The mutiny launched by the Russian Federal Security Service will naturally not escape Qi Yiming's eyes, after all, Nikolai, an important member who participated in the planning of the mutiny? Makarov was also a double agent of the Strategy Bureau, so he reported everything that happened to the Strategy Bureau. After Qi Yiming learned of this situation, he thought about it for a while, and finally decided to take advantage of this, and took advantage of the Samara mutiny, and ordered Yankov to send the Siberian Army to attack the Urals and occupy as much territory as possible.

The Siberian Army was naturally reorganized from the former Soviet Army, and Qi Yiming did not send a large number of Russian Red Police soldiers to join, but after Yankov's heavy training, the combat effectiveness of the Siberian Army was still considerable, at least stronger than the Russian army at the same time. Not only that, Qi Yiming also used the production capacity of the Red Alert base to privately provide Yankov with a batch of China's foreign trade weapons, that is, the export version of the weapons used in the PLA, which was slightly weakened in strength.

Yankov selected two divisions from the Siberian Army, about 30,000 soldiers, and used these Chinese weapons to form two Chinese divisions, namely the 1st Independent Mechanized Infantry Division and the 2nd Independent Mechanized Infantry Division of the Siberian Army. Originally, the Soviet Army's infantry divisions were actually called motorized infantry divisions, but after the Siberian Army became independent from the Soviet Union, it also began to follow the mainstream of the world and call it infantry divisions.

Instead of the AK-74, the soldiers used the Type 85-II automatic rifle, and the tank was also armed with the VT-1A2, the second major modification of the VT-1 series of tanks developed by NORINCO. The VT-1A is actually the more electronic Type 96, while the VT-1A2 version has improved more details, such as improved night combat capabilities and enhanced armor defense.

Purely in appearance, the VT-1A2 resembles a Type 99 tank, especially with a turret equipped with wedge-shaped armor. However, there are still many places where the difference can be seen, the main difference is that the Type 99 observation port is directly in the center under the turret, while the VT-1A2 is similar to the Type 96, on the right side under the turret.

In addition to the VT-1A2 tank, there are also many infantry fighting vehicles such as VN-11 and VN-1, as well as artillery equipment such as PLZ-45 and SR-3. It can be said that the firepower of the two independent infantry divisions of the Siberian Army may be stronger than the combined firepower of the three or four divisions of the friendly army.

After a period of training, these two Chinese armament divisions have almost a certain combat effectiveness at this time, but Yankov did not rashly send these two divisions to the battlefield, it can be said that this is his killer trump card troops, and at the same time, the Chinese weapons themselves are also very difficult to explain, after all, China has not yet recognized the two countries of Siberia and the Far East.

Therefore, the Siberian Army sent to the Urals, mainly using Soviet-made weapons, was not particularly large, with only three divisions, but the victory was sudden, and the Makhashev Army had no intention of fighting.

The Siberian Army fought with the Makashev Army in Tyumen, but the resistance of the Makashev Army was not particularly resolute, and it was clear that the Siberian Army had a more powerful air force, and the Siberian Army sent a large number of attack aircraft and even bombers to take the lead in the air attack on the unsuspecting Makashev Army, and the ground forces followed, and the Makashev Army, which was stunned by the air raid, was surrounded by the Siberian Army without fighting well, and finally chose to surrender when there was no escape.

Siberia was still freezing in February, and Makhashev's army did not expect that the Siberian army would step on the ice and snow to attack it. The Siberian army that launched the surprise attack was fully mechanized, the advance speed was very fast, and the reconnaissance work in the early stage was also done well, so the ice and snow did not stop their footsteps, but caused problems for the soldiers of Makashev's army to escape.

The other Siberian army successfully conquered Kurgan in the south, and even the local garrison of Makashev surrendered without much resistance.

It was not until the Siberian army reached beyond Yekaterinburg that it was considered to have encountered a hard bone. The 34th Guards Motorized Infantry Division, the elite unit of the Makhashev Army, was originally ordered to go to Samara to quell the rebellion, but when the enemy attacked from behind, it had to withdraw again to fight the Siberian Army.

The two armies fought a major battle in Zarechny, a few dozen kilometers east of Yekaterinburg, where each side sent a division of troops and went head-to-head on the plain. With its back to the lake, the 34th Guards Division set up an artillery position and launched several rounds of heavy artillery bombardment while the Siberian Army had not yet met the enemy. Not to be outdone, the Siberian Army also counterattacked with artillery. Moreover, the front-line commander tried to eat the artillery of the 34th Guards Division first by means of a two-line trap, but the 34th Guards Division immediately dispatched tank units to compete with the assaulting Siberian Army on the ice field.

The armored forces of the Siberian Army are mostly equipped with T-64 tanks, while the 34th Guards Division is mainly T-64 and T-80 tanks. The battle was actually evenly divided, with some losses on both sides, but the Makashev army still achieved its goal of keeping the Siberians out of Yekaterinburg, and after the previous furious advance, the Siberian army finally had to recuperate and abandon the attempt to take Yekaterinburg in a quick battle.

Makashev, who had recaptured Samara, was shocked and angry, he was first rebelled by his subordinates, and then Yankov's sinister guy actually attacked him from behind, and even hit Yekaterinburg in a short time, if it weren't for the desperate struggle of the 34th Guards Division, I'm afraid that all the land in Asia would have been seized by Yankov now.

However, Makashev seems to have had bad luck, and bad things happen one after another. When he was relieved that the Siberian Army had been blocked and stopped its advance, Leopold also brought new news -- Yeltsin and Grachev still did not give up when they learned of the failure of the mutiny, and even transferred the Russian troops originally used to deal with Chechnya from Volgograd along the Volga Mother River to the northeast, with the self-evident purpose of knocking out Makashev by force while the army in Makashev's hands was greatly damaged.

Makhashev even suspected that Yeltsin and Yankov were colluding, one side instigated a rebellion, the other side covered with troops, and then formed a two-sided encirclement situation and completely ate itself. However, Leopold scoffed at this, arguing: "Yeltsin and Yankov have no basis for cooperation at all, and the two of them are on the same page, even if they divide the Volga-Urals, because the more the other side gets, the more dangerous they are." So I'm more inclined to think that it's a coincidence. ”

Even if Makashev knew that it was a coincidence, he was anxious, he said: "Our east is Yankov's army, our west is Yeltsin's army, and the strength in our hands has been weakened too much, although the existence of the Safin brigade makes me very confident, but the other troops are fighting less and less, and it still worries me, Comrade Leopold, do you have any good suggestions?" ”

Leopold thought for a while and said: "It is definitely not possible to fight on two fronts, because we do not have such strength, especially since this mutiny has lost the commander of your two complete divisions, whether it is Yeltsin or Yankov, the strength is far superior to ours." But we are not lifeless. Because, as I said before, neither Yankov nor Yeltsin wanted to see each other grow, so it was difficult for them to cooperate in attacking us, even though they had the same mind to attack us.

If I am not mistaken, in fact Yankov attacked us for the sake of Tyumen oil, for more land, which was actually reflected in the establishment of Siberia and the Far East, both of which had a strong desire for land, although I do not know why they had these ideas. By figuring out what they want, we can prescribe the right medicine. ”

Makashev stared at Leopold and asked, "Why didn't I understand what you were saying, what good ways do you have to resolve our crisis?" ”

Leopold smiled: "Yankov wants land, wants resources, it doesn't matter, we give it to him, let him take the retreat, and we have a real enemy to clean up, he is Yeltsin." ”

Makashev said in disbelief: "Ceded land to Yankov? That's impossible! ”

"Why can't it be? Of course, I am not suggesting that you give the land directly to Yankov, but I hope to use the land as a bargaining chip to get something out of Yankov. ”

"What do you want?"

"Yankov and Novozlov, though they are separated, actually wear a pair of trousers, and they have reorganized their troops, isolating the 200,000 or so troops that they consider not to be loyal enough, and now they are not very useful to hang there, but these 200,000 troops are still combat-ready troops, and they dare not use them, it does not mean that we dare not use them. Since Yankov wants land, we can give him all the land east of the Ural Mountains and the Urals, but he must give us those troops.

And if we have people, we can go back and deal with Yeltsin, the part of Western Russia is the essence of this country, most of the population lives here, most of the industry is also here, as long as Yeltsin is eliminated, you become the rightful president of Russia, we can gain more power, how to knead Yankov and Novozlov when the time comes, isn't it just a matter of words? ”

Makashev was surprised by Leopold's unbridled thinking, because it was impossible to think about it, not to mention the fact that now the Siberian army actually controlled most of the land east of the Urals, and only a few areas such as Yekaterinburg were still resisting. Let him exchange the land he has already obtained, and send nearly 200,000 horses, Makashev feels that if it is himself, he will definitely not exchange it.

But Leopold was full of confidence and said: "Believe me, Yankov will change, the Ural region for 200,000 soldiers and horses, complete equipment, and an armistice agreement that will be valid for three years." If Yankov feels that it is not enough, even we can teach him part of our nuclear arsenal. ”

"Give him the nuclear bomb too, Leopold, are you crazy?"

The albinist smiled and said, "Is nuclear weapons a big deal?" If you want to continue to mix, no one dares to attack your compatriots with nuclear weapons, in fact, it is just a symbol. Besides, if you get rid of Yeltsin, won't you be able to get more nuclear weapons? ”