books44 Chapter 150 The war begins
Chapter 150 The war begins
Even the president, who wanted to help Ma Hongkui, could only say that he was helpless in dealing with his plight.
He also called Ma Bufang in Qinghai and asked him to prepare to take over Ma Hongkui's forces.
But to the president's surprise, the matter did not end here.
As students took to the streets on a large scale, demanding that the Kuomintang eliminate Ma Hongkui, a traitor who had surrendered to the enemy and betrayed his country.
The Eighth Route Army took action.
On January 1939, , Yan'an issued a clear message.
"The Ma Hong government in Ningxia ignored the repeated warnings of the CPC Central Committee and insisted on launching an attack on our army's temporary base in Guyuan, resulting in the deaths of a large number of soldiers and civilians."
"The situation has deteriorated rapidly, seriously threatening the peace and security of our Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia government."
"It was also a betrayal of the anti-Japanese united front. Our army was forced to launch a counterattack in self-defense when it could no longer tolerate it!!"
"Oh my god, I'm in trouble!!"
After receiving the telegram, the Kuomintang immediately became extremely vigilant.
They can accept Ma Bufang and take over Ma Hongkui's forces, but not the Eighth Route Army. Forget it.
"Damn it."
The man was furious and cursed at everyone in the conference room: "Do they still have me in their eyes?"
"What kind of behavior is this?"
"This is a betrayal of the Party and the country. I will never allow such behavior!"
"Don't worry, sir. Our army has already stationed troops in Xi'an. This may be an opportunity for us."
Ci Xiu, who had just returned from Xi'an, immediately said, "Once the Communists start fighting with Ma Hongkui, their rear will definitely be empty."
"When the time comes, we will send troops from Xi'an and attack Huanglong directly, and we will definitely catch them off guard!"
"Okay, this is a great idea!"
Everyone present echoed this, and even the man nodded slightly to show his happiness.
"I disagree!"
Suddenly, a middle-aged man in the conference room said with absolute certainty: "Since the end of the Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese army has been eyeing Hubei."
"If our army is against the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army will probably take the opportunity to attack Hubei."
"If Hubei is lost, Changsha will be in danger."
"Moreover, Ma Hongkui surrendered to the enemy and betrayed his country, and was willing to be a traitor. If we send troops now, it will undoubtedly be a blow to the reputation of our National Government."
"Commander Li's words are a bit sensational!"
Ci Xiu looked at the middle-aged man and said sarcastically, "As for whether Ma Hongkui surrendered to the enemy and betrayed the country, it is up to our president to decide. What others say can be regarded as fart!"
"Haha, Commander Ci is still so eloquent!"
At this time, a man with a scholarly air said with a smile: "Anyway, Ma Hongkui was the first to act."
"Now our reputation has been ruined again. If we send troops now, it will not only be unjustified, but will also have a bad impact on our troops!"
"It's a pity that Ma Hong was able to get so many Japanese weapons and equipment this time. It's hard to say there's no trick involved."
"If we really send troops to attack the Communist army, we will probably fall into the trap of the Japanese army."
"this........"
The man hesitated. What both sides said made sense, but he was unwilling to give up this opportunity.
But he didn't dare to take the risk. He had already lost enough territory, and if he lost more he would have to run to Sichuan.
"Since everyone has concerns, let's send some troops to Xi'an first."
"If the Eighth Route Army and the Ma family army can't hold out for long, we will let this unit give it a try and tell the outside world that it is protecting the leadership of the Communist Party of China and preventing the Japanese army from taking advantage of the emptiness of Yan'an to launch a surprise attack!"
At this time, a man with a gloomy temperament in the room made a suggestion.
"Commander Dai really has a good plan!"
Commander Li made a sarcastic remark and stopped talking. He knew that the man would definitely agree to this plan.
In his heart, defending the country from the outside is always more important than defending the country from the outside.
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Outside Guyuan City.
Western Route Army, all members of the combined division, assemble.
The commander-in-chief stood on the platform, looking at the soldiers and spoke loudly.
"Comrades, Ma Hongkui has committed atrocities. First, he killed our Red Army soldiers, then he made peace with the Japanese army and attacked our Guyuan garrison."
"According to the instructions of the CPC Central Committee and the CPC Military Commission, we are sending troops to suppress the rebellion!"
At the front line in Pengbao Town, the Ma family army no longer had the momentum they had a few days ago.
Whether it was the failed offensives over the past few days or the recent news of Ma Hongkui's peace agreement with the Japanese army, their morale had dropped to its lowest point.
Especially those Hui soldiers, their feelings were more complicated. They wanted to establish a Hui country that belonged to them.
But the prerequisite is independence, rather than becoming a puppet state of the Japanese like King De.
"what is that?"
Suddenly, a Ma family soldier who was on guard looked at the hundreds of meteor-like objects flying in the sky and asked curiously.
"It's a rocket launcher!!!"
The Ma family troops reacted and realized that they had been beaten countless times by the Eighth Route Army's 107 rocket launchers since the war began.
I've never seen so many launched at once.
"Get into the air-raid shelter!"
The officers shouted hurriedly.
“Bang, bang, bang…”
The rocket launcher flew at an extremely fast speed. Almost the moment they saw it, it reached above their heads and crashed into the ground.
The huge shock wave and high-temperature flames generated by the explosion instantly engulfed everything.
The Ma family soldiers hiding in the air-raid shelters were either blown out by rockets or caused to bleed from all seven orifices by the shock waves.
"Retreat, retreat."
The Ma family soldiers who survived by chance ran to the rear without hesitation.
There are an unreasonable number of rocket launchers this time. The Eighth Route Army is likely to launch a counterattack. They have been bombed like this and cannot resist at all.
"Dududu..."
The charge sounded, and the political commissar Chen Dongshan of the Third Regiment of the First Infantry Division of the Western Route Army, holding a shotgun, took the lead.
"Go ahead and kill those sons of bitches!"
"Protect the political commissar, protect the political commissar!!!"
The regiment commander Ma Hebei fell behind him and kept shouting loudly to the soldiers of the Third Regiment.