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Volume 1: The Arms Dealer¡¯s Feast Chapter 228: The Ma Family¡¯s Dilemma

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    For the Shengshicai Department in front of them, the first thing to solve is the problem of presence and absence. The team of less than 8,000 people in front of them finally achieved one shot per man.  Ammunition is also sufficient, but the two regiments equipped with Russian-made Mosinagan rifles are a little short of ammunition.

    Sun Dianying also said that there is no way to do this. There is no domestic arsenal that produces 7.62 mm rifle bullets.  Besides, no one in the country except Sheng Shicai uses a rifle of this caliber.

    It¡¯s just that in this way, Sheng Shicai¡¯s nearly two thousand sticks will sooner or later be reduced to burning fire sticks.  In the end, Sheng Shicai could only persuade himself: "Forget it, it's all for nothing anyway."

    Now Shengshi understands why the Tsarist Russians dared to support him and gave him money and arms but did not allow him to build a military factory. It turned out that they were guarding against him here.  I think at that time, under Dihua City, if not all the ammunition and reinforcements were exhausted, Shengshi felt that he could at least fight for a few more days.  This Tsarist Russian seemed a little careless, but it turned out that he was not stupid enough.

    It¡¯s just that now is not the time to fight head-on with the Russians. It is fundamental to first gain a piece of territory to settle down.  After Sheng Shicai's troops changed their weapons and rested for a few days, they sent troops to march eastward - the troops of less than 8,000 people brought almost the same number of women and several times as many llamas, horses, cattle and sheep. This was also a marching spectacle.

    As for the Hami city behind him, a fire was set on and burned to ruins in the raging fire.  Sheng Shicai ordered the burning of Hami City, firstly to destroy the evidence of the massacre, and secondly, to burn down the ship so that everyone would have no way out so that they could fight bravely.  Nowadays, the officers and soldiers of the Shengshicai Department want money and women. If they don't do something ruthless, the combat effectiveness of this unit will be greatly reduced.

    Although the Ma Jiajun, who has been running across the northwest for decades, is just a ragtag group in the eyes of the Nanjing Central Committee, there are differences between ragtag groups, at least not comparable to a ragtag group like the Hami Rebel Army.

    After the desperate Shengshicai troops entered Gansu, they fought and won consecutively and took down more than a dozen checkpoints of Ma Buqing and Ma Bufang's troops. They also defeated one of Ma Bufang's cavalry regiments in a field battle near Yumen Pass and killed one of Ma Bufang's nephews in the battle.  .  The troops were approaching Jiayuguan. At this time, there was only an incomplete cavalry brigade of Ma Jiajun in Jiayuguan.  The situation is quite unfavorable for Ma Jiajun.

    When Ma Bufang heard the report, the first thing she did was to go to the home of her niece-in-law, who had just become a widow, and shouted: "Niece-in-law, I am here to comfort you on behalf of my nephew again. This time, my nephew is watching us in the sky."

    After shuddering a few times at his familiar niece-in-law, Ma Bufang began to think about how to deal with the problem of Sheng Shicai moving eastward.

    In recent years, the Ma Jiajun who has been running across the northwest has long lost the majesty of the past. First, Sun Dianying, the Dongling bandit, marched westward with the support of the Nanjing Central Committee. After several battles in Qinghai, Gansu, the Four Horse Alliance lost troops and generals, including  Parts of Gansu including Lanzhou and the entire Qinghai.

    As soon as this matter subsided, the Japs came again. After forcing a crossing of the Yellow River and defeating Yang Hucheng's troops, they occupied the part east of the Yellow River in Ningxia. The Ma Jiajun fought with the Japs several times. It can only be said that both sides suffered heavy losses.  But the Japs came at that time with hundreds of thousands of troops, and the Ma Jiajun only had so many men that they couldn't afford to fight.  So the Ma Jiajun shrank its power and gave up the part of Ningxia east of the Yellow River to the little Japanese.

    Then the Central Army from Nanjing came, but the Central Army from Nanjing was not a good bird. After killing Yang Hucheng to boost the morale of the army, it took a few months to drive away the Japs, but the territory in Ningxia east of the Yellow River was  He had no intention of returning it to Ma Jiajun.  You must know that although Yang Hucheng is not named Ma, he is still a member of the church and a natural ally of the Ma family army.

    The Ma Jiajun is now trapped in part of Gansu (except Lanzhou and Gansu south of the Yellow River), a small part of Ningxia and a small part of Mongolia - the territory seems not small but there is no oil and water. Except for Yinchuan, the provincial capitals in these places are all in the hands of the Central Army.  The four-horse coalition now has more than 30,000 men under its command. The current situation of the Ma's army is lack of guns and pay.

    Some time ago, when Tsarist Russia was marching eastward to Xinjiang, the Ma Jiajun also made a symbolic request for help from the Nanjing Central Committee - if the central government did not want reinforcements, it would be better if they could get more weapons, food and pay.

    As a result, the Nanjing Central Committee found 5,000 red rust sabers and 20,000 black powder grenades from nowhere and handed them to Ma Jiajun.  Not to mention the rusty saber, it must have been used to chop firewood, and the black powder grenade was found at the bottom of the warehouse.

    This thing is said to be a grenade, but it is actually a large firecracker.  There may be some problems with the black powder ratio of these grenades. The sound and black smoke after being thrown out are quite scary. However, Ma Jiajun has conducted many tests and so far no sheep has been directly killed by this black powder grenade.  Relatively speaking, it is not difficult to get injured.

    The entire Ma family could clearly see Nanjing's intention to fight against the Ma Jiajun.  If the Ma Jiajun hadn't wanted to maintain their independence, they would have defected to the Japs or the Tsarist Russians long ago. The conditions they offered to make the Ma Jiajun rebel were hundreds of times better than the little support from the Nanjing Central Committee.

     Ma Bufang thought about it over and over, but she didn't have a good idea. Just when she was about to discuss it with Ma Buqing, the mother-in-law of her nephew's daughter-in-law came back.  Ma Bufang's heart immediately moved again. She grabbed her niece's mother-in-law into the house and pressed her on her white body. She laughed loudly and said, "It's just the right time. Today we have my mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sharing the same bed. Hahahahaha."

    For Ma Bufang, military and national affairs are far less important than enjoying timely entertainment.

    As the Shengshicai tribe entered Gansu deeper and deeper, the connection with Sun Dianying's tribe in Qinghai became closer and closer. From time to time, the Shengshicai tribe used the gold and silver cattle and horses snatched from the Ma Jiajun's territory in exchange for the arms in the hands of Sun Dianying's tribe.

    While the transactions of Sun Dianying's Ministry were getting bigger and bigger, they also said that the Shengshicai Ministry could withdraw to the outposts with Qinghai garrison troops at any time when the war situation was unfavorable. The Ma Jiajun had suffered a lot here and did not dare to come over.  Sun Dianying's small statement made the Shengshicai Department even bolder.

    Sun Dianying said, "It's no good. Who is going to push the envelope?"  Nowadays, if there is any benefit, it must be sidelined, and the safety of major customers must be well protected.

    The hatred that the people of Gansu have for Ma Buqing and Ma Bufang is equivalent to the hatred that the people of Xinjiang have for Sheng Shicai. Although Sheng Shicai is not a good bird, Sheng Shicai has not had time to do evil in Gansu. The army here is much stronger than that of the Ma family. Sheng Shicai marched into Gansu and  After the Ma Jiajun fought for a few times, many young men from Gansu wanted to join Sheng Shicai's team to fight against the Ma Jiajun.

    This time, Sheng Shicai¡¯s team swelled again.  After the battle at Yumen Pass, the number of Gansu people who defected to Sheng Shicai's army reached a small number. Putting aside the battle losses, Sheng Shicai found that his current troops actually exceeded 10,000.  Each of the five subordinate brigades has 2,000 men, and each regiment has a strength of 1,000 men.

    As for weapons, there is no problem. The two thousand fire sticks with few bullets and the few bullets were sold to Mongolian herdsmen in exchange for cattle and sheep. Instead, those Mongolian herdsmen were able to get a small amount of 7.62 rifle bullets to use for hunting wolves.  and guard against robbers, but the pitiful number is meaningless to the Shengshicai Department.

    Nowadays, more than 10,000 people in the Shengshicai Department are equipped with 7.92mm rifles obtained from Sun Dianying. The sources are very mixed. They are made in Hanyang, old slides, Jin-made, Feng-made, etc., and there are even a very small amount.  Chinese formal rifle.  There are now more than two hundred Czech-style light machine guns that also use 7.92mm rifle ammunition.

    The victory in the battle at Yumen Pass was thanks to the automatic firepower of these light machine guns and the five hundred flower traps equipped by the Shengshicai Department at this time. The Shengshicai Department taught the Ma Jiajun a lesson again at Yumen - the era of the saber has passed.  In the past, the Ma Jiajun's horse athletes who roamed the northwest were once again turned into rotten meat under the horses' hooves under the gushing firepower.

    The only pity is that the number of light mortars is still a little small. Up to now, Shengshicai Department only has one artillery battery equipped with twelve 60mm mortars.  It may be enough to defeat the Ma Jiajun for the time being, but Sheng Shicai has always thought about one day defeating Dihua and regaining the throne of Xinjiang King.

    Sheng Shicai¡¯s heartfelt voice: I am the man who wants to become the king of Xinjiang.

    What¡¯s the point? Ma Bufang said: I am the man who wants to become the king of sex.

    After the victory in the battle of Yumen Pass, Sheng Shicai became more motivated. The original plan was to capture Jiayuguan in Gansu Province and the Ma Jia Army to rule from here - after all, the total strength of the Ma Jia Army's four-horse coalition was five times that of Sheng Shicai's eastward advance.  But victory was also a poisonous drink. As the gap between the two armies narrowed, Sheng Shicai also modified his original plan and defeated Zhang Ye's troops in Shandan Minle.

    Another advantage of doing this is that we are closer to Sun Dianying¡¯s department in Xining, Qinghai.  This means that the arms can be obtained faster. As for what Ma Jiajun is afraid of him doing, the central government is not giving support to Ma Jiajun now.

    It should be said that Ma Bufang and Ma Buqing did underestimate Sheng Shicai. They originally thought they were defeated soldiers from Xinjiang. How much combat power could they have? A cavalry regiment cannot solve it, and a cavalry brigade is not enough.  Ma Bufang's troops in Jiayuguan were defeated again by the Shengshicai Department, which made Ma Bufang, who was busy playing with women in Wuwei County, sober up a little.

    After Jiayuguan was captured, Ma Bufang summoned his generals, who were 100% Ma Bufang's nephew, and cursed in the hall: "A bunch of trash, I can't live comfortably even with a few women, but I let the remnant soldiers from Xinjiang be defeated.  Tell yourselves what use you trash can have besides eating and making excrement."

    "Uncle, we have already said that the Shengshicai Department has ferocious firepower and is a strong enemy who must go all out, but you don't believe it."

    Ma Bufang cursed: "He is a ferocious man. He relied on the Tsarist Russians to defeat us in the past. Now the Tsarist Russians have killed most of him and driven him out of Xinjiang. Thousands of defeated soldiers will be short of guns and ammunition, and they still have fierce firepower. How is it possible!"  "

    "Uncle, that's Lao Huangli. The bullets used by the Shengshicai Department are similar to those used by the Central Army. At least our spies have seen them."Hanyang-made and Czech-style in the army.  "

    Ma Bufang rolled her eyes and asked, "You mean, the Central Army is supporting him now."

    "I don't know if the Central Army supports him. At least there is the hands and feet of Mr. Sun from Qinghai behind him. Otherwise, no one else can deliver it."

    Ma Bufang nodded: "What you said makes sense, Mr. Sun, let's take care of all the women in your family. We will discuss it later. Let's go find some women named Sun first. I'll play with his story from five hundred years ago.  Let¡¯s talk as a family.¡± (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to become a registered member of Piaotian Literature to recommend this work. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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