The fog was thick and the wind was biting.

"Bang-Bang-"

As a train slowly pulled into Andijan station, billowing black smoke and white steam diffused to make the platform's already poor visibility.

Before the train had come to a complete stop, the overseer on the platform shouted to the coolies who were huddled by the fire, whipping them with whips as he shouted.

"Fools, fools, get up for me! Unloaded! A middle-aged fat man of more than 1.8 meters roared angrily, and his red rosacea nose was so dazzling.

There was a commotion on the side of the platform. The coolies all stood up, their sleeves folded and waited on the platform. None of these people were Slavs, all of them were natives of the Kokand Khanate, and eighty percent of the overseers were Slavs. Once the train has stopped, the stuffy tank cars can be opened and all sorts of goods can be unloaded from inside.

Russia's construction of railways in Central Asia is going smoothly because of the good topography of Central Asia. In a few years, Russia built the railway directly to Andijan. It's the same as China building the railway to the city of Ili [Huiyuan], but it hasn't gone any further.

The materials of the Russian army are the same as the military supplies of the Chinese army arriving in Ili, and they also need to be transported to the front line like countless carriages, horses, and ants.

The locomotive came to a halt gasping for breath, and the eighteen stuffy tank cars collapsed on the tracks like dead snakes. Surprisingly, this train has an exceptionally large number of carriages, and including the load, it has reached the limit of locomotive power in this era.

The coolies hurried forward and pulled the sliding door of the closed carriage open, only to be found. There was no lead seal on the sliding door, which was a strange time. But from the carriage came a 'national curse' full of Russian flavor:

“Ятвойротебалнахуй，Ятвойротебалнахуй……”

“менязаебалуже。 менязаебалуже……”

Russian soldiers in dark green uniforms jumped out of the carriages. Russian military uniforms are no longer the old-fashioned black and gray. After the end of the Second Sino-Russian War, Russia's rising nationalist sentiment and defeat in foreign wars prompted it to carry out a "return to tradition" military uniform reform. From 1882 onwards, with the exception of the Tsar's Guardsmen, the entire army was given a new uniform of leniency. The uniform, which consisted of a dark green top, a bowler sheepskin hat and black high boots, was closer to the traditional Russian national costume in terms of style. The most important feature of the new military uniform is the replacement of buttons with hooked skirts. And this design has two advantages: first, the top can be retracted freely; Second, after the cancellation of buttons, there is nothing luminous on the military uniform, which is conducive to military concealment.

Of course. This uniform, especially the military uniform of the officers, is not as ornate as it was in the past.

Alexander III removed the 'buttons' from the Russian uniform, and also removed the embroidery threads, trim and brightly colored decorations.

……

The coolies were surprised to find that these stuffy jar wagons were not filled with ordinary goods at all, but tall Russian soldiers. And not just people, but also a certain number of quartermasters and heavy machine guns, mortars.

The coolies who knew the fun were immediately silent, and without being reminded by others, everyone dodged to the side. Roll up your sleeves and bite each other's ears to talk.

China and Russia are really going to fight a big war again!

The day before yesterday, five columns of Russian troops had passed in a row, and now another military column with troops had arrived, and the Russians were constantly mobilizing and raising troops to the front line. Of course, there was a commotion among the coolies.

Because the Chinese army is fighting the Russians. Although the reputation of the Chinese army in the Kokand Khanate was not very good. What the Russians have been propagating all these years? The people of Kokand no longer believe that the Russian government's persistent propaganda can also plant a bad impression of China in the hearts of Kokand. What's more, the Chinese army also killed Kokand at the beginning......

But no matter how bad the Chinese army is, can it be as bad as the Russians?

In recent years, the Russians have planted and built railways. Lying under the countless sleepers are the remains of countless indigenous people of Central Asia. In order to save money, the Russians treated those laborers no better than the Americans did to Chinese laborers.

Then there were the years of Russian rule in Central Asia. The exploitation and oppression of the indigenous people is indeed too heavy.

The coolies' depressed mood was much better now, though no one dared to say it. But in my heart, I hope that the Chinese army can defeat the Russian army as soon as possible and kill it, so that all of them can breathe a sigh of relief.

The coolies hid to the side, and the overseers were dumbfounded, not knowing whether they should urge the coolies to move the goods. When he was rolling his eyes in a daze, the director only felt a pain in his lower back, which had been slapped with a saber by a Russian major.

"Here, here, here, and here, these carriages are loaded with munitions, carefully unloaded, and placed on the platform. We're going to have to take stock. If there is a mistake, the military law will deal with it! The major officer said, pointing to the last few carriages.

"Yes, yes!" Where did the director dare to say half a 'no', full of sycophancy. When the officer was satisfied, he turned and walked away, then he waved his whip and directed the coolies to pull the wagons open and carry the goods.

While the laborers were busy, the soldiers in the carriages had jumped off the train and lined up on the platform. This is a regiment of Russian troops.

The coolies soon learned from the mouth of the two heads that this army loaded in stuffy jars was the troops of the Second Army of the steppe, and this was only a little ahead, and the large army was still behind, and in one day alone, twelve columns full of soldiers would arrive in Andijan. They are the first column!

"So, the Russian army's one-day troop projection can reach at least one full division?"

"These executioners seem to be the elite of the Russians, and the spirit is really good. The army is neat and well-equipped, and it doesn't look weaker than our army. ”

"It's all made with money. See the rifles in their hands? All are French Lebel rifles. This eight-millimeter rifle is no worse than our Type 08 rifle. "China's small-caliber rifle was officially equipped with troops in the eighth year of the New Qin, so it was named the Type 08 rifle.

"The shell box is quite heavy, and I don't think there are many of them, I'm afraid they are all big ones." Since China is sure to fight a third war with Russia, it naturally sprinkled the Central Asia Action Team little by little. These people, taking advantage of their indigenous appearance, developed rapidly throughout Central Asia. Andijan is a large logistics warehouse for the Russian army to operate in the Ili River Valley, where the task force has carried out key deployments. And the train station is the most important of all deployments.

……

The coolies hurried to their work, unaware that several people in the crowd had unconsciously gathered together, muttered for a while, and then unconsciously dispersed.

The time went peacefully into the afternoon, and there was no problem at Andijan Station. Columns of military vehicles arrived, groups of Russian troops gathered, and countless boxes of ammunition and military supplies were transferred, and today's Andijan station showed an absolutely first-class order.

But at the Talamangan station, which was also in the afternoon, there was an accident that shocked the Russian army.

Located between Namangan and Andijan, Talamangan is a small station with few garrisons and even more lax security.

When Abrado received a call from Andijan, he immediately summoned his action team. "The deputy gave the order, we are going to blow up the Russian military column at the station. As for the operation of the Dara Bridge, change the course of action, let's blow up the entire bridge with a train. "The latter is a railway bridge between Namangan and Andijan, which, if blown up, would pose a mortal threat to the movement of Russian troops. The Russian army, naturally, also saw the importance of the bridge, and placed a company of troops there. But the Russians never imagined that there would be problems with the speeding train, so it only took a few dead men for the Dara bridge to collapse and shatter with a loud roar.

The men deliberated for a while, and then dispersed. At three o'clock in the afternoon, the operation began, and the unsuspecting station guards were easily killed by the squad, their uniforms quickly stripped off, and quickly changed by the youths.

After just ten minutes, the coolies who were preparing coal and water were surprised to find that they had become prisoners.

"Don't be afraid, we are all believers in the Green Sect." A thick-eyed Central Asian youth stands on a tank and wields a pistol. "Now I'm sorry to be quiet for a while, and we'll let you go in a moment. As long as you don't mess around. I swear to God! ”

The faces and beliefs of the young people won the cooperation of these coolies.

Some masked and gun-wielding youths escorted coolies to a warehouse at the station, and the entire station was completely under the control of the youths, including the dispatch room, of course.

With a whistle, the train restarted, dragging sixteen wagons slowly into the train station.

There was a loud bang, and the entire Talamangan station was covered in thick smoke, and the entire Talamangan city was shaken by this thunder.

Soon after, another series of loud noises were heard northeast of Talamangan. Then in less than two days, the news spread, the railway station in Talamangan was bombed by the rebels, and at the same time a train full of Russian troops was blown up, and the entire regiment of Russian troops was almost completely destroyed. Because the train had not stopped at the time of the explosion, the huge kinetic energy did no less damage to the Russian soldiers in the carriage than the bomb.

Lieutenant General of the Russian cavalry in charge of the Ili River offensive, Vladimir. Sukhhomlinov, stunned by the two loud bangs. He stared blankly at the telegram, and after the news of the bombing of the Talamangan railway station and the heavy losses of the Russian soldiers was confirmed, another news came that made him tremble: the Daraa Bridge, the necessary place to pass on the Andijan railway, had also been blown up. A train with ten wagons collapsed the entire bridge.

Sukh Khomlinov is going to collapse. His battle plan was completely disrupted!

There were still 40,000 men in the rear and a large number of military supplies that had not been gathered in Andijan, and military trains were forced to stop at railways and stations, and railway traffic in Aris-Rivières was paralyzed.

There are indications that this was an attack planned by the Chinese. Apparently closely related to the Battle of Alatau, which had already begun. (To be continued......)