<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiang_Kai-shek" id="mwARw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chiang Kai-shek">Chiang Kai-shek</a> accepts the post of commander-in-chief of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Revolutionary_Army" id="mwAR0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="National Revolutionary Army">National Revolutionary Army</a>, marking the beginning of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Expedition" id="mwAR4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Northern Expedition">Northern Expedition</a> to unite <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912–1949)" id="mwAR8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">China</a> under the rule of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalist_government" id="mwASA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nationalist government">Nationalist government</a>.<sup about="#mwt62" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-10"}}' id="cite_ref-10" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./July_9#cite_note-10" id="mwASE" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 10;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwASI">[10]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt66" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-11"}}' id="cite_ref-11" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./July_9#cite_note-11" id="mwASM" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 11;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwASQ">[11]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-10"><cite about="#mwt59" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFWilbur1983">Wilbur, C. Martin (1983). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hHrQKIKvZK8C" id="mwBzA" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwBzE">The Nationalist Revolution in China, 1923-1928</i></a>. <a href="./Cambridge" id="mwBzI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cambridge">Cambridge</a>, England: Cambridge University Press. p.<span id="mwBzM" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>56. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwBzQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwBzU" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/9780521318648" id="mwBzY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/9780521318648"><bdi id="mwBzc">9780521318648</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt59" class="Z3988" id="mwBzg" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Nationalist+Revolution+in+China%2C+1923-1928&amp;rft.place=Cambridge%2C+England&amp;rft.pages=56&amp;rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&amp;rft.date=1983&amp;rft.isbn=9780521318648&amp;rft.aulast=Wilbur&amp;rft.aufirst=C.+Martin&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DhHrQKIKvZK8C&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJuly+9"></span></span>