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Almaty was beaming with joy, and the endless prisoners of war made the soldiers who had been fighting for nearly two months smile. As the weather gets colder, the likelihood of a large-scale battle in the northwest is already low. This means that as long as the defense line of the huge 1,700-kilometre-long salient from Semiyi-Pavlodar-Karaganda-Zhezkazgan-Kyzylorda is stabilized as soon as possible, the initiative in Central Asia will be firmly in the hands of the IDF.

As long as we wait until the beginning of spring next year, we can attack the most difficult Siberia to the north, and cut off Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan to the south, opening a flat passage to Tehran. This eliminates the need to rely on fragile air transport lines. With such a huge strategic initiative advantage, it is no wonder that even the most powerful army has tossed the wok to the point of clanging. What's more, this time, the Kazakh army group took more than 700,000 prisoners in one fell swoop, as well as 1.2 million guns of various types, 70,000 machine guns, and 310,000 artillery pieces of various types (including mortars), of which 3,722 were 122 and 152 mm heavy guns. There are also 771 tanks, 40,000 trucks, 110,000 horses of various types, 79 airplanes, and 2.3 million tons of fuel.

This is still a preliminary statistic, and it is said that the more supplies and ammunition that have not yet had time to be counted are all added up, which is enough for several major armies in the northwest to squander it all winter. This record alone is enough to stand out from the crowd! If it weren't for the strict secrecy and no announcement, I am afraid that the country would have boiled long ago.

The troops outside were as lively as the New Year, but inside the headquarters was worried because of the sudden emergence of a Soviet army. Since the 1st and 2nd Assault Clusters needed to stabilize the defensive line from Pavlodar to Zhezkazgan and prevent the Soviet Army from taking advantage of the chaos to sneak attack, the 3rd Assault Group also needed to rush to support immediately, and the 4th Assault Group was moving south along Taraz to prepare to join the Andijan Army Group and prepare to attack Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, and the rest of the troops were not cleaning up the battlefield and clearing the scattered remnants of the enemy. It's because of the need to rest and recuperate in the early defensive battle. So the 60,000 Soviet troops who suddenly retreated from Himkent and Turkestan made Xu Shuzheng, Chu Nan, and Qin Zhangshu, who had just arrived, all frown.

"Weird, how did they end up here?" Qin Zhangshu, who had just arrived from Urumqi, was very puzzled by the purpose of this Soviet army, and it stands to reason that even if they wanted to withdraw, they should go south to Tashkent to join the Uzbek Front. You must know that although Kyzylorda is the nominal capital of Kazakhstan, the railway is only built to the Aral Sea, and does not connect to the main line to Orenburg. In this way, even if this Soviet army reaches the Aral Sea. It was also necessary to cross the desert to return to the Soviet-controlled zone.

So he was very puzzled when he just got off the plane, but Xu Shuzheng had already received information: "It's not the 16th Army that escaped and Lu Jin." He was now entrenched in Alkarek with only 40,000 remnants in his hands, and Stalin's troops from Europe were out of the way, so the main direction of support was Novosibirsk, Omsk and Uzbekistan. I couldn't give him much support, so I could only change ways to let this Soviet army go to him, so that he could make up 100,000 to stabilize the defense line.

Although it is a bit far from the distance, it is actually very convenient. Turkestan is only 300 kilometers from Kyzylorda, and the railway has been repaired, and the train can reach the sea in two nights at the earliest. Our nearest airfield for the air force is in Akchatau, which is more than six hundred kilometers in the past. The Thunderbolt fighter didn't last long. Rezkazgan had been bombed so hard that the airfield would not be available for use in at least three to five days, and the two divisions over there still needed to guard against Lukin so they couldn't move, so they had enough time to get through. Besides, don't forget. There is also a Kazakh cavalry division of 10,000 people, and there is about a division of Soviet troops scattered along the way, plus hundreds of Kazakh secretaries and other officials, and the plane cannot pick it up once. So I guess Stalin must have wanted to take the opportunity to take everyone with him. ”

After figuring out the ins and outs, Qin Zhangshu asked, "Where is the commando team of the horse pole operation?" ”

"Zhuo Fan's boy?" Xu Shuzheng rarely smiled. Pointing to the salt marsh 100 kilometers northwest of Kyzylorda, he said with a smile: "He is a clever ghost, he actually hid in the inaccessible salt marsh, and he couldn't distinguish the roots after covering the car with a white cotton cloth, so I sent several waves of reconnaissance planes but couldn't find it." ”

"Does calico have this effect?"

"Commander-in-Chief, you haven't been there, you don't know. In fact, it is a shallow large salt lake, and some places can be opened to traffic, but in some places the salt clumps up and floats on the water, which looks like flat ground but is actually slightly focused and will crush and sink to the bottom. So even the Kazakh herdsmen didn't dare to go, he was good, he dared to drill into it with a few guides, and I sweated. Chu Nan complained, but no matter how he looked at it, it looked like he was approving.

"How many troops does he have? Is there a sure blockage? Qin Zhangshu didn't care about how good the commando's concealment skills were, he just wanted to know if the commando could hold back the Soviet army.

"The 4 wheeled armored battalions of the airborne division totaled 135 hounds, 2 airborne infantry battalions, 1 light tank company with 14 25 tanks, 1 half-track reinforced battalion with 74 iron cattle, as well as several tankers and trucks. In terms of strength, there is almost a brigade, but they are all light tanks, and they are mainly known for their speed. The Falcon Commandos also departed ten minutes ago, and it is estimated that they will arrive in three hours. A total of 211 people, responsible for the seizure of the airfield. Xiao Jinyun's men have already rebelled against several officers of the Kazakh Cavalry Division, and if they can seize the airport, it is estimated that they will be able to block it for a while. ”

"Not necessarily!" As soon as Chu Nan finished speaking, Qin Zhangshu walked in. Holding the intelligence in his hand and shaking: "The latest information, five days ago, there was a tank regiment of 74 T34 to Turkestan, the original military intelligence bureau thought that this regiment would go south to strengthen the defense of Tashkent, but just now I got the news that this regiment was also included in the list of retreats tonight." In this way, the number of tanks in their hands is more than 300! ”

“300？”

"It should be 74 T34s, 84 T26 and 119 BTs, and about 40 Ba-27M wheeled armored vehicles." Zhang Xiaozhun pointed to the map: "The closest tank unit to the assault team is Li Zongren's 7th Army and the 2nd Regiment of the 7th Armored Division, which are now in the Saresu River, about 400 kilometers away. Let's go now, there should be a batch by tomorrow night. ”

"But." Zhang Xiaozhun hesitated: "Marshall has arrived in Ahvaz, according to the plan, he will fly to Kabul tonight first, and tomorrow afternoon to Beijing, and three days later the president will accompany him to Xinyang to visit the Airbus assembly plant, and then fly directly with the chief of staff." So the president and the chief of staff meant that the war report would be published three days later. In front of the town of Northwest came a town of Americans. ”

In fact, as the commander-in-chief of the entire Northwest and Central Asian directions, he also hopes to take this tail away. But if Zhuo Fan and the commandos can't stop or even lose, and they are embarrassed in front of Marshall, wouldn't they fall into the name of the army. "Gotta fight!" As the commander-in-chief of the Kazakh Army, Xu Shuzheng had a resolute attitude: "Not only must we fight, but we must also find a way to keep them!" I read Chu Nan's report before, this Lukin does have something, if he quickly replenishes 60,000 fresh troops and a few hundred tanks, maybe it will pose a threat to Rezkazigan. My suggestion is. Let the 2nd Regiment set off at once, and tell them that no matter how many tanks are left behind, just make sure that one or two battalions can arrive before dinner tomorrow! ”

When Xu Shuzheng made the decision, Zhuo Fan did not know about the operation to eliminate the high-ranking Kazakh horseman. It has become a head-on encounter. He was leading the soldiers to lift the white cotton cloth used for camouflage and start the engine for a final inspection.

"Liu Feng, it's okay to rest for a few days, right?"

"Don't worry, sir, there is a problem with the truck, and everything else is fine."

"Did you check the ammunition and fuel? The muzzle canvas was removed, and the ammunition boxes for the machine gun and rapid-fire gun were hung. ”

"Zhao Jianguo, put away the white cotton cloth in a centralized manner. Maybe you'll need it. ”

"Brother Mohtar, how far do you have to go to Kyzylorda? If I need speed, can I guarantee a good road? I won't let my tank sink into the salt sea. "Zhuo Fan finally experienced the difference between leading soldiers on the front line and staff officers, no matter how big or small. It's really tiring. When I finally came to the guide who led the way, I was already out of breath.

The guide led the tour was a Kazakh father and son, the older father used to be a messenger on the steppe, claiming to be able to walk all over the steppe with his eyes closed. His son, Mokhtar, is only 22 years old. But he is already a good rider. Both father and son fled to East Kazakhstan to settle in the Great Famine of that year. But the lad is very shy. He didn't talk much all the way out, and at this moment Zhuo Fan asked in person, and then he carried a shotgun and promised: "Sir Zhuo, don't worry, my father is an old horse on the grassland, and he has never stumbled." ”

Zhuo Fan smiled and looked at the shotgun on his back: "You are also good." ”

"Thank you, Chief Zhuo." Mokhtar tightened the saddle belt hard, and when he saw Zhuo Fan leaving, he suddenly thought of something and gritted his teeth: "Chief Zhuo, if you can catch that lackey in Galachukyin, can you let me take it back to Karaganda for public trial?"

"Galachukin?"

Before Zhuo Fan came to the northwest, he made up for the history of Kazakhstan, so he knew this person. He was the first secretary of the Soviet Union in Kazakhstan, and the chairman of the Soviet Union, Skovoldsov, was called the two eagle dogs by the Kazakhs.

In the eyes of the Kazakhs, this man is simply a bad thing. First of all, he acted as the vanguard of Stalin's forced collectivization in Central Asia, because his brutal work caused millions of Kazakh herdsmen to lose their cattle and sheep, and when the Great Famine came, he actually ordered the transfer of grain stocks to Moscow for emergency relief regardless of the life and death of the Kazakhs, causing the Kazakh population to drop from 3.6 million to less than 2 million, and only recovered to 2.1 million at the beginning of this year. What is even more disgusting is that during the Great Purge, he also helped the repatriated Slavs and other criminals encroach on the herdsmen's land, occupy a large amount of fertile water and grassland, and implement a policy of favoring immigrants, resulting in an increase in the number of non-Kazakhs from 700,000 to 1.5 million.

The hatred between the Kazakhs and the Soviet Union was irresolvable precisely because of Moscow's brutal way of working, and he became one of the greatest public enemies of Kazakhstan. The most important thing! He was still a Jew, so even the famous King of Erin more than once questioned Moscow, why did he send Jews to run the Muslim Kazakhs?

So in this pole operation, he was the first target. If he can be captured alive, not to mention Mokhtar, the entire Kazakh will be closer to China! Thinking of this, Zhuo Fan gradually understood why Yang Qiu's battle was not over, and after learning that the Soviet Union was going to send planes to pick up these people, he would rather risk exposing the deciphered code than catch them.

Seeing that Zhuo Fan didn't speak for a long time, Mohetar thought he was angry, and hurriedly waved his hand: "Chief Zhuo, I said it wrong, I won't sabotage your actions." In fact, we Kazakhs love President Yang very much, and we have long hoped that he would come to rescue the steppe. ”

Mokhtar didn't tell a lie, in fact, Yang Qiu and the prestige of the National Society in Kazakhstan are very high, which has a lot to do with his northwest policy. At that time, the country had not been completely pacified, so Yang Qiu sent Shi Xiaolou to sit in the northwest. In the initial stage, a large number of actions were indeed carried out to control firearms and fight separatist forces, and extremely strict military control was implemented, but during this period, several ethnic groups such as Kazakhstan were protected, and he also maintained good relations with the king of Erin, who had great influence in Kazakhstan, and asked Li Yuanhong to canonize him.

With the Shanghai Communiqué defining the boundaries of the borders, the separatist forces were swept away, and Yang Qiu began to adopt a policy of gentleness, although he continued to strictly control gun activities and dilute the population with large numbers of immigrants, but the Kazakhs did not feel much pressure. Later, when the Great Famine broke out in the Soviet Union, the Kazakh steppe was littered with corpses, and Moscow ignored it and used a lot of American aid for itself. Only Yang Qiu, who was granted the right to open mines in Karaganda at that time, provided millions of tons of grain to Kazakhstan in the name of the Red Cross and himself, and saved at least 400,000 refugees from death. This move also reversed the bad impression of the early years in one fell swoop. Therefore, Yang Qiu was very prestigious among the Kazakhs, and many Kazakhs who fled to the northwest during the Great Famine had long hoped that he would order the Wehrmacht to liberate the steppe and expel the Soviet Union.

Of course, Yang Qiu could not directly control the steppe, so I was afraid that the goodwill that he had accumulated with great difficulty would slowly disappear, so he firmly implemented the Kazakh policy of self-control and supported the Kazakh exiles, hoping that one day Kazakhstan could be established and become a broad barrier between China and Europe.

These Zhuo Fan were also very clear, so when he saw Mohetar's frightened appearance, he also raised Yang Qiu to explain, and patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "Don't worry, if we can catch him, we will definitely let you personally bring him back to Karaganda for a public trial!" ”

The young Mokhtar could not hide what was going on when he came, and when he heard him agree, he jumped up excitedly and ran to tell his father in the distance.

Looking at his background, Zhuo Fan smiled and was about to ask again about the preparations of each battalion, when Ye Zishan got out of the command car. Because there were outsiders, he changed his name and beckoned: "Sir." It's a telegram from the headquarters, and this time we're in big trouble! ”

"A tank of a half-armored division? And 60,000 infantry! After reading the telegram, Zhuo Fan's face was also very exciting: "Damn! Lao Tzu is a lightly armed commando, and he is not a heavy armored division, isn't this a toss! ”

"What to do? Still fighting? Ye Zishan also knew that this time it was tricky. If you can't take Kyzylorda with the city behind you as quickly as possible, on this large plain with a height difference of less than 100 meters, with a fast and lightly armed brigade, let alone blocking, you don't know how to die.

But unexpectedly, Zhuo Fan gritted his teeth after thinking for a long time and gave the order to go: "Fight!" Why don't you fight if you have support? I really can't fight, so I will cross the Syr Darya River and go to Uzbekistan to fight guerrillas! ”