When the Almaty battle clouds were about to break out, Muronghan and Dutov also arrived in Karakum.

Dutov, forty-year-old Dutov was born in a Cossack noble family. He graduated from the Russian General Staff Military Academy in 1908. Like all the children of the Cossack nobles, he was the most loyal soldier of the Tsar. He was promoted to the colonel of the Orenburg Cossack Cavalry Regiment for outstanding performance in World War I. After the February Revolution, he once changed to support constitutionalism, but the October Revolution and the killing of the Tsar completely broke with the poor party. After the British and American support of Kolchak returned, he was the first to swore allegiance and was appointed commander of the Southern Army.

Dutov has a strong military control ability. He not only brought tens of thousands of elite Cossack cavalrymen, but also gathered a large number of royalists and landlords in Central Asia, with a total force of 300,000. He dealt with the Turkish Army of the Poor Party in West Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to protect the left wing of Kolchak's main force. However, as the Poor Party formed a large number of guerrillas to engage in Uzbekistan and East Kazakhstan, his life was gradually getting sad. So when he heard that the National Defense Force was going to clean up these areas, he rushed to the talks immediately.

"General Dutov, I'm glad you can come." Murong Han also secretly looked at the general who was called the Turkestan leader by the poor party. He had a cylindrical curly hat and a black cloak tilted to the horse behind him. His leather boots were shiny and neat. He not only had a revolver on his waist, but also a world-famous Cossack cavalry knife.

Although Dutov knew that this young man was a special commissioner for the Northwest Affairs of the Chinese government, and had great power to control the Northwest officials. But he cared more about the officers such as Shi Xiaolou and Wu Peifu behind him. After taking a look, he took off his white gloves and shook hands politely: "I am also very honored to see you." His polite appearance easily makes people forget his identity at this moment, but Murong Han knew that this man was a typical butcher, who had massacred at least tens of thousands of poor party supporters in West Kazakhstan and the Caspian Sea to fight the enemy.

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

Murong Han also didn't care. Before any Chinese and Russian collapse, they were born enemies, so they seemed to have not heard this and said, "General, today I would like to discuss supporting and dealing with the poor party guerrillas."

Seeing that the person was not responding, a hint of displeasure flashed across 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 instruction stick and informed the current situation: "To ensure the security of our borders, our army has been ordered to set off from here and head south. Cooperate with the infantry in the direction of Kashgar to clear out areas such as Almaty, Bishkek, Anjiyan and Tajik. In order to avoid conflict between our two armies, we hope that you will immediately withdraw the troops in these areas. At the same time, we suggest that you mobilize troops to Tashkent and other areas to prevent these people from escaping to the Caspian Sea..."

Wu Peifu's words made Dutov very angry. What does it mean to withdraw from these areas immediately?! But he is not easy to get angry now. Although Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles, Britain and France did not have much support. Now it is mainly focused on encouraging Poland to participate in the war, and there are less and less support to the East. In addition to France being able to provide direct weapon support to the Denikin Ministry from the Black Sea, both Kolchak and Kolchak need to rely on Vladivostok and China for transportation. Moreover, the ammunition they use now comes from the Tsar era, and many weapons and ammunition from Britain and France were unable to be used at all. After the war ended, Britain and France themselves had a large amount of useless materials. It was impossible to continue to organize the production of arms, but after the east of the Urals was shamelessly emptied by the Chinese, this generation no longer had any industrial manufacturing capabilities, and the ammunition of the troops had been very tight.

The only ammunition manufacturing capabilities in the Far East are now Japan and China. Needless to say, even if the Chinese buy them, they will not open railways in the control zone. Therefore, the ammunition purchased from China last year alone was as high as hundreds of millions of dollars, and they also used the gold reserves left by the Tsar.

Murong Han saw his thoughts and said, "To make up for the losses of your army, we will provide you with free assistance of 100,000 rifles and 10 million bullets. In addition, we can assure you that our army will not extend to areas outside the mission..."

This sentence made Dutov understand. What he meant was "I will clean up these areas and drive the guerrillas out of the mountainous areas to do what is left." Without any extra choice, Ganbaba said a few words without wanting to see the National Defense Force continue to go deeper and nodded and agreed. After hosting a banquet to entertain Dutov and his party, Murong Han took out the bill of lading and handed it to him to receive weapons in Barnaul. Before leaving, he deliberately stuffed a large number of strong liquor, which made Dutov, who loves drinking, and other Russian officials finally smiled.

Looking at Dutov and his party leaving, Wu Peifu laughed: "This Dutov can really bear it."

"... Can you not be a last resort?" Murong Han smiled: "Now the poor party's strength has been increasing very quickly, and there is basically nothing they have to do in Europe. If Siberia and Central Asia are lost, Kolchak and him will be finished. There is no hope for Britain and France. They are now thinking about plundering Germany, so they can only compromise with us."

"There is a knife on the head of the word "non" and they, the poor party and Japan, are enduring it! We're waiting for the opportunity to stab us a few times."

"Hmph! We are also holding back. If the railway can be connected, why should we be so troublesome?" Shi Xiaolou snorted and turned his head to serious: "Is there any reply in Nanjing to recruit Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajik soldiers to form a patrol team in the Western Xinjiang?"

"The president has agreed on principle, but the expansion of the troops requires the General Staff order. The commander-in-chief will take a few days to return to the country and will decide after he comes back." Although recruiting local herders to join the army is conducive to control, Murong Han dared not make any decision on the expansion. Just as he was about to continue to arrange the follow-up matters, Long Yun, the new combat staff member, rushed over: "Report, reconnaissance plane report, Almaty has started."

The rumbling sound of cannons lingered over the Tianshan Mountains. Looking up, a ball of strong smoke rushed upwards and mixed into the snow 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 born not suitable for siege. Fortunately, an infantry regiment of the 18th Infantry Division, which came from the direction of Yili, solved the urgent problem.

The 70mm cavalry mountain cannon of the Cavalry Brigade is the main firepower. This Hanyang-produced cavalry cannon has nothing to do with infantry cannons of the same caliber. On the contrary, it adopts many French Schneider 75 rapid-fire cannon designs, but the ammunition of the two can be universal. It uses a 35-fold long body tube, with a total weight of only 910 kilograms. It uses a double-opening tripod, which can be split into 6 large parts and is carried by a pack horse. The maximum range when firing a standard grenade can reach 9,100 meters.

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

The terrain of Almaty is high in the north and low in the south. On both sides of the northwest, there are mountains with kilometers of mountains. Once you cross the peak, the southern suburbs will be the Great Plain. Therefore, the battle is mainly concentrated in the Brendy Heights on the banks of the Ili River. The highlands are composed of four peaks, which are only a thousand meters apart, which is extremely convenient for each other to support each other. The cavalry column and the poor party guerrillas, who became the leader, set up defense lines here, trying to block the 68th Brigade here.

Explosive fireballs kept rising from the distant mountainside. The dense artillery fire made the guerrillas who had never received the baptism of regular wars miserable. They finally set up two 75 guns to try to fight back, but because the bunker was not strong enough, they found an opportunity by the 160 heavy mortars. "Boom..." The 41 kilograms of high-explosion grenade was comparable to the 150-level heavy guns and quickly blew up two 75 guns.

After nearly a thousand shells, the 16th Division Infantry Regiment first launched an attack with the cover of gunpowder.

The infantry of the National Defense Forces all over the mountains made Suleimanov in the bunker look even more stiff. Unexpectedly, the Chinese team used so many cannons to deal with Almaty, which was seriously insufficient in artillery. Grenade launchers and machine guns began to take over the battlefield. Compared with the experienced National Defense Forces, the guerrillas had too great disadvantages. The lack of firepower was not only extremely old in tactical tactics, but also many people were standing and firing. Although the 16th Infantry Division did not participate in the European war, it also sent many officers to exercise. Moreover, they were also the main force that participated in the Qingdao War. Compared with the tenacious and unafraid of death, the fighting will of these guerrillas had nothing to be boasted about, and they were often breached after only one or two attacks.

The fierce frontal battle did not change Ouyang Nan's face. Compared with the terrifying Western Front artillery fire cover, this level of firepower was similar to that of children's fights. Moreover, whether it was hunters or mountain brigade commandos, they were not born to participate in this frontal attack. Their target was the Kanas Barracks in the southern suburbs of Almaty. This barracks were a long-term garrison station established by former Russia to occupy Almaty and embezzle the surrounding land. According to intelligence, the poor party took over the place and used it as a strategic impetus to guard the plains of the southern suburbs.

Because the enemy's attention was also attracted to the north, there were only a few dozen people in the barracks stationed. After Ouyang Nan pointed his sight at a smoking cavalry, the battle was announced.

The commando suddenly emerged from the dense forest caused chaos in the barracks. Before the guerrillas could react, the bullets rushed over like raindrops. Shen Billy once again showed the sniper calmness. In just a few minutes, there were as many as 6 enemies who fell under his gun. As the 60mm mortar opened fire, the barracks became even more chaotic, and the commando's machine gunners fired wildly, and soon the entire barracks were occupied.

"quick......."

After the commando swept the barracks, they found that there was a Maxim heavy machine gun inside. They immediately carried it downstairs with the two heavy machine guns they carried, waiting for the escaped enemy to appear. Sure enough, due to the sudden sound of gunfire in the south, it was unclear how many enemies Suleimanov suggested retreating to Anjiyan. However, when they led thousands of cavalry to break through the southern suburbs, the three heavy machine guns immediately sprayed a terrible metal storm.

The rapidly shortened canvas bomb tells the world that the Chinese Defense Forces' mobilization war against nearly 700,000 square kilometers of the Western Xinjiang region has been fully launched.

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