Chapter 510: Hami Storm
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Roosevelt cannot be blamed for his hesitation, for the United States still has the upper hand in isolationism. It's good to do business and make money, what kind of battle are you fighting?! The United States today is not the world of future generations, and most of them prefer to live their own small lives.
They don't care if the others fight or die, and this is also the time when the Americans sold arms on both sides in the early stage of World War II and didn't care about anything. It wasn't until the second cargo of the Japanese son smashed their Pearl Harbor in one breath that the Americans angrily declared war.
At the beginning, the army fought back against the Soviet Union in Manchuria, and it was easy to say that it was a rebellion against foreign enemies after all, right?! But if you reach out to someone else's head, it may not be reassuring to Americans. We've invested so much, you can't fight a war and it's all gone!
"Frank, it's not as complicated as you think." Tu Qianjun smiled and whispered to Roosevelt: "I don't even need to send troops to deal with this matter......"
As he spoke, Tu Qianjun told Roosevelt about the current situation in Xinjiang. After listening to Tu Qianjun's explanation, Roosevelt suddenly realized!
From the beginning of the Republic of China to the end of the Northern Expedition, it was Yang Zengxin's 17 years of rule in Xinjiang, during this period, the inland city head continued to change the banner of the king, but his old Yang has been sitting firmly in the Diaoyutai of Xinjiang, known as the Balkan powder keg of the Chinese country, under his rule of inaction, but surprisingly calm.
Uygurs, Jungars and other unruly ethnic groups and tribes in the pre-Qing Dynasty vied with him as a supporter of their own nation, whether it was the abolition of the hereditary Tusi kings of Hotan and Hami Uygurs, or the ranch disputes between the Mongolian and Kazakh ethnic groups in northern Xinjiang, everyone was willing to be settled by Yang Zengxin.
However, unlike the mainland warlord, the marshal, and the overseer, Yang Zengxin was honored as a general by all ethnic groups in Xinjiang, but he never had a decent army, and most of the few soldiers were controlled by the Hui officers who ate empty salaries, and the soldiers lacked training.
The only thing worth mentioning is that. After tens of thousands of heavily armed White Russians fled into Xinjiang under the pursuit of the Bolsheviks, Yang Zengxin used his sophisticated skills to persuade the red-eyed White Russian generals to lay down their arms and settle down as citizens. This is also the only unit in his hands that is more combat-effective.
At that time. Although the White Russians could not defeat the Bolsheviks, they were more than enough to deal with the Xinjiang authorities, they were all professional soldiers who had experienced the European War and the Civil War, from East Prussia to the Pamirs and the Far East, it was not a piece of cake to pack up those soldiers who ate empty salaries and played farming?!
It's just that Yang Zengxin scattered these people everywhere instead of gathering! However, the undercurrent surging below could not have given him time to gather these people. And once he makes a move, which leads to a startling snake, then he must be greeted in advance!
"And...... Since there is oil in the Northeast, then who dares to say that there is no ...... in Xinjiang" Tu Qianjun's words made Roosevelt moved, but saw the army laughing and said softly: "Xinjiang's infrastructure construction is very poor, and we need to invest a lot in construction." And the minerals there ......"
The army smiled, and Roosevelt understood it! Manchuria will certainly not be able to develop it with its own technological strength, but what if the United States intervenes?! The various minerals along the Outer Mongolia route, as well as the various industries developed in the three eastern provinces, have solved the problems of employment, idle capital and industrial stagnation, which have benefited the whole United States a lot!
"Nekaev, the former Belarusian general in our Wehrmacht, has been sent to Xinjiang by me......" Junzi chuckled and said to Roosevelt: "Those White Russian soldiers will be honest ......"
There were no more White Russian soldiers. Does Xinjiang still have catchy combat effectiveness?! However, Roosevelt still cautiously whispered to Tu Qianjun: "I have to reply to Washington, after all, this matter is not up to me alone." ”
When it comes to such a big matter, Roosevelt naturally can't listen to Tu Qianjun's words. Surveys and data aggregation are mandatory. And it's true that he needs Washington's approval for this kind of thing.
"Frank, whatever the matter ends up with, I'll accompany you to the United States at the end of the month." Junzi smiled indifferently at Roosevelt and said softly: "I promised to help you in the election, so naturally I won't break my promise!" ”
Roosevelt couldn't help but smile and nod when he heard Junzi say this. Now Tu Qianjun's influence in the United States is extremely great, mainly due to Harrett . Aban's various reports, as well as a recent interview sent back by Snow of the Chicago Tribune.
And the Wehrmacht's recent disaster relief feat has also shocked the whole United States! For the first time, they knew that someone could use the military for disaster relief! And it's done so resolutely, so naturally!
Even, many Americans believe that the military should become the leader of the Republic of China. Instead of the man whose name they don't know now is sitting in the palace. Who told Snow to compare the various tragic conditions of the previous floods with the government's inability to provide disaster relief with the current Wehrmacht's disaster relief efforts?!
Man is more dead than man. Shop for goods, where to throw away! The big merchants, who had been entrenched in Shanghai and were hesitant to move to Manchuria, also began to move, and they began to gradually move towards Manchuria, which belonged to the Wehrmacht.
Those who do business are not stupid, and if at this time they can't see that the rise of Manchuria is definitely stronger than that of Nanjing, then they don't have to mess up! Therefore, various industries driven by industrial upgrading are also developing vigorously in Manchuria!
The development of various industries is driven by the slow operation of capital, and those who squat in Shanghai are the biggest fools who do not move without hearing the wind! Even if they don't relocate, they will open a large branch here to try to do business.
Junzi and Roosevelt talked and laughed for a while. Roosevelt took his leave. After he returned, he would first discuss this matter with the various business representatives who had come to Manchuria. Second, he needs to report to Washington before he can determine how to handle the matter.
After Roosevelt left, the British Board of Trade was waiting outside. Ranciman came to the headquarters impatiently to visit. In fact, Ranciman had been observing the situation outside the headquarters for a long time, but he saw that the car of Roosevelt's American consulate was at the door, so he did not come in.
After Roosevelt came out, Longciman came impatiently to ask for a meeting. Tu Qianjun couldn't help but smile when he learned that Langciman was coming, even if Langciman didn't come, he thought that he should call the chairman of the Trade Commission to come once.
Some time ago, Langciman led a British delegation to discuss the issue of cooperation between the two sides with Yan Zhengqing and others. There are also many agreements signed, and the two sides have signed a project of more than 100 million pounds just for the construction of a factory!
The import and export orders are huge, and Manchuria imports are: machinery, fertilizers, dyes, chemical raw materials, hardware, ...... And so on. The three eastern provinces exported to Britain a variety of animal products from Inner and Outer Mongolia, including miscellaneous beans, tea, silk, and some handicrafts.
The Brit smiled and praised MacDonald for doing a great thing this time! At the same time, he was also a sycophant at Ranciman. But Ranciman doesn't get dizzy because of this, and Huā thinks it's all his own work.
In his heart, he knew that all this stemmed from the commander-in-chief who had not been present at the venue and had just performed the crown salute today!
As without the commander's approval, no British company could have appeared in Manchuria. Without the Commander's approval, no import and export agreement would have been reached.
Yes. A visit to the commander-in-chief became the top priority of his trip!
After asking for an audience, Lanciman entered Tu Qianjun's office in a matter of minutes, led by Chandinand.
In the office, Tu Qianjun had already brewed the tea. Facing the entering Langciman, he smiled and whispered, "Mr. Xi, please take a seat!" Come, taste the tea leaves of this early spring! ”
As he spoke, Junzi gently pushed a cup of tea in front of Longciman. Ranciman smiled and nodded, then picked up the cup of tea and drank it all!
At this time. Shang dinan took the two books and gently put them in Junzi's hand. Junzi took the book, flipped through it, and gave it to Ranciman with a smile. Looking at Junzi's movements, Longciman was a little puzzled. Junzi chuckled.
"One of these two books is called "Xinjiang Atlas", and the other is called "General Examination of Qingming Continued Literature". Tu Qianjun smiled and whispered to Longciman.
"There are some interesting things recorded on it, such as this section of 'Black Oil Mountain of Qingshi Gorge...... There are nine springs, with a spring on the top of the mountain as the largest, and two hundred and dozens of catties can be taken every day when the oil is prosperous. ”
Ranciman was originally a little confused, but as soon as he heard the word "oil" from the army, this guy's eyes immediately lit up! He whispered to the soldiers: "General, I heard you right, right?!" You just said 'oil', didn't you?! ”
Tu Qianjun smiled and nodded, then put the two books on the table and whispered to Langciman, "I recently received news. Xinjiang is unstable. It seems that there is a situation where the red wants to intervene, so Mr. Yang Zengxin, who is in charge of Xinjiang, asked me to do me a favor......"
When Tu Qianjun nodded and admitted that there was oil, Longciman couldn't hear anything. His mind was spinning. Although it is said that the Americans found oil in Manchuria. But where is this kind of direct mining?!
Leave aside the Wehrmacht ?! That would certainly be impossible, now is not the time for the Manchus! The British Empire was able to secure its own interests by sending a force at will, and cooperation with local powers became necessary.
"Red?! Are you saying that the giant red bear is going to meddle in Xinjiang?! No! This is absolutely not allowed! Immediately, Ranciman was woken up by Tu Qianjun's words, the most pioneer in the blockade of the red giant bear is the United Kingdom!
As long as there is news of the Red Bear, any subject of the British Empire will become extremely sensitive! There is no way, the Soviet Union's "continuous revolution" and "export revolution" have really had too much impact on the old capitalism!
And Britain, as one of the pillars of the capitalist family, is naturally extremely disgusted by this situation! Back then, the Fourteen Kingdoms tried to destroy the Red Giant Bear, but they all failed! So this has become a problem in the UK.
Anytime the news of this giant red bear is heard, the British will be terrified!
"General! You can't let that red bear break free! Ranciman's eyes were red, and he stood up sharply and said to Tu Qianjun in a deep voice: "Otherwise." This is an absolute disaster! ”
Tu Qianjun smiled and said softly: "I think so too, in fact, I am also thinking about whether to interfere." However, due to my military strength, you know, I'm just over the disaster relief and can't do anything. ”
Ranciman understood that the tiger was bargaining with him! The threat of the red bear, the temptation of oil, everyone knows how to choose! But he saw Langciman say in a deep voice to Tu Qianjun: "General, I will report this situation to the prime minister first." Please put it down. The Promise Empire will definitely support you in any move to stop the Red Bear! ”
With that, Ranciman nodded to the soldier and got up and hurried away.
In the final analysis, Tu Qianjun's words were not untargeted! Yang Zengxin's relationship with the Soviet Union has always been very good, for example, before the Soviet army encircled and suppressed the White Russian troops, Yang Zengxin sent military police to assist and provide food and grass support.
Later, the Soviet Union sent Bestlov as consul general in Xinjiang, and Yang Zengxin often corresponded with him. A very good friendship has been established between the two. Beginning in the year after Bestrov became Consul General, Jan invited Kinkovic, the consular translator, to the Overseer Office twice a week to help translate Marx's Capital.
All this shows that Yang Zengxin has a certain pro-Soviet situation, so who dares to guarantee that once a problem occurs, this pro-Soviet figure will not fall to the Soviet Union?! If the red forces enter Xinjiang and then take advantage of the situation, Tibet and even India, the pearl of Britain, will be threatened!
And the Soviet Union's hobby of "revolution" and life export. It makes Ranciman shudder! He didn't dare to slack off, and quickly reported the news to Prime Minister MacDonald in London! MacDonald urgently sought confirmation from British intelligence officers stationed in Xinjiang.
The reply was that there was indeed a force secretly trying to control Xinjiang recently, and the Soviet ambassador was indeed frequently in and out of Yang Zengxin's house. According to the intelligence, the proposal of the Prime Minister's Office is absolutely possible!
The Prime Minister's Office at 10 Downing Street is once again lit up......
When Britain and the United States were discussing the issue of Tu Qianjun's entry into Xinjiang, Yang Zengxin's house was also eagerly discussing something.
"I never thought that so many years of friendship in exchange for such a result would be such a result...... In the courtyard of his house, Yang Zengxin stood in front of the door and sighed gloomily with a few documents in his hand: "You want to kill me...... Why?! Why?! ”
On this thin document. It is recorded that the activities of officials in various parts of Xinjiang during this period of time! Fan Yaonan is just a scholar, if he alone where did he get a batch of weapons, and where did he get the confidence that he could take over Xinjiang after a certain Yang Zengxin, who had accumulated a lot of might? !
So, of course, he didn't do it alone. In fact, most of the military and political dignitaries in the entire Xinjiang have participated in it, there is no way! Yang Zengxin has touched the interests of too many people! So much so that everyone wished he was going to die!
But you can't do it yourself, otherwise you will become the target of public criticism. Only Fan Yaonan, a scholar who relies on his identity as a "special commissioner of the Central Committee", does such a stupid thing! He didn't know that everyone in Xinjiang was waiting for him to do it, and then slaughtered him to show his justice and take over Xinjiang smoothly!
This document clearly records how Yang Zengxin's right-hand man secretly wanted to kill him and usurp the throne, including Jin Shuren, director of the Government Affairs Department of the Public Office, secretly providing weapons for convenience, Chen Zhong, chief of staff of Xinjiang Province, Bai Shouzhi, commander of Dihua City Defense, Li Xiaotian, principal of the aviation school, Tao Mingyue, magistrate of Dihua County, and others turned a blind eye!
No one warned him. Almost everyone is waiting for him to be assassinated and killed! This situation makes Yang Zengxin, who has been in power in Xinjiang for more than ten years, quite cold!
In fact, thinking about such a situation is also a matter of course in the Republic of China! Who called him Yang Zengxin to block other people's financial paths?! Yang Zengxin's governance of corruption, the military and taxation has really offended many people!
For example. Aksu County Governor Xu Wenbin and others embezzled and accepted bribes and were beheaded by Yang Zengxin's order!
In addition, in order to strengthen financial supervision, Yang Zengxin set up a clean-up finance bureau in the provincial governor's office, and appointed audit commissioners to tour the corruption cases of audit officials in various counties and counties, and found out that there was actual corruption and fraud, and reported it directly according to the truth! If it is verified, it will be a loss of office, and a serious loss of life!
Yang Zengxin's cronies Tacheng Daotai ** were found to have cheated on tariffs, and then Yang Zengxin transferred him to Dihua and never appointed him; Yang Zengxin's colleague Kashgar Admiral Ma Fuxing was criticized for "occupying public land." Accumulation of people's wealth" As a result, Yang Zengxin did not miss the old feelings, and personally captured and shot!
On the one hand, Yang Zengxin's approach has stopped the trend of corruption, but on the other hand, it has cut off people's financial routes, which is naturally hated by countless people!
In addition, Yang Zengxin strictly reduced the army, and from the 8th to 16th years of the Republic of China, Yang Zengxin reduced the army from more than 18,000 to less than 10,000. Military spending has been reduced. This time, he offended the empty army leaders to death!
Moreover, he also amended the tax law and filled in a lot of tax loopholes, which offended the businessmen again!
Therefore, this is also the reason why he was assassinated this time and no one informed him. Everyone, whether businessmen, politicians or the military, is looking forward to this death! Of course, because of Yang Zengxin's prestige among the people and the princes of various ministries, everyone did not dare to make the first move.
Finally, there is a Fan Yaonan organization that does not know whether to live or die, and all parties are naturally pretending to be deaf and dumb. Sit back and wait for him Yang Zengxin to be slaughtered! Then jump out and kill Fan Yaonan, the idiot, and raise the banner to monopolize Xinjiang!
I have to say that although Fan Yaonan studied law at Waseda University. And was considered by the people of the time to be "versatile, poetry, music, piano and photography, proficient in everything".
But the book is still too angry. Perhaps he also has some intention of seizing power. But helplessly, he chose the method of assassination and seizure of power. But it's normal to think about it, the beginning of the Nanjing government was assassination.
For example, Wang Zhaoming, the current helmsman of the Nanjing State Mansion, was an assassin in the past, and he assassinated the regent of the Qing Dynasty, Zaifeng. Another example is Jiang Zhongzheng, who is now in the field but is about to recover, he killed Comrade Tao Chengzhang and his ancestor Tao Chengzhang. This is not nonsense, but he wrote it in his diary.
With the success of the two comrades, Fan Yaonan was also confident that he could control the situation by himself after killing Yang Zengxin.
"Don't worry, the purpose of our coming here is to protect your ......" A man standing next to Yang Zengxin whispered to Yang Zengxin: "The strength of our national defense force." You can still believe it......"
This man is the deputy director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Three Eastern Provinces who once appeared during the disaster relief in Jinan - Ge Zimo! At this time, Ge Zimo was quite calm, and said softly with a faint smile at Yang Zengxin: "However, it's better for you to go out less recently." Our people have heard that Fan Yaonan has gathered thirty dead soldiers and is looking for an opportunity to assassinate them......"
Of course, Ge Zimo would not tell this "Lord" that six or seven of the thirty people were people from all over the world.
Yang Zengxin's face couldn't help but darken when he heard Ge Zimo say this, as if asking Ge Zimo and as if talking to himself: "Could it be that I oppose corruption, increase taxes and rectify the army." Isn't that wrong......"
"There's nothing wrong with what you did, it's just that you didn't do it...... Ge Zimo shrugged his shoulders at Yang Zengxin and said softly: "This time, our three provincial governments in the east are more ruthless than you. More than 40 profiteers and officials were shot to death. Nearly 3,000 members of their immediate family were expelled from the three eastern provinces. ”
"Some people, if you don't clean up, you will become a scourge." Ge Zimo whispered to Yang Zengxin: "Tolerate adultery, but let them have a chance to make a comeback." ”
Yang Zengxin listened to Ge Zimo's words and lowered his head thoughtfully. In the night, there were countless black shadows moving in Yang Zengxin's courtyard. This seemingly peaceful small courtyard is actually full of murderous machines, and three groups from the five places are already here!
Ge Zimo was confident that anyone who tried to violently enter this courtyard would pay the price of blood!
"Even if we pay with blood and lives, we will bring down Yang Zengxin, a great warlord and dictator!!" Fan Yaonan said in a deep voice to the thirty people who came to the meeting in his study.
"Yang Zengxin's thoughts are reactionary! Hate the life of the Revolution! It's an executioner who kills people without blinking! Despicable and shameless dictator! Swinging slippery followers! ”
As he spoke, Fan Yaonan took a deep breath and said in a deep voice to everyone: "Now." The time has come when we must take his life! Students, we should follow the example of our predecessors! Kill yourself! Kill this fang! ”
Fan Yaonan's words made the eyes of these thirty people can't help but light up! As a student of Fan Yaonan, Zhang Chunxi nodded firmly, Zhang Chunxi was specially recruited by Fan Yaonan to be the director of the Russian Grammar and Political College.
In order to let Zhang Chunxi observe who has the idea of "revolution", and then win them over to join his small group.
However, at the beginning, Fan Yaonan did not think of assassinating Yang Zengxin, but he learned from Jin Shuren that Fan Yaonan was going to eliminate him. That's why he secretly ruthlessly wants to get rid of Yang Zengxin!
"These guns are ...... everyone," said Fan Yaonan and asked Zhang Chunxi to drag out a box! When I opened it, it turned out to be a brand-new barge gun! And there are yellow bullets next to that gun!
"Yang Zengxin, this old fox is too cunning, I need to be careful!" Fan Yaonan said to the thirty people in a deep voice: "Everyone has these guns, I will try to ask him out, and make sure that everyone will ambush there after that!" Listen to my commands! Kill with one hit! ”
And when Fan Yaonan was shouting the slogan of "Revolution" and preparing for the assassination, Jin Shuren was also discussing the assassination with his henchmen Deng Chengzhao, chief of the internal affairs section of the Xinjiang Provincial Department of Civil Affairs, Liu Xizeng, Long Ruicheng, and Chen Daan, commanders of the Hami garrison!
"Fan Yaonan has collected all the guns and ammunition?!" Jin Shuren asked in a deep voice to Liu Xizeng, the commander of the Hami garrison, and the latter nodded solemnly: "Take it!" I guess they're now debating what to do with the 'old man'! ”
Jin Shuren smiled slightly, glanced at the four of them and said in a deep voice: "Everyone must be ready, glory and wealth are here to fight!" If he Fan Yaonan becomes a mortal, we have to let him die! If he doesn't make it...... We'll have to do it ourselves! ”
The four of them nodded silently, their interests had already been tied to Jin Shuren. One is prosperous, one is lost! At this time, they can't be allowed to retreat, only to bite the bullet!
While Jin Shuren was preparing, Lu Xiaozu, secretary general of Xinjiang Province, was also discussing something with Sheng Shicai, the chief of the third section of the first department of the former Nanjing State Government Staff Headquarters, which he had introduced from Nanjing.
Sheng Shicai was originally from the Northeast, and in his early years, he was also a heavy general under Guo Guizi in the Feng department! Even he divorced his ex-wife and married Guo Songling's daughter, Qiu Yufang. Later, after Guo Songling's introduction, Zhang Zuolin sent him to study at the Army University in Japan.
The good times didn't last long, Guo Guizi failed to fight back, and Zhang Zuolin cut off his funding in a fit of anger. However, Sheng Shicai relied on his ability to drill camps and relied on various warlords to finally complete his studies, and after returning to China in 1927, he immediately entered the military system of the national government.
He was promoted all the way and finally became the chief of the Third Section of the First Department of the General Staff Headquarters of the Nanjing National Government. Unwillingly, he knew that there was basically no way to get out if he was not a Whampoa in the national capital, so he resigned and followed Lu Xiaozu to Xinjiang.
Sheng Shicai was originally full of ambition and wanted to come to Xinjiang to achieve a great cause. As a result, because he and Jin Shuren had neither fellow countrymen nor nepotism, they were tragically left out in the cold.
Moreover, Jin Shuren was wary of Sheng Shicai, who was born in the Nanjing General Staff Headquarters, so Sheng Shicai might as well be a section chief in Nanjing. For a while, I was extremely disheartened.
Lu Xiaozu also felt that his face was gloomy, and he later went through many ways. Due to the situation, Jin Shuren only appointed Sheng Shicai as a staff officer of the lieutenant colonel of the Overseer. Sheng Shicai himself was also angry, and two years later, he served as the commander-in-chief of the East Road bandits, and won many battles. So Jin Shuren asked him to change to the colonel's chief of staff.
"Jin Yong...... What do you think we should do about this?! To report or not to report?! "Lu Xiaozu went to Xinjiang with Yang Zengxin in his early years, and he is also Yang Zengxin's descendant.
But this time he really hesitated, and he could see that in fact, all parties wanted Yang Zengxin to die now! There is no reason for him to die with Yang Zengxin!