Battle of Ürümqi (1933–1934)

Battle of Urumqi
Part of the Xinjiang Wars
Date December 1933-January 1934 Location Urumqi, Xinjiang
Belligerents
Republic of China 36th Division (National Revolutionary Army)	Xinjiang Provincial government
Commanders and leaders
Ma Zhongying Zhang Peiyuan	Sheng Shicai Colonel Pappengut
Strength
10,000 Chinese muslim troops and Thousands of Han chinese troops	Thousands of Manchurian and White Russian troops
Casualties and losses
	heavy

Battle of Urumqi was a conflict that took place in the winter of 1933-1934 at Urumqi, between the provincial forces of Sheng Shicai, and the alliance of the Chinese muslim general Ma Zhongying and Han chinese general Zhang Peiyuan. Zhang seized the road between Tacheng and the capital. Sheng Shicai commanded manchurian and white russian troops commanded by Colonel Pappengut. The Kuomintang Republic of China government had secretly incited Zhang and Ma to overthrow Sheng, even as they prepared to swear Sheng in as governor of Xinjiang, because of his connections with the Sovet Union. Ma and Zhang's Han chinese and chinese muslim forces almost defeated Sheng, when Sheng requested help from the Soviet Union. This led to the Soviet Invasion of Xinjiang and Ma Zhongying's retreat after the Battle of Tutung.