Section 5 Stalin's Attack XXIII
After the mosque incident, the counterinsurgency command issued martial law, oiling the whole city under martial law. , qВ5, CoМ// (starter) The army marched into the Uyghur enclave under the pretext that the Uyghurs were preparing a riot, sealed off all the Uyghur areas, and then searched from house to house, Zhu Shaoliang summoned all the ethnic minorities in Dihua City, officials, scholars, and religious figures to the provincial government, and asked them to publicly declare their support for the government, veto the rebellion, and maintain national unity.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Xinjiang has been China's territory since the Qing Dynasty, and at the end of the Qing Dynasty, we jointly vetoed Russia's aggression against Xinjiang, and we defeated the Russian invaders, and today's rebels in the Ili region colluded with Soviet Russia in an attempt to annex Xinjiang into Soviet Russia, and the Chinese Government and the Chinese people will never promise to this attempt, and we will definitely defeat them and put down the rebellion."
Bai Chongxi then stood up and announced: "The Nationalist Government has decided to implement a high degree of ethnic autonomy in Xinjiang, Xinjiang will set up a provincial government with the intervention of the people of all ethnic groups, and all ethnic groups have freedom of religious belief. "After the failure of the siege of Yili, the Nationalist Government decided to adopt a two-pronged military and political approach, and politically, made partial concessions to the ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, and put forward a total of suggestions: first, recruit pro-government figures from the ethnic minorities in Xinjiang to join the government and form a coalition government in Xinjiang, in which one of the directors or secretary-general of the civil affairs department must be ethnic minorities;
Second, we should set up political participation committees in various regions, and recruit enlightened people from ethnic minorities in various regions to participate in political participation committees, and serve as political participants to "help the government manage society."
Article 1: "Implement religious freedom in Xinjiang and respect the religious beliefs of all ethnic groups;
Fourth, economically, it is necessary to vigorously grow Xinjiang's economy "to improve the livelihood of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang, and there are sub-articles under this article, which is to reduce forced labor in Xinjiang and implement tax reductions: second, after the end of the war, the central government will invest at least 20 million legal dollars in Xinjiang every year; The first is to strengthen Xinjiang's transportation construction, build the Dilan Railway to Xi'an, and connect it with the Longhai Railway" to strengthen Xinjiang's highway construction.
First, we have vigorously developed education in Xinjiang, set up middle schools in Xinjiang counties, and set up Xinjiang University for Nationalities in Dihua, and every year the government sponsors at least 100 ethnic minority students to study at universities in the interior.
Bai Chongxi was very confident, in the case of the army outside and candy inside, "I don't worry that these people will not comply, and sure enough, after a short silence, these people stood up one after another and hinted that they supported the policy of the Nationalist Government" to veto the rebels' actions to divide the motherland, and the religious figures took out the Koran, and all their hands swore according to the Koran that they would never cooperate with the rebels.
When the Xinjiang newspapers published the oath of these people, the troops in the dense Uyghur area withdrew, but the martial law posture in Dihua was still linked: "The army has the right to check the documents of pedestrians at any time, and everyone began to register for identification."
It is difficult to implement Chongqing-style social control in Xinjiang, where ethnic minorities are mainly nomadic herders."
There are few fake apartments, and they can only be implemented in cities at this stage.
After the internal affairs were settled, Bai Chongxi began to turn his attention to the Manas River front and the provincial army, and he explained the reasons for the failure of the last siege relief campaign, and a large part of it was the confusion of the provincial army.
After Sheng Shicai was transferred out of Xinjiang, the provincial army was in a state of leaderlessness, and the provincial troops stationed in various places, from generals to soldiers, were panicked, did not know where the future was, and their morale was reduced; The troops transferred to Xinjiang from other places were blinded by the terrain and the local situation, and the reinforcements even got lost when they crossed the Tianshan Mountains, and the logistics army even sent ammunition and food to the rebels' camps.
Bai Chongxi did not order the generals of the provincial army to hold a meeting in Dihua, but ordered to commend Wan Lingyun and Zhang Xihan, the generals of the 2nd Cavalry Division and the 2nd Cavalry Division of the Provincial Army, who had made meritorious contributions in the counterinsurgency in southern Xinjiang, and awarded them the Order of the Blue Sky and the White Sun, announced the expansion of the two divisions into a B division, and ordered them to report to the subordinates of the two divisions for meritorious service in southern Xinjiang, so that the counterinsurgency headquarters could report to the commendation.
The general order commended Tang Zhiquan, commander of the provisional division of the provincial army on the Manas River front, and rewarded the entire provisional division with 100,000 yuan. The general order commended the 6th Division that held Aksu, awarded Liu Wenhui, commander of the 24th Army, and Tang Liang, commander of the 7th Division, the Order of the Blue Sky and White Sun, and rewarded the entire army of the 24th Army with 100,000 legal currency.
When Bai Chongxi first arrived in Dihua, he changed his low posture and vigorously implemented several major measures, and the rebels immediately felt the pressure doubled, and Moscow quickly contacted Chongqing, asking Pan Youxin to immediately negotiate with the Nationalist Government to express the concern of the Soviet Russian government about the situation in Xinjiang, and asked China to adopt cautious measures in the handling of the Xinjiang incident to drag Wang Chonghui to put down the memorandum handed over by Pan Youxin, and a hint of sarcasm slipped in his eyes, and then calmly pushed the memorandum in front of Pan Youxin: "My government is not in time to accept this memorandum, and the Xinjiang rebellion is our internal affair. How to calm down is a matter for our government and has nothing to do with your government. ”
"Xinjiang has a long border with China, and China has a long-lasting historical relationship with Xinjiang, so China is very concerned about the situation in Xinjiang and the current situation in Xinjiang. Pan Youxin stared at Wang Chonghui threateningly.
Wang Chonghui sneered twice, stood up and walked to Pan Youxin's side, and picked up the memorandum on the table: "I have been the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government twice, for a total of more than ten years, and I have heard a lot of words like this, from 9 to 97 years, the Japanese have been very many times, yo 940 when there was an incident in Tibet, the British also used to do this, and today I heard it again." ”
"Friendly relations between your two countries? What a joke, do you and China have friendly relations? Isn't the rebellion in Xinjiang instigated by your country? Do you know the name Leonov? Major of your Ministry of Internal Affairs, whose contingent was annihilated by our troops in the Hami area four days ago, Leonov has already been captured. ”
"How many of the rebels in Xinjiang are soldiers of your Ministry of Internal Affairs? How many of them are ancient soldiers? I know better than I am. Wang Chonghui's heart was very hearty, as a diplomat, he knew very well the meaning of this move of Soviet Russia.
Pan Youxin also sneered twice, and he also stood up and "faced Wang Chonghui:" Mr. Minister,
From the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War to the present, we have provided a lot of material and personnel support to your country, and Soviet pilots have shed their last blood to defend your country.
"Yes" is very grateful to my country, and it is also engraved in my heart! Wang Chonghui did not evade or retreat, he met Pan Youxin's gaze and said resolutely: "Therefore, when your country is in the most difficult time, our government lost our own difficulties, and when the Japanese army invaded your country, we proposed an attack on the Japanese army, and did not hesitate to attract the Japanese army to our battlefield." But now? What has your country done? ”
"Mr. Ambassador": Your two countries have had a very pleasant cooperation, why can't we continue to build this cooperation? Wang Chonghui sighed softly: "Xinjiang is our territory, and we cannot resist exchanging national sovereignty or any other tools related to sovereignty, which are not negotiable." ”
Pan Youxin returned disappointed, the Chinese government's attitude was unprecedentedly tough, the Moscow Kremlin fell into anxiety, and the Chinese government deployed troops into Xinjiang on a large scale "The rebellion in southern Xinjiang was put down, the infiltration from the Ili region to the south was resolutely intercepted by the squadron, and the rebellion was confined to Ili, Tacheng, and Ashan in northern Xinjiang.
The rebels instigated a tentative offensive on the front line of the Manas River, but were beaten back by the squadron, and the signs of rebellion that emerged in Turpan, Hami and other places west of Dihua were "forcefully suppressed by the squadron, and the rebels suffered numerous casualties, and the rest fled to the district."
The generals who had joined the military meeting came out of the chamber, and not long after, the roar of the master sounded again in the palace, and the generals saw Beria hurrying in, and then there was a louder roar in the office.
"Comrade Pan Youxin is no longer fit to be ambassador to China, Yesev has serious problems in judging the situation in Xinjiang, and Beria "immediately examines him, whether he is a Trotskyite who has been missed!" This scoundrel! ”
In the face of Stalin's rare gaffe, "Molotov and Beria were a little trembling, and they did not dare to speak, but Beria's heart was much calmer, and he knew that he was safe."
At the beginning, Yesev thought that after Sheng Shicai's transfer, Xinjiang was empty and the army was panicked, which was a good opportunity to instigate, and Stalin took his suggestion and let Beria carry it out. Now facing defeat, either Yesev or he Beria will carry this black cauldron, and now Stalin has chosen Yesev, and he Beria is temporarily safe.
Molotov is also well aware that Pan Youxin has done his best in this matter, and that there are definite limitations to diplomatic means, and if the Chinese government is determined, Pan Youxin will not have the slightest example. But Molotov also knew that this matter could only be undertaken by Yesev and Pan Youxin, Stalin's authority was unquestionable, and he could not refrain from the slightest swing, he was the god of the proletariat all over the world!
"For Xinjiang, we can't resist just throwing it away" Stalin stared at Beria with a stern expression: "Order them to intensify their offensive, and at the same time estimate the counterattack of the squadron, and if necessary, they can separate the guerrillas, Xinjiang is very large, and it is completely possible to carry out guerrilla warfare, drag it to death, Chiang Kai-shek." ”
The last word was Stalin gritting his teeth and jumping out of between his teeth. The failure of Xinjiang is acceptable, and it can satisfy Chiang Kai-shek, but it will not be successful!
Both Molotov and Beria understood Stalin's mood at the moment, and Stalin looked down on Chiang Kai-shek and China, believing that China was not worthy of being one of the four great powers, and that it was not at all worthy of discussing the post-war international order with the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union, and that they were not qualified to do so now.
It was precisely on the basis of this understanding that Stalin brazenly put forward a demand for the northeast in Tehran, but he did not expect to be vetoed by Chiang Kai-shek, and even the attitude of the Americans was ambiguous, Stalin could not bear it, and provoked the Xinjiang incident, the purpose of which was first to shock Chiang Kai-shek, and secondly, to test the reaction of the Americans.
But this time Stalin miscalculated, Chiang Kai-shek's response was even tougher, not only from the front line of the Anti-Japanese War, but even sent the warlike Bai Chongxi to Xinjiang to serve as the commander-in-chief and be fully responsible for counterinsurgency, and Yan'an's requirements for their cooperation were only perfunctory, and Yan'an's interest soon turned to North China.
"Please rest assured, Comrade Stalin, the offensive of the National Army is very fierce at present, it has taken control of the entire Northern Territory, and at the moment the Airenbach airfield is still in the hands of the government troops, Comrade Gunlisov said that he has transferred the Panzer Army back from the front line of the Manas River, and the next offensive will definitely be able to capture the Airenbak airfield."
This passage did not soothe Stalin in the slightest, not even Beria himself, the Kremlin magnates knew very well that the squadron had wiped out 400,000 Japanese troops in North China, and the little strength of the Nationalist Army was not enough for them, and the Chinese government did not transfer too many troops, as long as a group army was transferred from North China, it would easily defeat the Nationalist Army, unless Soviet Russia openly sent troops to intervene on a large scale.
But can this work? Obviously not. The main forces of the Soviet Union were still on the battlefield against Germany, and they could not even take care of the battlefield against Japan, and they simply could not draw more forces to devote to Xinjiang.
"Comrade Stalin" Molotov made a suggestion in his heart: "Although Comrade Pan Youxin made mistakes in his work, he was dismissed from his post and transferred back in this way, and I am afraid that it would be inappropriate to do so." ”
"Oh, so what's the suggestion?" Although Stalin was angry, he did not lose his mind, and it was inevitable that he would leave the impression of failure by transferring back the ambassador like this, but could there be any better example?
"Since China has rejected our proposal, we should retaliate, and I propose to recall Comrade Pan Youxin, and at the same time ask the Chinese government to recall their ambassador to Moscow."
Recall Ambassadors? Stalin frowned deeply, although he was angry, but he had not yet planned to break with China, so it was very dangerous to recall the ambassador, and the signal was that China and the Soviet Union were about to break up.
But what does Molotov mean? Stalin looked at Molotov in puzzlement, Molotov's expression was very calm, and his eyes were still so peaceful.
Stalin smiled, he walked to his desk, picked up his pipe, lit it with a match, and inhaled slightly. , and then spoke: "Well, very good, let's do it like this, let Comrade Pan Youxin come back." ”
Beria was a little confused, just by virtue of this, he could force the Chinese government to make concessions? What if Chiang Kai-shek didn't give in? Isn't this an adventure? China and the Soviet Union are now both important members of the allies, and the separation of China and the Soviet Union does not mean the separation of the allies? What will Germany and Japan think? The United States, Britain, ......, wait, Beria now understood what Stalin Molotov had in mind.
Just as he was thinking, the door to the office was pushed open, and Stalin's adjutant came in and said that Comrade Vasilevsky, the chief of the General Adviser, and the head of the Red Army Intelligence Department, had invited him to meet. Stalin was a little stunned, the summer combat conference that had just been held had already decided on the summer battle plan for the year, this offensive was unprecedented in terms of military strength and firepower, and the main attack would be carried out after the Allied Overlord operation was launched, and it would be proposed from places where the Germans did not expect. Vasilevsky just left and came back so soon, what did this create?
Vasilevsky came in quickly, he looked at Beria, and sighed slightly in his heart, he didn't really want Beria to be there, but it was not appropriate to meet him.
"The Ministry of Intelligence received some information from China, Comrade Stalin, the General Adviser Department believes that the Chinese are preparing to attack Menggu with the aim of occupying Menggu, but in fact they will not leave." Vasilevsky's account was very brief, but it shocked Stalin. @。
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