The army needs to be expanded, the ashes of the fallen soldiers need to be buried, and the seriously injured and disabled officers and soldiers need to be resettled.

Xie Niancheng asked the officers to discuss a reorganization plan first, and when he went to Meiling for a meeting to study, he sent a few telegrams to Sichuan to arrange several major events:

Choose a suitable location to build a martyr's cemetery in Daheisheng, and set July 8 as the martyr's public memorial day.

Invalids farms were established in Sichuan to house seriously wounded and disabled officers and soldiers.

Su Jia and Fan Pengju each selected about 1,000 young people to enlist in Guangdong by boat.

After deciding on these major events, Xie Niancheng wanted to find a time to find a "feeling" with Yang Yuwei again, but what made him a little depressed was that in the past few days, every time she met Yang Yuwei, she would turn her eyes away, I really don't know what this girl was thinking.

Yang Yuwei's face today had a little smile, which made Xie Niancheng very happy, "Hehe, is it that her relatives are gone and want to talk to me?" ”

It turns out that Xie Niancheng really doesn't understand women, Yang Yuwei raised her little hand lightly, threw a telegram on Xie Niancheng's desk and turned around and left.

Picked up the telegram and looked at it, "I am willing to borrow the wings of the wild goose to accompany you to the battlefield in an emergency." "The signature is Zhao Ke.

Seeing this telegram, Zhao Ke in Xie Niancheng's mind seemed to jump out, and Sakura opened lightly and read this sentence with an affectionate face, which made Xie Niancheng's heart rate soar.

Looking at the empty room, Xie Niancheng was a little confused: Who is Zhao Ke I like? Or Yang Yuwei? Or do I like both?

When she got to the radio station, the smart Yang Yuwei naturally wouldn't be here, so Xie Niancheng found Lolita and asked her to call back.

Zhao Ke in Berlin received Xie Niancheng's four-word call back with the words "Waiting for you to come back", smiled extremely brightly, and the gloom that had been shrouded in her face for many days was swept away, which made Haruko, who gave her the telegram, a little jealous, and a little happy for her.

Zhao Ke didn't have any bad feelings towards Yang Yuwei, but was a little grateful, if it wasn't for Yang Yuwei's telegram, she wouldn't be able to recognize her heart.

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Early in the morning of 28 July, Xie Niancheng got up and changed into his military uniform and went straight to the north gate of Guangzhou, where more than 2,000 officers and men stood densely outside the north gate, all of whom had come to attend a meeting to celebrate the achievements of the Eastern Expedition held by the Guangdong Provincial Government of the Chinese Federation.

Xie Niancheng quickly found his troops.

The officers and men of the third battalion have become the onlookers of other units.

In the battle of Xishan, a unit that was originally regarded as a dead soldier by everyone actually defeated an enemy who was more than 20 times the number of itself, and also attacked the enemy's lair, such a force is admirable in both courage and combat effectiveness.

Seeing that the officers and men of the third battalion were all full of red light, wearing brand-new military uniforms and holding new German-made rifles loaded with bayonets, and this outfit combined with the aura of war achievements, the officers and men of the other units were secretly convinced, "The troops who eat meat at this meal are stronger than us." ”

When Zhang Linfu and Chen Qin saw Xie Niancheng, they also hurriedly came over to say hello, and these three people can be regarded as a fateful friendship.

"Nian Cheng, if you don't call us in Chaozhou, you don't have enough friends."

Zhang Linfu pretended to be hesitant, Zhang Linfu's rank should be on the rostrum, but because he was also the hero of the victory in Tamsui, the organizing committee still decided to let him lead the troops into the field.

Xie Niancheng has already prepared an answer to this question: "I was also lucky, I originally wanted to stay in the ambush of Lin Ju and Hong Zhaolin, but they didn't dare to go out of the city, so I simply went to Chaozhou, wanting to come to Wei to save Zhao, who knew that Chaozhou was an empty city, so I picked up a big bargain." ”

Chen Qin said: "Nian Cheng, you are not only a brave general, but also a lucky general!" ”

"Now that you've made a fortune, those flower traps are nothing to you, my soldiers, all of them are treasures in their arms, if you want to go back, you want to ask for it yourself, I can't open this mouth." Zhang Linfu played helplessly.

"Okay, okay, let's fight side by side, and these flower traps will be given to you."

"Nian Cheng, our artillery battalion has also suffered a lot of losses." If you have a bargain, you don't take advantage of the bastard, seeing that Zhang Linfu got a hundred flower traps with his mouth, Chen Qin also used his brains.

In the Chaozhou armory, there are two 75 mountain cannons, and the bandits don't want them because they don't think they can use them, Xie Niancheng just took them out as a favor at this time: "Brother Chen, I got two 75 mountain cannons from Chaozhou, and there are hundreds of shells, I'll send someone to send them to you another day?" ”

"No, no, I'll send someone to Meiling to pick it up, I'm embarrassed to let you send it." Chen Qin also smiled.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the troops began to march into the field in formation, and in front were the officers and men selected by the 1st and 2nd Regiments and various units of the Guangdong Army, and the 3rd Regiment and 3rd Battalion of the Instructor were arranged to be the last units to enter the field as the troops that pressed the formation.

Xie Niancheng and Zhang Chengyue walked in front, and led the two hundred officers and soldiers selected by the three battalions to form four columns and follow the troops in front into the city.

The people of Guangzhou were very enthusiastic about the victorious Chinese Revolutionary Army, and if the Cantonese Army broke through Guangzhou, it would be the common people who would suffer.

Before entering the city, Xie Niancheng heard the gongs and drums and cheers of the people in the city welcoming the soldiers of the revolutionary army.

When I entered the city, the streets were full of people.

Seeing the revolutionary army troops in front, the people's feelings were already very high, and now they saw the legendary heroic troops, and the mighty image of the heroic troops had surpassed their imagination, and the enthusiasm of the people completely exploded.

"This is the third battalion, the mighty division, the mighty division!"

"The ones who go to the front are General Xie and General Zhang Fu, right? Sure enough, heroic! ”

Older people voiced their opinions in the back row of the crowd.

The girls and boys in the front row reacted much more directly, and many young men shouted: "I also want to join the army, I also want to join the army!" ”

The girls sprinkled the flower petals they had prepared in advance to the officers and soldiers of the third battalion, and Xie Niancheng, who was at the forefront, became the focus of the girls.

From time to time, a girl in the crowd screamed his name, and a particularly bold girl rushed over from the crowd and gave Xie Niancheng a fragrant kiss, which made everyone applaud loudly, and her behavior caused many girls to follow suit.

Along the way, many soldiers in the two rows on the side were printed with lip prints, which made the officers and soldiers in the middle two rows jealous.

"Long live the Chinese Federation! Long live the Chinese Revolutionary Army! In the midst of the rising slogans, Xie Niancheng led the department to the rostrum of Guò Square.

Xie Niancheng shouted: "Salute! He and Zhang Chengyue saluted to the rostrum.

The officers and men in the back took their guns from their backs to their chests and saluted the rostrum with their hands clasped together.

The officers on the rostrum raised their hands and saluted one after another.

Many civilian personnel and social elites were a little shocked when they saw the military appearance of the third battalion for the first time.

The officers and men of the fully armed third battalion were a cut above the troops in front of them in terms of mental outlook, weaponry, and even physique.

"Strong, strong."

"Only such a tiger and wolf army can defeat ten with one!"

The onlookers in the square, like the people along the road, were mobilized to the extreme by the third battalion, and the slogans became louder and louder.

After the troops were read, Zhang Chengyue left the venue with the troops, and Xie Niancheng and Zhang Linfu went to the rostrum from behind.

At this time, He Yingcheng and several officers came over.

"Battalion Commander Xie, how did you train as a soldier? And all these weapons and equipment, where did you get them? A division commander of the Cantonese Army asked.

"Sir, I don't really understand the training, in short, the food is good and the drills are more diligent, as for these weapons and equipment, they are all bought from Germany through the guò relationship."

"How much did you spend on the equipment of this battalion?" Another officer asked.

"Counting everything, it's about 300,000 oceans." Xie Niancheng casually reported the number.

As soon as these words came out, the officers had nothing to say.

If you buy cheap rifles, it is enough to arm 1,000 people and 100,000 oceans, and if you have 300,000 oceans, you can form two regiments of 1,500 people.

"It's good to have a lot of money!"

The senior officers naturally knew that Xie Niancheng's troops had the support of the Xie clique in terms of financial resources, and Wang Zhong was doing things conveniently in the officialdom, and that their own troops relied on the government to allocate military expenses, so they did not want to be equipped to this level.

The bigwigs on the rostrum took turns to speak, talking about the people's livelihood, talking about the law, talking about the law, and talking about industry; even if the officers were no longer interested in these things, they could only practice their own standing skills in the back, and finally Jiang Wei's speech was what the officers were interested in.

"Our Chinese Revolutionary Army in Guangdong will be expanded, the instructors will be expanded into the First Army of the Chinese Revolutionary Army, and General Xu Chongzhi will be the new commander of the Sixth Army.......

This is the real takeaway from this crusade.

The Socialist Party expanded the forces under its direct control from one division to one army, and the local army leaders in Guangdong, Xu Chongzhi, Li Jishen, and Zhang Dakui, also benefited a lot, and the eastern and northern parts of Guangdong, which were originally controlled by Chen Tongming, became their territory.

The officers on the stage can be said that everyone will be promoted to the next level, such as Zhang Linfu, he was originally the regiment commander, and he has made great contributions to the Eastern Expedition, and it is estimated that he will be promoted to division commander directly!

After Jiang Wei finished speaking, Wang Zhongzheng, chairman of the Socialist Party and chairman of the Guangdong government, summed up the entire meeting with his usual impassionedness, Xie Niancheng did not listen to what he was saying, and he was reminiscing in his heart about the scene of the troops entering the city, and his troops seemed to be missing something.

"Northern Expedition! Northern expedition! ”

"Down with the warlords, give me back the rivers and mountains!"

"Down with the warlords, give me back the rivers and mountains!"

Zhang Linfu elbowed Xie Niancheng, Xie Niancheng came back to his senses, and shouted with the people on and off the stage.

"Northern Expedition! Northern expedition! ”

"Down with the warlords, give me back the rivers and mountains!"

The Northern Expedition is the voice of everyone.

All the units of the Chinese Revolutionary Army now want to go on the Northern Expedition.

Taking the three armies now in Guangdong as an example, the First Army, which is under the direct leadership of the Central Committee of the Socialist Party and the Central Committee of the Socialist Party, naturally does not want to retreat in this corner of Guangdong. The Fourth and Sixth Armies in Guangdong also wished that these great gods of the Central Committee of the Socialist Party would leave Guangdong.

The people in the audience naturally have to cheer, the Northern Expedition is over, the country is unified, and the life of that big guy should be better!