Chapter 22 Section ten

Since Feng Yuxiang went east, Gansu has formed a separatist situation.Shanxi Yang Hucheng sent army commander Sun Weiru to capture Lanzhou and control the eastern and southern parts of Longnan, while the Hexi area was controlled by Ma Bufang.Yang Hucheng asked Nanjing to appoint Sun Weiru as the chairman of Gansu Province.Chiang Kai-shek saw through Yang Hucheng's intention to dominate the Northwest, and only announced Sun Weiru as the consolation envoy of Gansu and allowed Ma Bufang to garrison Hexi. In order to counter Ma Bufang, Sun Weiru sent someone to contact Ma Zhongying, and transferred it to Yang Hucheng to apply to Chiang Kai-shek to reorganize Ma Zhongying's troops.Chiang Kai-shek agreed, "Yang Hucheng is very cunning, but he didn't expect the central government to know about Ma Zhongying."

Ma Zhongying's Department was reorganized into the new 36th Division. Ma Zhongying reorganized more than 5,000 people in his department.With Ma Zhongjie and Ma Hushan as the brigade commander, Ma Zhanxiang and Ma Shenggui as the infantry regiment commander, Ma Rulong as the cavalry regiment commander, and another four battalions directly under the pistol and machine gun engineering special agent.Yang Boqing, a member of the Communist Party of China sent by Yang Hucheng, served as the director of the political training department of the 36th Division. The Political Training Office and the Political Department are all friends of the CCP.There is also a military staff department, there are all kinds of people, there are Turkish lieutenant generals, and adventurers who have defected from all over the country. Commander Ga is so curious that he will not refuse anyone.

Commander Ga trained soldiers with the Northwest Army's troop training method.Commander Ga truly experienced the combat effectiveness of the Northwest Army in the Central Plains War.It is said that when the Northwest Army confronted the Japanese army at Dagukou, Feng Yuxiang ordered them to march in unison. As soon as the command was issued, a team of more than a thousand people walked into the sea tragically. The Japanese army was shocked at once. China has such a strong army. "I want to train such an army." According to the system of the Northwest Army, Commander Ga selected the best soldiers to form a cadet team and trained them himself.There are soldiers of all nationalities in the military academy, and if you go back to Hansala Dongxiang, as long as you are a bloody man.Because of the vigorous propaganda of the friends of the CCP, the four counties around Jiuquan are in the hands of the 36th Division. The streets and alleys are full of slogans. The revolutionary slogans have given this remote corner a new look.Ma Zhongying himself served as the commander-in-chief of the Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia coalition forces, with the banner of "Three provinces are tyrannical and fierce, and seven guns are used to hang people and punish crimes".Its revolutionary enthusiasm is more intense than the Great Revolution of 1926 and 1927.Friends of the CCP have been away from the organization for too long, and only a few words know that the central government has established armed forces and bases in the south.Relying on Ma Zhongying, they also owned an armed force and a territory in the far northwest.With a little expansion of this territory, it will be able to enter Xinjiang and become one with the great Soviet Union. The world will be a world with red flags flying.They believed that they could transform Ma Zhongying into China's Xia Boyang, China's Lai Fensheng.They introduced "Destruction" and "Xia Boyang" to Ma Zhongying.Zhang Yashao and Wu Yingqi watched the movie "Xia Boyang" when they were in the Soviet Union.Commander Ga was fascinated by this, and suddenly said: "The Cossack cavalry is so powerful, we fight against him, just like fighting the Northwest Army."

"They are the Soviet Red Army, supporting revolutions all over the world, and they cannot fight us." Commander Ga laughed, "You guys went to the military academy for nothing, and the friendship between soldiers is built." "It's the twentieth century, and you're still full of brains." "Don't look down on me." Ma Zhongying waved his whip, pointing to the young men who were leaping and leaping in the playground, "their veins are churning with Zhang Fei and Ma Chao, Zhang Ba Snake Spear, Qinglong Yanyue Knife, why should I, Ma Zhongying, be the commander? I rely on Ma Chao's courage , because the anti-Xiliang beat him so that Cao Mengde lost his helmet, took off his armor, took off his robe and cut off his beard."

Ma Zhongying took the whip and went to the playground to train the soldiers. The queue training had already ended, and the soldiers were doing cross-country training on the horizontal bar.The most terrible thing is to jump over the wall. Teams of soldiers walked up the ancient Great Wall. They gave a command and bravely descended. Many people lay on the ground and struggled to get up after a long time. The second and third times, until they landed firmly, they trotted for a while. Go fight stab. In the early morning of one day, the cadet team sneaked into Ma Hushan, Ma Zhanlin, and Ma Black Eagle's team. Three fierce cavalry regiments of green forest heroes were disarmed by the cadet team of hundreds of people and gathered in the playground.Everyone stared and rubbed their numb wrists and elbows.Their regiment leader, Ma Hushan, Ma Zhanlin, and Ma Heiying stood dejectedly on the earthen platform listening to Commander Ga's speech.The three crooked people obeyed Tie Tie, handed over their military power, and expressed their willingness to listen to Commander Ga.The three crooked people became idlers for a while.The three elite cavalry regiments were taken over by the cadets and began rigorous army training.

"These gangsters can fight, what they lack is a bridle and an iron bit to tighten their teeth." Commander Ga was merciless, and he was even more rude to his brother-in-law Ma Hushan, take it easy and stand at attention!Ma Hushan became bow-legged on horseback, and couldn't even stand upright. Commander Ga just got up with a whip and a kick.Ma Hushan hugged his stomach, slowly bent down, bent to the ground and bounced slowly. "You stupid cow, come again! Come again!" Ma Hushan picked it up again and again, gritted his teeth, and stood up straight angrily. "Your stomach is bloated because you ate too much. It will be fine after a few times."

Everyone burst out laughing.More than half a year of intensive training has trained the 5,000 men into iron-armed, iron-legged, and iron-brained men. In the ancient city of Jiuquan, when Wei Qinghuo went to the bloody place where the sick horse stepped on the Xiongnu, the soldiers and horses were jubilant, and the thousands of miles of desert showed tragedy and vitality in the infinite desolation. This vigorous army attracts progressive young people thousands of miles west of Hexi, and they are all promising young people who have studied for a few days and are dissatisfied with the turbulent and dark world. Many CCP members who lost contact with the organization came from Longdong, Longnan and Longxi Shaanxi, come to the 36th Division.As early as in Shandong, Zhang Yashao and Wu Yingqi introduced Ma Zhongying to join the Communist Youth League.As long as they enter Xinjiang, they are sure to train Ma Zhongying into China's Xia Boyang, the commander of the Red Army in the Northwest.

Ma Zhongying has a group of political and military talents with progressive thinking and brilliant talents.But the leader of the army is still the hero of the green forest, Ma Hushan, and the talented staff does not play a big role, and he doesn't listen to what the staff say.The staff told him about the October Revolution, Sun Yat-sen University and the Kyiv Military Academy of Frunze Military Academy, and those schools trained rebels for the world.His family from the old five horses to the young five horses are all prominent families in the Northwest, and he is the only rebel. He resisted the shackles of his uncle and cousin, and resisted Feng Yuxiang's oppression.He talked to his staff about what happened to Master Guan Li, and about the bloody neck's resistance from generation to generation. "The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Nian Army are very bloody in the Central Plains and in the south of the Yangtze River. They can't do it in the northwest. There is a severe drought here. There is no water. The water is all in your life. Only your son and baby can survive. Your revolution must take root in the northwest. root, without this blood, nothing would be possible.”

Those highly educated staff have difficulty understanding the land, nor the mystical philosophy. "Sand and clear water are the same. Only those who have been to the last ocean will have such a vision. Mountains and deserts exist in this way." The staff members are like surprised children, as if they are listening to the bible.But they are sincere. They said: "There are differences in our concepts, and we are happy to work for the 36th Division." Ma Zhongying said: "I believe that Yang Hucheng and Feng Yuxiang can use you, which shows that you are friends enough."

The big gray horse carried him to the wasteland, and the setting sun fell on his back like a quiver. The old sheep herder Hui Hui said: "That's what lame people were like back then." The staff said: "He is a good rider, a good soldier, and according to the Northwest people, he is a great son, but he is too young." In the summer of 1931, Heganiyazi Aji and Tiger King Rao Lebosi of Hami, Xinjiang, armed forces to resist the oppression of Jin Shuren, but they were too weak to resist the attack of the provincial army. Jin Shuren's country.None of them paid attention to Sheng Shicai.At that time, the entire Hexi Corridor east of Jiayuguan fell into the hands of Ma Bufang. For his own safety, Ma Bufang also hoped that Commander Ga would enter Xinjiang. Those members of the Communist Party of China in the 36th Division who were openly and secretly became excited. They had lost contact with the party organization for a long time, and they could go to the Soviet Union when they arrived in Xinjiang.Since the Republic of China, Xinjiang has been isolated outside the Great Wall, beyond the reach of the central government, and Nanjing also telegraphed Ma Zhongying to enter Xinjiang.The entire 36th division is in a state of excitement.

In the evening, the red sun was swallowed by Qilian Mountain, the mouth of the mountain was bloody red, and the sky was blue.From far to near on the road, there is a man with a donkey behind him, and a young daughter-in-law on the back of the donkey. He is so handsome that it hurts the eyes, and there is a crack in the eye socket. "Commander Ga's woman, Commander Ga's woman." "Your mouth is madam." "Madam, yes, it is Madam." The man leading the cattle is Commander Ga's uncle.Uncle drinks two mugs of hot tea. "You, my son, go to Xinjiang, why don't you go in, you can't tell whether you will live or die after you go in, don't let the old man worry about it. The National Army has killed you, you can't make the Ma family die, you let others The daughter-in-law has done the work, so it is easy for the wife to be a widow in the future." The daughter-in-law blushed and dared not lift her head.Commander Ga married her and left her to beat Feng Yuxiang until he was so dizzy that he almost forgot about her. Uncle coughed, "I won't bother you, you hurry up and get things done, I'll go out." Uncle closed the door and went out. For a whole week, things were done.Commander Ga is very energetic.The uncle laughed, "You are young and in good health. I was worried that you would not be able to fight." "I'm going to Jin Shuren." "Boy, Jin Shuren is a member of our Hezhou township party, please be kind to me." "I know I know." "I'm afraid you don't know. Your child is young and doesn't care about things. When you arrive in Xinjiang, you don't dare to mess around." Come back his uncle, his uncle's task is to leave some blood for the Ma family.Commander Ga wants to send troops to escort him, but his uncle doesn't want it. "Afraid that I will lose your wife?" "Ganzhou and Liangzhou are all Ma Bufang's territory." "What's wrong with Ma Bufang? He dared to insult me ​​and cut him off. If he dared to provoke you, he dared not provoke me. Who am I? I am Commander Ga and his uncle." His uncle leads the donkey back, can Commander Ga let his uncle lead the donkey?Commander Ga asked for two horses to be brought in, one for his uncle and one for his wife. "Can women ride horses?" "Ma Zhongying's woman, don't ride a mule or a donkey, just ride a horse, a tall horse." Commander Ga picked up the woman and threw her on the horse like a farmer throws a sheaf of wheat.The horse jumped high, the woman let out a long bark, then stopped barking, the woman grabbed the rein tightly and let go, the horse galloped up the hill, Qilian Mountain's red chest made the woman red too.The woman turned around to look at her husband, shook the reins, kicked, kicked, and ran to the east. The veterans in the ranks sang Hua'er, the authentic Hua'er in Commander Ga's ranks. The hillside is long and long, with red peonies blooming on the mouth. The steel guns and quick guns are all carried, and the eldest girl is carried on the saddle.

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