Chapter 388: Fire Merger
Semenov was confident in this trip.
The "Intervention Army", consisting of French generals and Czech legions, had decided to betray Kolchak in exchange for guarantees that they would leave Russia safely. But the Cossacks could not leave their homeland, and if the Japanese could not calm the situation, they would have to endure severe prosecution of their betrayal by the Russian government. If we can grab the batch of gold, which is very attractive to the government of Soviet Russia, can we atone for our sins?
As for the friendship with Kolchak, phew! It was this incompetent guy who dragged everyone down, but the huge changes in Irkutsk allowed him to easily escape. In any case, Kolchak's role has disappeared, and his end is nothing more than to give this gold to the Japanese and obtain refuge, so why not do himself some good in this last moment? Originally, he planned to wait for Kolchak to merge with the troops in the city of Irkutsk, which had been turned into the "political center" of the Red Army, and then opportunize himself in his old nest of Chita, but unfortunately he learned the shocking news: Kolchak was going to switch to Mongolia in the south!
He was convinced of this news, because the source of this news was the intelligence section of the Japanese General Staff Headquarters in Manchuria, and they had been staring at Kolchak for not a day or two. Knowing the news, Semyonov decided to carjack the car in advance.
The haughty Kolchak was bitter about treachery. He was a soldier with the dignity of a soldier. The counterattack of his former companions is absolutely unacceptable to him, especially if others use him as a backing. And what about the Cossack cavalry? No matter how good they were, would they still be able to break into the steel wagons?
He was wrong. The Cossack cavalry really wasn't in vain. On the back of the galloping horse, they were still able to aim at the head of Kolchak's pro-army lying in the window. And his pro-army, under the opponent's strange marksmanship and powerful firepower, had to bow his head and shoot aimlessly out of the window, as if he was emboldening himself.
The iron-clad carriages were shot out of a dense array of bullet holes, and his small guards, wounded and wounded at the guns of the Cossacks, gradually lost their strength. Seeing that the situation was not good, Petrov hurriedly rushed to him and shouted: "Our army can't resist it, it's better to negotiate with them, and we will give them half of the gold!" "Yes, in the face of life, no amount of wealth is meaningless. Even this battle-hardened general felt that he couldn't resist any longer, let alone the others!
As a last resort, Kolchak agreed to try.
The negotiations between the two sides went surprisingly well, and Semenov happily stated that as long as Gao handed over 30 boxes of gold, he would never do anything more against Kolchak with the honor of the Cossacks. In his mind, there is Kolchak's point of no return ahead, and he consumes his strength here, even if he grabs all the gold, he can't look too good, after all, such a big fortune is staring at heroes from all walks of life. If you have the opportunity to reap the benefits easily, why not?
It is impossible to say that Kolchak is not distressed, after all, he risked his life to personally escort the car thousands of miles away to come here, and the original 64 boxes of gold will be divided into nearly half, but the situation is stronger than people, what can be done? These hateful Cossacks, who had nothing to do against the Red Army, were able to fight their own people!
At the moment when the two sides turned off the fire and shook hands, the sound of gunfire like fried beans suddenly sounded on all sides, and the Cossack cavalry, who was caught off guard, was just happily immersed in the dream of getting a share of the gold, and was swept down a large area at once before they could get on their horses. Finely, there is also the sound of hand-held cavalry machine guns in the middle.
Semenov's face turned pale all of a sudden, this firepower, this strength, could it be that the Soviet Red Army killed it? Didn't you just negotiate a quid pro quo with them? For the sake of gold, they turned their faces so quickly and didn't recognize people?!
After the intensive fire, the Cossack cavalry was already in a crush, but the other side did not seem to want to kill them all, and after a chirp of order, a group of cavalrymen waving the sun flag turned out from behind the Sayan Ridge.
The leader of the group was a diminutive Oriental, wearing a command knife, a Japanese mustache at the corner of his mouth, and a pair of snow-white gloves on his left hand with the reins. He gestured, and immediately behind him, an equally short Oriental shouted, "Haiyi! "Immediately clap the horse forward.
Kolchak and Semenov were shocked, none of them would have imagined that they would meet Japanese troops here! Now it can be confirmed, apart from the Japanese soldiers, who has such a strong firepower and strong troops?
The Japanese soldier who came over was obviously an interpreter, and he looked down at everyone in fluent Russian and said loudly: "The first division of the Third Division of the Imperial Japanese Empire in Manchuria is ordered to take over the military column!" Get out of here now, and you must not be mistaken. ”
With this shout, groups of Japanese infantry stepped on long military boots, wearing Semenov's familiar military uniform, and walked from a distance with neat steps. Its momentum is high, the steps are neat, at a glance you know that it is a well-trained elite soldier, the legendary Japanese Third Division is really worthy of the name!
This is not a "one", but a strength that is no less than that of a wing. It seems that the Japanese are also determined to get this batch of gold!
The Japanese master intervened, and Semenov's momentum was discouraged. As a puppet propped up by the Japanese, he knew exactly what he should do. The Japanese have coveted this batch of gold for a long time, and they have asked themselves to keep up to date with the latest news. However, ever since he learned that the object was this batch of gold, the idea of eating alone has always governed his behavior, after all, he is an authentic Cossack, with the dignity of a hundred years. For him, the Japanese were nothing more than temporary exploits.
However, this little calculation of his was nothing under the full force of the Japanese. The hundreds of corpses of his comrades behind him had already told him that the Japanese could make anything for this batch of items. He could only obediently retreat from the formation, saluted respectfully to the Japanese officer, and calmly hid behind the scenes.
The invincible Cossack cavalry went, and with a wave of their sleeves, they did not take a single piece of gold.
In the face of the strong strength of his opponent, Kolchak also decided to back down. Not only that, but he also briefed the Japanese commander on the status of this batch of gold, as if he had voluntarily handed over the credit.
To his surprise, after this group of Japanese officers and soldiers, there was a steady stream of cavalry, and the special thing was that these cavalry were clustered around dozens of specially made carriages. In the crowd at the front, there was a face he knew very well.
Gao Jiyi!
The stunned Kolchak still didn't understand why the intelligence officers of the Feng army had become high-ranking Japanese officials.
Gao Jiyi didn't have time to explain to him, and his men methodically loaded the heavy boxes from the train onto these carriages. Perhaps considering that it was too heavy, the cavalrymen dismounted one after another, allowing their beloved horses to join the ranks of pulling carts. In the end, there are many people and great power, and in a very short single room, the gold of the entire train is swept away.
The train started again, but it was not Kolchak who was sitting in the car, and he and all his surviving men were crossing the Sayan Mountains under the coercion of Japanese soldiers and entering the deserted Mongolian territory. There, a brigade of cavalry of the young marshal was waiting.
On December 17, 1919, the Russian army of Irkutsk, which had arrived here, was shocked to find the remains of 100 Cossack cavalrymen on the side of the railway, thirty kilometers from Irkutsk; In the follow-up investigation, it was found that the golden train full of attention from all parties was parked on the tracks not far from Ulan-Ude, and the two places were not less than dozens of kilometers apart. The supreme leader of the Siberian White Bandits, the supreme consul Kolchak and his family, Prime Minister B. Pepelyaev, his important officer Petrov, and hundreds of officers and soldiers of the Guards disappeared, accompanied by 600 tons of gold from the sky. On the train that remained at the scene, there were dozens of corpses of Kolchak guards and countless bullet holes ...
The well-known Moscow "Cheka" (All-Russian Committee for the Suppression of Counter-Terrorism), which was the predecessor of the later famous "KGB", immediately intervened in the investigation of the matter. From the scene, it was confirmed that Kolchak had engaged in a fierce battle with the Cossack cavalry led by Semenov before leaving, as evidenced by corpses and bullet holes, and all indications also supported this inference, and Semenov admitted to it. But he made it clear that a large number of Japanese troops had taken over the situation, and that they were soldiers of the 3rd Division, as evidenced by the other cavalry on the scene.
The Cheka's abilities are not ordinary, and their interrogation skills are comparable to those of any organization in the world that specializes in torture. But no matter how they were interrogated, many eyewitnesses (Cossack cavalry) at the scene insisted that the Japanese had done it, and that was true in their understanding and in the facts before them at the time.
The spearhead of this matter is directed at Japan.
The command of the Japanese army in the Far East issued a proclamation in a frustration, saying that there was no abnormal movement of any Japanese army at that time, and that it was impossible to hide all the people from the movement of thousands of miles, and that logistics and supply alone was a terrible thing: "If you don't have it, you don't have it"!
It makes sense, but who believes it?
But the words of the Japanese have to be listened to on both sides, what's wrong with the logistical supply difficulties? Didn't they come all the way to the Far East and stay there for several years? Thinking about the level of attention given to this amount of gold in Japan and the instructions given at internal meetings (the Cheka was also in Japan), it seemed that everything was simpler again. Anyway, no matter what the Japanese army says, the possibility of "black eating black" is huge.
The Soviet government began intensive diplomatic negotiations with the Japanese government on this matter, and it was out of control.
The Japanese, who had always slandered others, began to taste the taste of being wronged: they would not have thought that the 918, 77 Incident, and the Battle of Songhu were all caused by the Japanese side either losing soldiers first, or the Chinese soldiers fired first...
As for Kolchak's group, they have since disappeared from this world, and there is no longer a voice. Since then, there have been many rumors: Was it killed by the Cossacks? Could it be that the Japanese are extinguished? Is it possible that Kolchak saw that the situation was wrong and hid somewhere? Most likely, will it be thrown into the deep Baikal Lake? Since then, there have been many treasure seekers on the shores of Lake Baikal, and in the early thirties there was a diving team from the United States.
Only Zhang Hanqing, Gao Jiyi and others know that the Japanese have suffered a dumb loss.