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spn As a former general of the Communist Party of China, Zhang Zizhong, who was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general of the People's Army in advance and led the army into Xinjiang, was soon officially appointed by the central government.

When Major Zhang Jing, spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense, responded to a question from a reporter from the New China Daily, he replied: "The northwest is an important place for our country, and it must have outstanding military capabilities and have high moral integrity and high authority to lead a large army. "Chairman" Zhang once said,

Stabilizing Xinjiang is a major national event. Throughout his life, General Zhang Zizhong has a great reputation and performed well in the Anti-Japanese War, so he became the candidate selected by the military to enter Xinjiang this time..."

Chen Yunli, spokesman for the Government Affairs Council, said: "...According to Chairman Zhang's instructions, the central government will increase economic construction and development in the northwest provinces..."

After Zhang Zizhong was selected as the leader of the troops entering Xinjiang, the war machine of New China made a small move and began to pave the way for the troops to enter Xinjiang.

The troops entering Xinjiang are different from the troops about to go north to liberate the Northeast. The People's Army in the Northeast can take the Jinpu Railway to go north. Once the locomotive is moving, it only takes two or three days to cross half of China and go north. At this time, the troops to liberate the Northeast are already stationed.

To the north of Peiping, all that was waiting for was baggage and heavy equipment such as tanks and artillery. It was only a matter of time before they arrived in Jinzhou, returned to the division with Zhang Xueliang's troops, and then launched a full-line counterattack against the Japanese army.[

On the other hand, it will be difficult for the troops entering Xinjiang.

Looking at today's northwest transportation, there are only some roads in Shaanxi and Gansu. Going further north is a desert. Although the troops entering Xinjiang can rely on the army to pass all the way, time and supplies will be a big problem. Especially when entering the west of Gansu,

Even after entering Xinjiang, the situation became even more complicated.

If this theory is true, the road to Xinjiang is a vast plain. If it is passable, the Stone Road and the Silk Road are all there. Not to mention the huge temperature difference between day and night, drinking water and food are all problems. Even if you bring gold bars, there is no place to buy ten

Food and drink for tens of thousands of people.

In the end, the marching method formulated by the staff was that the army would still use a relatively large number of trucks and horses from the original Northwest Cavalry Division, and rely on a combination of marching by car, horseback, and walking to march along the ancient Silk Road.

To Yumen County.

In Yumen County, a Yumen Airport will be built. It is still the old method. First, the troops in Gansu are ordered to level up a field airport, and then transport aircraft are used to transport the engineering troops to build a better airport to provide subsequent large-scale supplies for the troops entering Xinjiang.

Intermediate landing point.

The original plan was to build some airports in the direction of Xinjiang, and some staff even suggested that Sheng Shicai be ordered to expand one or two airports along the way after entering Xinjiang for the transportation of vanguard troops and baggage supplies. However, after the entire plan was submitted to

When Zhang Shusheng reviewed it, several minor modifications were made.

Others may not know, but how could Zhang Shusheng not know the importance of Yumen? This will be the location of a super oil field for a long time in the future. It is naturally best for the airport to be located close to here, or even right here. In this way,

After the troops entered Xinjiang, the new "government" also used it when building new oil fields. New China's need for oil has become very urgent, at least much more urgent than the original need during the founding of the country in history. There are many mouths in the southwest.

Waiting for oil day and night. Simply relying on the small oil fields in the south and the ultra-cheap oil shipped back from abroad cannot satisfy the industrial development of the entire southwest. Not to mention the five-year ** sex industry that is about to begin.

According to the construction plan, Yumen, Daqing and other places have become the first batch of key oil fields to be developed.

Regarding matters in the direction of Xinjiang, now that the battle plan has been decided, he is not too worried. Zhang Zizhong and Wang Zheng are both very capable generals, not to mention leading an army of 120,000 to Xinjiang. Sheng Shicai will definitely not dare to make any changes.

Yes, in the entire Xinjiang, whether it is Uighurs or other ethnic minorities, if anyone fights against the central government life and death, the only result will be to hit the stone with an egg.

The twelve armies can destroy all enemies even if they go all the way. What's more, with more strategies, it is only a matter of time before Xinjiang is stabilized.

After all, when it comes to the Xinjiang issue, Zhang Shusheng's tone is iron-blooded and Huairou, with iron-bloodedness as the mainstay and Huairou differentiation as the supplement. Coupled with the super-immigration plan that will start later, he does not believe in those who will sing and dance in later generations, terrorism and

How can a famous thief cause big troubles? In fact, most of those ethnic minorities are good and long for a stable and prosperous life. A small number of careerists have been spoiled by the policy from the beginning.

Therefore, Zhang Shusheng formulated an iron-blooded policy from the beginning. As for the soft-hearted policy, he treated them equally with other ethnic groups in the mainland. On the premise of building a greater Chinese nation and taking the ultimate Han nation as the common goal, he respected their ethnic customs.

Basically, there will be neither abuse nor any additional benefits.

With 120,000 troops, unless the Soviet Union came over, he believed that Zhang Zizhong and Wang Zheng would put Xinjiang in order.

As for Tibet, there are more problems.

""President""

Outside Zhang Shusheng's office in Hanjing Mountain, Zhuge Sheng and Tiesangan, who had been waiting for a long time, were finally called into the office by their secretary. The two stood at attention and saluted. The strongmen of the copycats back then are now generals of the Democratic Republic.

"Mingming, Sangan, I have asked you to come here this time to assign you a task." Facing these two confidants who had defected to him from the very beginning, Zhang Shusheng had no unnecessary words. In fact, with his current position, these

The matter can be handed over to the Ministry of National Defense with an order. All it takes is Wu Tiejun to come forward and make a little effort for the two of them.

However, the Tibet issue is very critical, just like the Xinjiang issue, and Zhang Shusheng is really worried about leaving it to the Ministry of National Defense or the Army Ministry under it. There are some things that cannot be brought to the table and require face-to-face instruction.

"'Chairman', please give the order."

Zhuge Sheng first saluted and said that after the liberation of the country, he had achieved more than half of his long-cherished wish. He had worked hard for many years and finally became a general of the Republic from a copycat military advisor. What a huge leap it was. He understood his potential, and he did not

He expects to climb a few more floors to reach the center, but hopes to lead the troops to the expedition as soon as possible. He cannot be an extremely popular minister, so it is the same for him to engrave history with his military exploits.[

Soon after the war of liberation began, Zhuge Sheng and his two men were ordered to lead their troops to station at the junction of Sichuan and Tibet, nominally guarding the southwest. In fact, they received secret orders from the military from the beginning to be alert to the situation in Tibet at any time. If necessary, if the British or

What grand scheme does the Tibetans have? They will send troops into Tibet even if they liberate the whole country first.

After the two flew to Hanking, they first watched the founding ceremony and the military parade, and then were invited to Hanking Mountain to meet Zhang Shusheng.

Zhang Shusheng took out two battle plans for entering Tibet and let the two of them take a look at them first. The battle plans were just drafts and were also very simple. The two of them read them for a while and then nodded to Zhang Shusheng.

"The mission this time is basically like this. You two will command a three-division light infantry army to enter Tibet along the Tea Horse Road on the Sichuan-Tibet border. The Tibetan issue is very complicated. You must prevent Tibetans from being used by Tibetan religious forces.

If you want to incite rebellion, you must also be wary of the British and Indians who may come over the mountain to interfere at any time.

Tibet is different from Xinjiang. In Xinjiang, although Emperor Sheng Shicai is much like the prince of Saibei, he is still a member of our Han Dynasty. It is impossible to stand with some people with evil intentions. His presence in Xinjiang can be regarded as a shock to Saibei.

for many years.

However, Tibet has always been at odds with the central government, and political problems arose many times during the late Qing Dynasty and the Kuomintang period. Today, Tibet is stranded in Yushu, Qinghai, and it is because of his attitude of supporting Tibet's return to the central government that he has been opposed by Tibetan religious forces and the British.

Great hindrance.

What you need to do, in addition to bringing the leader back, controlling him, and using his name to gain sympathy and understanding from the Tibetan civilian class, is to pacify the entire Tibet. We must treat ordinary peace-loving civilians with courtesy.

Wait, I grant you the right to freely deal with some religious forces and unruly people with bad intentions. Remember, the role of the military is always reflected in safeguarding and expanding national interests.

Abolition of the serfdom system, liberation of Tibetan civilians, punishment of ambitious traitors, and defense of the British will be your main missions. These things will be described in detail in the plans given to you by the General Staff Department and the Second Section of the Propaganda Department.

Special personnel will be sent to follow you into Tibet."

Zhang Shusheng briefly explained the mission of the two men in one breath. The duo of Zhugesheng and Tiesangan were almost the most suitable candidates he could think of to enter Tibet. Zhugesheng was good at strategy, handled things properly, and was quite talented.

He has the demeanor of an ancient general, while Tie Sangan is ruthless and capable of doing anything. One is strong and the other is soft, dealing with ambitious elements in Tibet and putting an end to clans with evil intentions.

It will be the most suitable to teach forces and defend against the British. Moreover, both of them are graduates of the Chinese Military Academy. During the graduation examination, Zhuge Sheng performed "excellently" in defense, while Tie Sangan performed "excellent" in offensive subjects.

"Sex", the two have been working together very closely for many years. Coupled with more than ten years of experience in leading troops in war, there is no problem for the two of them to enter Tibet.

As for sending light infantry divisions into Tibet, the problem is even smaller. Facing a small religious army with only hoes and ordinary breech-loading rifles, the troops of three divisions can crush them and crush them again, while defending from a dangerous position.

, the British could not climb over the mountain.

Originally it should be enough to send one or two divisions of troops, but in order to avoid leaving any hidden dangers and eliminate all major disharmonious conflicts at the earliest stage, Zhang Shusheng still ordered three divisions for the two of them, just for logistical supplies, even if

After a lot of effort, we can only maintain the size of the light infantry, which at best can be supplemented with some artillery.

Zhuge Sheng was overjoyed when he heard this. He had been thinking about entering Tibet for a long time. For this general with extremely strong traditional thinking to be able to lead the king's army to Tibet and calm down the chaos, it was a great contribution to the founding of the country. Look.

Looking at the great achievements that Zuo Zongtang accomplished when he entered Xinjiang, even if the two of us are not as good as him, we can still accomplish a lot.

People only seek fame, profit, power and sex, and it is precisely Zhuge who seeks fame the most. As for Tie Sangan, he gave his life to him back then. The two are partners like brothers. Moreover, for

Zhang Shusheng trusted them so much and entrusted them with the important task of completely eradicating the situation. Instead, the two of them were flattered and felt a huge sense of mission.

You know, the two of them were considered outsiders to join the militia. How glorious it is to be able to lead the three divisions into Tibet today.

"Do you have confidence?" Zhang Shusheng said with a faint smile.

"Report to the 'Chairman' and promise to complete the task. If it fails, I hope it will be returned wrapped in horse leather."

Zhuge Sheng and Tie Sangan stood at attention at the same time and saluted the most solemn military salute.

"I wish you success as soon as possible. I once told Zhang Zizhong that he would go to Xinjiang when the time is right. After you cooperate with the Tibet Provincial Government to make Tibet a great place, I will go and have a look." Zhang Shusheng nodded. , said with certainty.

"Yes, 'Chairman'." The two said in unison.

After a lot of busy work, Zhang Shusheng decided on the two most important and urgent things after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

In the afternoon, Wei Sancai from the Government Affairs Council, Liu Dengke, Minister of Commerce, and Liu Qi, Minister of Industry, came to the office to talk to Zhang Shusheng about comprehensive economic construction. As deputy prime minister of the Government Affairs Council, Wei Sancai was already in charge of daily work, especially because With his outstanding capabilities in the economic field, he is fully responsible for economic construction, which is also the most urgent matter for New China at present.

"'Chairman', our current economic situation is polarized. The entire southwest, including Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Hainan, is booming. But the other half of China is old and shabby, with many problems." Wei Sancai said. The Deputy Prime Minister of the Government Affairs Council, of course, knows how big the mess is now, [

"To put it simply, the remaining half of China is completely poor. Except for Jiangsu, Zhejiang and the coastal areas, which have a certain industrial and commercial foundation, in other places, from farmers to small handicraftsmen, from workshop owners to small factory owners, all are bankrupt or about to go bankrupt. the edge of.

Because we prepared several months in advance, a new batch of seeds planted in the southwest will be distributed nationwide after harvest this season. The current seed reserves are only enough for two and three provinces. After a comprehensive assessment by the Ministry of Agriculture, This batch of seeds will be given priority to Hunan, Hubei, Henan, Shandong and other places. The demand for pesticides and chemical fertilizers is not huge at present, and the consumption per unit area of ​​farmland and cultivated land is very low. The chemical industry strength of Southwest China is enough to complete the agricultural work. Asset production tasks.”

After the liberation of the country, what New China faced was neither diplomatic pressure nor external military pressure. The biggest pressure was the problem of food.

Just imagine, half of China has enough to eat, but half of China is hungry. This is hard to convince the public no matter what. It is a common mentality of the Chinese people to worry not about scarcity but about inequality. So just after liberation, the "government" A large amount of food was mobilized from the southwest and sent to various provinces to provide relief to the poor who were in particularly difficult circumstances.

Of course, the central "government" did not take the stupidest way to distribute food directly, but adopted a flexible method of exchanging work for food. The supply of people over fifty-five and under sixteen years old (young people) Mainly based on the nine-year compulsory education that the new "government" will implement.), you can get rations of food, and other groups of people need to participate in labor in exchange.

This kind of collective labor is unprecedented, and the pay is very low, but you can still get a certain amount of RMB issued by the new "government" as wages, and the most important thing is to have enough to eat.

The new "government" is not short of food. New seeds have been sown for more than ten years. Every year, the southwest "government" passes fertilizer taxes, seed taxes and other agricultural taxes (farmers buy on credit, and then redeem them from the "government" by paying public grains. Selling grain.) has hoarded an astonishing amount of grain. After excluding the annual consumption of food for industry, commerce and the military, there is still an astonishing reserve. The amount is huge enough to ensure that the new "government" can easily handle large quantities of food within two or three years of its establishment. Any famine caused by natural disasters.

The new "government" cannot distribute grain to the whole country, but it can ensure that as few people as possible starve to death. You know, these days, if it rains a few more days, a few more people may starve to death.

Land reform takes time. After allocating fields to households, it will take quite some time to put the seeds into the ground and wait until they mature. During this period, how to ensure that farmers can get food and avoid starving to death or dying of poverty is the new government's goal.

』The most troublesome thing.

For at least a year, the difficulties facing the new "government" will be as high as a mountain.

"Since we have stored enough food before, in addition to providing relief to the elderly, weak, sick and disabled in extreme poverty, other food will mainly be used for the 'work-for-food' program. According to your instructions, 'Chairman', these farmers' army will mainly be used by

It is used in the construction of roads, power stations, dams, mountain ponds, railway foundation construction, industrial construction of large and extra-large factories and mines, etc..."
To be continued...