What is the Middle East Road Incident?

1In July, 929, the "Middle East Road Incident" broke out between China and the Soviet Union because of the ownership of the Middle East railway, which triggered an armed conflict. The fighting mainly started in Manzhouli and Zhalainuoer areas of China. From the end of July to June 1 1, there were dozens of battles. The reason is that the northeast authorities took back the telegraph and telephone of the Middle East Railway and sent Soviet employees back to China. After the armed conflict between the Soviet Union and the Northeast Army, the National Government declared war on the Soviet Union. 165438+ 10 In the month of October, the Soviets successively captured Zhalainuoer, Manzhouli and Hailar. More than 9,000 soldiers were killed or injured in China (2,000 were killed or injured and 7,000 were captured). According to Soviet statistics, the Soviet army died 143 people, 4 people were missing and 665 people were injured. Su, 65438+On February 20th, Zhang Xueliang sent a representative to sign the Gift Agreement with Su. On February 26th, 65438, the "Middle East Road Incident" ended with China accepting the Soviet proposal, restoring the original state of the Sino-Soviet railway in the Middle East, and both sides releasing the captured personnel. It is worth mentioning that in the Middle East Road incident, the Soviet Union occupied our territory-Heixiazi Island, which is one of the most difficult problems in the future Sino-Russian territorial dispute.