Gen. Ma Fuyuan of the 36th Division then stormed Kashgar and attacked the Uyghur and Kirghiz rebels of the First East Turkestan Republic . He freed Ma Zhancang and the trapped Chinese troops . Ma Zhancang and Ma Fuyuan then defeated and drove out the remaining Turkic fighters . Estimates are that 2,000 to 8,000 Uighur civilians were killed in revenge for the Kizil massacre . In April 1934 , Gen. Ma Zhongying personally gave a speech at Idgah mosque , telling the Uighurs to be loyal to the Republic of China government at Nanjing . Several British citizens at the British consulate were killed by troops of the 36th Division in two separate incidents in March 1934 . The Chinese Muslims were referred to as " Tungan tribesmen " ; initial reports were that 2,000 Uighurs and several members of the British consulate were killed . The Uighurs were reinforced by troops from Yark and Hotan and Kirghiz tribesmen
Kizil massacre
Kizil massacre
Battle of Kashgar (1934)