December 2, 1943. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Dihua.

Zhou Gongxiaolu and his party lived in the Finance Department, and Zhou Bin, that is, Mao Zemin, vacated more than a dozen houses for them and told them to take a good rest.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Tao Zhiyue will come to visit Zhou Gong.

Taking advantage of the rest, Zhou Gong convened a meeting of the senior leaders of the Communist Party and the Eighth Route Army in Xinjiang.

The situation in Xinjiang is difficult.

Because Sheng Shicai and several of his senior officers were ensnared by the Soviet Union in October 41 and imprisoned in Soviet Central Asia, Chen Tanqiu, Deng Fa and others immediately took over Xinjiang and took control of the government.

At that time, there were only a group of deputy division commanders left in several regions of Xinjiang. Sheng Shicai's order came from the Soviet Union, asking them to obey Chen Deng's leadership.

After taking over Xinjiang, some units of the former Western Route Army stationed in Ningxia began to move towards Xinjiang. By the winter, more than 2,000 troops of the Eighth Route Army came.

In the summer of 42, Tao Zhiyue, the new commander-in-chief of the 37th Group Army, entered Xinjiang alone, and until the autumn, Tao Zhiyue's troops of the 37th Group Army entered Xinjiang one after another.

Up to now, in Xinjiang, including the Eighth Route Army, the Air Force Training Team, the original Sheng Shicai's troops, and the newly recruited troops, the Eighth Route Army can control about 20,000 troops in Xinjiang, Tao Zhiyue's army has 40,000 or 50,000 people, and the original Sheng Shicai's local army has more than 100,000 people in a wait-and-see state.

At present, the Eighth Route Army has a great influence in Xinjiang because of its control of the government and finances, and its effective ethnic policy. Although Tao Zhiyue's army was not the largest, it was the strongest in combat. The local army has a large number of people, but its combat effectiveness is weak and its military discipline is poor, and the local ethnic minorities hate them very much.

Zhou Gong was very positive about their achievements and learned about several work plans for the future.

Xiaolu asked two questions, first, whether there were Soviet troops in Xinjiang. Second, after Sheng Shicai was abandoned, whether the Soviet Union cultivated agents among the ethnic minorities in Xinjiang was, to put it bluntly, whether the Ahmat River and some local forces were still closely connected with the Soviet Union, and whether the Soviet Union was planning their uprising.

The answer to the first question: the USSR had military advisers in Xinjiang, about a hundred people, all officers.

For the second question, someone immediately asked Xiao Lu: "Mr. Lu, why did you ask this question?" ”

It was He Wei who spoke.

He Wei is the main general under Zhang Guotao and supports Zhang Guotao to achieve a leading position. After Zhang Guotao's defeat, He Wei served as the vice president of the Red Army University, and later, because of Xiaolu's persuasion, Yan'an's criticism of Zhang Guotao's movement was not so strong, and He was sent to Xinjiang when Xinjiang was changing, serving as the deputy commander of the military region.

Zhang Guotao has been a member of the Central Committee, vice chairman of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border District Government, and lives in Yan'an. Because there are still some people in the Western Route Army, because they feel that they still have political capital, because they did not defect to Lao Jiang in the name of paying tribute to the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum as in history.

However, in recent years, the central authorities have adopted a very soft policy towards the cadres and fighters of the original Western Route Army, and except for a few people such as He Weili Te, everyone else has given up factional struggle, done a good job of unity, and single-mindedly resisted Japan.

Xiaolu said: "General He, I attended an international conference with Vice Chairman Zhou this time and learned a lot about the situation. Some of the information will be made publicly at future briefings, while others, for me and the Vice-Chair, will be briefed on our own people. At that point, you will understand why I am asking this question. ”

Zhou Bin had never been to the Soviet Union, and he had no psychological burden on others, and said: "Now there are more than a dozen Soviet advisers in Xinjiang, and they lead more than a dozen people to operate here. I went to northern Xinjiang for a few months a while ago, and now I am in Dihua. The Soviets had spokesmen, that is, Ahmatjan. ”

Xiaolu said: "Let me analyze these people in Ahmatjiang. You see that right. ”

Everyone didn't speak, and waited for his next step.

Xiaolu said: "In this group of people, there is a kind of person who is the spokesman of the Soviet Union, and they have gained a great say in it with the support of the Soviet Union. The second group of people are local independence elements in Xinjiang. They want to seek a new position, and the reason why they cooperate with the Soviet Union is because they want to find a big man to confront China. The third group of people are patriots, who are moderates, who have the possibility of cooperating with us, and who think that it is good for their people not to be independent. ”

The people were silent.

Under the premise that the European theater of the Soviet Union was extremely unfavorable, such unkind words to the Soviet Union did not sound so harsh.

If you had said this two years ago, there would have been a large number of people who would have stood up against it. Inspired by internationalism, many people recognized the leadership of the Soviet Union, and the fate of many people was closely linked to that of the Soviet Union. To oppose the Soviet Union, or even to question it, could cost one's life. At the beginning, if the Soviet Union hadn't abandoned Wang Ming, Wang Ming would not have given up.

Koji continued: "The first group is limited because the Soviet Union has been in decline lately and we are on the rise. The second type of person is also less active because of the same factors, while the third type of person is very active. For these three types of people, we must recognize that the second type of people, especially the second type of people, if they are not handled well, will leave a long-term scar. If it causes national scars, it is easy to cause trouble for future generations. In this regard, the central government has a series of ethnic policies aimed at Xinjiang. ”

Vice Chairman Zhou said: "We demand ethnic unity in Xinjiang and be under our firm control. Now, because we are in the period of resistance against Japan, we can no longer carry out land reform in Xinjiang, and we cannot clash with any party. At the moment, it is difficult to send troops to Xinjiang on a large scale. What to do about it will be studied in the evening. ”

A man knocked on the door and came in and called Zhou Bin out. After a while, Zhou Bin came in and said, "Tao Zhiyue is here." ”

At the end of the meeting, the group went to the antechamber, where they saw an officer in a tweed military uniform standing.

When Zhou Gong saw it, he walked up quickly and said, "General Tao, it's been a long time." ”

Tao Zhiyue said: "Zhou Gong is a big man, and he has recently won a diplomatic victory with the president, and now he can pass by our Xinjiang and meet us, which is a great honor." I was sorry that I couldn't go to the airport to meet me at the airport when I went down to inspect the barracks in the morning. ”

Zhou Gongdao: "Where, where." I was going to visit the general, but I didn't want the general to come so soon. ”

Tao Zhiyue said: "Zhou Gong, let's not be polite, everyone wants to ask you to introduce the international situation." ”

Zhou Gongdao: "The general's orders are obeyed." ”

Half an hour later, Zhou Gong and Xiaolu began to report to the military at the headquarters.

Tao Zhiyue is a member of the old Hunan Army, a subordinate of Tan Yanhong, who fought bravely and was promoted cumulatively. Later, he participated in the Battle of Songhu and fought bravely, with more than half of his subordinates suffering casualties. He and Peng were always classmates, and when the Red Army arrived in the northwest, Peng always wrote him a letter that Tao Zhiyue let the Red Army cross the border, and there were no casualties on both sides. Therefore, he has a lot of connections with the Red Army. He was very concerned about the overall situation, and now that he heard that Zhou Gong was back, he didn't care about greetings, so he summoned the officers and asked Zhou Gong and Xiaolu to explain the meeting and the overall situation of the world's anti-fascism.

The senior leaders of the Eighth Route Army also arrived in the conference room and listened to the lecture together.

Xinjiang natives also came, which was requested by Zhou Gong.

Zhou Gong talked about the Cairo Conference to the Tehran Conference, from the African battlefield, to the Soviet battlefield, from the Outer Northeast, to Outer Mongolia, and from the Northeast to North China. After speaking for more than two hours, everyone followed his train of thought, either surprised or delighted, and applauded when they heard him talk about the great victory in North China.