The Northern expedition is pected to comnience within a few days, the inaugural act being the departure of General Chiang Kaishek from Nanking to Hsochowfu, which he will make his military headquarters. Hereafter, General Chiang is expected to remain at the front with the troops a good part of the time.
At Paotingfu is General Yang 'Vu-ting, who commands the Fengtien army which is defending northern territory. against both Marshal Feng Vu-hsiang and General Yen Hsi-shan, This army will fight in Northern Shansi and Honan, They can retreat into Chihli' and Charhar. Their immediate objective is to drive Feng Vu-hsiang back into Shensi and Yen Hsi-shan out of Shansi.
At Tsinanfu is Marshal Sun Chuan-fang whose army has been completely" reorganized and re-equipped. He is no longer associat with Marshal Chang Chung-chang but is in complete command. He witl-be faced with the problem of keeping both Feng Vu-hsiang's and Chiang Kai-shek's armies out of Shantung. His immediate ob-Jective is to occupy Northern Kianging his troops to the North of the Yangtze and endanger-a Nanking.
At Hauchowfu - will be Gen-oral Kai-shek and a large part of the Nationalist army—all that Nanking can control. The immediate objective is to reach Peking along the Tientsin-Pukow Line. This army will take the offensive and will be supported by "Marshal Feng Yuslang along the Lunghai Railway.
'At' Kaifeng is Feng Vu-hsiang. His forces are still an unknown quantity but are reputed to Lo much better than those of Nanking in discipline and fighting ability. This army is being financed by Nanking but is directly under the "Christian" general. The objective is Peking along the Kinh: line and secondarily alonz the Ti tsin-Pukow Line. In ease of defeat, this army will retreat into Shens! and Kannew.
At Taiyuanfu is General Yen Hai-shan who has lost Chathar and a part of Shansi and who is tow believed to be somewhat Iuke~ warm with regard to his alliance ind) with both Marchal Feng and General Chiang Kai-Nevertheless, he is continuing in the fight against Peking. His objective ig. also Peking along the Peking Suiyuan Line and along the Kinhan line, In the event of failure, ho must depend upon Marshal Feng. Vu-hsiang to permit him to retreat into his Turkestan territory or he Into to Peking.
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