September 15, 1919. A train carrying timber spews black-gray smoke over the Taedong River railway bridge south of Pyongyang. The steam locomotive let out a few shrill and shrill hisses, and came to a halt above a small, humble railway station. The train had the Chinese character "Bac Ninh Railway Bureau" on the nose, and it seems to belong to the Ministry of Communications of China. After the Battle of Chita began, the Japanese themselves mobilized a large number of locomotives and wagons from the South Manchurian Railway for the Eastern Railway, and the South Manchurian Railway Co., Ltd. had to rent the equipment and personnel of the Chinese Railway at a high price in order to maintain the normal operation of the Manchurian Railway, and this locomotive borrowed from the Bac Ninh Railway was one of them.

As soon as the train stopped, a stuffy tank car hung behind the front of the car opened the door from the inside, and a group of workers began to move in the 279th Great Encirclement, and the man dressed as a monthly ticket person jumped down from the carriage. Although all of them were dressed in shabby overalls, it was not difficult to see that they were not working-class at all, judging by their unconcealed nervous and excited expressions, and the strange behavior of having no tools of labor in their hands, and immediately dispersing to look around as soon as they got off the train. Led among them was a short middle-aged man in his early forties, with a pair of extremely small round eyes on the bridge of his nose, it was Kim Jiu, the leader of the North Korean GCD, who looked around, and then turned back to the carriage and shouted in Chinese: "Comrade Vychensky, we have arrived." ”

Immediately afterwards, I saw a young man in his twenties, wearing a suit, and another man of the same age wearing a Chinese gown, jumping out of the carriage together. These two people are Vikingsky, an American GCD from GC International, who was sent by GC International to help North Korea's GCD, and his translator and assistant, Liu Shaozhou, a GCD from China.

Jin Jiu nodded at Vikingsky and introduced in a low voice: "Comrade Vikingsky, this is the Taedonggang Railway Station south of Pyongyang, North Korea, although it is a second-class small station. But it guards the southern gate of Pyongyang, the central city in northern North Korea. The stationmaster here is a comrade of the Korean Liberation Association, and the 279th Great Siege II of the station has begun to act, and most of the staff on the monthly ticket are inclined to "revolution". Previously, he had stationed a brigade in the barracks outside the railway station. It was the troops of the 19th Division, but now they have been transferred to the Chita front along with the 19th Division. At present, only three places in North Korea have a small number of troops stationed in Pyongyang, Wonsan, and Uiju. Among them, there is less than a brigade of troops stationed in Pyongyang, and there are no heavy weapons, and we have more than 3,000 comrades in the vicinity of Pyongyang, and now we are smuggling in weapons and ammunition, and we will soon be able to arm them and launch an uprising at any time to strike a severe blow at Japanese imperialism! ”

After saying this, he waved his right hand vigorously. The Korean revolutionaries, dressed as workers, who had been scattered, gathered one after another. Jin Jiu ordered loudly: "Comrades, start unloading now." We only had an hour. Be sure to move all your weapons to the depot at the train station! Clear? ”

The voice of the reply was very loud and neat, and dozens of Korean revolutionaries ran to the train one after another, opened the doors of the stuffy tank cars, and began to move boxes of munitions from inside. These were all bought by the Shanghai Youth Gang through the way of Jin Jiu and Jin Zuo Town, and as for where the Qing Gang got so many half-new and not old Japanese firearms, they were not interested in understanding it at all.

At this time, two middle-aged men in their early thirties wearing the uniforms of the Japanese railway came running from the direction of the terminal building of the railway station. The first one was Kim Zuo Zhen with a happy face, and the one who ran behind him was a panting fat man, probably the stationmaster of this station, right?

"Brother Bai Ye, how is the situation in North Korea now? I've heard that the situation is a bit chaotic now, right? After Kim Koo introduced Kim Zuojin to Vikingsky, he immediately began to inquire about the situation in North Korea.

"That's right, it's going to be messy! After the death of our King Li at the end of last month, the situation has been unstable. There are rumors in Seoul that King Li was poisoned by the day himself! It's so hateful, how could they do such a thing! ”

The King of Lee in Kim Zuojin's mouth is the last king of the Lee Dynasty of Joseon, Yi Hee. This guy has been a puppet all his life, at first he was a puppet in the hands of his father's compound, and later he was controlled by his wife Empress Mingcheng, and after the First Sino-Japanese War, he took over as a puppet for the Japanese himself, until the merger of Japan and South Korea nine years ago, he didn't even have to be a puppet. But I don't know what kind of mentality these North Koreans have. This Li Xi is a puppet and actually has prestige! It is said that the entire Korean nation regards him as the last hope for national independence, and I don't know what Kim Koo and Kim Zuo Jin are? Terrorists?

But that hope was dashed last month, and Lee Hee lived a few months longer than in history, and he looked much better at death. It is estimated that they were not murdered by the imperialism of Japan, they are all busy doing big things in this time and space, and they have no time to deal with this King Li. However, the common people of North Korea did not believe that their King Li was sick and died, and the rumor of poisoning spread all over the country for 3,000 miles in a very short time, and the Korean Governor's Office and the Korean garrison did not seem to realize the severity of the matter, but only issued a few painless statements to refute the rumors. The people of the DPRK are obviously not so easy to fool, and now there are signs of boiling throughout the country, and some religious leaders and upper-level people who did not dare to come forward are also joining forces and are ready to take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble!

"Great!" Jin Jiu slapped his face, I don't know if he applauded Li Xi's death? He said to Jin Zuozhen with a look of excitement: "Now the main force of the Japanese invaders is pinned down in Chita, and it will soon be defeated by the great Soviet Russian Red Army!" Now is the best time for us to launch an uprising in Korea, Brother Bai Ye, this time we have obtained 3,000 rifles, 300,000 rounds of ammunition, and 20 machine guns from China, which is enough to launch a revolution to overthrow Japan's reactionary rule in Korea! ”

Nanjing Pukou Railway Station. At this time, a brand-new blue steel train was ready to start. The station was full of black-pressed crowds of people seeing them off, most of whom were young people from Nanjing's major and middle schools and young workers from the Pukou Iron and Steel Plant, which was about to be put into operation, and almost all of them were followers of leftist "nationalism." After the death of Sun Yat-sen, leftist "peopleism" has completely replaced "three people" doctrine, and has become the most popular and fashionable topic in the mouths of young people in China in this era. The prestige of Comrade Zuo Min, that is, Chang Ruiqing, has also risen day by day under the joint efforts of the Propaganda Department of the National Government, the Leftist People's Research Association, and the GCD of China.

So after hearing Chang Ruiqing's impassioned speech on the oath of the north, he heard it from the radio speakers all over Nanjing and Pukou. After learning that Chang Ruiqing himself would go north to take charge of the war to recover Mongolia and fight the Russians, the young people of Nanjing spontaneously gathered in Pukou. It's time to see off their leader.

Going north with Chang Ruiqing, there is also a powerful heavy artillery unit directly under the Military Commission. There are also the units of the Teaching Corps of the Central Military Academy, the most elite of the National Defense Force. The defense of the southeast region was completely handed over to Wu Shi, Jin Yongyan, and Lan Tianwei, who were sitting in Nanjing. The affairs of the rear of the government will be undertaken by Zhang Junmao, who has just been promoted to deputy general manager, and others. In terms of diplomacy, there have also been comprehensive arrangements, and Hu Hanmin, the chairman of the Nationalist Government, will personally visit Japan to coordinate the positions of China and Japan. At the end of his trip to France, President Chen Duxiu will travel directly to Warsaw, the capital of Poland, to sign the Sino-Polish Alliance Treaty with Pilsudski, and then return to Germany for a short state visit, and may also sign a series of contracts for the purchase of equipment and the employment of technical personnel. After that, the president of the Republic of China will also visit the United Kingdom and the United States to seek more support. Of course, what really determines how much he can gain is not his diplomatic skills, but the victory or defeat on the battlefields of the Far East and Mongolia!

"Down with Soviet Russia. Long live Zuomin! ”

Cheers from the train station. The young people of Nanjing shouted slogans, frantically waved flags and placards in their hands, and danced desperately in the crowd, hoping to see their leader's demeanor with their own eyes. Seeing this scene in front of him, Chang Ruiqing seemed to be a little distracted. He didn't expect that the magic of propaganda would be so great that in a short period of time, he would package himself as a great leader! It seems that this propaganda tool still needs to be firmly controlled in the hand

In the white air of the platform. Chang Ruiqing took Zhang Junmao's hand and commanded in a low voice: "Mr. Junmao, this time I go north, not only can I recover Mongolia, but even the country of China can almost be unified." So you don't have to worry about the front, as long as you help me take care of the rear, it will be a matter of construction, although there is still a war, but the construction thing cannot be relaxed. In particular, land reform and financial, fiscal and taxation reforms. Now is wartime, the whole country is in a state of emergency, we must take advantage of this opportunity to implement these three most critical reforms well. In this way, the economy will gradually get on track from next year, and the first five-year plan will probably be drawn up the year after next. ”

Chang Ruiqing was surrounded by officials who saw him off, and among them there were also many Kuomintang people who were pro-Chiang J-shi. When they heard that Chang Ruiqing wanted to use this battle to unify China, they couldn't help but be secretly surprised in their hearts. But the face is still listening carefully. After the start of this war, Chang Ruiqing took advantage of the form of the whole people to resist Russia. The personnel of the Central Army of the National Defense Force has been drastically adjusted, and the Central Army has basically been firmly controlled! Moreover, the propaganda organs of Chang Ruiqing and his family are also creating public opinion, declaring that the unification of military orders and government decrees is a prerequisite for the rejuvenation of the country and a prerequisite for defeating the Soviet Russian invaders! And this argument has also been supported by most newspapers in China (if it is not supported, it will not be published), so it has also become the mainstream of public opinion.

Those pro-Chiang Kuomintang officials and forces did not dare to openly oppose this argument, but desperately used the propaganda tools in their hands, and worked hard to package Chiang J-shi as a national hero who resisted Russia, hoping to contend with Chang Ruiqing. But whether it is a hero or a bear cannot be touted in the newspapers alone, but still depends on the merits of the war. This is probably the reason why Chang Ruiqing wants to go north to sit in the town and personally command the recovery of Mongolia, right? Several Kuomintang officials secretly thought in their hearts, if Chang Ruiqing was really allowed to recapture Mongolia, then Lao Chiang's northeast king would probably not be able to serve for a few days, right?

Mongolia, Kulen.

It's also a big expedition, there is already a small amount of snow falling in the sky, and now it's only the beginning of October, Mongolia has ushered in the first snow, it seems that this winter will be quite difficult! In the midst of a snowstorm, nearly 30,000 officers and men of the First Cavalry Group Army of the Soviet Russian Red Army, as well as 20,000 soldiers of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Army, and more Mongolian herdsmen who were forcibly conscripted to serve as people's servants, were silently leaving the Mongolian capital, which had been burned down by the Chinese.

And a regiment of Soviet Russian sappers is planting explosives on various important buildings in the city, and dozens of tons of dried meat and various furs are also piled up in the open space of the city, which has been doused with fire oil and ready to set fire to these things are Sukh. Some of the military supplies that Bartol's government forcibly requisitioned during this time. The Reds found that they did not have enough transport capacity to carry them all away, so they decided to burn them so as not to finance the enemy.

"Comrade Bartol, do your people really not need them?" A national character face. Tall and sturdy Slavs in their thirties and Sukh. Bartol stood side by side in front of the pile, a look of pity on his face.

"No, you don't! They don't need anything! "Sukh. Bartol replied with a numb expression: "Comrade Zhukov." Order to set fire, not a single qiē here can be left to the invaders of China! Including the people, even if they starve to death, they can't be left to China! ”

"This winter, a lot of people will starve to death!" Zhukov waved his hand and ordered his soldiers to set fire.

Sukh. Bartol smiled bitterly: "They starved to death as an independent Mongol, and they died as they deserved!" ”

Zhukov shook his head and looked at this great leader of the Mongolian people with some pity When this war is over, he doesn't know if there are still Mongolian people? I don't know who he can be a leader for when the time comes?

Bartol seemed to see Zhukov's thoughts, and he smiled faintly: "Comrade Zhukov, let's go too." It would be nice to wait until we got to Manchuria. There are still many Mongols waiting for us there! ”

"Waiting for us to kill?" Zhukov thought to himself: "After this round of tossing and turning in Outer Mongolia, at least 150,000 to 200,000 people will die this winter, and more people will go to the control area of the Chinese people. ”

"Comrade Zhukov, Comrade Bartol, the commander told you to immediately go to the headquarters to receive a new task!" A herald galloped over on horseback. Budyonny's orders were conveyed to them.

Neither of them dared to slack off, let the guards lead the horses, and galloped to the headquarters of the 1st Cavalry Group of Soviet Russia in a temple outside the city of Kulen. When the Chinese retreated, they did not set fire to the ********, nor did they embarrass the lamas in the temple, but now the temple is about to be burned down, and the lama is gone. The signal corps of the headquarters was already dismantling the telephone lines, the staff officers had packed the map sand table and everything into the wagon, and Budyonny and Voroshilov were talking in the courtyard in a low voice. Seeing Zhukov and Bartol walking in, they hurriedly beckoned the two to come forward.

"Comrade Bartol, Comrade Zhukov." Budyonny ordered loudly: "The decision has been made by the military council of the army group. Your troops will be at the vanguard of this eastward advance! Both the Mongolian people and the Russian people are watching you and waiting for the news of your victory! ”

At this time, directly west of Chita, the Japanese and Russian sides were also fighting fiercely, with artillery fire in the sky, and the two armies fought for nothing. Frunze and Skryansky had already personally gone to the Chita front to take command and gave the order to die to the front-line troops. Maintain the offensive posture at any cost, and be sure to defeat Chita before the cold winter of Siberia arrives! Hundreds of thousands of officers and men of the Red Army, including officers and men of the Eastern Army, had seen the terrible winter in Russia. Of course, know that the harsh winter in Siberia is more terrible for the soldiers fighting in the field than the bullets and shells of the enemy! At this time, they could only grit their teeth and launch round after round of onslaught on the positions on the outskirts of Chita.

However, Chita's Japanese army had been strengthened, and although it was still inferior in terms of strength, it had already gained the upper hand in firepower. It's not that they have more artillery than the Eastern Front of the Red Army, it's that they have shorter logistical supply lines, so they can get enough shells in time! However, the commanders of the Russian Red Army did not spare the lives of their men in the slightest, and even though the front line was dying one after another, they still resolutely carried out the order of the front command to attack frontally.

At the same time that human lives were being squandered at will, the advantages of the GC-ism system were also playing a huge role, and the GCD-controlled districts of Siberia had been completely mobilized, and all men who could take up arms were conscripted into the army and replenished to the army on the Chita front. While the abundant and cheap Russian lives were constantly being consumed, the Japanese defense line was also gradually pressed back, and although their casualties were not as many as the Russian Red Army, they had reached a number that was difficult for Tokyo to accept.

However, the war has reached this point, and there is no room for retreat, so it can only grit its teeth and hold on, so more troops are transferred from all over the country to the Chita front. By the beginning of October, there were already fifteen Japanese divisions, four infantry corps of the Northeast Army of the Central Kingdom, and 40,000 troops of the Republic of Xianbeilian had been concentrated in the area around Chita City, with a total strength of nearly 400,000! It was almost on par with the attacking Russian Red Army. However, at the same time as the number of troops on the front line increased significantly, the logistical supply of the Japanese side gradually became difficult! In this era, Japan's national strength cannot be compared with that of 1937 in history, and their domestic production has not been turned to wartime in time, their foreign exchange reserves are also limited, and they have not received the support of the imperialist powers such as Britain, France, and the United States. But fortunately, the Siberian winter is coming soon, and the fierce fighting should turn into a long confrontation by then......)!!