The failure of the Shandong issue at the Paris Peace Conference wiped out all the achievements of the Beiyang government in sending troops to Russia to recover Mongolia. Following this, Beiyang's prestige fell to a rock bottom.
The opportunity has come!
For Wang Hengyue, who was in charge of the National Government in the South, the opportunity he had been waiting for had arrived: the Northern Expedition!
Militarily, the Southern National Government has completed preparations, and economically, the Southern Government has also completed preparations. Now, Wang Hengyue is only waiting for a political opportunity, or to be more precise, borrow...!
And Beiyang finally presented this excuse to Wang Hengyue!
Northern Expedition!
When the Paris Peace Conference started, Wang Hengyue had issued a statement in Guangzhou. In the statement, Wang Hengyue strongly condemned Beiyang's failure at the Paris Peace Conference and solemnly stated that due to a series of poor performances in political negotiations, the Beiyang government was completely unable to represent
Today's "China"!
The wording of this statement was extremely harsh and did not leave any face to the Beiyang government. In this statement, everyone seemed to vaguely feel something.
After the "Statement" was issued, Jiang Baili, chief of the Army of the National Government, suddenly ordered that the National Revolutionary Army be divided into several large legions: Wumu Legion, Commander-in-Chief Wang Mingzhang, Chief of Staff Bai Chongxi; Hussars Legion, Commander-in-Chief Yang Sen, Chief of Staff Yang Jie
: Sun Wu's Army, Commander-in-Chief Liu Zhaocheng, Chief of Staff Li Zongren!
This is exactly the same as the three-way troop dispatching plan...the candidates were drawn up before.
Among the six commanders of the three armies, the oldest was Yang Sen, who was thirty-five years old at the time; the youngest were Wang Mingzhang and Bai Chongxi, both only twenty-six years old.
To Zhaocheng: twenty-seven years old: Li Zongren: twenty-eight years old: Yang Jie: thirty years old.
Such a young combination is surprising, but also worrying. Although Liu Zhaocheng, Yang Sen, and Wang Mingzhang have all had excellent records before, no one is sure whether they can achieve the same results when commanding an army independently.
On the Beiyang side, they also quickly felt the momentum of the National Revolutionary Army's Northern Expedition, and urgently mobilized troops and generals to respond to the situation.
It's just that the Beiyang side never imagined that Wang Hengyue would either not fight, or if he wanted to fight, he would send troops from three directions at the same time to conquer the world in one fell swoop!
May 3, 1919, Guangzhou.
All the citizens gathered on the streets of Guangzhou on this day. The loudspeakers were silent, but everyone's eyes fell on the loudspeakers.
Soon, an important announcement will be made!
At 10 o'clock in the morning, the voice of Wang Hengyue, the president of the southern National Government, finally sounded on the loudspeaker: "The failure of the Paris Peace Conference was a failure of the Beiyang government, and even more of a failure of [China]. This made the suffering [China] country,
Think more about suffering, poverty, and backwardness!
〖中〗 The hardship of the Chinese people has reached an extreme level today. Farmers have worked hard for a year, only to be plundered by soldiers and bandits, levied excessive taxes, and are overwhelmed. They have worked hard for a year without having a full meal, and they have to sell their fields and cattle.
, Barely surviving, getting by by chance. As for the farmers in Zhilu, Henan, Jingzhao and other provinces, their villages were in ruins after being passed by soldiers and bandits, the old and the weak died in the ravines, most of the adults were captured, the men were used as cattle and horses, and the women were raped.
He may be able to escape from the tiger's mouth and survive for the rest of his life, but he will be as panic-stricken as a lost dog. If he doesn't do a lowly job, he will be like a ghost in a foreign land...
Speaking of workers, the gains from working all day can only prolong their lives, with no surplus and little guarantee. In normal times, there is the worry of missing work every day, and when disaster strikes, they will inevitably become among the gangsters. Talking to business people is not good at all.
Oppressed by foreign merchants selling foreign goods and trafficking local goods, internally exploited by large and small warlords and bandits, exorbitant taxes, and overt and covert robbery. They rarely get a tithe of profit, but suffer frequent losses. To the intellectual circles, it is a teaching
Scholars often suffer from long-term arrears of salary, only to worry about feeding them, but cannot pass on their wisdom; scholars often suffer from bandits and wars, cut off their resources, and are unable to advance in their studies...
Warlords in various places do not use it to appease the country and save the people, but just because they are supported by the warlords, they use it to massacre the people, gain fame and wealth for the warlords, and what tragedy in the world can be greater than this? As for industrial entrepreneurs,
In the past, we were the richest people in society, but today, our sales are poor, our profits are gone, our factories are closed, our costs are stagnant, and we may barely be able to operate, but we are trapped in exorbitant taxes and levies, unable to support our business.
Surrendering to the warlords and surrendering to foreign merchants, not only did the business no longer belong to me, but most of the capital was lost.
All in all, in today's "Chinese" country, except for a few warlords, bureaucrats, compradors, and plutocrats, the people of the whole country are worried about the old and the weak who need to be fed.
If you live there, your whole family will suffer from the disaster of being frozen. The disaster is deeper than water and fire, and the hardship is worse than hanging upside down. All these are caused by imperialist aggression and the theft of power by the warlords of the country. Imperialist economic aggression is the result of its deprivation.
It is so huge that it can last for tens of thousands of years, but it has not stopped for decades.
The people of Yizhong have exhausted all their blood, leaving only their skin and bones. He is the creditor, and I am the debtor. He reaps the rewards without working, and I am an ox and horse all day long. He is the master of the economy, and has the full power of command and command. I
They are slaves to the economy, and occupy a driven position. Imperialism exploits China's shortcomings economically, and politically exploits the most evil and traitorous warlords, causing crimes that are difficult to describe in writing.
The imperialists allow warlords to steal political power, and also make warlords betray the country; they make warlords perpetually reenact the military struggle and make our people suffer at the sword, and even make warlords oppress the [revolutionary] movement, yu
Our people will never have a day of self-determination: even if bandits occur in warlord-style politics, they will turn bandits into warlords. Warlords will continue to live and work, and the people will suffer endless hardships. It is no wonder that warlords are used as swordsmen and our people are fish and meat. [Chinese]
The country's farmers cannot be content in the countryside, workers cannot be content in the city, business people cannot be content in traveling, intellectuals cannot be content in schools, soldiers under warlords have died tragically in successive years of civil war, and even industrial entrepreneurs are worried that they cannot be content at all.
Have a good day and live a good life.
As the degree of imperialist aggression deepens day by day and the brutality of the military becomes more severe, the plight of the people of China will naturally increase day by day.
Recently, the warlords in the north have been fighting for years, and the Beijing government has existed in name only. If it continues, thousands of miles of land will be turned into ruins, and tens of millions of people will be turned into insect sand. They are not only political and economic slaves.
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We, the National Socialist Party of China, take this opportunity to fully understand the causes and consequences. We are fully aware of the root cause of the hardships of the people of China. Imperialism and its tools, the traitorous warlords, are fully aware that the only need of China at present is to build a unified government.
.The establishment of a unified government will be enough to resist the intimidation and oppression of imperialism externally, and to put an end to the warlords' harm to the country and the people internally!
If a unified government is not established, external disasters will become more severe and internal strife will become even more severe. The hardships of the people of [China] will become deeper like water and heat up like fire, and the people of [China] will no longer have the same kind...
If the forces of the imperialists and traitorous warlords are not overthrown, not only will there be no hope of building a unified government, but the [revolutionary] base areas where the only hope of the Republic of China lies, will also be in danger of being jointly attacked by the imperialists and traitorous warlords.
In order to realize the only needs of the Chinese people, to build a unified government, and to consolidate the national revolutionary base areas, the party has to dispatch troops to eliminate the forces of traitorous warlords. The party pleads for the people and eliminates evil for the country, and success or failure depends on the outcome.
, regardless of any sacrifice, no matter what.
Speaking of this, Wang Hengyue's tone in the loudspeaker slightly increased: "At this time when the country's survival is at stake, President Wang Hengyue and all the officers and men of the National Revolutionary Army are determined to make the Northern Expedition, unify the country, build a republic, restore people's livelihood, and strengthen the country.
, a strong nation. If the Northern Expedition fails, we will not withdraw our troops until we die!
May the people of the country who sympathize with our party's principles and political platform on a daily basis change their sympathies on a daily basis, and then sympathize with our party's military campaigns, sponsor our party's military campaigns, and participate in our party's battles: then the overthrow of the warlords' forces will become even more rapid.
, the construction of a unified government will be more secure, and the success of the national revolution will be closer.
Long live the construction of a unified government! Long live the success of the national revolution! Long live the freedom and liberation of the Chinese nation! Long live the national revolutionary army."
"Long live! Long live!! Long live!!!".
When Wang Hengyue said the last word, Guangzhou suddenly erupted with a wave of cries!
Northern Expedition, Northern Expedition!
This majestic voice finally resounded throughout the country on this day!
Northern Expedition, Northern Expedition!
Guangdong, May 3, 1919, Hussars Regiment of the National Revolutionary Army.
Yang Sen slowly pulled out his command knife: "I swear to the President to commit to the Northern Expedition, unite the armed forces, and unite the Hussars from top to bottom. If the [revolution] fails, we will continue the Northern Expedition until we die."
"Long live! Long live!! Long live!!".
"Four 1." On May 2, 1919, the Wumu Corps of the National Revolutionary Army.
Wang Mingzhang's loud voice rang in the ears of every soldier: "Unify the armed forces and swear to the Northern Expedition! Wang Mingzhang, commander-in-chief of the Wumu Army in the Northern Expedition, hereby solemnly swears that if the Northern Expedition fails, his bones will be buried in a foreign land: If the Northern Expedition fails, he will not return to his hometown!
Soldiers, we are united in one heart and one mind! The Wu-Mu Army is on the Northern Expedition."
Guangxi, May 3, 1919, Sun Wu Corps of the National Revolutionary Army.
Liu Zhaocheng checked the time and then put away his pocket watch.
The soldiers had already gathered together, waiting for the Commander-in-Chief's command that moved the sky.
This road is the real key to the Northern Expedition, and it will also be the place where the most fierce and bloody battles occur. And this road will be a major challenge for the young commanders Liu Zhaocheng and Li Zongren.
What they face will be Beiyang's most elite troops and Beiyang's most capable commander!
The Hunan battlefield will be the focus of the entire Northern Expedition!
Liu Zhaocheng, this talented military strategist, this young officer, behaved very calmly at this moment: "Remember today, today will be the beginning of a new era. The president swears to fight for the Northern Expedition. On this day, all of us
I have been waiting for a long time, and now this day has finally come. I declare"
Little by little, he slowly pulled out his command sword, then pointed the blade towards the north and said word by word: "Northern Expedition".
On May 3, 1919, the National Revolutionary Army embarked on the Northern Expedition!
On May 3, 1919, Wang Hengyue officially took the step to unify the country by force!