When Erden Mutu announced the "founding of the nation" more than a month ago, the Soviet Union recognized it at lightning speed. On the morning of April 10, the nation was "founded" and "coronated". In the evening of the same day, Stalin sent a congratulatory message, and within a week
The two sides sent envoys to each other and established diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level. However, so far, the Soviet Union is the only one in the world that recognizes the "Ili Empire". The Soviet Union obviously had Sima Zhao's intention, and everyone knows it. No country is unclear about the Soviet Union's
What abacus.
Xiang Xiaoqiang's first thought was: "Ili Empire", the Soviet Union recognized me, but Ming Dynasty did not recognize it. Naturally, your "Soviet Embassy in Ili Empire" was not recognized by Ming Dynasty. He wanted to order the troops to rush into the Soviet Embassy to arrest people.
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But when you calm down and think about it, there is no guarantee that this is not what the Soviet Union wants. If the Soviet Union wants to invade northern Xinjiang, then this excuse is very suitable. Even if this lawsuit goes to the League of Nations, Ming Dynasty may not win: currently only the Soviet Union admits it
So what? The Soviet Embassy is no longer an embassy? There are always some countries in the world that are not recognized by other countries. Does that mean that foreign embassies in the former lands are not protected?
If you really want to be sophistical, this is really the truth.
He thought for a while and asked people to surround the Soviet embassy, and arranged local guides around to carefully identify everyone coming out of the embassy to prevent Erden Mutu from being sent out in disguise. He also set up roadblocks to prevent anyone from being allowed to leave.
The embassy vehicle was driven out to prevent Erdenmutu from hiding in the vehicle, and the Soviet side refused to search on the grounds that "diplomatic vehicles also belong to Soviet territory."
Immediately afterwards, Xiang Xiaoqiang contacted the 14th Gege at Dihua Base and asked her to send a secret message to the mainland to report the battle situation and report the matter.
What to do next is a matter for the politicians in the cabinet. Once the matter reaches the cabinet, Xiang Xiaoqiang believes that it is unlikely that they will let the troops storm the embassy to arrest people. Most of them will adopt diplomatic methods.
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This time, Xiang Xiaoqiang hoped that the cabinet would not be so "hawkish" and should be more restrained. At the same time, he felt a deep sense of insecurity. He was not afraid of ten thousand, but afraid of what might happen.
My current location is relatively safe, 140 kilometers away from the Soviet border. However, the distance between the Fourteenth Gege and the southern Xinjiang where the Soviet army is heavily concentrated is less than 100 kilometers away. According to the speed of the Soviet mechanized corps, it is only two kilometers away.
It was a three-hour drive. If the Soviet army launched a night blitz, she might not even have time to run.
Xiang Xiaoqiang immediately ordered the tank troops that were still driving as cover on the road to return to the original route and deploy them in the Tianshan Pass area between Dihua and Turpan to guard the only passage between southern Xinjiang and northern Xinjiang within hundreds of kilometers. This is also
It is equivalent to protecting the fourteenth grid.
At the same time, he established a temporary headquarters in Altay City and ordered his prisoners to start building an airport a few kilometers south of the city. At the same time, he dispatched bulldozer tanks and other engineering vehicles from Dihua to speed up the construction of the airport.
The airport has three functions: 1. to detect whether the Soviet troops have begun to gather on the other side of the border. 2. to provide air cover for the Ming army once the Soviet troops invade. 3. to facilitate the withdrawal of Gao Dayi at critical times, so as not to trap a general.
into the hands of the Soviets.
Xiang Xiaoqiang arranged for Gao Dayi to lead half of the troops to stay in Altay, and then he took the other half of the troops to return to the Dihua base, meet up with the Fourteenth Princess, and start arranging the next thing.
Late that night, Xiang Xiaoqiang returned to the Dihua base, and the first thing he did was to send a telegram to the headquarters to request additional troops.
He opened his mouth and immediately requested that three bomber aviation regiments and three fighter aviation regiments be sent first. This totaled hundreds of aircraft. The mobilization of ground troops took a long time, so at least a few hundred aircraft could be mobilized first.
Forming a strong combat effectiveness can also form a certain deterrent to the Soviet Union and let them know that the Ming army is prepared.
Then, Xiang Xiaoqiang discussed with Zhang Zhaoxian that he wanted to mobilize all his People's Guards, five armored divisions and five mechanized divisions, with hundreds of thousands of troops to enter Xinjiang. He believed that the more this happened, the more he could protect the North without fighting.
Xinjiang is safe.
However, it is already late at night. I don’t know if all the “relevant departments” in the country are asleep, or if they haven’t come up with a unified opinion. They wait and wait for Xiaoqiang, but they just can’t wait for a reply with content. How many times have they been sent?
Telegrams were sent to urge me, and Xiuxiu's replies were all "transferred", "delivered", "please be patient", etc.
While Xiang Xiaoqiang was anxious, he could also understand Xiuxiu's helplessness. She was not in Nanjing, so she couldn't get involved in many things. But Xiuxiu was just a lieutenant, a low-key person, and she couldn't get involved in these national-level decisions. And Li Gensheng had a stomachache.
Those people were probably sleeping soundly now, and Xiang Xiaoqiang felt inconvenient and immediately pulled them out of bed. To be honest, Xiu Xiu was the only person he could order without scruples in the middle of the night.
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During this day, the cabinet's energy was focused on studying how to deal with the "Soviet Embassy Incident". No one paid attention to Xiang Xiaoqiang's sudden request to increase troops in the middle of the night.
However, the night was finally passed by Xiang Xiaoqiang. Although there was no result from the tossing.
On the morning of the 14th, Xiang Xiaoqiang took a nap. When he got up at noon, Shi Shigege handed him a telegram, which was a reply from Nanjing in the morning.
The telegram was from Zhang Zhaoxian. The old man did not agree with the large-scale increase of troops in northern Xinjiang at all. His opinion was that this would stimulate the Soviet Union, aggravate the tension between the north and the south of the Tianshan Mountains, and form a military confrontation. However, the number of troops in northern Xinjiang is currently small, with only one
divisions are not enough to suppress the bandits, so two or three additional divisions can be dispatched as appropriate.
But it is not recommended to send armored divisions. First, the armored divisions belong to the People's Guard, the most elite armed force of the Ming Dynasty, and the political implications are too great. If the People's Guard is used, no one will believe it if it is just to suppress bandits. Second, the mobilization of armored divisions
Difficult and too slow, this can be seen from the difficult journey of the 1st Armored Division into Xinjiang.
Finally, Zhang Zhaoxian gave him a few more words and said, of course, you will directly command the People's Guard to return to support. If you insist on mobilizing it, I can't stop it. However, because the "increasing troops in northern Xinjiang" has been completely resolved,
It affects the diplomatic level, so I still don't want to see you being too willful and making irreversible decisions.
After Xiang Xiaoqiang read it, he handed the telegraph newspaper to Shi Shigege, leaned back in his chair and sighed, without saying a word.
After Shirige Gege read the telegram, he pondered for a while and said with a smile:
"Xiaoqiang, what Zhang Zhaoxian said makes sense to a certain extent. The current situation is not that urgent. Not only Nanjing doesn't understand your huge request for additional troops, even I don't understand it. Xiaoqiang, why do you just
Why are you always sure that the Ming Dynasty will be attacked by others? Earlier, you were sure that Japan would attack the Ming Dynasty. You were so nervous that I can't say anything. What happened next? Japan didn't do it. Now, you are sure that the Soviet Union will be attacked. What do you think?
Think about it. The Soviet Union
Erdenmutu was taken into the embassy for protection, didn't he just want to use him as a pawn for a while? If the Soviet Union planned to attack northern Xinjiang immediately, why bother to protect Erdenmutu? You said that the Soviet Union coveted northern Xinjiang, but I
No objection. But...the Soviet Union is, after all, a country that advocates 'truth and justice'. It is unlikely that it would roll up its sleeves and directly rob it. Think about it, after the establishment of the Soviet Union, has it invaded any country?
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Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at the fourteen grids and laughed dumbly.