After Zhang Yunfei convened the meeting, less than two hours later, that is, at about three o'clock in the afternoon, the 36th Group Army received a telegram from Ma Bufang.

Zhang Yunfei, who saw the contents of the telegram, sneered in his heart.

Next to him, Comrade Zuo Qingquan, chief of the General Staff, Comrade Deng Wenping, director of the General Political Department, and Comrade Liu Dazhu, deputy commander-in-chief, all had serious faces, and everyone was quite angry in their hearts.

In the telegram just now, Ma Bufang not only did not apologize, but demanded that Zhang Yunfei's troops withdraw from Qinghai, Gansu, and Ningxia provinces within three days, otherwise, he Ma Bufang would send troops to completely wipe out them.

The telegram also said that the incident in Bazhou was only a small warning to the 36th Group Army, and that in three days, the fighters of the 36th Group Army that had entered Qinghai, Gansu, and Ningxia provinces would be wiped out on a large scale.

It seems that the 36th Group Army has sent so many task forces into the above three provinces, and Ma Bufang also knows about it, and now, Ma Bufang can't wait to send his own troops to grab territory everywhere.

Looking at this telegram, Zhang Yunfei didn't say a word, but Zhang Yunfei's heart was already full of anger.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Comrade Liu Dazhu, deputy commander-in-chief, immediately said anxiously: "Commander-in-chief, this Ma Bufang is too ignorant of the sky and the earth, and I suggest that troops be sent to annihilate Ma Bufang immediately." ”

Comrade Zuo Qingquan, chief of the General Staff, and Comrade Deng Wenping, director of the General Political Department, also spoke one after another, suggesting that troops should be dispatched immediately.

Zhang Yunfei has already made a decision in his heart, even if everyone doesn't say it, Zhang Yunfei will send troops, this time, Zhang Yunfei will not only send troops, but also take Xining directly, and resolutely and quickly annihilate Ma Bufang.

So, Zhang Yunfei looked serious and said: "Pass my order, order Wu Youqing, the commander of the armored division, to personally lead the 1st and 2nd tank brigades to set off from Baotou immediately, take Xining directly, and annihilate Ma Bufang."

The mechanized infantry brigade of the armored division was ordered to cooperate with the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Cavalry Division to take Bazhou and Wuwei directly, annihilate Ma Bufang's 1st Cavalry Division, and avenge the comrades.

The airborne regiment of the flying brigade was ordered to quickly parachute into Xining as soon as the 1st and 2nd tank brigades of the armored division reached Xining, and cooperate with the 1st and 2nd tank brigades of the armored division. ”

Several combat staff officers next to him also had serious faces, seriously recording Zhang Yunfei's orders, and in less than 10 minutes, Zhang Yunfei's orders were sent to the hands of all participating units.

At present, the First Brigade of the Armored Division and the Cavalry Division is resting in Baotou, and since two or three hours ago, after receiving Zhang Yunfei's combat order, the troops have begun to make preparations for the expedition.

Now, as soon as Zhang Yunfei's second order was received, the armored division immediately divided into two routes.

The first road is the mechanized infantry brigade, which has more than 100 armored personnel carriers and three or four hundred armed off-road vehicles, like a long dragon, rushing straight to Bazhou.

The second road was the 1st and 2nd Tank Brigades, with 3,400 tanks, 5,600 armored personnel carriers, nearly 1,000 combat vehicles, and dozens of fuel tankers for supplies.

At present, in order to facilitate the establishment of columns in the future, Zhang Yunfei has upgraded the 1st and 2nd tank regiments and mechanized infantry regiments of the armored division to brigades, and has added some tanks and armored vehicles that have just been produced recently to the three brigades.

The 1st Brigade of the Cavalry Division, three cavalry regiments, 7,800 cavalry soldiers, straddled the AK-47 assault rifle, with a snow-bright saber stuck in their waists, and 10,000 horses galloped, raising the dust that rushed to the sky, and a large area of black pressure was like a rainbow, and went to Bazhou......

Ba Zhou.

This small city close to Suiyuan Province, in the afternoon, more and more cavalry gathered, Ma Bufang's first division commander was Ma Biao, leading a large number of cavalry, also came to Bazhou.

Ma Biao looked at the small town of Bazhou with a happy face, and then personally looked at the two arrested platoon commanders Hu, and saw the two soldiers of the 36th Group Army who were tortured and basically insincere, and a smile appeared on Ma Biao's face.

Ma Biao thought in his heart, what if your 36th Group Army is so good at fighting little devils, it is not that we have been caught, in the vast places of Gansu and Ningxia, after the little devils have escaped, they are not going to fall into the hands of our Ma Jiajun.

Seeing the arrival of his division commander Ma Biao, the one-eyed company commander who was in charge of interrogation here, with a flattering face, said with a smile: "Hello division, you see, these two people can't hold it anymore, and they will tell the truth soon." ”

Hearing this, Ma Biao nodded again and again, with a happy face.

happily patted the one-eyed company commander on the shoulder, and said happily: "Company Commander Ma, it's hard work." ”

After receiving the praise, the one-eyed company commander was flattered and very excited.

Being tied up by Platoon Commander Hu, looking at these people, it was like looking at a group of dead people, Platoon Commander Hu had a premonition in his heart that his reinforcements would definitely come, and then it would be the time for revenge.

Because their hearts were full of hope, these two soldiers of the 36th Army had always relied on their strong will to support, otherwise they would have died tragically at the hands of these people.

Ma Biao looked at the two soldiers of the 36th Group Army, his face was full of joy, and there was a sickly sense of pride in his heart.

Suddenly, Ma Biao's eyes fell on several AK-47 assault rifles placed on the table, and he suddenly became interested, and immediately said to the one-eyed company commander next to him: "Company Commander Ma, what kind of gun is that, bring it over and show me." ”

The one-eyed company commander immediately picked up an AK-47 assault rifle on the table and handed it to his division commander, with a flattering and respectful face, it was almost a bit of a nod, "Division, you see, these were captured from the hands of those twenty or thirty soldiers of the 36th Group Army. ”

Ma Biao took the AK-47 assault rifle, looked at it slightly, and then threw it aside with interest, and said with a disdainful face: "It's really bulky, it's much heavier than our flower machine gun, it's definitely not a good product, or our flower machine gun is good." ”

Hearing this, the one-eyed company commander next to him also looked in agreement, and next to Ma Biao, several guards with flower machine guns also proudly fiddled with their flower machine guns.

Ma Biao's First Cavalry Division is equipped with about 100 Jin-made flower machine guns, which is what makes Ma Biao very proud, you know, Ma Lu's second cavalry division is only equipped with dozens of flower machine guns.

Ma Biao, who was accustomed to seeing the flower machine gun, thought that the flower machine gun was the best gun, lightweight, fierce, and very suitable for his own cavalry, so Ma Biao just fiddled with the AK-47 assault rifle a little and immediately threw it aside.

With such a good gun, there are people who don't know the goods, it's really speechless.

The two soldiers of the 36th Group Army, who were tied up, saw that these people were illiterate, and they actually compared the Jin-made flower machine gun with the AK-47 assault rifle, and they simply laughed to death.

You must know that whether it is in terms of range, firepower, power, and quality, the Jin-made flower machine gun cannot be compared with the AK-47 assault rifle at all, and the two are not the same grade at all.

The Jin-made flower machine gun not only has a short range, but only more than 100 meters, and its power is much smaller, and because it was produced by the former Taiyuan Arsenal, the quality is also much worse than that of the AK-47 assault rifle.

The two soldiers of the 36th Group Army couldn't help but pout when they looked at these arrogant and short-sighted guys.

Xining, Qinghai Province.

In Ma Bufang's mansion, Ma Mansion, Ma Bufang was gathering a large group of his cronies and discussing together how to deal with the 36th Group Army.

Since the telegram was sent, Ma Bufang has always felt restless, and Ma Bufang, who is very superstitious, immediately gathered his group of relatives and confidants to conspire together.

Basically all of the people here are surnamed Ma, basically all of them are Hui people, only such people can become Ma Bufang's confidants, so the venue of this meeting is also set in Ma Bufang's mansion.

Ma Bufang took "Gan, He, Hui, and Ma" (that is, Gansu people, Hezhou people-now Linxia people in Gansu Province, and Linxia was called Hezhou, Hui, and Ma surnames before liberation) as the employment standard, and the core power adopted the feudal inheritance method of father and son, brother and brother.

This way of employing people and inheriting people was still determined by Ma Bufang's father, and now, after decades of development, Ma Bufang's army has gradually become a large warlord army in the northwest.

Ma Bufang, who was sitting high in the first place, looked around at his group of cronies, and then asked: "Everyone, everyone is a brother who was born and died with me, now, our 40th Group Army and Zhang Yunfei's 36th Group Army are facing each other, a few hours ago, I sent a telegram to the 36th Group Army, but after the telegram was sent, I have always felt restless, worried that something big will happen, everyone say, what should I do?" ”

Ma Hong, the commander of the Fifth Cavalry Army, is Ma Bufang's absolute confidant and one of Ma Bufang's left and right arms.

Ma Hong laughed and said indifferently: "Commander-in-chief, you are too worried, we and the 36th Group Army are just misfired, it is just a small incident, such a thing often happens all over the country." ”

Ma Hong said the truth is also true, now is the period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the unification of the War of Resistance, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party just put aside temporary grievances, everyone is unanimous with the outside world, but it does not mean that there is no friction between the two sides, on the contrary, now with the gradual strengthening of the Eighth Route Army, Lao Jiang is also very worried, the friction between the following [***] troops and the Eighth Route Army is always constant, there is no big war between the two sides, but there are still small battles.

Although Ma Hong said the truth, Ma Hong underestimated Zhang Yunfei, and now Zhang Yunfei is already very angry, and the consequences will be very serious.

(To be continued)