mixed in the war

The insiders were almost worried that Qin Wei's excessive persecution of Zhou Fohai would make the big traitor feel disgusted, which would make the other party change their attitude of cooperation.But to their surprise, Zhou Fohai didn't show much toughness when faced with Qin Wei's conditions that had almost no room for him...Three days, only three days after meeting Xu Yuanju, he put forward his own "conditions", And this condition was reported to Qin Wei by Xu Yuanju, "enriched" by Qin Wei, and then handed over to Chiang Kai-shek, which stunned the chairman of the committee.

However, Zhou Fohai's "conditions" still need a period of time to prepare, and the process is extremely secretive, so most people's eyes are attracted by the events that happened on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

The "green horse" that had dominated Qinghai for 40 years was taken down.

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This thing started a few months ago.

No one knew what was going on, but it was rumored that a high-ranking nationalist government was stirring up the situation... The Sichuan army, whose strength had been greatly weakened for a long time, could only barely resist Chiang Kai-shek's butcher knife, suddenly marched into Qinghai.This aroused the vigilance of Ma Bufang in Qinghai.On the one hand, Ma Bufang dispatched a part of the Ma Family Army under his command to stop them, and on the other hand, he filed a complaint with the Chongqing Nationalist Government in the name of the Qinghai Provincial Government, claiming that the Sichuan Army deliberately provoked them.

The Chongqing side was extremely angry about this incident. Defense Minister He Yingqin even publicly questioned the purpose of the Sichuan Army's operation. At the same time, in the name of the Military Commission, he demanded that Pan Wenhua, commander of the 28th Army, immediately withdraw the troops sent to Qinghai.

Faced with such doubts, Pan Wenhua also quickly came forward, claiming that this was just a normal military operation, the purpose was just to stabilize the Sichuan border, not Qinghai as the outside world guessed.And he also claimed that the "Ma's Army" in Qinghai was brave and good at fighting.And all of them are cavalry. Even if all the 28th Army under his command attack, they may not be able to defeat the opponent, so why would they only send one to provoke?What's more, most of the main forces of the Sichuan Army are fighting outside. As the commander of the 28th Army, how could he provoke internal strife at this time?Therefore, the suspicion of the Qinghai provincial government is groundless.However, since this action has aroused tension and suspicion in Qinghai, he is willing to withdraw the troops he has sent.

In this way, the situation eased down, but people's discussions started.

Everyone seemed to suddenly remember the bravery of the Sichuan Army in the War of Resistance, as well as the great contribution of the Sichuan Army in the War of Resistance.That was a team wearing straw sandals desperately fighting against the Japanese.In "Songhu Battle".Almost all the soldiers of the Sichuan Army were killed on the battlefield, and only more than 2000 people retreated to Hubei; the "Battle of Zaoyi", the Sichuan Army once again became the main force, annihilating 4 enemies, but suffered more than 20 casualties; the Battle of Nanchang.The base of the Sichuan Army's Wang Ling defended Nanchang City; in the Battle of Changsha, the Sichuan Army's Yang Sen Department blocked the three main divisions of the Japanese Army...among the six lieutenant generals who came out of Sichuan.There are 6 heroic martyrs.The first batch of more than 4 regiment-level officers who came out of Sichuan basically all died on the front line, and even the provincial chairman Liu Xiang died outside Sichuan for the war of resistance.What a respectable group of people this is? ... Everyone's enthusiasm for the Sichuan Army suddenly increased.Some schools even organized condolence groups to go to the Yang Sen Department of the Sichuan Army on the front line in Changsha to condolences.

And the Sichuan army is so brave, wearing straw sandals and patched clothes, they have to fight the Japanese devils desperately, how are the troops from other provinces doing?People "naturally" thought of the Qinghai "Majiajun" who had just had a conflict with the Sichuan Army!

Soon, people found out the deeds of Ma Jiajun's anti-Japanese war.

good.The cavalry of the Majia Army fought bravely and defeated the Japanese army several times; when they failed in battle and retreated, hundreds of soldiers even threw themselves into the river because they did not want to be prisoners... These are all heroes.People couldn't help admiring and made a sound of praise.Some people even demanded to award honors to the "Ma Jiajun".But having said that, the Ma family army is so capable of fighting, and they are all such powerful cavalry, shouldn't they call more and send them to the front to fight against the Japanese invaders?Someone made this suggestion and quickly gained the approval of most people.Although it is now the era of aircraft and cannons, cavalry still has a lot of room for combat.And in this kind of discussion, people quickly "discovered"...the Ma's army on the front line was just a "civilian regiment" temporarily recruited by the Qinghai government, so it was just a so-called "temporary" cavalry division.In other words, the regular troops of the Ma family army are still in Qinghai, and their combat effectiveness is even stronger.

All of a sudden, people are boiling.

Tens of thousands of powerful regular cavalry!How can you stay at home and watch the door?You look at the Sichuan Army, hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands are sent to the front line, you Ma Jiajun should study hard!

Public opinion changed so quickly, the Qinghai provincial government, which was still immersed in the praise, immediately realized that something was wrong.

Ma Bufang is not a fool.He didn't believe that the so-called voice of letting Ma Jiajun go to the front line was just from some newspapers... No one was behind the scenes, who would take him, a local tyrant hiding in the rear, to speak out?

However, the public opinion is raging!

Before he could react, people from all over the country had already urged Qinghai to send troops through their own arguments.

One cavalryman is worth ten infantrymen.Tens of thousands of cavalry are enough to be hundreds of thousands of soldiers!Your Ma family in Qinghai has such a powerful army, so you should contribute to the country.

The Nationalist Government was also uncharacteristically quick to respond to this wave of public opinion: the Military Commission issued an order requiring the Ma Family Army to send two divisions of cavalry to the second war zone and hand them over to General Fu Zuoyi, who had just won a series of combat victories in Inner Mongolia. lead.

Of course Ma Bufang would not agree.

But he also sensed that the Chongqing side was suspected of attacking him... So, he urgently launched public relations measures.Let people go to Chongqing with a large amount of gold and silver to lobby those high-ranking officials and dignitaries in order to get the Military Commission to cancel this transfer order.However, the previous invincible golden bullet offensive seemed to have lost its effect.The Military Commission not only still insisted on the previous transfer order, Chiang Kai-shek also publicly criticized his behavior.

Soon, the newspapers in Chongqing began to report Ma Bufang’s many atrocities during his rule in Qinghai. There were too many such things as murder and arson, and robbery of civilian women, and many atrocities reached heinous levels.

People's resentment towards Ma Jiajun is getting deeper and deeper.

The signs that the central government is going to attack Qinghai are becoming more and more obvious.

The Sichuan Army has resumed its march towards the Sichuan-Qingdao border.Not only that, but Zhu Shaoliang and Ma Hongkui from Gansu also sent a part of their troops to "inspect" the Qingan-Gansu border!And Ma Hongkui, one of the horses in the Northwest, also secretly told Ma Bufang: The higher-ups did intend to attack you, but according to the orders I received, my brothers, the higher-ups were not particularly firm about this idea.After all, your Ma Bufang's cavalry is not easy to mess with, and they are guarding various key points on the Qinghai border. If it was fine before, now it is mainly the war of resistance.Therefore, as long as you show a resolute resistance and send a little gold and silver to Chongqing, you should be able to withstand this wave of trouble.

Ma Bufang and Ma Hongkui had been friends for many years, and they knew the old brother's "slickness" very well, and believed in the news he told him.After all, if Lao Jiang really planned to deal with him properly, how could he only send Sichuan Army, Zhu Shaoliang, and Ma Hongkui to deal with him?It's not that Ma Bufang is arrogant, but relying on these people, if he wants to break into his Qinghai, it's basically wishful thinking.But Ma Bufang didn't want to tear her face apart with Chongqing.So while he sent troops to the Sichuan-Qinghai and Qinggan borders to stop the two "enemy troops", he obediently prepared a batch of gold and silver and sent them to Chongqing.

Maybe it was predicted by Ma Hongkui.Seeing that Ma Bufang almost sent all his cavalry to the border pass, and received a large donation from Qinghai, Chongqing's attitude eased.First stopped the two teams that were still advancing, and then notified Ma Bufang that the central government would send a special envoy to Xining to "mediate the dispute between the three provinces"!

Ma Bufang was cheated like this.

Because neither the Sichuan Army nor the Gan Army had withdrawn yet, his main force was placed on the border, leaving only one guard battalion in Xining.The special envoy of the central government is going to Xining by plane, so he has to leave Xining and go to the airport in the suburbs to pick him up.Because the central special envoy this time is a bit high-ranking, and he is Zhang Qun, a confidant of Chiang Kai-shek.This is the big man who originally planned to succeed Liu Xiang as the chairman of Sichuan Province, but he has been resisted by Pan Wenhua and others, so he failed to get his wish.However, a person of this level has the mission entrusted by Lao Jiang, and he, the chairman of Qinghai Province, must go to meet him.

This is not counting.

There was an order from the central government that at the same time as the "mediation" this time, some important generals of the Ma family army should be promoted by one rank, "in recognition of their contributions to the great cause of the War of Resistance."Therefore, Ma Bufang must prepare a promotion ceremony in Xining.According to the news that Ma Bufang spent a lot of money to get from Chongqing, the purpose of the central government, apart from comforting Qinghai, was actually to transfer troops from Qinghai to the front line, so it gave Ma Jiajun a little bit of sweetness.

Ma Bufang paid no attention to the news.Those who are not in the military rank are only second. If you want to take soldiers from him again, there is no way.But the face of the central government still has to be given, first take care of the special envoy, take over the military rank, and then spend money to manage the matter of troop transfer, just drag it down.

Get ready, Ma Bufang began to prepare to meet the central envoy.

He never thought anything would happen.

Zhang Qun came here by plane, so it is impossible to bring many people with him.The Sichuan Army and the Gan Army were also blocked outside Qinghai, and the whole of Qinghai was his world, so who should we be afraid of?

But he didn't know that there was already a new type of army in this world, let alone that there was such a type in China... When he brought his brother Ma Buqing and several major generals of the Ma's army to see that at the airport in the suburbs of Xining By the time twenty planes suddenly appeared in the sky, it was too late.Two battalions of elite paratroopers descended from the sky, and easily captured the Ma brothers, who had only a company of guards, and several other major generals of the Ma family army.After that, without even entering Xining City, the airborne troops directly "transited" at the airport, escorted Ma Bufang, Ma Buqing and others and flew back to Lanzhou.

The entire operation took less than half a day, and the actual execution time was less than an hour.

Qinghai "falls"! (to be continued..)