Yili is burning! Yili is bleeding!

The horse team was galloping on the street, and cavalry in Soviet-style uniforms read the words of the Koran loudly on the horse's back. Men kept gushing out from the yard on both sides of the street. They shouted excitedly, waving the scimitar in their hands to echo. Gunshots rang everywhere in the city, and dozens of black smoke pillars rose to the sky.

Rebel herders wearing striped robes rushed into the Northeast of Yili Disabled Military Relief House, dragged out the disabled volunteer soldiers and orphans, tied them up behind horses, and galloped in the streets and alleys. A group of Han people were taken out of the city in carriages, and the rebels along the way threw stones into the carriages.

Around the Ili River, a Uzbek man in Soviet uniform read out the Ili Provisional Government Order loudly. The people around him interrupted him from time to time and cheered. Hundreds of Han people were cut off their heads on the spot by the rebels, and the flowing blood stained the water of the Ili River red.

Amid the cheers, bursts of cannons came, and dark clouds rose above the north of the Yili River. Several war horses rushed from afar. The officers in Soviet uniforms immediately announced orders to the crowd. Then the men by the river stepped on the war horses and rushed north across the Yili River Bridge.

Ili is in a hurry! Tacheng is in a hurry! Huiyuan is in a hurry! Ashan, Gongliu, Xinyuan, Tekes is in a hurry!

The emergency telegram flew towards Dihua like snowflakes and to Chongqing! When Weidemai Stilwell Jones entered the war room, Chen Cheng was listening to the summary of the situation of the staff. Seeing Weidemai and the others coming in, Chen Cheng interrupted the staff's report and exchanged a few greetings with Weidemai and the others first.

"Is the situation dangerous?" Weidemai asked with concern.

Chen Cheng smiled bitterly: "The situation is not very clear, but the rebellion is certain. At present, Yili County has fallen. The 20th Regiment of the 7th Preparatory Division stationed in Yining retreated to Huiyuan Old Town and Ailinbak, and held the airport with the Central Air Force Teaching Team of the Central Air Force. According to the report of Du Defu, deputy commander of the Preparatory Division, there were about 4,000 rebels besieging Ailinbak, and a large number of rebels were coming in a steady stream." "How many troops are there in Xinjiang? I remember General Liu Wenhui's troops were in southern Xinjiang.

.”Stilwell still remembers that during the crisis, Liu Wenhui led the main force of the 24th Army into Tibet, and then advanced into southern Xinjiang. “Yes,” Chen Cheng replied: “However, the 24th Army will cross the Tianshan Mountains to Yili, and there may be rebellions in southern Xinjiang.” Chen Cheng said as he picked up a telegram: “According to General Du Defu’s report, the rebels were soldiers wearing Soviet uniforms, the rebels had heavy artillery, including the Qiwu Mountain Cannon, and had military training, and there was also a light tank participating in the attack.”

Weidemai and Stilwell's expressions suddenly became serious. They immediately realized the seriousness of the problem. If the rebellion was instructed by the Soviet Union, the matter might turn into a national conflict and affect the entire war. Chen Cheng signaled the staff to re-introduce the situation, and the staff then re-introduced that the rebellion happened the day before yesterday. Gong Ha, who was stationed in Yining, did not realize that this was the beginning of a total chaos.

At that time, the 21st Regiment of the Preparatory Division and the Yili Border Chamber of the Yili. After receiving the report, Jiang Xuanquan, the commander of the 21st Regiment, led the troops to quell the rebellion. After the 21st Regiment set off, there were only about 300 Border Chambers in Yining. The rebels seized this opportunity to launch a chasm chaos across the region, and almost all the nine cities in Yining fell. After receiving the report from Yining, Zhu Shaoliang did not realize the seriousness of the situation at first. Xinjiang is a region with many ethnic groups, and chasm chaos occurs almost every year. Just before Shengshi left Xinjiang, a large-scale rebellion broke out in Ashan. However, even so, he still reinforced the 19th Regiment stationed in Laomancheng, Dihua, overnight, and sent Du Defu, deputy commander of the Preparatory Division, to Yining to learn about the situation.

Shortly after Du Defu and the 19th Regiment entered Yining, Guozigou, the important traffic route to the outside world, was cut off by the rebels. Du Defu felt that the situation was serious, the rebels were well-equipped and were not ordinary herdsmen, so he immediately reported to Zhu Shaoliang and demanded immediate reinforcements, and no less than two divisions of reinforcements were allowed. But it was too late at this time. Guozigou was a major traffic route connecting the outside world in Yining. After the rebels occupied this place, the connection between the Yining area and the outside world was cut off, and the entire Yining was surrounded.

"Now most of Yining's urban areas have been lost, only Deputy Commander Du led the 21st Regiment and the 19th Regiment. One of the Yining Border Card Brigade has been guarding the Ailinbak Airport, the Air Force Training Team barracks and airports, and the Ghost King Temple. In addition, there are about a company of defenders in the old city of Huiyuan."

After introducing Yining's situation, the command pole turned and pointed at Ashan and Tacheng: "In the Ashan area, Usman's troops launched an attack on Burzin two weeks before the Ili rebellion, and another attacked Haba River. All the defenders of Haba River died. Usman mobilized more than 5,000 people to siege Chenghua.

In terms of Tacheng, Tacheng Commissioner Pingrong reported that more than 3,000 people wearing Soviet uniforms crossed the border from Batuk with weapons, and the Tacheng Special Zone has shrunk to Tacheng."

Wei Demai noticed that on the combat map in front of him, the northern border was already in chaos, and there were flags representing rebellions in all places, and there were also flags in the southern border area, and there were also several small red dots in the Shache area in Yecheng, and several small red dots in the Aksu area across Tianshan and Yili, and there were several small red dots in the Yanqi area. Chen Cheng was not very nervous. He said slowly: "The scale of this rebellion exceeded the past and was the highest in the history of the Republic of China. Judging from the situation we have mastered, there were Soviet Russian envoys behind this rebellion, Soviet military armed personnel in Yili and Tacheng areas, and Mongolian troops in the Ashan area entered the battle. The chairman had asked Minister Wang to summon the Soviet ambassador, but they would definitely not admit it."

Speaking of this, he hummed softly in his nostrils and said with some contempt: "Stalin thought he had seized a good opportunity, but he made the wrong plan. Although the Battle of Pingjin is ongoing, after several years of war, the Japanese army has been severely weakened and has the ability to suppress the rebellion."

"A plan to increase troops is formulated, and Hu Zongnan is reported that the First Army will temporarily stop mobilization, and Ma Bufang will send powerful troops to protect the Dilan Railway, especially the Xingxingxia area, and order Minister Hong of the Logistics Department to transfer animal resources to Dihua, which must meet the number of 100,000 people. The Air Force will send a bomber squadron and a fighter squadron to Dihua. Ma Hongkui will assemble the new 46th Division, the new 45th Division, and the Fifth Cavalry Division along the Dilan Railway. He will inform General Liu Wenhui that Aksu and Yanqi are the gateways in southern Xinjiang, and must ensure the safety of the two places. I will go to see the Chairman now."

Chen Cheng quickly drafted a draft, and Wei Demai and Stilwell listened silently. This new situation made them feel a sense of crisis. The Chinese concluded that the Xinjiang rebellion was the commander of the Soviet Union. It can be imagined that from this moment on, major conflicts between China and the Soviet Union will inevitably arise, which will not only affect the Far East operations, but also affect the European operations.

Neither Weidemai nor Stilwell understood why the Soviet Union did this. The Soviet Union now has two battlefields, so why should it open up a third battlefield? If there is this force, why not launch a counterattack in Mongolia and the Far East.

Wei Demai felt that something might be strange, and he did not dare to express his opinion easily to avoid being exploited by China and the Soviet Union. Stilwell did not think much about it. He asked: "General Chen, how many government troops are there in Xinjiang? How are the training and equipment?"

Hearing this, Chen Cheng couldn't help but feel bitter. As the chief of staff, he was still very clear about the situation in Xinjiang. There are many troops in Xinjiang, and now there are eight divisions, but among these eight divisions, there are not many who belong to the Central Army, only the Seventh Division; there are two divisions of the Twenty-Fourth Army in southern Xinjiang, and these troops are considered troops transferred by the Central Committee to Xinjiang.

In addition to these three divisions, Xinjiang also had the former Shengshicai Xinjiang Provincial Army. These troops were reorganized into five divisions, mainly stationed in the Ashan area of ​​northern Xinjiang and the Hami Turpan area of ​​eastern Xinjiang. These two areas were the places where the most chaotic chaos in Xinjiang, while other troops were scattered on the long border of Xinjiang. In order to force Shengshicai to leave Xinjiang, the central government had transferred the First Division and the 78th Division of the First Army into Xinjiang. However, because it was necessary to carry out Mongolian operations, the First Army withdrew from Xinjiang and prepared to enter Chahar, Suiyuan. The replacement troops were originally scheduled to be mobilized from Qinghai, Gansu, but Ma Bufang and Ma Hongkui delayed for various reasons and were unwilling to transfer the troops into Xinjiang, resulting in a period of force vacuum in Xinjiang. Stalin seized the opportunity and launched a rebellion in Xinjiang.

Now, except for the two divisions of the 24th Army, the rest of the troops in Xinjiang can only be considered third-rate troops in the ** system. Not to mention Sheng Shicai's Provincial Defense Forces, even the Central Army Preparatory Seventh Division was just a new unit established in 1939. The troops were extremely poorly equipped, without heavy artillery, only a small number of 60 mortars, and each company only had a Czech light machine gun. However, the former Xinjiang Provincial Army was well equipped, all of which were Soviet-style equipment, but these equipment were old and old.

Chen Cheng was not sure about the training. He had never been to Xinjiang and was not sure about the training status of the troops. The only thing he had some confidence was the 24th Army and the 7th Division in southern Xinjiang. The Sichuan Army had always performed well on the battlefield. The 20th Army, 47th Army, 41st Army, and 45th Army had obtained several martial arts status. The 23rd Army performed quite well in the Jiangnan battlefield. I think the 24th Army should be good. Although the equipment of the 7th Division was poor, the officers were all graduated from the Northwest Branch of the Central Military Academy. Hu Zongnan has always been very close to the training of the troops, and it should be good. As for the provincial army, he was not sure.

Chen Cheng did not answer this question. He looked at his watch and said to Stilwell: "General Stilwell, according to General Weidemai's suggestion, you will serve as Chief of Staff of the North China War Zone. The battle in Pingjin is in full swing. Commander Zhuang called and hopes that you will go there as soon as possible. The Chairman also hopes that you can go to the front line as soon as possible. When will you set off?"

Stilwell was a little stunned, and Wei Demai immediately interrupted: "We are here today to inform your army. General Stilwell decided to transfer the Merrill Commando to the Pingjin front line to participate in the Pingjin Battle; in addition, General Stilwell suggested that an attack be launched in the Jiangnan War Zone and the Jianghuai War Zone to restrain the Japanese army."

Wei Demai had good intentions, but Stilwell did not appreciate it. He asked without hesitation: "General Chen, I hope that after the Battle of Pingjin, I will gain command of the North China War Zone, and Zhuang should listen to me."

Chen Cheng was stunned for a moment, and he turned his head to look at Wei Demai. A bitter smile slipped across the corner of Wei Demai's mouth. Chen Cheng was a little confused. He frowned and looked at Stilwell: "General, you are the chief of staff of the North China War Zone, General Zhuang is the commander of the North China War Zone. Your mission is to assist General Zhuang. As for the Jiangnan War Zone and the Jianghuai War Zone, at present, these two war zones are unable to launch an attack due to severe shortage of supplies. Our materials can only guarantee one battlefield."

Stilwell was silent and took a step back: "I worked with General Zhuang in Myanmar. At that time, I was his superior. I was hard to understand his approach in some aspects, so I hope to urge him." "Soldiers must speak for their military record," an officer next to Chen Cheng suddenly interrupted. Wei Demai and Stilwell turned their heads to look at him. Chen Cheng frowned slightly, but did not stop him. Instead, he looked at him with encouragement. The officer continued: "Whether in Myanmar or in the domestic battlefield, General Zhuang's military record is obvious to all. General Stilwell, you are always worried about the affairs in Myanmar. I want to know, are you for strategic purposes or something else?"

Chen Cheng smiled, but spoke in a reproachful tone: "Rugui, why are you talking nonsense? Get off!"

The officer apologized: "I'm sorry!" After saying that, he turned around and went out, Stilwell's face turned pale and pale. He still understood this. It was equivalent to pointing at his nose and saying that you insisted on attacking in Myanmar just to satisfy your selfish desires.

Seeing this, Wei Demai kept sighing in his heart. It seemed that General Marshall was wrong. Stilwell had lost the trust of the Chinese and should be transferred back to the country or to the European battlefield. This might be better for him.

"General Stilwell has a mission to coordinate the cooperation of the North China Central and American troops and serve as the director of the US liaison office of the North China War Theater." Wei Demai must come forward to save Stilwell's face. The US liaison office is a new organization. After the Chinese team recovered Shandong, the Joint Chiefs of Staff proposed an idea. After conquering Mariana, the US military landed directly in Shandong and landed in Japan with Shandong as a base. Therefore, the Joint Chiefs of Staff required Wei Demai to set up a liaison office in the North China War Theater, and the Director of the Liaison Office also had the right to supervise US aid supplies.

Chen Cheng was a little surprised that the United States was going to transfer troops to the North China War Zone. He thought for a while and asked: "Is this army under the command of the North China War Zone, or is it only under the command of General Stilwell?"

Stilwell stabilized his emotions: "Of course he joined the North China War Zone combat sequence, but he was jointly commanded by both China and the United States in terms of use."

Chen Cheng was a little confused. Why did Stilwell have to transfer the US military to the North China War Zone? He hesitated and said: "I want to report to the Chairman on this issue. Let's go to the Chairman together."

As he said that, he picked up the documents prepared by the staff, carefully counted them, and then put them in the file bag.

At the same time, in the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Minister Wang Chonghui was ordered to summon Soviet ambassador Pan Youxin. The atmosphere between the two was not so tense, but on the contrary, they were polite, but this did not mean that the conversation between them was so calm.!~!
Chapter completed!