I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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In this regard, Jiang Weiguo and Tang Enbo are as dumb as Hu Zongnan and eat coptis. Even if they end up with Chiang Kai-shek, they can't "get justice" because Chen Mingren is from Jiang Weiguo. Of course Chiang Kai-shek will not punish Chen Mingren. Those ordnance supplies were needed, so Chiang Kai-shek turned a blind eye.

The 17th Division marched all the way from Shanxi to Shaanxi, and by the way made a fool of themselves.

Relying on this method, the ordnance, ammunition and military supplies of the 17th Division have been greatly enriched, and the combat readiness and supplies are therefore more sufficient.

On the evening of August 8th, the 18th Division officially set off from Xi'an. In order to keep it secret, the whole division traveled day and night, and used the designation of the 17st Army of the 34th Army in the South of Hu Zong to the outside world.

The division's more than 200 officers and soldiers, some riding cars, some riding horses, and some riding bicycles, headed west at full speed, taking turns to rest, changing people without changing cars, and people without stopping. They marched more than [-] kilometers in three days. Shaanxi Province entered Gansu Province and arrived in Tianshui in the southeast of Gansu Province. The Majiajun's response troops were already waiting here.

The Ma family army has been occupying the three provinces of Ningxia, Gansu, and Qinghai in the northwest all the year round (it has also expanded to neighboring provinces such as Xinjiang and Tibet). The Four Horses of the Northwest", however, because Ma Buqing's real power has been emptied by Ma Bufang, so it is sometimes called the "Three Horses of the Northwest".

Ma Bufang and Ma Buqing's territory is mainly in Qinghai Province, and also controls a small part of Gansu Province and Tibetan areas. Ma Buqing and Ma Bufang are brothers; Ma Hongkui's territory is mainly in Ningxia Province (Ningxia Province at this time is much larger than later generations. Including the western region of Inner Mongolia in later generations), Ma Hongbin's territory is mainly in Gansu Province (Gansu Province is not completely Ma Hongbin's territory, the Nationalist Government occupies the main ruling power in Gansu Province, Ma Hongbin only has a share, and part of his power is in Ningxia Province, but was excluded by Ma Hongkui), Ma Hongkui and Ma Hongbin are not brothers, their fathers are brothers.

Regarding Ma Jiajun, Chiang Kai-shek basically did not carry out any attack. Firstly, he was beyond his reach and lacked the skills to separate himself. Second, Ma Jiajun did not oppose Chiang Kai-shek. Thirdly, Ma Jiajun’s political intention was to defend his one-acre-three-point land.

Ma's army does not oppose Chiang Kai-shek, does not oppose the national government, and does not have the political ambition of the Guangxi family to ask the central government or even replace Chiang Kai-shek. Moreover, the Ma family's army has always actively followed Chiang Kai-shek to "suppress the Communist Party." Take the default attitude.

However, on the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore. As the leader of a country, Chiang Kai-shek cannot tolerate this situation going on forever, and his goal at this time is to substantially unify the country.

Ma Buqing and Ma Hongbin from the "Four Horses" were the Majiajun personnel who responded to the 17th Division. Ma Bufang and Ma Hongkui did not come. The younger brother became a puppet. This time, the elite division of the Nanjing Army marched into the northwest, and it was inevitable that "the comers were not kind." To show grandeur, after all, my brother is very important in name, and secondly, if there is something wrong, it is also Ma Buqing's bad luck; Ma Hongkui is the same as Ma Bufang. Most of the power is in Gansu, and he is still the chairman of Gansu Province at this time. As a "landlord" in Gansu, it is obviously unreasonable not to show the "landlord friendship" to the central army passing through Gansu.

After some polite remarks that neither side took seriously, Chen Mingren went straight to the topic: "Supervisor Ma (Ma Buqing, at this time, the traffic supervisor of the Hexi Corridor, responsible for building the roads in the Hexi Corridor), Chairman Ma (Ma Hongbin), Ning Ganqing dispatched How many people?"

"Four cavalry brigades!" Ma Buqing replied, "3 cavalry!" He then added, "They are all elites who have experienced many battles. In preparation, all will be in place within the scheduled deadline!"

Chen Mingren nodded: "Thanks for your hard work!" Then he took a car and inspected the four cavalry brigades of Ma's army gathered in the suburbs of Tianshui. They were indeed elite, with strong horses, sturdy cavalry, and satisfactory equipment. There are many, but light weapons are readily available.

"It seems that Sima didn't fool us!" Feng Shengfa breathed a sigh of relief.

"Of course!" Chen Mingren snorted softly, "Second Young Master paid a lot of money!"

The Northwest and Xinjiang are naturally ideal stages for the cavalry to flex their muscles (and also the ideal stage for the armored forces, just like Rommel in North Africa, but the Nanjing Army currently does not have that capital), so in order to prevent this military expedition to Xinjiang from being opposed by the Ma family army Or obstructed, with the cooperation of the Ma's army, the assistance of the Ma's cavalry, and the Ma's army's provision of pack animals and cattle and sheep for meat, Jiang Weiguo did spend a lot of money, feeding the four horses with millions of dollars, and invited the Ma's army to dispatch "effective troops" to assist The Nanjing Army, in order to prevent the Ma’s army from cutting corners, shoddy, and perfunctory with the old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled, Jiang Weiguo offered an additional reward. The more cavalry troops dispatched by the Ma’s army killed the enemy on the battlefield, the more financial rewards the four horses would get. (An enemy head is worth fifty dollars).

Obviously, if the four horses used old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers to perfunctory, they would definitely not be able to earn more money from Jiang Weiguo on the battlefield, so they all dispatched elite troops (certainly not all of them).

The four cavalry brigades, two from Ma Bufang and Ma Buqing (actually from Ma Bufang), one from Ma Hongkui and one from Ma Hongbin, are all brave and powerful.

The [-]-and-a-half-mechanized Nanjing Army, together with the [-] elite cavalry of the Ma's Army, naturally greatly increased the odds of defeating Xinjiang in one fell swoop.

In the Hexi Corridor, horseshoes are rumbling, and the army is like a flood.

Chapter 432 September Storm (6)

Under the Qilian Mountains, Yumen Oilfield.

At this time, there were mainly four oil fields being exploited in China. One was the Yanchang Oil Field in northern Shaanxi, which was the first oil field in China, and the other was the Dushanzi Oil Field (Karamay Oil Field) in Xinjiang, which was controlled by Sheng Shicai and the Soviet authorities. A small part), the third is the Yumen Oilfield in Gansu, and the fourth is the Shengli Oilfield in Shandong.

Before Shengli Oilfield, Yumen Oilfield was the only oilfield controlled by the National Government (Jiang Weiguo), so it was highly valued.

After three years of hard work by Jiang Weiguo, the Yumen Oilfield located in the hinterland of the Gobi has developed into a small but not small oil city (perhaps it is more appropriate to call it an "oil town") and a petrochemical base. The annual output of oil is about 70 tons. For China as a whole, this figure is obviously just a drop in the bucket, but it is better than nothing. The most important thing is that Yumen Oilfield not only produces precious oil for China, which is in short supply of oil, but also cultivates The cradle of China's petroleum technicians, petroleum technicians are more valuable than oil itself.

Yumen currently has a population of more than 100, one-third of whom are soldiers, military police, police, and special agents. The remaining [-] people are oil experts (including more than [-] German oil experts), oil workers, and others. Some are educated young people who have signed up to work here and learn chemical technologies such as exploration, mining, refining, manufacturing, and production of petroleum.

This young China Petroleum City can be said to be "although the sparrow is small, it has all internal organs", including oil production fields, processing plants, power plants, military camps, dormitories, hospitals, schools, shops, libraries, scientific research institutes, post offices, dance halls, restaurants. , hotels, gas stations... all kinds of facilities are available, and there is even a medium-sized airport.

Right now, sand and rocks are flying on Yumen Airport, and the sound of trumpets is shaking the sky. Thousands of soldiers are working hard. They are all engineers from the 17th Division. Task.

The war is imminent, and the importance of building an airport is needless to say. Xinjiang is more than 150 kilometers west of Yumen, and Yumen Airport will be the frontier airport for the Nanjing Army's expedition to Xinjiang.

Amidst the flying dust, waves of Junkers transport planes of the Chinese Air Force arrived roaringly, unloading a large number of Air Force personnel, as well as a large amount of equipment, weapons, machine parts and other ordnance materials without stopping.

The general manager of Yumen Oilfield is Sun Yueqi, a famous social activist and industrialist, one of the founders of China's energy industry, and one of the top leaders of Jiang Weiguo's "China Energy Corporation".

After Chen Mingren, Feng Shengfa and other senior generals flew to Yumen, Sun Yueqi hurriedly greeted them in person. The Nanjing Army was on an expedition to Xinjiang, and Yumen would naturally be able to undertake important logistical supplies for the Nanjing Army. Of course, Yumen had no other supplies. The gasoline, diesel, and kerosene extracted can just solve the urgent needs of the Nanjing Army in fuel transportation, and have the effect of being close to the water.

"General Chen, General Feng, you have worked hard!" Sun Yueqi said with full respect, "Your expedition to Xinjiang and regaining the lost land are really contemporary Zuo Gong! I have received instructions from the second son, and I will fully cooperate with you! Nothing else Dare to say, at the very least, your planes, tanks, and cars definitely have enough fuel!"

Chen Mingren and Sun Yueqi shook hands tightly: "Then I will trouble you!"

The Nanjing Army’s expedition to Xinjiang, although the troops tried their best to keep secrets, leaked the news inevitably. After all, the journey was too far away. From Xi’an to Dihua (Urumqi), the distance was more than 2000 kilometers, and it was impossible not to leak the traces. As far as troops are concerned, on the way westward, the biggest trouble is the shortage of drinking water. Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, as well as tens of thousands of horses, donkeys, mules, cattle, sheep, and camels, need to drink a large number of water every day. The climate in Northwest China is arid , There are few rivers and lakes, even if there are water sources, most of them are saline-alkali bitter water that is difficult to swallow or even harmful to human body.

This was also Zuo Zongtang's biggest trouble when he went west to Xinjiang.

It is very difficult to replenish drinking water along the way. If enough drinking water is carried, it will inevitably greatly increase the burden of transportation.

On this issue, the Nanjing Army adopted a special method to solve it. One is to carry a lot of drinking water and not use it until the critical time, and the other is "self-produced and sold".

After leaving Xi'an, all officers and soldiers of the 17th Division received an order from Chen Mingren: "Starting from me, no one is allowed to urinate anywhere!"

The officers and soldiers were very surprised, and soon understood that the military logistics department had prepared more than 1000 water filters in advance. The urine of the officers and soldiers was collected, filtered through the water filters, and then distributed to the officers and soldiers for drinking. (The livestock urine is filtered and given to the livestock to drink).

Looking at the yellow drinking water that was distributed in their hands and exuding a faint smell of urine, the officers and soldiers couldn't drink it.

Zhang Yun, commander of the 18th Brigade, smiled wryly, "No way? You actually want to drink urine? It's disgusting!"

The deputy brigade commander Cheng Kang joked next to him: "Actually, what's more disgusting than this is that you don't know who pissed on what you're drinking now.

Drinking your own urine, barely acceptable, drinking other people's urine..."

Chen Mingren poured a large glass of urine filtered through the water filter, and then drank it down in front of all the officers of the division without changing his face, and finally said with a stern expression: "Our expedition, whether it is Northwest China or Xinjiang are both suffering from drought and water shortage, so it is necessary to do so! If we don’t save water, we will die of thirst, how can we fight wars? This water filter can recycle our urine, and it has been scientifically tested Yes, the substances in the urine that are harmful to the human body are basically filtered out by it. Therefore, although the final "urine" is unacceptable psychologically, it is indeed drinkable! I drank it all, and you all still drink it! What are you doing in a daze? Soldiers are not even afraid of death, but afraid of drinking urine? What's more, this is not real urine, it is already drinkable water!"

Zhang Yun was the first to respond loudly to Chen Mingren: "The military seat is right! Brothers, cheers!" He also drank it down.

Some of the officers drank it calmly, some with a wry smile on their faces, some looked difficult, and some were helpless, but they all drank.

From top to bottom, army commanders, division commanders, brigade commanders, and regimental commanders all lead by example and drink. Naturally, there is no reason for middle and grassroots officers and soldiers not to drink too.

Relying on the "recycling" and "self-produced and sold" water filters, the army's water shortage problem has been greatly solved.

Afterwards, Zhang Yun quietly asked Feng Shengfa: "Master, which bastard invented this wicked and smoking water filter?"

Feng Shengfa laughed and said, "It's really a bastard, because the inventor is a Japanese named Shiro Ishii!"

The water filter used by the Nanjing Army is the "Ishii-type water filter" invented by Shiro Ishii. In order to solve the problem of water shortage, Jiang Weiguo racked his brains and thought of this thing, and then asked the Japanese for this invention.

Shiro Ishii is naturally a demon with no conscience, heinous crimes, and destined to go to hell after death. However, he does have several inventions that do not smell of blood, and the Ishii-type water filter is one of them.

In the original history, this kind of water filter played a major role in the Japanese battle of Iwo Jima, because Iwo Jima was also extremely short of fresh water, relying on this kind of water filter to filter urine and sea water, the Japanese soldiers guarding the island solved the problem of drinking water. Right now, this water filter has also played a major role in the Nanjing Army's expedition to Xinjiang.

On September 9, following Zuo Gongliu, which was formed by Zuo Zongtang while fighting and planting trees, the vanguard of the 8th Division arrived at Xingxing Gorge, which is known as "the first throat town in the east gate of Xinjiang".

Xingxing Gorge is not a canyon, but a pass. It is the dividing point between Gansu and Xinjiang, and it is also the only place to enter Xinjiang from the Hexi Corridor. , The dangerous rocks and cliffs on both sides can be called "one man guards the gate, ten thousand men cannot open it", the terrain is very dangerous.

The enemy guarding Xingxingxia was not the army of Xinjiang warlord Sheng Shicai, but the Soviet army.

The designation of this Soviet army is "The Eighth Regiment of the Soviet Red Army", which is actually the size and organization of a brigade, and it is a mechanized brigade with a complete range of arms, except for infantry, cavalry, motorcycles, engineers, communications, and heavy troops. There is also an artillery battalion, a tank company, equipped with more than 100 aircraft, rifles, machine guns, tanks, armored vehicles, artillery, and anti-aircraft guns. A total of about 3000 people.

This Soviet army blatantly stationed on Chinese territory was the product of Sheng Shicai's confession of a thief as his father and the introduction of wolves into his house.

After seizing the ruling power in Xinjiang in 1933, Sheng Shicai immediately threw himself into the arms of the Soviet Union in order to expand his power and claim the kingship. The "Cooperation" treaty allowed the Soviet Union to infiltrate and control Xinjiang, and he himself was regarded by the Soviet authorities as an agent to rule Xinjiang, so he received a large amount of assistance from the Soviet Union and became the son emperor under the support of the Soviet Union.

In order to prevent the forces of the national government from entering Xinjiang, Sheng Shicai asked the Soviet Union to send troops to station in Xinjiang. Stalin readily agreed and sent the Eighth Regiment into Xinjiang in the spring of 1938, stationed in Xingxing Gorge, the "East Gate" of Xinjiang. "door dog" to prevent the national army from advancing westward to recover Xinjiang.

However, both Stalin and Sheng Shicai knew that this move would be shameful, so the Eighth Regiment of the Soviet Army did not play the banner of the Soviet Army, but pretended to be the "Eighth Cavalry Regiment of the Naturalized Army".

The so-called "naturalized army" refers to a large number of anti-Soviet Russians, including many Russian soldiers, who fled into China after the Soviet-Russian Red-White Civil War, mainly to the Northeast and Xinjiang. Incorporate and become mercenaries who obey their orders.

If the Nanjing Army wanted to eliminate Sheng Shicai and regain Xinjiang, it had to pass through the Xingxing Gorge, but if it wanted to pass through the Xingxing Gorge, it had to "deal" with the Eighth Regiment of the Soviet Army.

"Sheng Shicai already knew we were coming!" At the meeting, Chen Mingren said, "It's not surprising. We have traveled more than 2000 kilometers to the west, and we have marched for more than half a month. Unless he is blind, deaf, or foolish, it is impossible for him not to notice. at this point!"

"Junzuo, what is Sheng Shicai's attitude and reaction?" Feng Shengfa asked.

Chen Mingren said: "Sheng Shicai eagerly sent a telegram to Wuhan, asking why the Central Army mobilized a large army to approach Xinjiang. Chen Cheng replied to him, saying that our army was only going to the northwest for reclamation. Knowing it well, Chen Cheng hinted to him that Xinjiang is the land of China, and foreign enemies are not allowed to touch it all the time. If he is sincerely loyal to the party and state, he will expel all the Soviets in Xinjiang. Naturally, the central government will not treat him badly. If he is stubborn If you are spiritual and resist the overall situation, the consequences need not be said.

Whether to be the second Longyun or the second Qiaobasan is up to him to choose!" Chen Mingren paused, "Sheng Shicai didn't reply for a long time.

In fact, Sheng Shicai's thoughts are not difficult to guess. He saw that the big Soviet tree he was relying on was almost unreliable, but he also knew that he would never get a good result after "abandoning the dark and turning to the bright", and the throne of Xinjiang King would definitely not be his turn. , if he fails, he will go to jail, so he is very hesitant!"

"I think it is very likely that he fled to the Soviet Union after his failure!" Deputy division commander Huang Baitao said, "He continued to be the 'King of Xinjiang' with power and money. Although the Soviet Union has no power, at least there is a large amount of people's fat and people's anointing, so that he can be extravagant and lustful for the rest of his life!"

"Yes!" Feng Shengfa agreed.

"Our top priority is to deal with the Eighth Regiment of the Soviet Army!" Chen Mingren frowned, "Have you sent an envoy?"

"Sent!" Huang Baitao shook his head, "Major General Ushenko, the commander of the Eighth Regiment of the Soviet Army (it is not difficult to see from Ushchenko's military rank, the number of the Eighth Regiment of the Soviet Army is a regiment, and the specification is actually a division. After all, the regiment is A mechanized brigade with a complete range of arms (division-level specifications) rejected our request to give up the Xingxing Gorge peacefully. He said that the order he received from Moscow was to stick to the Xingxing Gorge and not let the first troops other than the Soviet Army and Sheng Shicai’s army The armies of the three parties entered and exited Xingxing Gorge, without Moscow’s order, he would never abandon Xingxing Gorge, let alone surrender!”

"We can only fight!" Zhang Lingfu, the commander of the 17th Brigade, said angrily, "These old men! Invading our country and occupying our territory, they are still so plausible! If we don't fight, we really think that we Chinese soldiers have no guts!"

"Indeed, we can only fight!" Chen Mingren nodded, "Our expedition to Xinjiang also needs to be resolved quickly. The Soviet authorities will have nothing to say and acquiesce in the facts. If it continues, the night will be full of dreams.

It's just that fighting the Soviet army is very politically sensitive, we must ask the second son for instructions!"

Liu Yuzhang, commander of the 19th Brigade, said with a smile: "Mr., you don't need to ask for instructions. You don't know the second son? He has always been tough and never compromised. What's more, before departure, he has already explained that as long as it is Foreign enemies who have invaded our territory, no matter if they are little devils or old men, they will all be defeated!"

Chen Mingren pondered for a moment, then laughed: "Yes, I really did need it.

Well, let's do it!Please seize the time and make the best preparations! He said with emotion, "We fired the first shot that the Chinese army fired against the Soviet army against foreign humiliation. It's an honor!" "

Chen Mingren's words did not become reality, because the first shot was not fired by the 17th Division on the battlefield in Xinjiang, but by the 77th Division on the battlefield in Outer Mongolia.

The next day, September 9, the 9th Division swept across Outer Mongolia, annihilating Kulun's Soviet puppet Mongolian army in one fell swoop, conquered Kulun, and regained Outer Mongolia. After being greatly encouraged, Zhang Yun and many other senior officers of the 77th Division were annoyed: "Damn it! After all, I was a step too late! The limelight was taken away by those guys from the 17th Division!"

On September 9, the 10th Division launched the first battle to regain Xinjiang, the Battle of Xingxingxia.

Before the attack, the 17th Division issued a war notice to the Eighth Regiment of the Xingxingxia Soviet Army with tweeters and Russian: "You have invaded our territory and occupied our territory. Therefore, we are ordered to destroy you!"

Following the soul-stirring notice of the start of the war, the sky was filled with thunder, and a large number of planes roared in.

The terrain of Xingxingxia is difficult, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but this conclusion is largely due to the fact that aircraft and heavy artillery have not been invented.

With the advancement of science and technology, new weapons emerge in an endless stream, and the destructive and striking power of war is also changing with each passing day. Many fortresses that were called "one man guards the gate, ten thousand men can't open it" in ancient or modern times have passed away.

The 17th Division's attack on Xingxingxia opened the way with ground-air-sea-of-fire tactics. Dozens of BF-109 fighter jets taking off from Yumen Airport easily killed the outdated Soviet aircraft such as I-15 and I-16. Self-damaged 7 planes, shot down more than 80 Soviet planes, and completely mastered the air supremacy at the beginning of the war. Then, more bombers and transport planes flew over the Xingxing Gorge under the protection of fighter jets. Jiang Weiguo's batch of "Panda" strategic bombers, with hundreds of tons of heavy bombs, blew up the barracks, factories, warehouses, dormitories and other facilities of the Eighth Regiment of the Soviet Army into a sea of ​​flames, killing and injuring The Soviet army and the Soviet side had thousands of personnel, and destroyed most of the heavy equipment such as tanks, armored vehicles, automobiles, and artillery of the Soviet army. The bomb caused the Soviet army to fly with blood and blood, causing heavy casualties.

The bombers of the national army went on a killing spree, and the transport planes of the national army also carried out their missions in an orderly manner. They airdropped more than 1000 paratroopers and a large number of heavy weapons packed in wooden boxes to the Hami area west of Xingxing Gorge. The paratroopers, who were armed to the teeth, seized the city of Hami While attacking the rear of the Eighth Regiment of the Soviet Army, it restrained the Soviet Army's forces and cooperated with the impact of the main force on the front.

"Recover Xinjiang!" In the roar that resounded through the sky, the 17th Division rushed towards Xingxing Gorge like a sandstorm.

The land of northern China is raging with flames of war. Xinjiang, Outer Mongolia, and Heilongjiang Province are all caught in the flames of war. The three countries of China, Japan, and the Soviet Union are fighting to the death in intricate vertical and horizontal relations. It is conservatively estimated that the three countries in this war (including The Puppet Mongolian Army, the Puppet Manchurian Army, and Sheng Shicai's Xinjiang Army) have invested a total of more than 130 million troops. The scale is so large that it can be said that the mountains and rivers have changed color and shocked the world.

Chengde, the capital of Rehe Province and the seat of the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Military Region of the National Army.