Chapter 19: Unstoppable

In the Guotong area, after the drought, typhoons came, one after another. The storm came as scheduled, and due to the deforestation, the rainwater quickly flowed into the riverbed, and the flood water rushed out of the embankment, and the Fuchun River, Minjiang River, and Pearl River basins were flooded.

In Shanxi, there has been no rain for more than a month, which has affected the harvest of autumn grain and greatly reduced grain production. However, the year before, Yan Xishan exchanged grain for a lot of imported machinery and equipment, and did not have much grain storage. Shanxi's grain crops are too simple, and there are no substitute food crops. Shanxi fell into a famine, and the price of grain soared, while the Jin merchants were hoarding grain, driving up prices, and shipping at high prices.

The power of the CCP's grassroots organizations was prominent, Yuncheng, Jincheng, and Linfen revolted, and the peasant self-defense forces, supported by the Wuhan government, defeated the township regiments controlled by the Jin merchants, and the armies in these places also revolted and collapsed.

When Yan Xishan wanted to transfer troops to suppress it, the two divisions of Zhang Tian and Lu Zhonglin entered Luliang and Yushe from Shaanxi and Henan respectively.

In just one month, Yan Xishan was left with only the Jinzhong Plain.

Fu Zuoyi saw that this was a completely one-sided posture, so he directly announced that he would accept the Wuhan government's reorganization.

Yan Xishan was also helpless. The only option is to negotiate with the Wuhan government.

Chahar was directly assigned to Suiyuan, and Fu Zuoyi served as the governor of Suiyuan Province. Yan Xishan had nothing else to ask for, but asked to be the governor of Shanxi, and his dream of building Shanxi was not yet completed. He couldn't control the army anyway, and the Jin merchants took their assets with them at the same time as he announced negotiations with the CCP, with the support of their respective armies. Some entered Hebei and took refuge with Zhang Xueliang. Some go straight through Hebei. Took refuge in Manchuria. Yan Xishan couldn't stop it.

Wu Peifu and Feng Yuxiang persuaded him: "It's going to rain, and my mother wants to get married, so let it go." The gold and silver treasures they took away are nothing, and the land and people we have are the real wealth. ”

The collapse of Shaanxi and Chahar. actually made Zhang Xueliang make a surprising decision. He chose to unite with Manchuria.

In order not to give the Wuhan government an excuse to attack. Northeast China, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, and Boli, which was controlled by the Manchurian Army, jointly established the Northeast Autonomous Government. The Manchurian Army and the Northeast Army were combined, with Pu Yi as the chairman of the government and Zhang Xueliang as the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Army. The Japanese troops in Manchuria all retreated to Primorsky Krai. It is said that the woman Jin Bihui played a key role. She can be said to hate Japan to the core, and now that she has a certain strength, she naturally wants to resist. Pu Yi also doesn't want to be the emperor, and the autonomy of Manchu and Mongolia is also acceptable to Zhang Xueliang, anyway, everyone is an autonomous government. As long as it is not separated from the central government.

With the support of the Northeast Army, the Manchu imperial power represented by Jin Bihui rose, although it was not against Japan. Pu Yi could finally straighten up and speak.

The Japanese army fought fiercely with the Soviet troops in the area of the Outer Khingan Mountains. And the Northeast Army constantly attacked the Far Eastern Railway. The Soviets could not resist and had to withdraw from the Trans-Khingan Mountains and retreat to the Lena River valley, where the Soviets concentrated their armored corps and air force. This is not something that Japanese ironclads can withstand. The Japanese Air Force will not be able to get here either.

The best way to attack the Outer Northeast is to go down the Heilongjiang River from Mongolia.

However, it is a trivial matter that this place was attacked and harassed by the Northeast Army. The most terrible thing is the People's Revolutionary Army lurking in the Altai region, once the revolutionary army cuts off the Far Eastern Railway, the Soviet army that attacked by surprise is in danger of being completely annihilated, so it has not dared to move.

And the USSR is now in a hurry and has begun to build the Transberga Railway. It is a railway known as the Road of Death, which passes through heavy forest swamps and has a cold climate. The ground is all permafrost. The USSR paid a heavy price for this.

However, perhaps knowing that it was within its limits, Japan also stopped attacking. The government in the northeast has also stopped the attacks.

The Guangzhou government was also unable to ask for much after a severe natural disaster. Anyway, the Northeast Autonomous Government, the Wuhan Autonomous Government, and the Xinjiang Autonomous Government. The Tibetan Kashag government has declared recognition of the central government. Chiang Kai-shek could not do anything about this situation of fighting but not breaking. It can only strengthen itself in order to one day be able to reverse the situation.

In September, the Soviet Union also knew that the Mongolian question had to be discussed if not discussed. Because the Wuhan government has turned into a behemoth. And it seems that there are no scruples except for the central government of China. The venue of the talks was chosen in the ancient city of Xi'an, and the negotiators were really encircled in the ancient city. There were people from all the autonomous governments participating in the negotiations, but almost all of them were diplomats, and there were no real power figures. Both Zhang Xueliang and Zhang Chun made a posture to take Mongolia.

In fact, Mao Shishan has been preparing for this for a year.

It was Jin Bihui who represented the Northeast Autonomous Government, and she was the only woman, and she was also the one with the most fierce words. Lin Changmin and Wu Hao looked leisurely, but everyone knew that these two people were the most powerful to speak. And Gu Weijun spoke less because he represented the central government. Because he wants to make the final sound. The representative of Bai Chongxi is Ma Hongbin.

Mr. Ma is now a central figure in the Xinjiang army, and he is a supporter of Mr. Bai's toughness. It's just that the well-equipped Xinjiang troops are demanding toughness not only externally, but also the Wuhan government. Bai Chongxi directly sent Ma Hongbin to negotiate. Said you go and take a look and find out about the military situation.

On behalf of the Wuhan government, Wu Hao invited the Tibetan Kashag government to send personnel to participate in the negotiations, and Gu Weijun acquiesced. This is an honor that Tibet has never had, and the pro-British living Buddhas lost everything in the abduction of the Panchen Lama. So the Kashag government now has a majority of pro-Chinese forces, because the British really don't dare to exert more pressure from Tibet now.

The Dalai Lama sent the 22-year-old Living Buddha Rezhen to Xi'an, and at the same time wrote a letter asking the Panchen Lama to participate in the negotiations, because the Dalai Lama already felt that something might be wrong with his body and that he was preparing for his own future.

From the outset, the negotiations went in a direction that could not be negotiated. That is to get China to join the Comintern. The representatives of Mongolia who came to negotiate were the representatives of the Comintern, except for Baqiaoshan. Even if the CCP was able to join the Comintern, what about the KMT? After that, it fell into a completely meaningless struggle of doctrine and line.

On 15 September, two cavalry divisions, one infantry division, one rocket regiment, and one armored regiment of Ji Hongchang's Ninth Army appeared directly in Ulan Gumu, and one infantry division passed through Kizil and entered the Sayan Mountains. Immediately, the two infantry divisions of Zhang Linyue's Seventh Army also entered the Sayan Mountains.

There was no garrison of Soviet troops in this area. Immediately, three cavalry divisions of the Seventh and Ninth Armies annihilated one of the cavalry divisions of the Mongolian People's Army at Lake Khuvsgul. Three divisions against one division, not yet using the tactics of charging, the Mongols shouted despicable.

But it was not the cavalry that was vile, but the infantry. In just one hour, Irkutsk was hit by thousands of rockets. A Soviet armored division was destroyed without firing a single shot, containing twenty T-26 tanks, and armor-piercing shells penetrated their thin armor as easily as tearing through a piece of paper. The Far Eastern Railway was completely disrupted.

When Soviet reinforcements arrived, Irkutsk was in ruins. The Soviets did not see a single Chinese soldier during the day, but at night, the tragedy of the Panzer Division was repeated. Another armored division and an infantry division are finished. Nearly one army also has two rocket and armored regiments fighting two divisions, and the weapons and equipment far surpass the Soviet army, which is completely bullying. However, the Soviet army did not know how many Chinese troops had arrived.

All annihilated, not a single one was able to escape, and there were not even a few words of telegram to report the enemy's situation. The enemy situation is unknown, and the commander of the Far Eastern Army, General Gallen, no longer dares to increase troops in Irkutsk. It was ordered that the Soviet troops could choose to temporarily retreat if they could not figure out the strength of the enemy forces.

On 20 September, one of Li Mingzhong's infantry divisions entered Hangai Mountain. And two cavalry divisions of Ji Hongchang raided Kyakhta.

When Li Zhongming's armored division was dispatched from Dharamzadegard, the Mongolian People's Army surrendered. But Ji Hongchang did not stop, and directly swept Ulan-Ude, and the infantry division entered the Xing'an Mountains. The Soviets were retreating, but they were not dispersed, they were very organized, because they were facing not only the Chinese army, but also the Japanese army, and they had to be cautious.

Mongolia has no luck at all. Because it was surrounded by Chinese troops.

But what is even more terrifying is that nearly half a million construction troops drawn from Shandong, Jiangsu, and Anhui seem to have emerged from the ground, extending the transportation system that has extended to Dharamzadegard to the north. And how many people are there in Mongolia? After cleaning, less than 900,000. (To be continued......)