The Whampoa Military Academy in this time and space has finally opened now. Unlike the almost self-made military academy in history, the Whampoa Military Academy in this time and space was actually established after merging all the military academies on the ground in Fujian and Guangdong provinces. Including Chang Ruiqing's Fujian Army Lecture Hall, the Shaoguan Branch of the Dian Army Lecture Hall, the proposed Protector Army Military Academy, which has not yet opened, and even the Mawei Shipbuilding School were forcibly relocated to Changzhou Island outside Guangzhou by our Changda warlords, and became the naval branch of the Whampoa Military Academy!

In addition to the Navy Branch, the Whampoa Military Academy currently has two other branches -- the Army Branch and the Air Force Branch. Of course, the main force is the army branch, and the school building of the army branch is in the site of the original Guangzhou Huangpu Army Primary School. The principal of the army branch is surnamed Jiang, but he is not Jiang Jshi, but Chang Ruiqing's confidant, the old friend of Jin Yongyan, the current secretary general of the War Department, and Jiang Zuobin, a fellow of Hubei countrymen.

Although this person had previously served as deputy minister of the War Department of the Beiyang government, like Jin Yongyan, he was a veteran member of the League and a member of the Kuomintang. Moreover, it also made a great contribution to the victory of Xinhai Revolution. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, he was a section chief in the Military Department of the Ministry of War of the Manchu Dynasty. It was he who replaced the old officers in the New Army with the graduates of the Non-commissioned Officer School in Xiang Yin Changjian, which resulted in a large number of League members infiltrating the New Army of the Qing Dynasty, and also greatly reduced Yuan Shikai's control of the Beiyang Army.

The vice president and dean of education of the Army branch is also a native of Hubei, named Huang Dawei. The word Ziyin, the number Yisun. A big traitor in history! However, at this time, it has not been exposed, he had served as a military commander in Sun Yat-sen's generalissimo mansion before, and this time Sun Yat-sen recommended him to be the chief of education. He has a diploma from the Royal Belgian Military Academy and Meiji University, and although he is stingy and not very likable, he is still very good at military skills. He is also serious and rigorous in doing things, and he is indeed very competent to be the director of education of an army branch.

The Whampoa Military Academy in this time and space also set up a political department, and the director of the political department was recommended by Chang Ruiqing. However, it is not a figure in the middle of the g, but Sun Yat-sen's eldest prince Sun Ke...... This is not Chang Ruiqing patting Sun Yat-sen's sycophants (of course, Sun Yat-sen is very happy with this recommendation), but taking into account the lessons of the Whampoa Military Academy in the early part of history. It was supposed to be a crash course of a few months. It is also necessary to devote most of our minds to the struggle between the two parties! In the end, two party armies were created, which really did not conform to Chang Ruiqing's ideal of "nationalizing the army." Therefore, after thinking about it again, he asked Sun Yat-sen, the eldest son of the British and American people-oriented ideology, to be the director of this political department.

As for the other instructors of the Army Branch of the Huangpu Military Academy, most of them are graduates of the Army Non-commissioned Officer School of the Japanese Army, the Baoding Military Academy, and the Yunnan Jiangwutang within the National Revolutionary Army. Among them, the director of the artillery department is Jiang Jshi's brother, Wang Boling, who graduated from the non-commissioned officer of Japan; The director of the step section is Li Jishen, who graduated from the Army University and has served as an instructor at the Beijing Army University for a long time; The director of the engineering department is named Zhou Jiacheng, who graduated from the engineering department of the Army Non-commissioned Officer School and the Army University of Japan, and also served as an instructor in the Beijing Army University before, and went south to Guangzhou with Li Jishen; The director of the cavalry section was Wu Yurui, the former general of the Yunnan Army, who graduated from the cavalry section of the Japanese army. It was the general of Li Liejun's system, who lost his military power in the reorganization of the Protector Army a while ago, and now he is sent to the Whampoa Military Academy as an instructor; The director of the baggage section of the military academy is Jiang Jshi's cousin, Yu Feipeng, who graduated from the Beijing Military Quartermaster School.

Although the Army Branch of the Whampoa Military Academy in this time and space does not have Soviet instructors as it did in history, the faculty is definitely strong. At least that's more than enough to deal with those crash courses. Because the Northern Expedition was imminent, and the National Revolutionary Army was also rapidly expanding, and a large number of junior officers were urgently needed, the Army Branch of the Whampoa Military Academy could only pull out seedlings to help them grow.

The first and second phases of the Huangpu Army were composed of the cadets of the original Shaoguan Lecture Hall and the Fujian Army Lecture Hall, and they attended a few more months of crash courses at the Whampoa Military Academy, and the first phase graduated in October 1918 and was sent to the army. The second phase was also to be completed by the end of 1918. The total number of people is about 2,500 people! Most of them are the children of the Fujian gentry, including several brothers-in-law of Chang Ruiqing, who are now the sons of Pan Yucheng, the current Minister of Peasants of the National Government...... A considerable number of the sons and daughters of these Fujian gentry later served as middle and high-ranking officers in the National Revolutionary Army and the National Defense Army because of the gold-lettered signboards of the first phase of Whampoa, and they were also considered a blessing in disguise (most of them joined the Fujian Army as hostages).

Since the third phase of the Huangpu Army, military schools have begun to recruit students from all over the country, and as long as there are young people with a secondary school education, they can take the entrance examination. The number of students enrolled in the program is as high as 1,500 per session! This enrollment scale is probably the largest among all military schools in the country, and from this enrollment figure alone, Beiyang can probably see the ambition of Sun Yat-sen and the Nationalist Government to dominate the world!

Chang Ruiqing's car drove into the gate of the army branch of the Whampoa Military Academy, which was written by him: "Please go elsewhere for promotion and wealth, and do not enter the gate if you are greedy for life and fear of death", and drove inward along the straight road. The road is lined with freshly painted school buildings and student dormitories, as well as makeshift tents and buildings under construction. On the other side of the road is a large playground paved with cinders. Young soldiers in khaki uniforms lined up there, conducting prescribed training under the supervision of instructors, while some cadets practiced around a few old French guns. Everyone was attentive, and Chang Ruiqing's car with the general logo had entered, and no one looked at it more.

After the car circled the playground, it drove towards a small building behind the school building. It is the location of the office of the president of the Whampoa Military Academy and the Army Branch, because of its remote location and easy secrecy, it is also the place where the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government holds secret meetings. The principal of the Whampoa Military Academy is Chang Ruiqing, who has an office here. However, he didn't come to the military academy every day to sit on duty, but Jiang Jshi, who was also the vice principal of Huangpu, soaked here all day long. I also talked to the students of the first and second phases of Huangpu one by one, and I wanted to take the military school into my hands!

When the car stopped at the door of the small building, I saw Jiang Jshi, who had the rank of lieutenant general, already standing there waiting, and came up to open the car door for Chang Ruiqing with courtesy, and said with a smile: "Brother Yaoru, Mr. Sun and President Chen have already arrived, just waiting for you, the big principal." ”

Chang Ruiqing got out of the car. He glanced at Jiang Jishi with a sharp eye flashing under the officer's big-brimmed hat, and said with a slight smile: "Then let's hurry in, we can't let them wait too long." As he spoke, he reached out and took a leather bag from Yu Liu, the adjutant who followed him out of the car. He strode towards the small building.

When he walked into a conference room on the second floor, it was already a place where the economy was already in place. In addition to Chang Ruiqing and Jiang Jshi, the other eight members of the Military Commission of the National Government have already arrived! Furthermore. Sun Yat-sen's wife Soong Ching-ling, son Sun Ke, Kuomintang Organization Minister Xie Zhi, and Armaments Minister Ma Junwu also attended today's meeting as observers. When Chang Ruiqing and Jiang Jshi came in, the meeting had not yet begun, and everyone was chatting about the Middle East Road robbery.

Everyone present already knew that Chang Ruiqing was the real Zuo Min, so when he walked in, everyone immediately kept silent and turned their eyes to him. Chang Ruiqing first saluted Sun Yat-sen and Chen Duxiu according to the procedure...... As the vice chairman of the Military Commission, he was on par with the minister of the Nationalist Government, and a little lower than Chen Duxiu, the general manager. Therefore, when you see him, you must salute.

As for the others, Chang Ruiqing just nodded to them and said hello. He is now more of a GCD member in front of the Kuomintang veterans, so when he sees them, he doesn't regard himself as a junior, and he saves everyone from being a generation shorter!

Sun Yat-sen also nodded at Chang Ruiqing with a smile. Pointing to a vacant seat beside him: "Brother Yaoru, sit here." ”

Chang Ruiqing tidied up his military uniform a little, and strode to the seat, but he didn't sit down, but scanned the military and political officials of the national government in the room with blazing eyes. The atmosphere in the room suddenly became solemn, and after a while, I heard Chang Ruiqing speak: "Mr. Sun, General Manager Chen." Dear colleagues, The first phase of the national mobilization plan of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government has been completed, and a total of 135,216 young people of school age have been conscripted into the army! At present, all the recruits have arrived at the Beiguan camp in Guangzhou. The Recruit Training Command, which has been jointly established by the War Department and the General Staff Headquarters, is headed by General Lan Jihao (Lan Tianwei) and Lieutenant General Lu Zixiu (Lu Yixuan) as the chief and deputy commanders, and more than 1,200 officers and more than 2,300 non-commissioned officers and non-commissioned officers from various units have been transferred to participate in the training of recruits, and it is expected that all the recruits will be able to complete all the training subjects by the end of September, and all the recruits will be added to the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Armies by the beginning of October...... At the same time, more than 1,200 officers of the first phase of the Huangpu Army will also complete their intensive training and supplement them to the above-mentioned four armies, which can basically meet the shortage of low-level officers.

After the replenishment of the First to Fourth Armies is completed, each corps will consist of three infantry divisions of four regiments, one regiment each of artillery (two battalions), engineers, cavalry, and baggage, and one teaching regiment. The total strength is about 50,000! The configuration of machine rifles will basically meet the current standards of the Japanese army, and the rifles will all be equipped with Japanese-style Type 38 rifles, and the machine guns will be equipped with the Min-7 6.5mm water-cooled machine guns developed by the ** Industry Group. In addition, it will be equipped with a mortar battalion under the divisional level and a mortar company under the regimental level, equipped with a civilian 7 type 81mm caliber mortar imitated by the Shanghai Arsenal. The establishment of mountain artillery is relatively weak, and only one artillery regiment with 16 mountain guns is attached to the team directly under the army level.

After the completion of the first phase of the army expansion plan, the second and third phases of the army expansion plan will be implemented in turn, and finally the total strength of the national army army will be expanded to 10 infantry corps, 30 infantry divisions, and some special arms directly under the Military Commission, and the total strength will exceed 550,000 before the end of June of the eighth year of the Republic of China! It will become a powerful guarantee for the defeat of warlords, the expulsion of foreign powers, and the unification of China! ”

After Chang Ruiqing finished his report, he took out a stack of essays from the leather bag he brought with him and distributed them to the participants present. Then he walked to the map wall in front of the conference table, picked up the whip and pointed to the location of Guangxi on the map and continued: "What you are holding in your hands is the general outline of the plan for the western expedition jointly formulated by the War Department and the General Staff. According to this scheme. Among the four armies of the first phase of expansion, except for the First Army, which will remain in Guangdong, the Second, Third, and Fourth Armies will all be incorporated into the Western Expeditionary Army, and the number of the Western Expeditionary Force will be designated as the Western Expeditionary Army, and the commander will be the subordinate Army, Lieutenant General Bai Jiansheng will be the deputy, and Lieutenant General Lu Zixiu will be the chief of staff of the Western Expeditionary Army......

The targets of this expedition will be in Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and Sichuan provinces. Strive to bring all four southwestern provinces under the rule of our national government in three months! Among them, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan provinces strive to achieve complete rule. The above three provinces will implement military and political rule in the 8th year of the Republic of China and become a reliable base for our Northern Expedition to the Central Plains! The situation in Sichuan Province is complex and the territory is huge, and it is difficult to completely calm down in a short period of time. The plan would allow Sichuan to be temporarily self-governing, but the salt tax would have to be placed under the direct administration of the Ministry of Finance of the Nationalist Government. ”

As soon as Chang Ruiqing's words fell, there was a sigh in the conference room. You must know that at present, the jurisdiction of the national government is only two provinces, Guangdong and Fujian! Now the War Department and the General Staff Department have come up with a big plan to swallow four provinces in one go. Can these members of the Central Military Commission and important members of the Kuomintang not feel excited? Of course, in addition to the excitement, I am still a little worried. Not to mention the messy Sichuan, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Guizhou provinces all have some strength! In particular, these provinces have now formed an alliance under the mediation of Chen Jiongming...... I'm afraid this war is not so easy to fight, right?

Sun Yat-sen coughed lightly, and the room immediately fell silent, and everyone turned their eyes to Sun Yat-sen. I saw him put down the text in his hand, and looked at Chang Ruiqing with a smile: "Brother Yaoru, the task of the Western Expedition has been handed over to you, and I have confidence in your talents." Therefore, there is no need to discuss the specific combat plan at today's meeting...... As long as you think you can, I, the chairman of the Military Commission, will do it. Saying that, his tone was already deep: "It's just a hostage kidnapping incident in the Northeast, how are you going to solve it?" Hong Kong's Governor Situ Babs has personally come to Guangdong to see me, hoping that I can exert my influence to help resolve the hostage incident. ”

Sun Yat-sen's words fell. Chen Duxiu echoed with a smile: "The Red Brigade is too lawless this time, and it has kidnapped dozens of foreign hostages at once, what if it recruits the armies of the great powers?" At that time, the difficulty of our Northern Expedition will be greatly enhanced! I think it's best for this Red Brigade to be under the leadership of the War Department's Intelligence Directorate. ”

Chang Ruiqing was stunned, the Red Brigade has always been his core force, whether it is Sun Yat-sen or Chen Duxiu, they just didn't see it in the past, and never said a word. But this time. The two of them sang and harmonized...... Thinking of this, Chang Ruiqing's face had sunk, and he snorted disdainfully: "The armies of the great powers have long been rampant on the land of China, so why not have a few more?" However, the army of our [China" country has a lot of territory on the land of the "China" country and is not allowed to enter! Isn't the Middle East Road, where the robbery took place, the territory of the extinct Tsarist Russia? ”

Everyone in the room shook their heads slightly, feeling that Chang Ruiqing was a little too unaware of the severity. Sun Yat-sen smiled slightly, and was about to open his mouth to persuade. I heard a peaceful voice in the corner, with a slight accent from northern Jiangsu: "I think Situ Ba's request is a good opportunity for Mr. Sun to get rid of the suspicion of the Zuo people, and Mr. Sun will always have to deal with imperialism when he becomes the leader of the country in the future!" It's not convenient to think you're a terrorist. It is better to take advantage of this incident to make a statement, and then send a special envoy to the northeast to participate in the rescue of the hostages. Of course, the Red Brigade is not led by Mr. Sun now, and Mr. Sun's statement can also be ignored, so that the whole world will know that Mr. Sun was wronged by the Beiyang government. As for whether the Red Brigade is to be under the command of the Intelligence Bureau...... My opinion is that it is better to wait until the victory of the "Revolution" is achieved in the whole country, after all, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and if the imperialists know that the Red Brigade is led by our intelligence bureau, will it be tantamount to confirming that Mr. Sun is the false accusation of Zuomin? ”

When Sun Yat-sen heard this, he also felt reasonable, nodded slowly, and turned his gaze to Chang Ruiqing, Chang Ruiqing sighed softly in his heart, and nodded slowly to Sun Yat-sen. It was Zhou Elai who spoke just now! I saw him with a sincere smile on his face, sitting upright, and looking at Sun Yat-sen peacefully. What a peacemaker!

After a long time, I heard Sun Yat-sen say lightly: "Comrade Elai is very reasonable, the Red Brigade will maintain the status quo for the time being...... Situ Ba also has to give an explanation there. As he spoke, he turned his gaze to Xie Zhi: "Huisheng, you are the organization minister of my Kuomintang, and you are enough to represent me." I want you to take a trip to the Northeast. ”

Zhou Elai interjected on the side: "Mr. Sun, this is also an opportunity to carry out work against the local warlords in the northeast, if we can take this opportunity to draw Zhang Yuting to the side of the national government, then the future Northern Expedition will have more help and one less big obstacle." ”

Sun Yat-sen nodded heavily, turned his head to Sun Ke beside him, and said, "Zhesheng, you should go on my behalf." As he spoke, he pointed to the next week: "Let this little comrade and Comrade Wang Zhaoming also go together, on the surface they are your assistants, but the actual idea is up to them, do you understand?" (To be continued......)

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