

After all, the purpose of their visit to China was to train a "usable" army for the Kuomintang. It's just that at this time, the old ordnance supported by him was still on the way, and the only thing that returned with Sun Yat-sen and them was these officers and a sum of money. Fortunately, these defeated troops have some weapons in their hands, although they are only some Martini, Lao Mauser, and even Hanyang are very few, but if it is only used for training, it is still enough, anyway, it will not take much time to say that the arms supported by me can be transported to Shanghai and Nanjing—————— of course, there is no need to think about artillery or something, after all, this kind of thing is also very nervous myself, so after searching the arsenal, it is just a friendly support, Many of them were still in the First Sino-Japanese War, and it was said that the Krupp seven-and-a-half-centimeter heavy field artillery captured by me from the Qing army could be regarded as returning to their original owners, right?

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At the headquarters of the Kuomintang, which is also the governor's mansion of Jiangsu, Sun Yat-sen said to Huang Xing, who had just walked in and was pouring water with a teapot.

"Keqiang, how is the old ministry summoned?"

Although the two people once had a lot of conflicts because of the failure of the second revolution, after the Kuomintang was established again, because of the continuous development of things, the relationship between the two people was reconciled a lot.

After all, Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing are both banner figures of the League and the Kuomintang, and even if one of these two figures falls, it will bring endless losses to the Kuomintang.

Hearing Sun Yat-sen's question, Huang Xing shook his head with a wry smile after taking a sip of tea.

"The situation is not optimistic, after the initial defeat, many armies were routed to the countryside, although the attention of the Beiyang Army was attracted a lot because of Yan Guang's rebellion, but the Lei Zhenchun Department left behind has been clearing the defeated troops that were scattered, and..." I always felt that the people of Nanjing did not seem to welcome us back..."

That's right, that's how he felt when he went out to gather the old ministry.

Whenever Huang Xing walked outside with people, he could always see the repulsive and complicated eyes in the eyes of the people...

Hearing this, Sun Yat-sen, who was sitting on the seat, was stunned.

"How so? Keqiang, you can't be mistaken. ”

That's right, after all, Jiangsu is one of the provinces with the strongest revolutionary atmosphere in China, and later the League and the Kuomintang established themselves in Nanjing, and Nanjing became the foundation of the Kuomintang, but...

"Now that the Kuomintang has reappeared, I'm afraid that there will be a resurgence of war in Nanjing..."

Looking at the Kuomintang headquarters not far away, a middle-aged man dressed as a teacher said to his companion next to him with a wry smile.

As one of the provinces with the strongest revolutionary atmosphere, the people of Nanjing naturally had a deep favorable impression of the Kuomintang, but after the Second Revolution, this simple favorable feeling began to become complicated.

You must know that before the Kuomintang Army was powerful, Yuan Shikai always regarded the Kuomintang as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh. And now Yuan Shikai was invited back by the Kuomintang that he expelled from China, and appointed Bai Wenwei, Huang Xing and other Kuomintang backbones as the governors of the three provinces of Jiangsu and Anhui? The reason for this is clear to those who have a little knowledge...

From a purely strategic point of view, it is understandable to use the Kuomintang to contain the Kuomintang Army, but the problem is...

Seeing that the three provinces of Jiangsu and Anhui, which are like meat on the lips, have suddenly become the territory of the Kuomintang, will the Kuomintang Army give up?

That's right, at the time of the incident, the banner of the National Social Army was indeed "only to ask for Yuan", but now that Qianjiang has been newly defeated, although the Beiyang Army in Wuhan still has a lot of strength, it is obviously no longer the opponent of the National Social Army after the increase in troops. As long as the Kuomintang Army can defeat the assembled Beiyang Army in Wuhan, then the entire south will naturally be at the mercy of the Kuomintang Army, at this time, such a large territory in the three provinces of Jiangsu and Anhui is occupied by the Kuomintang that has no strength, and the Kuomintang is still invited back by Yuan Shikai to deal with itself? How could the legendary leader of the National Socialist Party, Yan Guang, give up?

Unify the whole country...

As long as Yuan Shikai and the Kuomintang can be defeated, then there will be no other forces in the country, and at that time, even if Yan Guang wants to be the emperor, it is not impossible...

Therefore, the residents of Nanjing today have a very complicated mentality towards the return of the Kuomintang, and they are both happy about their return and worried that their return will bring war chaos to Nanjing. For the residents of Nanjing, they have already experienced the brutal war more than 2 months ago and do not want to go through it a second time...

This is also why Huang Xing felt that the people rejected them when he was outside, because the people of Nanjing were very worried that the return of Huang Xing and others would lead to another war—————— you must know that the naval fleet brought by Liu Guanxiong was bombarded against Nanjing City for more than a month, otherwise Nanjing would not have been almost in ruins in that battle.

Now that the Kuomintang is back, if the Kuomintang Army comes to the city again...

Not to mention a month, even a week is unbearable for the people of Nanjing.

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"It's going to be difficult..."

Although Sun Yat-sen did not believe Huang Xing's feelings, because of Huang Xing's own insistence, Sun Yat-sen still called in a local Kuomintang member in Nanjing from outside. After learning the true attitude of the people of Nanjing, Sun Yat-sen sat in his seat and kept smiling bitterly.

Now Sun Yat-sen's feeling is just like when he believed that the people would support him during the Second Revolution, but in the end, they all supported Yuan Shikai...

"No wonder..."

After hearing the local Kuomintang member's story, Huang Xing also nodded.

"No wonder when I was looking for the old department, the local people's reaction was so cold, I see..."

When Huang Xing was looking for the old department, although he did find a lot of old departments, he also ran into a lot of walls, which is why he got a lot of them, but only found one division. And this division is still not in good shape, only 4 infantry regiments—————— although the original Soviet army does not seem to have an artillery regiment, and the cavalry regiment only has the eighth division ...

"Alas, I wanted to carry out our work better in an old revolutionary place like Nanjing, but I didn't expect the local people to have such an attitude, it's really..."

Compared with Beiyang and the National Society, the Kuomintang really wanted soldiers but no soldiers, money but no money, and some only had a little popular support, and now even the popular support is quite thin, which really hit Sun Yat-sen hard.

However, seeing Sun Yat-sen's discouraged appearance, Huang Xing persuaded on the side.

"Yat-sen doesn't have to be like this, although the people of Nanjing don't support us now, but as long as we can do hard work, it won't be long before the people here will definitely support us again..."

"I don't have any money..."

Although the Kuomintang had funds to support itself at this time, the amount of that funds was too small after all, and it was only enough to barely maintain the Kuomintang's regular expenses, especially after the establishment of four infantry divisions, and there was a feeling that it could not make ends meet. Want to implement a tax-free policy? This is naturally a good idea, but it is a pity that the Kuomintang's finances cannot support it at all...

Just when Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing were looking at each other and smiling bitterly, Jiang Zhiqing, Sun Yat-sen's new adjutant outside the door, suddenly walked in.

"Sir, Kegong, the news just came that there seems to be an unusual move on the Hunan side."

"Oh?"

Hearing Jiang Zhiqing's words, Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing both turned their heads to look over.

I have to say that when he was young, "Principal Jiang" was still very handsome, at least not like the later "Principal Jiang" Principal had a big bald head, which is why Chen Qimei recommended "Jiang Zhiqing" to be Sun Yat-sen's adjutant, and Sun Yat-sen agreed. After all, at first glance, Jiang Zhiqing's appearance was already quite passable.

(PS: There is also a saying that it is as a reward for Chiang Kai-shek's assassination of Tao Chengzhang...)

However, although it is certain that Chen Qimei is the murderer, there is no definite evidence for Sun's words after all, so it will not be used here... ）

After seeing Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing looking over, Chiang Kai-shek, who had been alone dressed as a nun, single-handedly shot Tao Chengzhang, and left behind the "Holy Spear Nun Jiang Zhiqing" This kind of good sentence is not nervous, but directly took out a telegram.

"This is a telegram from Beiyang..."

Although Beiyang and the Kuomintang are not yet allies, their relations have been greatly eased, and Beiyang also hopes that the Kuomintang can contain part of the strength of the Kuomintang Socialist Army, so it still communicates with the Kuomintang in terms of information about the Kuomintang Socialist Army.

And this telegram in Chiang Kai-shek's hand was just sent by the Beiyang side.

"Hunan direction?"

Hearing Chiang Kai-shek's words, Huang Xing frowned, and then looked at Chiang Kai-shek.

"What happened to Tan Yanmin?"

Chiang Kai-shek first put the telegram on the table in front of the two, and then explained the contents of the telegram to the two.

"According to Beiyang intelligence, Tan Yanmin of Hunan is deploying a division of the Hunan army to the Hunan and Jiangxi borders..." ……… Something seems to be wrong..."

Hearing this, Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing exchanged glances.

"What do you want to do?"

"I don't know, but that guy won't be Xiang Xiaru, right?"

This is not impossible, after all, now Tan Yanmin has joined the National Socialist Army, and he has also joined the National Socialist Party and become one of the cadres of the National Socialist Party. And now the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Kuomintang is so complicated, if Tan Yanmin really gets Yan Guang's signal to take the lead in Li Liejun...

Relying solely on the miscellaneous infantry division that Li Liejun had just put together in Jiangxi, it was absolutely impossible for it to be the opponent of Tan Yanmin's Hunan army. You must know that the combat effectiveness of the Hunan army is not ordinary, and in modern times there is even a saying that "no Hunan army can be formed".

If Tan Yanmin really wants to make a move, with Li Liejun's miscellaneous infantry division alone, it is not impossible for Tan Yanmin to kill all the way from Jiangxi to Anhui...

It's just that when Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing were still worried about Tan Yanmin's Hunan army, the Hunan army, which had already received some heavy equipment from the National Social Army, was only stationed on the Hunan and Jiangxi borders at this time.

Originally, this Hunan army was going to be moved to Hubei, and troops were sent from Changsha to contain part of the troops in Beiyang by water. It's just that after the Battle of Qianjiang, because he found that the strength of Beiyang was not as good as his own army, and the Kuomintang was invited back by Yuan Shikai, Yan Guang asked Tan Yanmin's Hunan army to be deployed on the Hunan and Jiangxi borders, responsible for guarding against the Kuomintang's various moves.

Of course, if the battle in Wuhan goes well, Tan Yanmin's Hunan army is also likely to become the vanguard of entering Jiangxi...

And touch the 36 75 mm caliber light field guns and 18 105 mm light howitzers that the National Social Army just sent. The soldiers of this Hunan army did not doubt at all whether they would be able to fight all the way from Hunan to Anhui...

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That is, when Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing's hearts were full of worries, Cai Ye and Yan Guang had already finished enjoying the scenery of Chengdu and Chongqing.

Not long after Cai's Dian army arrived in Jingzhou, he sailed to Qianjiang to prepare for the Battle of Wuhan, the most crucial of the entire strategy. As long as the Battle of Wuhan is successful and all the main forces of the Beiyang Army can be driven back to the north, then the entire south will be at the mercy of the Nationalist Army.

At that time, the Kuomintang, which had only four divisions, was naturally no problem.

Although......... If you want to clean up the Kuomintang, you always need some suitable excuses, but excuses can always be found as long as you want to find them—————— even if there are no excuses, it is not difficult to make a few excuses.

And the reason why excuses become excuses is precisely because anyone with a discerning eye knows that it is an excuse, so it is called an excuse.

After all, as long as the Kuomintang can be pacified and occupy the entire south, even if it is a "trumped-up" excuse, no one can do anything.

And in order to accomplish the great goal of occupying the south, the Sichuan Arsenal is now constantly producing the required ammunition. For example, the artillery unit, which the National Social Army relies on the most, only needs to be ready in less than half a month...

In addition to the National Socialist Army assembled in Qianjiang, Sun Daoren in Fujian and Zhu Rui in Zhejiang are also preparing, of course, these two guys are all grass on the wall, if you want them to contribute, you don't have to think about it, but when the victory or defeat of the Wuhan Battle has been decided, they can be responsible for leveling the Kuomintang troops...

"But Brother Yan, since I have already been involved, it is better to be more careful when acting..."

Because he also bought the relationship of many people within the Kuomintang, the news of his support for the Kuomintang soon spread to Yan Guang, and Yan Guang did not have many taboos about Cai Yi, so the news of his support for the Kuomintang Cai Yi also quickly became known.

It is precisely because of this that Cai Ye persuaded Yan Guang to be more careful when acting.

After all, Cai Ye also studied abroad in Yueben, and he knows how big his ambitions are.

If Yan Guang is not careful enough, if he finds an excuse, maybe he will send troops to intervene in China's civil war.

It's just that after hearing Cai Yi's words, Yan Guang smiled freely.

"My Chief of the General Staff, you can rest assured, in the case that the attention of the British has not yet returned to Europe, let alone excuses, even if we really touch my own interests, I will not send troops to intervene, after all, the British are still in China..."

That's right, after all, the European war doesn't know how many years it will take to break out, and even if he intervenes, it is impossible to be blatant, not to mention that when the British don't want to participate in the European war, they let him become a wolf that is enough to devour his interests in China...

Therefore, even if the Nationalist Army offended his own interests, he would not be able to do anything.

As for Cai Ye's chief of staff? After deciding to join the National Socialist Army, Cai Ye has officially assumed the post of chief of general staff of the National Social Army, and Cai Jie's Yunnan Army is also being reorganized, and it will be incorporated into the sequence of the National Social Army after only waiting for the Wuhan Campaign to be completed.

(To be continued)