The Northern Expedition war refers to a battle between the revolutionary army (Northern Expeditionary Army) in the south and the Beiyang warlords, known in history as the Northern Expedition War. However, this war was divided into two times, the first Northern War ended with the victory of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and won the battles of Tingsi Bridge and He Sheng Bridge, and defeated wu Peifu's main force and successfully occupied Wuhan. It was also at this time that contradictions arose within the Northern Expedition military clique and were divided into two factions, the Nanjing faction (Ning) headed by Chiang Kai-shek and the Hanwu faction (Han) headed by Wang Jingwei.
At that time, 8 of the Northern Expeditionary Army had Wang Jingwei (such as Tang Shengzhi and Zhang Fakui) and those who supported Chiang Kai-shek (He Yingqin, Li Zongren). However, during the infighting in the Northern Expedition military group, the Beiyang warlord Sun Chuanfang made a comeback, catching the Northern Expeditionary Army by surprise. Therefore, under the mediation of the elders of the National Revolutionary Army, the two sides reached a cooperation and once again carried out the Northern Expedition, which history refers to as the Second Northern Expedition.
Northern Expedition military group
In the following time, the two sides launched a large-scale and most influential battle in Longtan, which is known in history as the Battle of Longtan, and the victory or defeat of this battle is about to be decided, and the fate of both sides is about to be determined. In order to win this battle, Sun Chuanfang put all the money on the ground, 60,000 elite troops fought all the way to the outside of Nanjing, the Northern Expeditionary Army could not resist at all, and Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, He Yingqin and others sitting in Nanjing City were not in danger, commanding the Seventh Army, and the First Army counterattacked Sun Bu.
According to historical records: Tens of miles around Longtan, artillery fire covered the sky, flesh and blood were blurred, and the battle was extremely fierce. However, this battle still ended with the Northern Expeditionary Army repelling Sun Chuanfang. The victory in this battle also laid the foundation of the National Government, and sun Chuanfang, the joint commander of the five provinces, has since collapsed.
Sun Chuanfang
Two armies that were able to win the key battles of the Northern Expedition were the ones with the greatest merit and the strongest combat effectiveness in the Northern Expedition military group, namely the First Army formed by Huangpu Sheng and the Seventh Army of the Gui Dynasty. So, do you know who served as the commander of the two armies that contributed the most in the Northern Expedition?
First of all, let's take a look at the First Army of the Northern Expedition Military Group, which was the main force in the Northern Expedition War, and all its members were graduates of Huangpu, and on the soldiers' individual combat ability and officer command ability, they were stronger than several other armies, after all, they had received formal military education, so they had strong combat ability and made many contributions in the Northern Expedition War.
Chiang Kai-shek
Moreover, the first commander of this army was Chiang Kai-shek, who was served by He Yingqin during the Northern Expedition, and in March 1929 Liu Zhi (a fu general in the Northern Expedition War, who made great contributions in the Battle of Longtan and was the most beautiful general in the Northern Expedition and the Central Plains period) served as a military commander for a time. Gu Zhutong of the First Army served in the Central Plains War, and later Hu Zongnan, a protégé of old Chiang Kai-shek, served as the commander of the army. Moreover, Hu Zongnan was also based on the First Army and slowly cultivated his own forces.
The second is the Seventh Army of the Gui Clan, which is the strongest army of the local faction, with the title of Steel Army, which is even fiercer than the Fourth Army of the Iron Army, and the Seventh Army is also the key to the victory of the Longtan Campaign, and Bai Chongxi also won the name of "Little Zhuge Ge" by virtue of this battle. The first commander of the Seventh Army was Li Zongren, the leader of the Gui clan, and the commander of the Seventh Army in the Battle of Longtan was the Gui general Xia Wei. After that, Yang Tenghui, Liao Lei, Zhou Zuhuang, Zhang Gan, Li Ben and other Gui generals all served as commanders of the Seventh Steel Army.