 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kupesana kwakamuka pakati peChinese Communist Party neKMT, izvo zvakatyisidzira Northern Expedition. Wang Jing Wei, uyo akatungamirira shamwari dzoruboshwe dzeKMT, akatora guta reWuhan muna January 1927. Achitsigirwa nomusori weSoviet Mikhail Borodin, Wang akazivisa kuti Hurumende Yenyika yakanga yatamira kuWuhan. Pashure pokutora Nanking muna March, Chiang akamisa nhimbe yake ndokugadzirira kuputsa nechisimba naWang nevatsigiri vake vekomonisiti. Kudzingwa kweCPC nevanopa mazano avo veSoviet naChiang, kwakaratidzirwa neKuponda kweShanghaimusi wa 12 April, zvakatungamirira kukuvamba kweHondo Yenyika yeChina. Wang pakupedzisira akapa simba rake kuna Chiang. Joseph Stalin akarayira bato reChinese Communist Party kuti riteerere vatungamiriri veKMT. Kamwe kupatsanuka uku kwakanga kwaporeswa, Chiang akadzorera Northern Expedition yake uye akakwanisa kutora Shanghai. 