On the border between China and Russia, more than 1,000 Russian workers were busy carefully removing wooden boxes from trucks on the side of the road, while the drivers of these trucks and the Wehrmacht soldiers who escorted them watched from the sidelines.

"The Russians ..."

With a cold snort, one of the drivers stomped on the cigarette butt that had been thrown on the ground.

The other people next to the driver also had a stinky look on their faces.

And the Russian workers who were still carrying wooden boxes next to the truck also deliberately did not look at the drivers and soldiers on the side of the road. Although the distance between the two sides is very close, but under each other's deliberate attitude, there is really a little bit of mutual contact with each other.

As I once said, no matter how ambiguous the top leaders of the two countries are at the political level, at least in the civil society, they still hate each other. Especially on the border between China and Russia, there have been frequent exchanges of fire and clashes in the past two decades, and although the Chinese defense forces have the advantage of equipment, the Russians are not vegetarians, so it is not necessarily better than the other...

As a result of this, people living near the border naturally become hostile to the countries on the other side of the border. And these workers who are responsible for carrying goods, as well as the drivers who come in trucks, almost all live near the national border, so it is naturally difficult to have any good feelings for each other.

The leaders of both sides naturally saw all this, but they had no intention of changing.

For one thing, the upper echelons of the government on both sides wanted to hate each other below. Again...

They are actually not a big deal within each other's governments, and in rare cases they have even met in past border conflicts, and now it is good to see that they have not rushed up to have an "American wrestling". Not to mention any détente.

Fortunately, both sides also know that now is not the time for conflict, so nothing happened.

"Let's go..."

After priing one of the wooden boxes open and looking at the equipment inside, the Russian in charge of the inspection nodded.

"Okay, it's all good."

As he spoke, he made a gesture to the back that was okay.

The Russians who took the lead seemed to trust him very much, and when they saw him signaling that there was no problem, they said to the Chinese beside him.

"Looks like it's fine."

"Of course. We will never lose our credibility in this regard. ”

Hearing the Russians say this, the Chinese who led the way "hehe" laughed.

With the outbreak of war, China is once again in the midst of a busy state of life, as it was in the First World War. Due to the demand for various resources by the British, German, Japanese and other allies and the Axis powers, almost all domestic manufacturers are now working 24 hours a day to produce all kinds of goods, and several important ports such as Shanghai and Tianjin are almost full of merchant ships.

In this way, in addition to the fact that China is one of the few major foreign countries that are not involved in the war, there is another reason that domestic products are of high quality and low price...

Like later generations, today's domestic goods have swept the whole world with the war, both in England and across the Channel in France. You can see the figure of domestic products.

And now. With Russia becoming one of China's many customers, domestic products are truly spread all over the world...

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Hearing the words of the Chinese, the Russians did not say much. Just waved his hand behind him, and an armored car had already driven over.

Not long after, the armored car drove to the side of the crowd. When the door of the armored car opened, several Russians inside walked down carrying something like a safe.

After these Russians carefully moved the safe to the ground, the leading Russian walked to the safe, and then opened the safe little by little. ..., and when the Russians entered the codes in the correct order, soon the safe was opened.

When the door to the safe was opened, almost everyone around saw the gold inside.

Gold...

Although at present it is more important in some countries. The gold exchange standard or bullion standard is used, and countries such as China, the United States and the United Kingdom have adopted the gold bar standard. However, even so, gold is still a global hard currency.

Especially in this era of war, the so-called prosperous antique troubled gold...

If it was before 1938, the world could barely be called a prosperous era, but now, 38 years later, it is an out-and-out chaotic era...

I dare not say later, at least a thousand years ago, I am afraid that I will not be able to find a troubled era that is more chaotic than now, and gold is undoubtedly the hardest currency in such a troubled world. Of course, oil or other scarce resources are actually not bad, but the value of oil fluctuates, and China is now the world's largest oil producer, so naturally it doesn't look down on oil or anything...

"Gold..."

The Chinese at the head saw the gold in the safe, and a trace of greed flashed in his eyes.

There is no way, after all, he is not a saint, and it is impossible to see the gold in a safe and not be moved, you must know that the gold in this safe is enough for him to live a rich life in the United States or other countries.

However, this greed only lasted for a while, and was dispelled by the sense of responsibility in his heart, and above all by his own reason―――――― not to mention the drivers, the soldiers in charge of escorting were not under his control, not to mention that many of them were fanatical Nationalists. If he dared to swallow the gold and abscond, even if he was the superior of these soldiers and was already known for his clever words, he would probably be killed by these soldiers.

"I suddenly felt that if only I hadn't received this task..."

With a bitter sigh, the Chinese led by him reluctantly took his eyes off the gold, and then waved his hand to signal a person behind him to come forward.

The man behind him got the signal, and hurriedly walked up from behind, then took out a few samples from the safe, and examined them there―――――― although this was only the first transaction. But after all, it's not a small deal, so it's good to be careful.

What's more, Lao Maozi is notoriously discredited, if you are not careful. Maybe they really dare to adulterate gold with fakes, think about how miserable India was pitted by the Russians in later generations―――――― of course, the example of the Indians can only say that they deserve it, who told them to like to be greedy and cheap, of course, if they just like to be greedy and cheap, forget it, the Indians actually fell into the hole for Russia that had just disintegrated.

When the Soviet Union was not dissolved, the Indians owed the Russians a lot of money. After the collapse of the USSR, these Indians actually took the "rubles" that were no longer worth a penny and returned them to the Russians ...

Rouble...

You must know that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the ruble has been seriously depreciated, and at this time to return the ruble borrowed in the past to the Russians, this is really a stone...

The Indians did this, no wonder the Russians would cheat them so much later―――――― in other words, how many billions did an aircraft carrier alone pit the Indians?

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Seeing that Chinese actually believed so much to check the authenticity of the gold there, the Russian's face turned ugly, in addition to being angry because of the suspicion of the Chinese, there was also ......... And there is. The Russians did think of mixing fake goods in gold.

Although it has been developed over the years. At this time, Russia was already a rare economic power in this era, but paying so much gold at one time, even the old Russian Maozi would feel distressed. What's more, this is only the first deal ......, but at this point, the Russians do not dare to say anything.

So after the guy verified the authenticity of the gold just now, the leading Russian had an ugly face. But in the end, he came out with a shy smile, a smile that had been somewhat distorted, and it existed until after the Russians left...

"Speaking of which, I thought these old hairy people would turn their faces..."

After the Russians drove away with the truck, looking at the distant convoy, an officer with the rank of major began.

"yes," the Major said. The other officer next to him also nodded. "I wanted to take this opportunity to teach this group of Russians a lesson..."

When I say that. The officer involuntarily touched his shoulder.

"Speaking of which, I would like to thank you three years ago..."

"Nothing..."

The Major shook his head.

Three years ago, on the border between the Kazakh province and Russia, there was an exchange of fire between the border guards of the two countries, in which the border guards suffered a big loss because the Russians had already prepared, and the officer was shot in the shoulder by the Russians in the clash just now, and finally carried off the line of fire by the major...

Although there were frequent exchanges of fire between Chinese and Russian troops on the border, that time was the most loss-making for the Chinese side, and not many people survived in the end.

Although the Russians had already retreated to Russian territory at that time, the commander of the local garrison still contacted the air force to retaliate.

Although the relationship between the army and the air force is not very close, and sometimes there are contradictions because of military spending, but after all, the two departments belong to the same sequence of the Wehrmacht, so when they heard that the border guards had suffered such a big loss, the Air Force was also very angry, and finally after receiving the order of the Ministry of Defense, the Air Force sent out a fighter group and a dive bomber group, which penetrated more than 100 kilometers into Russian territory and breathed a sigh of relief...

It was this incident that almost brought the two countries into a state of war...

At that time, China and Russia were stationing millions of troops on the border, and only one fuse was needed to ignite the whole war, in fact, if it were not for the excitement of Britain, Germany and other countries, the high-level governments of the two countries would not want to fight, otherwise the war might really break out...

"Forget it, it's all in the past..."

Hearing the two people talking about what happened three years ago, the officer on the side smiled and persuaded him.

"What's more, the Russians are already in great trouble now, and they will never want to have another trouble at this time..."

As he said this, several officers nearby also nodded.

That's right, big trouble, and definitely big trouble ...

Because not so long ago, shortly after the Communist government had just promised to help the Russian government, after the end of the "Minsk Campaign", the "Battle of Kiev" broke out ...

If it is said that the "Minsk Campaign", which has just ended, it is already difficult to see. Then the "Battle of Kyiv" will only be more ugly than the "Battle of Minsk" ...

After the start of Operation Barbarossa, the Germans achieved great success on the northern and central fronts, leaving only a huge salient in the south. Here there was a large Red Army, including almost the entire Southwestern Front.

Although the Germans were victorious in the Battle of Uman, most of the Red Army was defeated in Semyon? Budyonny's command remained in the vicinity of Kiev. Since most of their armoured forces had been wiped out in the Battle of Uman, they lacked armoured and mobile strength. Although it was the largest Red Army force on the Eastern Front at the time, they could no longer threaten the German offensive.

At the end of August, the Wehrmacht High Command was faced with the choice of continuing its offensive on Moscow or destroying the Soviets to the south. Since Army Group South did not have enough strength to encircle and destroy the enemy forces, Army Group Center needed to provide support to complete the mission, and after some debate, the German 2nd Panzer Army Corps and the German 2nd Army Corps were transferred from Army Group Center to Army Group South and advanced southward, joining the attacking forces of Army Group South east of Kiev. The rapid offensive of the armored forces to complete the encirclement caught Budyonny by surprise, and he was therefore removed from his post as commander of the South-Western Front by Stalin on 13 September. In the absence of a successor to the command, the commanders of the corps and divisions fought separately, on 16 September. Paul? Ludwig? Ewald? Feng? Kleist's 1st Panzer Group vs. Heinz? Guderian's 24th Panzer Corps joined forces at Rokfet Shah, 120 kilometers east of Kiev, to complete the encirclement.

Afterwards. The fate of the encircled Red Army was sealed, and for the Russians the scope of the encirclement was incredible. Without the leadership of motorized forces or military genius, it was impossible for them to break through the encirclement, and the German 17th and 6th Army Corps of Army Group South and the 2nd Army Corps of Army Group Center continued to shrink the encirclement with the support of armored forces. The encircled Soviet army did not give up on Kyiv easily, and in a brutal battle, Soviet soldiers were wiped out by German artillery, tanks and aircraft, and finally, on September 26, after 10 days of attack, the last Soviet army surrendered east of Kiev.

Almost the entire Southwestern Front of the Soviet Red Army was surrounded by German troops, and a total of 665,000 Red Army troops were taken prisoner. The German encirclement in Kiev was not tightly sealed, and small groups of Red Army broke through the encirclement and escaped after the Germans closed the encirclement. Including Semyon? Marshal Boudyonny, Semyon? Konstantinovich? Marshal Timoshenko and Political Commissar Nikita Khrushchev, in any case, this was an unprecedented defeat for the Red Army, surpassing the catastrophe in Minsk in June-July,

Hitler claimed that it was the largest battle in history, and to this day it is considered the largest encirclement in history.

After the Battle of Kiev, the Red Army had no more reserves, and in order to defend Moscow, the Soviet government mobilized 83 divisions with a total of 800,000 men, but only 25 of them were adequately equipped and lacked armored troops and fighters, while on the German side, they had 70 divisions with a total of 2,000,000 men, nearly a third of which were mechanized...

In this case, the Russians not only need the equipment provided by the national government, but also any behavior that provokes the Chinese is irrational, which is the biggest reason why the Russians, although they hate the Chinese, have to put on a shy face in the end.

Because with the Germans coming to Moscow, the Russians really can't offend the Chinese anymore ...

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Although before the "Battle of Kiev", Lin Xin had also reached a series of "not harsh" conditions with Stalin and others. But after the end of the "Battle of Kyiv", it became clear that some changes would need to be made in these conditions.

It was precisely for this reason that when they heard that Lin Xin was not prepared to put forward any harsh conditions, the hearts of Stalin and the others were tight.

Perhaps it was because the "Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact" was unilaterally torn up by the Germans, which caused some shadowy relations in the hearts of Stalin and others, so when Stalin and others heard this, their first reaction was that there must be a conspiracy in it.

Because of the lessons of the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact, Stalin and others believed that the Chinese were likely trying to make the Russians let their guard down and then invade Russia from several other directions.

Because Lin Xin's performance really did not fit Stalin's impression of Yan Guang.

So when Lin Xin set the price of some arms at a black-hearted price, Stalin and others breathed a sigh of relief.

That's right, the price of arms offered by Lin Xin is indeed very black, even darker than the weapons that Yan Guang sold to Kolchak during the Soviet and Russian civil wars. But anyway, a black heart is better than a black life...

Stalin would rather be blackened by Yan Guang with a lot of money, and did not want the Chinese to take advantage of this opportunity to go north and rob ...

Today's Russia can be described as having internal and external troubles.

And although Stalin looked very confident in front of people, according to the information provided by the Military Intelligence Agency, even Stalin himself did not have a plan in his heart about whether this war could be won in the end...

"It's only today, why bother in the first place..."

Looking at the girls playing by the water, Yan Guang, who was lying on the floating bed, said with a smile.

In the huge indoor pool, except for the girls, only Yan Guang, a half-old man, is in...

Of course, this is not for any particular reason, but...

In fact, Yan Guang is a landlubber...

Although he is already so old, he doesn't know what the reason is, Yan Guang just can't learn to swim. So even the swimming pool in the presidential palace is in the shape of a terrace, in which the deep water area is for other people to play, and the shallow water area is for Yan Guang and the secretaries who don't know how to play...

Of course, Yan Guang often wears a swimming ring to the deep water area, but that appearance must not be seen by his subordinates who regard him as a god, so whenever Yan Guang is ready to swim, the people below have dispersed early―――――― although it is no secret that Yan Guang can't swim and Yan Guang likes to wear a swimming ring, but wearing a swimming ring in front of everyone is always an awkward thing, isn't it...