Sun was threatened by the victory of the Northern Expeditionary Army in the two lakes, which made Sun put forward an ultimatum to the Northern Expeditionary Army to return to Guangdong and Guangxi. Attack the Northern Expeditionary Army in two ways at the same time. China * * * production party insisted on concentrating on destroying Sun. On the battlefield in Jiangxi, Nanchang was mainly attacked three times. 1926 Before mid-September, the 2nd and 3rd Army Corps captured Ganzhou, Ji 'an, Pingxiang and Anyuan respectively, and the 6th Army Corps occupied Fengxin and other places. On September 19, the third and sixth legions each entered Nanchang City to repel Sun Jun .. 10 10. At the beginning of October, Chiang Kai-shek was transferred from Wuchang to Jiangxi to personally command the Nanchang campaign. Chiang Kai-shek sent twenty thousand reinforcements. 10 year10.20, invaded Nanchang again, was recaptured by Sun Jun, and was forced to retreat on 2 1 year/0/0.26. When Nanchang retreated, the Northern Expeditionary Army suffered heavy losses. After the victory of the Battle of Tonghu, the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army quickly moved to Jiangxi. At this time, Sun's rear was extremely unstable. It was once ready for peace talks with Chiang Kai-shek. Under the unanimous opposition of China's * * * production party and Soviet advisers, the peace talks failed to come true. The Northern Expeditionary Army then moved eastward from the same area to Jiangxi to pursue Sun.
The General Command of the National Revolutionary Army in Nanxun Campaign summed up the lessons of three failed attacks on Nanchang, because Sun Jun controlled the main trunk line of Nanxun Railway, which was conducive to maneuver. So he decided to concentrate his forces, break the enemy of Nanxun Railway first, and then take Nanchang, and decided to transfer the fourth army from Wuchang to Jiangxi to fight. On June 1 65438+1October1day, the troops of the Northern Expeditionary Army in Jiangxi launched a general attack on Sun's strongholds and carried out the largest Nanxun Campaign in the Northern Expedition, also known as Jiujiang Campaign.
/kloc-in the autumn of 0/926, Major General Gong Xian of the Northern Expedition led the Third Regiment of the Independent Second Division of the National Revolutionary Army to set out from Chengxian County, Hunan Province for the Northern Expedition, crossing Dongting Lake, Xiangjiang River and repairing water, and cooperated with friendly forces to attack Sun, the enemy of Nande Road. Gong Xian led the left-wing circuitous troops. He finished the battle preparation near Shuang Shan, De 'an County, and left the enemy flank 165438 before dawn on June 3 to attack the enemy artillery position. The enemy was defeated in a panic and paid 100 guns and mortars in this battle. Ma Huiling won the first battle.
After the Battle of Ma Huiling, the Second Independent Division pursued the remnants of the enemy along Nande Road. Gong Xian first called the battalion commanders to assign tasks, ordered an emergency March, and asked all the soldiers to carry forward the revolutionary spirit and dare to take the lead. After that, he ordered the troops to start at high speed. Three or five regiments were routed along the road, and our soldiers lost the guns made in Hunan and replaced them with Beiyang guns seized from the routed troops. Gong Xian ordered the propaganda team to tell the enemy to return to Ma Huiling and not to March on our army.
It is about 100 mile from Ma Huiling to Jiujiang. Halfway through the trip, it was nearly midnight, and some battalions and company commanders asked to camp and move on the next morning. Gong Xian ordered the troops to stop along the way, get water on the spot, and catch up with the meal. At the same time, call the battalion commander and company commander to speak and encourage them to make a surprise attack. They must enter Jiujiang before dawn. He said: "This operation may have two results. If you can break into Jiujiang before dawn, you can win. " If we stop to have a rest now and move on tomorrow, the scattered troops in Ma Huiling will definitely enter the city before me. In this way, the enemy of Jiujiang will realize that we are a small army and will take the initiative to meet it. At present, our army is outnumbered and helpless. If we are a little careless, we will be in danger of collapse. In this do or die, I hope everyone can help each other. "General Gong said," Everyone stood up and headed for Jiujiang.
Before dawn, the troops reached the enemy in Huangtuling, Wuhuali, Jiujiang. There is an enemy brigade here. My independent first division fought fiercely with the main force on Nande Road, Husai Bridge, Shahe. Jiujiang is the seat of the joint headquarters of the five provinces of Sun. The enemy didn't expect Gong Xian to lead troops from the path at the foot of Lushan Mountain. Gong took the enemy by surprise and ordered the vanguard troops to go into battle, penetrating into the enemy center in a conical formation and gradually expanding the war zone. Just a few minutes later, the whole enemy line collapsed, and General Gong led the first battalion that had not yet been put into battle to attack the South Station and the wharf. The 1st and 2nd Battalions quickly assembled and followed the 3rd Battalion to sweep the enemy-occupied areas, while the 4th Battalion remained mobile and stood guard at the mouth of the lake.
Sun's headquarters and troops in Jiujiang have been in a mess, and enemy officers scattered around the station and Matou are dragging their children for their lives. Baggage and weapons are everywhere. At this point, the enemy in the solid building in the southwest of the station is still resisting danger. Gong led the first and fourth battalions to storm, which was unacceptable; The temptation to attack again didn't work. Sun hid in a warship in Jiujiang in an attempt to struggle and kept shooting at the shore. The remnants of Zhancheng also took the opportunity to counterattack the Northern Expeditionary Army led by Gong Xian. Gong Xian ordered the 1st and 2nd Battalions to fight back, and sent a platoon to the 3rd Battalion, dragging the artillery dropped by the enemy in Huangtuling to the river and slamming their ships. At the same time, the third regiment and the first battalion organized death squads, sneaked into enemy strongholds in the dark, threw grenades, and finally defeated the recalcitrant enemy. The rest fled the city in the night. Under the bombardment of our artillery, the enemy ships also went down the river. As soon as the enemy's heart collapsed, the whole line immediately fell apart, and the five-province Coalition forces with half of the southeast fell apart.
1926 1 1.5, Gong Xian led his troops to continue sweeping the Jiujiang Concession, capturing all the enemy officers and soldiers hiding in the Concession and monitoring the Concession where foreigners lived. The next afternoon, my follow-up troops and the Fourth Regiment of the Second Independent Division also entered Jiujiang. Thousands of enemies were captured in this battle, and weapons, ammunition and munitions abandoned by the enemy piled up like mountains. On the sixth day after the battle, Chiang Kai-shek, commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army, gave great encouragement when he met the officers of the third regiment of the Second Independent Division alone at Jiujiang Station, saying, "General Gong is a model who is brave and good at fighting and wins by surprise." This passage was engraved in front of Gong Xian's tomb as part of the tombstone inscription after Gong Xian was killed in the Northern Expedition. This is also the testimony of Gong Xian as the hero of Nanxun Campaign. Gong Xian, after two wars in Ma Huiling and Jiujiang, plus his usual teaching, everyone thought that fighting under him was invincible and invincible.
The Northern Expeditionary Army first captured De 'an and Ma Huiling, took control of Nanxun Railway and isolated Jiujiang and Nanchang. Seeing that the situation was not good, Sun fled back to Nanjing.165438+1On October 5th, the Northern Expeditionary Army captured Jiujiang, surrounded Nanchang and occupied Nanchang on the 8th. At this point, the Beiyang army in Jiangxi was completely defeated. The battle of Jiujiang ended the rule of Sun, a direct feudal warlord supported by British imperialism in Jiujiang, and inspired and encouraged the workers and peasants to demand national independence and national unity. 1927 65438+1On October 6th, British soldiers and workers picketed in Jiujiang British Concession, and several workers were seriously injured. Picking up Wu "fainted immediately and was seriously injured." Workers and citizens were angry and shouted "against British soldiers killing people in Jiujiang!" " ""Down with British imperialism! " The slogan rushed to the concession. A group of independent second divisions stationed in Jiujiang intervened, and Jiujiang dock workers and citizens were more powerful. Armed with sticks, they dismantled the barbed wire around the concession and knocked down the iron gate of the concession. 1927 65438+1On October 7th, Gong Xianfeng led the third regiment of the Second Independent Division to take over the British Concession in Jiujiang, maintaining public order.
/kloc-in the spring of 0/927, the Second Independent Division of the Northern Expedition Army started from Fuliang, Pengze and Madang areas and descended along Qimen and Wuhu rivers. On March 2 1 day, I met Chu Yupu's subordinate, Zhumen Town, Dangtu. After a fierce battle day and night, Gu Lv, as the main attack, suffered heavy casualties. He Yaozu, the commander of the Second Independent Division, ordered the third regiment led by Major General Gong Xian, who was originally a reserve team, to go into battle at dawn on March 22, and insert from the enemy's right wing into the enemy's rear. When the main force stormed from the front, the third regiment attacked the enemy's right wing and was countered by the enemy's fifth division, which arrived quickly. The fighting was fierce, and Chen Ying, the battalion commander of the 3rd Regiment and 2nd Battalion, was killed. After the Gongling No.1 Battalion was inserted into the side of the enemy reinforcements, it was attacked on both sides and the whole enemy line collapsed. Gong Xian led the troops to pursue bravely, and the enemy tried to occupy the position of Niushou Mountain not far from Nanjing and continued to fight. Gong Lingbing took advantage of the enemy's unsteady footsteps, slammed and chased him, and then fled when the enemy was exhausted. Gong Xian's troops pursued them and chased the enemy to Nanking on the same day. The enemy's attempt to cross the North failed. General Gong Xian commanded three regiments to stop all the way overnight, confined the enemy to the river, and finally disarmed the enemy. The enemy's fifth division in Shandong has nine infantry regiments, a cavalry regiment and an artillery regiment, more than 10 thousand people, and guns. All the troops are wiped out, leaving only the enemy commander. This battle made the northern warlords tremble with fear, and Zhang Zongchang was furious. In a rage, he cut Bi Shucheng.
The Chief of Staff of the Fifth Division of Shandong Province was appointed by Mr. Gong Xian as the chief of staff and chief of staff of the instructor because of his profound combat skills and outstanding talents, and he could get along well with the officers and men. Gong Xian's eclectic and meritocratic way of employing people encourages soldiers, regardless of their origins, to fight bravely on the battlefield and show their talents.
From March 1927 to March 14, the Second Independent Division was ordered to attack Nanjing. At dawn on June 5438+05, the artillery of the Second Independent Division fired three shots and began to attack Nanjing on all fronts. After several days of fierce fighting, Sun Zhang Zongchang and other main forces were defeated one by one. Then the advance battalion led by Li Ying attacked Nanjing on the night of March 23, and Gong Xian led the third regiment to March overnight. Chasing the enemy at night outside the West Gate with the second regiment where Tao Zhiyue was located, he seized more than 13,000 long and short guns and 96 Shan Ye guns. 1on March 26th, 927, the National Government ordered He Yaozu to be the commander of Nanjing Xu Wei and Gong Xian to be the deputy commander of the Second Independent Division. Thanks to the two great victories in Jiujiang and Nanjing, the Second Independent Division gained great prestige and won great prestige for the whole army. In May, 1927, the Second Independent Division crossed the river from Renxin River and continued northward. Its main force went north along Jinpu Road and fought fiercely with Zhang Zongchang troops in the east and west of Bird Service. Gong Xian was ordered to resist Wan He's direction and cover my main right side. This task is extremely arduous. Because Sun retired to Zhenjiang after Jiujiang's defeat, he was buried in the north and south of the Yangtze River. If we cross the Hebei River, Sun will take me halfway and give us a side attack. Sure enough, Gong Lingbing went from Puzhen to Liuhe. In order to win over the vast area and facilitate mobility, he was surrounded by two divisions and a brigade of Sun as soon as he arrived at the vast area north of Dachang and south of Liuhe. The two sides fought fiercely. Seeing that the enemy was fierce, General Gong gradually adjusted his deployment, taking the battalion as the unit and forming the stronghold according to the village. The whole army formed an inverted shape and echoed each other, constantly making a brief counterattack against the enemy. The enemy bombarded with heavy artillery and the dust flew. The Northern Expedition officials were in flames, filled with smoke everywhere and suffered heavy casualties. General Gong was calm and decisive, and set an example by himself. In case of emergency, he took the guard class wherever he went. He risked his life to command the front line of the battle, constantly sending a small number of troops to attack and contain the enemy, reappearing his heroic military command ability and heroic nature.
A thousand troops are easy to get, but generals are hard to find. Gong Xian led the troops to take the village as a cover, once again winning more with less, and used a regiment's strength to confront the enemy with two divisions and a brigade several times more than himself. They stopped their advance with flexible tactics, fearless enemy fire and fearless fighting spirit, and won valuable time to cooperate with and guarantee our main force to attack the enemy in the north.
Gong Xian led his troops bravely and tenaciously to stop the enemy, fought bloody battles until the reinforcements arrived the next afternoon, joined forces with the reinforcements, defeated the enemy and won the Anti-Japanese War. Gong Xian's troops lost a lot of staff after a bitter battle in Liuhe, and their superiors asked them to stay in Nanjing to make up for it. General Gong insisted on immediate replenishment, refused to stay in Nanjing, joined the main force and continued to pursue the remnants of the enemy. Later, it went up the Long March along Jinpu Road and once reached Fengxian County, Shandong Province, where it was invincible. 1. The three famous battles in the Northern Expedition were Tingsiqiao, Heshengqiao and Nanxun, which swept Sun's army. After the war, General Ye Ting, the fourth army of the National Revolutionary Army, and General Gong Xian, the second independent division of the National Revolutionary Army, fought in the battles of Tingsiqiao and Heshengqiao successively, both of which were commended for their outstanding contributions.
1. Little memories of serving in the Fourth Army said: "The 36th Regiment under the command of Huang Qixiang played well, comparable to the Ye Ting Independent Regiment. Therefore, before hitting Wuhan, with the advice of Chen Keyu and the approval of Chiang Kai-shek, Huang Qixiang and Ye Ting were promoted to the heads of major generals. " Excerpt1989 No.9 Xinhua Digest. "Ye, the head of the independent regiment, and Huang, the head of the 36 th regiment, worked hard for the party and the country and fought bravely. They fought in Liling, Pingjiang, Tingsi Bridge and Heshengqiao, and made outstanding achievements. They all promoted these two members to Major General. I heard that Commander-in-Chief Jiang will soon issue an order. " Excerpted from192665438+1October 2, Guangzhou Republic of China Daily.
2. Nanxun Campaign, also known as Jiujiang Campaign, was the largest of the three major Northern Expeditions. In the battle of Nanxun, Gong Xian led his troops to deploy more with less, which became a classic of the Northern Expedition. 1before dawn on October 3rd, 165438+ attacked enemy artillery positions in Ma Huiling. After the victory of the first battle, the troops marched for hundreds of miles and arrived in Jiujiang before dawn on10.4. They took the enemy by surprise and raided the headquarters of Sun's five provinces, causing the enemy to collapse. On the sixth day after the battle, Chiang Kai-shek, Commander-in-Chief of the National Revolutionary Army, met with the officers of the Third Regiment of the Second Independent Division of the National Revolutionary Army alone at Jiujiang Station and said, "General Gong is a model of bravery, good fighting and surprise." /kloc-in the spring of 0/928, Gong Xian was ordered to lead the army to continue the Northern Expedition. /kloc-On April 3rd, 0/8, Sun Diao retaliated against Sun Ruins in Yutai, Shandong. After his death, Gong Xian's tombstone was engraved with the above words. The body was transported back to Nanjing for burial, and the commander-in-chief personally held a memorial service for it, becoming the "first general who was killed in the Northern Expedition and held a state funeral" in the history of the Republic of China. On June 4th of the same year, Gong Xian was chased as an army general by the Nanjing government. This is also his testimony as a hero of Nanxun Campaign.
Second, the China * * * production party cooperated with the China Kuomintang to form the Guangzhou National Government to start the Northern Expedition, led the National Revolutionary Army to overthrow the rule of the Beiyang warlords, and made contributions to the reunification of the Chinese nation. The Northern Expedition is the inevitable development of China's revolution. At that time, China was divided by warlords, and the people were at war for years, which brought great suffering to the people. The country should be unified, the nation should be United, and the wishes and expectations of the people should be met. The main targets of the Northern Expedition were Zhang, Sun and Wu, three northern warlords who occupied a large area of land in China and were supported by imperialism. During the Northern Expedition, Beiyang government was in the hands of Feng warlord headed by Zhang. Wu's direct warlord occupied Hunan, Hubei, Henan, Anhui, Hebei and Shaanxi provinces and took control of the Beijing-Han Railway. Sun, a rising star of the direct warlord, occupied five provinces in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
Third, General Ye Ting and General Gong Xian were brave and good at fighting in the Northern Expedition, and their prestige was outstanding, which shocked the whole army. They led the troops to be invincible on the battlefield, which frightened the enemy and made them famous in the Northern Expedition.
Speaking of General Ye Ting in the Northern Expedition today, he is a household name and is known as the pioneer of the Northern Expedition. Most people find it strange that General Gong Xian, who mentioned the Northern Expedition War, was unknown at home. Looking through all the textbooks and exhibition pictures about the Northern Expedition in China, there is no record of General Gong Xian in Nanxun Campaign. You should know that the Battle of Nanxun in the Northern Expedition is the Battle of Jiujiang, and Xunxun is another name for Jiujiang City in Jiangxi.