In the 13th year of the Republic of China, that is, in May 1924, Huang Ke began to prepare for the Northern Expedition in Guangzhou. Those conservatives didn't do anything to him, and these are due to the opinions of some people in Mr. Liao, and the main reason is because Huang Ke has a heavy army.

The revolutionaries strongly recommended Huang Ke as commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition and laid out a large number of reasons. All of them understood that changing the commander of the new army at this time would inevitably cause chaos in the new army, not to mention that Huang Ke had cultivated a large number of cronies in the new army, and only Huang Ke could bring this army together for the time being.

Based on these circumstances, Huang Ke still sat firmly in the position of commander of the new army.

Huang Ke rarely went home during this time, and usually ate, lived and slept at the headquarters of the New Army; The new army should be renamed, the military flag should also be redrafted, the government suggested using the blue sky and white sun flag, and the name of the army was the National Revolutionary Army.

I can't think of any name after thinking about it, as for the military flag, Huang Ke thinks that the previous "August 1st" military flag is good, and the blood is red and murderous, but it can't be used directly, he has already plagiarized a lot of things from his previous life when he came here, and it is a bit shameless to even plagiarize the military flag.

After thinking about it for a long time, Huang Ke held a meeting of cadres at and above the regimental level to brainstorm to see if he could come up with any good solutions.

"Let's talk about it, how should we decide on our military flag and army name? I think you have the most say because it's about your own names. Now our name is the Revolutionary New Army, and some people above say that this name is not good enough and needs to be changed; You all say it, it doesn't matter if it's wrong, there's no right or wrong. ”

As soon as Huang Ke finished speaking, the following messy discussion began, and a few laughs came from time to time while chatting.

"Did you come up with anything? Talk about it, stand up and talk about it. Huang Ke put down the teacup in front of him and coughed deliberately.

"Commander, let's call it the Southern Army, our team is all from the South, and it is the warlords of the North who are going to fight." Chen Ruhui, the commander of the third regiment of the First Army, was a rude man and his cultural level was not high, so it was a little confusing to think of the name.

Huang Kezhi shook his head: "No, no, no, where are you letting Batu go like this?" He was a Mongol; Besides, we are China's army, and there is no distinction between the north and the south. ”

Chen Ruhui scratched his head and sat down, and Huang Ke shouted: "Think about it again, everyone must come up with a name, Hu Zongnan, what are you guys muttering?" Stand up and talk about it. ”

Hu Zongnan stood up, and he said in a thick Jiangsu-Zhejiang accent: "Commander, a few of us think it's better to call it a volunteer army, righteous and brave, love righteousness, and brave." ”

"Okay, yes, the clerk took notes, and there are no others?"

After asking one by one, Huang Ke was also a little sleepy, and when it was almost over, he put his hat in his arm: "There is no result in the discussion for half a day, this is the disadvantage of democracy; I propose that our army be called the Chinese National Defense Force, or the National Defense Force for short. ”

"Wehrmacht, good name" "Yes, simple and simple! Huang Ke put his hat on his head, waved his hand and said, "Disperse, don't make a fool of yourself." ”

The laughter dispersed for a while, and in the evening, Huang Ke submitted the military and civilian flags and other things that were to be revised; Soon the National Executive Committee approved the new army, and the name of the new army was changed to the Chinese National Defense Force, which is also known as the invincible Chinese National Defense Force.

The name is secondary, the most important thing is combat effectiveness, Huang Ke is still thinking about his mechanized artillery, for this reason, he specially set up a staff department and an artillery department. There were a total of four artillery regiments, and Huang Ke prepared to disassemble these artillery regiments and organize them into various armies, which belonged to the artillery of the team and were directly dispatched by each army.

It was already more than nine o'clock in the evening after the draft was prepared, Huang Ke stretched his waist and prepared to sleep, and when he saw a photo of Zhao Xiaowan on the desk, he couldn't help but feel excited; His wife is so beautiful and stays alone in the empty room all day long......

"Fourteen boys, prepare the horses, I will go back to my home in Xiguan tonight to rest." After speaking, Huang Ke put on his hat and put on a cloak and prepared to go back.

After Fourteen Tsai prepared his horse, he was about to come in, when the guard at the door came in and said that the director of the Political Department was coming to find Commander Huang.

Director of the Political Department? While Huang Ke was thinking, a man in a black trench coat had already lifted the curtain and walked in, he took off his top hat and smiled pleasantly.

This face! This face is really familiar to Huang Ke and to the Chinese in later generations, the Jiangbei man who received the highest praise in later generations.

"What? It's unfortunate that I'm here, it seems that Commander Huang is going out" A thick Huaidi accent came with a hearty smile, Huang Ke didn't know what was going on, but felt a little nervous; But after a second thought, he regained his composure.

"The director is here just in time, I have some questions I want to ask you these days" Huang Ke turned around and pulled out the chair for the guests to sit down, and then he personally poured a cup of tea for the guests, "Sir, look at these are the design drawings of the new military flag, do you see if there are any more changes that need to be made?" ”

The visitor looked at it and smiled: "Very good, I think these are good, especially this one with an all-red background, which is not only atmospheric, but also vigorous and energetic." ”

Huang Ke showed a hint of a smile, and sure enough, he was the leader of the red party, which was vividly reflected at this time.

After a few words of greeting, Huang Ke said happily: "I don't know if Mr. has anything important to do today?" Mr. has been admired by me for a long time, and in addition to the relationship between our usual work, we are still good friends in private; But these are personal feelings, and I'm non-partisan. ”

After hearing this, the gentleman smiled heartily: "Commander Huang speaks happily; However, we are not here today to win you over, but we just hope that Commander Huang will distinguish right from wrong in the face of national righteousness. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Mr. handed over a pair of documents, and Huang Ke opened them to see that there were some secret documents that conspired to purge the party, and the contents and plans of the anticipation of the red party were clearly written on it.

"Clear the party!" Huang Ke couldn't help but think of this ominous term in his heart, could it be that someone really started brewing this matter at this time? If the two parties really want to break at this time, it will be extremely detrimental to the overall situation of the Northern Expedition, and the current Huang Ke does not allow anyone to fight among themselves, he knows that he has the ability to stop it.

Mr. looked at Huang Ke's expression, and his heart skipped some joy, it seems that he is not wrong in his observation, Huang Ke is a person who values the general interests of the country and the nation.

"Commander Huang, the three major policies proposed by the president are the foundation of our Northern Expedition, Commander Huang is a person without party affiliation, I hope you can also focus on the overall situation in everything, and don't do some things that are loved by relatives and enemies; Now that the Northern Expedition is about to begin, I hope that Commander Huang will be able to show courage and courage at this time to maintain the unity of the revolutionary government. ”

Huang Ke knew that he wanted to stop this purging of the party, but he couldn't use it as a gun for others: "Sir, please rest assured, although I, Huang Ke, am a person without party affiliation, I have a clear view of the future of the country and the nation, and I will not tolerate anyone who dares to do anything harmful to the interests of the country." ”

"In the same way, the Wehrmacht is the army of the country, and I will not allow anyone to privatize it."

After speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled, and Mr. Huang Ke sent Mr. out of the residence.

The reorganization of the Wehrmacht was soon completed, and at the beginning of May, the Wehrmacht Headquarters issued an operational order, all the officers and men of the Wehrmacht ceased to be on leave, all returned to the troops, and the reserve officers and men also replenished their troops.

In order to defend the fruits of victory that had already been won by the people who benefited from the land reform, women and children carried pots and pulp to send off the soldiers of the expedition, and the passing soldiers were stuffed with hard-boiled eggs, glutinous rice cakes, and so on.

On 18 May, the Guangzhou Government officially appointed Huang Ke as commander-in-chief of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and at the inauguration ceremony, Tan Yanhong, chairman of the Nationalist Government Committee, conferred the seal, Wu Jingheng, a representative of the Central Party Department, with the flag, and on behalf of the Central Executive Committee and the Central Military Commission, Huang Ke was authorized to mobilize his troops and swear to join the Northern Expedition.

Before this, Huang Ke used the newspaper to start hyping up the Northern Expedition, and when the reporter asked Huang Ke about the time concept of the Northern Expedition, Huang Ke wrote in front of everyone with a big stroke of the pen, "Two years to unify the whole country, ten years to revitalize China!" ”

On the day of the debriefing, Huang Ke also delivered an impassioned inaugural speech, he used the popular style of the Republic of China, although his level of ancient writing is poor, the ancient text is not like the ancient text, and the modern text is not like the four dislike of the modern language, but it reveals the patriotic heart of a young man.

"If the Chinese National Defense Forces want to advocate revolution and protect the fundamental interests of the 40,000,000 people, they must first sweep away all warlords and overthrow the three mountains of imperialism, feudalism and bureaucracy, before they can implement the Three People's Principles, complete the national revolution, and realize the republic."

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While this impassioned debriefing speech was underway, warlords from all over the country were watching Huang Ke's every move, and the news that the south was going to start the Northern Expedition had been spreading for a long time, but there was no movement; At first, they didn't think so, but gradually they saw that these people had unified the southwestern provinces, and they were also a little anxious, so on the day of Huang Ke's debriefing, both warlords and imperialists at home and abroad were watching closely.

At the same time, several Northern Expeditionary armies that had marched from all over the country had already begun to march north without waiting for the swearing-in meeting, and when Huang Ke received the letter of appointment, the artillery regiment of the First Army had already opened fire.

The first shot of the Northern Expedition, no! The first shot was fired.