Chapter Fifty-Eight: A Long Journey

After the civil strife in Russia, the Central Asian region fell into an even more chaotic situation. Andijan, the main transportation artery, is even more of a song from you, and the city head changes the king's flag. Now in control of Andijan is a warlord named Husseinov, who has more than 3,000 guns under his command and claims to have 10,000 men. Warlords also have to eat, especially this kind of warlord who is trying to survive between red and white.

Husseinov occupies the territory, so naturally he has to collect taxes to raise soldiers, and no dog is worth anything without a gun in this troubled world. Because of the tax, there is still room for the caravans to survive, but the risk is a little greater. The risk is high, which means that the benefit is great.

This caravan belonged to Andijan's largest merchant, Ixy, and after transporting the leather goods to Dihua for sale, he purchased some light industrial products produced in China, such as cloth and enamel jars, and transported them back to Andijan for three or five times the profit.

There were so many bandits along the way that the caravan numbered nearly a thousand people, of which more than half were armed guards. The guards, who had a lot of experience in the caravan, quickly surrounded the pack horses in a circle, hiding behind the circle, and loaded their rifles, ready for battle.

Leading the team was an official from Exy, with a telescope in his hand to inspect the approaching horse team in the distance, and soon his face showed surprise. "Mind you, this isn't your average bandit, it's like an army."

As soon as the words fell, hundreds of horsemen who were still five hundred meters away stopped one after another, and the knights on horseback dismounted. The official family looked carefully, and these people actually carried mortars, and their frightened faces suddenly changed. Hurriedly called a guard and said, "You, hold the white flag and ask them who they are, and tell them that we are the caravan of the Axy family." ”

The big businessman who can survive in the messy place of Andijan is naturally not a simple character. From Andijan to Dihua, there are countless bandits along the way, and the larger ones are all related. It's not nice to say, there is no Axie. The bandits have robbed things and have nowhere to sell the stolen goods.

The mountain brigade rushed to Andijan, and along the way, it was natural that people blocked and killed people and killed Buddhas, and all the caravans they encountered were taken down and thrown to the subsequent cavalry divisions. Guan Ping, the commander of the vanguard company, found that the caravan in front of him was in formation, ordered to prepare for battle, and sent people to report the news. This place was no more than fifty kilometers from Andijan, and it was noon, and the march was a little faster and could be reached in the middle of the night.

According to investigations, there is a checkpoint 30 kilometers ahead, and there is a company or so of troops stationed. I didn't think I would get into trouble on this road. I didn't expect a caravan with thousands of people to dare to resist.

Because it was a highly top-secret military operation, it crushed several armed caravans along the way. Don't miss any threat of a possible leak every time. This time it's a bit troublesome, this area is flat, and it's easy to see the scale of the opposite side with a telescope. There are about a thousand people, and the probability of total annihilation in such an encounter is zero.

Just when Guan Ping was struggling, a person came out of the caravan. With a white flag in his hand, when he looked closely through the binoculars, he found that it was a pair of white pants that he didn't know who he had taken off.

"Be careful, I'll go up and have a look." Guan Ping explained, for fear that the other side would be suspicious, so he took two soldiers to meet him on foot. It's not that they don't want to resist in the face of officials. Also because of the flat terrain here, you can see the smoke and dust rolling up only three or four kilometers later, and there are thousands of people at a glance. This is a dirt road. The butler had never seen smoke and dust on such a large scale. Not to mention resisting, with a little delay, the army behind will come up and crush them. With so much cargo, where to run? Again. In the telescope, it looks like the army of the Chinese is coming, at the time of Dihua. He had dealt with the Wehrmacht officers and soldiers for business, and this was a disciplined army, which was the difference between heaven and earth compared to Belarus.

"We are the caravan of the Andijan Axy family, may I ask which hill are you heroes?" It's very lame, and it sounds like a hard time. Guan Ping glanced at the guards who were standing thirty meters away shouting, and replied loudly: "We are the Chinese National Defense Force, and we are pursuing a horse bandit." Rest assured, we will not harm the innocent, please lay down your arms and be inspected by our army. ”

Chasing horse bandits? After getting such an answer from the mouth of the returning guard, the butler fell directly into a messy state that he didn't know why. What's going on? Although Andijan is not very far from the Chinese border, it is necessary to cross the Pamirs to get from China. Maybe some horse bandits ventured into China, but the probability of the Wehrmacht killing them is too low, right? Not to mention, these Chinese people are not a small force at first glance, and looking at the scale of smoke and dust in the distance, it is estimated that there are five or six thousand people.

Andijan is located in the eastern part of the Ferghana Basin, a multi-ethnic mixed area. To say that the roots are rich in products is nonsense, that is, the pasture is larger, so it will not let the squadron attack in a big way, right? Coming over the mountains and mountains, there is no oil and water. It's a poor place, and there's not much oil or water to scrape the ground. Otherwise, there are many bandits here, isn't it because the surrounding areas are poor mountains and bad waters, and the people in the basin are fierce?

As the army approached, there was no need to think about resistance, the housekeeper could only hope that the prestige of the boss in Andijan, Exy, could play a role, and the caravan of more than 900 people, the main weapon was rifles, and there were few light machine guns, and they were embarrassed to fight with the regular army?

The caravan waited quietly, and Guan Ping did not dare to lead his troops forward, so there were more than 1,000 people. With just the hundred or so people under him, if he distances himself, he will definitely be able to hit the opposite side. If you want to say that if you enter 200 meters, you can knock down 30% with a platoon of guns.

When Lin Yun, the commander of the mountain brigade, heard the news, he immediately ordered the whole army to speed up the march and telegraphed to the cavalry division that followed. Lin Yuncai didn't care what Axie was, the mountain brigade had two regiments under its jurisdiction, with an artillery battalion and a baggage battalion, and the whole army had more than 6,300 people. The artillery battalion was equipped with an improved and lighter 75 mountain gun, also known as the Min-II cavalry gun. The firing range is a little worse, only six thousand meters, but the firepower is not bad at all, and it is definitely a powerful force against the rabble on the border. This is to take advantage of the civil strife in Russia, and the Soviet Union has not had time to take care of it.

This trip to Andijan, the mountain brigade took 10 days to cross the Pamirs, and the process can be said to be extremely difficult. Fortunately, the mountain brigade has been trained in this generation for a period of time, and the selection is all elite and strong generals, otherwise it would be very fatal just to cross the Pamir.

The subsequent cavalry divisions were not much of a problem, and the soldiers were all ethnic minorities in the land, living on horseback on the plateau all year round. Even so, this overturn also caused a non-combat attrition of dozens of people.

This was a military operation that was destined to be very sudden, and the thousand-mile raid was so difficult that anyone who might cause a leak of the military operation would be detained. The caravan of the Exy family could not escape this fate, and when the army followed, the steward ordered that there should be no resistance.

When Lin Yun arrived, the bearded butler was brought to him, and the caravan personnel automatically lowered their weapons and waited for the decision of fate on the side of the road.

"Your Excellency the Wehrmacht, on behalf of the Exy family, welcome to Andijan." The butler was very good at talking, and when he stepped forward, he bowed first, and his posture was very low, so he almost knelt down and cried and shouted for mercy. He was not stupid, and he could see at a glance that this was a formidable army, and it was not comparable to any armed force in this area. Even the armed forces of Husseinov in Andijan are estimated to be easily crushed.

"The Wehrmacht is here to suppress bandits, don't worry, we won't hurt the innocent." Lin Yun first reassured, this person still seems to have use value.

"I have been running between Andijan and Dihua all the year round, and I know that your army is strictly disciplined and will not commit any crimes, so I asked my people to hand over all their weapons and wait for the judgment of the adults." The housekeeper's ass was very slippery, and in fact, his eyes were rolling, and he felt very bad.

When Lin Yun showed an expression of "I am a good person" and talked to the housekeeper, one battalion surrounded the caravan caravan, and the other troops were on guard on the spot and ready for battle.

"Since you are a caravan that has been walking the border for a long time, things are simple. After investigation, the Hussein bandits have crossed the border to harass the border people all year round and have done a lot of evil. Our department was ordered to attack Andijan and eliminate the Husseinov bandits, and now I need your cooperation, I don't know what this butler thinks? When Lin Yun spoke, the personnel of the caravan were pointed at by more than a dozen light machine guns and more than seven hundred five or six rushes, and the slightest disagreement was revealed, and it was estimated that it was the beginning of a massacre. At this time, talking about military discipline is no different from having a bad brain. The caravan encountered on the way, if there is a slight resistance, kill it on the spot, find a ravine and throw it in, bury it is too troublesome, delay the low-level mistake of losing the battle, Lin Yun will not make it.

"Please rest assured, we will cooperate well." Fools can feel that Lin Yun's eyes are murderous, even if he looks smiling, the ferocity in the eyes of those soldiers on the side is definitely not fake.

"Okay, that's good, thank you for your cooperation." Lin Yun was still smiling, and asked people to take the map and open it and look at it: "There is a sentry post in front, how can I not alarm the garrison of Andijan to take it?" ”

At this time, the housekeeper already understood what Lin Yun meant, this was to sneak attack Andijan. But at this time, he had no choice, either obey or die. It's as simple as that.

Half an hour later, a battalion of soldiers changed into local clothing and escorted the caravan on its way. When the men of the caravan appeared in front of the checkpoint before dusk, and the soldiers at the checkpoint were not on guard at all. It wasn't until the Triangular Army stabbed a squad of defenders to fall silently that the defenders in the camp realized that something was wrong, but it was too late.

At the cost of only three soldiers being slightly wounded, a company of defenders was completely annihilated, and gunfire or something, which often happened near Andijan, did not cause too much trouble. Moreover, at this time, it was only an hour away from Andijan.