On July 6, Xiang Xiaoqiang received another telegram, this time from Xiu Xiu - it was still information from Moscow. A Ming army spy lurking in Moscow discovered that Tukhache was originally hanging on the wall of his superior's office.
The portrait of Marshal Tukhachevsky was quietly removed. And he also discovered that on a street in Moscow named after Tukhachevsky, the "Tukhachevsky" on the road sign had been carefully scratched off.
In the Soviet Union, this was a very effective way to accurately judge whether a big shot had been arrested. If it was a big shot, just observe whether his portrait had been removed. If it was a lower-level figure, such as the People's Commissar below.
, or a local cadre, then if the streets, factories, mines, and state-owned farms named after him are renamed one day, it also means that this person has been arrested.
Xiang Xiaoqiang was overjoyed, but on the other hand he felt sorry for this outstanding genius in military history.
Two days later, on July 8, this time there was no need for intelligence. This time it was the big news on Jinling Radio: Marshal Tukhachevsky of the Soviet Union was charged with "treason" and "espionage" in Moscow today.
The charges were publicly tried. The entire Soviet army carried out activities to expose the traitor Tukhachevsky and accuse the spy Tukhachevsky of his crimes. Marshal Budyonny succeeded Tukhachevsky as the Soviet garrison commander.
The position of Commander-in-Chief of the Xinjiang Army.
That night, Xiang Xiaoqiang had a drink in Hami to celebrate. At the same time, Fang Dongcheng and other generals from Lanzhou also had a dinner and drank to celebrate. Once Tukhachevsky was pushed to court for this crime, he would be dead
It's impossible to come back.
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On July 9, the military operation that had been prepared for many days was officially launched. The Ming Army's North Road Offensive fiercely attacked northern Xinjiang along the old road, while the Middle Road Offensive also stepped up its offensive on the Tianshan Pass. The Ming Army's South Road Offensive has now completely occupied the Aksu area.
, the troops approached the western part of southern Xinjiang and had rested for several days. Now they are attacking again and advancing westward.
The attack on the northern route went very smoothly, and the Soviet armored forces could no longer see the same self-sacrifice and fighting spirit as before. Obviously, Tukhachevsky was purged, which had a particularly huge blow to the morale of the Soviet army, especially the armored forces.
The North Road Offensive annihilated and captured nearly a thousand Soviet tanks in one week and advanced 500 kilometers, setting a record for the fastest advance in the war against the Soviet Union in 1938. It could be described as a long-distance advance.
The Ming army has now regained the feeling it had during the Northern Expedition. Wherever the Ming army attacked, the people in front rose up to respond, resisted the Soviet army, destroyed communication facilities, and defected to the Ming army to serve as their guides. Every time the Ming army controlled a place
, at least half of the local Han young people asked to join the Ming Army. And almost all the ethnic minority young people asked to join the Ming Army. The Ming Army also seized this good opportunity to expand its army, vigorously established the Central Asian White Guards, and issued them weapons and military uniforms.
, provide them with basic training, and are affiliated with the Free Russian Government.
The officers in charge of the expansion of the Ming army all felt that the source of troops here is inexhaustible. As long as you are willing, a county can recruit tens of thousands of new soldiers. The current rate of expansion of the White Guards in Central Asia is completely
It depends on how much food and weapons the Ming army can provide. As long as there is no shortage of food and weapons, there will be as many soldiers as needed.
After advancing for 500 kilometers from the north of Hami, the North Road offensive has now appeared in the Changji area north of the Tianshan Pass, with Dihua to the south. To the south of Dihua, there is the winding Tianshan Pass as a cover, but its
To the north, there is a flat and open prairie. From then on, it goes north through the entire Zhungar Basin until the Altai Mountains. There are no mountains in the middle. From here, the Ming army went straight to Dihua from the south, just like from the south.
Attacking the mountain pass is completely different.
On July 15, the siege of Dihua began. At the same time, the southern offensive had also penetrated deep into the Kashgar area in western southern Xinjiang. It had already clashed with the Soviet reinforcements coming from Kyrgyzstan.
So far, the Ming army's road transportation lines have exceeded 2,500 kilometers. Last year, this would have been unimaginable. But now, various vehicles are being transported at a rate of 40,000 to 50,000 vehicles per month.
The army had a huge number of military vehicles before, and now the number of vehicles used to maintain road transportation on the Central Asian battlefield has exceeded 150,000. No country has so many military vehicles. Even the United States is only the largest civilian vehicle country. And the Ming Dynasty is now
It has become the largest country in military vehicles.
The repeated crushing of a large number of cars over a long period of time has completely crushed the original road, and dozens of meters on both sides of the road have almost become "roads". It is no longer clear where the boundaries of the original road are.
What a place. What used to be a mere two-lane thin road has now become almost an endless "airport runway". The traffic volume has increased, but the running speed is faster.
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The Ming army is increasing its troops westward at an extremely fast speed, trying to prevent the Ming army from being too disadvantaged on the battlefield in Central Asia. The war has reached this level, and the distance between the battle lines is now clearly beneficial to the Soviet Union. The battlefield is now between the north and the south.
Xinjiang is much closer to the Central Asian countries of the Soviet Union than to the interior of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming army also knows that the current victory is achieved with a sea of cars, supplies, and money. This situation cannot last long
Continue. Although Ming Dynasty was very rich, the country's financial resources could not support this kind of spending method for long.
In addition to supplies and money, the current victories are largely due to the temporary low morale of the Soviet army. Once the Soviet army wins two more battles and morale recovers, will the Ming army face the "peak of the war"
, it’s hard to say.
The guiding ideology of the Ming army now is: advance as quickly as possible, go all out, and don't give the Soviet army any chance to breathe. Let the enemy fall into the vicious cycle of "defeat the battle - lose morale - continue to lose the battle - continue to lose morale - continue to lose the battle"
In loop.
On July 16, news came from Moscow. Tukhachevsky was sentenced to death and was to be executed immediately. As people listened to the radio, a generation of military genius, the founder of the Soviet armored force, known as the "Red Napoleon"
Marshal Tukhachevsky has been shot. His wife and children have also been imprisoned in different labor camps.
The whole world has been paying attention to the fate of Tukhachevsky these days. While the Soviet Red Army was "exposing and accusing" Marshal Tukhachevsky, it was also paying attention to radio and newspapers, especially the armored forces.
Officers and soldiers, as well as the upper-level officers and generals of the Red Army. The generals have since understood the spirit of "shooting the first bird". They are afraid that they will become as conspicuous as Tukhachevsky. They would rather let themselves become mediocre generals, at least
It can be safer.
On the battlefields of Central Asia, there was even a phenomenon that senior Soviet officers "did not dare to win the battle." They only dared to follow the trend. If others were all defeated, then it was best for them to be similar to others. The law does not blame the crowd.
Stalin would not kill so many people just because he lost a battle. But if you become more conspicuous because of a beautiful victory and win the admiration of the officers and soldiers, then Stalin may think that you are "unsafe" and kill you.——
Although Stalin was not at this level, and at this time Stalin also hoped that they would win the war, the generals were frightened and acted as they pleased, putting the safety of themselves and their families before the country.
Above profit.——The generals who can survive in this environment have no backbone, blood, and even many people have no conscience. Those who have backbone, blood, and conscience have been killed long ago.