At the meeting, it was decided that the government would come forward to persuade Stalin and promote a decisive battle with the German army in the northwest region of Sabi. Later, Ouyang Yun invited Song Ziwen over with a phone call. The coalition government retained a considerable number of former central government officials. These Among people, Song Ziwen is undoubtedly the most glorious. With the improvement of the country's military strength, especially in the two major battlefields of the Pacific and Soviet Russia, it plays an increasingly important role. Correspondingly, China's international status is also blossoming. Gao, and as the foreign minister of the coalition government, Song Ziwen's authority and prestige are also increasing day by day. In what he said to Soong Meiling privately: Now it feels good to be the foreign minister.
Ouyang Yun did not come to Song Ziwen just to persuade Stalin. The main reason was actually to solve the Xinjiang issue and jump from the Soviet battlefield to the Xinjiang issue. Fortunately, everyone here is familiar with Ouyang Yun's style. Otherwise, otherwise There will definitely be a situation where many people whisper to each other and ask why. The Xinjiang issue is a long-standing and difficult issue that has troubled the coalition government for a long time. Ouyang Yun brought it up for discussion at this time, because the Xinjiang issue was ultimately caused by the Soviets, and Because it also involved a Xinjiang Wang Shengshicai, Ouyang Yun did not have the energy to pay too much attention to this matter during the initial stage of the coalition government. Now, as the military and political work of the coalition government is on the right track, China and Soviet Russia are in the honeymoon period. At that time, he felt that it was time to solve the Xinjiang issue.
"Sheng Shicai said that he is no longer able to control the situation in southern Xinjiang. We are too far away to understand the specific situation, so we cannot tell the truth. However, no matter what the true situation is, the coalition government must show its determination, that is, it will never be allowed to When things like splitting the country happen, the task of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is to negotiate with the Soviet Russian government and ask the Soviet Russians to withdraw their so-called experts and military advisory groups. If the Soviet Russians don't recognize these experts, what else can they do? If there are advisers and Soviet-Russian backgrounds, well, tell them, we can’t predict what will happen next..."
The rebellion in southern Xinjiang was just beginning to be reported to Chongqing by Shengshi, saying that as long as the central government supported him with some weapons and equipment, he could solve it on his own. At that time, the Far East Expeditionary Force was setting out for the Soviet battlefield, and the Supreme Command did not have extra troops to support, so Ouyang Yun solicited After receiving the opinions of former Sichuan Army generals such as Deng Xihou and Li Jiayu, they sent an air fortress to Shengshicai to transport enough weapons and equipment for two Class A divisions at once. Shengshicai had a disobedient heart. This was something that had existed since the time of old Chiang Kai-shek. , however, because he never openly rebelled but only played tricks verbally, neither Chiang Kai-shek at the time nor Ouyang Yun later was willing to let the Xinjiang issue affect the overall anti-Japanese situation. But now, because of the news coming from Shengshicai, The rebellion in southern Xinjiang is getting more and more violent, and the local people's brutal behavior of massacring Han people is getting more and more serious. Ouyang Yun no longer dares to sit back and watch.
There is another reason why Ouyang Yun treats the Xinjiang issue cautiously, that is, he has absorbed the lessons of the Xinjiang issue in that time and space, and it can be regarded as thinking about the future of the country. With this condition, Ouyang Yun wants to solve the Xinjiang issue once and for all. No future troubles,
"The coalition government, as the name suggests, tolerates dissent, but this will never include those rebels who dare to split the country and exterminate themselves from China. I once said when I formed the Xubing Army that the guns of the Xubing Army will never be No offense, but now, I decided to change this original intention. Since some people have to be mean and are willing to shed tears when they see the coffin, then we will help them. I decided to let the paratroopers led by Ding Yi carry out this mission. At the same time, the Supreme Command supports him with a directly administered mechanized infantry division..."
Ouyang Yun has long had a mature idea in his mind about how to deal with the Xinjiang issue. The core of this idea is to "kill" until those who are interested in seeking the establishment of a new country are killed.
The establishment of a new order always requires bloodshed and sacrifice, and those who cannot see clearly the situation are destined to become sacrifices in the new era.
After the puppet army issue comes the Xinjiang issue, and the Xinjiang issue also involves China's most elite paratroopers. A routine military meeting included a huge amount of information. The participants included Song Ziwen, who had just arrived. They looked at Ouyang silently. Yun, but there are thousands of thoughts in his heart,
At this point in the Anti-Japanese War, no one doubts whether China can defeat Japan and achieve final victory. At the same time, new contradictions have emerged. In this, what kind of path will the country take in the future? Ten of you here ** will think about it in their spare time, no matter they are born politicians or politically retarded, there is still a group of people standing behind them, so even for the collective benefit, they must think about this issue. Now, Ouyang Yun talked about the unresolved Xinjiang issue and showed an iron-fisted approach, which may not mean without warning. By extension, this can also be regarded as a statement on some aspects of his governance policy.
Ouyang Yun is basically the only one who expresses his opinion on the Xinjiang issue, because Ding Yi's paratroopers and the new mechanized infantry division under the direct jurisdiction of the Supreme Command are almost all direct descendants of Ouyang Yun, so once he makes a decision, others will not be able to do the same. be opposed to,
After the Xinjiang issue, under the tacit guidance of Chen Cheng, everyone returned to the previous topic and continued the discussion. Naturally, everyone talked about the probability of victory or defeat in a decisive battle with the German army, because the Axis forces' military superiority was too obvious. , so except for Ouyang Yun and others who are familiar with the characteristics of the Second Artillery and are confident of victory, although others support an early decisive battle, they are also uneasy and unsure of how the battle will turn out. Therefore, there is no need for Ouyang Yun to take the initiative to mention what Zhang Zizhong mentioned in the telegram. When I asked about support issues, someone took the initiative to raise them.
"Support is necessary because it directly involves our country's interests in the Far East. However, there is no surplus domestic troops at present. Otherwise, we can transfer a few divisions from Karachi to the Soviet battlefield." Chen Cheng said and looked at Ouyang Yun.
Ouyang Yun shook his head: "This is impossible. South Asia is still in the hands of the Japanese army. The troops in Karachi must be reserved for a decisive battle with the Japanese army in South Asia."
"Where is the Eighth Army?" Chen Cheng then asked,
The Eighth Army was Zhang Xueliang's former Northeastern Army. Before Ouyang Yun could answer, Feng Yuxiang answered: "It's even more impossible. What the Eighth Army thinks about day and night is to fight back to the Northeast. Why is Xiao Zhang willing to preside over the construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway? Isn't it just to allow the commander-in-chief to let them play when he fights in the Northeast? Seeing that the Fourth Battle of the Great Wall is about to begin, you are not afraid that Xiao Zhang will fight you."