Northeast army iron armor train unit is formed in what historical background

Early 1926, and by the White Russian engineers design, by the Jinpu Road factory with locomotive coaches and wagons with a load of 40 tons plus 7 points of thick steel plate, re-constructed Taishan, Shandong, Yungui, Henan, the number of armored cars 4 trains. In view of the experience of the previous failure, each train consists of eight carriages: the first section of the Department of materials car, with flatbed trucks are not armored, special line rails, sleepers and all road repair equipment, in preparation for the railroad was destroyed immediately repaired; the second section of the Department of the battery car, armored trucks, * * * divided into three layers, the lower layer of the installation of heavy artillery, the middle layer of the installation of artillery, the upper layer of the installation of mortars and heavy machine guns, the third section of the Department of machine guns car, also armored trucks, dug several firing ports on both sides of the carriages. The third section of the machine gun car, also with truck armor, on both sides of the wagon dug firing ports in several places; the fourth for the locomotive; the fifth section of the officers and chiefs of the car attached to the car with the dining car, with the first-class bus armor; six, seven, eight, three sections and the first one, two, two sections of the same. After the eighth section, another hanging iron boring car section, within the Chinese infantry two platoons stationed as a covering force. Taishan's turret car two sections, in the bottom of the car laying on the flat iron plate, and then build a city feet thick reinforced concrete, the sides of the car and add reinforced concrete sandwich wall. Therefore, the body is too heavy, the axle are added spring equipment, the car over the bridge or cornering when traveling slower. Each train has no door and window equipment, two to seven sections of direct access, the body painted protective color paint. Each train has more than a hundred White Russian officers and men, the former head of the White Russian artillery regiment Ma Lai see Major General Commander, Neri for the Colonel Chief of Staff. Because Malayomi was dissatisfied with Mirov's arbitrariness, Mirov's grand administration sent Chekov to succeed him as commander. Each train was equipped with seven Type 38 field guns, two pursuit guns, 24 heavy machine guns, one captain, one artillery captain, one machine gun team leader, one engineering team leader, and one covering team leader, all of which were filled by White Russians. Commander Chekov, originally a staff officer of the White Guards, had no combat experience, and was reused because of his obedience to Mirov. In the summer of 1927, he led four trains of armored cars to fight against Feng Yusheng's troops near Guide on the Longhai Road, and fled in a great defeat, and the Taishan and Henan numbers were intercepted. Chekov escaped back to Shandong with only the Shandong and Yungui numbers. Soon by the Lupu Road factory converted two columns to supplement, still named Taishan, Henan, Mirov only Chekov once demerit finished. In the summer of 1926, was charged with the advance mixed echelon captain and once served as the commander of the armored car Liu Shian, to Zhili Governor Chu Yupu proposal to follow the Shandong approach to the establishment of the armored caravan. Chu immediately tasked the Beijing-Han Road, Changxindian factory with reference to Shandong Province, the modification of the style of iron armor car, made Zhili, Hubei, the number of iron armored car two columns to Liu Shian for the commander. Liu sent his old White Russian Li Bicicane Sik (Chinese name Li Baozhang) as captain, and recruited White Russian soldiers and officers about 50 people live in two armored cars. Because of the White Russian soldiers less than the distribution, sent Li Bicicane Sik with the White Russian Captain Bodeifu to Harbin, *** recruit White Russians more than a hundred passengers car to Tianjin. The matter is always living in Harbin, the naturalized army recruiting chief member of the Shnygov heard, urgent telegram Mirogov report. Mirov - to to not allow others in Harbin to recruit White Russians as soldiers, reportedly that the Tianjin Office Director of the left to quickly to the Tianjin station seizure. After the car arrived, both sides of the armed forces, the result was not detained. After Liu Shian because of banditry is too heavy, was Chu Yu Pu dismissed, elevated the team staff Sun Huanzhou succeeded the commander and directly under the number of colonel brigadier general, the original when the White Guards artillery Lieutenant Colonel Shou Ma Guofu for the lieutenant colonel other captains. Li Bicchan Sik left with Liu Shian. in June 1928, four trains of iron armor in Shandong Province and two trains of iron armor in Zhili Province, all retreated from Tianjin to Guye station east of Tangshan. Zhang and Chu were defeated and retreated to Tangshan, and Mirov was hidden in the British Concession in Tianjin. Straight Lu two iron armor car commander Sun Huanzhou, Che Kefu see the momentum has gone, also left to stay in Tianjin. Zhang Zongchang sent Ma Lai see to resume command will be six trains of armored cars combined command. Ma Lai see is afraid of Chinese when the captain can not be relied on, since both Zhili guide captain, transfer Hubei captain Yang Lianqing for the commander's deputy officer, promote Shou Ma Guofu for Hubei captain, transfer Zhili deputy captain Liu Tingxiang for the Hubei deputy captain. In late June of this year, Malay see six trains of armored cars are back to Qinhuangdao, Hubei No. rear, captain Yang Lianqing remained in the car at the end of the new post of vice officer. Yang about Liu Tingxiang and Chinese officers and men of more than 20 people, secretly to the Guye station near the sorghum, agreed that the Hubei not with the Malayan see east, reversed westbound, so as not to be discriminated against by the White Russians. Agreed to 12 o'clock that night when the locomotive on the water whistle for the number, the train before and after the entrance and exit door locked, sent people with guns in the turret roof lift gate guard, in order to prevent the White Russian soldiers in and out. At that time Yang Lianqing first in the Palace long car will be the White Russian brigade commander Shoumagov killed, while Liu Tingxiang and other sudden attacks on the car White Russian officers and soldiers. White Russian second lieutenant machine gun shooter Baranyi with the fall, in addition to being killed White Russian officers and soldiers more than ten people, all bowed to orders, that is, the fastest speed will be the Hubei number of armored cars to Tanggu station. The car was surrounded by soldiers of the Jin army Li Shengda division, Yang Lianqing got off the car to see Li Shengda, explaining the reasons for the surrender and reversal, and the bodies of the White Russian officers and soldiers were killed to testify. Li immediately reported by phone Bo Zuoyi, Fu asked the original car quickly open Tianjin. The car to the north station, Fu Zuoyi sent Tianjin police commander of the communication section chief Dai Xishan to the station on behalf of the feelings of welcome. Yang Lianqing reported to Dai car guns and ammunition and all equipment intact, please immediately send people to receive. When Dai returned to the Commanding General's headquarters to resume orders, Yang Lianqing and Liu Tingxiang went to rest at their home in Shushanli behind the church in the French Concession. That night Fu Zuoyi asked Yang to the Police Command for an interview, i.e., to change the Hubei number to the First Group of Armored Vehicles of the Third Group Army. Sent Yang Lianqing succeeded as commander and captain, and said: "Zhang Zongchang forces of military supplies, should be ordered to clean up Zhang Chu remnants of the fourth group army white commander-in-chief to receive. Since you are here, you may say to the public that you have voluntarily thrown yourselves on the side of the Shanxi Army, so as to avoid any misunderstanding." Yang Zunling took over as commander, Chinese and Russian officers and soldiers all retained, and promoted the White Russian Baranyi as a major machine gun team leader. Three days later was ordered to sail to Datong, Shanxi, under the command of the eighth division commander Xu Jingyuan. After the Xu division commander to collect, Zhao Chengshou Department of cavalry to take over the defense of Datong, the first group of armored cars to Zhao command. 1930 early, the train on the Chinese and Russian officers and men were all senior, replaced by the Jin Army. Five trains to Qinhuangdao, in Zhang Zongchang and the Northeast Army in Lantung before the battle was disarmed, Ma Lai see White Russian officers and soldiers have fled to Tianjin and Harbin.