Chapter 156: The Choice of Soviet Experts
In the vicinity of Yan'an, northwest of the Yanhuang Continent, there are more than 10,000 Soviet experts and their relatives who have been transported back by train, and there are about 40,000 Soviets living in total, including Finns, Bulgarians, Romanians, and even Germans.
For these experts and scholars or people with skills, the top level of the Red Party attaches great importance to it, so Lao Mao specially held a meeting with the person in charge of arranging the life of the experts, emphasizing the importance of these experts. How important are they? According to the historical records of the main plane, seven years later, in 1950, Lu Dingyi, the head of the Yanhuang zhōngyāng organization, met with the Soviet Chargé d'affaires in China, Shebaev, and revealed that there were 1.5 million party members in North China at that time, of whom 1.3 million were illiterate or semi-literate. Nearly 50 percent of the leaders at or above the district party committee level have no education or are not highly educated.
By 1952, only 2.14 percent of the 1.28 million platoon commanders and above in the Yan and Huang Army had attained university education, only 12 percent had high school education, and 27.21 percent were illiterate.
Therefore, for the Red Party, whether it is zhōngyāng or local, factory or military, the thirst for talents has reached an extreme. After all, the above data is still after the Red Party unified the country, already has some domestic and foreign talents, and now the Red Party has just started, the coastal areas and the southwest national control area with the most Yan and Huang talents have not yet been recovered, so the current Red Party, for metallurgy, chemical industry, hydropower, coal, petroleum, construction, light industry, agriculture and railways, and even aquatic products, food, textiles and other experts and talents are not refused, as long as they have a skill, we are welcome!
Of course, it needs to be noted here that Wang Fan's "Phoenix Introduction Plan" brought in "experts", not "consultants". The difference between them is still very big.
Historically, the Soviet advisers who assisted Yanhuang were generally high-ranking cadres within the Soviet Union's own zhèngfǔ, and upon arrival, they were directly assigned to various departments in the new zhèngfǔ of the Yanhuang Republic, responsible for the work of institutional setup, rules and regulations, management system, etc., and assisted in solving some major problems.
Soviet specialists, on the other hand, were pure, professional technicians or engineers, who specialized in solving specific technical problems or giving demonstrations directly. Thus, at this stage, the role of Soviet specialists was greater for the Red Party than for advisers. In addition, because a considerable number of Soviet prisons were detained by the officer class of the former Soviet army, and many of them knew how to mechanize warfare, artillery coordination, and other related knowledge, the "Phoenix Attraction Plan" also selectively introduced some former Soviet officers at the regimental and battalion levels to be responsible for the personnel training and teaching of the Red Party's grassroots artillery, tank troops, air force, and navy.
Specialists are placed in the community.
"Bell~~~" With the memory of the electric bell in the community at half past six in the morning, Rykov, his wife Gachink, and their daughter Zaterskaya got up from the bed, dressed and washed, and prepared for the new day. At this time, for the sake of confidentiality, security and convenient management, the whole community implements militarized management, gets up at half past six in the morning, and turns off the lights at half past ten in the evening.
"Gachink, I'm going to fetch hot water!" Rykov, who is slender and different from the burly figure of the average Soviet, said.
"Okay, you slow down." When his wife, Gachink, saw her husband go outside the house, she began to pack up her bed and tidy up her belongings.
Rykov was a hydraulic expert in the Soviet Union and had been working on the design of reservoirs and dams. After Stalin's purges expanded, his design institute was also affected, and in the movement, mutual defense and mutual exposure were exposed, and finally Rekov was abandoned, judged as a latent Trotskyist, and escorted to a Siberian prison to serve his sentence, relatively fortunately, because the management was not too strict at that time, his wife and daughter were also sent to Siberia to serve their sentences, so that although the family lost zìyóu, they could still see each other once or twice a month.
However, with the passage of time and the increase in the number of prison inmates, the living conditions in prisons became worse and worse, especially after the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union, the Soviet side lost a large number of equipment and materials, for which the highest level of the Soviet Union decided to transfer a large number of heavy equipment and daily necessities, especially food, from the Far Eastern Siberian region! As a direct consequence of this, the lowest prison inmates faced food shortages and the danger of starvation, and the Rekov family was on the verge of starvation before Wang Fan's "Phoenix Introduction" plan was implemented.
When they were taken out of prison, they all thought that their time had come, and they might even be eaten by others as "human dried food". But no one thought that in the end, it would be a long journey. After several stops, after getting off at the terminal, seeing the words at the station and the faces of many yellow people, it turned out that due to work reasons, Rykov, who had a relatively wide range of contacts, knew that his family had come to the Yanhuang Republic of China.
Under the instructions and arrangements of a staff member who knew Russian, the family of three was assigned to live in a small unit. The house is not big, after entering the house, the left hand is two simple wardrobes with zippers, the right hand is two combination beds, below is the desk, above is a single bed, considering that the daughter is still young, so if you squeeze it, you can sleep open, and after closing the door, it is a relatively dúlì private space, compared to the original Siberian dirty, cold and dilapidated situation, it is already a heaven and an underground.
There are water intakes and toilets on each floor of the building, and there are washbasins, kettles, towels and other necessary items in the house, and because they saw that the clothes of the experts who came to Shaanxi were really tattered, the staff of the Red Party consulted the upper floor, and decided that everyone would temporarily issue a new set of clothes, so that the flow of people in and out of the community would look better and be neater.
In the first week, the expert team of each resident community needs to participate in the political review, report their original profession, work and skills, and if necessary, there will be special people to assess to ensure that there is no problem of Mr. Nan Guo who is Mongolian. Of course, although there are some difficulties in communication, after all, they are Romanians, Germans, Soviet natives, since they live in the Soviet Union, they can still speak some Russian, so at this time in the community, Russian has become the main bridge of communication between the two sides. However, for the sake of the future, 2 hours of Chinese teaching will be organized every day in the community to explain the most basic Chinese enlightenment courses such as "hello, good morning, and dinner".
In the unit, after fetching water, Rykov, who had washed and cleaned up with his wife and daughter, sat in the house, waiting for 7:15 to gather together and go to the cafeteria in the community to have breakfast.
"Are you going to announce what will happen to us today?" His wife, Gachenke, looked at the scene outside the window, and said with Zaterskaya in her arms, who was still a little sleepy.
"Well, they said it would be announced today!" Rykov replied with a somewhat solemn face.
"What kind of country is Yanhuang? Do you know about their policies towards foreigners in your previous work? His wife, Gachink, asked uneasily.
"I don't know much, I once heard a friend who came to Yanhuang say, he described Yanhuang as a third-rate country with frequent wars and warlords, and the people's lives are miserable." Rykov replied.
"A third-rate country, miserable?" Gachink looked at the facilities inside and outside the house, especially at the neatly arranged street lamps in the dormitory complex and the beautiful exterior walls, and couldn't help but shake his head and said speechlessly.
"I'm also surprised by the environment here, but whether it's good or bad, it doesn't matter to us, and where we will go in the future still needs to wait for the announcement of the conference in the morning." Rykov studied science knowledge, his mind was more rational, and he did not get entangled in the surrounding living facilities, and continued: "However, I think it is very likely that Yan Huang wants us to work for them, and I have been carrying out registration work for the past few days, probably to collect information on everyone's whereabouts. ”
"Then our family won't be separated?" Gachink suddenly thought of a possibility, hugged his daughter tightly uneasily, and asked in a low voice.
"......, I don't know."
At half past nine in the morning, in an empty cāo field, hundreds of Red Army soldiers with guns stood at various nodes, dividing the wide cāo field into small areas one after another, and more than 10,000 Soviets stood in these small areas.
"Now I announce the arrangement policy for you!" A Yan Huang officer stood on a small high platform at the front and said loudly with the microphone in his hand.
"After a week of our statistics, all of you left below are the talents needed for the construction of our country, and our party's talent policy is as follows: First, because you are prisoners of the Soviet Union, the reason why you came here is that your country is unable to pay for weapons, so the Soviet high-level decided to use the method of labor reimbursement to solve the problem of accounts.
"Second, we provide two ways for you to choose, one is to retain your original nationality and status, work here for 10 years without compensation, according to militarized management, limit the scope of travel, and after the expiration of the period, you can resume your body, and we will pay you the travel expenses back to China, and then you can leave on your own. The other is to join the Yanhuang nationality, enjoy the treatment of Yanhuang citizens, get a monthly salary, the first two years are under militarized management, the last three years are semi-militarized management, after the expiration of the period, you can leave here, in accordance with the relevant policies, assigned to the dúlì building for living and living, how to choose, the right is in your own hands. ”
"Okay, now everyone goes back to their own house, and then someone will count house by house, choose the first one to pack up their things in advance, we arrange for the car to leave here, the second one needs to register and complete the formalities, and then temporarily live here for a period of time, below, disband!!"
Ten minutes later.
Back in their own room Rykov and Gachink, you look at me, I look at you, after a moment of silence, his wife Gachenk couldn't help it, and said first: "Rykov, for Zaterskaya's sake, we stay!" ”
"Didn't you go to Romania to find your parents?" Gatchink's parents were in Romania, and this was the main basis for Rykov's conviction as a Trotskyist: a domestic jiān who had been developed by hostile elements abroad!
"No," Gachink replied, shaking his head, tears falling, "there is a war going on there, I don't know if they are still alive, besides, Chinko (the youngest son) is dead, and I don't want to lose you and Zaterskaya again." ”
"Okay, I see." When Rykov heard this, he fell silent.
"Can't put it down?" Having lived with her husband for nearly ten years, Gachink knew exactly what her husband was thinking: "You know, Stalin didn't bring us many good things!" ”
"But the past golden decade is indeed nostalgic." Rykov thought of the golden period of large-scale production and large-scale construction in 1920~1930, and couldn't help but say nostalgically.
"Forget those, Rykov! You didn't work hard all night, what did you get in the end? Chinko's death, the imprisonment of his whole family, simply because I am Romanian! Thinking of the memories of being tortured, Gachink exclaimed in a frantic tone.
"Mom~~" Zaterskaya felt the abnormality of her mother's tone and said uneasily.
"Okay, I know, I know!" Rykov hugged his wife and daughter tightly, kissing and comforting.
In the afternoon, after registration, the Rekov family and others gathered together and were arranged to enter a room, clenched their right hand into a fist, and said loudly to the red five-pointed star flag on the wall: "I volunteer to join the Yanhuang Republic, abide by the laws of Yanhuang, fulfill civic duties, be loyal to the country, work actively, and never commit treason." ”
At the end of the ceremony, each person will take a half-length photo and receive a photo with a unique identification number.
As for why there is an oath, this was arranged under the reminder of the Red Party comrades who have experience in organizing and working in the organization, and once everyone has experienced this oath ceremony, they will unconsciously have a consciousness that they have broken away from their original nationality and become a citizen of Yan and Huang. Although this kind of self-consciousness is actually entirely dependent on self-discipline, it is a kind of moral bondage that will eventually produce some favorable mental drives.
The next day, Rykov was picked up by the arranged car, and his wife, Gachink, was temporarily hired by the community management as a kindergarten aunt to help manage and take care of the children's lives and education in the district. In a large bright room, the walls around it are painted with colorful animal patterns, and there are many children's toys on the ground, such as building blocks, various dolls, small seesaws, etc. Standing on the side of the house, watching his daughter holding a big bear doll and chasing after me happily with other children, Gachink was once again glad about his decision.
After more than 20 minutes of driving, Rykov and his party were taken to a four-story office building. Looking at the workstation and neat office supplies he was assigned to, Rykov felt a little fresh and nostalgic, as if such a peaceful life and work was a distant thing. Soon, however, he learned from the translator that the first task he had been assigned to was to study a planned water conservancy project, and to open a dozen thick A3 documents, which were clearly typed in large letters in Russian: "Overview of the Xiaolangdi Water Conservancy Project on the Yellow River"!