Rebirth of the Anti-Japanese Heroes

Having made up his mind, Li Jiansheng discussed with He Changming, Cai Zhong, Zhao Boping, Yang Zhishen, Yuntian, Zeng Xiangyang, Wang Hanying, etc., and decided to use the main force of the enemy to besiege the Central Soviet Area, and launch an offensive to respond to the Central Red Army.That is, 16 independent battalions from all counties were assembled immediately, and 6 independent battalions were used to defend the revolutionary base area in southern Hunan, under the unified command of He Changming; the other 10 local independent battalions, the main fourth battalion, and the independent regiment were directly under the Guiyang Independent First Battalion. The strength of the 12 battalions was under the unified command of Yang Zhishen and Cai Zhong, and concentrated superior forces to attack the Leiyang area in Hengyang, making a posture of going north; if possible, it can be consolidated as part of the base area by the way.Li Jiansheng, Zhao Boping, Yuntian and others led the main force across the Mangshan Mountains and went straight into Guangdong. They fought a few big battles in northern Guangdong, wiped out part of the enemy, and established some base areas as much as possible to deal heavy blows to the enemy and sideline the enemy as much as possible. Should be the Central Soviet Area.In addition, He Changming and the Soviet regime in each county had to be responsible for the daily affairs of the southern Hunan Soviet area, fully consolidate the red regime, and vigorously develop production to meet the needs of the base areas and the supply of troops.

People from all walks of life nodded their approval one by one, discussed some details in detail, and then split up.Li Jiansheng's reconnaissance company moved ahead.According to Li Jiansheng's intention, first detect information in Shaoguan and Qingyuan, Guangdong.Zhao Boping acted with the reconnaissance company, contacted the party organization in advance, and inspected some candidates who might be the leaders of the local Soviet regime in the future.At this time, the radio has been initially equipped.Zhao Boping took a radio station—formerly the 27th Regiment Headquarters of the Kuomintang Army—to take early action.Three days later, the Secret Service Battalion and the Third Battalion acted under the leadership of Yun Tian and Zeng Xiangyang.Several special companies also moved with the army.Also bring a radio station - the former 33rd Regiment of the Kuomintang Army - to act.Another day later, Li Jiansheng took the first battalion and the second battalion into action.But at this moment there is no radio station, only personnel can report.Fortunately, it was not far from Yuntian's Chinese army, so the difficulty was not too great.

Before Li Jiansheng left, all independent camps in various places had assembled.Li Jiansheng met with the military and political leaders of each independent battalion, explained in detail, and then led his troops to leave.

When Li Jiansheng led his troops to Guangdong, Yuntian's department had joined with Zhao Boping's. Based on the accurate situation, familiarity with Pingshi, and the cooperation of the local party organization, they quickly took over Down the Pingshi.The city defense bureau and police station in Pingshi all fell into the hands of the Red Army.After Li Jiansheng led his troops to Pingshi, he repaired immediately.After the public trial of those extremely reactionary forces in Pingshi, the construction of the local political power was immediately strengthened.Zhao Boping brought in Wan Zhiping, Luo Lie, Yin Hui and other leaders of the local peasant movement and underground party organizations.Li Jiansheng warmly welcomed them, had dinner together, analyzed the surrounding situation together, and quickly formed a unified opinion.

Early the next morning, all the ministries were assembled.Yuntian led the Secret Service Battalion and the Third Battalion to attack Lechang with great fanfare.Li Jiansheng led his troops to set off secretly.Five special forces accompanied Li Jiansheng in action.

Sure enough, as Li Jiansheng predicted in advance, Yuntian's troops attacked with great fanfare, which made Lechang's defenders extremely nervous.The two sides fought a large-scale battle in Lechang.But because he had been hinted at a long time ago, although Yuntian's troops fought fiercely, the casualties were not large.At the end of the day, the Cantonese army guarding Yunchang was beaten evenly.

The Guangdong Army gave Li Jiansheng a good impression.This is mainly because part of the original troops of the Nanchang Uprising came from this army!

In fact, as early as after the War to Protect the Country, it was the Guangxi faction that controlled the territory of Guangdong.With the support of Sun Yat-sen, Zhu Qinglan, the governor of Guangdong Province, set aside the 20th Battalion of his pro-army and handed it over to Chen Jiongming to lead it, and moved it to Shantou, which became the embryonic form of the modern Cantonese army.Later, Chen Jiongming, Xu Chongzhi and others organized and trained troops on the Fujian-Guangdong border, and expelled Mo Rongxin, the Guangdong governor of the Guangxi faction in the 1920 War of Expulsion of Guangxi. Sun Yat-sen was able to return to Guangzhou to rebuild the military government and continue the Northern Expedition.

However, Chen Jiongming, the "children's army" who devoted all his efforts to Sun Yat-sen, still could not get rid of the nature of warlords. He rebelled during the Northern Expedition in 1922 and bombarded the presidential palace. Li Fulin and others.After several battles and changes, Deng Keng took away the most powerful First Division of the First Cantonese Army under Chen Jiongming to support Sun Yat-sen.After Deng was assassinated, he was succeeded by Liang Hongkai, independent of Chen and Li. In 1925, the National Revolutionary Army led by Huangpu students launched the Eastern Expedition, and Chen Jiongming, who occupied Huizhou, was completely wiped out.Li Fulin's troops were originally from the green forest and had little combat effectiveness. Later, they were organized into the Fifth Army of the Northern Expedition Army, and were later annexed by Chen Jitang.

After Liao Zhongkai was assassinated, Xu Chongzhi was squeezed out by Chiang Kai-shek, and his troops were annexed by Chiang. They were organized into the 3rd Division, 14th Division, and 20th Division of the First Army of the National Revolutionary Army, which later evolved into the direct line of the Kuomintang Central Army.Liang Hongkai was also forced to leave by Jiang, and Li Jishen took over as the division commander. During the Northern Expedition, it was expanded into the Fourth Army. With outstanding military exploits, it was known as the "Iron Army" and "Mother of the Guangdong Army".

李济深的第四军由陈铭枢第10师、陈济棠第11师、张发奎第12师、徐景唐第13师、叶挺独立团编成。**领导的独立团与12师较为亲近，后来在南昌发动起义；徐景堂部较弱，后来被陈济棠兼并。

After the split between Ning and Han, the Cantonese army turned from a secret struggle to an open split. Zhang Fakui was the pillar force of the Wuhan government.Chen Mingshu supported Ning Fang. His general Cai Tingkai was stationed in Jiangxi at that time and participated in the Nanchang Uprising. Later, he rebelled and took troops to Zhejiang to join his old boss Chen Mingshu.Chen Jitang, who stayed behind in Guangzhou, was the backbone of Hu Hanmin's Guangdong government, and successfully annexed Li Fulin, Xu Jingtang and other Cantonese troops. His power continued to expand, he controlled Guangdong and became the "King of the South".

Li Jiansheng also knew something about the later development of these troops.Because later, Zhang Fakui failed to oppose Chiang, the troops were handed over to Xue Yue, and became a collateral branch of the Kuomintang Central Army, or "Half-Chen Cheng Family". It was the main force that pursued the Red Army during the Long March. Others such as the 94th Army and the 99th Army also have many connections with them.

The troops of Jiang Guangnai and Cai Tingkai stood on Chiang Kai-shek's side during the Central Plains War. They sent troops to Changsha to cooperate with He Jian to block the northward advance of the Gui army, and sent troops to the Central Plains to fight against Feng's army.Later, he moved to Shanghai to participate in the famous Songhu Anti-Japanese War. Later, he was transferred to Fujian and launched an incident to establish the "Republic of China". After the failure, the army was reformed or disbanded by the central government.Among the main figures, including Chen Mingshu, Jiang Guangnai, Cai Tingkai, Dai Ji, Ou Shounian, Zhang Yan, etc., most of them later went to the New China camp.

Since these groups of Cantonese troops left Guangdong one after another, from 1930 to 1936, Guangdong became Chen Jitang's territory. On the eve of the Anti-Japanese War, Chen Jitang, under the guise of the "Guangdong-Guangdong Government Committee", implemented a local separatist regime against the central government, carefully managed the internal affairs, and achieved remarkable political achievements. .The Cantonese Army expanded to 3 armies combined with 13 divisions, and dozens of fighter jets. The air force was stronger than Jiang's Central Army.

The topographic map of Guangdong is in the shape of an isosceles triangle, with Shaoguan, Zhanjiang, and Shantou forming three strategic corners. Chen Jitang deployed Yu Hanmou’s 1st Army in Shaoguan, Xiang Hanping’s 2nd Army in western Guangdong, and Li Yangjing’s 3rd Army in Shantou. At present, only one teacher was left in Guangzhou, and the provincial capital was very empty-Chen Jitang's deployment was mainly to deal with Lao Jiang's invasion.

What Li Jiansheng was facing directly now was Yu Hanmou's 1st Army of the Cantonese Army.