The Southern King of Guangdong for eight years - the legendary Chen Jitang (Part 1)

The Southern King of Guangdong for eight years - the legendary Chen Jitang (Part 1) Yu Yushu (6) Lost the opportunity and all the losses (Part 1) Kuomintang veteran Hu Hanmin has a stubborn personality...

The Southern King of Guangdong for eight years - the legendary Chen Jitang (Part 1) Yu Yushu (6) Lost the opportunity and lost everything (Part 1) Hu Hanmin, the veteran of the Kuomintang, had a stubborn personality and was famous for being strict with himself and others. After Sun Yat-sen's death, if it were not for his poor popularity, he had already become the chairman of the country, and he was defeated by Wang Jingwei. Therefore, even Chiang Kai-shek did not pay attention to them. The two had been at odds for a long time. In 1931, Chiang was appointed as the President of the State Council and Executive President, while Hu was appointed as the Legislative Yuan. Chiang and Hu held different opinions on the following matters: (1) Hu opposed the appointment of Zhang Xueliang, who was credited with helping to resolve the "Central Plains War", was appointed deputy commander-in-chief of the Army, Navy and Air Force; (2) Hu opposed convening the National Assembly during the "Tutorial Period" and formulated a convention that made Chiang a dictator who monopolized the party, military and political power. On February 28 of the same year, Chiang held a Hongmen Banquet at the Nanjing General Headquarters and detained Hu. The next day, Hu was forced to resign from all his posts and was escorted to the Mountain Club and banned. This became the famous "Tangshan Incident" and caused an uproar. In fact, the Kuomintang is divided into pieces, not just from today. In addition to Chiang's "Ning faction", Wang's "Han faction", Li Zongren's "Gui faction", and "Xishan Conference faction" Pang and others, important officials from various factions are now going south to Guangzhou, hoping to unite to deal with Chiang Kai-shek, and establish a separate National Government in Guangzhou to compete with the Central National Government in Nanjing. At this time, Chen Jitang, who was appointed by Chiang as the director of Eastern Pacification, was very wealthy and powerful, with an army of 150,000, and was expected to be promoted as the leader of the alliance. Fifteen people including Wang Jingwei, Tang Shaoyi, Tang Shengzhi, Sun Ke, Xu Chongzhi, Lin Sen, Chen Jitang, Li Liejun, Zou Lu, Gu Yingfen and Deng Zeru were elected as members of the National Government at the conference. Chen Jitang, Li Zongren, and Tang Shengzhi were even elected as members of the Standing Committee of the Military Commission. Chen's troops formed the First Army; Li's troops formed the Second Army, and prepared to contact Shi Yousan in the north and Chen Mingshu's 19th Route Army in Fujian to jointly attack Chiang. However, Chen Jitang was really reluctant to serve as the "leader" of this "anti-Chiang alliance" because he knew very well that no matter his personal reputation or status in the party, he could not compare with veteran figures such as Hu Hanmin and Wang Jingwei. Even when Xu Chongzhi was the second commander-in-chief of the Guangdong Army, he was just a regimental commander under him. But later I listened to the careful analysis by the think tanks behind the curtain; Guangdong and Guangxi are closely related to each other, and if their lips die, their teeth will be cold. The last time, in order to "protect the territory and the people", he made way for the Communist troops to cross the border, which had incurred the hatred of Chiang Kai-shek. Sooner or later, he would have to settle the score with himself. Rather than sit back and wait for death, it was better to step forward and strike first, risking death and survive later. So in the name of going north to fight against Japan, in reality, he fought against Chiang. In July, the Guangzhou National Government issued a crusade order, and the Guangdong and Guangxi armies began to mobilize for the Northern Expedition.