The Battle Course of Jinan Campaign

The Northern Expeditionary Army decided to take 1 troops to attack Jinan, panic in Sun and Zhang Jun south of the Yellow River, and then, with the cooperation of the 2 nd and 3 rd armies, went straight to Beiping, and ordered Herry Liu's 1 troops to divide their troops into Tianbao Village, Dawenkou, and attack Shankou, Taian and Jietou. A part of the Second Corps of chandy besieged Linyi, one was pushed by Xintai to Boshan, and the other was blocked in eastern Shandong. The main force cut off the road (Qingdao to Jinan) through Laiwu, Zhenshan and Longshan towns and attacked Jinan. Most of Ho Yaozu's 3rd Legion attacked Wande and Poplar from Dashe and Dashiqiao. Fang Zhenwu's 4th Army Corps attacked Feicheng from Sunbaizhuang and Chaoyangzhuang, and then attacked Shidian, Xiazhen and Dagang Mountain. Feng Yuxiang's second army, the L Army of Sun Liangcheng, was attacked by Chen Gushan and Dong 'e, and its main force was in Pingyin and Changqing. The 3rd Army and the 37th Division are the general reserves, which are placed near Jiyang for standby. On April 25th, Ho Yaozu ordered his troops to attack Sun and Zhang Jun's positions first. On the 27th, it captured Daoshan, Gushang and Yuchizhuang successively. On 30th, Fang Zhenwu army also captured Feicheng, forcing Sun and Zhang armies to retreat to Jinan. 1 year in may, 2 army 1 army captured Pingyin; Herry Liu's 1 Legion launched an attack from April 24th to 30th, and successively captured Taian, Jieshou and Wande. From 27th to 30th, the 2nd Army Corps successively captured the strongholds near Longshan Town. At this point, Ji Jiao defense has been cut off, and Jinan is surrounded by the Northern Expeditionary Army. Sun and Zhang saw that there was no hope, and led the disabled soldiers to flee in the direction of Texas. On May 1 day, the 37th Division of the 2nd Corps first entered Jinan City, and then the 9th Army of the 1st 1 Corps also entered Jinan. In the Battle of Jinan, the Northern Expeditionary Army captured more than 40,000 people including Sun and Zhang Jun.