73. Offense
On the Russian border, countless hungry and cold people are working with their heads down. They were ragged, their faces were gray, and they were so thin that they were only skinned and bones, and people worried about whether they could withstand so many heavy loads.
Everyone's face was full of numbness and dead silence, as if they were unconscious, just repeating their movements again and again mechanically, and they all knew that if they didn't work, they wouldn't eat. After working, they can't eat enough, so they can barely fill their stomachs, but they have no choice.
Although there has not yet been a formal decisive battle between the Soviet government and the government currently in Moscow, the contradictions between the two sides have become more and more obvious, and almost every day, small-scale contradictions and clashes will erupt. And where the two governments can't control it, the forces are even more complicated.
These people are like duckweed that has lost its support, living one day at a time, counting one day. Many of them have lost their family and friends, and they can't hope for more.
In troubled times, in the midst of a short period of peace, after all, it is a precious and rare thing. Early that morning, the early workers were just getting ready to work when they heard the roar of artillery and the sound of armored vehicles passing by.
"What's going on? A worker grabbed his companion in horror.
"[It's going to be a war, run for your life! The man threw down the axe in his hand, ignoring the unfinished work, and began to dodge with the flow of people.
The sound of the cannon grew higher and more frequent, as if the hand of death was constantly reaching out to these powerless people.
Although the headquarters of the small border town tried their best to resist, the other side came too suddenly, and the attack was so fierce that they were unable to resist it with the strength of the troops they had gathered temporarily. The invaders from afar met almost no decent resistance, and ran over the small border city, not paying any attention to the civilians who were hiding, nor the slightest intention of lingering in the city, and coming and going as fast as if they had traveled around the town.
When the mighty armored vehicles left, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and one by one crawled out of the caves and dirt pits where they were hiding, revealing the expressions of the rest of their lives.
"[From that direction...... Those people are the Chinese ** team, right? Someone hesitated.
"[Huaguo? Are you kidding? How can it be! His brother immediately denied it.
It would be good if Russia didn't attack China, but would China dare to attack Russia in turn?
"But those people are really from abroad, right? The tone of the first person to speak was less certain.
"That's not necessarily Chinese. We have a border with China here, and there are often skirmishes with the Chinese defenders, who have never won. The latter, in a dismissive tone, instilled in his companions the harmlessness of the Chinese nation.
"Hey, whoever comes...... When will this kind of life end? His companion was silent for a while before speaking bitterly.
This time, they were lucky. Although they encountered foreign invasion, they did not lose their lives. It's just that looking at the collapsed houses under the artillery fire, looking at the ruins and broken tiles around them, looking at the charred corpses of the garrison on the ground, and the desolate land, everyone's mood is heavy. Having escaped this time, will they still have such good luck next time?
Just as the common people did not believe that the "weak" Huaguo dared to provoke them, the Russian government, which was perfunctory to the Chinese government, did not expect that Huaguo would really dare to take the initiative to attack them.
In their impression, Huaguo is still the country that was beaten back again and again by the previous Tsarist Russia many years ago, begging for mercy again and again, and a country that was deprived of a large area of land by them, but did not even dare to resist. Although the land area is very large, it seems to be very powerful at first glance, but it is actually a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered.
But now, this docile fat sheep actually showed its claws to them!
Four days ago, they carelessly put their perfunctory remarks on the desk of the Chinese government, and four days later, they paid the price for their negligence!
That night, all the high-ranking government officials in Moscow gathered in the conference room, nervously discussing how to defend themselves against the enemy. The atmosphere of the meeting was tense, and the measures that the senior officials could come up with to ward off the enemy were very limited.
At the same time, the Chinese government's army was already overwhelmed, and several Russian cities were taken in succession. Because the Chinese ** team is fully prepared and menacing, often before the harvesters have time to react, they have already approached the city, and for a while, it is unstoppable. The attitude of many guards towards the Chinese ** team has also changed from contempt at the beginning to the point of prudence, vigilance and even fear later.
This fear became even more pronounced after the Chinese government knocked down a famous general head-on and swaggered out of his city.
In just a few days, Russia has sounded the alarm of danger.
Although the Russian government tried its best to mobilize forces to prevent the Chinese ** team from continuing to march, it had little success because of the limited number of troops at their disposal.
At home, the pressure on them is the greatest. Not long ago, they had just overthrown the rule of Tsar Nicholas II and stood on their own, and they have not yet gained a foothold, and the people are mostly wait-and-see about them. If they are not able to solve the problem of the Chinese attack beautifully, the senior government officials have no doubt that they will become the next Tsarist government and be forced to step down.
Now, it seems, only the Soviet power has the power to help them through it. But are they really going to bow to Lenin? Thinking of this, all government officials couldn't help but hesitate.
Soviet power was the biggest obstacle to their current rise to power, and the mud-legged men had not been very obedient to their control. Once the Chinese were defeated by the hands of Lenin, would they still be able to suppress those mud legs? In the future, who will be in charge, and who will have the final say?
"Don't bow down to those people. When Nicholas II heard the news, he said to Prime Minister Kerensky: "[I have been at war with China, and I know exactly how to send those people. Chinese people are very easy to be satisfied, you just need to give them some sweetness, you can send them away. ใโ
Although he was placed under house arrest by the government authorities, Nicholas II, his wife and children were treated well because the current head of the government came from an aristocratic background. They were allowed to continue to live in their original palaces, and their lives were not much different from before, except for some unfreedom of movement and the prohibition of interfering in government affairs.
Although most of the time, Nicholas II was an idler who ate and waited for death, occasionally Kerensky would come and ask him about something. This time, it was he who took the initiative to find Kerensky.
Compared with Huaguo, what Nicholas II hated more was undoubtedly the "mud legs" in his eyes. He would not have ended up where he is today if it had not been for the rebellion of these people of humble origin, and he was undoubtedly one of those who did not want the government to join forces with the Soviet power.
It just so happened that Kerensky also had such an idea, so the high-ranking government official made a decision after careful consideration.
The Russian Government decided to send a peace request to the Chinese Government to negotiate with the Chinese Government to settle the matter.
The few forces they had in their hands were on guard against Soviet power, and they really could not afford to lose them lightly. Moreover, even if all those forces were brought back, it was still two questions whether they would be able to win the battle, and if they were defeated, they would surely find themselves in an unprecedented predicament, and if they did, they would certainly win a disastrous victory, and the Soviet power would not let go of this opportunity to โกโก lightly.
At present, seeking reconciliation with the Chinese government seems to be their best choice -- even if their perception of the Chinese government's strength has changed, their overall impression of the Chinese government is still difficult to change for a while. In their opinion, the Soviets, as an opponent, were more of a threat than Huaguo.
After all, it is possible for the Soviets to take over Moscow and replace their deposits, and Hua, even if China wins against them, will it still be able to swallow the whole of Russia? When the time comes, if you say something almost nice, will Huaguo, which claims to be the "state of etiquette", still be able to hold on to them?
All these considerations prompted the Russian government to make a final decision. Kerensky did not know that it was because of this decision of theirs that their demise was accelerated.
On the fourth day of the indiscriminate bombardment by the Chinese government forces, the Russian government claimed that it had been deceived by the former northwest government of China and made an erroneous statement, and now it has corrected this, and from now on, it only recognizes the Chinese government as the sole ruling body of China and is willing to form a friendly neighbor with China.
However, the person in charge of the Hua ** team did not let go of their mouths because they said a few good words.
"Unless your country returns all the territories that were occupied by our country during the Tsarist era, our country will never withdraw its troops!"
The head of the military department said this to the Russian diplomat.
The Russian diplomat also had a bitter face, and before coming here, the prime minister had told him that he would contribute to the success of the peace talks no matter what. However, how did he agree to this request made by the other party? But the other party still insisted on this one, no matter how he spoke, the other party just refused to lower his requirements.
Finally, the diplomat was really out of choice and said, "[I have to go back and ask for advice from Your Excellency the Prime Minister.] ใโ
The head of the military department waved his hand: Okay, you go. You discuss yours, and we will continue to beat ours, and when you have discussed the results, we will sue us.
The Russian government wanted to cry without tears for a while, this, how can they discuss this?