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| 1926, March 20 |
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| The gunboat Zhongshan, commanded by a Communist, was seen near Jiang Jieshi's headquarters. On the pretext that he was to be kidnapped, Jiang arrested the crew and 30 Soviet advisers in the city of Guangzhou. He and Borodin later (April) worked out an arrangement. | 1 |
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| July–Aug |
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| The northern expedition of Jiang Jieshi's National Revolutionary Army, with the aid of Soviet general Vasili Blyukher (1889–1938, then using the name Galen), followed the old Taiping route from Guangdong through Changsha in Hunan (July 11) to Hankou (Sept. 6) and Wuchang (Oct. 10, captured on the 15th anniversary of the Republican Revolution). | 2 |
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| Nov |
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| Having taken Nanchang, Jiang set up his base, while the Communists and leftist members of the GMD established a base in Wuhan. | 3 |
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