Chapter 169: Operation Hamster 5

As for food, it is spring again, which is a period of scarcity, and Zhytomyr is barely able to supply the people of the city by relying on the grain stored in the city's treasury, and where is there any surplus food to supply this vast and endless group of refugees.

Eventually, some continued westward to Poland, while others could no longer walk, so they set up their own places and set up shacks outside the city.

Zhytomyr is the capital of Zhytomyr Oblast in northwestern Ukraine. On the banks of the Teterev River, a tributary of the right bank of the Dnieper, 165 km east of Kiev. The city dates back to the ninth century and is a hub for railways and roads. It is mainly based on flax textile, followed by wood processing industry. A specialty musical instrument, the accordion produced in this city is very famous throughout Russia.

Six days later, the refugees outside the city gathered more and more, and the number had reached hundreds of thousands, and after eating up the food around the city, they began to organize themselves with courage and prepare to attack the city and grab food.

You know, many of these refugees were former generals of the Ukrainian regional army, or government officials, just because they were old Russians, that is, White Russians. Or because he violated various regulations of the Soviet Russian government and was cornered, he left his homeland to find a way to survive.

But not to mention whether they can reach the depicted Eastern Europe, just the food on the road traps these people. If they could have gone separately and half of them would have reached Europe, but hundreds of thousands of people would have gathered together, and people were constantly joining along the way, the number would have been too great, like a swarm of locusts sweeping through the path.

Originally, they were old Russians, but they still thought of the good of the Russian tsar in their hearts, and they did not have a strong sense of identity with the newly established Soviet Russia. Of course, they also know that the current situation will definitely not go down to Eastern Europe, Moscow will never let them leave Soviet Russia safely, and it is estimated that the pursuers behind them are not far away. For this reason, at the instigation of some well-intentioned people, the situation began to slowly get out of control.

Of those who guided them, of course, the Entente and Poland "went a long way"!

Originally, some people stood up to stop such an act that annoyed the Russian leadership, but Zhytomyr's closing of the city gates ruined their only hope, and the smell of food wafting from the city every day made these refugees who had been hungry for days agitated.

Finally, in early March, the largest uprising in Ukraine broke out, under the command of some old-style Russian officers and officials, nearly 300,000 people cut down trees around the city to make siege equipment, and attacked Zhytomyr on a large scale.

As for their weapons, of course, they were provided, and the Entente and Poland were enthusiastic, but there were so many refugees that the number of weapons was still far from being supplied, and less than five percent of them received weapons. Well, it should be said that it is a hot weapon, and everyone else has a straw fork, a wooden stick, all kinds of things, and so on.

It stands to reason that Zhytomyr has a regular division with nearly 10,000 garrisons, and there is a dangerous Teterev River nearby, which can be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack.

But this is from Zhao Yun's point of view, in Zhao Yun's impression, it is generally the Huaxia army that defends the city, of course, if it is really the Huaxia army here, then it will definitely be no problem to block the 300,000 refugees.

You must know that the Chinese army is well-defended, which is famous, from ancient times to the present, even the Mongol army that crisscrossed Europe and Asia was blocked outside the city by the Chinese army for half a century.

However, if they encounter a tenacious European defender, their choice must be to attack, and a strong attack is the best defense. So they abandoned the city and rushed out to fight in the field.

Well, it must be admitted that they are the enemy who has scattered them more than ten times, but it is dozens of times the enemy who surrounds them, and in the end, there are more than 100,000 Ukrainian people who are crazy with hunger and rush into the city, eat all the food in the city, and once again carry the people in the city naked, and set off for the next city.

But this time they did not go west, but turned back to the east. Because in the granary of Kyiv, there is still enough food for hundreds of thousands of expeditionary Siberian troops to eat for half a year.

In order to survive, this team, which was upgraded from a rebel to a rebel army, rose in combat power after obtaining the armament of Zhytomyr. On the way to Kyiv, they encountered several groups of people who came to pursue, and they all ate in one bite.

Soon after, because of the unparalleled advantage of "acquaintances", Kiev was also lost in the internal and external sandwiches. Someone had food, weapons and someone "enthusiastically" provided it, and under the impetus of someone with a heart, the banner of a double-headed eagle was raised on the walls of Kyiv.

What began as a defection turned into a heavy rebellion across Ukraine's important grain-producing regions made it impossible for Moscow to sit idly by, so it abandoned large-scale reinforcements from the Far East and sent the main forces from Moscow's surrounding areas to Ukraine to quell the unrest, and the war for Ukraine began for two years.

In fact, in all fairness, it is not that this rebel army is really powerful, the serious White Russian army has been driven out of the country by Soviet Russia, and it still cares about this patchwork rabble. However, over the years, Soviet Russia was first deflated in World War I, and then in civil war for several years, which really damaged its vitality, so it had a plan for disarmament. Moreover, this time, the "hamster operation" caused the requisitioned troops to feel overstretched, and at the same time, they were worried that they would be running around and would not be able to mobilize troops to fight the rebels on a large scale. Even the large army stationed in Ukraine is unable to move, after all, the 145,000 White Guards led by Wrangel and their families fled to Turkey en masse by boat, and there is no guarantee that they will not turn back again.

The fact that some people are arrogating cruise ships in Europe has long heard of it in Soviet Russia. But the person who reported the news only found out under the contact of Zhao Yun's spies, "Germany?!" "Zhao Yun almost had his head crashed, how could it be that Germany sent a message to Soviet Russia?

When the Soviet Union and Germany are mentioned in later generations, they will be reminded of the Second World War, in World War II, the two countries were not less dead, but this Germany was still in the honeymoon period with Soviet Russia, the two sides not only shared intelligence and complemented each other, but also militarily Soviet Russia also provided a test and production site for Germany, which was excluded in Europe.

Well, Zhao Yun has to admit that his historical studies are indeed poor enough, when he first wanted to deal with Soviet Russia, Zhao Yun's first partner was Germany, but fortunately it was not implemented at that time, otherwise he would not know if he was sold.

But regardless of whether the Soviet and Russian top brass knew that these cruise ships were transferring Wrangel's army to the Far East, at present, they can only stand still, and they have to consolidate the Black Sea coast of Ukraine.

Seeing that the situation is further expanding, Moscow can only reluctantly transfer troops from around Moscow, but this is time again. And what Zhao Yun needs now is time.

Outer Mongolia and Europe have been disturbed, and Zhao Yun, who is far away in China, has had a good life for a few days.

In Outer Mongolia, he fought a battle with Lao Maozi and won it, not to mention how happy Zhao Yun was in his heart. As for the "hamster operation", most of the troops that Lao Maozi was going to send to Siberia were transferred back, and the food of the army was also pulled out. The Labor Army, which had been replaced by two second-line armies, was still rushing to Siberia, supposedly to stabilize the situation in Siberia.

What is steady dìng Siberia? Zhao Yun scoffed at this, isn't it because he suffered a defeat in Outer Mongolia, Lao Maozi couldn't figure out how many troops the Mongols had in their hands, and he was worried about spit out the meat in his mouth for a while.

As for the Japanese who are making trouble in the Far East, Lao Maozi is not very worried about it for the time being, why? Because the Japanese army is crying and shouting every day!

Is it Zhao Yun who has done something to them? Or did Lao Maozi do something to them? Neither, but their spiritual pillars have fallen.

Yamaguchi Aritomo, who is known as the "father of Japan's modern army", was hung on February 1, 11, 1922, Taisho (1922). The leader of the "Imperial Army", who had a profound influence on modern Japanese history, died in Odawara Koxian.

For his death, it can be said that some people are happy and some are worried. It is the Japanese soldiers who are sad, and the emperor of Japan who is happy.

That's right, he was born in the Changzhou domain, and in his early years, he participated in the "Respect the King" activity. He has served as Secretary of Army, Minister of the Army, Chief of Staff, Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, and Prime Minister (Prime Minister).

At the same time, he was the advocate and formulator of the "Conscription Order", and presided over the transformation of Zhentai into divisions, so that the Japanese Army developed from an old-style army to a modern army.

It was also in 1890 that he threw out the theory of aggression and expansion of the so-called "sovereignty line" and "interest line" as his policy policy, and emphasized the use of saber as the backing, vigorously pursued the militarist line, and advocated sending troops to invade China and Korea. This led to the formation of Japan's continental policy in modern history. He became the founder of Japanese militarism.

His contribution is indeed very great, and in the Japanese military and political circles, the only person who could match him at that time was Duke Ito Hirobumi, a political bull. But that Ito was killed by the Korean Assassins in 1909, oh! No, it's the hero of the first great country in the universe, and An Chonggen was killed. Yama County has finally become the number one giant in Japan's military and political circles.

Excessive power will lead to something, something. The "number one giant" is the one who covers the sky with one hand and can manage anything, including the emperor. Of course, although Yamayama Aritomo is not as scheming as Ito Hirobumi, he is not a mediocre person either. He has a calm and somewhat neurotic temperament, and he is cautious and decisive. When Emperor Meiji was in power, he was still honest, (a bit like ** see Xiao Jiang) When he was Emperor Taisho, he had no scruples, and even the crown prince Hirohito had to take care of his concubine. Although this is a matter of political struggle for power and profit, it also makes Emperor Taisho particularly annoying him, and when he sees his old face, he is so tired that the tea and rice are not fragrant. On February 1, 1922, the leader of the "Imperial Army", who had a profound impact on modern Japanese history, finally left. The juniors of the "Imperial Army" he trained continued to be active and crazy in the Japanese military and political circles......

He won the first "Huang Kebai" (yellow race defeating the white race) war in modern history, but the Japanese army's affairs were not over, the army hung a general, and the navy was not to be outdone, and soon fought the First Sino-Japanese War, the naval marshal who suppressed the Taiwanese people's uprising, and Kayama Shiki also died of illness shortly after. The morale of the "Imperial Army" of the "Megatron World" was demoralized for a while.