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The Siberian north wind was raging at night, and even with Lake Belga regulating the temperature, the temperature in the fortress city of Irkutsk still dropped to more than 20 degrees below zero.

The windows of the telegraph room by the railway bridge over the Angara River were covered with fog, and after wiping away the mist with one hand, several jealous eyes were fixed on the gray building hundreds of meters away. It was the center of power in Eastern Siberia, the center of the fortress city of Irkutsk, and even the center of contact for the whole of East and Central Asia! At the moment, the lights were shining behind the glass windows on the second floor, and although they were also hidden by the heat, the blurred figure, the lines of the woman, and the outline of the wine glass raised high still made several staff members in the telegraph room swallow hard. More than a year after China entered the war, more than 100,000 soldiers and officers have traveled to and from Siberia, but they still cannot fully accept that their former poor and weak neighbors have become allies. But they couldn't choose, just like behind the windows on the second floor, the Russian ** officials raised their glasses to thank their allies, and the ladies in beautiful evening dresses with most of their breasts exposed threw themselves into their arms, opening their thighs and moaning tactfully.

The old-fashioned punched telegraph behind him made a series of sounds, and the slender notes slowly lengthened with the rhythm, but the telegraph operators did not immediately walk over, and continued to talk about the story behind the distant window, wishing that all the lieutenants and officials would die on the Eastern Front. The telegraph came to an abrupt halt after a few rings, and the telegraphers were even more discouraged by the telegraph operators, who seemed to them to have only a short message to dispatch a train. Whether from Tomsk in the west, or from Chita and Uland in the east. It takes at least 8 hours for the train to leave here, so you have plenty of time to process the telegram. Why rush for a while.

Old Andrew was lying on his stomach next to the telegraph and dozing off, not even wanting to move, let alone a young telegraph operator whose heart had already flown away, so no one noticed the repeated string of small holes in the telegraph, which translated meant "Chita called, attacked, attacked".

Negligence and paralysis caused Irkutsk to miss the opportunity to give early warning, even Jiang Tai later reported to the General Staff. It was a complete fluke to be able to take the Irkutsk fortress at a slight cost, because the troops who seized Chita at that time had an accident and did not quickly control the telegraph room, so if the Irkutsk telegraph room had translated this telegram in time. I'm afraid there will be some casualties among the troops. But even if the telegram is translated, even if the Russian army gets a warning in advance, the fortress city of Irkutsk will not have time to react! Because at that time, there were already more than 5,000 soldiers of the 16th Plateau Brigade, and the preparations were quickly completed under the organization of the grassroots officers.

Yak leather boots that are above the knee and sheepskin shoulders with wool are worn inside. In the middle is a double-layer padded jacket designed for troops in cold regions. There are only two sight holes, just like the face protection hood used by the special forces in later generations, which can effectively protect the face from frostbite, then the ear protection cotton cap, the chamber and bullets are also coated with antifreeze mutton fat, and finally a white snow cape is put on the outside before putting on gloves, and as for the commandos who go to distant areas, they have also tied the sled board to their feet. Compared with the dazzling new weapons, the cold suit and the special combat equipment used in other seasons are the key to testing whether a unit can have all-weather combat capability! Although it could not be as light and sturdy as later generations due to materials and technology, the Wehrmacht was already ahead of the world.

"1st Company East Battery."

"2 telegraph rooms by the railroad bridge."

"3 companies of water towers and the barracks on the west side."

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Regimental and brigade officers all went to the fraternity to confuse the Russian army. Therefore, the battalion and company commanders who had already received orders became the command center, and under their command, one by one the troops quietly rushed out of the temporary barracks, and the cloak and cloak mixed with the snow allowed the soldiers to easily approach the Russian outpost, of course, this was also the result of the opponent's lack of release.

Old Andrew stretched and finally looked up. After taking care of his beautiful beard in front of the mirror, he casually reached out and tore off the newspaper, and when his eyes fell on the dense holes, he even thought that his eyes were spent. When I finally finished reading it, not only did I not jump, but I cursed: "Damn, those guys must have drunk too much again." ”

"Old Andrew. Who are you talking about getting drunk? ”

"Chita, those guys, look, they actually say they've been attacked."

"Chita was attacked? Ha ha. ”

Like old Andrew, the whole telegraph room burst into laughter, how could Chita be attacked at this moment? Even if the Germans had wings and could fly halfway around the world, they would not attack at the coldest time of the night. So old Andrew angrily threw the telegram aside, and typed out a string of inquiring and cursing on the transmitter button. Everyone knew that old Anrude was famous for not accumulating virtue, so they all gathered around to see how Chita "fought back", but the news sent out was silent like a mud cow entering the sea.

This is something very unusual. The telegraph stations along the Trans-Siberian Railway were manned day and night, and it usually took no more than three minutes to reply to each other by calling each other on the telephone line, but now five minutes have passed! Isn't the telegram fake? But who will attack Chita? Could it be that a few nimble telegraph operators instantly cast their eyes on the banquet hall on the second floor, which was still brightly lit, but before their doubts could be completely answered, the door was kicked open!

At the same time as the wind and snow were blowing, more than a dozen soldiers wearing snow-white hooded cloaks quickly rushed in, and a pair of eyes colder than the muzzle of a gun under the full protective mask made old Andrew and everyone raise their hands without hesitation.

The telegraph ticked again, spitting out a new string of notes: "Chita called, I hope the joke didn't ruin everyone's good dreams." "Joke old Andrew looked at the muzzle of the gun, and then at the telegram, and suddenly felt the urge to laugh.

"Bang bang ho

Like beans sprinkled in the oven, gunfire suddenly erupted in the Irkutsk fortress, which had been quiet just now! Rifle fire, machine gun fire, instantly rang out from all directions!

"What's going on?"

The noise of the banquet hall was also shattered by the gunshots, and Sharif hurriedly pushed away the almost half-naked woman in his arms and rushed to the nearest window with a wine burp. The Russian ** officials also pricked up their ears, and the women were so frightened that they couldn't care about the exposure of the spring and shrank into a ball, only Jiang Tai and Hu Laosan squinted their eyes, and they seemed to be immersed in the fragrance of fine wine and women. Their calm appearance made Sharif jump fiercely, and even the most stupid people could see that the exchange of fire was definitely related to these Chinese, but the revolver was only halfway raised, and the door of the banquet hall was also pushed open, and dozens of commandos armed with submachine guns rushed into the banquet hall, and the first two smashed the butts of their guns and disarmed Sharif.

"General Sharif!" Jiang Tai patted the face of the Russian woman beside him who was already stunned, and after looking around, his face slowly turned cold: "Due to the betrayal of your government, on the order of the joint meeting of the Entente countries, our army will take over the defense of Irkutsk from now on. We hope you can cooperate! ”

The corners of Hu Laosan's eyes twitched at the joint meeting of the Entente countries, why hadn't he heard of this institution? But this sentence is very different in the ears of Sharif and the Russian ** officials. Could it be that Lenin's men had already made the decision to withdraw from the war?

In fact, no matter whether you have heard of the joint conference of the countries of the Entente, and no matter what Sharif chooses, under the sudden attack of thousands of soldiers of the 16th Brigade, the unsuspecting fortress of Irkutsk, a strategic point connecting Central Asia and East Asia, returned to tranquility again after less than half an hour.

By the next morning, the residential areas and mines within a 30-kilometer radius of the Irkutsk fortress were under full control. According to the statistics of the aftermath of the battle, the 16th Brigade in charge of the raid suffered a total of 16 casualties, of which 4 dead soldiers were lost and froze to death because they were separated from the large army when they went to the small mining area, and 10 days had passed since they were found. Aside from this accident, the 16th Brigade was not subjected to any organized confrontation at all, and even the vast majority of soldiers did not pull the trigger.

Of course, the ability to take a well-defended fortified city at a very small cost was entirely due to the unpreparedness of the Russian army. According to the assault soldiers, many Russian soldiers were even asleep after they stormed the barracks, dormitories and batteries.

In the end, 2,300 Russian soldiers were transferred by train to Hailar and placed in detention along with the Russian troops transported from other places, and Yang Qiu treated these soldiers relatively kindly, because these soldiers would have to be returned to the Russian opposition in the future. Only a small number of Russians were left behind, and after collecting their weapons, they served as the administrators of the fortress city, responsible for managing the tens of thousands of Russian civilians living here and refugees who fled from Europe. These people were no longer given the opportunity to eat and drink for nothing, the women were put together to be in charge of the food and processing of the furs in the fortress, and the men had to work 15 hours a day under supervision, mining the much-needed coal and various metal ores.

In just one night, the forts, checkpoints, telegraph offices, railway stations, power plants, cement plants, coal processing plants, and other key departments have all been replaced by Chinese workers who have restored calm and technicians who arrived with the 16th Brigade. The train from Vladivostok to the west was detained, as was the train coming back from the Urals, and the telegraph office continued to dispatch the train as usual every day. Strongly armed, the fortress of Irkutsk soon returned to calm, and as the follow-up troops crossed the fortress and continued to advance towards Tomsk and other places. From east to west, the entire Siberian wilderness is infected with germs, and a succession of small cities have been swallowed up in the wind and snow, and they have lost normal contact with the outside world...... (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )