Early August 1926

Chen Shao signed a resolution on the influx of refugees from the southwest region into the southwest region.

This year's severe drought has caused no harvest in the Central Plains, and warlords have increased dramatically, and in order to survive, a large number of people have dragged their families and families to the southwest region.

In this regard, Chen Shao ordered the transfer of grain to the inevitable gathering place, and at the same time began to mobilize the People's Army troops, ready for battle at any time, and assembled in the northwest region.

After the troops were assembled, the southwestern government issued a radio message demanding that the warlords in the regions stop collecting food taxes on the people.

The warlords in the southwest did not heed much of the warnings. What do you not levy on the soldiers to eat, do you think we are as rich as you in the Southwest?

Three days later, the southwest sent a telegram to the whole country to announce the situation of the affected people. As for the warlords' disregard for the people's livelihood, Chen Shao personally pointed out on the radio, since you can't manage the people in your jurisdiction, let yourself help you manage it.

At the same time, more than 200,000 active KPA soldiers and the same number of reserve corps soldiers were divided into four routes.

Along the way, Cai Ye led an army of active troops and a reserve of an army to march out of Hunan, and the front of the troops pointed to Hubei.

On the second route, Jiang Baili led the active troops of an army and an army of reserves to march out of Chongqing, and the troops went straight to Shaanxi and Ningxia.

Chen Fuqin led the active troops of an army to advance into Gansu.

The fourth road Huang Bai led the guards and the reserve of an army to attack Qinghai.

Under the leadership of Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren, the Construction Corps cooperated with Kong Wenhong's army to pounce on Tibet, and after taking Tibet, it went up to take the Xinjiang region.

The reserve units of the remaining two armies, in coordination with the People's Armed Police Force, are preparing to take over the defense of the regions.

After the departure of the troops, the South-West again began to recruit reserve soldiers in large numbers.

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The southwest's actions caught many people off guard, and in the face of the powerful offensive of the southwest army, except for Hubei, which could unexpectedly have a slight resistance, the warlords in other provinces had no resistance at all.

At this time, it was the Northern Expedition in Nanjing, and the eight soldiers of Nanjing's bald head were divided into several ways to target Sun Chuanfang and Wu Peifu, and the entire land of China was fighting. Wu Peifu waved 200,000 troops out of Hubei to fight a decisive battle with the Northern Expeditionary Army, what he didn't expect was that the southwest would make a move at this time and take the entire territory of Hubei in one fell swoop. At this time, he was disrupted and quickly eliminated by the Northern Expeditionary Army. However, the Northern Expeditionary Army did not approach Hubei, but rounded to encircle and suppress Sun Chuanfang's troops, encircling Jiangxi and Fujian. So far, Nanjing has directly taken over Jiangxi, Fujian and other places, instead of directly bordering the southwest.

Shaanxi Governor Liu Zhenhua is still in Shaanxi due to the arrival of Chen Shao. Upon learning that the Southwest People's Army was coming to invade Shaanxi, Liu Zhenhua deployed defenses in Xianyang and Xi'an. Liu Zhenhua led an army of 70,000 and personally supervised the defense. Jiang Baili ordered the siege of Xi'an, and the People's Army captured the three bridges in the west of the city, completing the encirclement on all sides, and the offensive and defensive battle of Xi'an lasted several hours of fierce fighting. The city of Xi'an was broken, and Liu Zhenhua fled to Shaanzhou in western Henan in panic. Then the People's Army quickly advanced, and Liu Zhenhua, who was about to escape, was blocked by the People's Army in Shaanzhou, and had no choice but to become a prisoner of the People's Army.

In order to cooperate with the battle of the Ma family's army, after taking Shaanxi, Jiang Baili led the army to attack Ningxia and responded to Chen Fuqin to eliminate the Ma family's army. After the two armies combined to eliminate the Ningma Army, Chen Fuqin led an army of the current troops to cooperate with the Guards Army to attack Qinghai and the northwest of Gansu.

In 1926, Feng Yuxiang's forces began to enter Gansu. On September 17, Feng Yuxiang swore in Wuyuan, and then waved his army to Shaanxi and Gansu. His right-hand man, Liu Yufen, was appointed commander-in-chief in Gansu and acting as the military superintendent of Gansu, and led the national army into Gansu. As a result, the northwest ushered in a war of unprecedented scale. At that time, the Ma Jiajun was mainly divided into three factions: Ma Zhanao's grandson, Ma Tingxian, the town guard of Liangzhou, Ma Tingxian, was called the Western Army; Ma Haiyan's sons, Xining Town Guards, Ma Qi and Ma Lin, were called Ning Haijun; Suiyuan Dutong and Ningxia Protector Ma Fuxiang and his sons Ma Hongbin and Ma Hongkui are called Ningma Army.

Ma Jiajun is a relatively special armed force, they basically take family, blood and religion as the link, they started from recklessness, flourished in troubled times, and crisscrossed among various forces, once occupied all of Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, most of Xinjiang, and almost controlled the entire northwest, which changed the course of the history of the Republic of China to a considerable extent. Their leaders are martial, bloodthirsty and killing, and their horses and sabers are their magic weapons that will always be effective both internally and externally. However, history is merciless, and this armed force, which had been entrenched in the northwest region since the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, was finally wiped out in the rumbling artillery of the Southwest People's Army and the charge of armored vehicles, and was lost in the long yellow sand along with their heavy blood debts.

In the face of the poor people there, a lot of food was distributed along the way, and the rear had to increase the supply of the construction corps. Moreover, the speed of the construction corps is not fast, and it has to walk while building roads along the way. Kong Wenhong's army was more like he came to suppress the bandits, and there were no large-scale battles along the way, but the bandits wiped out a lot. At the same time, Chen Shao also telegraphed to the local government of Tibet, announcing some policies in the southwest and asking them to actively assist the southwest people's army in stationing in Tibet to consolidate national defense. All foreign-related affairs in Tibet are handled by the southwestern government in a unified manner, and the Tibetan army has gradually reorganized the Tibetan army in various regions into the reserve force of the People's Army.

However, the Xinjiang region is complicated, and the various strengths are intertwined, which really made Li Zongren and them waste a lot of time, and they also had to count Chen Fuqin's army to help them vigorously and finally stabilize the Xinjiang region at the end of the year.

Since the beginning of the 20th century, a very small number of separatists and religious extremists in Xinjiang, influenced by the international trend of religious extremism and ethnic chauvinism, have politicized the non-standard geographical term "**stan" according to the old colonialist concocted statements, and fabricated a set of so-called "ideological and theoretical systems" of "stan independence". Advocate that "**Stan" has been an independent country since ancient times, and its nation has a history of nearly 10,000 years, "the best nation in the history of mankind". All Turkic-speaking and Muslim-speaking peoples are called for a union to form a "theocratic" state. clamoring for "opposition to all peoples except the Turkic nation", the extermination of "infidels", China being "the enemy country of the **stan nation for 3,000 years", and so on. After the so-called "East Turkistan" theory was formed, separatists of all stripes carried out activities under the banner of "East Turkistan" in an attempt to realize their delusional dream of establishing a "state of state."

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In the face of the powerful offensive of the Southwest Army, Yan Xishan of Shanxi directly sent a telegram to inform Chen Shao that he was helpless and was really powerless in the face of drought.

In this regard, Chen Shao did not say a word, and directly mobilized a large amount of grain. asked Yan Xishan to build an airport, promising to mobilize food for him.

A few days later, the construction of a large runway was completed on the outskirts of Taiyuan.

At this time, the runway was full of people, the leader was dressed in military uniforms, and there were guards standing around him.

Yan Xishan, the overseer and governor of Shanxi Province, is also the king of Shanxi who is familiar to the people. A graduate of the sixth phase of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, a member of the Qing Dynasty Army Infantry Section, a member of the League, organized and led the Taiyuan Xinhai Uprising.

Today, Yan Xishan, accompanied by several adjutants, came to the runway, and hundreds of carriages were also prepared behind him to transport grain.

After waiting for almost half an hour, before food could be delivered, an adjutant beside Yan Xishan said, "Overseer, why haven't you come yet, could it be that Chen Shao deceived us?" ”

"No, the telegram just said that the plane has already taken off, maybe we came too early."

"Coming, coming," shouted the other lieutenant, pointing to the sky.

From time to time, there was a roar in the southern sky, and then a dozen or so huge planes were seen getting closer and closer. The simple airfield, not even the navigation building, the plane circled, and after seeing the ground personnel give a signal that they could land, they aimed at the runway and landed in one breath. The huge plane landed safely under the pilots of skilled pilots.

"Overseer, this southwest plane is really big." An adjutant next to Yan Xishan said in a low voice, "When I was abroad two years ago, I had never seen such a big plane, and I guess I didn't even have them. ”

Yan Xishan nodded, he was still quite satisfied with this adjutant who had just returned from studying in the West, because he was different from those old people, he had a relatively new vision and a better understanding of new things in the world, "The military strength of the southwest is too strong, and it is not effortless to take a large area in one fell swoop this time, and now it supports us with food." Chen Shao's mind is really impressive. ”

After the plane came to a stop, the rear hatch was opened, and a group of KPA troops in camouflage uniforms, led by a major officer, armed only with pistols, ran in a procession to the front of the welcoming crowd.

"Overseer, if this Southwest Army is just looking good and imposing, I'm afraid it can't even compare to the French Army, which is known as the world's first in the world, which I have seen in France. Perhaps only the new German Army I saw in Germany could compare. Moreover, these soldiers do not appear to be combatants. "The adjutant is also the first time to see the southwestern soldiers in the formation, which is different from the photo, and the visual impact is greater.

"The Southwest Army has a momentum, and Shanxi cannot be defeated."

After a long time, Yan Xishan said such a sentence, to the point where he saw the subtleties, and he had seen a lot of things from this small army. It seems that all this time, the newspaper reports are not inaccurate, and there is indeed a very strong military force in the southwest.

"Take a Break, Stand Upright"

After the major finished the procession, he ran to Yan Xishan and the others, and said in a loud voice, "The Eighth Logistics Unit of the Air Force of the Southwest People's Army has arrived in Taiyuan with food sent by fate. ”

"Welcome, welcome, the southwest is determined to help, which is a blessing for Shanxi. Yan Xishan, a contemptible person, welcomed the arrival of the Southwest Army on behalf of the Shanxi fathers and villagers. ”

Then, under the command of the major, the planes that had stopped moved to the side, and the planes that had not yet landed also landed one by one.

Yan Xishan had prepared more than a hundred carriages, but in the face of dozens of tons of grain, it was not enough to see at all, so he could only ask people to go back and prepare more carriages to help.