Beiyang reactionaries

What is Xinjiang?A place with an area more than ten times the area of ​​Jiangsu Province, but with a population of less than 1000 million.Compared with Jiangsu and Nanjing, Xinjiang is really a place where birds don't shit.If it weren't for the fact that many people have immigrated in recent years, and the Construction Corps is in Xinjiang, the population of Xinjiang would be even smaller.

Of course Liu Xiang is a soldier.

Going to a frontier city like Xinjiang will not reject it, but I like to go to the frontier to make meritorious deeds.Since ancient times, those generals who can leave their names in history are more or less completed in the border areas.

But what is there in Xinjiang?

There are only a few troops in Xinjiang now.Since the establishment of the Construction Corps in Xinjiang, the original field troops have been incorporated into the Construction Corps and become "farmers" who cultivate the land.Duan Xun's favorite general, it should be said that Sun Zhen, Duan Xun's student, currently serves as the commander of the Xinjiang Construction Corps.Xinjiang currently does not even have real field troops.

Such a place to let yourself go?

Fortunately, Liu Xiang is not an ordinary person.I was surprised at first, but quickly managed my expression and asked, "Teacher, in the direction of Xinjiang, our only opponent is the Soviet Union. Teacher, you don't want us to fight the Soviet Union, do you?"

Liu Xiang reacted quickly.

Duan Xun said it was a very important task.However, Xinjiang has such a small population, and there are no powerful factions in the province.Although there are some tyrants, they are all landlords who dominate small places.Even the local police station can deal with them, so it is not considered an unstable force at all.

Since it is not an internal cause, it can only be an external enemy.

Xinjiang is directly connected to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, but these two countries have joined the Soviet Union and become republics of the Soviet Union.

Is Duan Xun going to war with the Soviet Union?

"Why, are you afraid of going to war with the Soviet Union?"

"how come."

Liu Xiang immediately shook his head.

Said: "Prime Minister, I hate that I was born a few years late. If I was born a few years earlier, during the Sino-Japanese War and the Eight-Power Allied Forces, I would have fought against them."

"Okay, as long as you have such an idea. You two come here."

Duan Xun asked the two of them to come to the big map hanging on it. Duan Xun pointed to the map and said, "Did you see it? This is our outer northeast, and this is our outer northwest. These two places are fertile. There are many deep forests and abundant water sources. They are all good places. After the Opium War, they were annexed by Tsarist Russia in various ways. These two places add up to 200 million square kilometers, which is one-fifth of the current area of ​​my country .I will never lose such a big place. They are our land and must be taken back."

Liu Xiang and Ge Jingen immediately became serious at this moment, listening to Duan Xun's words quietly.Because they basically understood what Duan Xun meant.

Outer northeast, outer northwest, a total of 200 million square kilometers.

If Duan Xun wants to take back this place, he must have a conflict with the Soviet Union, a big country to the north.Duan Xun continued: "Chief of Staff Xu (Xu Yongchang) put forward a specific combat plan. For the sake of the outer northeast and outer northwest, once we fight the Soviet Union, the plan we will choose at that time is to defend Xinjiang, Mongolia, Tangnu and Wuliang. The sea is attacking the cities in the Baikal region, and the Heilongjiang side is grinding the Soviet Far East Army. The most important part of this is Xinjiang. The Soviet Union has the Kazakhstan Army and the Novosibirsk Army. More importantly, the New Siberia and the Ural industrial zone of the Soviet Union are not far away, and they can get support quickly. That is to say, the Soviet Union can quickly gather a large number of troops in Kazakhstan and Novosibirsk. Moreover, Kazakhstan is facing China’s Xinjiang, especially the Yili region. Flat. If their tank troops, their cavalry troops, they can go straight into the Ili area of ​​our country."

"do you understand?"

"Teacher, I understand."

Liu Xiang nodded.

Pointing to Xinjiang, he said: "Whether Xinjiang can be held or not is related to the entire strategic plan. If we hold Xinjiang, not to mention the Far East of the Soviet Union, the area around Lake Baikal will fall into our hands. The Soviet Union will either completely abandon the area around Lake Baikal, or It is to return the outer northeast and outer northwest to us at our request."

"Then do you know what the consequences will be if you can't keep it?"

"The whole of Xinjiang will fall into the hands of Russia. The Soviet Union uses Xinjiang as a springboard to directly threaten my country's Mongolia and Tibet. The situation in my country's northwest will suddenly deteriorate rapidly."

"Correct."

After Duan Xun finished speaking, he returned to his seat.Liu Xiang and Ge Jingen also followed and sat down.Duan Xun said to Liu Xiang and Ge Jingen: "Now you understand why I want you to go to Xinjiang."

"Yes."

Liu Xiang nodded.

However, he said worriedly: "Teacher, how many people do you want us to bring with us when we go to Xinjiang? Will the Construction Corps currently in Xinjiang be under our command?"

Duan Xun said so, of course Liu Xiang would not think that he and Ge Jingen would be polished commanders.In such an important place, there must be a large army gathered.

Duan Xun said: "Forty divisions, I will deploy forty divisions of field troops in Xinjiang. There will be several artillery divisions and several armored divisions. And there will be a strong air force deployed in Xinjiang. The Construction Corps will expand to 150 divisions in Xinjiang. The Construction Corps does not belong to your Xinjiang Military Region, but once the war requires, you can ask the Construction Corps to hand over the troops in your command, and I will approve it.”

Liu Xiang was silent and kept thinking.

There are 40 divisions, including artillery divisions and armored divisions, and the army will have 50 troops.With the deployment of the air force and the troops of the Construction Corps, it should be no problem to raise 100 million troops in a short period of time.

It is also the first time for Liu Xiang to command so many troops to fight.

"Teacher, how long?"

"I will give you five years. I want you to use five years to fully understand the Xinjiang region, build defense lines in important places in Xinjiang, and prepare to resist the Soviet attack."

"What about the logistics?"

"The logistics materials needed by the Xinjiang Military Region will be sent to you continuously in the past five years. You use the five years to hoard the weapons and ammunition you need. Once the war breaks out, there will be many logistics difficulties in Xinjiang. The materials in the rear The speed of delivery must not keep up with the speed of your consumption. There is also the Xinjiang Construction Corps, which will also stockpile the food you need."

"I see."

Liu Xiang nodded.

Finally said: "Teacher, when are we going?"

"The sooner the better. You set up the Xinjiang Military Region Command in Beijing, under the jurisdiction of the Military Region Staff Department, Military Region Equipment Department, Military Region Logistics Department, Military Region Air Force Command, Military Region Artillery Command, and Military Region Armor Command. With the established military region Headquarters, enter Xinjiang for investigation in advance. Keep in touch with the military department, and tell the military department your opinion based on your judgment in Xinjiang. Including how many artillery divisions, tank divisions and armored divisions you need, and how many air divisions you need to deploy .”

"Yes."

Dispatch troops and generals.

Although the military deployment has just begun, and the military expansion work is still under planning, Duan Xun has already begun to deploy troops, mainly to appoint frontline officers.Liu Xiang and Ge Jingen were sent to Xinjiang by Duan Xun.

The two of them established a simple Xinjiang Military Region Command in less than a month in September 1934.Don't look at it as a reduced version of the military headquarters, but although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs and all the necessary departments.Then take these people to Xinjiang to inspect the situation in Xinjiang in advance.Those who follow them into Xinjiang will have troops from two regiments.

The Corps began to appear in the Chinese army. A Corps has three armies under its jurisdiction, with a staff of 14.The current composition of the corps is mainly composed of infantry and artillery.But in the future, there will be tank divisions, armored divisions, and artillery divisions in the formation of the corps.

The troops to be transferred to Xinjiang are the Third Corps stationed in Tonghua (commander Tang Shengzhi), and the other is the Fifth Corps stationed in Jinan (commander Yang Hucheng).

The combined number of these two corps is nearly 30.

However, it is not so easy for so many troops to enter Xinjiang.Both corps are local elite troops and the main force of the local military region.They are transferred from the original defense area, and other troops must come to change defense.Moreover, with so many troops on defense, the logistics that need to be prepared are not even a single star.With so many troops, it is impossible to enter Xinjiang without a few months.Not to mention that it will be winter soon, even if the Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway is opened now, it will not be easy for troops to enter Xinjiang in winter.

It is impossible for these two corps to enter Xinjiang and spread in Xinjiang without a year to a year and a half.After all, this is not a time of war.

After Liu Xiang and Ge Jingen entered Xinjiang, Duan Xun began to appoint the commander of the Mongolian military region.Zhang Zizhong, the current commander of the Eighth Corps of the Southeast Military Region, was transferred to the north to serve as the commander of the Mongolian Military Region.Mainly responsible for the Mongolian field troops and the troops of Tannu Wulianghai.At present, the total number of troops here is less than one regiment, about 10.

But Zhang Zizhong's task is very heavy.

He wants to form two corps here within five years.It is also necessary to fully understand the geographical conditions of the area north of Kyakhta and Lake Baikal, and the situation of the Soviet army in this area.

The same is true in the Northeast.Originally, the Northeast was under the Northeast Military Region.But this time, a new Heilongjiang Military Region was established under the Northeast Military Region, and Li Yunlong, the commander of the First Corps, was appointed as the deputy commander of the Northeast Military Region and concurrently the commander of the Heilongjiang Military Region.Dong Songyan, who is currently the commander-in-chief of the troops stationed in the DPRK, went north to serve as the commander of the First Corps, and Ma Xiaojun, the former battalion commander of the Model Battalion of Lu Rongting Guijun, served as the commander of the Second Corps.Both the First Corps and the Second Corps were stationed in Heilongjiang.

"Professor Zhao, Professor Wang, please sit down."

"Yes."