Chapter 19: All-out bets (four)

Ma Quanliang sighed, frowned, and thought for a while before saying, "When the Soviets entered Xinjiang, this side has become a place of right and wrong. We should not stay for a long time. However, it is better to telegraph the commander to inform the commander as soon as possible for such a major event, and the commander will decide."

At that time, Ma Hongkui pointed out that Ma Quanliang was responsible for the military command of the Ningma troops in Xinjiang, while Ma Dunjing had the elite spy regiment and assisted Ma Quanliang. For major events, he must be informed in a timely manner.

Ma Dunjing also understood: "Then let me inform my father of the situation of the Soviets entering Xinjiang and the opinions of Liang uncle. Let my father make an idea."

In the border area of ​​Ning and Sui, after receiving Ma Hongkui, who was depressed due to consecutive losses, received a joint telegram from Ma Quanliang and Ma Dunjing, he was sweating in a cold sweat: "Jinger and Junru are in danger."

Ma Hongkui's eldest son was useless, so he poured his hope and effort into his second son Ma Dunjing. Originally, Ma Dunjing and Ma Quanliang led some troops to stay in Xinjiang to leave a way out for Ningma and make a comeback. But now that the Soviets have entered Xinjiang, not only has the originally reserved retreat turned into a dangerous place, Ma Quanliang and Ma Dunjing will also be implicated by Ma Hongkui's killing of the Communist Party, and there is a possibility that they will be liquidated by the Soviets. Although Ma Quanliang and Ma Dunjing still have tens of thousands of troops under his command, it is unlikely that the Soviets will attack Ningma before the People's Army is pacified, but it is unreliable to put hope on the Russians.

After careful consideration, Ma Hongkui urgently shot Ma Quanliang and Ma Dunjing: "Fight for the opportunity to fight independently, the camera will leave the place of right and wrong, and lead the troops to the east as soon as possible at any cost."

Although Ma Hongkui quickly received a reply from Ma Quanliang and Ma Dunjing "performed by orders", he was unable to let go of his concern. Moreover, although Ma Hongkui knew that the Soviets entered Xinjiang, he could not spread the news. First, there was no conclusive evidence, and second, his son and troops were still under the noses of the Soviets, so he could not talk randomly and harm them.

Although Ma Lin and Ma Buqing also reported the situation to Ma Bufang, Qingma was not too worried about the Soviets' entry into Xinjiang because he had not occupied the blood of the Communist Party so far. Instead, he believed that after pacifying the People's Army, he could take the opportunity to gain benefits from Jin Shuren, occupy territory in Xinjiang, and expand his strength.

Several forces in Xinjiang discovered that after the Soviets entered Xinjiang, Ningma and Qingma, who could communicate with the outside world, remained silent because of their own plans. Jin Shuren and Shengshi would not expose their own shortcomings. Others who wanted to report the situation to Nanjing did not lack effective means of communicating with the outside world. The relevant news was "blocked" until the People's Army later revealed it, which aroused the vigilance of the Nanjing authorities and the attention of the world.

After the Soviet army entered Xinjiang in the name of the naturalized army, Jin Shuren urged Sheng Shicai and Abresov to communicate with the Soviet army and strive to launch it as soon as possible so as to regain Dihua and restore Xinjiang as soon as possible.

However, the two Soviet commanders of the pseudonym Dalbut and Bortala clearly informed that the combat operation will not be launched until the end of November at the earliest.

The launch of a battle is not something that can be fought just by wanting to fight. This involves the transportation of materials, the reconnaissance of the enemy situation, the integration of our own forces, and the deployment and development of troops.

At present, although there are more than 30,000 troops in the Wusu area, in the eyes of the Soviet commanders, this belongs to several forces. The Chinese army with poor equipment and worse discipline is not much stronger than the rabble. If you want to make these troops work hard in the future to pacify the People's Army, you must make great efforts to rectify it. However, due to the small calculations of Ningma, Qingma and other companies, the suggestions of the Soviet commanders are difficult to implement. If you cannot do a vigorous rectification, you must integrate it and coordinate combat command? But except for the provincial defense force of Sheng Shicai's troops who are willing to integrate according to the Soviet army's suggestions, Ningma, Qingma, and Ma Zhongying were not enthusiastic, for fear of losing control of the troops.

Of course, in addition to the coordination between troops, it takes time to transfer combat materials from the Soviet Union to Xinjiang, reconnaissance of enemy situations, formulate combat plans, and deploy troops.

"Comrade Consular, based on these situations, it is already very fast for combat operations to be launched at the end of November. I can't do it any faster." The Soviet commander, who was pseudonym Dalbut, sighed and explained to Abresov, Sheng Shicai, and Jin Shuren, "I have reported these situations to the military region, and I believe the military region will respond correctly."

"What did you say? Have you agreed to send troops?" Jin Shuren saw Abresov and Dalbut talking a lot, but he couldn't understand a word, so he hurriedly asked the translator around him.

Before the translator could speak, Abresov conveyed Dalbut's words to Jin Shuren in official words.

Jin Shuren also had a general idea of ​​the situation on Wusu's side. Ning Ma, Qingma, was a guest army, and he suffered a lot of losses in succession of battles, so he couldn't say anything else. Ma Zhongying and Ganiyazi were originally against the Xinjiang authorities, but now it's thankful that he can't make trouble; Yang Zhengzhong is now yelling to go back to Yili...

"All of these soldiers are old men, and they cannot do strong constraints on them, so it's hard." Jin Shuren secretly hated her, but she had no choice but to stop urging her to send troops.

In fact, if Dal Pot thinks, the combat operation will be launched at the end of February next year. By the end of February, although the weather has begun to warm up, the winter has not passed and the ground has not bleed, making it more suitable for combat. At that time, the People's Army's daily necessities will definitely not be left after several months of winter consumption. If the road is blocked with heavy snow, it will be doubled for the People's Army to transport supplementary materials from the rear.

However, if the campaign was launched at the end of February, not to mention that the Xinjiang authorities would oppose it, Moscow and the Central Asian Military Region would not agree. The Soviet army entered Xinjiang in covertly, and the longer it took, the more likely it would be exposed. Don’t forget that the British could have a consulate in Kashgar, southern Xinjiang, and the real situation of the Soviet army entering Xinjiang could not be concealed for 4 or 5 months. Once the relevant situation is made public, the Soviet Union will face tremendous international pressure.

For matters that are related to the overall situation, Velikanov, the commander of the Central Asia Military Region, had already reported to Dalbuter before sending troops, and he naturally knew the benefits. However, what Dalbut did not expect was that the so-called army on Usu was so chaotic. If the troops entered Xinjiang were sufficient, Dalbut could have led the Soviet army alone. But now the troops were not enough. If the military leaders from several sides and had different minds were not in cooperation, it would be impossible to successfully achieve the battle.

In order to straighten out the issue of combat command, Dalbut spent a lot of effort. In the end, with the temptation of the materials and equipment continuously transported from the Soviet Union to the Usu area, Dalbut took more than half a month with the help of Sheng Shicai and Abresov to barely straighten out the command and coordination relationship between the various ministries.

After straightening out the command relationship, the next step is to formulate a specific combat plan. However, Dalbut did not hurry up and waited for the reconnaissance results to convene combat meetings on November 9 to deploy combat plans.

"According to the reconnaissance situation, the People's Army's troops in Xinjiang should be between 50,000 and 60,000, scattered in a vast area starting from Hami in the east, Suilei in the west, Yuanhu in the north, and Luntai in the south. In the face of Suilei to Dihua, between the three Taiwans, the People's Army has more than 20,000 troops, which is also what we need to solve in the first phase of the war. As for the People's Army between Hami and Dihua, other troops will be responsible for restraining and attacking the northern line; the People's Army between the southern line and Turpan to Luntai will be resolved in the second phase of the combat mission after our recovery of Dihua."

In the combat conference room, Abresov, who was temporarily invited to act as a translator for confidentiality, was telling everyone present about Dalbut's combat plan.

"The enemy facing Sui Lei will be under the charge of the Naturalized Army and the Provincial Defense Force, which is also the main attack direction. Other divisions will assist in the attack, and after moving along the Lochren River to the west of the Rijiahaizi, they will divide their troops into four groups to attack Hutubi, Changji, Dihua and Fukang respectively to further restrain and attack the People's Army. Among them, Hutubi is the supplementary Yang Zhengzhong's headquarters, Changji is the headquarters of Ma Buqing, Dihua is the headquarters of Ma Zhongying and He Ganiyazi, and Fukang is the headquarters of Ma Quanliang."

The plan to divide the troops into four groups was discussed with several military leaders in advance, but now after the clear announcement was made, everyone has no objection.

However, Ma Quanliang took the initiative to attack Fukang, because the unit had many cavalry and strong mobility, and fighting Fukang could reduce the difficulties of other units. Ning Ma Yong took on heavy responsibilities, which made Dalbut, Sheng Shicai, Jin Shuren and other military leaders very happy. However, Dalbut, who was not sure, took special care of the number of combat supplies to Ning Ma.

After Yang Zheng's central army recruited some landlord armed forces and bandits, his troops reached more than 5,000 and he was supplemented with materials and equipment. This time he asked him to go to Hutubi, but he had nothing to say.

As for the two divisions of Ma Zhongying and He Ganiyazi attacking Dihua, it was because Ma Zhongying had attacked Dihua several times when he was in chaos in Xinjiang, and was familiar with the situation there. In addition, he added some equipment and supplies to the two divisions. Kim Shuren might have benefited from the post-war benefits. Although Ma Zhongying and He Ganiyazi felt that Dihua was not easy to chew, they reluctantly accepted the task. The remaining Qingma did not object to the order to attack Changji.

"As for the time being launched, it is scheduled to be 10 am on November 28. All departments must move in advance and launch attacks on time."

Seeing that Abresov had conveyed the combat plan to everyone, Jin Shuren stood up and said, "If this battle can be successfully recovered, Jin and the people of Xinjiang will not forget your kindness and will be rewarded. But if you do not do your best and fail this battle, Jin will naturally not be able to do anything good, but your army in the cold will probably not be able to do anything again. Therefore, I hope you will work together to defeat the civilian bandits in one fell swoop."

Kim Shuren felt that he was doing both soft and hard, and he was right. But in fact, the military leaders here were just temporarily associated with Kim Shuren based on different interests, not obeying him. The battle to seize Dihua is about to start, and Kim Shuren's behavior adds a bit of greasiness to everyone here.

After the combat meeting, the military leaders stepped up their deployment of troops according to the combat tasks they received. However, how many of them were willing to work hard for Jin Shuren, but they had to make a big question. At least, Ma Quanliang and Ma Dunjing were ready to leave.

The Xinjiang authorities are stepping up the deployment of troops, and the People's Army is also busy.

The battlefield reconnaissance in this era is not like later generations, with satellites, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft or unmanned reconnaissance aircraft. It can obtain the combat intelligence needed by the opponent without the other party's awareness. In the mid-1930s, even if the great powers equipped the reconnaissance aircraft, they basically rely on the crew to observe the ground situation with their naked eyes and report it to the command center. Moreover, most of the time, sending people to disguise their clothes to reconnaissance was still the most commonly used and effective way to obtain battlefield intelligence.

After the Soviet army entered Xinjiang, it sent planes to the airfield of Dihua to reconnaise the deployment of the People's Army, and also sent people to reconnaise nearby to confirm the relevant targets. In the Mongolian side, it not only sent people to reconnaise the situation between Santang Lake and Yuan Lake in the east, but also sent people to cross the Black Gobi between Mongolia and Gansu, trying to cross Mazong Mountain to the west end of the Hexi Corridor for reconnaissance.

If it was just one or two reconnaissance cases, it should be a common thing between the hostile parties and would not attract the high attention of the People's Army Westward Promenade Group. The problem is that from mid-October to early November, the command center of the Westward Promenade Group actually received a total of 137 reconnaissance cases reported by various departments of the People's Army. Among these reconnaissance cases, except for the 39 spies captured, the rest were aerial reconnaissance. Of course, there must be spies not captured by the People's Army, but the specific number is not clear.

The enemy conducted such frequent reconnaissance in a short period of time, which aroused the high alert of the commanders of the westward group such as Zhang Mingrui, Du Yishan, Chen Zhiyuan and others. Especially after the air defense forces reported that "the radar found that the airspace west of Sui Lei has taken off and landed frequently recently, and the largest formation has exceeded 40", Zhang Mingrui and others easily came to a judgment: the enemy will have large-scale military operations against the People's Army in the near future.

On November 2, after comprehensively reporting the situations reported by various departments, Zhang Mingrui and others held an enemy situation analysis meeting. At the meeting, Zhang Mingrui briefly introduced the recent enemy situation to the main commanders of the Fourth Column and the Seventh Column, and further said: "I have fought with Jin Shuren, Qingma and Ningma in Xinjiang for two years, but I have never seen him as rich as this. He actually has more than 40 aircraft. This can only mean that Jin Shuren has obtained foreign aid. And this foreign aid can basically be confirmed that it was the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union sent troops directly."

Starting from the original Rangers, Zhang Mingrui, Du Yishan, Chen Zhiyuan and others have made rapid progress over the past 10 years by Zhao Zhenzhong's words and deeds. They are not only able to stand alone, but also have keen insights on the battlefield. Among them, Zhang Mingrui is particularly outstanding.

"That's right. If there were so many planes, Jin Shuren would not be driven out of Dihua by us. His half-dead aviation school could not train so many skilled pilots." Chen Zhiyuan nodded in agreement with Zhang Mingrui's judgment.

"However, judging from the captured Mongolian spies, it seems that the Mongolian army also wants to intervene in Xinjiang, and may even threaten western Gansu. This situation cannot be ignored." Du Yishan also added.

"The Mongolian group of people who forget their ancestors have had a lot of friction in Subei in recent years. It just happened to take this opportunity to teach them a lesson so that they could not cause trouble." Hu Zhicheng, deputy captain of the Fourth Column, said angrily.

After Xu Shuzheng recovered Mongolia, due to the outbreak of the Zhi-Anhui War in the country, the Chinese government's troops stationed in Outer Mongolia decreased, and the Allied countries' interference in the Soviet Union has not yet ended, and the forces in Mongolia are complicated. Among them, some advocate relying on Belarus, some advocate relying on the Soviet Union, some are willing to remain under the jurisdiction of the Chinese government, and some are willing to cooperate with Japan.

The result of the struggle was that the Soviet side won the victory, and the other side naturally had no good results. Among them, there was a man named Danbi Jianzan, the legendary Black Lama, who led a part of the Mongols who opposed the Soviet regime to settle down in the Mazongshan area in Subei.

Later, the black lama trained soldiers and plundered the passing merchants, intending to overthrow the Mongolian Soviet regime. The Mongolian government naturally could not tolerate such a force, so it sent troops across the border and penetrated the black lama and wiped out the black lamas. However, in the operation to eliminate the black lamas, the Mongolian army did not let go of the people in the Subei area, and plundered a large amount of money and livestock, and took more than 200 herdersmen to Mongolia.

The matter should have been settled after the black lama was eliminated, but later, due to the elimination of opposition in Mongolia, the elimination of lamas and the rich class, and agricultural collectivization movements, many people who were unable to survive in Mongolia secretly crossed the border to Subei. These people who moved to Subei were full of resentment towards the Mongolian Soviet regime, while those who supported the Soviet regime in Mongolia regarded their compatriots who fled to Subei as "heretics". Both sides often carried out plundering operations similar to ancient "threshing grass".

Of course, because of the warlords fighting in China at that time, no one cared about the situation in Subei, and the Mongolian people who came to China to plunder could be condoned and supported by their government. Even the Mongolian government sent troops to plunder in Subei for 32 years, which formed the root cause of the suffering of the people in Subei.

The situation of the people in Mongolian crossing the border to Subei continued until the People's Army controlled this area and was calmed down after establishing a border defense position in Mazong Mountain. However, the people in Mongolia often created friction in the border areas due to their long-term psychological advantages, and even provoked the People's Army. They only restrained themselves after learning a few lessons. This time, Mongolia dispatched troops to participate in combat operations against the People's Army, including previous frictions.

"Whether to fight or not, it will take the decision of the teacher. However, we can report our opinions and determination to the teacher, and attach our combat plan to the teacher, and make the decision of the teacher." Zhang Mingrui suggested.

"I think it's OK." Chen Zhiyuan nodded in agreement.

"I agree." Du Yishan said.

...

On November 3, when Zhao Zhenzhong saw the long power sent by the Xijin Group Command, he was in an extremely heavy mood.

Zhao Zhenzhong originally wanted to completely resolve Xinjiang next summer. At that time, there would be a Spanish civil war in the west, and Japan would increase its troops in the northeast and North China in the east. Under the restraint of the Soviet Union, it would be impossible for the People's Army to interfere with the People's Army to resolve the Xinjiang issue. Now, the Soviet Union has not only intervened in Xinjiang, but also sent troops in person, which would force the People's Army to confront the Soviet Union early.

Now the Northwest has just started to make efforts. Although construction in all aspects is far ahead in China, it is incomparable in many aspects compared with the Soviet Union, which is implementing the second five-year plan.

From the Soviet Union to the present, the proportion of illiterate people aged 8 to 50 in the Soviet Union has dropped to about 20, and industrial workers have reached 22 million by 33 years, and a relatively complete industrial system has been established, and the scale is also expanding.

The Northwest Base has been in development for less than five years. Although various methods have been adopted to promote development, the total population in the controlled area is less than 10 million, and most of them are illiterate.

Due to these basic factors, although due to the existence of Zhao Zhenzhong and the others, the future development direction of the Northwest is clear and technical information is sufficient, and a shortcut has been taken, it is still impossible to compete with the Soviet Union in the short term.

According to Zhao Zhenzhong's estimate, according to the current development situation in the northwest, even if the control area is expanded, the population will double. If you want to gain a certain advantage in the confrontation with the Soviet Union alone, you will have to develop for at least another 5 or 6 years.

These are based on overall strategic considerations. As for the current situation in Xinjiang, Zhao Zhenzhong does not want to fight in winter. In winter, the negative impact of severe cold weather on the People's Army will be greater than the impact on the Russians. After all, the Russians have lived in such an environment since childhood, which is incomparable to the People's Army.

In addition to the weather, the logistics transportation conditions of the two sides are also quite different. Since the Turkish-Xiangxi Railway was opened in 1931, the Soviet Union used railways to connect Siberia, Central Asia, and the European region of the country. Through these railways, it is very convenient for Soviet materials to be transported directly, and it can even reach directly near the Ili River Valley and Sussek Lake. From these two places, you can reach Ili and Tacheng in Xinjiang, respectively, and then connect with highways in Xinjiang.

Although the People's Army has used a lot of manpower and material resources and made sufficient preparations before, due to the short time, the only sections of Lanxin Railway can be opened to traffic. The transportation of other sections of roads also depends on cars and rubber wheel trucks. Of course, after the People's Army entered Xinjiang, it also used manpower and material resources to convert the two roads south of the Tianshan Mountains into automobile roads on the basis of the original roads, so that cars can be unobstructed from Hami through Shanshan, Turpan and other places to Dihua, as well as from Turpan through Tokson, Yanqi and other places to Luntai.

Now, the Soviet Union has a strategic advantage and logistics material transportation is more convenient; while the People's Army now has advantages in Xinjiang's military strength and combat advantages brought by technical equipment. Zhao Zhenzhong believes that with the troops and equipment of the Westward Advance Group, it is safe to annihilate the enemies in Xinjiang, including the Soviet army.

But the problem is that if you fight with the Soviet army now, even if you win, the People's Army will face unprecedented pressure in the first half of 36 years. But now it is not the People's Army that wants to fight, but Jin Shuren colludes with the Soviet army. The Mongolian army wants to fight the People's Army, but the People's Army cannot give in now. Otherwise, not only will the results of fighting in Xinjiang be gone, but the Soviet army will be entrenched in Xinjiang. Even if the Jinsui Army, Yang Hucheng's troops, Northeast Army and other forces around the base area are likely to attack the base again, and the overall external environment of the northwest base area will be aggravated and deteriorated.

After receiving the telegram from Xijin Group, Zhao Zhenzhong locked himself up and measured various pros and cons. By the early morning of November 4, Zhao Zhenzhong, who had carefully considered it, gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "**, I dare to come to me to ask for wildfire, I will let you go without a reply."

After a hurry to have breakfast, Zhao Zhenzhong notified Tian Yunyi, Gu Haichuan, Yang Tianming, Li Yunshan, Jiang Yishan, Zou Degui, Zhang Gongyuan and others to hold an interim meeting of the Central Committee and alternate members of the Northwest People's Party. Zhou Anshu was about to give birth, and Zhang Mingrui and Du Yishan were not present because they were in Xinjiang.

After informing the situation in Xinjiang, Zhao Zhenzhong said with a solemn expression: "The Soviet and Mongolian army are in harmony with the Jin Shuren authorities in Xinjiang and are about to launch an offensive against our westward group. Everyone knows more or less the strength of the Soviet Union over the years. Overall, the enemy is strong and we are weak, but this battle is inevitable. This will be an unprecedented test that our party and our army have faced since its founding."

These few short sentences contain several meanings. However, without allowing everyone to think carefully, looking at Tian Yunyi, Gu Haichuan and others with solemn expressions, Zhao Zhenzhong said again: "The enemy has come to the door, and we cannot retreat, nor can we retreat. Otherwise, the surrounding monsters and gods may collude with the enemy forces in Xinjiang to launch a new attack on the base area. This will disrupt our work deployment. In order to avoid adverse situations, I suggest that the base area as a whole enter a limited mobilization state and pull the relevant people and personnel in the name of exercises."

Zhao Zhenzhong's previous introduction to the situation and current explanations have made everyone fully understand the seriousness of the situation. Everyone present raised their hands to pass the proposal of limited mobilization.

"Sir, how sure are we to fight?" Tian Yunyi asked worriedly.

No matter how successful or defeated this battle, it will have a profound impact on the base area. It goes without saying that there are many benefits to win. But if it is defeated, the base area will lose such an elite force as the Xixing Group, and the other will increase, the surrounding hostile forces and a few dissatisfied people in the area will definitely jump out to attack again, and the millions of victims who are transferred and resettled into the base area will be difficult to digest and become a heavy burden. Tian Yunyi is now responsible for the government affairs of the northwest base area, and he cannot ignore these serious consequences.

"Don't worry, I won't bet at all." Zhao Zhenzhong eased for a moment and explained, "We are at least 80% sure if we only deal with the enemy in Xinjiang. What I am worried about is the Soviet Union's reaction after we win. Therefore, if we find a way to make the Soviet Union suffer, we can't speak out even if we react. Having occupied so much of our territory and provoked Mongolia's division, it's time to vomit out."

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