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    On the foothills of the southern side of Andijan, Sir Atherton, protected by soldiers, looked at the artillery fire in the direction of Andijan with a telescope, looking very worried.  He is the British consul in Kashgar and the highest British official stationed here in Central Asia, so he is very worried about the large-scale entry of the Chinese National Defense Force into Central Asia.  Although Britain also actively intervened in Russia and tried to overthrow the Soviet regime of the Poor Party, and Prime Minister Lloyd George also hoped that China would do its best, they were still very nervous when they suddenly appeared in Central Asia and started fighting.  The reason is simple, because across Tajikistan to the south are Afghanistan and India. So after he learned that the Chinese National Defense Forces had entered Tajikistan, he immediately set out from Kashgar hoping to meet with senior officers from the northwest theater of the National Defense Forces to inquire about the situation. However, he did not expect that when he arrived here, he unexpectedly met Phil.  The Battle of Gana broke out.

    Although the scouts had reported the discovery of the British squad, they could no longer stop the two sides from fighting.

    Boom!  With a loud noise, a 160mm mortar shell landed 10 meters to the left of Vaglev. Despite the distance, he still felt as if his mouth and nose were blocked by something, and his body was directly knocked away more than two meters away.

    At only 22 years old, he was not a member of the Poor Party, but an ordinary worker in the oil refinery. He joined the revolution because he felt oppressed by the factory owners. A month ago, he led the guerrillas to open the gate of the oil refinery and killed the owner and his family.  Became a famous revolutionary hero in Andijan area.  But when he straightened up again with soreness all over his body and wiped the blood from his eyelids, he realized that the house he was holding on to had completely collapsed, and the dozen or so companions around him were nowhere to be seen.  Where are people?  Among the dead bodies and mutilated limbs on the ground, he searched for a long time without finding any living ones.  A chill suddenly surged in my heart.

    He had always felt that the White Guards were just a ragtag group of landowners and capitalists, so the squadron that helped them must have been a fake force. When he saw that a single cannonball could cause such terrible casualties, he suddenly realized that  Those so-called heroic revolutions and battles are nothing in the face of real armies and wars!

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    A larger number of 80mm mortar shells fell from the sky, and the 4.5kg fragmentation grenade could break into 112 fragments after exploding.  Easily swipe to kill all creatures within the radius.  Those poor party soldiers who had not received formal training were immediately beaten to pieces by this wave of steel rain.  "The enemy is coming, hold your position" the officer hissed to stabilize his position. Vaglev gritted his teeth and reluctantly picked up the gun and pointed it at a Wehrmacht soldier who was gradually approaching.  But the opponent's body was bent very low, making it difficult to aim like a rabbit that dodges left and right. Just when he poked his head out to see clearly.  A string of bullets flew over from the side.  The moment he fell down, he realized that a light machine gun had appeared on the opposite side.

    The firepower composed of grenades and light machine guns made the poor party soldiers miserable. Although many of them were very tenacious, there was no room for courage and courage in the face of the obvious firepower advantage.

    "Their target is the oil refinery." Blucher immediately judged the Wehrmacht's target and shouted: "Support the oil refinery and blow it up if necessary!"

    The Andijan Refinery is not large, with a maximum daily processing capacity of only 300 barrels of crude oil, but it is the only refinery in Central Asia and the largest modern industrial facility in Andijan.  Therefore, the Poor Party deployed an infantry regiment around early.  Try to protect this important facility from falling into enemy hands.  The one attacking opposite them was the 182nd Mountain Infantry Regiment of the 18th Brigade. This unit, which had been trained for several wars, had already integrated the infantry three-three tactics into its bones. The soldiers moved very quickly after spreading out the infantry line, using machine guns and grenade launchers.  Under the cover of the enemy, the alternating charge speed was extremely fast. In less than half an hour, the surrounding armed forces were cleared and the attack on the oil refinery was launched.

    "Machine gun"

    Lu Haodong is the superior soldier who was targeted by Vaglev just now.  When a dark figure appeared in front of him, he suddenly shouted and fell to the ground. Almost at the same time, a series of 7.62 bullets flew past his scalp.  An m1910 Maxim heavy machine gun blocked the way forward. Having participated in the battle on the Western Front, he knew the power of the heavy machine gun and immediately called for fire suppression from behind.

    Two grenades threw grenades at the machine gun from 400 meters away, but the machine gun was surrounded by thick earth walls for protection.  Therefore, it only caused the other party to mute fire for a moment and then continued to spit out tongues of fire.

    Since the light machine gun had insufficient penetration to suppress it, and the mortars had not yet dared to come, Lu Haodong, who was pinned to the ground, was very anxious. Seeing the crowds surging behind him, and a large number of poor party soldiers coming to support him, he was so angry that he was about to force a charge.  Then I saw the sniper from the regiment crawling over with a 12.7mm heavy sniper rifle.  This heavy sniper rifle was developed based on the German Mauser 13mm anti-tank rifle captured on the Western Front.  The number is currently very scarce, and the mountain brigade just got a few for trial use before coming to the northwest.  Its appearance is very similar to the Soviet PTRS-41 rifle in the parallel world. It has a 5-round fixed magazine and uses 12.7mmA 1-meter steel-core bullet is guaranteed to penetrate a 30-mm steel plate within 100 meters, and can penetrate a two-layer brick wall at a distance of 300 meters to kill the target behind!

    After setting up the rifle, the sniper did not shoot immediately, but made an attracting gesture to Lu Haodong.  Upon seeing this, Lu Haodong silently counted three times and suddenly jumped up and ran towards a big tree on the left.  This move indeed attracted the attention of the enemy's heavy machine gun, and he turned the muzzle of the gun and pursued it to the left.  The long muzzle flash completely exposed the position of the machine gun, and the sniper easily found the poor machine gunner who was poking his head.  "Pa" The violent recoil made the machine gunner feel that his shoulders were falling apart. Even with the rubber shock absorbers, they were still sore. But the pain was still worth it. Mark was blocking the road.  The Sim gun never made any sound again.  After there were no bullets blocking the way, the grenadier quickly ran to 200 meters, and several grenades went over and blew up the machine gun together with the earth wall.

    Lu Haodong saw the opportunity and sprinted a hundred meters across the earth wall. Before he even landed, the submachine gun in his hand swept across the area and killed several soldiers from the machine gun squad who were still alive.  Under his leadership, the 182nd Regiment Commandos finally entered the refinery.  They launched a brutal strangulation battle at hand-to-hand combat.  Submachine guns have once again become the key to victory. Since the production of bullets has gradually increased, although submachine guns are not widely equipped in the National Defense Forces, they are not infrequent.  The 32-round double-row magazine is enough to ensure the output of firepower in a short period of time. In this kind of close combat, the Red Army soldiers often only fired one shot, and seven or eight bullets flew from the opposite side.

    Lu Haodong rushed all the way. As soon as he reached the northern wall, he saw dozens of enemy soldiers climbing over the wall and trying to destroy the factory. He quickly changed his magazine and started shooting wildly.  A series of groans.  All these Red Army soldiers who were ordered to support the destruction fell in a pool of blood.

    When the regiment¡¯s three 12.7mm heavy machine guns were raised to the heights of the refinery by the soldiers, the largest refinery in Central Asia was announced to have fallen into the hands of the National Defense Forces. Although many equipment was destroyed and destroyed by grenades at close range.  But the basic refining capacity has been preserved.  Dai Jintang was relieved when the 182nd Regiment captured the refinery.  Atmosphere, as long as the refinery is preserved, it can be used as a base to radiate to the entire basin. If production can be restored, the air force can be stationed.  Very helpful for subsequent battles.

    Although the refinery went smoothly, the attack on the city of Andijan 10 kilometers away was not ideal. Andijan, with a population of 300,000 people, is a large city integrating fortress and residence. After the 1902 earthquake, the tsar stayed here to ensure his control.  A lot of construction work was carried out and many solid buildings were built.  In addition, life here is affluent but there are many ethnic conflicts, so there are a large number of sturdy bunker-like buildings.  It is precisely because of this that the Poor Party does not develop well here. If the Fergana Front Army had not gathered tens of thousands of guerrillas from all over the country due to the actions of the National Defense Forces, it would not have been possible to defeat Monstrov and his group.  Drive away, so the 18th Brigade and the White Guards launched three consecutive waves of attacks to no avail.  Dai Jintang paused the attack.

    The results of the first day in Andijan were quickly sent to the Karakum base by radio.

    "The Fergana Basin is 300 kilometers long from east to west and 70 kilometers wide from north to south. It is surrounded by mountains and deserts, but the basin is very flat, with many rivers and fertile land! Seventy percent of it is fertile.  Andijan, Kokand and Fergana are located in the southeast of the capital. It can be said that the best land in Central Asia is here! But the ethnic groups here are also complex. Tajiks and Kyrgyz people live in the mountains and hills north of Andijan, and Uzbekistan  The Slavs control most of the land resources, as well as the Tatars, Saltans and Kipchaks, with a total population of more than 3 million!

    From a geographical point of view, it can contain Tashkent and Uzbekistan to the west, and threaten Afghanistan and Persia to the south.  To the north, you can enter the Kazakh steppe, and to the east, you can shock Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan!  Therefore, winning the three places will basically solve the security of Western Xinjiang!  Dai Jintang and the White Guard Monstrov Division already control the three directions of Andijan, northeast and south, which is located in the northeast corner of the basin.  Judging from the reconnaissance plane report, we predict that there are about 20,000 poor party armed personnel in Andijan.  In addition, a force of the Poor Party, numbering about 10,000, was also found heading there in Kokand, 100 kilometers away.  Poor party guerrillas from various parts of South Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are also rushing to the Fergana Basin.  We predict that within 10 days at the latest, the number of troops from the Poor Party gathered there will be between 60,000 and 70,000!  It has all the hallmarks of a larger battle.  "

    "We have reached an agreement with Dutov and will hand over the Tashkent Prefecture north of the basin to their jurisdiction after the war." Shi Xiaoloulou put down his pen and raised his head to look at Yang Qiu and Song Ziqing who came to inspect: "Currently, Sun Chuanfang's  The 55th Brigade of the 18th Division, the 68th Cavalry Brigade of the 122nd Division, and the 69th Infantry Brigade are rushing there. Together with the 20,000 people from the 18th Mountain Brigade and Monstrov, our strength is about 50,000, and our combat effectiveness far exceeds that of the opponent.  The main difficulty is concentrated in the serious shortage of heavy equipment and ammunition! Whether going from Kashgar or Almaty, you need to cross high mountains, so it is difficult to transport heavy equipment. At present, most of the troops carry light equipment such as mortars and 70mm mountain guns.  The number of artillery shells was also seriously insufficient.

    Three cities (Anjiyan??Kokand and Fergana) have been places of hundreds of battles for thousands of years. They were deeply influenced by the Han and Tang Dynasties in my country and built many fortified towns, which are not much worse than those in Europe. Without heavy firepower, casualties would be huge.  The only fast road is to go west from Almaty to Zhambyl, detouring through Tashkent, Uzbekistan But the road is too far, about 1300 kilometers away!  And all of them are within the activity range of the enemy's guerrillas  "

    Yang Qiu finally understood why for thousands of years, even the powerful Han and Tang Dynasties were reluctant to start the war in the northwest.  Because this place is too far away, and the Fergana Basin is surrounded by the Tianshan Mountains and the Alai Mountains, it is extremely difficult for even mules and horses to cross the two mountain ranges!  It is really difficult for light troops to conquer this densely populated area with complex ethnic groups and a large number of Chinese-style city walls and European-style castles.

    Of course, it¡¯s impossible not to fight!  As Shi Xiaolou said, this is the essence of Central Asia. Controlling this place is equivalent to controlling the throat of Russia entering and exiting Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.  Moreover, it is rich in natural resources, including petroleum, coal and food, and has the ability to station group armies for a long time.  As long as it is under control, once the railway reaches Kashgar and extends into it, this place will be able to be connected to the northwest.  So Yang Qiu Xiangxiang asked: "Has Dai Jintang reported whether there is gasoline in the refinery? What is the damage to the equipment and how long will it take to restore it?"

    Shi Xiaolou said: "There are about 10,000 barrels of gasoline in the underground warehouse, and the oil pipelines leading to the oil fields are also under our control. As for the equipment, he doesn't understand it, but I have sent people to check the situation in detail and strive to resume production as soon as possible.  "

    "Ziqing. Transfer all transport planes and bombers from Gansu, Mongolia, and Henan, contact Dai Jintang to repair the temporary airport as soon as possible, and find a way to dismantle the heavy equipment and transport it in by plane! Recruit herders, mules, and horses in Almaty, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan  , transport as much ammunition and supplies as possible" After Yang Qiu finished speaking, Song Ziqing frowned: "Commander-in-Chief, the load capacity of the Albatross transport aircraft is only 1 ton, and even with an airship, it is only 3 tons. If you want to establish a  There are at least a hundred aerial supply lines! They themselves will consume a lot of gasoline and supplies, if"

    "I don't have so many ideas! This is a difficulty but also an opportunity! There will be many areas with no roads or temporarily inaccessible areas like this in the future. We can't just stop fighting once we encounter them. The Air Force needs to develop its long-distance air transportation and supply support capabilities. The Army  We also need a timely supply of ammunition. Even transporting a ton of bullets can be of great help" Yang Qiu interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and continued to ask: "What's going on in the direction of Ufa and Orenburg?"

    Shi Xiaolou said: "Frunze's current strategic intention is very clear, which is to use the guerrillas to drag us in the Andiyan area, and then storm Kolchak's headquarters. As of the day before yesterday, the two sides had fought more than ten times in a month, and Gao  Erchak lost tens of thousands of troops, and the situation seems not good."

    "That's good" Yang Qiu smiled slightly: "It's time for me to meet him.".

    (To be continued.

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