How many troops did the "Southern King" Chen have during the Republic of China?

During the Republic of China, Chen's troops reached nearly one million, including three armies, six divisions, eight independent regiments and artillery regiments. In addition, there are four flying brigades, two air force schools and so on. This is a veritable king of the South. During the Republic of China, there were many forces, big and small, in the northeast besides Zhang. Only Nanwang Chen can compete with Zhang Yi. Chen Yuan was originally Chiang Kai-shek's clique, but in the face of Japanese aggression, Chen Yiran turned against Chiang Kai-shek and joined the anti-Japanese team.

Chen was born in a scholarly family, and his father was a scholar in the Qing Dynasty. Disappointed with the imperial court, he returned to the village to open a private school. Chen has been very clever since childhood. At the age of 6, he entered a private school. At the age of 65, he got excellent results in the provincial examination, 438+06. Besides studying well, Chen is honest and loyal, and has a good reputation in the village. There was chaos in China at that time, and old and new forces alternated. Chen Yi wanted to serve his country, so he resolutely interrupted his studies and went to the Army School. ?

After graduating from the army school, Chen came to Guangdong to be the platoon leader of the local army. Because of his outstanding performance, he was quickly promoted to company commander. At that time, Yuan Shikai became the emperor after becoming the president himself. Chen was very angry about this and joined the people of the whole country to crusade against Yuan Shikai. After the failure, the people Chen joined were stationed in Yangjiang to fight bandits. Later, Chen Tangji transferred to Chen Jiongming's team and was promoted to brigade commander. At this time, after years of operation, Chen had a certain number of military forces, which was the basis for his establishment of political power. ?

Chen gained Chiang Kai-shek's trust by fighting in Guangxi. With the support of Chiang Kai-shek, Chen's power grew like a snowball. He took the opportunity to recruit, took Wuzhou as the base camp, and then stationed in Guangdong. Chen put forward a three-year policy plan for building a new Guangdong in Guangdong. He invested heavily in developing industry, agriculture and animal husbandry. With his support, Guangdong flourished, and at this time, Chen's troops also expanded.