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When the war clouds in Almaty were about to break out, Murong Han and Dutov also arrived in Karakum on their feet.

Born into a family of Cossack nobles, Dutov graduated from the Military Academy of the Russian General Staff in 1908 and, like all the sons of the Cossack nobility, was the Tsar's most loyal warrior. In World War I, he was promoted to colonel of the Orenburg Cossack Cavalry Regiment for his outstanding performance. After the February Revolution, he was in favor of the constitution, but the October Revolution and the killing of the Tsar made him completely break with the poor party, and after the return of Kolchak, who was supported by Britain and the United States, he was the first to swear allegiance and was appointed commander of Army Group South.

Dutov had a strong ability to control the army, and not only gathered tens of thousands of elite Cossack cavalry, but also gathered a large number of royalist and landlord troops in Central Asia, with a total strength of 300,000, and fought with the poor Turkestan army in West Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to protect the left flank of Kolchak's main force. However, as the poor party formed a large number of guerrilla activities in Uzbekistan and East Kazakhstan, his life became increasingly difficult for the enemy, so he heard that the Wehrmacht was going to clean up these areas, and immediately rushed to the talks.

"General Dutov, it's a pleasure for you to come." When Murong Han stretched out his hand, he also secretly looked at the general who was called the leader of the Turkestan bandits by the poor party, with a cylindrical curly high hat, a black big hat diagonally on the war horse behind him, leather boots and a neat military uniform, and not only a revolver pinned to his waist, but also a world-famous Cossack cavalry knife.

Although Dutov knew that this young man was the special commissioner of the Chinese government for northwest affairs, he had great power to control the officials in the northwest. But he cared more about Shi Xiaolou and Wu Peifu and other officers behind him, and after looking at them twice, he took off his white gloves and shook hands politely: "I am also very honored to meet Your Excellency." His polite appearance makes it easy to forget who he is at this moment, but Murong Han knows that this person is a typical butcher, who has slaughtered at least 100,000 poor party supporters in West Kazakhstan and the Caspian Sea region to fight the enemy.

After shaking hands with Wu Peifu and other officers, Dutov turned his eyes around, and was a little annoyed to see that this place was particularly prosperous. Because he thought that this was Russian territory, he laughed dryly: "Your Excellency, it is very difficult to build such a fortress, right?" Do we need help? Shi Xiaolou smiled slightly. He's not afraid of these White Guards. Not to mention that they need to first face the increasingly powerful Red Army of the poor party, and the fact that Britain and the United States need to go to China for transit is enough for these guys not to dare to move.

Murong Han didn't care either. Before the collapse of either Chinese and Russian countries, they were natural enemies, so as if they hadn't heard this, they said: "General, you are invited here today to discuss supporting and dealing with the poor party guerrillas. ”

Seeing that the people did not answer, a trace of displeasure flashed on Dutov's face, but he quickly became serious and said: "Yes, we must act immediately. ”

"General Dutov." After entering the conference room, Wu Peifu picked up the whip and informed the current situation: "In order to ensure the security of our borders, our army has been ordered to set off from here and go south. Cooperate with the infantry in the direction of Kashgar to clear the areas of Almaty, Bishkek, Andijan and Tajikistan, and in order to avoid a clash between our two armies, I hope that Your Excellency will immediately withdraw the troops from these areas. At the same time, we suggest that you should mobilize troops to Tashkent and other areas to prevent these people from moving in the direction of the Caspian Sea. ”

Wu Peifu's words made Dutov very angry, what does it mean to withdraw from these areas immediately?! But he's not going to be angry right now. Germany was defeated by signing the Treaty of Versailles. However, the British and French did not provide much support, and now the main focus was on agitating Poland into the war, and there was less and less support to the East. In addition to the fact that France was able to provide direct weapons support to Denikin's ministry from the Black Sea, both itself and Kolchak needed to rely on Vladivostok and Chinese transshipments. Moreover, the ammunition they use now is from the tsarist era, many weapons and ammunition from Britain and France are simply unusable, and after the end of the war, there are a lot of useless materials in Britain and France themselves. It is simply impossible to continue organizing the production of arms, but after the shameless evacuation of the Chinese east of the Urals, this generation no longer has any industrial manufacturing capacity, and ammunition for the troops has always been tight.

The only countries in the Far East that have the capacity to manufacture ammunition are now Japan and China. Needless to say, even if Japan buys from them, the Chinese will not open the railways in the control area, so last year alone, the ammunition purchased from China amounted to hundreds of millions of dollars, and the gold reserves left by the tsar were also used.

Murong Han saw his thoughts and said, "In order to compensate for the losses of your army, we will provide you with free assistance of 100,000 rifles and 10 million rounds of ammunition, and in addition, we can assure you that our army will not extend beyond the mission." ”

This sentence made Dutov understand that what he meant was "I came to clear these areas, and you will do the rest after driving the partisans out of the mountains." With no choice but to do so, he said a few dry words that he didn't want to see the Wehrmacht go deeper, and then nodded in agreement. After hosting a banquet for Dutov and his party, Murong Han took out the bill of lading and handed it to him to go to Barnaul to receive weapons, and before leaving, he specially stuffed a large number of spirits, which made Dutov and other Russian officials, who love to drink, finally show a smile.

Looking at the back of Dutov and his entourage leaving, Wu Peifu laughed: "This Dutov is really bearable." ”

"Can you not be a ninja?" Murong Han smiled: "Now that the strength of the poor party is increasing rapidly, there is basically nothing for them in the European direction, if Siberia and Central Asia are lost again, Kolchak and him will be finished." There was no hope for Britain and France, who were now thinking of looting Germany, so they could only compromise with us. ”

"There is a knife on the head of the word ninja, and they, the poor party, and Japan are all enduring it! Stay up! Wait for a few stabs to us. ”

"Humph! Why don't we endure it, if the railway can be passed, why bother! Shi Xiaolou snorted and turned his head seriously: "Do you have an answer to the matter of us recruiting Kazakh, Kyrgyz and Tajik soldiers to form the Western Xinjiang Patrol Team?" ”

"The president has agreed in principle, but the expansion of the army requires the order of the General Staff, and the commander-in-chief will not be able to return home for a few days, and the decision will have to be made after he returns." Although recruiting local herdsmen to join the army is conducive to control, Murong Han does not dare to call the shots about the expansion. Just as he was about to continue to arrange the follow-up matters, Long Yun, the new combat staff officer, rushed over: "Report, reconnaissance plane report, Almaty has started." ”

The rumbling sound of cannon lingered in the sky above the Tianshan Mountains, and when I looked up, thick clouds of gunpowder smoke rushed straight up and blended into the snowy clouds. Although Bai Anmin believed that the 68th Brigade was the strongest among the brigades of the mixed division, it could not be denied that the cavalry was inherently unsuitable for siege warfare. Fortunately, an infantry regiment of the 18th Infantry Division, which arrived from the direction of Ili, relieved the urgent need.

The cavalry brigade's war hammer 70mm cavalry mountain gun is the main offensive firepower, this Hanyang cavalry gun has nothing to do with the same caliber infantry gun, on the contrary, it adopts the design of many French Schneider 75 rapid-fire guns, but the ammunition of the two can be used universally. With a 35-fold long tube and a total weight of only 910 kg, it can be split into 6 parts to be carried by pack horses using a double-opening tripod, and the maximum range of a standard grenade can reach 9,100 meters.

In addition to mountain artillery, the 2 160 mortars brought by the infantry regiment from thousands of miles undoubtedly became the star of the battlefield.

The terrain of Almaty is high in the north and low in the south, and the northwest is flanked by thousand-meter-high mountains, and once the peaks are crossed, there is a large plain in the southern suburbs, so the fighting is mainly concentrated in the Blundai Highlands on the banks of the Ili River. The highland is composed of 4 mountain peaks, which are not more than a kilometer apart, and it is very convenient to support each other, and the cavalry column led by Ma Sancheng and the poor party guerrillas set up a defensive line here in an attempt to block the 68th Brigade here.

Explosive fireballs continued to rise from the distant mountainside, and the dense artillery fire made the guerrillas who had never received the baptism of regular war miserable, and finally set up two 75 guns to try to return fire, but because the bunker was not strong enough, the 160 heavy mortars found an opportunity. "Boom." The 41-kilogram high-explosive grenade was enough to rival the 150-class heavy artillery, and it quickly destroyed 2 75 guns.

After nearly 1,000 shells, the infantry regiment of the 16th Division first launched an attack under the cover of gunsmoke.

The Wehrmacht infantry all over the mountains made Suleimanov's face in the bunker even more stiff, but he didn't expect the squadron to use so many cannons to deal with Almaty, which was seriously short of artillery. Grenadier canisters and machine guns began to take over the battlefield, and the guerrillas were so inferior to the experienced Wehrmacht that they lacked firepower, were tactically extremely archaic, and many of them even fired from standing. Although the 16th Infantry Division did not participate in the European War, it also sent many officers to exercise, not to mention that they themselves were the main force that participated in the Battle of Qingdao.

The fierce battle on the front did not make Ouyang Nan's face change in any way, compared to the terrible artillery coverage of the Western Front, this level of firepower was similar to a child's fight, not to mention that whether it was a hunter or a mountain brigade commando, they were not born to participate in this kind of frontal attack, their target was the Kanas barracks on the southern outskirts of Almaty. This barracks was a long-term garrison set up by the former Russian occupation of Almaty and the encroachment of the surrounding land. According to intelligence, the Poor Party seized Almaty and took it over as a strategic point to hold the southern plains.

Since the enemy's attention was also attracted to the north, only a few dozen people were stationed in the barracks. After Ouyang Nan aimed his crosshair at a smoking cavalryman, the battle was announced.

The sudden emergence of the assault team from the dense forest caused chaos in the barracks, and before the guerrillas could react, bullets rained down. Shen Billy once again showed the calm side of the sniper, and in just a few minutes, as many as 6 enemies fell under his gun. As the 60mm mortars fired, the barracks became even more chaotic, and the machine gunners of the commandos fired wildly, and soon the entire barracks was occupied.

"Quick."

After the assault team swept the barracks, they found that there was actually a Maxim heavy machine gun inside, and immediately set it up with the two heavy machine guns they were carrying to the bottom of the barracks, waiting for the fleeing enemy to appear. Sure enough, due to the sudden sound of gunfire from the south, it was not clear how many of the enemy Suleymanov had suggested retreating to Andijan. But when they broke through to the southern outskirts with thousands of cavalry, three heavy machine guns immediately sprayed a terrible metal storm.

The rapidly shortened canvas bombs told the world that the Chinese National Defense Forces' sweeping war against the nearly 700,000 square kilometers of western Xinjiang region had been fully launched...... (Your support on this site is my biggest motivation.) )