I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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Two-thirds of the population of Kazakhs are engaged in animal husbandry and one-third in agriculture, but the Soviet authorities, regardless of the local social form and economic structure, forcibly implemented the complete collectivization of agriculture and animal husbandry, which brought unprecedented disasters to the Kazakhs .

Before being ruled by the Bolsheviks, Kazakhstan had more than 650 million cattle and horses, but it dropped to less than 100 million in just a few years. It originally had about 1.9 million sheep, but it dropped to 138 at an incredible speed in just a few years. Ten thousand, less than 1% of the original.

For such a disaster, the Soviet authorities did not admit their mistakes (or guilt) at all, and pushed the responsibility on the Kazakh residents, claiming that it was caused by the local people's stubborn resistance to the advanced system and all kinds of destruction.

The Kazakhs have not forgotten how miserable they were under the Russians, under the perverse rule of Bolshevism: the total collapse of social institutions, the scene of starvation everywhere, the tragedy of exchanging children, hundreds of villages Residents disappeared from the map because of starvation or fleeing. Empty tents were everywhere on the prairie. Rows and rows of dead bodies piled up on both sides of the railway tracks. The plague was rampant and countless dead.

The Kazakhs hate the Russians, the Soviet government, and the Bolsheviks no less than the Ukrainians.

When the German army entered the Ukrainian region of the Soviet Union, countless Ukrainians lined the road to welcome it; when the Nanjing Army entered the Kazakh region of the Soviet Union, countless Kazakhs also lined the road to welcome it.

When the Nanjing Army and the "New Kazakh Government" announced the complete abolition of Bolshevism and the redistribution of the land to the vast number of Kazakhs, they won the support of the Kazakh residents from the bottom of their hearts. Won the hearts and support of the local people.

Right now, the Nanjing Army is fighting the Soviet Army, and the Kazakhs are strongly supporting the Nanjing Army.

Before the second battle of Almaty, the Nanjing Army announced that "those who assist the Nanjing Army in combat can be allocated land as a reward." For a while, there were a large number of applicants, and thousands of Almaty residents rushed to sign up.

"We will defeat those hateful Russians together with the Chinese!"

"The Russians must be defeated! Otherwise, we will live in the dark days before!"

"Don't let the Bolsheviks come back! We don't want to starve!"

"Defend our land! Protect our livestock! Stop being collectivized!"

"Kill those Bolshevik bastards! They killed us Kazakhs!"

"Avenge the relatives and compatriots who starved to death!"

The whole city was excited, and tens of thousands of residents burst out with anger and courage amidst deep-seated hatred.

Almaty's more than 50 residents, after these rectifications, about 20 Russian residents were expelled from the city, and about 5 Russian residents were detained in the city. To labor coolies, as for the residents of the Kazakh and other ethnic groups, very few people chose to evacuate to the south and go to the Soviet army (in fact, there are many non-Russian residents in the area who are interested in the Soviet Union. "traitor" was beaten to death, and other people did not dare to show their faces, and did not dare to show their pro-Soviet and pro-Russian positions), more than 10 people chose to evacuate to the north, and moved to the occupied area (liberated area) of the Nanjing Army, and there were more than 10 people. Thousands of people chose to stay and fight side by side with the Nanjing Army, most of them were young and middle-aged men.

According to Chen Mingren's instructions, the "Kazakh Interim New Government" duly established the "Kazakh Anti-Soviet and Anti-Russian Self-Defense Forces" (in this name, "anti-Soviet" means opposing Soviet ideology, and "anti-Russia" means opposing the Russian state and peace. Russia’s colonial enslavement of Kazakhs), temporarily organized into five brigades, each with more than [-] people, half of the members were young Kazakh men who temporarily joined the army, and half of the members were former Kazakh Soviet officers and soldiers who surrendered.

Since the Nanjing Army had previously successfully raided and occupied Almaty and seized a large number of Soviet weapons, the "Kazakh Anti-Soviet and Anti-Russian Self-Defense Forces" were all armed with Soviet weapons.

Of course, the combat effectiveness of this army cannot be relied on, but it can be used as an auxiliary force for the Nanjing Army.

Kazakhs, which originally belonged to the Soviet Union, did not have their own army. Now, this "Kazakh Anti-Soviet and Anti-Russian Self-Defense Army" belongs to the Kazakh country and Kazakhs' own army, referred to as "Kazakh Army". The first "puppet army" supported in the territory.

With the assistance of more than [-] Russian coolies and more than [-] Kazakhs, the construction speed of Almaty's fortifications has increased. When the Soviet army approached the city, the whole city was ready to go.

On August 8, more than 6 Soviet troops arrived in Almaty in mighty force, and the Great War broke out.

Torofemenko basically does not know how to fight, and he can be called the Soviet version of Zhao Kuo. He gathered his artillery in a regular manner and prepared to launch a cannonball attack on Almaty.

Before firing, a Kazakh Soviet colonel reminded Tolofemenko: "Comrade Commander, Almaty is a Soviet city, and there are a large number of Soviet people in the city! If we bombard the city indiscriminately, A large number of civilians will inevitably be injured by mistake!"

After hearing these words, Tolofemenko was very displeased and even a little impatient and said: "For the victory of the motherland, it is worth sacrificing them! If you look forward and backward, how can you fight?" He didn't think this was a problem at all, First of all, individual subordination to the collective and sacrificing individual interests for the sake of national interests are the foundation of Soviet ideology. Therefore, in his view, as long as he can win, it is not a big deal to kill tens of thousands of civilians, because the motherland is above all else; secondly, Tolofemenko, who was extremely afraid that the Moscow authorities would hold him accountable, wished he could end the war and complete the mission as soon as possible. For him, every second counts, and he didn't care about such "small things" as accidentally injuring civilians.

Amidst the earth-shaking shelling, the Soviet army concentrated more than 300 artillery pieces to shell Almaty, but the effect was very poor and the losses were serious.

Tolofemenko launched the bombardment during the daytime. As a result, after the guns opened fire, more than 30 bombers from the Chinese Air Force flew in and bombed the Soviet artillery positions with lightning, thunder, and flesh and blood. It was reimbursed immediately. The Soviet Army had hundreds of artillery pieces. At the same time, the Nanjing Army organized death squads, mainly infantry in cars and cavalry on horses (the Nanjing Army in Almaty had very few tanks), and fiercely charged at the artillery positions of the Soviet Army. It caused too much damage to the Soviet artillery, but it greatly deterred the Soviet army and caused the Soviet army to be in a hurry, so that the entire shelling had to end hastily.

Thousands of Soviet artillery shells fell into the city, blasting the city into flames and smoke. Most of the defenders were hiding in trenches, trenches, and tunnels, so the losses were very slight.

The officers and soldiers of the Kazakh army and the Kazakh residents in the city gritted their teeth with hatred: "The Russians really don't regard us as compatriots! They don't care about our life or death at all! The shells hit both the Chinese and us!"

"Hula!" Amidst the Russian slogans like a group of demons dancing wildly, all the attacking Soviet troops rushed towards the city in a C-shape.

"Kill!" Roars in Chinese and Kazakh sounded like a storm, followed by countless bullets and explosions, and countless dazzling arcs of flames shot out from all defense lines, pouring over the head and brain. The coming Soviet army.

Surrounding Almaty, winds and clouds were surging, sand and rocks were flying, and the earth-shattering noise of war suddenly overturned the desert.

In an instant, the Soviet army fell into a bitter battle amidst the rain of bullets and blood.

Tolofemenko does not know how to organize troops at all. His troops are also second- and third-rate troops. About half of them are militia divisions newly built not long ago. Jun and Kazakhstan fought like wolves.

In the thunderous explosion, dozens of tanks led by the Soviet army ignited into the sky one after another, and were destroyed by the anti-tank guns of the Nanjing Army one after another. Except for the newly born T-34, most of the Soviet army at this time The German-made 37mm anti-aircraft guns alone can destroy such tanks, not to mention that the Nanjing Army still has more than a dozen [-] anti-aircraft guns (because the Air Force has mastered the air supremacy of the Central Asian battlefield, the [-] anti-aircraft guns in the hands of the air defense troops The anti-aircraft guns are useless, and they are all handed over to the army as anti-aircraft guns), and they beat the Soviet tank troops to pieces in an instant.

The Soviet army that surged up like a tide was miserable in the blood mist and red clouds. Due to the high density, they were knocked down one by one like cutting wheat, and there were lightning-like bullets from migratory locusts in front, and flowers bloomed everywhere under their feet. fireball.

The Nanjing Army is not comparable to the German or Soviet Army. China's weak national strength and backward industry cannot provide a large number of heavy weapons to the Nanjing Army, but there are still more or less "gadgets" such as landmines. Therefore, the Nanjing Army is in Almaty. Tens of thousands of landmines were planted outside the city, causing the Soviet army to suffer unspeakably. On the battlefield, blood flowed into rivers. There were wounded Soviet soldiers whose legs and feet were blown up and fell into a pool of blood crying and howling. By his side, there were groups of Soviet troops who fell into the traps and pits.

The Nanjing army also used the defensive tactics used during the Battle of Nanjing in Almaty. Not only were there landmines everywhere outside the city, but there were also traps and pits everywhere. Thousands of traps and pits were dotted outside the city. The densely packed wooden sticks with sharpened ends are inserted upside down, like countless dagger blades, and the surface of the trap is covered with branches, bamboo mats, and floating soil. They stepped on the ground like jumping off a cliff, and fell into it one after another. Suddenly, blood gushed out like a fountain, screamed, and wailed. , was assassinated by the sharp wooden stick inside, his skin was torn apart, his blood flowed profusely, blood splashed everywhere in the pit, and the Soviet soldiers who were pierced through the soles of their legs couldn't move and struggle inside, they could only let out a desperate and mournful cry. With the sound of wailing, the blood of the Soviet army who was pierced through the chest and abdomen gushed like a spring, and soon died of excessive blood loss and rupture of internal organs, causing blood to flow in the trap pit.

The dead and wounded Soviet soldiers in the traps and pits are all horrible, as if they were thrown into a meat grinder. The Soviet soldiers who died together are like candied haws that have been stabbed into a string. They even flowed out from the huge gap that was cut open. A considerable part of the Soviet army was directly stabbed in the face and head by the "oncoming" wooden stick after falling in. The death was creepy, and some The wooden sticks were inserted from the Soviet army's mouth, and then emerged from the back of the head, tearing the mouth into gaps. Some wooden sticks were inserted from the Soviet army's eye sockets, smashing the brain.

Everywhere, three or four or five or six Soviet soldiers died in the traps and pits of the Nanjing Army, piled up layer upon layer, and were stabbed like mutton skewers by the wooden sticks inside.

In just over half an hour of fighting, the Soviet army suffered tens of thousands of casualties. Some fell into the firepower net of the Nanjing Army, and some fell into traps and pits and turned into human hedgehogs.

On the defensive positions, the sound of killing shook the sky, and in the area where the Soviet army charged, ghosts and wolves were howling.

Tolofemenko looked at this scene with a pale face, feeling as if he had fallen into an abyss and shuddered.

Chapter 476: Hundred Battles in Yellow Sand (6)

After the fierce battle, the sound of guns, explosions, and shouts on the battlefield that had been shaking the sky and the clouds suddenly died down, and the deathlike silence was restored. , Calls for help, these voices made the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army and the Kazakh Army who participated in the war very happy to hear them, because they were all in Russian, and the enemy's painful voices naturally sounded refreshing to one's own side.

The Soviet army's first full-scale attack on Almaty lasted for more than half the day. From morning to dusk, locust-like Soviet troops attacked the city of Almaty densely, mightily, and continuously in turns. The momentum was astonishing. , The scale is huge, but under the tenacious blocking of the Nanjing Army, the Soviet Army's human sea tactics not only had little effect, but also paid an extremely heavy price for it.

More than 20 Soviet troops participated in the war. Although the Nanjing Army only had a strength of more than [-] troops, there were more than [-] Kazakh troops fighting together, and more than [-] local young and middle-aged residents cooperated. Therefore, they fought bloody battles without fear. .

Under Wang Jiaben's deployment, the main positions and important strongholds were guarded by the Nanjing army, the secondary areas and the defense of the city were handed over to the Kazakh army, and the logistics affairs were basically handed over to the local residents.

After the battle broke out, the Nanjing Army fought bravely on the frontlines, and the Kazakh Army also actively cooperated. More than 10,000 local residents carried ammunition, transported the wounded, collected the remains of the dead, provided food and beverages, built fortifications, and excavated for the Nanjing Army and the Kazakh Army. Trenches, etc., the [-]+ soldiers and civilians of the two countries who participated in the war performed their duties, and the division of labor was clear and orderly. In the sky, dozens of Chinese Air Force planes were constantly circling and roaring. Report the Soviet Army's dynamics to the Nanjing Army on the ground at any time, so that the Nanjing Army can clearly see the enemy's situation.

Amidst the earth-shattering killing sounds, the Nanjing Army who stood firm used countless landmines, traps and pits, combined with raindrops of light artillery shells and machine gun bullets to overwhelm the oncoming Soviet soldiers. When the Soviet Army approached the position, the Nanjing Army flew like a flock of birds. The grenades, the large number and high density of the flying thunder cannons also showed their power, and the Soviet army was blown to pieces.

The heavy weapons of the Nanjing Army are not as good as those of the German Army, which is also at war with the Soviet Army at the same time. The ammunition is only a fraction of that of the German Army, but the fighting will is not inferior to the German Army. Behind the minefields, traps, and firepower nets are the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army White bayonet.

Compared with the wealthy German army, the Nanjing army is very poor. The bayonet is still the main weapon of the Nanjing army. Hand-to-hand combat is still a key item in the Nanjing army's usual training. It is one of the means of combat and the last way of fighting.

A small number of Soviet troops rushed to the Nanjing Army's position, but were all killed by the Nanjing Army in hand-to-hand combat with bayonets.

Chen Mingren, Wang Jiaben and other Nanjing army generals were very surprised and delighted that the Kazakh army performed well in the battle.

According to the expectations of the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army, since the Kazakh army is a "pseudo army", it is a group of vulnerable mob. He performed very well. Although his fighting style was not as good as that of the Nanjing Army, he was also very tough and brave, unlike the "pseudo-army" at all.

When fighting in hand-to-hand combat, the Kazakh army fought fiercely with the oncoming Soviet army without any timidity. Basically, there were no incidents of being defeated at the touch of a button, and they even took the initiative to pursue the Soviet army.

After the battle, Wang Jiaben learned that a Kazakh soldier killed five Soviet soldiers with a rifle in the battle, and stabbed three Soviet soldiers to death with a bayonet in the pursuit. He personally commended him and rewarded him with [-] yuan in French coins , a horse, and a hundred acres of land, and inform all the Kazakh army to take him as an example.

Wang Jiaben asked the Kazakh soldier with great interest: "You are a hero! Why are you so brave?"

The Kazakh soldier gritted his teeth and said: "I hate those Russians! I hate those Bolsheviks! My parents starved to death during the Great Famine, and my uncle and uncle were exiled to Siberia by them! I want to kill them all." They! I want to avenge my family and relatives!"

The reason why the officers and soldiers of the Kazakh army fought bravely was not entirely because they were loyal to China and worked hard for the "Chinese master". The biggest reason was hatred.

The Kazakhs hated the Russians, hated the Bolsheviks, and their hatred turned into courage.

Under the high-pressure rule of the Stalinist regime, the anger of the Kazakhs was like steam in a pressure cooker, which had been tightly suppressed before. At this time, the Nanjing Army pulled out the valve of the pressure cooker, and the anger that had accumulated for a long time immediately burst out like a volcanic eruption. Squirted out completely.

In the first battle of the second Almaty campaign, the Soviet army was defeated, with more than [-] casualties. The Sino-Kazakh coalition forces won a big victory. The Nanjing army suffered more than [-] casualties, the Kazakh army suffered more than [-] casualties, and the local residents suffered [-] casualties. The remaining people were mainly killed or injured by the shelling of Soviet artillery.

After the battle, the Nanjing Army and the Kazakh Army were ready to fight again, while dispatching some officers and soldiers to leave the position to collect Soviet weapons and ammunition in the fighting area.

The capital of the Nanjing Army is limited, and the seizure of enemy materials is also an important measure for self-supplementation.

Among the corpses and pools of blood everywhere, a large number of officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army and the Kazakh Army were busy together, taking away everything that could be taken away. Clothes must also be taken off and taken away.

When doing this, the Nanjing Army and the Kazakh Army did it differently, especially in the face of the Soviet wounded soldiers who had not yet died on the battlefield.

The Nanjing Army adopted the means of indifference, disregard, and indifference to the wounded soldiers of the Soviet Army. Unless they still had combat effectiveness, they would replace them with bayonets (rarely repair guns, because bullets need to be saved), and then abandon them. Let them fend for themselves on the battlefield. This is done to make those Soviet wounded soldiers continue to cry and howl like ghosts and wolves, which will hit the morale and morale of the Soviet army; Wounded soldiers are basically tortured and killed to vent their hatred. If they encounter an injured Soviet officer or Soviet political commissar, they can even enjoy "high-level treatment". The sound kept ringing, and it was the Kazakh army who tortured and killed the wounded Soviet soldiers.

Among the ruined walls and rubble in the city’s outskirts, such horrifying scenes can be seen everywhere: a row of Soviet military heads neatly placed on a broken wall, or a row of wooden sticks standing on the ruins The heads of Soviet soldiers were stuck on the wooden sticks, all of which were cut off by the Kazakh army.

Written in blood on the wall:

"Russians, get out of Kazakhs!"

"This is what happens to the Bolsheviks!"

"Kazakh is your grave!"

Undoubtedly, the morale of the Soviet army who attacked again can be imagined after seeing these scenes that can be described as barbaric.

Tolofemenko's eyes were completely red-eyed, and he was ready to put all his eggs in one basket like a red-eyed gambler.

After reluctantly listening to the opinions of several staff officers, Tolofemenko decided to launch a second attack in the early hours of the next day. The large-caliber artillery was concentrated and concentrated on a certain part of the Nanjing Army's position within an hour before dawn. Sexual bombardment, thus opening a gap, allowing the Soviet infantry to pour into the city to start street fighting with the Nanjing Army and the Kazakh Army.

Although Tolofemenko is an ordinary person, he also understands a truth: if the Soviet Army has been blocked outside the city by the Nanjing Army, then the Nanjing Army can rely on fortifications to launch a campaign that is beneficial to the Nanjing Army and not conducive to the Soviet Army. Defensive warfare, such a combat mode is calculated according to conventional military theory. The casualty ratio of the offensive and defensive sides is almost four to one (provided that the firepower and morale of both sides are similar). Obviously, it is very uneconomical for the Soviet army to continue fighting like this. The army can enter the city, and the fighting mode has changed to street fighting. Street fighting is completely desperate, and the casualty ratio of the offensive and defensive sides is almost one to one. This is the most cost-effective for the Soviet army, because the biggest advantage of the Soviet army is its large number of people.

In an urban offensive and defensive battle with the Nanjing Army, 15 Nanjing troops will be killed, while the Soviet Army will be killed or injured at least 4 or more. People or 5 to [-] people will do.

"In addition, each regiment...no, each battalion must form a supervisory team!" Tolofemenko said with a livid face, "Tomorrow's battle must be successful in one fell swoop! Every Red Army soldier is only allowed to advance and not to retreat ! Those who retreat will be killed by the Supervising Team!"

When night fell, both sides were gearing up, but when the Soviet army was actively preparing for the war, a Soviet colonel and staff officer quietly defected to the Nanjing Army's position under the cover of night.

In fact, the defection of Kazakh officers and soldiers within the Soviet army is not uncommon, but the defection of colonel-level officers is indeed rare.

The Soviet colonel who touched the Nanjing Army's position and was almost shot dead by a Nanjing Army sniper was quickly sent to Chen Mingren and Wang Jiaben to tell the whole story of the Soviet Army's battle plan.

"Why did you surrender to us?" Chen Mingren asked the Soviet colonel.

The colonel of the Soviet army said indignantly: "I am a Kazakh, and I was dissatisfied with the Russians forcibly incorporating Kazakhs into the Soviet Union. In the Soviet Union, Kazakhs and other peoples are not equal to Russians at all. Russians are citizens of the USSR, we are only second-class citizens.

Kazakhstan was originally the hometown of Kazakhs, but over the years, millions of Russians have been relocated by the Soviet government, and the intention is obvious.

Plus..." He paused, then added, "I'm still a Muslim!"

Chen Mingren understood immediately.

The ideology of the Soviet Union is fundamentally "atheism", which is naturally incompatible with the religion that believes in the existence of gods. After the Bolsheviks gained the ruling power of the Soviet Union, they adopted extremely severe, brutal and cruel persecution methods against the religious forces in the Soviet Union , conducted organized, planned, and systematic large-scale strikes and destructions of religions, banned churches, demolished churches, and exiled religious figures. Today, more than 90% of the religious forces in the Soviet Union have been wiped out, including the Orthodox Church. , Islam and other religions, Central Asia was originally a place where Islam was very prosperous, but at this time, more than 300 mosques in Tashkent alone were closed.

Stalin was even more ruthless and spared no effort in cracking down on religion. He believed that "religious personnel are social parasite organizations that do not engage in production, and are class enemies of the working people." Exiled to Siberia during the Great Purge.

The Soviet colonel was originally very dissatisfied with the Russians and the Soviet Union because of his Kazakh identity. Coupled with this religious factor, he hated the Russians and the Soviet Union deeply, so he secretly defected and tipped off the Nanjing Army.

According to memory, this surrendered Kazakh Muslim Soviet colonel marked on a piece of white paper the positions of the Soviet heavy artillery group and the place where the Soviet army was going to concentrate on bombarding the Nanjing Army.

Chen Mingren was overjoyed: "Although a piece of paper is light, it is as heavy as Mount Tai!"

Wang Jiaben said: "Soviet planes no longer pose a threat to us. Most of the Soviet tanks are in Eastern Europe, not many in Central Asia, and the quality is not very strong, so we can deal with it calmly, but the Soviet Union The army's artillery... is indeed the most troublesome problem for our army, there are too many of them.

The Soviets were deeply influenced by Napoleon's "cannon supremacy" theory in terms of military thought, and the Soviet Union's heavy industry and military industry were very developed, so tens of thousands of cannons were produced.