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Volume III Aftermath 144 Constitutional Ideals - Inter-Provincial Autonomy

Entrenched in Heyuan for almost a month, the morale of the Cantonese army, which had been holding back its stomach, swelled to the extreme, and it looked particularly vigorous at the beginning, and all the machine guns and artillery were poured into the Gui army's position, beating the Gui army, which had not yet gained a stable foothold, to lose its armor and shake the whole line.

The Cantonese soldiers, who had long been dissatisfied with the Gui army, bravely moved forward, and after the cannon, they frantically rushed to the Gui army's position.

The slogan of "capturing Lu Rongting alive" resounded in the sky, and Lu Rongting was stunned in the face of tens of thousands of Cantonese troops who frantically poured in. Maybe from the time when the Cantonese army was full of energy, he was stunned.

"Conspiracy, complete conspiracy! The previous Gui army was annihilated by Chen Jiongming without a single remnant, so we can't get the real news. Chen Jiongming hid his strength and played with everyone, so yin! ”

Lu Rongting understood, needless to say, the Second Army of the Guangdong Army, which was confronting Mo Rongxin, was also playing the same idea, and it was also a fierce tiger.

He was so angry that he hung down his chest, his throat was sweet, he vomited a mouthful of blood, and before he could give the order to retreat to the Gui army in Chaoshan, he fell off his horse and fainted.

"Huh! Big brother, this time to annihilate the last main force of the Gui family, there is no more opponent for us in Liangguang! It's no problem to agree with Liangguang. After enduring so many days, it was really not in vain! Deng Keng followed behind Chen Jiongming, rubbing his hands and saying, he was indescribably excited.

"yes!" Chen Jiongming smiled, his face immediately darkened, and he sighed: "This war has destroyed Guangdong, and with the exploitation of the Gui family for four years, Guangdong has been greatly injured and can't withstand the toss." ”

"Hmm!" Deng Keng nodded. Now that victory was in sight, he thought that Chen Jiongming was worried about the situation in Guangdong, but in fact, Chen Jiongming was thinking about the plan proposed by Situ Meideng.

These two souls of the Cantonese army didn't know that in real history, they also achieved the same results, but unfortunately because of the later political struggle, one was assassinated, and the other was beaten as a "chaotic minister and thief", and the end was very sad. After the prosperity of the Cantonese army created by them for a while, it gradually declined in the later warlord melee.

Lu Rongting finally escaped, but after this battle, it was difficult for him to become a climate again. Just when the decisive battle of Heyuan began, the battle in Chaoshan also changed abruptly.

Airplanes, artillery, armored cars, these seemingly unrealistic toys are finally amazingly powerful. Before the battle began, the special forces brought by Zhang Chengdong attacked Mo Rongxin's headquarters and captured the generals and colonels inside.

Subsequently, the planes of the Second Army were dispatched and directly knocked out the few old mountain artillery pieces left by the Gui Army. Zhang Chengdong concentrated all his artillery fire to bombard the defense line of the Gui army, and under the bombardment of superior firepower, a large gap appeared in the position of the Gui army.

Before the brave Gui soldiers could come up with reinforcements, more than 20 armored cars rushed over with a rumbling roar, and the bullets fired from the cars knocked down the Gui soldiers who were caught off guard. The infantry of the 5th Division, which followed behind the armored vehicles, easily occupied the enemy's position, but they did not stop and continued to attack the second line of defense of the Gui army with the armored vehicles.

"Oh! Oh my God! It's spectacular! Airplanes, artillery, armored mobile forces, infantry that followed closely behind, this is how the war of the future should be! It's so spectacular, I didn't expect to experience such a scene in the ancient East, it's so exciting? ”

This man with words in his mind is Max, the chief of staff of the Second Army? Bauer. He didn't expect that the "mentally handicapped version" of the blitzkrieg that he and Zhang Chengdong discussed would be so powerful, breaking through the enemy's defense line almost instantly, and then the infantry that followed closely behind broke through from the center, surrounded and divided the remaining enemy forces, and won the victory very easily.

Max? Bauer felt as if he had vaguely groped for something, and was about to enter a new realm, when he was interrupted by a voice next to him.

"Don't forget, there's also special tactics. My subordinates have wiped out the enemy's headquarters, and they are leaderless, so they are naturally vulnerable. Zhang Chengdong said.

"Look, Bauer, this is the latest result." He raised the report in his hand.

In the battle of Shantou, more than 20,000 people from the Fourth Division and the Fifth Division of the Second Army annihilated 40,000 Gui troops in one fell swoop.

8,000 were killed and wounded, 20,000 were taken prisoner, and less than 2,000 were killed or wounded. What kind of combat power is this? Many people began to get acquainted with the silent and cold young man again.

Chen Jiongming was also surprised in his heart, but he didn't come out. In his heart, although his First Army was also brilliantly defeated, it could not be as efficient as the Second Army. Just take a chance to find out.

Chen Jiongming secretly made up his mind in his heart.

He did not know that in this battle, the 5th Division, which was trained by the German advisers and their student Nanyang instructors, was valiant and paid only 47 dead and 200 wounded.

"The results of the battle in Shantou will be announced, but the casualties of our army will increase by 10 times." Chen Jiongming said to Deng Keng with a smile.

He glanced around, and the generals immediately raised their heads and chests, trying to make their eyes shine with a hint of adoration.

After the war, Chen Jiongming inspected all the officers and men of the First Army of the Guangdong Army and announced in public: "At the same time, order the whole army, wave the army to Guangzhou, and we will go home!" ”

Chen Jiongming clenched his fists and shouted loudly, at this moment, he had been waiting for three years.

Looking at Commander Chen's excited flushed face, all the soldiers were also excited. In particular, the sentence of going home expresses the heartfelt feelings of these Cantonese soldiers who have been adrift for many years.

At this moment, Chen Jiongming's image is extremely tall.

All the soldiers looked at this hero who shared their weal and woe with them and led them home with adoring eyes! He is the true soul of the Yue Army, let the others step aside!

Soldiers are as simple as that, they only serve the generals who can share the weal and woe with the soldiers and lead them to victory.

Due to being designed, Sun Wen's introduction of wolves into the house in Guangzhou was widely spread among the Guangdong army, causing dissatisfaction among the soldiers, the image was damaged, and his prestige fell to the freezing point.

Some generals in the army who still have respect for Sun Wen do not dare to go against the will of the army, and it is even more difficult to offend Chen Jiongming, who is gaining momentum.

"Kizan, this time our plans have all come true. Hehe. In a few days, we will be able to enter Guangzhou. Speaking of which, it is still a lot of you, without you, without those people of you, things would not be so easy. Chen Jiongming looked at Situ Meiden gratefully.

"What, you and I, we're one, aren't we?" Situ Meiden smiled and said again.

"Now the people of Guangzhou are panicking, especially after the main force of the Gui system has been wiped out, the army stranded in Guangzhou has faint signs of getting out of control, so we must act quickly. I had a section of the Second Army rush to Guangzhou by sea by passenger ship. Situ Meiden said in the building.

"Good! This matter cannot be delayed! Chen Jiongming nodded immediately. Under the arrangement of these two bigwigs, the Second Army, which had just had no time to clean up the battlefield in Shantou, was about to set off again.

Zhang Chengdong transferred a battalion of elite soldiers from the Fourth Division and the Fifth Division to form a vanguard regiment, and overnight boarded a passenger ship from the Nanxing Steamship Company to Guangzhou by sea from Shantou. ，

In just a few days, the Guangdong army exerted its strength on the two major battlefields of Heyuan and Shantou at the same time, annihilating Lu Rongting's 100,000 Gui troops in one fell swoop, and public opinion shook again. Especially on the Shantou battlefield, within one day, Mo Rongxin's more than 40,000 Gui troops were wiped out, which was comparable to Wu Peifu's recent long-distance attack on Qu Tongfeng. The princes of all walks of life began to turn their attention from Beijing to Guangdong, fearing the combat effectiveness of the Cantonese army.

It was a conspiracy, and Chen Jiongming and his Cantonese army calculated all the participants in this war. What kind of mentality should we look at this freshly baked king of Nanyue?

The mind is complicated, and the opportunists such as Shengdong and Li Fulin of the Yunnan military, who had stolen chickens and rice before, were even more obscure.

In the Battle of Guangdong-Guizhou, many careful people saw the shadow of Situ Meiden and overseas Chinese, but more of the inside story was unknown to outsiders.

After the Battle of Shantou, news of the defeat of the Gui army reached Guangzhou, and the city, which had just experienced a riot, was immediately precarious again. While the citizens were waiting for it, they were also on guard.

There were already rumors in the market that the Gui army, stranded in Guangzhou, was preparing to retreat to Guangxi after plundering it.

It was also a time when power was in a vacuum, and in addition to many Gui Jun having this thought, the unscrupulous people in the city were also ready to move.

At this sensitive moment, Chen Jiongming sent a telegram in Heyuan, declaring that if the army dared to do anything wrong in Guangzhou, they would pay their blood debts!

His proclamation appeared loudly in the newspapers the next day, and the newsboys on the streets of Guangzhou kept shouting their nicknames.

This made the Gui army troops stranded in Guangzhou City a mouse, and it was difficult to make a choice for a while. According to estimates, it will take four or five days for Chen Jiongming's troops to reach Guangzhou at the earliest.

To rob or not to rob? Can you escape? A declaration by Chen Jiongming and the officers and men of the Cantonese army was like a sword of Damoris hanging over the heads of the Gui troops who remained in Guangzhou.

It's a pity that Lu Rongting disappeared, and the Gui family couldn't find anyone to talk to for a while. In the afternoon, Mo Rongxin, who had been captured in Shantou, sent a telegram to persuade the Gui troops stationed in Guangzhou not to be reckless.

Cen Chunxuan, the leader of the Gui political system, who had been silent for a long time, also issued a statement, demanding that all armies strictly observe discipline.

In the evening, the city of Guangzhou was quiet. Due to the eventful weather, the streets are deserted, and the citizens go home to wash and sleep with nothing to do.

At this time, a heavy steamer was welcomed in the port of Whampoa, and after docking, countless well-equipped troops suddenly poured out of the ship, and they occupied the dock as soon as they got off the ship.

Some people are in good spirits, while others are sallow-faced and swaying, and they are clearly divided into two factions. The officers and men of the 5th Division were in high spirits, and the troops of the 4th Division, which was languishing.

Most of the soldiers of the Fifth Division had experience in crossing the sea, so a short one-day journey at sea was nothing, but the Fourth Division, which had never been to sea, was uncomfortable.

"Battalion Commander Zhang, the situation is urgent, our department will not wait for you, and will enter the city first. Take a break and come in right away! Situ Yong, commander of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 5th Division of the Guangdong Army, said to Zhang Fakui, the commander of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the 4th Division, who was haggard.

"Good! We came right after half an hour's rest. Zhang Fakui gritted his teeth and said. The other party is the elite of the Fifth Division, so he can't be ashamed of the trump card of the Fourth Division, but unfortunately now his subordinates have become soft-footed crabs, and he can only watch with grief as Situ Yong takes the soldiers of the Fifth Division away.

At the beginning of the night, a group of troops suddenly appeared in the city of Guangzhou, and they quickly occupied and surrounded the Gui troops stranded in Guangzhou, and added machine guns to the opponent's camp.

The Canton merchant group also participated in the operation, sending troops to participate in the encirclement of the Gui army.

"The Cantonese army is back!" I don't know who shouted loudly, and soon the whole city knew.

The 1,000 people of the Gui army, who were surrounded in the camp, immediately collapsed their morale after learning that the Cantonese army had entered the city. Several charges were launched without success, and after a few mortar shells fell in the camp, they had to surrender.

Later, Zhang Fakui's division of the Fourth Division, which entered the city, also took control of strategic places such as the government and the National Assembly, captured Cen Chunxuan and other Gui politicians, and rescued some parliamentarians who were arrested by Cen Chunxuan and Lu Rongting.

The next morning, another group of about 5,000 troops of the Second Army of the Guangdong Army landed in Guangzhou, occupied Nansha, Nanhai, Foshan, Shunde and other places, and took over the local power. Unfortunately, a group of unscrupulous people who tried to fish in troubled waters were severely cracked down.

A few days later, when Chen Jiongming proudly entered the city of Guangzhou, the whole city was boiling. Wu Tingfang, Tang Shaoyi, and others also rushed back to Guangzhou from Hong Kong to discuss the reorganization of the Guangzhou regime.

With the prestige of a great victory, Chen Jiongming waved the banner of inter-provincial autonomy, implemented autonomy in 92 counties in the province, and implemented the democratically elected county magistrates and county councilors. Drafted the "Draft Constitution of Guangdong Province" to improve the legal system. He entrusted this important task to Wu Tingfang, a doctor of law.

At the same time, Chen Duxiu was also invited to Guangdong to preside over the overall situation of education, establish public education, implement free education, and develop private education. In terms of cities, Guangzhou City, the first organized city in the history of Chinese cities, was established, and the directors of finance, public security, public works, education, public utilities and health were established.

The Municipal Memorial Library, the First Park, a public children's playground, a public stadium, an art school, sports meets, art exhibitions, the installation of street lights, and the construction of a new residential complex.

A large number of institutions such as the Guangdong General Chamber of Commerce, the Guangdong Economic Survey Bureau, and the Stock Exchange were established to introduce the Western financial system and develop Guangdong's financial industry.

Chen Jiongming's various envials in Guangzhou seem to be the birth of an American-style constitution in China. After Situ Nan received all kinds of things in Guangzhou, he was a little excited, a little curious, and a little apprehensive. Not only Chen Jiongming himself is experimenting, but Situ Nan is also experimenting. He sent a telegram to Szeto Meiden and Lin Yimin.

"This is a rare and far-reaching attempt, and it deserves to be treated with the utmost kindness, like caring for a seedling."

Mr. Chen also plans to enact a smoking ban to crack down on the opium business. But he was persuaded by Situ Meiden in time on the grounds that his foothold was not stable and that he was slowly trying to figure it out.

Chen Jiongming and the Cantonese army's victory was shocking, and the warlords around him breathed a sigh of relief when his proposal for inter-provincial autonomy and a series of reforms in Guangdong showed that the Cantonese army had no intention of fighting for hegemony. Many people don't understand why the Gui army, which has been crisscrossing the two provinces for many years, was suddenly defeated?

Some people were very surprised by the heat in Guangzhou, and before Sun Wen and his henchmen, who had been seeking back to Shanghai, had no breath when news came that Chen Jiongming and his Cantonese army had sent Shenwei back to Guangzhou.

Thinking of each other's previous filth, Sun Wen realized that he had been tricked, but unfortunately if he wasn't impatient, could he blame others?

The rise of the Cantonese army made Sun Wen realize that this was a powerful force, and he pressed the impulse in his heart, and politely wrote to Chen Jiongming that he wanted to return to Guangzhou, and also pretended to say: "The Cantonese affairs are presided over by Chen Jun, and Zhongshan's return to Guangdong is just to restore the face of being expelled the day before." ”

Will you let him come back? Now that the situation in Guangzhou has stabilized, is there another turmoil?

Chen Jiongming's brows furrowed again.

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