Chapter 1630: Entering Kazakhstan
The train kept moving forward, Stalin looked out the window, kept looking back to the forest, and thought silently in his heart, this is close to Central Asia, in the dimension, and Stalin's hometown is in the same dimension, but Azerbaijan is close to the Caspian Sea, where the climate is humid, so agriculture and animal husbandry are more developed, Central Asia is a desert, in addition to the area where the river flows, the arable land that can be irrigated, the remaining desert and semi-desert areas are numerous, as a revolutionary, Stalin has walked through a large number of places, among which there are active past, There are also exiles, but in this place on the border with Central Asia, it is lush and green, which is also very surprising. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Could it be that China, unlike Russia, is a land of abundance, but the dryness of the air tells Stalin that it is extremely dry, and God knows how these trees survive.
The trees that Stalin saw were exactly the tens of thousands of square kilometers of land occupied by Russia from the water of Lake Baikal, which was closest to Xinjiang, and which was occupied by Russia, and extended the area around Xinjiang to Lake Baikal, all of which were included in China's borders. With the support of enough water, in just 2 years, it has grown to a considerable extent.
Soon, Stalin threw away this idea in his heart, when is it, there is still time to think about this, he is about to enter Kazakhstan, although Stalin has been to Kazakhstan, but it was at least 8 years ago, when he was young, so many years have not passed, and he is going to occupy with the army, what will happen, even if there is Chinese intelligence support, Stalin still has no bottom, the specific situation depends on the progress of the war, and now the vanguard has been stationed in Yili, As soon as this part of them arrived at Erie, the troops would set off immediately.
As the supreme leader of the Bolsheviks in China, Stalin could have been in the rear, sitting back and enjoying his success, as a leader, he could bear the interests of the leadership, but Stalin still firmly followed the vanguard together, on the one hand, he has not yet become the supreme leader of the Bolsheviks, after entering Russia, the next test is more severe, for Stalin, who wants to become a Bolshevik, or even the supreme leader of Russia, this period of time is quite critical, After leading more than a dozen cities in China, he was so addicted to the thrill of this right that he didn't want to lose it.
Even if he is risking, he has to take the lead, with the vanguard troops, the train moves forward quickly, China's railways are developed, Stalin already knew before, but this time the transportation of troops made him really feel, according to the map show, they are located in Mongolia, at least thousands of kilometers away from Xinjiang, almost equivalent to from Hailan to Novosibirsk, which is almost all of the middle section of the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Even when the Trans-Siberian Railway was through, it took at least 5 days to walk through this section, and the Trans-Siberian Railway could only reach a speed of about 40 kilometers at most, and in some cases, the average speed was 35 kilometers per hour, which was already considered a transportation hub, but the Chinese were even more terrible, the average speed was 3 times that of the Trans-Siberian Railway, and it took more than ten hours to arrive at Yili from the Russian city.
The train transporting Stalin, which was only loaded with a regiment of soldiers and weapons, did not stop, and just a day before they arrived, the vanguard had already set out, and they had to catch up, and a few hundred kilometers away, the border between Xinjiang and Kazakhstan in China, would meet, and then enter Kazakhstan.
Border ports, although in this era, there is no border in the strict sense, as long as anyone is strong, they can cross their own country to occupy the land of other countries, China in Kazakhstan, there is no extra forward, at most straight in the bend, may forcibly occupy a part of the territory, for this, Kazakhstan does not care, their core area, in another direction, here near Xinjiang, is a barren land.
The closer he got to the border, the more Stalin felt different, this area, which is considered a desertified area in Central Asia, is relatively barren in all aspects, China has planted all kinds of plants as much as possible, but the proportion of vegetation is quite high, and there is no way to complete the overall structure, especially in Kazakhstan, it seems that yellow is still the mainstream color.
6 divisions, a total of 150,000 people's vanguard, including the first Bolshevik division, which is the most elite force of the Bolsheviks, but into Kazakhstan, the next road will be much more difficult, the Chinese side still supported two construction teams of 3,000 people each, with the help of nearly 30,000 people, has begun to follow the troops, began to build two ordinary roads, time is pressing, there is no way to build a high-standard road, but the foundation is tamped, with a mixture of soil and concrete as the foundation, Then it is still possible to spread a thin layer of asphalt.
Compared with cement, the difficulty of obtaining asphalt is simpler, China's large-scale development of Baku oilfield, among the oil transported back, the residue after cracking, most of them are asphalt, these things that have no way to become refined oil, part of it is used as the construction material of the city's roads, the cement outside the city is still cement, compared to asphalt, cement is more durable, plus the northwest makes cement for a long time, especially with the help of the all-in-one machine, a lot of high-grade cement has been studied, not only the condensation is fast, The degree of robustness and the time of use are also far exceeded.
It's a pity that these, far from water can not quench the thirst of the near, even with the help of a large number of manpower, these two roads can at most keep up with the footsteps of the Russian army, rather than helping them move forward in advance, basically, most of the Russian army is traveling lightly, and heavy weapons basically follow the road and move forward slowly.
Stalin didn't care about this, on the first day of entering Kazakhstan, he only traveled 37 kilometers, and then set up camp next to a water source, the whole Kazakhstan is more than 1 million square kilometers, basically more than 1,000 kilometers in the southeast and northwest, from Xinjiang to the hinterland of Kazakhstan, it takes at least about 30 days, this is still the premise that everything is going well, it is still early, and even the Kazakh settlements have not been encountered, and they have not found it at all. There was such a large army that entered the hinterland of Kazakhstan.
The commanders of the six divisions, as well as some senior officers and the top echelons of the party, were all concentrated in Stalin's big tent, a huge tent of more than 40 square meters, and next to it there were two smaller ones, one for the guard platoon, and the other for the Chinese liaison group, consisting of 12 officers, including a responsible colonel and a special intelligence officer, who were responsible for communicating with the Chinese side by radio.
This is a unique unit, all in charge of the Chinese, the Bolsheviks have always been very polite to the Chinese officers, including Stalin, understand very well, if the Bolsheviks want to take power, without the support of the Chinese side, this is almost impossible, from where did China gain knowledge, modern warfare, no longer by personal courage, requires a lot of preparation, industry, logistics, steel, the Bolsheviks have none, even if there is money to buy weapons, what next, Will the country established by the Bolsheviks always depend on this, and if the time comes, if the Chinese come over, they will only be able to surrender, without the ability to produce weapons, but with stocks, there will always be a day when they will be exhausted.
On one wall of the tent, an eye-catching map attracted everyone's attention, this is a map with an accuracy of 10 meters, and it is also the clearest map Stalin has ever seen, not only including the direction of every mountain range and river, even if it is a small village with only 10 households, it is all displayed on the map, the only thing that Stalin needs to do is to enter those key areas, kill the armed forces, the previous path is not familiar, the river blocks the way, and even the problem of not being able to find the city, there is no problem.
China's intelligence reconnaissance relies on reconnaissance planes, although there are supplementary reconnaissance by special forces on the ground, but Kazakhstan in Central Asia is not China's focus, they can tell Stalin accurate maps and the location of cities and villages, and the rest depends on Stalin, fortunately, Stalin's troops are full of talents, and there are even about 5,000 of them, that is, soldiers from Kazakhstan.
The main strength of the Bolshevik army was converted from the soldiers of the original Russian Far East Military District, and the Far East was a barren land in the Russian sequence, and in this place, people on the European side were reluctant to come, most of them were Central Asia and the European part near the Ural Mountains, and it was normal for there to be many Kazakh soldiers, and it was normal for Stalin to prepare for the time when China did not provide intelligence support, and concentrated most of the Kazakh soldiers and civilians, ready to make a map out, I barely managed to get a rough map, and with the support of the Chinese side, their map could be thrown away, but this part of the people was still useful.
These people have been captured for more than 2 years, but the slow process of change in Central Asia, there will be no obvious changes in all aspects, according to the memories of these Kazakh soldiers, the biggest force in the whole Kazakhstan should be Russia, due to the severance of the Trans-Siberian Railway, plus Siberia is occupied, this part of the Russian force, I am afraid that it can only rely on the supply of Central Asia, even if it is not withdrawn, their strength will be reduced a lot, before most of the Russian garrison was distributed in Orenburg, now there is no accident, It's still there, there's the first target to strike. (To be continued.) )