Beiyang reactionaries

Xu Yongchang immediately said: "Chairman, the biggest problem is the difficulty of transportation. With so many troops, so much equipment, and the logistical supplies these troops need, transportation is not easy. Now the Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway is completely taken over by the military. All of them are troops and military supplies. But the transportation capacity of the Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway is far from enough. To transport so many people, weapons, equipment, and logistics materials, it will take several months for the Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway to be overloaded. But we don’t have that many Therefore, a large amount of personnel and materials will enter Xinjiang via the Lanxin Highway and Qingxin Highway. According to our calculations, about 5 vehicles are needed to transport so many troops and materials within the required time. Left and right trucks."

This is the war in the era of hot weapons.

Compared with the era of cold weapons, the era of hot weapons requires more logistics.To fight in the era of hot weapons, it is necessary to transport those planes, tanks, and artillery.Just to transport these things, tens of thousands of wagons and tens of thousands of wagons are needed, and thousands of trains are needed.Having these things is not enough, and a large amount of ammunition needs to be transported.These ammunition also need tens of thousands of wagons, or even tens of thousands of wagons.

The Lanxin Railway is simply not enough.

Therefore, we can only use roads.Fortunately, there are several roads to Xinjiang, especially the road from Lanzhou to Xinjiang, and the road from Xining, Qinghai to Xinjiang.But even if the road is enabled, the number of trucks required is astonishing.

Moreover, using so many trains and trucks, the coal and oil needed by these trains and trucks alone must be prepared.And dispatch a large number of maintenance personnel to be on call at any time.That is to say, these means of transport transport troops and weapons and equipment, and they also have to keep getting supplies along the way.

"Is it difficult to mobilize?"

Duan Xun asked Han Linchun below.

"It's really not easy, and the time is too tight. A large number of trucks from the Northwest region have been transferred to Xinjiang before, so it is not so easy to raise more than 5 trucks in a short period of time. If we give us two months About time, we..."

Han Linchun was also in a dilemma.

In order to support Xinjiang, a large number of large trucks from the Lanzhou Military Region have already supported the Xinjiang Military Region.Now that time is so tight, it is not so easy for the military to mobilize [-] vehicles in a short period of time.

"It won't work for two months. It will snow soon in Xinjiang. It will be hard to say after November. Once the snow is too heavy, the logistics will not be able to keep up, which will affect the situation on the front line. It must be delivered before November. Mobilize all means of transportation that can be mobilized. Trains, trucks, including the mobilization of ox carts and horse-drawn carts, must also be completed. Some infantry units do not wait for these means of transportation, they can choose to enter Xinjiang on foot to ease transportation difficulties.”

Duan Xun shook his head.

These problems must be solved before the heavy snow falls.Once it snows in Xinjiang, traffic will be difficult.Therefore, before the heavy snow falls, try to provide more troops and logistics materials to the front line.

Trains, trucks, including ox carts and horse carts, as long as they can be used, they must be used.

"Ren Chao, you should coordinate with Prime Minister Dai (Dai Kan) on this matter. The local governments of Inner Mongolia, Gansu, and Qinghai must all cooperate and recruit local horse-drawn carts and ox carts to cooperate with the military in transporting supplies. There are also trucks that can be collected in the northwest region. Recruit them to me and hand them over to the military for use. Chongqing and Xi’an, their aircraft factories, automobile factories, tractor factories, and other factories are producing and transporting to the front lines in Xinjiang.”

"Yes."

The military's trucks are not enough, so Duan Xun has to find a solution from the people.The private trucks, ox carts, and horse-drawn carts were conscripted and handed over to the military for use.Although horse-drawn carts and ox carts are not as fast as trucks in terms of transport weight, they can also solve a lot of problems.It is no problem to transport hundreds of catties in a horse-drawn cart or ox cart.Of course, we have to consider letting the cows and horses eat, rest, etc. in the middle.

But ox carts and horse-drawn carts can travel thirty to forty kilometers a day. If the roads are good, it may be faster, and it is also possible to travel fifty or sixty kilometers.Of course, if you want to go long distances, you must control the speed so that the cows and horses cannot be too tired.

But raising cattle and horses is easier than trucks.

In particular, there are more cattle and horses in Gansu and Mongolia.It is even no problem to recruit tens of thousands of ox carts and horse carts in a short period of time.If you have enough time, you can even recruit 10,000+ ox carts and horse carts.

"If there is something urgently needed, transport planes can be mobilized. Transport planes are mobilized from military regions across the country. How many transport planes do we have available now?"

“我们军方目前拥有大约3100架运输机，其中‘运-3’运输机700架左右，‘运-4’运输机1100架左右，‘运-5’运输机200架左右，‘运-101’运输机700架左右，‘运-102’运输机300架左右。这里面‘运-3’运输机是1931年开始服役的运输机，载重1200公斤。‘运-4’是1933年年末服役的运输机，载重是2300公斤。‘运-5’运输机是1936年开始服役的运输机，载重3600公斤。‘运-101’是1935年开始服役的运输机，是早年塞维尔斯基飞机公司的‘SEV-4’运输机的军用型，载重是3500公斤。‘运-102’是‘运-101’的改进版，1938年初才开始服役，不过性能良好。最高速度可以达到每小时370公里，巡航速度达到每小时260公里，航程2200公里，载重5100公斤。”

"Ah."

After Han Linchun's introduction, Duan Xun has a more intuitive understanding of the current strength of China's transport aircraft.In the current world, China's transport aircraft cannot be said to be the most advanced.But China does have the largest number of transport aircraft.

"In addition to our military transport aircraft, there are about 1200 civilian transport aircraft. However, the performance is far inferior to military transport aircraft. The main model of their transport aircraft is the 'Yun-4' civilian version, plus a small amount of 'Yun-5' Civilian version and 'Yun-101' civilian version 'SEV-4'."

"Mobilize all the transport planes that can be mobilized and use them for transportation in the northwest direction."

Duan Xun made a final decision.

Judging from the current situation, Xinjiang is the most important.For the sake of Xinjiang, Duan Xun can't wait to use all available things.That is to say, there is no sea in Xinjiang, otherwise Duan Xun would definitely mobilize the armed forces of the sea, land and air to supplement Xinjiang.

In this regard, the Soviet Union is already at an absolute disadvantage.

why?

China currently has no other enemies.Japan is busy fighting with the British army in Nanyang.Although the British army has lost consecutive battles, they have begun to form a large number of new troops in India, preparing to continue to fight against the Japanese army.Although Japan occupied Malacca (Malaysia), it was blocked by the British army in Burma.Moreover, the Japanese army has great ambitions. At present, the Japanese navy has begun to gather, eyeing Australia in the south.

Therefore, there is no enemy around China that can threaten China.China can devote itself to the war with the Soviet Union.But not the Soviet Union.It is impossible for the Soviet Union to put all its energy on China.

Because the Soviet Union had to guard against Germany in Europe, and it also had to guard against Turkey in the Caucasus.This seriously hampered the power of the Soviet Union.As far as China and the Soviet Union are concerned, China's overall strength surpasses that of the Soviet Union, and it is dedicated to dealing with the Soviet Union.This advantage is reflected on the battlefield.

"Yes."

Han Linchun nodded.

With Duan Xun making the decision, these things are much easier to handle.If it is only relying on the strength of the Lanzhou Military Region, it will be very difficult to transport so many troops and military supplies into Xinjiang.But with the mobilization of civilian power and the mobilization of so many transport planes, the situation will be completely different.

"The next morning (Xu Yongchang)."

"Chairman."

"Send a telegram to Fu Cheng (Liu Xiang), and say that I said it. You can boldly deploy troops according to his ideas, and fight wars according to his ideas. As for the Sino-Soviet relationship after the war expands, leave it to Beijing, and you don't need him." Consider. If he can win Almaty, I will give him credit."

"Yes."

Before winter comes, teach the Soviet army a lesson and occupy some important strategic locations.Only in this way can the Soviet Union be able to sit obediently on the negotiating table after the outbreak of the Soviet-German War.If they don't teach them some lessons, the Soviet Union will never be willing to return China's land.

"Send a telegram to Chen Chen (Zhang Zizhong) to eliminate the Soviet troops in Ulan-Ude as soon as possible, and besiege Irkutsk. Mobilize all the air forces, artillery units, and tank units that can be mobilized, and force them to surrender to Irkutsk the Soviet army."

"Yes."

If it snows heavily and the temperature drops too much, it will be very difficult for the next war.So the best way is to deal with those opponents before the heavy snow falls.In fact, Duan Xun is not very worried about the Northern Army.

Because the Chinese army has too many advantages.

Air supremacy is firmly in the hands of the Chinese military.The Soviet army in Irkutsk has become a lone army. Unless the troops of the Novosibirsk Military Region can defeat the troops of the Xinjiang Military Region in front of them, otherwise Irkutsk will have no reinforcements at all.

"And then here."

Duan Xun pointed to Vladivostok.

"The Soviet Far East Fleet is here, and the Soviet Union can still do business with the United States and Canada by relying on it. Taking Vladivostok completely cut off all channels of the Soviet Far East Military District, preventing them from having any supplies."

Duan Xun wants to completely trap the troops of the Soviet Far East Military Region.

At present, Zhukov is standing still, and the two sides are in a state of confrontation.Duan Xun wants to spend it, let's see how long Zhukov can spend it.Now that the Siberian Railway has been interrupted by the Chinese army, Duan Xun is going to cut off the sea channel of the Soviet Far East Military Region.Without the Siberian Railway and without Vladivostok, the Soviet Far East Military District would not receive any supplies.

"I will discuss a battle plan with the Northeast Military Region and the Ministry of the Navy."

"be quick."

"Yes."

"General, report from the radar station. Suddenly, a large number of planes from the Chinese army took off, covering several airports."

"airplane?"

"Yes."

"The whole army is ready for war."

Khabarovsk (Khabarovsk), the headquarters of the Soviet Far Eastern Military District.Zhukov, the commander of the Soviet Far East Military District, has been standing still these days, insisting on Bliuchel's order.The pressure on him has been even greater recently, because of the disastrous defeat of the Transbaikal Military Region, Marshal Blyuchel was dismissed.Zhukov is standing still now, and Moscow is very dissatisfied.