Chapter 22: Waves
Chiang Kai-shek can be said to have a deep hatred for the Gui faction who once forced him to step down, and the first thing Chiang Kai-shek did when he came to power was to rectify the Gui faction.
Chiang Kai-shek first made a statistic that there were 2.5 million troops in the whole country, including Liu Yuan and Gui, and the first thing Chiang Kai-shek did when he came to power was disarmament.
Yan Xishan is a relatively sensible person, and his answer is very vague, that is, there are few people in Shanxi, and there are few soldiers, and it is not impossible to lay off employees, but there are many warlords in the country, and they can't just lay off his family, as long as others lay off employees, they will immediately lay off employees in Shanxi.
Compared with Yan Xishan, Liu Yuan's answer is more straightforward, isn't it just layoffs? Sichuan was the first to respond to the government's call, and there were now no more than 250,000 field troops in Sichuan, which could be regarded as giving Chiang Kai-shek face.
But Li Zongren did not agree, Guangxi was not rich in the first place, and because of Liu Yuan's interference, it was now even poorer, if there was no army, it would definitely be a heavy blow to the Gui army.
The Gui army once increased a large number of troops in Hunan when it encircled and suppressed Liu Yuan, and now if the principal wants to weaken the Gui army, the first thing he has to do is to control Hunan.
However, because of the Red Party and Liu Yuan, Hunan has experienced several wars and can no longer fight, so Chiang Kai-shek spent a lot of money to buy many generals of the Gui family, and many people from poor areas of the Gui family were directly bought.
And after Chiang Kai-shek gave Li Zongren the most reluctent ultimatum, Li Zongren did not react, so Chiang Kai-shek was furious and raised troops to go south and take Guangxi directly.
Because of the failure to exterminate Liu Yuan, Chiang Kai-shek also needed a big battle to prove his ability, so Chiang Kai-shek personally led five armies, 150,000 people, to Guangxi, and at the same time Liu Zhi and He Yingqin also organized troops to respond to Chiang Kai-shek.
The war was not as difficult as imagined, and the Seventh Army of Steel, as the trump card force, did not recover after the battle with Liu Yuan, so Chiang Kai-shek's biggest enemy was not a threat.
Chiang Kai-shek, led by He Jian and Zhang Fakui, attacked all the way, while Bai Chongxi commanded the army and flanked Guangzhou to attack Guangzhou, hoping to play the role of encircling Wei and saving Zhao, but was defeated by the troops left behind in Guangzhou.
The other Gui troops, although they fought bravely, but the gains were not large, and in desperation, the Central Army broke through the defense line and entered Guangxi.
In desperation, the generals of the Gui family chose to surrender or go into the wilderness, including the fierce generals of the Gui army, Hu Zongduo, Xia Wei and others.
In order to preserve the strength of the Gui family, Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren both chose to go into the wilderness, Bai Chongxi fled to Hong Kong, and Li Zongren fled to Vietnam.
And in this process, the Red Party gained a lot, because Chiang Kai-shek drew troops to attack Li Zongren, so Mao's base developed rapidly, and Mao even flourished in poetry and wrote a song of Qingpingle. The situation suddenly changed, and the warlords resumed their war.
Sprinkled to the world is resentment, and a pillow of yellow sorghum reappears.
The red flag jumped over the Tingjiang River and went straight down to Longyan Shanghang.
It's really busy to pack up a piece of gold and divide the fields.
In the melee between Chiang Kai-shek and the Gui family, Mao's power has developed to a certain extent, but it is much weaker than Chiang Kai-shek, because in southern China there is less power to threaten Chiang Kai-shek, and now only Jiang Xianyun's department in Dabie Mountain and the Red Party in Jinggangshan can threaten Nanjing.
However, Chiang Kai-shek had already withdrawn his hand, and as he prepared to re-encircle and suppress the Red Party.
At this juncture, a large amount of equipment was shipped to China, because of the contract with Chiang Kai-shek in advance, so although Sichuan concealed some equipment and secretly transported some equipment to Sichuan, a large amount of steel equipment still had to be transported on the Yangtze River waterway.
At this time, Chiang Kai-shek's adviser Yang Yongtai found Chiang Kai-shek.
Chiang Kai-shek was in a very good mood, his son was going to marry Zhang Jingjiang's predecessors, and his position would be more stable at that time, and he also defeated Li Zongren, at this time it was when Chiang Kai-shek's self-confidence was extremely inflated, at this time, he had long forgotten that he had a student named Liu Yuan, and he had forgotten the agreement with Sichuan.
"Chairman, I haven't seen you for a few days, and you're looking good." Yang Yongtai quipped.
"Yongtai, how did you learn Zhuge Liang, aunts are in a lawsuit, let's say, if there is anything unhappy, I can still stand it." Chiang Kai-shek said proudly.
"That's right, Sichuan has imported more than 200,000 tons of equipment from the United States, and it will be transported to Sichuan from the Yangtze River waterway. Yang Yongtai whispered.
"Okay, doesn't that kid from Fuguo always make noise that Japan is going to invade China in the future? Then let him get ready to go. When the time comes, we will sit back and enjoy its accomplishment. That's a good thing. Chiang Kai-shek nodded and said, allowing these equipment to be transported from the Yangtze River waterway.
"Is it a good thing? You're thinking about it. Yang Yongtai's voice was soft, like a needle, but it stabbed Chiang Kai-shek.
"What do you mean, sir? It's not a production line for the production of weapons, so why not let him transport it. Chiang Kai-shek still said indifferently.
"Headmaster, you are wrong, why did we fight Guangxi so smoothly this time?" Yang Yongtai asked.
"Of course, the Central Army fought bravely, and our weapons and equipment are Yugui." Chiang Kai-shek said.
"Wrong, I think the reason why Guangxi lost the war is that they are too poor, their ability is not enough to support, and the Gui system supports large-scale wars, and if Liu Yuan's equipment is transported to Sichuan, it will definitely make their infrastructure several steps higher, and then they will definitely become warlords like Zhang Zuolin, even if they can't become Zhang Zuolin, even if they can't become Yan Xishan, not something that can be easily controlled by the central government, so the principal, please think twice." When Yang Yongtai said this, Chiang Kai-shek's brows furrowed very much.
"You said this, it is true that these devices cannot be allowed to enter Sichuan, but at that time, I had an agreement with Liu Yuan that if I broke my trust in others, it would not be good. And my next step is to exterminate the Red Party and not give Liu Yuan benefits, I'm afraid the little guy will be unhappy. Chiang Kai-shek voiced his worries.
"Don't worry about this principal, this Red Party can't be wiped out for a while, I can talk to their Central Committee first, don't they want to enter the government? We give them this opportunity, let them participate in politics, they don't have military power, they are a fart, stabilize them, we can use these equipment, strengthen ourselves, more than 200,000 tons of equipment, if we use it, our strength will definitely go up several steps. Yang Yongtai said.
Chiang Kai-shek was still hesitating, Yang Yongtai was ready to strike while the iron was hot, and continued, "We can't use all these equipment, we can sell a rich businessman in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so that they will support us more, and sell these equipment to them, we can raise a lot of money, then we can equip more troops, and it will not be difficult to unify China by force at that time." ”
Hearing that there were more troops equipped, Chiang Kai-shek was really tempted, this time he was able to defeat the Gui army, thanks to the advantages of the army, Chiang Kai-shek had to nod and said, "Okay, anyway, Liu Yuan's lifeblood is in our hands, he doesn't dare to offend me, we will temporarily requisition these equipment." ”