July 15th.
Kazakh steppe.
The northern cluster entered the Kazakh region in two groups.
Follow the Sino-Russian trade railway out of Alashan Pass, occupy Akdoka and Semiyi in the Alash Autonomous Republic, and then push westward along the Russian-Afghan border.
As for the territory east of the railway line, it is basically There are only a few people, a mixed brigade is enough.
The other route is from Yining to Tashkent via the Ili River.
First, a division was sent along the railway line to occupy Almaty and other lost lands east of Lake Balkhash in the late Qing Dynasty.
Then, it continued to advance and detached a division to occupy Tashkent, and then the main force pushed all the way to the west.
The Alash Autonomous Republic is a new country established in November last year.
At that time, the White Guards, feudal nobles, religious elites and bourgeois national intellectuals in the Kazakh region took advantage of the collapse of the Tsarist Russian Empire and the great chaos between the Red and the White to declare independence in Orenburg.
The territorial scope of Alash is roughly the same as that of "later" Kazakhstan, including the three Yuz in the Kazakh region, as well as Nogai, Karakalipak, and part of the Kyrgyz region.
However, this group of people was not proud for long.
In January this year, the Red Army crossed the Volga River.
The combat effectiveness of these guys is worse than that of the White Army.
How dare the powerful people stay in Orenburg?
They are also very self-aware and know that if they fall into the hands of the Red Army, they will be killed for the whole family.
So this group of people just wiped the soles of their feet and ran away, traveled thousands of miles, and moved their capital to Semiy, also known as Semipalatinsk, in East Kazakhstan, trying to obtain the protection of Belarus.
But White Russia doesn't want to see them either.
Although they seem to be pro-Belarus, that's only compared to the sworn Red Russia.
If they really support Belarus, will they still fight for independence on their own?
The Belarusian government has no good impressions of such duplicitous young men, so after reaching an agreement with China, it backhandedly sold these people.
On the afternoon of the day the war started, this group of people was killed by the 113th Division who carried out the "Beheading Operation".
All the young and old became prisoners of the People's Liberation Army.
Yes, this city on the banks of the Irtysh River could not last even one day.
Yes, the old man Zhao Erfeng actually performed an extremely bold "air jump" operation and took down the capital and high-level officials of Alash one day after the war started.
When he was thinking about the battle plan ahead, he discovered that the straight-line distance between Semiy, the capital of the Alash Autonomous Republic, and the Sino-Russian border was only 450 kilometers.
Such a short distance was completely within the range of air power.
So Lao Zhao got creative and came up with a plan to use a giant airship to perform "air jumping" tactics and conduct a "decapitation operation" on Semiyi.
It’s not surprising that he could come up with this method, because he is the first general in the world to enjoy airship service in this plane.
As early as when he entered Tibet to quell the chaos, he received the airship transportation service from Xingke Group.
At that time Mr.
Wen hasn’t rebelled yet.
Moreover, the People's Liberation Army later had many cases of using airships to transport troops, which was technically no problem at all.
His idea was quickly analyzed and refined by the staff, and soon a bold "decapitation operation" was launched.
In the early morning of the day when the Northern Cluster launched, 12 Xiangjing-class super giant airships and 26 Tengshe-class giant airships carried all the supplies and ammunition of the 113th Division for one month, as well as 300 tons of aviation gasoline, machine gun bullets, radio stations, etc.
Air force supplies were flown across the border to a pre-selected location 40 kilometers southeast of Semiyi.
This place was determined by the intelligence department in advance.
It has relatively dry and hard flat land and is far away from populated areas.
It is about 420 kilometers away from the China-Russia border and a four-hour airship flight.
The airship brigade set off just five hours before dawn. 38 huge airships, escorted by fighter jets from the two brigade, crossed the border in a mighty manner.
After dawn, under the guidance of intelligence personnel who had sneaked into Kazakhstan in advance, the airships landed at their respective selected locations, unloaded the infantry and supplies of the 113th Division, and sent electricity to notify the rear of the successful airdrop.
And immediately began to clean up the ground, lay signal boards and build temporary towers, and establish a temporary field air force base.
Three hours later, 160 80 fighter jets, 40 attack aircraft, and 40 attack aircraft from 4 groups of the Army Aviation arrived at the base.
After landing to refuel, they took off and began combat patrols.
Piston aircraft of this era, especially light aircraft, did not take off and land very quickly and could take off and land as long as they were on turf that was not too soft, so it was easy to establish a field airport.
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If it were a later generation jet, it wouldn't be able to play like this.
In addition, Kazakhstan is a vast and sparsely populated region, with an area of more than 2.7 million square kilometers but a population of less than 5 million.
Most of them are concentrated in cities, and the distances between cities are also very long.
At the same time, Alash's military strength is extremely weak.
Most of the main troops are in the west to defend against Red Russia.
The remaining local guards are either not in the city or gathered at several border intersections, leaving the hinterland very empty.
Therefore, if the location is chosen well, the advance base will be very safe.
And at this time, except for China, no other major powers have radar, let alone a small country like Alash.
As long as the airship is allowed to avoid the city on its route, it is even possible that the airship brigade crosses the border and establishes a forward base in its hinterland, but Alash is still in the dark.
The carrying capacity of the Soaring Whale-class airship is 240 tons, and the carrying capacity of the Soaring Snake-class airship is 150 tons. 12 Soaring Whale-class airships and 26 Soaring Snake-class airships can transport 6,780 tons of supplies at a time.
If the troops are transported, an entire infantry division The troops, equipment, and even heavy equipment such as the division's heavy artillery, trucks, and even armored vehicles can be sent over together.
Of course, units with too much heavy equipment, such as armored divisions and mechanized divisions, cannot do this.
This time, in order to implement the "air jump" tactic, the 113th Division, a light infantry division, was specially selected.
At 9 o'clock in the morning, a reinforced battalion of the division's leading troops took 50 vehicles and rushed straight to Semiyi, 40 kilometers away.
The rest of the troops also advanced at a rapid march speed.
At 10:30 in the morning, the Pioneer Battalion arrived at Semiyicheng.
Before the attack, 120 aircraft of the Army Aviation arrived at the spot.
They first conducted an air attack on the city's defense forces.
Although the Alash authorities also knew that Belarus had packaged and sold the entire Kazakhstan to China, they were very nervous at the time.
However, China remained silent afterwards, so they took the opportunity to move a large number of troops to the border, leaving the capital's defense empty. .
After receiving the news that the Chinese army had begun to attack early this morning, the upper management of Alash panicked.
On the one hand, they mobilized troops to support the border defenders, on the other hand they sent personnel to negotiate with China, and on the other hand, they were preparing to run away.
Yes, they know very well that they can never stop China on their own.
Anyway, this country is just a product of playing cards.
It is not worth risking their own lives.
It would be weird if they don't run away.
The heads and heads are all busy packing up and running away.
The defense of the capital is of course haha.
When the 113th Division launched the attack, Alash was caught off guard.
When they thought about it, the Chinese army should still be at the border.
No matter how fast they were, they would never be able to hit the door now.
Then, they were picked up in one fell swoop, and none of them escaped.
The battles on the border are also good.
Arash, a country that plays tricks, only has a dozen aircraft to support its appearance, and lacks anti-aircraft artillery.
Chinese fighter jets are more comfortable here than in exercises, and the army has not yet come up.
Arash's The defenders were blown away.
They even ran faster than the train, and the northern cluster followed them all the way to take over the territory.
It was like an armed parade.
Those who couldn't run away were very single, and they surrendered directly to the Chinese.
By July 6, all the lost territory east of Lake Balkhash was recovered.
During this period, there were less than ten ground battles.
The largest one was a Kazakh cavalry regiment, which fought against the armor of Wu Peifu's 122nd Division.
During the encounter with the reconnaissance battalion, the leader of the regiment showed rare courage and ordered his men to charge towards the steel monsters in front of them.
The officers and soldiers of the Armored Reconnaissance Battalion were stunned for a moment, and then they were overjoyed.
It was rare to meet someone who didn't run away.
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Under the fire of hundreds of machine guns and more than 20 machine guns, the fate of the more than 1,000 cavalrymen who launched the charge is completely conceivable.
The battle ended after 15 minutes.
This brave cavalry regiment was completely wiped out.
Only two seriously injured people were left in the entire cavalry regiment of more than 1,300 people.
The rest were all turned into meat sieves.
Even the bodies of the brave regiment leader could not be found.
Their opponents suffered zero casualties.
By July 10, the entire southern and eastern Kazakhstan and Tashkent fell into the hands of China.
Dozens of divisions and brigades from the northern cluster were rampaging aggressively in the vast Kazakh grassland, especially those armored divisions, mechanized infantry divisions and mobile The infantry division rushed forward with all its strength.
Although the time they spent fighting was negligible, the Kazakh steppes were so vast that they spent much more time marching.
Later, Lao Zhao was inspired by his own beheading operation and repeated his old tricks and continued to use this "air jumping" tactic against the hinterland of Kazakhstan.
"Air jump" was also used in three places: Astana in northern Kazakhstan, Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan, and Aralsk on the Aral Sea.
Three forward bases were established in one go, and three divisions and a mixed brigade were sent to the hinterland of Kazakhstan.
The three bases were not idle either, and they also launched attacks.
Under this full-blown tactic, the pace of occupation was greatly accelerated.
By July 15, the entire area east of Mughojar Mountain was liberated by the People's Liberation Army.
July 16, Orenburg, Central Asian Front Command of the Soviet Red Army.
"The Chinese are too fast and they have occupied most of Kazakhstan before our troops in the rear have been reorganized."
Mikhail Frunze looked at the map with a gloomy face.
After learning that China had entered Central Asia, Soviet Russia also responded quickly.
They quickly mobilized fifteen divisions from the Caucasus and Ural fronts to form the Central Asian Front, appointed the famous Red Army general Mikhail Frunze as commander, and entered Western Kazakhstan.
Arash's army had almost no power to fight back in front of the Red Army, and fell to its knees without resistance for a few days.
Subsequently, the Soviet Red Army successfully occupied the European part of Alash, including their former capital Orenburg.
Frunze also knew that the cards in his hand were not good, and he never thought about confronting the Chinese army and fighting for the entire Central Asia.
He is just preparing to eat up Western Kazakhstan.
If he blocks the People's Liberation Army along the Emba River, he will have completed his mission.
Even if the Emba River cannot stop them, he must at least block them east of the Ural River.
But he didn't expect that the People's Liberation Army would move so fast.
While he was still clearing out the counterrevolutionaries in Western Kazakhstan, the Chinese had already reached Mugozhar Mountain.
At this time, the Red Army didn't even see the Emba River.
The fifteen divisions in the rear are still being reorganized.
Frunze gritted his teeth and said: "This can't continue like this.
If we wait until the rear troops are reorganized, the Chinese will be able to attack Orenburg.
There is no time to arrange the Emba River defense line.
We can only put the defense line at Uyl now."
In addition, the speed of building fortifications on the Ural River must also be stepped up.
The Chinese are moving too fast and we don’t have much time left.”
"Comrade Commander, I just received news that a leading Chinese force has captured Aktobe."
At this time, the deputy chief of staff hurriedly came in with a telegram.
"What, the Chinese have already arrived in Akto to say goodbye?"
Everyone was shocked.
Aktobe is located southeast of Orenburg, only 270 kilometers away.
At the current speed of the Chinese, they may be able to reach the city of Orenburg in three days.
If you use the local railway, you can even reach Orenburg on the same day.
"They must be stopped as soon as possible" Aktobe.
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The city was founded in 1874 and currently has a population of about 15,000 people, most of whom are Russian immigrants.
Although the city is not big, the transportation is pretty good.
As early as 1901, a train from Tashkent to Orenburg passed through here.
After the Soviet Red Army took control of Orenburg, it also sent a regiment here as an outpost.
However, before the regiment had time to establish a defense, today it was beaten up by a group of aircraft without thinking.
Then the armored vehicles of the brigade rushed into the city.
The regiment was annihilated before it had time to perform its role.
"Woo" With a long whistle, a train slowly stopped at Aktobe Station.
This is a military column, with a passenger car for transporting troops in the front, and armored fighting vehicles holding the muzzles high parked on the flatbed cars at the back.
"Lao Maozi's railway is really stingy.
It is built so narrowly.
If we were in China, one train could transport an entire armored regiment."
Wu Peifu complained dissatisfiedly while watching the troops get off the train.
"Commander, we are lucky.
We finally grabbed a few Russian locomotives at Tashkent Station.
Otherwise, our chariots would have to drive here by themselves, which would be very difficult," Wei Changsheng, the leader of the first regiment, said with a smile.
The railway from Tashkent to Orenburg is of Russian gauge, which is so different from the Chinese gauge that it cannot be used universally.
China also has Russian gauge trains, but they are all in the Northeast and cannot be transported in a short time.
If it weren't for grabbing some Russian-style trains at Tashkent Station, this railway would really be unusable.
At this time, a communications sergeant ran over: "Report, division commander.
The main force of the 123rd Division marched towards Orenburg at 2 p.m., and now only the 21st Mixed Brigade is left behind."
"Why did he actually run away?"
Wu Peifu was stunned for a moment, then cursed: "Grandma, this little Xuzi ran too fast":