In Kuomintang circles there is ble anxiety over the fact shal Feng rushed so far} general Chiang Kai-shek.
Originally they were to move in two separate columns, Feng along the Kin-han tino and Chiang ong the Tientsin-Pukow. line. When the left column of General Chianz's troops was severely defeated by Marshal Sun Chuan-fang in the early fighting, Marshal Feng took advantage of the situation to rush to General Chiang's assistance. He captured Tsining, effected a union with Genera} Chang Fa-kuei's 4th Army, and then moved forward with Tsinanfu as his goat at a pace with which General Chiang could not pos-bibly Keep up. In Kuomintang circles, there are fears that Marshal Feng may be planning to act buffer between Nanking and Ped which will make him more powerful than cither. General Chiang' advance can now be only through Marshal Feng's lines,
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