Chapter 021: Attack on Kizil
In any case, the Chinese army won another victory and seized the initiative in Outer Mongolia, and the real enemy of the Soviet Union was Germany, and it was impossible to have too much energy to deal with the affairs of Outer Mongolia at present.
After the Battle of Kulun, Dai Anlan and Sun Liren did not stop, but pursued the victory and expelled the Soviet army from Outer Mongolia all the way.
The Soviet army in Choibalshan learned that the Soviet army lost the Battle of Kulen also withdrew from Outer Mongolia and returned to the Sino-Soviet border, where although the Soviet army did not fail by relying on its own advantages, but the losses were also quite huge, the puppet Mongolian army lost more than 30,000 people, almost all the army was wiped out, and the Soviet army suffered 80,000 casualties.
Although Wei Lihuang did not achieve a big victory, this does not mean that Wei Lihuang's ability is problematic, Wang Hanzhang because of the shortage of materials, so the supply of materials focuses on Dai Anlan and them, so Wei Lihuang is not comparable to the Soviet army in terms of weapons and equipment, and it is naturally difficult to make a breakthrough in virtue.
Seeing the victory in the Battle of Kulen, the Socialist forces that had advanced into the Tangnu-Ulianghai area immediately launched an attack on the puppet Tuvan People's Republic entrenched there.
The Chinese Air Force moved here after the Battle of Kulen to help the Socialists prepare for the big war.
In 1921, the Bolshevik Party established the "Donu-Tuva People's Republic" in Tangnu-Ulianghai, which was soon renamed the Tuva People's Republic, and the Soviet Union recognized it as an independent state. In 1944, the historical calendar was renamed the "Tuva Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic" and was incorporated into the Soviet Russian Federation. However, not yet, and now that China has openly demanded that the Soviet Union return the territory occupied by China, the Soviet Union has to take into account China's feelings at such a critical juncture.
After the Battle of Kulen, the Soviets withdrew their troops stationed there. Stalin believed that a division would not be able to stop the offensive of the Socialist army, and now he was no longer in a position to organize a general battle, otherwise a general war would probably break out.
Although the Chinese side has limited ability to conduct a full-scale attack, especially in the great northwest region, where it is difficult to collect enough grain and grass to maintain the operation of the large army, if things really develop to that point, the Soviet Union will have to send a large number of troops to defend the border to deal with the attack of the squadron.
At this time, there were more than 80,000 people in the Tangnu-Ulianghai region, of which about 50,000 were, and the rest were other ethnic groups, mainly Slavic immigrants.
Although the Soviets withdrew their troops from the area, it did not mean that they had abandoned it, and the Soviets secretly continued to support the local resistance against China.
Almost all of them were soldiers, intending to rely on their familiarity with the terrain to repel the Socialist attack.
Mao Weiguo saw the fierceness of the ethnic minorities in the northwest border region in the battle of Wusu Yaritai, which is indeed incomparable with the meekness of the Han people in the interior.
Mao Weiguo planned to salute first and then soldier, and he sent the Mongols who had surrendered as lobbyists to oil and water, saying that they would pledge these people to submit to the past, and the past could be blamed.
But the local Slavs apparently ignored this, and they demanded that China recognize the Tuva government and the independent status of Tuva, and demanded that the squadron not be stationed in Tuva.
Obviously, this is unacceptable to the Socialist Party, and Wang Hanzhang has already said that this will be the territory of the Socialist Party in the future, and that in the future a Socialist state will be established here, as well as the territories occupied by the Soviet Union, such as Lake Balkhash, which will also be brought under the rule of the Socialist Party after they are recovered.
Mao Weiguo was not sure that China would eventually be able to conquer Central Asia and Siberia, but he was sure that he would recover these lost territories, and the territory promised by Wang Hanzhang could be said to be the richest place in the northwest, and he had no reason not to be impressed.
Although China has established a coalition government, there is a political party that does not want to have a place for itself and then completely transform it according to its own will. Coalition government is a lot of things to discuss with other people, and it must be good to be in charge of yourself.
If the Tangnu Wulianghai people refused to return, Mao Weiguo could only use force, and now that the air force is in place, he is more sure.
The puppet Tuvan government knew that China would not agree, so they cleared the walls early and prepared to fight guerrilla warfare if they could not fight positional warfare.
There are 40,000 people in the Puppet Tuvan Army, almost all of whom can carry guns, and at the same time, some Soviet troops have joined the Puppet Tuvan Army, and they are mainly officers, in short, Stalin will not easily let China get the Tangnu-Ulianghai area.
On October 25, the Socialist army crossed the Tangnu Ula Mountains and attacked Kizil, the capital of the Pseudo-Tuvans, who built fortifications on the north bank of the so-called Lesser Yenisei River in an attempt to stop the attack of the squadron.
The Soviets believed that the confrontation with the squadron at the Lesser Yenisei River, coupled with the fact that the Henan region had already implemented the separation of walls and wilderness, the 70,000 people of the squadron would definitely be difficult to support because of the difficulty in supply, and when they counterattacked, they would definitely be able to defeat the squadron in one fell swoop.
Of course, this is also the last resort at present, although the Soviet Union can concentrate the army to destroy this squadron in one fell swoop, but many reasons make Stalin have scruples, in addition to national security factors and the other side is also the same belief in the army, Stalin's previous behavior in Europe has angered the European ** elements, if another large-scale invasion of the territory of other countries, but also kill so many ** believers, it will definitely make the Soviet Union more isolated.
At this time, the Soviet Union was very dangerous, and the Soviet Union needed to win all the allies it could, especially those who sympathized with them, so he had to occupy the moral high ground and deal with the Chinese government, which could be said to be capitalism to provoke the hatred of the lower classes, but the conscription of the socialist party with the same beliefs could not be completely effective.
Although the strength of the pseudo-Tuvan army is slightly less than that of the squadron, the Socialist leaders are not worried about these people going to fight guerrillas, or so interested, they are still worried about the Soviet Union behind Tuva, which is the killer weapon, and they don't know when they will jump out, so the Socialist leaders are very cautious.
The Socialist leaders found that all the people south of the Lesser Yenisei and Khymchik rivers had moved, they knew that the Soviets wanted to clear the wilderness, and the Socialists were not in a hurry, they moved a part of the Mongolian herdsmen from Inner Mongolia, and these Mongolian herdsmen were drawn from various departments, although the boss was reluctant at first, but seeing the abundant water and grass here, they quickly adapted to it, and as for the war, they couldn't manage it so much, there were a large number of troops here, and they had enough time to evacuate if they really wanted to fight.
The Soviets were stationed north of the Sayan Mountains and closely monitored the situation in Tuva, but like the puppet Tuvan government, they found that the Chinese army had occupied the south of the Khymchik and Lesser Yenisei rivers and stopped attacking.
They have a sense of remorse, and the capital of Tuva, Kyzyl, is on the southern bank of the Lesser Yenisei River.
Kyzyl was built in 1914 and renamed in 1926. The name of the castle means "red". As early as the 12th century, Kyzyl was already inhabited by the Kirghiz and Mongols, and was one of the important cities of the former Mongol Empire. In the early 17th century, the second emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty (Qing Dynasty), Huang Taiji (Qing Taizong), invaded southern Mongolia in about 1636, and after the official establishment of the "Qing" state, he invaded northern Mongolia, and Kizil was also included, which was the northernmost city in the Tangnu-Ulianghai region of Outer Mongolia at that time, and became part of the territory of China. In 1860, when the Western powers began to invade the Qing Dynasty in China to carve up its sphere of influence, the then Tsarist Russian Imperial Government had already colonized Tangnu Ulianghai in the name of "exploration" and "mining", introducing a large number of Russian immigrants to develop the economy of Tangnu Ulianghai. The Russian government began to invade the Kyzyl region. In 1912, after the establishment of the Republic of China, the Outer Mongolia region became independent with the support of Tsarist Russia and established the "Great Mongolian State".
Since the establishment of the "Great Mongolia" in 1912, Tsarist Russia took the opportunity of foreign **** to directly annex Tangnu Ulianghai to Mongolia, and Kizil also began to break away from China at the same time, but was not recognized by Mongolia and China at that time.
Later, after the October Revolution in 1917, Tsarist Russia established the Soviet Union, and China took the opportunity to recover Outer Mongolia and take advantage of the chaos in Russia at that time to recapture the Tangnu-Ulianghai region. However, it was taken away by the Soviet Union a few years later, and on August 14, 1921, the "Tuva People's Republic" was established, and Kizil was designated as the capital of the country, which was not recognized by the government of the Republic of China.
Kizil is located at the junction of the Lesser Yenisei River, but south of the Lesser Yenisei River, with a population of more than 40,000, is the only city in the Pseudo-Tuvan country.
After the pseudo-Tuvan government withdrew all the people, it did not destroy this place but moved everything that could be moved, but the squadron now occupies this place and does not attack, they don't know what to do, the weather is gradually getting colder, seeing that the weather is going to snow soon, the squadron does not attack, has been building fortifications, it seems that there is no attack but is afraid of their attack, from the telescope town of Nanguan can still see people grazing, there are troops and Mongolians.
In early November, the Tuvans couldn't sit still, their houses and land were south of the river, it had been half a month, and the squadron did not seem to plan to attack, and in the winter it was even more impossible for the squadron to attack, in case the squadron had been stationed here, so what should they do.
In fact, Wang Hanzhang originally had to take the real Tangnu Ulianghai, but the Socialist Party said that it was very difficult, and the biggest difficulty was the Soviet Union, if it was forcibly attacked, I was afraid that the losses would be very large, and it might not be possible to take back the Tangnu Ulianghai area.
Wang Hanzhang thought about it carefully, looking at the greed of the Soviets for territory, and according to his own plan, he finally compromised.