Novosibirsk was founded less than ten years ago, and more than ten years ago, it was still a small migrant village, but since Tsarist Russia began to plan and build the Trans-Siberian Railway, the city's population has surged, and at the same time, in the plain area between the Ob River and the Irtysh River, it has gradually formed a large population gathering area such as Novosibirsk, Barnaul, Tomsk, Kemerovo, Novokuznesk, and Biysk, with a total population of nearly one million.

Although Novosibirsk has just been established as a city, it is a laggard, and its population has far exceeded that of the cities of Barnaul and Tomsk, which have a history of one or two hundred years, and is positioned as the throat of the Far East, this new city, which has built several large factories, including steel plants, and many industrial projects are still under construction, to support the construction of railways and the various needs of immigrants throughout Siberia.

But today, the whole of Novosibirsk is in a frenzied chaos, just a few days ago the commander of the Central Route Army, Seruchi, had vowed to protect the safety of the entire southeastern plain of Western Siberia, but last night, the citizens found that the army was secretly withdrawing, and the well-informed sources leaked that this secret retreat had been going on for several days.

The growing rumors were finally confirmed by the violent explosions in several factories this morning, the soldiers entered the factory, dismissed the workers, and began to blow up the equipment that damaged the factory, the Novosibirsk City Hall posted a notice asking the citizens to evacuate, but the railway will be blown up after the last group of soldiers retreated, the city hall called on the citizens to retreat on foot in an orderly manner, and the city hall will send a liaison team to organize the retreat.

At the same time, officials of the Fourth Police Department in Novosibirsk and other cities began to contact the citizens to prepare for the formation of a clandestine armed resistance army to fight underground against the Chinese after their arrival, while waiting for the Zu [***] team to regain lost territory.

The Fourth Police Department, once a notorious security apparatus for clandestine killings of dissidents, but whose power was greatly constrained during the reign of Alexander II, has now been transformed into a vanguard for the formation of front-line militia resistance.

The citizens rushed to the train station, and after Admiral Serucci, who stood in front of the train station and gave a tearful speech, attacked the citizens with stones, the moving speech quickly turned into a farce, the citizens rushed into the station, tried to occupy the train that had not yet started, but were stopped by the military and police, which soon turned into a violent confrontation, and finally, after the angry citizens poured in, the military police used firearms.

Amid the shrill whistle, the train slowly started with black smoke, and the platform was full of desperate Russian citizens, gunshots, corpses, and blood.

The old man chased after the train with his crying child in his arms, crying out for his grandson.

A young man who had just crossed the cordon was quickly hit by a bullet and fell to the ground.

Standing in front of the glass window of the carriage, looking at the chaotic bloody scene on the platform, Serucci suffered incomparably in his heart, if the citizens were informed of the truth in advance, the whole city would be plunged into great chaos, and it would be impossible for the army to withdraw in an orderly manner, nor to destroy the industrial facilities of Novosibirsk in the shortest possible time.

However, the abandonment of one's own people is a shame that cannot be accepted by a professional soldier or to him under any circumstances.

"Bang", on the window of the car, suddenly pasted a newspaper with the words "traitor", Serucci reflexively took two steps back, only then did it become clear that a young man with a Caucasian face ran angrily with the train, and roared hysterically in his mouth, and it could be seen from the shape of his mouth that he was yelling: "Serucci! You have betrayed us, go to hell! Bastard! ”

The train gradually picked up speed, and the young man tapped on the window, although he tried his best to run, he couldn't keep up with the speed of the train, and gradually fell behind.

Serucci looked at him silently, and closed his eyes in pain.

…… Six days later, the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Division of the Xiangshan Group Army of the Royal Chinese Army entered Novosibirsk and, although it encountered resistance from some armed citizens, quickly took control of the situation.

Twenty days later, Su Niangniang's headquarters of the Central Route Army moved to a military camp on the outskirts of Novosibirsk, and at the same time, all Russian towns in the southeastern plain were occupied by the Chinese [***].

Although a large number of Russians fled, from Novosibirsk to Omsk is a no-man's land of hundreds of kilometers, the traffic situation is also extremely bad, wild beasts are infested, winter is gradually coming, in the case of the destruction of the railway line, it is easy to encounter danger in the migration of families and mouths, not to mention that it is difficult to abandon family business, and the Russians who finally stay in the occupied areas still account for the vast majority.

At the same time that the Chinese garrison strictly enforced martial law in various cities and strictly enforced the order to confiscate weapons, they put up notices to reassure the people, saying that they would never go door-to-door to search and encroach on the property of citizens, but after 10 days, if citizens who have not surrendered their guns and weapons will be regarded as rebels, and once they encounter citizens with guns, Chinese soldiers can use any weapon to fight back as soon as they think their lives are threatened.

During this time, a large number of civil officials from the Central Plains also entered Siberia and other cities, and began to establish municipal axes in various cities.

Some prominent Russians who failed to leave with the army were invited out to join the municipal axe, either forced or voluntary, but gradually found that working under the hands of the Chinese was more able to protect the interests of the Russians in the occupied areas, and these Chinese officials, polite and polite, did not have the arrogance of the occupiers at all, and perhaps in any case, the oriental culture was reserved and restrained.

And the toughness and arrogance that the Chinese sometimes show may be more in line with their understanding and definition of the image of the occupiers in the eyes of these Russian officials who serve the Chinese.

When the deadline for the seizure of firearms expired, the headquarters of the Central Route Army was moved into the city of Novosibirsk, officially under the name of "Second Front Command".

The high command was originally the headquarters of the Russian police headquarters Novosibirsk Special Fourth Department, and now the entire block is blocked, three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, even if it is a municipal axe official, it is difficult to move an inch without a special pass.

It is a Russian-colored building, with high domes, gray stones, and a church in the immediate vicinity.

On the high courtyard wall of the headquarters, the power grid was pulled up.

Next to the courtyard gate, the bayonets of the heavily loaded [***] people were shining.

Inside, a two-story building is the main building, flanked by several spired houses, and now the courtyard has been connected to a telegraph line, and a telephone line has been set up between the emergency liaison room of the headquarters and the town hall.

At the same time that the matchmaker held a military meeting in the conference room on the second floor of the headquarters, in a pavilion in the Old Summer Palace, a blind old man was squeaking and pulling the erhu, and his tone was desolate, and he sang in a strange tone: "In 1937, the devil entered the Central Plains, first opened the Lugou Bridge, and then entered the Shanhaiguan ,......."

Ye Zhao sat on the other side of the water pavilion, closing his eyes and recuperating.

It was not easy for Sava to find Ye Zhao, looking at the two lonely people in the pavilion, and seeing Ye Zhao and the blind old man sitting back to back against the pillar of the water pavilion, Sava was very strange, walked over quickly, and asked, "Sweetheart, what is he singing?" ”

The blind old man's ears were extremely sharp, and when he heard the sound of footsteps, he stopped abruptly, because the nobleman who often helped him had already instructed him not to sing the few songs he taught to sing in front of anyone, although he did not know what he was singing.

Ye Zhao opened his eyes and smiled: "It's nothing? Without looking back, he reached over and patted the old man on the shoulder, "Old man, I'm leaving, old rules, turn around and ask someone to send you home." ”

The erhu squeaked out, which was the old man's response.

Ye Zhao got up with a smile, took Shawa's hand, and walked towards the long gallery.

Invaded Russia, Ye Zhao didn't know why he wanted to listen to these songs of "pulling the big bolt", sitting with this blind old man, the world was vast, thinking back on his past life, this emperor who was ambitious in the eyes of many foreigners and wanted many countries to submit to his feet, would think about a lot of things, perhaps, he was also sublimating himself, so that he would not become a real madman conqueror.

…… The Novosibirsk Chinese Army High Command, Chief of the General Staff of the High Command Suna received the Deputy Mayor of the City of Novosibirsk Trubetskoi, the son of the Decembrists leader the Elder, Duke Trubetskoi the Elder.

More than 40 years ago, the revolutionaries led by the "Society for National Salvation" and the "Society for Happiness" took advantage of the death of Tsar Alexander I to revolt and demand the establishment of a republic.

The Decembrists were bloodily suppressed, a large number of leaders and those associated with them were executed, and the old Duke Trubetskoy was exiled to Siberia because of his noble status.

Now that the old duke has long since died, Trubetskoy Jr. has stayed away from politics and become a businessman, amassing some wealth over the years.

However, although his father was one of the leaders of the rebellion against the Tsarist rule, he was not dissatisfied with the current political axe of Tsarist Russia, and various secret societies that had become active again in recent years also tried to contact him, and most of them were closed.

Trubetskoi was undoubtedly extremely painful to be forced into the puppet regime established by the Chinese, but he also knew that if no one stood up and argued with the Chinese, the life of the Russians in the occupied territories would become even more miserable.

After the Imperial Police system was on track, Suna was transferred to the General Staff, this time as the matchmaker's deputy in charge of the Central Theater.

As one of Ye Zhao's cronies who has been with him for the longest time, Suna is quite talented, entering the semi-civilian official system, and also combing the (patrolling) police headquarters in an orderly manner, which can be regarded as one of the most handy all-rounders used by Ye Zhao, especially since he taught himself Russian, which is rare among imperial generals......

Suna and Trubetskoy's meeting matchmaker has not participated in it, although the news that she is the commander of the Second Front of the Reich is no longer a secret, but she still doesn't like to come to the fore for many things, especially when dealing with foreigners, she never comes forward in person, even if she catches the tsar's royal brother, she only looks at it a few times, psychologically speaking, she disdains to deal with Western barbarians.

However, through the curtain in the middle, the matchmaker sipped tea, and the conversation between Suna and Trubetskoy was listened to in his ears.

Trubetskoi knew that the Chinese side was different from the civilian officials, and the military officers were extremely tough, but he did not expect that the chief of the General Staff of the other party, General Su, showed rare affinity and patience, listened to his rambling requests, did not have an impatient look, smiled on his face, and listened carefully.

After Trubetskoy expressed the hope that the Chinese could reduce the number and frequency of temporary household spot checks, Suna smiled for the first time and said: "This can be done, and I also hope that Mr. Trubetskoy will help the city hall organize the municipal police station as soon as possible." In fact, from the perspective of Novosibirsk, although there is no large-scale house-to-house search for "suspects" as promised, through random inspections, more than one-third of Russian families have been searched by Chinese [***] people.

Trubetskoy's heart was relieved, and seeing that this General Su had a kind demeanor, he hesitated for a moment and asked: "May I ask General Su, I heard that your army slaughtered more than 10,000 civilians in Tomsk, I don't know if the rumors are true?" "In Trubetskoy's impression, the military discipline of the Chinese is excellent, especially when he knows what his country's army does when fighting abroad, Mo said that fighting abroad can be regarded as suppressing civilian riots, and there are often horrific massacres and annihilations and other bad deeds.

Although there were frequent beatings and scolding of Russians and the shooting of civilians in Novosibirsk, it was a turbulent period in the early days of entering the city, and there was no sign of collective violence.

Now that the garrison of the city has gradually retreated to the barracks outside the city, it is heard that after ten days, only the garrison of the headquarters and the necessary security forces will be retained in the city, so that the life of the inhabitants of the city will soon return to normal.

Although Trubetskoi was reluctant to admit it, the discipline and high quality of the Chinese team could not help but make him sigh, and the victory over the Zu [***] team was not a fluke.

When it was rumored that the citizens of Tomsk had been bloodily massacred by the Chinese, Trubetskoi did not believe it.

Suna heard Trubetskoy's question and sighed: "A large number of civilians in Tomsk have armed themselves and stood with the security forces, and the number of casualties in the battle is inevitable, and the number is not as exaggerated as you said, but there are indeed cases of unarmed civilians being killed by mistake, and our investigation team is conducting a rigorous investigation." ”

Trubetskoi nodded slightly and said, "I hope your army will severely punish the murderers." Naturally, I believed Suna's claims.

Suna said at this time: "Mr. Trubetskoy, you have made a lot of requests, and we also have a request to you, hoping that Mr. Trubetskoi will organize the workers to return to work as soon as possible, the factories that can start work will be opened, the factories that are not seriously damaged will repair all the machines that can be repaired, and the land of the escaped farm owners will also need hired workers." I hope you can help us to restore normal economic activity in the city of Novosibirsk. ”

Sensitive industries were severely damaged in Novosibirsk, but some light industry workshops were not affected, and some factories had machines that could be repaired.

Trubetskoi hesitated for a moment and said: "Well, this is my duty, I will do it well." "It seems to be a favor for the Chinese, but it is also for the survival of the people of the whole city, if the economic activities of the whole city are stagnant, it is the civilians who will suffer in the end, and the Chinese [***] team is naturally free of food and clothing, and the first to starve to death is always the civilians in the occupied areas."

On the bamboo chair in the inner room, the matchmaker turned a page of documents, which was the initial investigation report on the unnatural death of civilians in Tomsk, because there was a security force in the city that resisted stubbornly, and a large number of armed civilians participated.

Looking at this investigation report, the matchmaker couldn't help but think of what Ye Zhao said to herself half-jokingly and half-seriously, the criteria for judging the security area are very simple, from the eyes of the Russian girl, you can see the quality of the local security situation, first, there is absolutely no trace of the girl. It is the evidence of the fear of [***] people, and it is "bad public security". Second, I was surprised by our vehicles and horses and looked out of the window from afar. For "slightly better security". Thirdly, in the case of the above paragraph, when she walked out of the house and looked out, the Russian girl walked calmly on the street where there were Chinese [***] people, and it was "good law and order".

Giving dignity to the Russians in the ruling areas and stirring up contradictions between the Russians and the tsarist regime was the only way to stabilize the occupied territories.

Now, this war has gradually entered a new stage, after the large strategic retreat of the Tsarist Russian army, their own army has penetrated deep into the territory of Tsarist Russia, before the offensive is launched next spring, a large number of war materials will be transported to the southeast plain, this Russian gathering area, there is no doubt that there are resistance groups, their own mobilization, material reserves and other information to keep secret, while the Russians can choose more points of attack, such as their own supply lines, armament warehouses and scattered troops, etc.

In this way, it became extremely important to stabilize the law and order in the occupied territories, especially after careful consideration by the Privy Council, since the South-East Plain was now the front line of the war, and the possibility of being reoccupied by the Russians could not be ruled out in a future war, so the decision was made not to emigrate to the South-East Plain for the time being. In such a situation, it is even more impossible to give the Russian resistance organization the soil to survive and grow.

After Trubetskoi said goodbye, the matchmaker and Suna discussed the security of the occupied area for a while, and discussed the situation in Tomsk for a while.

He sent an urgent telegram from the capital, and the matchmaker took it, couldn't help but smile slightly, handed the telegram to Suna, and said, "This is good news." ”

Suna's eyes lit up when he saw a line of small words on the telegram, and he said: "The emperor and his mother are blessed with all the blessings, and they should be exhausted." ”

However, it was Han Jinchun's army that conquered Okhotsk, Yixin was captured while absconding in disguise, and all the princes and ministers and the two concubines who were still with him were arrested.

What is not mentioned in the telegram is that when the city was broken, Yixin's two concubines tried to commit suicide, but the commando team came very quickly and saved their lives.

followed Yi Xin to the bitter cold land of the extreme north, and the two concubines had the consciousness of killing themselves.

(To be continued)