The battle in the southwest of the city was relatively large, and as soon as the battle began, the commander of the third regiment of the mechanized infantry brigade reported the situation to his brigade commander.

When the thousands of cavalry of the Ma Jiajun surrendered there, the commander of the mechanical infantry brigade Pan and the commander of the cavalry brigade Cai, with a large number of soldiers, rushed over together.

Brigade Commander Pan and Brigade Commander Cai, seeing that thousands of cavalry of the Ma Jiajun surrendered one after another, their hearts were light, and they looked at each other, both smiling.

Brigade Commander Pan said happily: "Lao Cai, we can be said to have completed the task excellently this time, it seems that we have to report to our superiors immediately, the commander-in-chief is probably still waiting for our news." ”

"Yes, Lao Pan, none of the Ma Jiajun cavalry in Bazhou missed the net this time, and the comrades did a very good job."

It seems that Brigade Commander Cai of the Cavalry Brigade is also very happy.

"However, Lao Cai, we still have one more task, there are still a lot of cavalry of the Ma family army in Wuwei City, and we are going to march to Wuwei again."

"Okay, Lao Pan, we'll set off immediately, as for these prisoners, you and I can leave a regiment each to deal with them." Brigade Commander Cai of the Cavalry Brigade also suggested.

"Okay, that's it."

A cavalry regiment and a mechanized infantry regiment have thousands of people, and it is more than enough to take care of these cavalry of the Ma Jiajun who have laid down their weapons and have no fighting spirit.

"Correspondent, hurry up and send a report to the commander-in-chief to report this good news." Brigade Commander Pan said in a loud voice.

Twenty minutes later, Brigade Commander Pan and Brigade Commander Cai, with several thousand people, left Bazhou and headed for Wuwei, which was less than a hundred kilometers away.

The thousands of Ma family army captives in Bazhou were firmly guarded by the soldiers, and all the weapons of these captives were also collected.

These captives were divided into two groups, one for the ordinary cavalry soldiers of the Ma Jiajun and one for the officers of the Ma Jiajun, and these officers of the Ma Jiajun were also tied up with ropes by the soldiers and strictly guarded.

The two soldiers of the 36th Group Army who were arrested before were also rescued by the soldiers, and the rescued platoon commander Hu personally ended the one-eyed company commander of the Ma Jiajun who tortured him......

Command of the 36th Army.

Zhang Yunfei received telegrams from the front line, and he was also in a good mood.

An hour ago, Wu Youqing, commander of the armored division, sent a telegram, saying that the two tank regiments of the armored division had already taken Xining by two routes, and that they were only a few dozen kilometers away from Xining.

At present, more than 1,000 members of the airborne regiment of the flying group have already taken off on more than 20 transport planes, and it is expected that they will reach the airborne landing site in another hour.

In this airborne landing, Zhang Yunfei concentrated all the transport planes, and all the 20 large transport planes owned by the entire 36th Group Army were dispatched.

The entire airborne regiment numbered more than 2,000 people, but the aircraft were limited, and only about two-thirds of the fighters were able to participate in the operation, and those who did not have the opportunity to participate in these operations had to stay at home.

Now, Zhang Yunfei has received another telegram from the mechanized infantry brigade.

After reading the telegram, Zhang Yunfei looked overjoyed, and happily said to Comrade Zuo Qingquan, chief of the General Staff, who had just finished reading the telegram: "Old Zuo, Ma Bufang should cry this time, a cavalry division is gone." ”

Comrade Zuo Qingquan was also in a good mood, and said with a smile: "Commander-in-chief, I see that Ma Bufang can't cry if he wants to cry this time, our army is about to reach Xining." ”

After saying that, everyone burst out laughing.

Comrade Fang Zheng was the happiest, because thousands of people had been captured this time, and now was the time when free labor was needed, such as building roads, opening mines, building factories, and so on.

Now, although there are tens of thousands of little devil captives, working hard in various places, but there are still fewer people, now, the development of the vast base areas can be described as taking off, tens of thousands of coolies are far from enough, Founder wishes there were hundreds of thousands of free coolies.

Comrade Fang Zheng's face was happy, "Commander-in-chief, these thousands of captives in Bazhou have solved my urgent need, now I need labor everywhere, and although those tens of thousands of little devils are doing well now, I still seem to be overstretched everywhere." ”

"Commander-in-chief, it would be nice if we could capture tens of thousands of more prisoners, I heard that Ma Bufang has 70,000 or 80,000 troops, and it would be better if he could capture half of them."

Zhang Yunfei looked at Fang Zheng, and then said: "Old Fang, it is impossible to capture half of them, we are fighting quickly this time, and we will take Xining directly, many of Ma Bufang's troops will definitely not have time to come back, according to intelligence, now Ma Bufang's troops in Xining are only a few thousand, and it would be good to capture two or three thousand more." ”

Hearing this, Fang Zheng couldn't help but be a little deflated.

This time, Zhang Yunfei's strategy was to quickly capture Xining, quickly annihilate Ma Bufang and his group of high-level leaders, and finish the work before the forces of all parties reacted.

At that time, even if someone wants to help Ma Bufang say a few words, they must also consider it, these people will not offend the powerful Zhang Yunfei for the sake of a dead Ma Bufang.

What's more, this time Zhang Yunfei occupies a rational character, and there will be fewer people who speak for Ma Bufang.

Seeing Fang Zheng's expression, Comrade Deng Wenping, director of the General Political Department next to him, took a long puff of cigarette before comforting: "Old Fang, it is better than nothing to have these thousands of captives." ”

After listening to Deng Wenping's words, Fang Zheng slowly figured it out, and a smile slowly appeared on his face.

Zhang Yunfei looked at Fang Zheng, and still reminded: "Old Fang, the soldiers of the Ma Jiajun captured this time can work for one year, and they will be released at the end of the year, and those middle and low-level officers of the Ma Jiajun are the key targets of our labor reform." ”

Hearing this, Fang Zheng nodded.

Fang Zheng understood in his heart that Zhang Yunfei was for everyone's Chinese, and many of these ordinary soldiers may have joined the Ma Jiajun just to eat a mouthful of food......

Xining, Ma Mansion.

Ma Bufang was comfortably tasting the best West Lake Longjing there, and the two aunts and wives were carefully beating Ma Bufang's back, and in the gramophone next to him, the more popular minor tunes were still playing.

Since convening everyone for a meeting yesterday, Ma Bufang has been in a good mood and has lived his delicious life again.

When Ma Bufang finished tasting tea, listening to the tune, and enjoying the careful service of the two young and beautiful aunts, the door of the room was pushed open with a "bang".

There was not even a report, let alone knocking on the door for instructions, hearing that the door was suddenly opened, Ma Bufang's originally good mood was also interrupted, Ma Bufang was angry in his heart, and thought, I want to see who is so bold.

When Ma Bufang looked at the door of the room, he saw Ma Qing, chief of staff of the 40th Group Army, running in in a panic.

Ma Bufang, who was about to get angry, saw that it was his absolute cronies, suppressed his anger back, and saw Ma Qing's panicked face, Ma Bufang's heart sank, and he had a bad premonition.

Without waiting for Ma Bufang to ask, Ma Qing said eagerly: "Commander-in-chief, it's not good, Zhang Yunfei has made a move on us, this is a telegram from the First Cavalry Division asking for help." ”

Hearing this, Ma Bufang's face changed, he snatched the telegram, and looked eagerly, after reading the telegram, Ma Bufang's face was very ugly.

After a long time, Ma Bufang asked, "Chief of Staff Ma, what do you think?" ”

Usually, many of Ma Bufang's strategies are from Ma Qing, and this time, it is no exception, Ma Bufang immediately asked about Ma Qing.

After the panic just now, Ma Qing's mood calmed down a little, and he muttered: "Commander-in-chief, this time the 36th Group Army is not a good person, even the first cavalry division with more than 8,000 horses and horses has sent a telegram asking for help. ”

Hearing this, Ma Bufang's face was also ugly, and he said a little unwillingly: "Now that the KMT and the Communist Party are cooperating, does Zhang Yunfei dare to make a big move?" ”

Ma Qing stood aside, not daring to answer, before, Ma Qing also said that Zhang Yunfei would not send troops on a large scale, this time, I didn't expect that in such a short period of time, Zhang Yunfei's troops would reach Bazhou in northeast Gansu.

Seeing that Ma Qing didn't speak, Ma Bufang said eagerly: "Let's go, let's go to the headquarters together, and at the same time notify Ma Hong and send a report to Ma Biao to ask how the battle is going?" ”

Ten minutes later, Ma Bufang and his henchmen, all gathered at the headquarters, and the faces of these people were very exciting, some were surprised, some were not in disbelief, some were anxious, some were worried, anyway, there were all kinds of expressions.

Not long after, Ma Qing, who personally went to send a report to Ma Biao, also walked over with an ugly face at this time, and as soon as he entered the door, Ma Qing said worriedly: "Commander-in-chief, the radio of the 1st Cavalry Division has not been contacted, I think, the 1st Cavalry Division is afraid that something has gone wrong." ”

Hearing this, Ma Bufang's face turned pale.

A group of Ma Bufang's henchmen sitting there all gasped, and at this time the radio station lost contact, and everyone understood what was going on.

Many people thought in their hearts, that is a cavalry division, thousands of people, from Ma Biao sent a telegram for help to now, how long has it been, less than half an hour.

It's just a few thousand pigs, let the people of the 36th Army kill them, and they can't be killed in just half an hour, not to mention, it's thousands of cavalry.

Ma Bufang sat in the middle, without saying a word, and his face was very ugly.

Ma Hong, the commander of the Fifth Cavalry Army, saw that the atmosphere was heavy, and immediately opened his mouth to comfort: "Commander-in-chief, Bazhou is still far away from our Xining, and we still have time to deploy the army. ”

"We only need to mobilize our troops outside, our tens of thousands of troops, are we still afraid of Zhang Yunfei? In addition, we can send a report to Yucheng, saying that Zhang Yunfei sabotaged the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party and undermined the national united front. ”

As soon as Ma Hong finished speaking, many people sitting here were relieved, what Ma Hong said was completely reasonable, that is, Ma Bufang listened to it, and his heart was light, and his eyes lit up.

But Ma Bufang didn't be happy for long, and before he could send a report to Yucheng, a regimental commander of the Ma family army ran in anxiously, shouting in his mouth, commander-in-chief, something is wrong.

(To be continued)