Chapter 48: The Battle of Jinzhou (6)
Whether it was the army battle on the Qilihe battlefield or the cavalry duel on the Daling River, the battle lasted no more than one hour, even on the Qilihe battlefield, plus the People's Army blocking the bandit army from escaping on various roads, it was only a morning, but the time to clean up the battlefield continued until the evening of the Ding afternoon.
The final results of the battle were that in the Qilihe battlefield, the People's Army killed 1,917 bandit members, including 112 Russian soldiers and 135 Japanese soldiers, captured 2,145 people, including 87 Russian soldiers, and 12 Japanese soldiers. KPA suffered 69 killed and 173 wounded. On the battlefield of the Daling River, the KPA killed 1,052 Mongol cavalry and captured 487, but the two leaders, Tauktahu and Baiyin Dalai, fled from the battlefield, while the KPA lost 54 killed and 121 wounded. In addition, a total of 1,124 rifles, 263 horses, and 798 sabers were captured in this battle, and the harvest was also quite rich.
And when the People's Army was fighting fiercely with the bandit army and the Mongolian cavalry, Zhang Zuolin led the 2nd and 3rd battalions of the headquarters to attack Uxin County. At this time, there were only more than 200 bandits in Buxin County, and they were counting and packing up the property looted by Du Lisan in the Jinzhou area, preparing to withdraw to Chifeng, but Zhang Zuolin led the army to kill, and the bandit army could not hold Buxin County at all, so it was broken by Zhang Zuolin, and more than 150 bandits were captured, and all the property looted by Du Lisan became the spoils of the People's Army.
When Du Lisan attacked Jinzhou for the first time, he captured three county towns in a row, so the looted property was naturally a lot, only more than 70,000 taels of silver, more than 1,000 taels of gold, more than 10 tons of grain, and countless other materials, cloth, clothing, etc.
On the whole, this battle was indeed a great victory, and after this battle, the bandit army was basically annihilated, and the Mongol cavalry was inflicted heavy losses, in a short period of time, it was impossible to gather such a large number of troops, so the safety of Jinzhou could be ensured.
Of course, the annihilation of the bandit army does not mean that there is nothing to do, Bijing Jinzhou and Mongolia have a long border, in the current situation of hostile relations between East China and Mongolia, this is also the biggest concern for the security of Jinzhou in the future. Another real problem is Buxin County. Because according to the administrative division of this era, Buxin County does not belong to Jinzhou Prefecture, but belongs to the Inner Mongolia Zhuosuo Tumeng area, which is due to the deep sinicization of the Inner Mongolia region, so in the marginal areas of Inner Mongolia, some county towns have also been formed.
After consultations, the veterans of the military and government drafted a report in the name of the command headquarters and formally put forward two demands to the Northeast Management Committee: First, Buxin County should be included in the jurisdiction of Jinzhou City, and at the same time, troops should be sent to occupy Chaoyang County as the outer barrier of Jinzhou City; second, it would attack Chifeng, completely destroy the old cave of the bandit army, and establish a military base in Chifeng.
Chaoyang County is located about 80 kilometers northwest of Jinzhou, and is also a county belonging to the Inner Mongolia Zhuosuo Tumeng region, and Buxin County is one west and one east, forming the outer barrier of Jinzhou City, so that even if there are bandits gathered, it is difficult to directly threaten Jinzhou; Expansion in Mongolia and expansion of influence in Mongolia can lay a solid foundation.
Now that Russia has fully penetrated into the Mongolian region, after the defeat in the Far East battlefield, it will definitely further strengthen its control over the Mongolian region, and use the power of Mongolia to contain East China, and even if the government is to fight a proxy war, even if East China and Russia successfully negotiate and reach a peace agreement, the focus of the next struggle will definitely be in Mongolia; If we want to avoid the division of Mongolia in this era, then from now on, we must intervene in the affairs of Mongolia, infiltrate our own power and influence into the Mongolian region, form a threat to the separatist forces of Mongolia, and prevent the further expansion of the division of Mongolia.
At the same time, Gao Jin also submitted an application to the Northeast Management Committee in the name of Jinzhou City, requesting that the 70,000 taels of silver seized in this battle be drawn to the finance of Jinzhou City for the economic recovery and development of Jinzhou, because the raid of the bandit army caused a lot of losses to the Jinzhou area, so funds were needed for reconstruction, and this amount of silver was also looted by the bandit army in the Jinzhou area, which should be used for the recovery and development of Jinzhou. And the captured bandit soldiers will remain in Jinzhou to serve, contributing to the recovery and development of Jinzhou to make up for their crimes.
After the two reports were issued, Gao Jin was not idle, and immediately spread the news of the annihilation of the bandit army to all parts of Jinzhou, and sent the county magistrates of each county to rush to take office, and after consulting with the headquarters, it was decided to station two garrison companies in each county to maintain the security of each county and the work of the county **; while Zhang Zuolin only left one battalion to garrison in Buxin County, and the rest of the army was also withdrawn to Jinzhou.
Gao Jin demanded that the county magistrates of all counties complete three tasks within one month after they take office: First, establish a tax collection system to ensure a stable source of financial revenue; second, establish a police system to ensure daily public order in the counties; and third, take advantage of the residual authority of the bandits to carry out land work.
Bi Jing Gao Jin to Jinzhou to take office, is to do a big cause, the bandits are just the beginning, the next development of the economy of Jinzhou, is the real highlight, and Jinzhou also has the potential for economic development, first of all, Jinzhou is the Guanwai and Mongolia region of the construction node, commodity circulation is very developed, followed by the People's Army stationed in Jinzhou, but also carried out large-scale infrastructure construction in Jinzhou, in Huludao built a port that can dock 10,000 tons of freighters, and built a road to Shenyang, in addition to the treasury in Jinzhou, there are about 50,000 silver dollars left。 This amount of money was quite sufficient for the Qing court's prefecture-level localities.
But to vigorously develop the economy, first of all, a lot of money is needed, no money, of course, nothing can be played, only relying on the 50,000 silver dollars is of course not enough, so Gao Jin only hit the idea of the seized 70,000 silver dollars, 70,000 silver can be split into 100,000 silver dollars, adding up to 150,000 silver dollars, and then establish a tax system, you can stably ensure the source of financial revenue; secondly, a large number of labor is needed, this battle, the People's Army captured a total of nearly 3,000 prisoners, basically young laborers, and do not need wages, such benefits Gao Jin will certainly not give up, as long as there is money, there are people, Gao Jin can show his strength to develop Jinzhou's economy.
Three days later, the Northeast Management Committee sent a reply, first agreeing to hold Buxin County, capture Chaoyang County, and incorporate these two areas into the jurisdiction of Jinzhou City, and the selection of the county magistrate and the establishment of the county ** were decided by Jinzhou City**, and then reported to the Management Committee. However, the military operation to attack Chifeng has been temporarily suspended, because after this battle, East China is likely to restart negotiations with Russia, so at this time, there is no need to make extraneous branches.
As for Gao Jin's application, the management committee not only agreed to all of them, but also handed over all the booty except for weapons, including 100 horses, to Jinzhou City** to support the recovery and development of Jinzhou.
Originally, Gao Jin was a young official who was the key accompaniment in East China, and this time he took office in Jinzhou, and immediately succeeded in surrendering the bandits, although the battle was fought by the army, but Gao Jin, as the supreme leader of Jinzhou City, was also indispensable, and the success of Bi Jing's surrender to the bandits was the result of the refined cooperation between the military and the government, so the requirements put forward by Gao Jin were naturally fully agreed, and Gao Jin's requirements were not excessive, they were all reasonable requirements, and naturally there was no reason to refuse.
After receiving the reply from the management committee, Gao Jin was also very happy, she already had a complete set of plans for the development of Jinzhou, but she needed to have enough manpower and material resources, and now that this condition is met, Gao Jin can also show her strength.
Gao Jin's plan for the development of Jinzhou has three main points: first, road infrastructure, although the People's Army was stationed in Jinzhou, built a lot of roads, but mainly from Jinzhou to Shenyang, and in Jinzhou, there are still great deficiencies, Gao Jin's plan is to build a direct road to Jinzhou from all counties, so as to ensure the internal circulation speed of the Jinzhou area.
The second is to build the cement plant and power plant in the five small industries in the Jinzhou area, relying only on Jinzhou's own strength, is unable to build the whole five small industries, Gao Jin after careful consideration, that the cement plant and the power plant are most in line with the current Jinzhou, first of all, the investment in these two factories is relatively small, and the cement plant has a major role in infrastructure construction, because it is now Jinzhou to build a large road, the cement plant has a very broad market prospect; and the power plant is the general trend of historical development, so at this time, whoever can take the lead can seize the opportunity in the future development。
The third is to apply to Qingdao to start the construction of the Jinshen line. Jinshen line was originally one of the 141 projects in the second five-year plan of East China, that is, to improve the branch line construction of the Middle East Railway, Jinzhou is an important node inside and outside the Guan, the end of the planned Jinshen line is in Shanhaiguan, and in the future can continue to extend to the Guannei and connect the railway line in the Guannai.
Now that security has been restored in the Jinzhou area, and Jinzhou has also begun to carry out road construction, cement factories and power plants, these conditions are conducive to the construction of the Jinshen Line Railway, which can develop together with the Jinshen Line Railway. And such a huge project, it will take at least 3-4 years to complete, and the manpower required will inevitably exceed 10,000 people, so during the construction of the railway, there will be a great demand, after all, there are a large number of daily necessities procurement, the construction of supporting facilities, will inevitably greatly stimulate the local economic development of Jinzhou.
Other veterans of Jinzhou City also agree with these three plans, which, if implemented, can greatly promote the infrastructure, industrialization process and economic development of the Jinzhou region.