Securing Kashgar

[Afghanistan]

OOC: You are probably right about the partisans, but the regular army was almost totally destroyed. They were in the process of full mobilization when they were hit. Also, remember that the region itself is mostly populated by Turkick/Muslim groups that do not identify themselves with the Chinese. They would be glad for the relative freedom and the ability to keep their ethnic identity that Afghanistan provides. That means the partisan minority can only draw from a small portion of the population.

IC: Shots are fired at the refinery. Private guard staff, both payed chinese and tribal Lashkars that have been hired for the purpose return fire. Taking cover the 20 chinese guards fire volleys at the troops. The 20 Lashkars fire from behind, laying down heavy machine gun fire, targetting first the mortar and then the troops. The grenades hit key parts the refining facilities. Nearby Lashkars and calvary are mobilized to secure the nearby roadways to try and prevent the partisans from escaping, or from getting reinforcements.

Losses: 2 Local Guards, 15 Chinese workers

[Afghanistan]

NIGHT OF TERROR

Imams give firey speeches. Turkic nationalist begin to see the partisan attacks as attacks against their ethnic group. Lashkars begin to hunt down partisan strongholds in Xinjiang province, while the Turkic nationalists keep an eye out, seeing Chinese deception everywhere. Violence escalates over the course of the week. Several ethnic Chinese residents of the province are lynched after being found guilty of treason by kangaroo courts. At the end of the week, the region meets its boiling point.

During midmorning prayers there is an explosion in Kashgar. Workers loading munitions for transport drop a crate of unstable explosives and set it off, destroying the holy site they were being housed in. Blame is placed squarely on the Chinese, and rumor spreads that it is a diliberate attack. Turkic nationalists take to the street, routing out the Chinese, and killing them in the streets. Over the course of two days most of the ethnic Chinese population in western Xinjiang province are routed out and killed before the Afghan government can bring the situation under control. Luckily the government control of the telegraph lines and the state of martial law keeps the true horror of what happned from getting out.

OOC: This should put a stop to most of the partisan attacks in the region.