36th division General Ma Fuyuan stormed Kashgar , and attacked the Uighur and Kirghiz rebels of the First East Turkestan Republic . He freed another 36th division general , Ma Zhancang , who was trapped by the Uighurs and Kirghiz . Ma Zhancang repulsed six Uighur attacks , inflicting massive casualties on the Uighur forces . 2,000 to 8,000 uighur civilians were killed , in revenge for the Kizil massacre . General Ma Zhongying gave a speech at Idgah mosque , reminding the Uighurs to be loyal to the Republic of China government at Nanjing . Several citizens at the British consulate were killed by the 36th division
Kizil massacre
Kizil massacre
36th Division (National Revolutionary Army)