The order of the headquarters of the Northern Expeditionary Army was quickly distributed like snowflakes, and in less than three days, such an order was posted in the streets and alleys.

At first, such an order did not attract people's attention, but it was not long before they realized that behind such an official document, there was a big difference from the previous order.

Soon, the troops of the Northern Expeditionary Army, which had been ordered, attacked in all directions, surrounded the armed Qing party groups and workers' organizations in all areas, and forcibly disarmed them. Those who tried to resist found that the so-called stable situation of the Northern Expeditionary Army was not a dead letter, they were really taking action, and if they wanted to resist by force, there was only one word "death" in the end.

Those Qing Party armed personnel who thought they were holding the documents of the office of the chairman of the Guangzhou government found that the Northern Expeditionary Army was really not easy to mess with, and that Commander Huang Ke, who dared to kill the Japanese when he first arrived in Guangzhou, was not a vegetarian, he just did what he said, he really did not take sides, as long as it was a group armed group that violated the law and disrupted the normal social order, whether you were a government official wearing a national uniform or a factory worker in a strap, the Northern Expeditionary Army would unceremoniously attack and arrest him, and if he encountered armed resistance, Then this brave and good army will unceremoniously drive it out.

While the stabilization policy was being implemented in Changsha, an infantry battalion of the Northern Expeditionary Army stationed there was ordered to surround the office of the Qing Party Action Group and ordered them to come out within ten minutes.

At that time, the leader of the Qing Party Action Group turned out to be a high-ranking cadre in Guangzhou, and he was quite appreciated by the chairman's office, so he could not help but be a little arrogant. In addition, he is young and promising, so he is unscrupulous in doing things, because he is a loyal member of the Kuomintang, and at the beginning of the Qing Party, he recommended himself to personally lead the action group of the Qing Party.

After arriving in Changsha, he led the action group to smash several workers' armed organizations, arrested and killed a number of them, and caused a bloody storm all over the city.

Now seeing a group of soldiers showing off their might in front of him, he not only refused to meet him, but also had the order of the chairman's office of the Guangzhou Nationalist Government posted at the gate, indicating that their actions were approved by the highest authority of the government, and that no one else had the right to intervene.

The commander of the infantry battalion, who was not tall, was called Li Dahu, and he belonged to the Middle Route Army, so his personality was also influenced by the commander Cui Wu, who obeyed orders and never talked much when doing things. After seeing the order posted at the door, Li Dahu ignored it, he raised his hand to look at the time, and when there was still a minute left, he waved his hand at the deputy battalion commander behind him. The deputy battalion commander immediately signaled that all units were ready for battle.

"Listen, there's still a minute! You must come out immediately and be examined, otherwise you will bear the consequences! ”

"Thirty seconds left!"

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The loudspeaker repeatedly broadcast the time readings and the orders of the Northern Expeditionary Army Headquarters, but the people in the room did not move, at this time, the leader of the action group had already hung up the special line phone to the Qing Party Headquarters in Guangzhou, and a commander who answered the phone in the command headquarters said sincerely: "Don't worry, the Northern Expeditionary Army is still the government's revolutionary army in the end, you are the work action group assigned by the central government, without the order of the Supreme Command, they dare not do anything!" Don't be afraid, now is a critical period for fighting chaos and saving the country, you have swept away the enemy party organizations, and now you should take advantage of the victory to pursue the attack, overcome the existing difficulties, and give full play to the effect! ”

"Yes! Sir, my subordinates must do their best" The leader of the action group, who was still a little hesitant after hearing this, immediately became firm, and he excitedly shouted at the people in the room with one hand on his waist, "Brothers, we have the 'Shang Fang Sword', whoever dares to move is against the central government......"

There was an uproar, some of the dozens of action group members in the building had already begun to prepare to rush outside to disarm and surrender, most of these action group members were ruffians and hooligans, and they were originally thinking that these people could be ruthless as an action group, but they didn't expect that these people would smear oil under their feet as soon as they started to do so.

Syllable! The group leader standing at the intersection raised his hand and fired a shot, and a man who was about to go out and surrender was killed with a shot. Bang Bang Bang! At the end of the day, the leader of the action group reached out and fired another shot, which was a German-made shell gun, and fired three rounds in one shot. One of the fighters standing in front was hit head-on, and blood and * jumped everywhere.

Seeing this scene, Li Dahu threw the cigarette in his mouth on the ground: "Damn! All the personnel are ready to attack! ”

Tata Tower! Soon, the fire network composed of light and heavy machine guns covered the front fire at once, and the wooden gate blocked by the table was quickly smashed to pieces by the heavy machine guns. Under the cover of machine-gun fire, the soldiers behind lined up in a skirmish, crossed back and repeatedly jumped closer, and occupied the office building in less than ten minutes.

As a result of the repeated sorties of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the workers' movement and the anti-party action groups in most parts of the country were liquidated in half a month.

The workers were calm, and the action groups were cleaned. What is surprising is that the individuals and groups who had been clamoring in the newspapers and radio all day long to "purge the party" or "workers' organizations" of various political propositions have stopped a lot after the Northern Expeditionary Army imposed the ban, and calm has suddenly returned.

Soon after, Huang Ke published a statement in newspapers across the country entitled "The peaceful life of the people should not be disturbed by anyone", emphasizing the correctness of the implementation of the management and announcing the end of the control.

After the Northern Expeditionary Army issued this order, the Guangzhou government was uncharacteristically silent, and the infighting that had been foreseen did not appear.

Silent! Terrible silence. No one has made any official comments on this matter, and no one has openly supported or opposed it. This surprised Huang Ke, he had already prepared countermeasures, but now that the situation is calm, he is a little uncomfortable.

There's no time for these things. Huang Ke has now taken the next step in Wuhan, and now the main battlefields have been concentrated in Xuzhou and Kaifeng, and after Wu Peifu returned to seclusion, Zhang Zongchang and Zhang Zuolin became their next enemies to face.

Zhang Zongchang's troops in Xuzhou were not many, and most of them were troops mobilized from Shandong and other places, so when facing the Eastern Route Army of the Northern Expeditionary Army, they were powerless to resist at all. Xuzhou did not start the battle originally envisaged, Zhang Zongchang's troops were defeated in one blow, and the Northern Expeditionary Army took Xuzhou, Zaozhuang and Peixian in one fell swoop, and northern Jiangsu and southern Lunan were taken in one fell swoop.

On the other hand, the Central Route Army attacked westward along the line of Kaifeng and Luoyang, and was about to take Tongguan directly. The Western Route Army is now singing a song of triumph and has begun to prepare to march to the Hanzhong Plain. Batu's advance force, which had been silent, also crossed the Yellow River smoothly and advanced towards Guisui and the grassland.

Thousands of horses galloping, chariots sparkling, on the land of China, a long line of teams is impassioned, they sing triumphant songs, for the survival of this country and nation, countless enthusiastic young people into this wave.

In the same way, behind every army there was a logistical contingent of hundreds of people, and these peasants, who had been given the land after the agrarian reform, had also gained the basis for their survival, so they threw their infinite passion into the revolution.

At a time when the Northern Expeditionary Army in Northern China was successfully marching into the army, the Central Executive Committee of the Nationalist Government in Guangzhou came to a clear conclusion about Huang Ke's policy of maintaining stability: the behavior of some of the Northern Expeditionary Army was manipulated by the Red Party elements and launched an erroneous action against the government and the Three People's Principles. At the same time, the Guangzhou government corrected some of the excesses in the previous policy of purging the party.

After this conclusion came out, Wang Zhaoming, the chairman of the national government, scolded angrily after reading it, "What does it mean to be manipulated by the Red Party? Didn't they all know that this was an order given by Huang Ke himself? Huang Ke is obviously a pro-communist element, no! He is*, and the most important thing we should get rid of is him."

"Mr. President, this is the approval of the Central Executive Committee, Mr. Hu and Mr. Liao have already quarreled at the meeting, and this is the conclusion reached by both sides after discussion," the secretary said in a voice as slow as possible.

"How can this government allow a soldier to hold it hostage!" Chairman Wang slapped it on the table, and the secretary did not dare to speak at all. After complaining, Chairman Wang still had no choice but to sign.

This conclusion was not published publicly, but only internally in the Northern Expeditionary Army and government agencies at all levels. However, after Huang Ke read it, he crumpled the order and threw it in the paper basket. He neither called back nor responded to the Canton government.

He knew very well in his heart that he would be outside, and the military order would not be accepted! What's more, now the main military forces of the new government are in the Northern Expeditionary Army.

"Don't reply there, it's a mess, you know how to make trouble" Huang Ke said to Bai Chongxi in front of him, "How is Jiang Xianyun's fight over there?" ”

"The latest war report says that Lin Zuoda of the East Route Army has led the vanguard troops to Linyi, and now the troops are actively preparing to attack Jinan," Bai Chongxi said, handing the battle report in the folder to Huang Ke, and attaching the war report that had just been reported by other troops.

After Huang Ke saw it, he put it aside, he stood up and walked to Bai Chongxi's side and said, "Tell Jiang Xianyun to pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese during the siege, and report to me at any time if there is any situation."

Bai Chongxi was a little puzzled, why did he remind him to pay attention to the Japanese at this time? This sentence seems so out of place with the current situation.

However, he did not say his own problems, and after serving in the army for many years, he already understood the secret: do not ask what should not be asked, and do not say what should not be said.

Huang Ke didn't explain it to him either, he didn't need to explain. In the facts of history, there will be Japanese provocations here in Jinan, to be honest, if the Japanese really provoke at this time, he no longer knows if he had the courage to fight with them when he was in the merchant group?