"Li Ge Lao has returned to Urumqi, Ishack is dead, and Tohudixia has taken control of the situation in Kuqa and is killing the remnants of Ishak. Li Ge Lao arrested many rebels and rebels, and learned from interrogation that Ishack had secret contacts with the Russians for a long time, and the Russians promised him the position of Aguba, so that he could unify southern Xinjiang and establish a country called Khan. ”

In Yili's military camp, the former prince of Turghut, now the new Qin Anxi Bobuyan Ulzheyitu, told Wang Guosheng in detail about the process of quelling the rebellion in Kucha.

"Then why didn't Ishaq go to the army last year? Now that Li Ge has arrived in Xinjiang, the inland environment is obviously much more stable, but he is looking for death? ”

"Ishaq is afraid of taking risks, and if he fails, he will be killed. Last year, our army was undefeated, and of course he did not dare to act rashly. But now the Russians threatened him that he must raise troops or publish his correspondence with the Russians. Ishaq had to do it. ”

Wang Guosheng smiled at the corner of his mouth. It's just an Ishak, and the Russians take this remnant of Aguba too seriously.

Ishack is no longer the four or five thousand Ishak who had four or five thousand horses in the former Qing Dynasty, or the prince of Turghut in front of him, and there are only 500 personal soldiers under his control, and the title is still the title of Xinjiang garrison commander, and whether he has the private salary of Buyan Ulzheyitu, Wang Guosheng does not need to know, but he knows that these 500 people absolutely receive the military salary that the imperial court must give every month.

It's been three years since Xinjiang was taken, and a long time ago, a big change has already taken place.

Wang Guosheng soon convened a combat meeting. Winter has already entered Xinjiang and light snow has fallen in some places in northern Xinjiang. And the Russian army, after replacing the famous general Skobelev, in the imperial uncle Nikolai . Under the personal command of Grand Duke Nikolayevich. A new offensive is brewing.

In the summer and short autumn, Skobelev's offensive in the Ili Valley again failed. Let St. Petersburg lose the last faith in him. Skobelev resigned in disgrace.

Wang Guosheng pointed at Gongchen City on the map with a bamboo whip. "Although the Russian army has not been able to officially break through here, their cavalry. Several times they infiltrated our defense line, burned, killed and looted, and caused great loss of life and property to the people living and grazing here. A certain amount of cattle, horses and sheep were also plundered.

"This time the Russian army has changed its commander. I heard that a group of cavalry has arrived! ”

Wang Guosheng's face was very solemn. The Ili River Valley was a vast area, no less than an inland province, and although the Qin army's defense was very strong, it could be used to stumble the infantry who were slow to move and needed a large number of military supplies, but it was not against the cavalry who came and went like the wind. There's really nothing to do.

Many times before the Russian cavalry infiltrated, they used the cavalry against the cavalry method to drive the Russian army out.

Now Wang Guosheng can't help but be cautious about the number of new cavalry in the Russian army! This number may be related to the success or failure of this battle. Of course, comparing this issue, whether the front-line troops have sufficient military rations and grass is also an absolute key point. Because of the uncertain factor of the Russian cavalry, the logistics and transportation of the Qin army in the battle were not absolutely safe. Therefore, Wang Guosheng has raised the military ration and grass reserves of the front-line troops by an order of magnitude, requiring the front-line troops to have a longer independent and continuous combat capability.

A group of officers nodded one after another, saying that the front-line troops had sufficient reserves.

Wang Guosheng turned to the logistics minister and asked, "How many carriages does our army have now?" How many soldiers and equipment can be hauled at one time when necessary? ”

"Commander. Our logistics department now has a total of 1,300 wagons and 500 large and small climbing plows. Once there is heavy snowfall. Within a week, a wagon can be completely converted into a medium-sized climbing plow. It is capable of delivering infantry of an integrated brigade and matching heavy machine guns and mortars at a time, carrying ammunition of three bases per capita, as well as a week's rations and fuel. But the cannon can't be transported unless the cannon is disassembled. ”

"Then order the boot camp to get ready. In case the front line is tight. Reinforcements were immediately called. "Anyway, the instructors, instructors, and leaders of the training camp are all the backbone of the army, and once they are organized and trained, they are a unit.

"Also order the mixed battalion stationed in Hami. An infantry brigade was left to be stationed in Hami, and the rest of the forces were concentrated in Urumqi. "Wang Guosheng has mobilized a force in the north that can be used. The king of Hami in the former Qing Dynasty. Now one of the only two uncles in Xinjiang, Hami Boxier, did not have the slightest misdeeds in the Ishark rebellion. Take a firm stand. It would not be worth wasting precious troops on Hami in this way.

Bersil also had 500 personal soldiers under his command, which were of the same nature as the 500 soldiers of Ansi Bobuyan Ulzheyitu. Coupled with the 500 Qin troops who stayed in Hami, it was not a problem to stabilize the entire Hami. And Hami is very close to Balikun.

"It's a pity that 2,000 soldiers are placed in Hami. But Urumqi is a little too far from Yili. Why don't you put these two thousand soldiers in Wusu. A famous officer said in the room.

Wang Guosheng shook his head and vetoed. "No, I don't. Li Ge Lao did not stay in Urumqi for long. The Kuqa matter has subsided, and the longer Li Ge stays in Urumqi, the more he will worry and fear the local snakes in northern Xinjiang. With the war, he must be going to Wusu. At that time, the troops followed to Usu. ”

As the commander of the entire Xinjiang Military Region, Wang Guosheng knows more things and things to consider than his subordinates, who have been on the battlefield for a year. Xinjiang is still too strong as a local force, and the gap between the indigenous and Han people is also relatively deep. The Qin army wanted to really take root here, one is the absolute position of the military, and the other is the slow evolution of time. Li Hongzhang has already killed the 'chicken' of Ishak, no matter what mistakes Ishak has made, anyway, the Burkes who have lost power in Xinjiang are silent. At this time, Li Gelao, who represented the imperial government, should show that he wanted to end the case of Isshak colluding with Tsarist Russia and raising troops to rebel. So many land snakes will be at ease.

Otherwise, if the imperial court wants to compile a big case, it only needs to make a list, saying that it is Ishack's accomplice or not reporting it, and it can uproot an unknown number of landlord snake families.

However, these things really do not need to be known and understood by the officers present. It is very sad that a soldier who has reached a certain level of status does not understand politics, but if a soldier whose status has not reached a certain level understands politics, then this soldier is no longer a soldier.

Now in the Xinjiang Military Region, everyone's eyes only need to be fixed on the Russian army, no matter what changes are made in the political situation, they themselves only need to think of more ways to inflict more casualties on the Russian army. With a head and a war exploit, the Xinjiang Military Region will have a qiē!

Two days later, a lieutenant colonel from the military district staff found Wang Guosheng. "Commander, it is already certain that Isshak's nephew, Hamus, is in Almaty. The news of Hamus's death the year before last was fake news. ”

"Can you confirm the address?"

"Able to confirm. In Almaty, Hamus assumed the alias of Ahmamat, and claimed to be a Kokand merchant. The Russians treated him very favorably. The lieutenant colonel paused for a moment, lowered his voice and said to Wang Guosheng: "Commander." The Russians needed guides from people who were familiar with the geography of Xinjiang to fight in cavalry. Is-Haq is finished, and Hamus will be demoralized in the eyes of the Russians. You say, will the Russians let Hamus himself act as a guide? ”

"Ishaq was the first indigenous to openly rebel in these three years. It should have a certain weight in the minds of people of the same kind. Hamus is Is-ulak's nephew and will have a certain appeal. "The lieutenant colonel has no suspicion that there are hidden 'hostile' elements among the natives of the Ili Valley. If Hamus's identity is made public, there is a certain possibility that he will be recognized by these people.

Wang Guosheng was silent for a moment, his eyes looked at the lieutenant colonel, and he raised his hand with a knife, "Do you want to ......"

"Hack him. Or take it for yourself! ”

"Will the people of the Central Asia Action Team be able to take on this task?"

"Commander, rest assured. There are more than 200 people in the Central Asia Action Team, and one elite team is selected from them to carry out the mission, and there is no pressure. ”

The Central Asia Action Team in the mouth of the lieutenant colonel was established by the Qin army from the year it entered Xinjiang. Initially, the Central Asian natives who fled from Central Asia to China were found, and now they are also the main force of the Einsatzgruppen, accounting for 60% of the total number. The remaining 40 percent are the many compatriots whom they found after returning to Central Asia who had a blood feud with the Russians.

This force of more than 200 people was itself a killing weapon prepared by the Qin army to disrupt the rule of the Russians in Central Asia. As a result, the world is impermanent, and the first batch of the Central Asian Action Team has not been thoroughly trained, and the second Sino-Russian war has begun.

Subsequently, all the operations of the Central Asian Action Team were stopped. The consideration of the headquarters of the Military Intelligence Bureau in Beijing was that when the war was over, the Military Intelligence Bureau, which was full of confidence in the combat effectiveness of the Qin army, believed that the final outcome would be the victory of China and the defeat of Russia, so that the prestige of the Russian army would fall sharply, and the rule of the Russians themselves in Central Asia would be shaken. At that time, if the Central Asia Action Team is released, its role will be increased tenfold or even higher.

Here in the Qin army, these people have experienced all kinds of trials and all kinds of hardships. From the bare-handed grappling combat, to the hand-to-hand assassination of daggers and short knives, and then there are sniper marksmanship, the production and burial of explosives, and their own camouflage and concealment, and even the survival training in the desert area alone, etc., which are simply stricter and more advanced than the army's scout training. The training syllabus of the special forces that the Qin army is already preparing is set up in accordance with this training regulation.

Of course, there are also the language learning of these people, Russian and Chinese are mandatory, and individual outstanding students also need to be able to know English.

Because of this, it has been three years since the formation of this task force, and many of them have not yet completed their training.

Similarly, it was also because of such difficult training that the lieutenant colonel was able to make a commitment so confidently in front of Wang Guosheng.

-- There are more than 200 members of the Central Asia Action Team, and there is no pressure to select an elite team to carry out the mission.

"Good!" Wang Guosheng felt the confidence of the military school in front of him. This strategy was set on the spot. "When you go back, prepare a plan. Select the most elite forces in the team, and the military region will fully open up resources for your plan this time. (To be continued......)