Chapter 145 Negotiation (V)
By the time of Zhouzhi, it was already the morning of the 27th. The troops stopped advancing and camped on the spot.
Liu Yimin ordered the radio to start and contact the 12th Division, 13th Division and the Unique Division.
Liu Jian reported from the 12th Division. According to investigation, after our army withdrew from Guyuan, Ma Hongbin's 35th Division and the 35th Division occupied Guyuan last night, were rushing towards Pingliang. The main force of the 7th Division, Ma Hongkui, who was originally in Pingliang, suddenly withdrew last night. After interrogation, the main force of Ma Hongkui was ordered to rush to Tianshui and to attack Tianshui with Ma Bufang. It is expected that Ma Hongbin's troops will go south from Guyuan, replace Ma Hongkui's troops in defense line, and monitor our troops.
Liu Jian reported to the 13th Division. After investigation, Ma Bufang established a command post in Gangu. His main 100th Division and the 5th Division of Ma Bu Qing Qi were in place. There were also an unknown number of security regiments with a force of about 70,000. The 37th Regiment had been ordered to deploy defenses in Taijing, Lijiataizi, Xunwoshan, and Zhongliang, and planned to fight one after another to lead the enemy to the county town. The 38th Regiment, the 39th Regiment and the division's direct troops were ordered to defend the county town and use existing positions to kill and injure the enemy in the county town.
Liu Yimin was shocked when he saw Li Qing's report. Li Qing underestimated the enemy. He had no experience in fighting large-scale cavalry and did not know how terrible the cavalry group charge. He allowed the most elite 37th regiment to defend and fight one after another. He simply gave the 37th regiment to the Ma family army. The Qingma army had a strong religious awareness and was not dead when fighting. Even if the 37th regiment could severely damage the enemy, he might be overwhelmed by the enemy's crowd.
Liu Yimin did not dare to hesitate and immediately generated electricity, and ordered Li Qing to withdraw his 37th Regiment immediately and defend his country in the county. According to the provisions of the Red Army Infantry Training Outline, a solid net position should be built on the crater behind Tianshui County and the county town. It must be able to prevent air defense, set up horse traps, bury land mines, and then defend the cavalry to attack on a large scale, and make plans to hold on for more than three days.
Liu Yimin also told Li Qing about the common combat methods of Qingma, one is the human sea tactic, and the other is to use a small group of troops to retreat to lure the opponent to pursue, and then use cavalry to surround and strangle them from both wings. Therefore, Liu Yimin ordered Li Qing to withdraw the 37th Regiment and use a small group of cavalry to detect the enemy situation with a small group of cavalry. If the enemy attacks, retreat quickly to avoid unnecessary sacrifice. All troops must strictly guard the position and not leave the position to pursue the enemy. All automatic firearms must be arranged on the front line, and use positional combat and powerful firepower to consume the enemy. When charging with the enemy cavalry group, concentrate firepower, first strike the horse and then the adults, and never let the cavalry break into the position and carry out hand-to-hand killing.
After sending a telegram to Li Qing, Liu Yimin sent a message to the Unique Division, strictly ordering Feng Dafei to speed up the marching and be sure to arrive at the Tianshui line before 7 a.m. on the 28th to reinforce the 13th Division.
Then, Liu Yimin ordered Liu Jian of the 12th Division to evacuate Pingliang on the night of the 27th, try to disguise the enemy, cross Liupan Mountain, and go south to Tianshui. After the enemy Ma Hongkui's troops crossed the Wei River and joined the Tianshui attack, they quickly established a blocking position and closed the retreat route of Ma Hongkui's troops.
Calculating the time and distance, Liu Yimin ordered the 11th Division that had arrived in Baoji and the 4th Division stationed in Baoji to start to advance in Tianshui on the night of the 27th, and stay in the vicinity of Yuanlong, so that the enemy would not be allowed to discover the whereabouts of the troops.
Liu Yimin was worried and was afraid that Liu Jian, Gao Yuan, Feng Dafei, and Chen Dayong were just as underestimated as Li Qing, so he forwarded the telegram to Li Qing and asked them to strictly implement it.
After sending the telegram, Luo Ronghuan urged Liu Yimin to rest quickly. Liu Yimin smiled and said to Luo Ronghuan: "Political Commissar, if this battle is over, Qinghai, Gansu, and Ningxia will all be ours. The strategic space of our army suddenly becomes clear. No matter who it is, it will never be possible to destroy our Red Army again. If Chiang Kai-shek dares to fight, haha, political commissar, when our main force returns to Weinan, I guess even Chiang Kai-shek personally swept the back with a machine gun, it will not stop his soldiers from escaping."
Luo Ronghuan nodded and then urged him to go and rest.
After the camping ended, it was already 3 pm. Liu Yimin ordered the troops to set off immediately and must arrive in Baoji on the morning of the 28th.
Not far from Zhouzhi, Liu Yimin saw Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing leading several female soldiers from the art troupe standing by the roadside, shooting bamboo boards and shouting: "Hey, hey, say the Red Army, the Red Army, the Red Army saves our suffering people. Let's work together to seek liberation, and turn over and be the master of the family."
Seeing the commander and political commissar coming up, Zhao Xiaoman's bamboo board was even louder: "Hey, hey, talk about the Red Army, the Red Army, who are the heroes of the Red Army? The Red Seventh Army was so famous that the enemy was so brave! Talking about the Red Army, the Red Seventh Army, the Red Seventh Army, the Red Seventh Army was so great. Xiaoshui, Xikou attacked He Jian, Qingxi eliminated the Central Army. Talking about the Red Army, the Red Seventh Army, and the Red Seventh Army, and rushed to Chengdu for thousands of miles, and Xue Yue and Liu Xiang were scared."
It is spring now, and flowers and green grass are everywhere on the roadside. Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing are originally beautiful women with first-class appearance. They are wearing military uniforms and standing among the flowers on the roadside, making them look heroic and heroic. In addition, the more they sing, the more they become, the more sweat beads dripped down from the ends of their hair, and their faces are red. If they meet a poet who shakes his head, they will definitely say that painting is in the spring breeze, and people come from the painting. Peach blossoms cover their tender faces, and their eyes are as charming as spring water.
Teams of soldiers passing by looked at Mulan in the army, and then listened to the inspiring and boasting about the achievements of their troops. The morale rushed upwards, and the walking steps became much lighter.
Seeing the commander of the army and the political commissar standing in front of him, several girls stopped fighting the bamboo board. Luo Ronghuan said with a smile: "Comrade Zhao Xiaoman, Comrade Jingjing, thank you for your hard work. Before the battle of Tianshui has begun, you have made contributions. Good job!"
Zhao Xiaoman was excited and said, "Thank you, the political commissar!" After that, he glanced at Liu Yimin.
Liu Yimin was upset that he was going to fight like a bandit. He specifically told the art troupe and newspaper to stay in Xi'an and follow the baggage regiment to operate. Unexpectedly, these two girls ran out secretly. If something happened and fell into the hands of the Qingma troops, then the fate of this girl who was as beautiful as a flower would be reversed. I am afraid that if you want to see a smile on their faces again in the future, unless the sun came out from the west.
Thinking about the experience of the female soldier of the Western Route Army in history, Liu Yimin's tone was very harsh: "Who asked you to come? Haven't you received the order from the army to operate with the baggage regiment?"
Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing were afraid that someone would pursue them for not executing the order. Seeing that Liu Yimin's expression was wrong, Zhao Xiaoman had to bite the bullet and report: "Report to the commander of the army, our art troupe is also a member of the seventh army. If the entire army wants to fight a big battle, we should also go to the front line. You often say that political and ideological work should follow the soldiers, and we are implementing your instructions."
When Liu Yimin heard this, this girl dared to argue! She turned her eyes and looked at Jingjing: "Comrade Jingjing, the army clearly ordered you to stay in Xi'an and follow the baggage regiment to operate. How dare you violate the military order?"
Jingjing thought, and he was just arguing at every turn, and he was willing to give it his best! He raised his face and said, "Report to the commander of the Legion, the order of the Legion itself is not right! Our Legion Report must report on the soldiers' heroic deeds of killing the enemy in a timely manner. If you don't go to the battlefield, how can you have real materials? Therefore, if the Legion Report stays in Xi'an and does not go to the battlefield, that is the mistake. Going to the battlefield is what the Legion Report should do!"
Liu Yimin didn't talk to them, so he turned around and ordered Li Chengyi to send a platoon to escort them back to Xi'an. After saying that, he left after he beat the horse.
Zhao Xiaoman was anxious and rushed up in one step, pulling Liu Yimin's reins, shouting loudly: "I won't go back to Xi'an, I'm going to go to the front line!"
Liu Yimin had to say patiently: "Comrade Zhao Xiaoman, you have to send soldiers to protect you and influence the troops' operations when you go to the front line. Execute orders and wait until the battle is over, we will return to Xi'an and ask you to perform a show for the soldiers. I'm leaving, let go!"
Zhao Xiaoman said stubbornly: "No! Unless you approve us to go to the front line, I will never go back if I die."
Seeing that Zhao Xiaoman had a firm face and was about to order Li Chengyi to take her away, Liu Yimin said, "League Commander, I feel like you are bullying people. If you change to someone else, would you still be rushing like this?"
Liu Yimin was so angry that he just wanted to whip someone. He didn't enforce discipline, but there were a lot of fallacies, and it sounded so harsh. It seemed that these lesbians had to leave the army headquarters as soon as possible, otherwise, I don't know what else they would say in the future!
Calm down, Liu Yimin tried his best to suppress his anger and said in a calm tone: "Comrade Zhao Xiaoman, Comrade Jingjing. You are all Red Army soldiers, you must obey orders and obey commands. Let you go back to Xi'an for your own good. Get out of here quickly, I'm leaving!"
Seeing that the guards had surrounded them, Zhao Xiaoman might force them away immediately. Tears came out and he didn't care about anything. The grievances in his heart suddenly burst out: "If you have a little conscience and do your best for me, bring me with you. Otherwise, I will hate you all my life!"
Seeing that the problem of executing orders or not might evolve into a hatred for children, Luo Ronghuan said, "Okay, I'll approve you to go to the front line. Hurry up and keep up with the team."
Liu Yimin said: "Political Commissar, if you don't understand the situation, don't approve it randomly. The Qingma troops are a hundred times more cruel and evil than bandits. It is too dangerous for lesbians to go to the front line."
Luo Ronghuan said: "That's it, let them follow the army. Could it be that the Ma family army still has the ability to take over our army? Don't worry!"
Liu Yimin stopped talking and rushed forward. After walking for a while, he turned around and saw Zhao Xiaoman, Jingjing and the female soldiers did not follow him. He stopped the horse and waited on the side of the road. After waiting for a long time, Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing led several female soldiers to follow the guards behind the hall.
Seeing Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing crying, the female soldiers also looked unhappy. Liu Yimin asked about your war horses?
Zhao Xiaoman said he had followed him secretly and did not dare to go to the logistics department to get the horse.
Seeing that the trouble had been caused, Liu Yimin had to order Li Chengyi to catch up with the cavalry regiment and ask them to bring a few spare horses to ride for the female soldiers. Thinking about it, he asked the guard Huang Wenhu to take out several spare pistols and let Zhao Xiaoman be responsible for teaching several female soldiers to use. Finally, Liu Yimin once again told Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing that they must follow the army headquarters and must not leave the guard circle of the first battalion. Especially Jingjing, Liu Yimin felt that this girl looked gentle and elegant, but in fact she was brave.
It's very big. Recently, I may have known that I was about to marry Tang Xingying and was in a bad mood. Every time I spoke, I looked like I wanted to find fault. I kept talking and was biased and unfair. I don't know what this girl thought, what is fair and unfair about love! I also felt that God was unfair and had no place to say anything! I was afraid that if she couldn't think about it and went to take risks, Liu Yimin gave her a death order. Without the approval of the Legion Commander himself, she would not leave the defense zone of the first battalion of the guards under any excuse. Otherwise, she would be locked up directly.
After giving the instructions, Liu Yimin left with confidence.
On the morning of the 28th, the Red Seventh Army and its direct troops arrived in Baoji. This place was more than 300 miles away from Tianshui. After a while, the troops continued to advance and rushed to Yuanlong to join the 11th Division and the Fourth Division.
At 4 a.m. on the 29th, Ma Bufang got up on time and felt energetic. After breakfast, he sent a telegram to Ma Hongkui, agreeing that the 7th Division would continue to drive towards Tianshui today, cross the Wei River, and attack from Weinan Town to Tianshui.
After sending the telegram, Ma Bufang walked to the yard and looked at the sky. The clouds were refreshing. Then he looked at the flowers, plants and trees in the yard. He felt that spring was bright and the scenery was lush. Today is a good day!
Last night, Ma Bufang had received a notice from Ma Hongkui, and the 7th Division had arrived in Qin'an. In order to be cautious, Ma Bufang sent a report to Ma Hongbin to ask if there was any movement in the Red Bandits in Pingliang. This Ma Hongbin was a weak horse among the four northwest horses. At this time, the force was only 20,000. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Red 12th Division to withdraw from Guyuan and recover the lost land, it was already a blessing. He dared to attack the Red Army to occupy Pingliang! He just sent a small army to replace Ma Hongkui's position and monitor the Red Army. When the Red 12th Division retreated, there was a small army disguised as the main force, so Ma Hongbin naturally informed Ma Bufang that everything was normal and the Red Bandits did not move.
Ma Bufang was worried and sent a number of cavalry torches to investigate within a radius of 30 miles around Tianshui, but there were no signs of reinforcements from the main Red Bandits. It seemed that Tianshui was already a dead city and an ancient city.
At this moment, Ma Bufang felt relieved and directly reported to Chiang Kai-shek that a total of 70,000 elite troops of the New 2nd Army, the Fifth Cavalry Division and the Qinghai Security Corps had been deployed, and the 7th Division of Ma Hongkui had also gone south. It was planned to attack Tianshui tomorrow. The small troops in the red bandits scattered in Tianshui townships were collapsed at once, and all of them were scattered into Tianshui City. Chairman Chiang was asked to approve that the war would start tomorrow.
Chiang Kai-shek quickly called back, asking Ma Bufang to fight with confidence. The Central Committee and the Red Bandits were in a period of truce, and the Red Bandits did not dare to send troops to reinforce. Otherwise, they would have started the war lightly and destroyed peace. The Central Army was about to use this as an excuse to eliminate the Red Bandits!
As the helper came and the backing came, Ma Bufang was also excited. He went to bed on time at 10 o'clock and collected the pair of sisters brought from Xining. The two girls were tall, short, fat and thin, with basically no difference in their eyebrows and eyes. They were charming, age, delicate and lovely. It was the first night again, which stimulated Ma Bufang's heroic spirit. He touched, bited, chewed, pinched, and used all kinds of methods to torture the two girls all over their bodies and cried repeatedly. Ma Bufang himself had a good night sleep. In his dream, he was comparing which sister had a smoother skin, which one had a crisper laugh, and which one had a softer moan.
Ma Bufang was in a good mood and felt that this spring was simply his Ma Bufang. Yes, think about it, he fought the Qinghai-Tibet War in 303 and joined forces with the other three horses to fight the Sun War, and defeated Sun Dianying to escape back to Henan. As soon as the spring of these three or five years came, the Red Bandits came. It seems that they can expand their troops again.
In recent years, Ma Bufang has thoroughly understood that only by fighting can he expand his territory, increase taxes, and expand his army. After fighting the Qinghai-Tibet Battle, his temporary Ninth Division was expanded into 100th Division; after fighting the Battle of Ji Sun, he spent some money to go to He Yingqin and Zhu Shaoliang to move to He Yingqin and Zhu Shaoliang, his 100th Division became a new Second Army, with one division and two cavalry brigades, and his troops were as high as 25,000. If the Red Bandits were defeated, should his troops be organized into two or three divisions?
Anyway, I have strong troops now. In addition to my New Second Army and my brother Ma Buqing's Fifth Cavalry Division, I also brought some security regiments. These security regiments are not bad at all, but they have no numbers. Calculate that their main force and security regiment have 70,000 people, and Ma Hongkui's Seventh Division has almost 90,000 troops. With such a huge force, how dare the Red Bandits resist?
I heard that many of the female Red Bandits in the Red Bandits team were rich ladies from mainland China who were tempted by the ideas of the Communist bandits after going to school and joined the Red Bandits. Some were foreign students, not only beautiful, but also proficient in playing the piano and singing.
This Red Bandit must be beaten!
The small troops sent out in the past two days have gained a lot. The Red Bandits collapsed at the touch and all the turtles retreated into Tianshui City. Okay, let me kill into Tianshui City and capture the Red Bandits in one fell swoop!
At nine o'clock in the morning, Ma Bufang held an oath ceremony in Gangu County, chopped off the heads of nine ordinary people to sacrifice flags, and then waved the army to fight towards Tianshui.
After receiving the telegram from Liu Yimin on the morning of the 27th, Li Qing thought carefully and knew that he had indeed underestimated the enemy. He quickly ordered the 37th Regiment to withdraw to the county town, adjust the deployment again in accordance with Liu Yimin's instructions, and build a position. At around 6 a.m. on the 28th, Feng Dafei led the Unique Division to arrive. Li Qing was overjoyed and strengthened firepower and ammunition for the 2nd Regiment and the 3rd Regiment, deployed it on the two wings of the arc-shaped mountain behind Tianshui City, and strengthened flank protection. He drew out the 37th Regiment and Unique Regiment as assault corps, and planned to carry out assault when the enemy retreated. Then he reported the deployment situation to the regiment commander, and after approval, he implemented it according to the deployment.
It was only eighty or ninety miles from Gangu to Tianshui, and the cavalry was fast and arrived in a few hours. At noon, Ma Yuanhai, the commander-in-chief of the front enemy appointed by Ma Bufang, and Ma Tingxiang, the chief of staff of the Fifth Cavalry Division, arrived outside Tianshui City, holding a telescope for close observation.
History always has its inevitable similarity. In history, when the Ma family army fought against the Western Route Army, these two people appointed by Ma Bufang as the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief appointed by Ma Bufang. Later, Ma Tingxiang was shot dead by the Red Army, but Ma Yuanhai commanded the troops and defeated the Western Route Army. The Communist Party was broad-minded and did not shoot him after Ma Yuanhai surrendered, so he returned to Xining safely and died of illness after liberation.
Looking from the telescope, Tianshui City was very quiet, and the hillside behind the city was also very quiet, and there was no abnormality. Ma Yuanhai was surprised. Did the Red Bandits run away?
It was Ma Yuanhai's first battle with the Red Seventh Army. Naturally, he didn't know that the Red Seventh Army's positions were all disguised, and it was naturally impossible to see from a distance.
After the failure of the Western Route Army in history, Sun Yuqing, the commander of the Red Ninth Army, was captured. Sun Yuqing said at the time that the Ma family army rushed up in wars and had no rules. The Western Route Army suffered a loss because it lacked supplements, otherwise the Ma family army would not be the opponent.
Ma Yuanhai is Ma Bufang's cousin. He is very tall, with a red face and black beard, and looks very majestic. However, he is illiterate and does not understand the command of the army. But Ma Bufang thinks he is very good at commanding. He usually has no soldiers and always serves as the commander of the front enemy during wartime. This man has been practicing martial arts and guns since he was a child, and has good marksmanship, and is extremely cruel. It is said that during the Qinghai-Tibet Battle, he killed more than 80 Tibetans in a day alone.
At this time, Ma Yuanhai and Ma Tingxiang both had the idea of ​​entering Tianshui City first. The reason is very simple. Ma Yuanhai belonged to the New Second Army, Ma Tingxiang belonged to the Fifth Cavalry Division, one was Ma Bufang's man, and the other was Ma Buqing's man. At this time, the two horses were just fighting in joint operations, and Ma Bufang had not really taken Ma Buqing's Fifth Cavalry Division into his hands.
Ma Yuanhai decided to send a cavalry platoon into the city to observe.
The selected cavalry platoon leader was excited and shouted, and rushed towards the city gate with a group of brothers.
Ma Yuanhai was watching the cavalry platoon enter the city safely and unharmed in the telescope, and could not wait to repay him. He immediately asked the Ma Buluan Cavalry regiment to enter the city from the front, and the Ma Zhongyi Cavalry regiment to enter the city from the south. Other troops were on standby and waited for the infantry troops to come up before determining the mission.
Ma Tingxiang immediately asked a cavalry regiment of the Fifth Cavalry Division to enter the city from the north.
Ma Yuanhai thought about it and agreed. So, three cavalry regiments roared towards Tianshui City.
Song Wenhu was the platoon leader of the 1st Company of the 4th Battalion of the 38th Regiment. He was originally a platoon leader of the 24th Division of the Gui Army. He was captured after the battle of Gu Lingtou and joined the Red Army when he was reorganizing the army in the West. From then on, he participated in a series of battles from the 18th Regiment to the Red Seventh Regiment and gradually grew into a Red Army cadre. At this moment, he took his platoon behind the main gate of Tianshui County, waiting to kill the enemy cavalry platoon that entered the city first.
Regarding the Qingma army, Song Wenhu knew when he was a soldier of the Gui army that he was very fierce and vicious, and was a relatively combat-effective unit among the warlords. Fortunately, before the battle today, the battalion commander conveyed the order of the division headquarters and the regiment headquarters: You don’t have to be polite to the Qingma army. Song Wenhu knew that he didn’t have to be polite, but you don’t need to deliberately capture prisoners.
Seeing the last soldier in the Qingma cavalry platoon rushed into the city gate, Song Wenhu shouted: "Fight!" and the submachine gun in his hand swept towards the Qingma soldiers.
There was also a platoon, one was not wary of it and rashly broke in. The other was relying on fortifications and waiting for the net. This was the relationship between the target and the target shooter. A round of crisp gunfire sounded, and the soldiers of the Qingma platoon saw the King of Hell. Several soldiers quickly pulled the unowned war horse and retreated backwards.
Song Wenhu made a gesture, and the whole platoon quickly got on the position, and all the machine guns were pulled up. The black muzzle pointed at the gate of the city gate, and together with the comrades on the city wall, they formed a double firepower, waiting for the arrival of the enemy cavalry regiment.
At 2 noon on March 29, 1935, with Song Wenhu's fight, the Tianshui Battle kicked off.
When receiving Li Qing's report, Liu Yimin had just led the army to Yuanlong. When he heard that the Qingma began to attack, Liu Yimin ordered Li Qing to control the rhythm of the battle and be sure to attract the Qingma and Ningma main force to Tianshui City, so that they could not attack, but could not stop, and completely fell into the quagmire and could not withdraw.
Then, Liu Yimin sent a report to the headquarters, reporting to Qingma. The main force of Ningma was about 90,000 people. At 2 noon on the 29th, the Red 13th Division stationed in Tianshui, and the Tianshui Battle officially began. The army headquarters led its direct troops and the Red 11th Division. The Fourth Division has arrived in Yuanlong and plans to rest until evening and move towards Tianshui. It is expected to arrive at the designated location tomorrow morning to hide and standby. The Red 12th Division disguises the enemy and follows the main force of the Seventh Division of Ningma into Qin'an County. After Ningma crosses the Wei River, it will close its retreat.
Then, Liu Yimin generated powers to Hong Chaoyuan, Wu Huanxian, and Zhang Hongtao and Liu Zhidan, on the front line of the river defense line, informing them of the situation in Tianshui, asking them to pay close attention to the movements of the Central Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army, prepare carefully, and guard against the enemy's surprise attacks.
After sending the telegram, Liu Yimin ordered the troops to rest quickly, hold a combat meeting at 7 pm, and the troops set off on time at 8 pm.
After receiving the report from Liu Yimin, Mao Zedong's eyes suddenly looked at northern Sichuan and eastern Sichuan. Our army on Tianshui was like asking you to get into the trap. Northern Sichuan and eastern Sichuan were different. Xue Yue's army and Sichuan army remained unmoved so far. It is hard to say whether Chiang Kai-shek would fight. Therefore, after discussion, Mao Zedong, Zhu De and Liu Bocheng decided to first ask Vice Chairman Zhou to meet with the Kuomintang negotiator immediately and strongly protest against the Kuomintang's undeclaration of the war and must bear the responsibility of sabotage. Second, inform Lin Biao, Peng Dehuai, and Xu Xiangqian that the Tianshui Battle began, and they were asked to pay close attention to the enemy situation. If the enemy did not move, we would not move, and we would not fire the first shot. If the enemy attacked, we would proceed according to their respective battle plans.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Qun, Shao Lizi, Zhang Zhizhong, and Chen Chenggang sat in the five halls. Zhou Enlai and Liu Shaoqi said leisurely: "Mr. Enlai, please be angry. We have not received any news that our army has started a war against your army. The National Government has not provoked a civil war at this critical moment of peace negotiations. Please be sure to believe this. As for Ma Bufang's problem, you also know the situation in China. They are local forces and the central government can't restrain it sometimes. I think this is the case. Don't hold the press conference for now. I will report to Nanjing immediately and ask about the situation. If Ma Bufang lightly starts the war, Chairman Jiang can be asked harshly. In any case, the scale of this conflict cannot be expanded."
Zhou Enlai sneered: "Mr. Yue Jun said so lightly, and the Chairman asked him to ask questions. What if Ma Bufang didn't listen? Ma Bufang is a local force, why did the National Government appoint her as the acting chairman of Qinghai Province? If I remember well, it seems that the purpose of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party launched the Northern Expedition was to eliminate warlords. Why did the Kuomintang support him instead of destroying Ma Bufang? At this moment, thousands of soldiers of our Red Army in Tianshui were bleeding and sacrificed all the time, but you said that our army could not expand the scale of the conflict. Is it only the entire Tianshui garrison was wiped out?"
Zhang Qun still slowly said: "Mr. Enlai, no matter what, this is a war initiated by local forces for territory and has nothing to do with the central government. I don't know the dispute between you and Qingma, but I think there must be a reason. If you two start a war and let the central government bring the reputation of civil war, this is unfair, and I'm afraid everyone in the world will not be convinced!"
Ye Jianying sneered and said, "I don't agree with Mr. Yue Jun's words. It's probably not an exaggeration to say that it is a bullying. Without Chairman Jiang's support, Ma Bufang dares to attack the Red Army? Ma Bufang is the acting chairman of Qinghai Province, and Tianshui is eight feet away from him. When will it be the turn of Qinghai's acting chairman to take care of Tianshui? Our army occupied Tianshui because Tianshui was the former headquarters of the First Division of Hu Zongnan and had nothing to do with Ma Bufang. The saying of this local force fighting for territory is purely a bullying! A Ma Bufang is not scary. Our army will soon mobilize troops to reinforce Tianshui and completely repel Ma Bufang's rampant attack. However, I warn the Nanjing National Government not to fight a civil war or play with fire, otherwise, it will inevitably bring shame to itself!"
When Zhang Qun heard that the Red Army wanted to reinforce Tianshui, he immediately said: "The Red Army cannot expand the scale of the battle. Otherwise, it will provoke civil war and undermine peace talks."
Zhou Enlai laughed so much that he was so angry that he said to Zhang Qun: "Mr. Yue Jun, is there any reason you said in the world? You can provoke a civil war and encircle the Red Army. If we fight back, it will be our provocation of a civil war? Do you dare to tell the people of the world this attitude?"
Zhang Qun was not anxious or angry: "Mr. Enlai, please consider the overall situation of peace talks. You cannot reinforce Tianshui, otherwise, the National Government will think that you are deliberately provoking a civil war."
Zhou Enlai looked at Zhang Qun again and said, "I understand. What your side means is that Ma Bufang attacks us is a local force to grab territory. We organize troops to fight a civil war. We can only watch Tianshui alone be eliminated and cannot reinforce, otherwise Chairman Jiang will mobilize a large army to continue to encircle and suppress the Red Army. Mr. Yue Jun, is what I said right?"
Chen Cheng said: "Can you retreat?"
Ye Jianying immediately retorted: "Where to retreat? The enemy is surrounded on all sides. Can we retreat? General Chen, you are a soldier, you won't not understand that the situation on the battlefield changes rapidly, right? Even if we can withdraw, what if the Ma family army pursues them all the way? We want to fight back, it is a civil war. His attack is a dispute between local forces. Is there such a logic in the world? Besides, when we retreat to Baoji, he takes Baoji. When we retreat to Xi'an, he takes Xi'an. Do we have to let him attack Huaqingchi and capture us alive? It seems that your side is determined to fight a civil war but is unwilling to be the charge of civil war. I think beautifully! I can tell you that it can't be done!"
Ye Jianying said that he was angry and slapped the table, shaking the teacup to the ground and smashed it. With a bang, the five halls immediately became quiet.
This morning, the negotiations between the two sides were still very pleasant, and the theme was the issue of northern Sichuan. The Kuomintang asked the Red Army to withdraw from northern Sichuan and defend Shaanxi; the Communist Party insisted on the current line of control between the two sides as the boundary. After the debate, the Communist Party finally made some concessions and could withdraw from Mianyang and use the Fu River as the boundary. At the end, Zhou Enlai also promised that if the two sides could reach an agreement in the end, northern Sichuan would not be able to make any major concessions. Zhang Qun and several people were happy to celebrate when they had lunch. Seeing that there was no fight, they could get back to northern Sichuan. Unexpectedly, the situation suddenly changed this afternoon. It would not matter if Ma Bufang fought, but I was afraid that the matter of taking northern Sichuan would be in vain. I was afraid that the matter of taking northern Sichuan would be in trouble.
Zhang Qun was actually very conflicted at this moment. He knew Chiang Kai-shek's trump card. If the Red Army of Tianshui was really destroyed by Ma Bufang and Ma Bufang took advantage of the situation to attack Shaanxi, then Chairman Jiang would have to start a big killing and the peace talks would be broken. If the Red Army could withstand Ma Bufang, the two sides could kill them and lead to reinforcements from the main forces of the Red Army and create an empty space in Shaanxi, Chairman Jiang would still be able to enter Shaanxi. Only when the Red Army quickly defeated Ma Bufang could the elder Jiang sit down to negotiate honestly. But looking at Zhou Enlai, Ye Jianying and others' angry look, it seemed that the Red Army of Tianshui was insufficient and seemed to have fallen into Ma Bufang's siege. If this continued, the negotiation would be difficult!
Zhang Zhizhong knew a little bit about Ma Bufang's situation and knew that this man was fierce and cunning. If he had all his strength to attack Tianshui, Tianshui would probably not be able to defend it. Not to mention that the Red Army had only a few thousand people, even if it was twice as many, three times, he might not be able to defend it. He wanted to tell Zhou Enlai that it was important to order the Tianshui defenders to break through. But then he thought, most of Ma Bufang was a cavalry, so how could he run over the horse? Besides, he was a negotiator of the Kuomintang, and his status was limited, so he could not say this.
Chen Cheng was applauding at this time. Ma Bufang, the local warlord, was really good at it and quietly surrounded Tianshui. It seemed that the Red Army had no hope of breaking through, Zhou Enlai and Ye Jianyingcai were so angry. Tianshui's garrison must be the troops of Liu Yimin's Red Seventh Army. Okay, it can finally avenge the national army. Thinking again, no, Ma Bufang was not so smart. How could he know that there were not many defenders in Tianshui, so he dared to go to the tiger to grab food? Is Liu Yimin's 7th Army easy to mess with? This matter is not simple. Maybe it was really like Zhou Enlai and the others said, the commission was dispatched in the center.
Chapter completed!