Trans-Siberian Railway!

In the eyes of Zhan Tianyou, and even any diplomat or observer who is concerned about the situation in the Far East, he knows very well that the construction of this railway has also had a major impact on the situation in the Far East, with which Russia can reach into Asia and the Far East. It is precisely for this reason that www.biquge.info big guys are so wary of this railway, and even from the very beginning of its construction, it has shown its influence to the world - it directly led to the "assassination of the crown prince" and the ensuing Russo-Japanese War at the cost of Japan's annihilation.

A railway changed the situation in the Far East and destroyed a country! No other railroad in the world, at least, has had such an impact.

In fact, the Trans-Siberian Railway undoubtedly had a more direct impact on China than its influence on Japan, and posed a greater threat to China, after all, the two countries directly bordered on land, which made China have to face the threat from Russia directly. As far as the Northeast is concerned, this railway will inevitably lead to a conflict between the Northeast and Russia, which is expanding eastward. Even now, this kind of contradiction caused by the railway has already arisen.

Moreover, this contradiction is gradually sliding in an irreconcilable direction, and even in the view of some relatively stirred up views in the northeast, "for every foot of the Trans-Siberian Railway extending eastward, the war is getting further and deeper."

In Xu Tieshan's travelogue, there are also records related to the construction of the railway, and there is also a faint mention of the threat of this railway to the security of Northeast China, as well as worries about the future security of Northeast China. Zhan Tianyou naturally noticed this, but he didn't expect his answer, but in exchange for the handsome shook his head and denied it.

"The rice along the Ussuri coast is fragrant. Even the rice in Gangnam is more fragrant! ”

Surprisingly. Tang Haoran mentioned another thing. In the "Travels", only a few chapters are used to describe the things, and even a single stroke, the unnoticed fact - Japanese immigrants! Few people noticed this detail, but he couldn't help but notice this unprecedented change in history.

"Ah......h

Zhan Tianyou was stunned for a moment, and then said as if he had suddenly realized.

"Ran Shuai, you mean Japanese immigrants?"

Rice!

For the Russians, who were eating bread and flour, it was a fresh crop, which was brought by Japanese immigrants exclusively. In the past, Japan and Russia were two countries, and it was difficult for the Japanese to move to the Far East even if they wanted to, but after the annexation of Japan by Russia, Japan and Russia became one country, with a narrow island on the one hand and a vast continent on the other, which naturally attracted many Japanese.

After the fall of Japan, many patriotic Japanese people went into exile. But hundreds of thousands of Japanese, mostly landless and poor peasants, migrated to the Far East in search of livelihoods. The poor peasants were cultivating wasteland in the Far East. Rice and other crops were cultivated, and Russia needed these immigrants to reclaim the land, and even these third-class nationals to "enrich" the vast Far East and Siberia.

Under this mutual need, Japanese immigrants are gradually enriching the Far East and Siberia. In Xu Tieshan's travelogue, the footsteps of "Oriental immigrants" are also clearly recorded, and even he once walked hundreds of kilometers with several Oriental immigrants, and saw "Oriental villages" along the way, and those Oriental villages were inhabited by Japanese without exception.

Perhaps, now the Far East and Siberia are like the Northeast to the mainland, and while the Northeast is absorbing the mainlanders, the Far East and Siberia are also absorbing Japanese immigrants, and when the inland immigrants are changing the Northeast, the Japanese immigrants are also changing the Far East and Siberia.

"Ran Shuai, are you worried about ......"

Could it be that Ran Shuai is worried about these Japanese immigrants? However, before Zhan Tianyou's words were finished, he was interrupted by Tang Haoran.

"Worried?"

First stunned, then Tang Haoran shook his head, perhaps, the Russians may be worried about whether Japanese immigrants will "dye" the Far East, Siberia or even the whole of Russia in the future, but for Tang Haoran, there is no worry about this at all, the reason is very simple, for the Japanese, China has an absolutely superior population base, 450 million Chinese, is the source of this self-confidence.

"I think that the arrival of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Japanese immigrants will greatly change the current backward economy of the Far East, and this is the ...... we need to take into account."

During the Russo-Japanese War, the backward economy of the Far East burdened Russia with a heavy burden, but now, the emergence of a large number of Japanese immigrants is changing this situation little by little, which is naturally likely to have an impact on future strategies.

"At the same time, it should be noted that it is clearly mentioned in the travelogue that nine out of every ten workers on the railway site came from Japan, and the wages of one Russian worker were enough to hire five Japanese workers!"

The cheapness of Japanese workers was even cheaper than that of the Chinese laborers hired by the Russians in history, and it was precisely because of their cheapness that the Russians set up a large number of recruitment stations in the Viceroyalty of Nikolai to recruit Japanese workers to build railways in Siberia.

"And Japanese laborers work very hard and are never lazy. Even in the travelogue, the Russian engineer said in a praising tone. If there were no Japanese laborers, there might be a good chance that they would not have been able to meet the deadline, but now, he believes that the Japanese laborers can make the project happen earlier! ”

Historically, due to financial and especially manpower reasons, Russia failed to build the Trans-Siberian Railway for 14 years, and of course, by the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, only the two sections of the Ussuri and Circum-Baikal railways with complex terrain were not completed. But after all, they used it for 14 years, and as for now, will they use it for another 14 years?

But now, the war against Japan has solved the problem of restricting the speed of railway construction, and Japan can provide a steady stream of labor resources, which is bound to speed up the construction of the railway, and when will the Trans-Siberian Railway be completed? This is the key to the fate of China and Russia. If Japanese workers had accelerated road construction, it would have meant that history would have left China with even less time. In other words, their own historical experience is no longer of any use here, and it is highly likely that the railway will be completed before 1904. But when exactly? What kind of change will these unknowns bring?

"On the one hand, there is a steady stream of Japanese immigrants. It is changing the economy of the Far East. The Far East prospered rapidly, and on the other hand, a steady stream of Japanese laborers was rapidly building the Trans-Siberian Railway, and once it was built, we would ...... between us and Russia. Sincerely, you say, can it not be worrying? ”

It's not the rice of the Ussuri River that worries, but the sweetness of those rice. It is also the rice of the Russians, and the rice of the Russians, to some extent, for China, means bullets. Means war! If you can't cut off the claws of that polar bear, you won't even have the strength to enter the customs, let alone unify China. After all, no one can guarantee that the governors of Kannai will not make any "sacrifices" and collude with the Russians to betray the Northeast. Although unlikely, in the history of China. Similar acts of collusion with outsiders are not uncommon.

"Dashuai, if everything goes well, at most next year, we will be able to build the northbound branch line, and then the immigrants will definitely be able to enter the Sanjiang area along the railway......"

Zhan Tianyou, a railway engineer, immediately felt the pressure on his shoulders, and the construction of the railway was related to the speed of migration and whether as many migrants as possible could be sent to the resettlement sites in Heilongjiang and northern Jilin.

"Railroad ......"

Thinking of these two words, Tang Haoran couldn't help but smile bitterly, secretly thinking about another question, in any case, it seems that China and Russia have no way to bypass the issue of railways, whether it is the Trans-Siberian Railway, which poses a direct threat to China, or the horizontal railway, which the Russians intend to touch.

The chaotic thoughts flew away with the swaying of the train, but Tang Haoran's brows were furrowed tighter and tighter, and the further north he went, the darkness and desolation outside the car undoubtedly revealed to him a fact, a fact that Jibei was too desolate!

In the early hours of the morning, on the platform of the Binjiang Railway Station, there was a group of officers and soldiers, different from ordinary troops, this group of soldiers wearing thick tweed military uniforms all wore horse head armbands on their left shoulders, which showed their identity - cavalry, cavalry in the Northeast Army is still a "rare thing", it is true to say that he is rare, 100,000 Northeast Army, so far there are only two cavalry regiments, although there are cavalry battalions in the establishment of mixed brigades, but more than half of the cavalry battalions still ride short Mongolian horses, not the Don hippos of the cavalry regiment.

These cavalrymen, who had always felt superior, were walking up and down the platform, and at their waists, the holsters of the broad, unconventional Bochat pistols were always swinging with their footsteps, and if it weren't for the wooden butts being tied to the saddles, they would have scolded them.

Although they were somewhat dissatisfied with the Bochat pistol, it did not prevent them from liking it, especially the magazine that could be changed on horseback, which won the love of all cavalrymen, although the cavalry doctrine stipulated that a uniform queue should be used when attacking, but compared to the sabre, the cavalry undoubtedly preferred this pistol that could change the magazine on horseback, and even the cavalry specially developed new tactics according to its characteristics.

Although the Bochart pistol has advantages that are difficult to match with a revolver, it is not perfect, first of all, it is too expensive, and the other holsters are hung on the belt of the arm, and the center of gravity at the end of the gun always makes people feel a little unstable. It may not be much in normal times, but today's occasion is an extremely important occasion, and it is especially important to pay attention to grooming.

"I knew I should have let them change to a revolver!"

Seeing those cavalry walking, the pistol with an unstable center of gravity swayed around his waist, and he muttered to himself in his heart, Kong Qingtang, as the chief officer of the Binjiang Town Guard District, was the supreme wartime commander of the army unit in the Jilin region, and the marshal's sudden visit to Binjiang really made him nervous.

After all, whether it is Jilin or Heilongjiang, it is said that it is sparsely populated, and it is said that it is difficult to hear that bandits still exist, this place is too big, there are always countless places that can hide bandits, that is, a while ago, there were caravans that were robbed, those beards, as soon as the knives and guns were collected, they became people, sometimes maybe, a tun is full of beards, usually farming, grabbing a caravan or something in their spare time, it is considered to eat night grass, in this case, how to distinguish whether it is a beard or a common people?

"In case of an accident, who is responsible?"

When the chief of staff on the side spoke, he muttered softly, isn't it, if he wasn't worried about any accidents, how could Kong Qingtang bring out the cavalry battalion directly under the headquarters, the equipment and combat effectiveness of the cavalry of the Northeast Army have always been the best.

But no, the image is not good, or the image is not good!

"Huh?"

Suddenly, the weapons on the waists of several of the officers attracted Kong Qingtang's attention, and what they carried around their waists was not the holster of Bochat's pistol, but a thick wooden box.

"What's going on? Don't they know ......?"

"Ding Liqiang!"

With a light snort, when the commander of the cavalry battalion came quickly, Kong Qingtang noticed that he was also carrying a wooden shell around his waist, so his face suddenly became ugly.

"What day is today, what kind of guy are you taking, if something happens, can you afford it?"

Without waiting for Ding Liqiang to stand firm and salute, Kong Qingtang opened his mouth with a burst of reprimand, only reprimanding Ding Liqiang's whole person, and it took him a while before he reacted to what was going on.

"Sir, sir, you, that's what you're talking about?"

was stunned for a moment, Ding Liqiang seemed to react, his thumb was buckled inward, and the wooden shell cover popped open, and then a pistol with an alternative shape was pulled out by him, looking at the pistol, Kong Qingtang's eyes couldn't help narrowing, and he immediately realized that this was a new pistol.

"It's ......"

"Commander, this is a new automatic gun made by our Binjiang Factory, it is much more comfortable than Bocha's envoy, the bullet is loaded in the steel box in front of the trigger, and there are two more rounds, which can hold ten bullets! It's much better to fight than Bochat,"

Carrying the pistol in his hand, Ding Liqiang showed off as if offering a treasure, and he was busy with today's vigilance in the past few days, but he originally promised the factory that when he was free, he would ask the commander to shoot a few shots on the shooting range, and this person only sent ten sample guns to the cavalry battalion, but he forgot about it.

"What? Is it a gun made in the riverside? ”

Ding Liqiang's words only surprised Kong Qingtang for a while, but before he could react, he listened to the whistle of a train in front of him, and seeing that the handsome train was about to enter the station, Kong Qingtang hurriedly ordered.

"Hurry up and put the gun away, if there is anything to talk about, there is a mess, before you can go to the military court, Lao Tzu will kill you with his own hands!"

While instructing, Kong Qingtang told the front row with a wooden shell gun, after all, the wooden shell looked more comfortable than Bochat, who was swaying from side to side. (To be continued.) )