So Cen Chunxuan immediately wrote a letter to the People's Army stationed in Shaanxi to explain the rebellion of the Mongolian army, and said that he had long been determined to defect to the East China Government, so he hoped that the People's Army could send troops to Lanzhou Prefecture to rescue him. Cen Chunxuan did not mention a single word about the three choices given to him by the East China Government, as if this was not the case at all.

The head general of the People's Army stationed in Shaanxi was Wang Jianping, the commander of the Northwest Military Region. After receiving the letter of help from Cen Chunxuan, he did not dare to neglect it. He immediately sent an emergency telegram to the Qingdao Military Commission to inform the matter and requested the instructions of the Military Commission.

Of course, Wang Jianping also made his own suggestions in the report. Wang Jianping believed that after the Mongolian rebellion, Cen Chunxuan no longer had the strength to control Gansu. Therefore, even if Cen Chunxuan let the bottom of the conditions and surrendered to the East China Government, it was basically impossible to occupy the entire Gansu peacefully, and it was necessary to use force. Moreover, after the Mongolian rebellion, the forces in Gansu were completely divided, and the resistance that was not strong had already reached the bottom. Therefore, the East China Government should change its original resolution according to the changes in the situation and march into Gansu. Then, it was aimed at Qinghai and Xinjiang.

After receiving Wang Jianping's report, the Military Commission immediately informed the Executive Yuan, because the previous decision on the Northwest was to suspend large-scale military operations and try its best to persuade Cen Chunxuan and Zhang Jia VII to surrender Gansu and Qinghai to peacefully occupy Gansu and Qinghai. Now the situation in the Northwest has also undergone major changes, and the decisions of the East China Government should naturally be adjusted. However, if the original resolution is to be changed, only the Executive Yuan can decide. So the Executive Yuan immediately invited an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in the Northwest.

Everyone did not have much objection to changing the resolution. After all, the army changes with the situation. Although the resolution is made, the situation should naturally change. Therefore, a military solution is not impossible. However, the previous question is to make sufficient preparations in the military.

So Xiao Jianjun introduced the current military situation in the northwest region to everyone. During the 4 or 5 months of the armistice, although the People's Army did not conduct military operations, the military preparations have never stopped. First, any negotiations are based on strength and cannot be obtained on the battlefield at the negotiating table. Therefore, maintaining strong force and forming sufficient deterrence to Gansu and Qinghai is a strong guarantee to ensure the smooth progress of negotiations. Second, after taking Shaanxi, the Northwest Military Region can also be officially established, with the headquarters in Xi'an, and will be responsible for the defense of Shaanxi, Gansu, Xinjiang, Qinghai and Ningxia.

In the past few months, the Northwest Military Region has added three field troops, one armored regiment and one motor vehicle regiment directly under the military region, with a total force of about 170,000. In the plan, the Northwest Military Region would have another 2-3 armored trains, but now there is no railway in the northwest region, so it can only be temporarily given up. In the Mongolian War, the performance of Type 08 tanks, armored vehicles, and infantry fighting vehicles has been proved to be basically reliable, and the armored tactics have also been successful. Therefore, the Military Commission added an order for Type 08 tanks and armored vehicles, and decided to have an armored regiment and a motor vehicle regiment in the northwest and central military regions. Now the Mongolian region is classified as the central military region, and since the Northeast Military Region has two armored trains, there is no armored troops for the time being.

Although there is still a shortage of such troops to defend all defense areas in the northwest, after all, the Northwest Military Region has only one defense area, including attacking Gansu and Qinghai, which is sufficient. Moreover, even if Gansu, Xinjiang, Qinghai and other places are occupied in the future, it will not be a matter of overnight. It will be gradually expanded and the construction of the military region will be improved.

In addition, various ammunition, oil, grain, medicine and other military supplies are also quite sufficient, which can support at least a 100,000 war for about half a year. Therefore, it can be said that the conditions for a military offensive are fully met. The only controversy is mainly the handling of Cen Chunxuan.

It can be said that Cen Chunxuan's value to the East China Government has been greatly reduced. Although Cen Chunxuan was very wise and did not mention any conditions, some people still think that it would be better to use the Mongolian power to destroy Cen Chunxuan this time, or let Cen Chunxuan fight with the Mongolian power first. The East China Government will sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight, and wait until they both lose the defeat before cleaning up the mess.

Because although Cen Chunxuan is not very useful now, he has at least a complete army under his command. Although Cen Chunxuan was very wise and did not mention any conditions for surrender, the East China Government accepted his surrender and still wanted to find a suitable location for him to settle. However, it is a troublesome to place Cen Chunxuan. The three conditions mentioned first are definitely not possible. However, Cen Chunxuan still has some strength and cannot be placed too casually. Therefore, it is better to let Cen Chunxuan fight with the Mongolian forces first. Even if Cen Chunxuan was not destroyed by the Mongolian forces, his remaining army would definitely be left. At that time, the East China Government would do whatever arrangement he had.

It turned out that many people in the East China Government were very dissatisfied with Cen Chunxuan's repeated bargaining during the negotiations over the past few months. Therefore, seeing that Cen Chunxuan is in trouble, he doesn't want to help him.

After everyone finished speaking, Xia Bohai pondered for a while and said, "What do you think of Lao Qin?"

Qin Zheng said: "My opinion is a little different. Just now everyone thought that Cen Chunxuan was useless to us, but I think Cen Chunxuan is still useful now. Although Cen Chunxuan has lost control over Gansu, he has been an official in the Gansu area for many years and has trained a new army. Therefore, he has a certain connection base in Gansu, including Xinjiang and Qinghai areas, and is also very familiar with the cultural situation in this area. If he helps, our speed of capturing the northwest region will be greatly improved. Moreover, when we send troops to rescue Cen Chunxuan this time, he will definitely be grateful to us and will only be fully dependent on us in the future. This is still very beneficial to our capture of the northwest region as soon as possible and our rule after the occupation."

Xia Bohai nodded. Qin Zheng's eyes were indeed unique. He could see places that others could not see, and said, "I agree with Lao Qin's opinion on this point. After Cen Chunxuan was defeated by us, he had already been greatly damaged. After the rebellion of Mongolian forces, Cen Chunxuan's strength was actually not much. Even if we save him now and keep his current strength, we can't make a lot of trouble. Even if he is let to be the governor of Gansu or Shaanxi, what can he do? The officials below are all our accompanying people, what can he do? Moreover, we will go to rescue Cen Chunxuan, not only to benefit our capturing of the northwest region and the rule after the occupation, but also to others. There are many local officials of the Qing court in the south, so that they can know that the safety of seeking back to us is guaranteed."

After listening to the theory that Xia Bohai and Qin Zheng said, many people realized the benefits of rescue of Cen Chunxuan to the East China Government, so most people soon supported the rescue of Cen Chunxuan.

So the next day, the Military Commission formally ordered the Northwest Military Region to attack immediately, march into Gansu, and rescue Cen Chunxuan.

After receiving the order from the Military Commission, Wang Jianping, commander-in-chief of the Northwest Military Region, immediately ordered the 16th Field Army to march into Xizhou Prefecture immediately.

The 16th Field Army was established shortly after its establishment, with two divisions, one brigade, a 125mm field artillery regiment and a cavalry regiment. At the same time, the Northwest Military Region also drew the motor regiment directly under the Military Region to the 16th Field Army. The total strength was about 53,000. However, most of the soldiers were recruits, and half of the officers were drawn from the first army of the Northwest Military Region and the 5th Field Army, and the other half were drawn from the Central Military Region and the Northeast Military Region, because these three military regions mainly defended the north, had combat environment, and had training conditions relatively close.

After the Northwest Military Region issued an order, Liu Jianlin, the commander of the 16th Field Army, ordered to divide the troops into two groups, and the 32nd Division attacked from Qinzhou Prefecture to march into Lanzhou Prefecture; the 33rd Division attacked from Jingzhou Prefecture to march into Ningxia Prefecture.

At this time, Cen Chunxuan was living in Lanzhou Prefecture as he was eager to see, because he had received news that the Mongolian forces that captured Xining Prefecture were preparing for war and preparing to attack Lanzhou Prefecture. Now Cen Chunxuan has only one assistant under his command, plus a small number of remaining troops, with a total of more than 6,000 people. Although the troops are not small, weapons, ammunition, food and supplies are basically stored in Xining Prefecture. There is no need to get much supplement in Lanzhou Prefecture, and it will be less if you fight. Moreover, the Mongolian army is basically a cavalry, with strong maneuver power and impact power. Therefore, Cen Chunxuan was not sure to confront the Mongolian army, and could only place his hope on the East China Government.

Seeing that the People's Army finally attacked and entered Lanzhou Prefecture, Cen Chunxuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. The People's Army was here and the safety was finally guaranteed. He hurriedly led the team and went out outside Lanzhou City to welcome the People's Army.

The commander of the 32nd Division is Wang Kuo. He is a naturalized local officer. He has served in the People's Army for more than 7 years. He is considered a veteran. He has participated in almost all the wars since the establishment of the East China Government. He has made many military achievements and has rich practical experience. He is a soldier who has been promoted step by step due to military merits. Moreover, in the army, he first participated in the cultural training class, took off his illiteracy, and learned some cultural knowledge. After being promoted to battalion commander, he also participated in the study of two short-term command training classes and mastered certain military theoretical knowledge. Three months ago, he was also a brigade commander in the 5th Field Army. After the Northwest Military Region established the 16th Field Army, he was transferred to the 16th Field Army as the commander of the 32nd Division.
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