On January 1, in order to reorganize the national army, the Jinling government held a meeting on the formation and dispatch of the Northern Expeditionary Army in Jinling. The conflicts between Guo, Feng, Yan and Li intensified.
Why do you say that? This is because after the end of the Northern Expedition and the Northern Expedition, the National Congress Party and Army roughly formed nine major factions and groups, namely: the National Congress Army headed by Jin Ling, the National Army Military Faction headed by Feng Jishan, and the National Army headed by Yan The Jin military clique headed by Baichuan, the Guangxi clique headed by Li Delin and Bai Jiansheng, the Northeast military clique headed by Shao Shuai, as well as the Guangdong clique and the Sichuan clique, Yunnan clique, and Guizhou clique in the southwest. There are also small factions attached to the National Army, the National Army, the Jin Army, the Guangxi Army and other large factions, such as the Hunan Army, Gan Army, Hubei Army, Fujian Army, etc. It can be said that there are factions within factions, and there are factions within factions. , too many to mention.
By the end of 1928, the national army in Jinling (including direct, semi-direct, and collateral troops) had expanded to 550,000, and the National Army, Jin Army, and Guangxi troops had also expanded to 500,000, 280,000, and 300,000 respectively. At that time, there were at least 2.5 million regular troops in the country.
Jinling discussed dismantling the warlord armies for very high-sounding reasons.
"The Northern Expedition is completed, military emergencies are over, troops are reduced, pay is reduced, and construction is carried out, which has become a requirement across the country."
Well, now that the country is unified and the war is over, there is no need for so many troops. Some of them should be abolished to reduce the burden of military expenditures and relieve the pressure on the people. The country can also use limited funds and resources for national construction.
There is nothing wrong with this idea and reason, and it is consistent with the situation at the time. For example, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country's army has 5 million people. There is definitely no need for so many troops. Doesn't weapons development cost money? Is there no money for technical research? So disarmament is certain.
After the Northern Expedition, the national defense strength was estimated and the number of troops did not need to be too large. Anyway, disarmament is definitely right, but on the issue of disarmament, several major warlords had serious differences, which later evolved into the Central Plains War.
The fact that there are so many armies besides the First Army is a major worry and is very detrimental to his own path to dictatorship.
Disarmament, must disarmament, can not only weaken other warlords, but also strengthen their own direct line, why not do it.
However, reorganizing the troops of various princes is simply more annoying to them than digging the ancestral graves of various warlords. In those days, everyone wished for more troops, disarmament? Are you smart?
In the end, both sides decided to disarm, and everyone disarmed together. Wouldn't it be fair? So everyone began to disarmament, and the organization meeting immediately revised the "Army Provisional Establishment List" and ordered all units to implement it.
But in fact, these warlords openly reduced their troops. In fact, the number of troops was not reduced at all. Two battalions were organized into one battalion. Anyway, it was over on the surface. Only Feng Jishan was honest and careless and laid off part of the army. This No wonder he was later divided up.
Of course, Zhang Yunhan also sent people to participate. He was absolutely obedient and said that the Northwest Army currently only has 6 divisions and 8 brigades, which is insufficient in strength. It has already begun recruiting troops to achieve the goal of 12 divisions.
Speaking of which, Zhang Yunhan, Chairman of Jincheng, has not participated in such a big meeting since he took office. It's not that Zhang Yunhan didn't participate. According to him, such meetings are nonsense. Who will listen to you? Just listen to the cross talk.
But why do all those warlords like to participate? In Zhang Yunhan's opinion, he just had a flaw in his mind and still looked upright and awe-inspiring at the meeting.
Why didn’t Zhang Yunhan come to the meeting in person? The answer is, it’s too far away, and the meeting would be over even if I came here. I exhausted a dozen horses along the way to reach Jinling.
I believe you!
The four northwest provinces are too large, have long borders with other countries, and lack of troops. For this reason, all the warlords have nothing to say. The map can reflect it. For such a large piece of land, tens of thousands of people are indeed not enough.
If these people knew that the Northwest Army has a division of 13,000 people and a brigade of 8,600 people, they would probably object.
In January 1929, the Jinling government held a national reorganization conference in Jinling to reorganize the national army. This was used to weaken the strength of various localities and monopolize military power.
On January 21, Belgium agreed to the Chinese government’s takeover of the Belgian Concession in Tianjin.
February 10th is the first day of the first lunar month of the lunar calendar. The Jinling government decided that starting from 1929, the Chinese Lunar New Year would be officially renamed the Spring Festival.
On February 27, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a note to the ministers of six countries including John Bull, Bald Eagle, Gallic Chicken and Windmill, announcing that China would cancel its consular jurisdiction.
At the beginning of March, various technical schools in the northwest were able to arrange a group of workers to work stably for 2-3 months. The Jincheng government also promulgated the Workers' Labor Protection Law, which stipulates that work safety and labor protection equipment must be essential. Once this law came out, although many People were dissatisfied because this undoubtedly increased the cost, but the people agreed, and the government and enterprises took the lead in implementing it, and the response was great.
In April, the Western Regions were completely pacified. Zhang Yunhan sent Gao Li into the Western Regions to take charge of government affairs. Northwest Construction Engineering immediately dispatched large machinery, and the road construction company began to build the highway from Gansu Province to the Western Regions. Zhang Yunhan also sent a batch of obsolete rifles and mortars , sold to Sichuan Province, and Feng Jishan. Now they have to quickly collect money. When the economic crisis comes, they will continue to poach people from Bald Eagle. Now they are short of people.
On February 19, 1929, the Seoul Political Branch of the Guangxi Clique issued a resolution to remove the chairman of Hunan Province and the commander of the 18th Division from his post. At the same time, the 9th Division and the 7th Army were sent to Changsha. The chairman of Hunan Province was caught off guard and fled to Jinling, and the Gui army took control of Hunan Province. At this point, the Guangxi Clan has occupied the two lakes and connected the Guangxi Province. It has the potential to attack, defend, advance and retreat, and wants to compete with Jinling. This is the so-called "Xiang case".
March 21st. The Futang overthrow plan was successfully implemented, and Jinling successfully cut off half of the Gui clan's arm.
Later, they used conspiracies such as co-optation, arrest, and conspiracy to capture Guangdong Province. On March 29, Yan Baichuan called for Gui.
Liu Xiang of Sichuan Province also declared his intention to seek Gui. The flames of war once again burned across the land of China.
Li Delin was on the way south from Shencheng, Bai Jiansheng was at sea again, and Cai was stationed in Gui Province. There was no general in command in Seoul. He tried to win over the generals, promising high-ranking officials generous salaries, and instructing the spies to coerce and lure them. They conquered Seoul without any bloodshed.
However, Feng Jishan wavered during this battle, which caused misfortune to the Gui clan and also made him the target of Jinling Diary.
Seoul generously awarded rewards, Xiao Diary personally received Feng Jishan's general Han, and Xu Yiyu, the chairman of Yu Province, sent a hundred thousand yuan to the ocean, and began to disintegrate Jishan's power.
In June, peanuts won the Guangxi Province.
