Chapter 348: Gold! gold
Luo Ying and his entourage escorted this batch of treasures out of the way for more than ten days in a row, the violent snowstorm in Siberia made them suffer enough, Rao had undergone special training, they were also a little unbearable, and the rest of the sled team was almost to the limit, and the excellent horses with amazing endurance began to freeze to death in large numbers at this time.
"Uncle Wang, was it so cold here in the first few years, how can you live here!"
The old Wang of the sled team also shook his head: "In previous years, it was not so cold, this year's evil surname, little offspring, I have lived for most of my life, and I have never encountered this kind of weather, the old people in the past said that this weather is the will of God, I am afraid that something big will happen this year, six horses froze to death yesterday, I knew that I would not take such a life!" ”
Luo Ying's arduous trek across the white desert, and there is another team that is also suffering from this, and their situation is much worse than Luo Ying's, this is Kolchak and his followers.
After the retreat from Omsk, Kolchak brought with him more than 500,000 soldiers, as well as more than 700,000 opponents of the majority, including supporters of the tsar, bishops, nuns, noblewomen, and hundreds of thousands of children, who were trudging through the Siberian desert.
God seemed to be joking with them, when they left Omsk, the temperature was only minus 30 degrees, as Russians who are used to the cold, they can still bear it, they still have enough fuel and warm clothes, but after a few days in a row, the temperature began to drop suddenly, even exceeding minus 50 degrees, and it was accompanied by the cold wind and heavy snow blowing in the Arctic, taking away the last trace of heat in the human body.
People began to freeze to death in the fleeing procession, at first one or two, and then there was a large area of death, first weak children, women, old people, and then strong young people, in front of nature, these people seemed extremely vulnerable, and every day when they set out from the camp, they would leave countless frozen corpses, and people were already indifferent, and they did not react to death, because they knew very well that they did not know when death would also befall them. All they could do before death came was to suffer in silence.
Kolchak, the leader of this unprecedented exile procession, was even more anxious at this time, although the dead man was a great torture, but the bitter cold also blocked the offensive of the Red Army, so that they could avoid the suffering of pursuit, which was perhaps the only good news.
What really drove Kolchak crazy was the huge amount of gold he personally escorted, which was the basis for his restoration and the last hope of Tsarist Russia, and there could be absolutely no problems, and the bad weather caused their fuel to run out quickly, and the train carrying the gold could no longer start.
How to transport more than 500 tons of gold has become the biggest difficulty, and what is even worse is that the people of the Entente have cast a greedy eye on this gold, there is nothing more important in the world than gold, what bullshit justice, red ghosts let them hell, only gold is everything.
In particular, the British and French, who were still licking the wounds of the First World War, coveted the gold so much that they had thrown aside all their promises, completely forgetting that Kolchak, the consul, was unanimously recognized by them, and they colluded to try to coerce Kolchak into handing over the gold.
"Mr. Consul, at the beginning I advised you not to go to Siberia, but to enter the Xinjiang Province of China from Central Asia, which is far warmer than here, and the Chinese are morally insistent, we will help you, let you develop resistance forces in China, we will provide you with arms and materials, help you recruit White Russian forces from all over the country, organize them together, only then can Belarus have hope, you can truly realize your wishes, Britain, France, and Ben are not credible!"
The person who spoke to Kolchak was his old partner, Feng Shaoyu, a middle fire merchant, and today's Feng Shaoyu put away the humility of the past, looking full of confidence, and the smile on his face showed that he already had enough control.
At this time, Kolchak's face was gloomy and very ugly, and when he heard Feng Shaoyu say this, he suddenly knew that the person in front of him was definitely not a simple arms dealer, but a person with a strong background, maybe he was standing behind the Chinese political axe.
Thinking of this, Kolchak was annoyed for a while, out of gratitude for the cheap arms provided by Feng Shaoyu, he regarded him as the most important confidant partner, especially on the land fleeing, Feng Shaoyu was able to never abandon and help himself come up with ideas, Kolchak trusted this partner from the east very much, so he also let him know too many secrets, and now he thinks about it is definitely a huge mistake, he was deceived.
"Feng, what is the difference between you China and them, you also want my batch of gold, there is no difference from those people, if I enter the territory of China, it will only be more dangerous, and I will immediately become a plaything in your hands!"
Feng Shaoyu smiled and shook his head: "Consul, the Chinese are completely different from the Yue himself, the British, they want to kill their lives, and we believe in breaking wealth and avoiding disasters, they will not only rob you of your gold, but also kill you all, and China can definitely ensure your safety, and at the same time can provide you with the necessary help, I hope you can think of one thing, that is, you can't keep the gold, and you are a puppet everywhere, you can't get rid of this fate at all, you can still save your life when you get to China, Otherwise, you can imagine the consequences! ”
Hearing this, Kolchak's handsome facial features had been seriously distorted, and he pointed at Feng Shaoyu and said: "You don't have to quibble, you are all the same, none of them are good things, God will definitely punish you, I definitely have the ability to transport gold to the Far East, and there is also a way to restore the glory of Tsarist Russia, you yellow-skinned pigs were still trembling in front of the majesty of Tsarist Russia a few years ago, and now you are just a fluke and become an upstart, don't think that this is great, Russia is still Russia, and it will trample you to death under your feet, Fuck off, I don't want to see you again! ”
Feng Shaoyu looked at the angry Kolchak, he did not have any anger, but had a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth, this Kolchak's brain is really not very good, since he dares to have a showdown with him, he is sure enough, the Chinese have always planned and then moved.
"Kolchak, you'd better recognize the reality, surrender to China, and give all the gold, otherwise you will only have a dead end!"
"What? You dare to threaten me? Kolchak immediately jumped up, pointed at Feng Shaoyu and scolded loudly: "You damn yellow-skinned monkey, this is my military camp, there are countless soldiers loyal to me, you dare to threaten me, I will throw you outside to feed the wild wolves now!" ”
"Sorry, it's late!" Feng Shaoyu snapped his fingers lightly as he spoke, and more than a dozen people suddenly rushed in outside, the leader of which was Kolchak's guard captain Cheryev, seeing this black bear-like guard captain who was more than two meters tall, Kolchak seemed to feel a little bad, but he still didn't believe that this foolish guy would betray him.
"Cherev, grab this damn yellow-skinned monkey, go!"
"Sir, I'm sorry, I can't follow your orders, you are taking us to death, the bitter cold of Siberia is harvesting life every day, and at most in one night nearly two hundred thousand people died in Nikolaevsk, don't you see, there are my wife and children!"
Cheryev was also a little too excited at this time, tears rolled out of the corners of his eyes, and Kolchak was also a little stupid at this time Feng Shaoyu stood up on the side and said to Cherev: "Mr. Cherev, arrest Kolchak, you will be able to go south with us immediately, you are ready on the Mongolian and Chinese side, you will get everything you want!" ”
Cheryev nodded violently, knocked Kolchak down violently, and trapped him tightly with a rope, and at this moment another person walked in outside the tent, it was Wu Fenglou, as the commander-in-chief of this operation, he was mainly responsible for the safety of gold.
Just tonight, Kolchak ordered his subordinates to unload the gold from the armed escort truck and load it onto the sled, and then use the sleigh to transport all the gold, it is crazy to snatch the gold from the ranks of hundreds of thousands of people, and it will also expose China, once the great powers know that China has swallowed such a huge sum of money, there will be a lot of trouble, so Wu Fenglou thought of an ingenious way.
It was through Feng Shaoyu that he first bribed Cherev, who was the most loyal to Kolchak, and asked Cheryev to help mix the Chinese special forces into the escort team that escorted gold, you must know that Russia is not all Caucasian, and the number of yellow people in the Far East is also quite large, so such an elite force will only be regarded by them as a secret force sent by Kolchak to ensure security.
The cold has restricted people's thinking, and the Russians never thought that the Chinese, who had no power in Siberia, would attack them, and after taking control of the gold, Cherev accompanied Kolchak to appear in front of these sleigh teams, Kolchak did not say a word, but with a gloomy face, Cheryev took the place of the consul and ordered the sled team to march southeast overnight.
These were only thought to be the consuls who wanted to abandon the oil bottles and flee with the gold themselves, although they were unwilling in their hearts, but under the threat of black guns, they could only do so, and this party quietly left the main army, at first moving in the direction of the Far East, but soon they changed direction and marched towards the south.
After walking out for a while, these Russians driving the sled felt a little bad, as if there was a problem with the direction, but it was night at this time, they were not very sure, just after walking more than ten kilometers, suddenly from all around rushed out of two thousand soldiers with loaded guns, the sled team was completely controlled, until this time, they knew that things were not good, but it was too late, they only had any resistance, they would be immediately beaten into a sieve, and they could only walk obediently to the south.
It is not easy for Wu Fenglou to get the gold smoothly, now the most troublesome thing is the wind and snow, the road has become very difficult, and more than 500 tons of gold is not a small amount, there are nearly a thousand sleds pulling the wealth that shocked the world, these horses have been seriously overloaded, they will be exhausted to death at any time, they must have enough replenishment to be able to continue to act, otherwise they will only freeze to death on the desert of Siberia, and they must prevent these Russians from rioting, so after walking trembling for three days, Suddenly, there were some black spots surging in the distance!
(To be continued)