Chapter 694: Gold Rumors

The secret execution of Tsar Nicholas II and his family by Soviet Russia caused an uproar in the world, and many people complained about the Tsar's family, including the British, Spaniards, Grapevines, the Dutch, and even the Germans.

Of course, the angry are some nobles and royals, in addition to the fact that many of them are related to the Tsar's family, but also because in their opinion, this war is a game played by their nobles and the royal family, even if it is wrong, the Tsar's family should be dealt with by them, and cannot be secretly executed by a group of untouchables in Soviet Russia, which simply angers their bottom line, the existence and behavior of Soviet Russia threatens the upper class of all European countries, so some European royal family members and nobles secretly unite, I was going to wait until the end of this war to settle accounts with Soviet Russia.

However, there are people who are already a little impatient, that is, the British, it is said that the British side has sent people to China secretly, ready to lobby China to jointly deal with Soviet Russia, and the British Prime Minister's special envoy is already on his way to China.

On that day, Xiao Zhenlei met with Russian General Kolchak, who was visiting China, at the Presidential Palace, and the two exchanged views on the current situation in Europe and on the current situation in Russia.

Xiao Zhenlei told Kolchak that the new Soviet Russian government unilaterally signed an armistice agreement with Germany tantamount to cutting itself off from the Entente countries, which is a typical example of preparing allies for its own interests, and such a regime is bound to be hated and hostile by all the Entente countries. The defeat of Germany was already predictable, and after the defeat of Germany, the Entente would inevitably have to settle accounts with the Soviet and Russian authorities.

Kolchak said he was outraged by the secret execution of the Tsar's family by the Russian authorities. Moreover, the Soviet Russian authorities are completely at odds with the ideology of all the countries of the world at present, and they are hostile to all strata except the peasants and workers. He will lead the unyielding Russian people to the end.

Xiao Zhenlei affirmed Kolchak's statement, and he believed that Kolchak must have been the most influential person who brought the Russian people to revolt against the Soviet Russian authorities. Under his leadership, the Russian people will inevitably defeat the Soviet Russian authorities and achieve a final victory.

During the talks, Kolchak hoped that the Chinese and other prescient heads of state would see the danger of the Soviet Russian authorities to the overall situation of the world and support the regime and army he had established to resist the Soviet Russian authorities, and they would do so unreservedly, because after all, the existence of the Soviet authorities would not only endanger Russia, but the whole world. He hoped that Hua would first provide him with a certain amount of assistance in the form of food, weapons and ammunition, and secondly, in the form of clothing, cloth, and some other daily necessities, while he, on behalf of the Russian cabinet established in Ufa, promised that Hua Guo's occupation of Siberia and Kazakhstan was a legitimate act. Siberia and Kazakhstan were recognized as part of the Chinese state.

After listening to Kolchak's request and his willingness to recognize that Siberia and Kazakhstan belonged to China, Xiao Zhenlei smiled and said on the spot that there was no problem at all, and he promised on the spot that he could provide Kolchak with 300,000 rifles, 20,000 pistols, 5 million rounds of ammunition, 500 artillery pieces of various types, 100,000 shells, 500,000 grenades, 1 million tons of grain, 1 million pieces of cloth, 1 million pairs of shoes, 2 million pairs of socks, and 1 million towels. And as the war between Kolchak's regime and the Russian authorities continues, follow-up aid will continue to arrive.

Kolchak was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately expressed his gratitude. Subsequently, Xiao Zhenlei sent someone to accompany Kolchak to visit several places of interest in the capital.

In the eyes of outsiders, Hua Guo spent such a large amount of money to support Kolchak, but there was nothing to gain, and no benefit was obtained. This is the case among many officials within the Cabinet.

But in reality? Only Xiao Zhenlei and some other people of insight can realize that Huaguo cannot fight on both sides now, not because Huaguo cannot afford to fight now, but because there is no need for that. Since there are thugs who can be driven, why not use a little profit to drive Kolchak, the little brother, to deal with Soviet Russia? After all, if China wants to suppress Soviet Russia at present, this must be done. If Soviet Russia is allowed to complete its internal unification, it will be even more troublesome in the future. Why not be able to support spokesmen within Russia and find a few opponents for the Soviet authorities?

Suppress Soviet Russia and prevent it from completing its internal unification. Let Russia be in internal chaos, this is in line with the interests of China, and even the destruction of Soviet Russia is a matter of pleasure for all countries, and all countries will vigorously support it, in this regard, Xiao Zhenlei believes that countries will certainly not be stingy, in fact, the British Prime Minister's special envoy who came soon after said that he would vigorously support Kolchak, in order to destroy the Soviet Russian authorities, Britain said that it could send aid supplies from Iran, Afghanistan and other places into Russia, if it really can't work, Britain can also join forces with France, the United States and other countries to jointly send troops into Russia to intervene by force.

Kolchak returned to Ufa with satisfaction, but soon after his return, the European upper class broke the news that 600 tons of gold from the Russian Tsar's treasury had disappeared.

After the news of the disappearance of the 600 tons of gold, it set off a monstrous wave of public opinion in various countries, after all, 600 tons of gold is not a small amount, and ordinary countries can't take out so much gold, and now this gold is gone, which makes many people begin to trace the source.

Soon, it was believed that General Kolchak had brought the 600 tons of gold out of St. Petersburg, after all, he was the highest-ranking general Tsar Nicholas II had ever seen before his abdication, and it was reasonable for Tsar Nicholas II to give him 600 tons of gold for safekeeping.

So when this speculation was made public, Kolchak became the target of public criticism, and all the eyes of the world turned to Ufa, Britain, France, the United States and other European and American countries have sent special envoys to Ufa, and even many adventurers from some countries rushed to Ufa regardless of the danger of war, wanting to fish in troubled waters, if they can touch one or two gold bricks, they don't have to worry for the rest of their lives.

The purpose of those folk adventurers rushing to Ufa is self-evident, that is to fish in troubled waters, and the purpose of sending envoys to Ufa by the European and American powers can also be guessed, it is nothing more than wanting to do business with Kolchak, after all, Kolchak has gold in his hands, and European and American countries have weapons and ammunition, food and other living materials that Kolchak lacks, and exchange Kolchak's scarce things for gold in his hands, which is a normal business, which not only supports Kolchak against Soviet Russia, but also can earn back a lot of gold, It's a good thing to kill multiple birds with one stone, where to find it?

But the envoys and the folk adventurers were disappointed, and Kolchak quickly stood up and used the radio in the form of a clear code telegram to refute the rumors to the world, and he first admitted that the gold had indeed been in his hands before, and that Tsar Nicholas II had ordered him to transport it from the treasury of St. Petersburg, but this gold had not long been smuggled away from the Ufa railway station by the commander of one of his guard battalions, and they rushed out of the station in a train full of gold to the east. Eventually, the train was found near Asha, east of Ufa, but the soldiers of this battalion and the gold of the train mysteriously disappeared, leaving only an empty train, which was still parked in place.

After Kolchak announced the news, many people didn't believe it at first, think about Ufa is Kolchak's base camp, his subordinates gathered hundreds of thousands of troops at this time, not to mention that there are almost few people who know that he has 600 tons of gold in his hands, even if someone knows, even if someone has the idea of gold, it is almost difficult to transport 600 tons of gold from Ufa, which is heavily guarded and has many checkpoints.

However, some people published articles in the newspapers to speculate that if there were people inside, it was not impossible to transport the gold out, not to mention that the gold itself was loaded on the train, according to Kolchak, the rebel soldiers had a guard battalion, and these people controlled the train full of gold, and then took advantage of the fact that the other defenders were not paying attention to the possibility of driving the train out of the way.

After surveying the scene, many people found that the place where the train stopped was not very far from the Chinese army's defense area, so people wondered whether the Russian soldiers of that battalion had entered the Chinese army's defense area with gold.

The Siberian Command of China sent a major general to speak out and say that there had never been a single Russian army in the Chinese defense area bordering General Kolchak's defense area, and so far there had been no frontal friction or conflict between the Chinese army and General Kolchak's subordinates or the Soviet and Russian troops.

Although the spokesman of the Chinese army did not explicitly say that the 600 tons of gold were not in China, the meaning was very clear, that is, let the outside world not think that the gold was in China, and not to speculate wantonly about where the Russian soldiers of that battalion had gone, and where had the gold gone? The Chinese side did not know that the battalion of Russian soldiers and 600 tons of gold had disappeared into the territory of the Russian military defense zone and had nothing to do with China, and the spokesman of the Chinese army warned those adventurers who wanted to enter the Chinese military defense zone to find out what was going on, and once they broke into the military restricted area, they would be ruthlessly shot and killed by the Chinese army patrol.

Shortly after the press conference held by the spokesman of the Chinese army, those adventurers were worried that the Chinese army would really shoot at them when they broke into the Chinese army's defense area, so the adventurers stopped at the border line and did not dare to set foot in the Chinese army's defense area.

Just when public opinion in various countries was in an uproar over the whereabouts of the 600 tons of gold of Tsarist Russia, the British Prime Minister's special envoy Armtland came to the capital of China. (To be continued......)