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Mukden.
Such is their chaotic condition. Chang Chung Chang's
troops are all untrained and undisciplined.
Chan Tiu ìuen
of Kiangsu nominally an ally of Sun Chuen Fong, has made definite arrangements with us for co-operation. Im Shix Shan
and Chang Tso-lin originally were not allies.
Im is very
cunning. Ostensively he has allied himself with Chang of
Munden, but in reality he has paid homage to our arm ̧ . If
we take this into account, though our enemies have
500,000 troops, yet in view of the great dis sension and lack unity among them factors which are quite incompatible
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with any desire to co-operate in military operations
they will not be able to do anything, and we have no need
to be afraid of them. As to the distribution of our
enemies' troops, Chang of Mukden has a force of 30,000
北京
奉天
錦州 保定 along the Peking-Mukden Railway (from Kanchow to Paoting)
包頭
and 50,000 or 60,000 at Pautal in the North-west. The
rest of his troops are stationed at Peking and Fengtien.
徐州
Chang of ukden has about 20,000 troops in Tsuchów, 30,000
浦口
in Pukow and 30,000 along the Shensi-Hoichow Railway and
has also a reserve of 30,000; but only o0,000 of these can
河南
fight
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Then we came to Honan. On the 28th of last month, 靳雪鴨 雲顆
吳佩孚
nan Wan Pang was dismissed by Wu Pei-fu. Ostensibly han
was quitted his post, but in reality he has joined the
Revolutionary Army in Honan, and his troops have also united
寇英傑
I it #b 汝勤 with our Revolutionary Army. Kou Ying Kit and wong Yu Wei have asked us to introduce them to join with Im Sik Shan, and the Revolutionary Army in the North-west, and to fight
against Fengtien.
I will now give you an account of the strength
of our National Revolutionary Army. Besides Im Sik Shan's
troops, we have 150,000 in the North-westem Army, and
贵州
also 150,000 in Szechuén and Kweichow, and 200,000, in
廣東
kwangtung,