Chapter 106

The definition of the demilitarized zone is the area that the two ** teams are not allowed to enter. According to the agreement between China and the Soviet Union, the status of the demilitarized zone of the Ferghana region is undetermined, that is, the ownership of all territories is disputed. At the beginning, this agreement was based on the fact that neither China nor the Soviet Union could deal with each other, and besides, the Soviet Union was in great infighting at that time, and Stalin needed diplomatic achievements to attack his opponents.

This area was previously occupied by the most forcibly occupied territory, and in general, the Soviet Union's influence in this region was deeper. The local government has set up a temporary multi-party maintenance committee for the Ferghana region, which is a local tribal leader who elects leading figures to work together to maintain local tranquility. Because the Chinese occupied the city of Ferghana, and the pro-Soviet elements in this committee were the majority, the seat of the maintenance meeting was located in Kuzhan, which was a distance from half a day's work to flee to the Soviet Union. At that time, considering that the squadron had occupied the city of Ferghana, the Chinese side acquiesced in the location of this maintenance meeting. At that time, both needed peacetime to develop, and this issue was not much to consider.

Because there is no clear territorial affiliation, there is no zhèngfǔ army in this area, even in Kuzhan is a jǐngcha for maintaining law and order. But the various tribes in this region have guys in their hands, and they often go to war with each other for interests. There are hundreds of tribes in this area, large and small, and they are multi-ethnic. Among them, the most powerful ethnic groups are Muslims and Kazakhs, and there are contradictions between these two ethnic groups, and they are unhappy with each other. The Chinese side secretly supported the relatively weak Muslims in the region, while the Soviet side supported the other side. In peacetime, the competition for this region is not too fierce, but the contradictions in the past two years have gradually escalated.

The root cause was Stalin's sense of unease about the ever-present threat to Central Asia, where Andijan and Ferghana were in the hands of the Chinese, and the threat to the security of Soviet Central Asia was too great. In particular, the Soviet Union, which had a strong expansion base, had been wrestling with Britain in Afghanistan for many years, and although it temporarily fell behind, it never gave up. It is precisely because of this that the salient of the Andijan and Fergana lines, which topped the waist eye of the railway artery, showed an important strategic position.

It is certainly unwise to launch a war against China, and how to deal with this threat can only be done by controlling the locals.

Stalin was a very aggressive man, and the Soviet strategy he led was the same, "keeping the enemy out of the country" and "attacking is the best defense", these ideas are the mainstream of the Soviet army today. During the rebellion, Blyukhel was killed as a capitulator because he proposed a defensive strategy against China. Of course, this is just an excuse, in fact, there is no excuse for Blyukhel to die, this does not make much sense. The Soviet Union did not give a chance to reason during the period of the rebellion, what laws and what **, for a long period of time in the Soviet Union, these things did not exist.

Stalin attached great importance to the strategic security of Central Asia, and the efficiency of the people below was naturally very high. Since we can't start a war against China, it's better to take covert means to control this demilitarized zone. Anyway, the Soviets were also very skilled in this method, and there were many glorious traditions left over from the previous Tsarist period.

The efficiency of the Soviet system had huge advantages in some respects, such as in the demilitarized zone. A large number of Soviet intelligence personnel entered the demilitarized zone to help the Kazakh tribes train their troops, and a large number of Soviet-made weapons were sold to local tribes. The Muslim tribes of Kazakhstan, which had barely been able to resist, were defeated in successive armed conflicts.

Although China's intelligence services have also made constant moves, they are clearly insufficient. This is the disadvantage of the system, the intelligence department's annual funding is dead, every time you want to increase the funding, you have to make a report, you have to find a justifiable excuse first, and after the Ministry of Defense has reviewed it, it has to be submitted to the Congress for deliberation, anyway, it is very troublesome, and it is really not easy to get an extra penny from the Congress. There is also a tradition of the literati in China restricting martial arts, especially in the late Qing Dynasty and early Beiyang period, when the overseers left too much of an impression on civilian officials. Therefore, after the Republican Party came to power, although Congress could not suppress the social status of military personnel, it has always bitten very military spending.

As a result of the late response, the Muslim tribal forces in the DMZ were attacked continuously, and in just one month, the Muslim living space was reduced to the edge of the DMZ, which is only 20 kilometers from the IDF-controlled city of Ferghana. In this case, the Andijan Fortress Jǐng Reserve Command reacted first by sending an infantry regiment to Ferghana to assist the 1st Division of the Muslim Dúlì Cavalry Corps in preventing possible contingencies.

When Fang Jianxiong received the report, the situation in the demilitarized zone was out of control.

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Bang bang This was the cavalry of the 1st Division of the Muslim Dúlì Cavalry Corps, which was transferred from Andijan, and considering the complexity of the demilitarized zone issue, Zhang Zizhong, chief of staff of the Cavalry Corps, set out with the 1st Division.

The Dúlì Cavalry Corps had two cavalry divisions, each with three regiments, plus artillery and other technical arms, each with about 8,000 men. Zhang Zizhong, who was resolute and resolute, picked up the telescope and looked into the distance, and soon the sound of horses' hooves in front of him sounded, and a herald came.

"Report to the Chief of Staff that the vanguard has detected a fierce battle ahead, and the two sides of the exchange of fire should be militants of the demilitarized zone." Zhang Zizhong listened to the report, nodded and dismounted, stretched out his hand and said, "Map!" The commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, Yorkshire, immediately came over, spread out the map with his own hands, and the two of them looked at it together.

The Chief of Staff in the Defence Force has a great deal of power and must have the signature of the Chief of Staff whenever it comes to military operations. In the case of a unit like the Dúlì Cavalry Corps, the chief of staff has more power, because with the support of the Life Guidance Committee, he can directly remove the division commander from his post if necessary. Now it is said that all ethnic groups are equal, but in fact there are still differences. Andijan Prefecture is far away from the emperor in the sky, and it is impossible to compare with a big city like Dihua, let alone those deeper areas.

Fortunately, the dúlì cavalry army was well treated, and the living standard was obviously much higher than that of the locals, and the survival guidance ensured that the soldiers would not be oppressed by the officers, and the combat effectiveness of this unit was still guaranteed to a certain extent.

"This place has entered the control area of our army, why is there no news at the outpost on the border?" Zhang Zizhong's expression was displeased, and Yorkshire said in a jerky official dialect: "There is no telegraph at the outpost, and it is very easy for the telephone line to be cut." Moreover, the number of troops is also insufficient, there is only one squad at each outpost, and the border line in this area stretches for more than 200 kilometers, and the terrain is complicated, so it is easy to secretly cross the border. Moreover, the border guards have little combat effectiveness and poor equipment. ”

"Yes, we can't compare it with the field troops, the jǐng reserve area belongs to the border guards and is raised by the queen. Command the troops, ready for battle, one regiment pressed up from the front, and the second regiment detoured from the sides. The three regiments are in reserve, and I want to see how effective these miscellaneous armed forces are. Zhang Zizhong had just given the order, and when Yorkshire was about to carry it out, a few fast horses came ahead.

A man dressed in a local national costume jumped on horseback, and shouted loudly in skilled official dialect: "Who is the chief officer here, I have an important intelligence report sù your chief." ”

Zhang Zizhong immediately made a gesture to be executed later, and strode forward and said, "I, Zhang Zizhong, am the chief of staff of the Dúlì Cavalry Army. ”

The person who came strode forward, but was stopped by two guards with guns, the person who came was stunned, and Zhang Zizhong said: "Let him come over." ”

"Chief of Staff Zhang, myself Chen Lifu, head of the Central Asia region of the National Policy Research Bureau. The Kazakhs are hunting me and the Muslim tribesmen, so please come to your aid immediately. As soon as the person opened his mouth, Zhang Zizhong was startled, turned to Yorkshire and said: "Move, move faster, and strive to eat all the militants who dare to cross the border." ”

"Wait a minute, Chief of Staff, there are a lot of people in Kazakhstan, among them there are at least two thousand cavalrymen, most likely the regular Soviet army, disguised as local armed. Otherwise, we would not have been defeated so quickly, and the Soviet troops had actually entered the area. By the way, there are at least 10,000 Muslim forces behind the retreat of the Muslims, probably this position. Chen Lifu hurriedly explained the situation and pointed out the location on the map, Zhang Zizhong was even more shocked when he heard it, the Soviets were so bold?

"Yorkshire, the two regiments pressed forward head-on, and saved this group of people first." Zhang Zizhong had no choice but to give up the idea of destroying this force, if there were really 2,000 Soviet troops in it, this battle might not be sure enough to win. Although he was responsible for the training of this cavalry division, there was still a big gap between it and the regular army in China.

The number of Muslim fighters who retreated to the IDF-controlled districts was not very large, but mainly ordinary people, who retreated under the cover of some armed men. Zhang Zizhong seized the time to understand the situation, and Chen Lifu also seized the time to explain how this situation came about.

"At the beginning of last month, the Kazakhs to the west, with more than 20,000 militants, suddenly launched a full-scale attack, and the Kazakhs had Soviet-made weapons, and shockingly, they still had 122 howitzers. Although the number was not large, that is, a dozen or so, it was enough to break the weak defensive line of the Muslim armed forces from the front. The scale of the exchange of fire between the two sides is getting bigger, and half a month ago in Coolkent, the two sides engaged in a large-scale engagement. The fortifications that had been repaired in advance were still able to withstand the Muslims, and then the heavy artillery added, and the tide of the war was reversed. In the course of the fighting, our intelligence officers discovered the formation of Soviet troops disguised as local Kazakhs. It could also be an armed force secretly trained in the territory of the Soviet Union, numbering about 10,000 people, with a very strong fighting force, and it is such an armed force that is pursuing our department. (To be continued.) )