No matter how heroic the cavalry is, it is useless in front of tanks and armored vehicles, and once engaged, it is impossible to escape, and Xu Shuai also decisively launched a counteroffensive after contacting the armored brigade telegram, and the main force of the Ma Jiajun, which once occupied an absolute advantage, was almost wiped out in just a few days. Including the militia group, the Ma family army lost more than 70,000 people in this battle, plus the previous achievements of the Western Route Army, the number of soldiers killed and disabled in the battle was nearly 100,000, I have to say that the soldiers of the Ma family army are really brave

Brave is brave, but after being crushed by the armored brigade, there are not a few officers and soldiers of the Ma family who surrendered, a total of more than 70,000 people, among which Ma Hongkui's cousin, the weakest of the three horses, the leader of the "Ganma" Ma Hongbin should be the highest rank, considering that this person does not have much bad deeds, and the relationship with the Chiang regime is also close, in order to appease the Hui people and promote the peace talks in Xi'an, the Red Party Central Committee treated him more leniently, and later let him serve in the border district government; The most courageous of the three horses, the leader of the "Green Horse", Ma Bufang, was injured and captured, this person did a lot of evil, and it was not unjust to kill him, but considering that he had made great contributions in maintaining the unification of the motherland, and his influence in the Ganningqing area was also relatively large, Taizu decided not to execute him for the time being, and let him accept labor reform to see the after-effects; And Ma Hongkui, the leader of the "Ningma", was unceremoniously tried and executed by the Red Army after he was arrested, and this guy has hardly done a good thing in his life (maybe universal education in the army is a thing?). The people of the Hui and Han ethnic groups in Ningxia all hate him to the bone, and not killing him is not enough to make the people angry!

After receiving the request for help from the Western Route Army, the central government immediately sent the Red Second Front Army to the rescue, who knew that before they arrived at the battlefield, the Ma Jiajun had been defeated, so that the Red Army finally had a clear understanding of the power of the armored cluster, and some of the Red Army generals who originally loved cavalry almost immediately empathized with each other. fell in love with the tank, a big killer, but unfortunately everyone also knows that no matter how generous the Red Third Front Army is, it is impossible to give away precious tanks and armored vehicles. If they want to get it, they can only take it from the little devil in the future

Lao Jiang, who was still under house arrest, was stunned for a while after learning that the brave and fierce Ma Jiajun was defeated by the Red Army at once, and while protesting to Zhou Gong in a fierce manner, the attitude in the negotiations softened a lot, and at this time the Red Party also took the initiative to make some concessions, such as letting Fang Yongle's 45th Army move west into Gansu (the Central Army also chose to retreat later, and the original tense atmosphere over the Weinan Plain eased. Xu Haidong's Red 15th Army retreated fifty miles north, etc., and finally brought about a turning point in the negotiations that had been at an impasse before.

But few people know that Fang Yongle did not lead his army west just to show the sincerity of the Red Army's peace talks. Immediately after entering Gansu, the Red 45th Army joined up with the remnants of the Western Route Army, the Red Second Front Army, and Hu Lian's armored brigade. Concentrated forces in one fell swoop to scoop down the remnants of the Ma family army to hold the city of Lanzhou, annihilating more than 10,000 enemies, so far the Ma family army has almost lost all the troops, the leaders are also dead or captured, before the stubborn resistance to the transformation of Ma Bufang saw that the general trend has been irretrievable. finally lowered his arrogant head and personally wrote a letter to persuade the thousands of people and horses who stayed behind in the old nest, Golmud and other places in Qinghai.

Ma Bufang's move greatly reduced the casualties of the Red Army, it must be known that although he brought out almost all the troops, and did not leave many troops to guard the old nest Qinghai, but Qinghai is vast and sparsely populated, if the remnants of these green horses are scattered into the grassland, the Red Army will undoubtedly be extremely time-consuming and labor-intensive to wipe them out (in history, it was not until the remnants of the bandits completely disappeared in the past six years), during which altitude sickness alone was enough to cause the Red Army to suffer huge losses. It was precisely because of this major meritorious performance that Ma Bufang was finally released early. and not miss the opportunity to kill the enemy in the War of Resistance and make meritorious service to atone for his crimes

The letters of Ma Bufang and Ma Hongbin, who had already surrendered, greatly reduced the resistance of the Hui people in the three provinces of Gansu, Ningqing, and Qingdao, but the religious and ethnic problems still objectively existed, so the victorious division of the Red Army had to stay and garrison for a long time until the three places were completely digested. …,

However, the Red Army's westward march did not stop. After confirming that Lanzhou had been scooped down, Taizu immediately issued a telegram order, demanding that the Red 45th Army be the main force, plus the original West Route Army and the Red Second Front Army should be reorganized into a new West Route Army with a total strength of more than 30,000 people, and Fang Yongle was appointed as the political commissar (first leader) and Wang Zhen as the commander-in-chief, so that they could immediately lead their troops out of the Hexi Corridor and march to Xinjiang, where the warlord Sheng Shicai had stolen the territory, after the repair and reorganization of the troops was completed. Fang Yongle thus became the youngest in the Red Army (Hu Weidong's biological age was younger when he became the commander of the corps, but he overreported his age at the beginning, and his actual age as a traverser was much older than Fang Yongle.) After that, due to the continuous tasks of the Red 45th Army, all departments of the Red Army accepted the anti-Japanese reorganization, and as a result, they never returned to Hu Weidong's command

The Soviet side did not want the Chinese Red Army to enter Xinjiang at all, but it was morally squeezed, and for fear that the Red Party would really knock the old Chiang, they had to withdraw the Soviet troops stationed in Xinjiang in advance to avoid unnecessary trouble. But before leaving, the Soviets not only left all the weapons and equipment of these people to Sheng Shicai's troops, but also seized the time to bring Sheng Shicai some new heavy weapons, including aircraft and tanks (Note 1), (Sheng Shicai's troops were known to use Soviet-style weapons all along, so the Soviets were not afraid of the Chinese side accusing them). It is hoped that Sheng Shicai will be able to repel the Chinese Red Army, or at least give them a major blow, so that the USSR will have a chance to restore their interests in Xinjiang

Note 1: Sheng Shicai originally had an air force and armored forces, the former was second only to the Central Army and the former Northeast Army and the Guangdong Army in China, and the latter was second only to the Central Army and the Northeast Army at its peak, so although the pilots and tank crews were not too many, it was not a problem to operate the weapons sent by the Soviet Union. By the way, in fact, if you only talk about the level of weapons and equipment (the number is not considered), Sheng Shicai due to the support of the Soviet Union, his troops can be said to be second to none among the domestic warlord forces, but the positioning of Sheng Shicai's regime as a foreign puppet determines that the morale of this army is bound to be low, plus Sheng Shicai himself is not a military talent, and it has only been more than a year since he stole Xinjiang, the military spirit has not yet been stable, and no matter how good the weapons and equipment are, it is only a rabble after all, far from being able to compete with the Red Army, What's more, Fang Yongle's Red 45th Army equipment is also not bad (to be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )