Dominate the Country

Bishkek and the current border city of the Great Juz, Kurdai, are separated by only a river - a tributary of the Chu River divides Bishkek and Kurdai into two, and then this small river called Melk flows westward and flows into the Moinkum Desert.

The two cities are very close, very close!

In order not to over-stimulate the Kokand people and to prevent the Kokand people from being too alert, Abiris Khan only deployed a new military camp in Kurdai on the opposite bank of Bishkek.

For the city of Bishkek, which has more than 10,000 residents, a new Great Juz camp of more than 500 people is obviously not a threat.

But recently, the number of Great Juz troops in Kurdai has increased significantly. Especially yesterday afternoon, the Great Juz sent someone to hand over a notice to Bishkek, requiring the Kokand army in Bishkek to surrender before 8 o'clock this morning, otherwise once the war breaks out, don't blame them for being blind.

Everyone knows what this means. The war has finally come!

In ten years, the seven khanates that have established their foothold have shown their claws to the south. And behind them is the support of the giant China.

But this is the world today, the law of the jungle, and each country is like a beast in the jungle, without benevolence and morality.

There are only interests between countries!

The Kokand people will certainly not surrender so easily, and the Great Juz people have been prepared. When the sun just rose from the east in the early morning, when the Kokand Khanate's rejection reply was handed over to the Great Juz army, the Great Juz soldiers of the new camp who led the way took a small boat and rushed quickly from Kurdai to the other side.

The Kokand Khanate did not deploy artillery positions on the other side of the Melk River. The river was less than 30 meters wide and there was no value in defense. But the Kokand Khanate would not have no sentries deployed.

Before the boats set off with the new army of the Great Juz, the artillery positions deployed by the Great Juz on the north bank of the Melk River aimed at the Kokand cavalry on the south bank. It was very easy to blow up the small cavalry units on the opposite bank with one shell after another.

However, when the battle crossed the Melk River and Bishkek approached, the progress was much slower.

The main body of the Kokand people's fortifications was of course the Bishkek Fortress, but many small positions were also set up outside the fortress as nodes of resistance. Moreover, the Russians had learned enough lessons after the last war and had fully realized the power of reinforced concrete permanent buildings in this era.

The Russians did not have much steel bars, but iron bars were quite abundant. After the Russians messed up the steel industry base that Peter the Great had laid for them, Catherine II and Paul I successively invested heavily to rebuild Russia's steel base. So Russia is not short of iron materials. Cement, Russia is even more not lacking.

There is a lot of volcanic ash and limestone in the Ural Mountains.

Most of what the Bishkek Fortress needs were sold to Kokand by Russia. Not to mention that Kokand can afford money, even if it can't afford gold, Russia will give it.

With fortifications built with reinforced concrete, it is equivalent to having a solid shell. On this basis, the distribution of gunfire and the coordinated actions of various arms can play a very important role in defensive warfare.

And the attack of the Great Juz army must have artillery with a longer range, and it must also turn this artillery into heavy artillery, so that it can knock open the tortoise shell of the defenders.

A permanent fortification can play such a big role.

The Great Juz did not get too close to the city of Bishkek. They only had the strength of a small new military camp, which could beat the tens of thousands of Kokand troops in Bishkek. It would not take much effort for the troops stationed in the Bishkek Fortress to devour them.

After crossing the Melk River, they advanced two miles forward, and then organized defense on the spot to wait for the arrival of follow-up troops. In Kurdai, two regiments of the new Great Juz army and more than 5,000 Great Juz cavalry have set out and are rushing towards the Melk River.

At the same time, a Great Juz engineering battalion is busy building a pontoon bridge on the Melk River.

The Great Juz troops who successfully crossed the river only need to guard the opposite bank and ensure that the engineering troops build several pontoon bridges on the river, and their mission will be completed.

It took a whole day for more than 10,000 infantry and cavalry troops to cross the Melk River, along with a large amount of logistical supplies, and the person commanding this army was a Chinese.

Pan Chang was transferred back to the northern border from the West Sea half a year ago. Now he is using the alias Hamusi and serves as the actual commander-in-chief of the army of the Great Juz Khanate.

Behind their more than 10,000 infantry and cavalry, there is a force of more than 20,000 troops, mainly cavalry, not only the Great Juz militia, but also a small part of the Central Juz troops, and the leader is also a Chinese - Dong Wei.

Chen Ming is constantly training young men like Chen Han.

"Deputy Commander, the Kokand people in Bishkek have all been mobilized. Yesterday they tried to attack our army. They left dozens of bodies behind..." A battalion commander of the new army of Dayuz reported to Dong Wei. While he was reporting, the five floating bridges on the Melk River were continuously carrying cavalry to the other side, and ships were also seizing every minute and every second to transport cannons and ammunition to the other side.

Two new corps, more than 5,000 cavalry, a new military camp, and 20,000 infantry and cavalry to follow up. The Kazakh army in front of the Bishkek Fortress has exceeded 32,000 people.

Opposite them, the city of Bishkek, with a population of 10,000, mobilized its militia to participate in the war. Coupled with the original tens of thousands of Haohan infantry and cavalry troops, the troops were on the defensive, and the situation did not seem to be weaker than that of Da Yuzi.

Frontline Command.

Three more days passed. Pan Chang, Dong Wei and a group of Chinese and Kazakh military officers gathered around a large military map on the table, listening to the military intelligence report of the combat staff amid the rumbling sound of artillery in the distance.

The real offensive battle started yesterday morning! !

It was after a sneak attack by the Haokand defenders that Pan Chang ordered the artillery to fire in return.

Dayuzi's deputy chief of staff, Nourilta Razadul, was born in a noble family and was one of the first batch of military academy cadets studying in China in Dayuzi. He pointed at the map with his baton and said: "The current situation of position No. 4 It is relatively stable, but it is worth noting that in the evening, the scouts discovered that a group of Haokandu cavalry had arrived at the No. 6 position behind it, and there seemed to be signs of reinforcements in the area. "

The map is centered on the Bishkek Fortress. A total of seven small flags are planted in the north of the Bishkek Fortress. These are the seven positions arranged by the Kokand Army outside the fortress.

Each position is not large, but it has a solid offensive and several large-caliber artillery with a long range. If the seven small positions on the periphery are not captured and the army attacks the Bishkek Fortress, it will be seeking death. Because the offensive route is completely covered by artillery fire from these positions.

During this period, Position 4 was the area with the most intense fighting. Starting at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the Kazakh coalition forces invested a total of four new military battalions to attack the Kokand Army's defense line, resulting in the loss of more than 200 soldiers. According to conservative estimates, the Kokand Army has also invested at least one new military camp in Position 4, and there is also a considerable amount of artillery support.

According to battle reports from the front line, in the past four hours, the coalition forces launched a battalion-level attack, and then as many as seven team-level attacks. Two of the eight attacks touched the Kokand Army's positions, that is, They were forced back by a bayonet battle by the Kokand army. However, the Kokand Army had also been forced to evacuate the second line of defense at four in the morning. They were afraid that the Kazakh coalition would launch another attack before dawn. In that case, they really may not be able to hold on to the broken pit line. Now the Kokand Army has only the last line of defense left in position 4.

However, the situation at Position 3, which is parallel to Position 4, is even worse. The battalion officer, instructor and two team officers of the Dayuzi New Army Battalion responsible for the attack were killed one after another. The battalion deputy was seriously injured, leaving only A staff officer was supporting the battalion headquarters, and the cumulative casualties of the new military camp had reached 200 people. In addition, two hexagonal guns attached to the new military camp were lost, and half of the rocket group was lost. It can be said that the entire battalion has lost its combat effectiveness.

If you don't want it to collapse, you must take it down and take a good rest.

Since the rest of the troops did not launch a strong attack, the current situation is all very stable!

After Nurilta Razadul finished speaking, the regiment of Dayuzi's reorganized fourth regiment on the side said: "At present, our army has the greatest chance of making a breakthrough at position 4. As long as there can be With smooth progress, our army will be able to divide the Kokand Army's position outside Bishkek into two. After cutting, we can surround them with troops, and then concentrate our artillery to continuously bombard Bishkek. If the Kokand Army can't stand it, let's keep fighting with them. If they can't stand it, let them crawl out and die. "Anyway, the Seven Khanates have China's backing and all their military supplies are sufficient. Very soon - on the eve of the war, truckloads of arms and ammunition were continuously transported into the arsenal built by the Dayuzi people. The quantity was large enough to rearm the entire Dayuzi army. Nanjing can even send volunteer troops when necessary.

The Kazakhs are very confident.

Bishkek is a city built on a riverside plain. There are very limited places around it that can be called strategic points, and surrounding it cannot.

After all, due to the terrain and the lack of troops in hand, it is impossible for the Kokand Army to build a large and deep defensive position group around the Bishkek Fortress.

And as time goes by, more and more heavy artillery and rockets will be transferred from the rear to the front line for the Kazakh coalition forces. Dayuzi has enough time and strength to deal with Bishkek.

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In Bishkek at this moment.

Large and small banquets followed one after another. Elders of the Tianfang Sect frequently appear on the streets. These people from the upper class try their best to make the common people angry about the current 'difficult situation', stir up public opinion and stir up the emotions of the people. This will allow more people to voluntarily join the civilian army.

Mohammad Omar, who is personally in charge of Bishkek, held a party at Achimbek House in Bishkek. The highlight of the party was that a group of people, led by local elders, walked to Achimbek House. Praying to the true god at Tenpōji Temple in the distance.

Then came the announcement from Muhammad Omar himself: "The great true God leads us, and the holy Kokand Khanate will never surrender to the traitors of the true God. From the Pamirs to the Caspian Sea, violence cannot overwhelm our hearts !

Let the true God give us strength and bless his faithful followers. Let those bold and arrogant Dayuzi people tremble. The Kokand Khanate is invincible. "

All the nobles, officials, soldiers and businessmen attending the party in Bishkek were excited. In two days, Dayuzi had not been able to break through the outer positions of Bishkek. This fact gave them a huge incentive.