On August 26, 1925, in accordance with the resolution of the National Executive Committee of June 15, the Party and Party armies were reorganized into the "National Revolutionary Army".
In August and September, the Hong Kong colonial authorities sent a large amount of cash and 3 million rounds of ammunition to Chen Jiongming's troops, and Duan Qirui** in Beijing also sent 300,000 yuan in military pay and 2 ships** to Chen Jiongming's troops.
North-South aid stimulated Chen Jiongming's ambitions for expansion, and the National Revolutionary Army had just been put on the list, and it had not yet had time to put it in order. Dongjiang's Chen Jiongming began to move.
On September 1, Chen Jiongming's troops, who could not be restrained, were divided into three routes, under the command of Lin Hu, Hong Zhaolin, and Ye Ju, and launched a large-scale attack, successively occupying the Dongjiang area.
Immediately, Chen Jiongming arrived in Hong Kong from Shanghai and deployed to attack Guangzhou.
On September 27, Chen Jiongming's subordinates Hong Zhaolin and Xie Wenbing occupied Pingshan, only 300 miles away from the city of Guangzhou.
In such a critical situation, the people decided to carry out the Second Crusade.
On September 28, Chiang Kai-shek became the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and ** became the director of the Political Department of the Eastern Expeditionary Army.
On the afternoon of October 1, the Eastern Expeditionary Army held a swearing-in meeting.
On October 6, the Eastern Crusade began, Chiang Kai-shek and *** led the Northern Expeditionary Army to take the old nest of Chen Jiongming's Huizhou, and on the 13th, the troops came to the city of Huizhou.
The ancient city of Huizhou, with mountains in the east and water on three sides, has a geographical situation that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the locals say that it has not been breached for hundreds of years since the Song Dynasty.
Defending Huizhou was Chen Jiongming's general Yang Kunru, with a total of 5,000 men but only more than 3,000 guns.
Chiang Kai-shek decided to storm the attack, and he formed a death squad of 650 people in the 1st Army, commanded by Du Congrong, commander of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment.
** ordered Jiang Xianyun, the party representative and member of the 7th Regiment of the 3rd Division, to form another death squad composed of communists and Komsomol members.
Two death squads, under the cover of limited artillery fire and other troops, began to attack the city.
At 4:30 p.m. on the 14th, the 1st Army attacked the North Gate and the West Gate, and the remnants of the defending enemy fled to the direction of Zijin and captured Huizhou.
The conquest of Huizhou demonstrated the strength of the revolutionary camp, greatly boosted the confidence of the broad masses of workers and peasants, saw the future of the national revolution, and caused a tremendous sensation in Guangzhou.
At the same time, the victory in this battle also increased Chiang Kai-shek's prestige.
The people specially sent a telegram to praise Chiang Kai-shek, saying: "Chiang Zhongzheng was ordered to go eastward, supervise the soldiers, and break through the ...... of the fortified city."The commander-in-chief is loyal and courageous, and this great achievement is a profound achievement. ”
However, Chiang Kai-shek took a different attitude towards this victory, and he wrote to ask for his resignation as commander of the 1st Army of the National Revolutionary Army, saying that he did not want to become a warlord.
However, his move only demanded his resignation from the post of army commander, not from the post of commander-in-chief of the Eastern Expeditionary Army.
At the moment of the great enemy, of course, the people will not agree to his resignation, and as a result, his resignation will be used to gain fame and reputation, and he will make enough political capital.
Although Chiang Kai-shek captured Huizhou, the main force of Chen Jiongming's army had not yet been eliminated.
On October 19, Chen Jiongming's three Beiyang ** ships sailed to Humen, and mobilized a large army to occupy Yangjiang, Luoding, Taishan and other places in the Xijiang region.
Xiong Kewu's Sichuan Army and Deng Benyin and other troops also began to act, and with Chen Jiongming, several large armies launched a larger ** against the Eastern Expeditionary Army.
Chiang Kai-shek hurriedly ordered the 4th Regiment of the 1st Army to defend the sea against a possible attack, and at the same time began a large-scale clearance operation.
However, Chen Jiongming is violent, and there is a tendency for dark clouds to overwhelm the city.
On November 19, Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to personally lead the main force of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, leave Huizhou, and march towards the Dongjiang River.
During this period of time, after Chiang Kai-shek returned to Guangzhou, although he lived with his son, he was busy with the war and even took care of his son, and Chiang Ching-kuo lived with Chen Jieru most of the time.
On October 7, 1925, in order to support the Chinese revolution and commemorate the revolutionary pioneer of China, Sun Yat-sen, the Soviet adviser Borodin announced at the 66th meeting of the National Executive Committee:
In honor of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Sun Yat-sen University was established in Moscow, and it was proposed to send students to study in the Soviet Union. ”
As soon as the news of Sun University's enrollment was announced, young people who aspired to revolution from all over the country applied for the examination one after another, and more than 1,000 students enrolled in Guangzhou alone.
But for the first time, only 340 were admitted, 30 of whom were recommended by Borodin, and they were all children of important Kuomintang members.
For a time, progressive students were proud to study in the Soviet Union, and Chiang Ching-kuo was a hot-blooded young man, and since he was not willing to be left behind, he studied Russian in Beijing in preparation for the return to study in the Soviet Union. So, he also asked to stay in the Soviet Union to study Xi at Sun Yat-sen University.
When Wu Zhihui learned that Chiang Ching-kuo was going to the Soviet Union, he tried his best to dissuade him, and Wu Zhihui asked Chiang Ching-kuo: "What are you doing in **?"”
He replied: "The revolution goes". Wu asked again: "Revolution is rebellion, aren't you afraid?"Chiang Ching-kuo replied, "Don't be afraid." Wu also said: "The revolution is not so simple, right?Think about it again. ”
Two weeks later, Chiang Ching-kuo told Wu Liusu that he was determined, and Wu Zhihui was helpless. At the same time, Chiang Ching-kuo wrote to Chiang Kai-shek several times, asking his father to support him in studying in the Soviet Union.
However, Chiang Kai-shek did not approve of it, because he did not like the Soviet Union very much.
So, Chiang Ching-kuo consulted with his aunt Chen Jieru, Chen Jieru supported Chiang Ching-kuo's ambition to study abroad, and after her repeated persuasion, gradually, Chiang Kai-shek did not encourage Chiang Ching-kuo's request to study in the Soviet Union, but he did not disagree.
Chiang Kai-shek no longer objected to his son's trip to the Soviet Union, and there was another reason besides Chen Jieru's persuasion.
At this time, Chiang Kai-shek was still a well-known "leftist" of the Kuomintang at home and abroad, flaunting "taking Russia as a teacher," and his relations with the Soviet Union were in the closest period.
Letting his "teachable" son go to the "holy land of the world revolution" for training and tempering is not a manifestation of his "pro-Russian" nature.
In this way, Chiang Ching-kuo finally joined the ranks of this contingent of students studying in Russia.
Jiang Father and Son [Issue 19].
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