After seeing the map hanging in Cai's office, Paplov's state of mind became visibly pessimistic.

Because as he thought, even if the intervention army and the white army were able to defeat the Soviet Union and eliminate these red elements in this war, the huge empire that once spanned Europe and Asia would be gone.

In the end, what will be left of Russia?

But no matter how much he resents China's downfall, it is clear to Pavlov that Russia needs China's help now. So no matter what he thought in his heart, on the surface, Pavlov still made a friendly gesture.

On the other hand, Cai Ye could more or less guess what he was thinking, but he didn't say anything, just nodded. "I will report this matter to the country, and it is hard for Mr. Foreign Minister to come from afar, so I will ask someone to take you to your residence to rest for a while..."

There is no doubt that this is already an eviction order.

"That's good." Hearing Cai Yi's words, Paplov nodded. "It's really a bit tiring to come all the way from Ufa, in that case, then trouble Your Excellency the commander, I just hope that Your Excellency can report this matter to your government earlier, after all, the current situation in Ufa is very difficult, and we urgently need assistance..."

"Don't worry, I'll do it later...", Cai Ye pressed an electric bell on the table, and soon a secretary walked in from outside. Isn't the accommodation arranged for Mr. Foreign Minister ready? Take him there..."

"Understood," the secretary nodded to Cai Ye, and then said to Pavlov in fluent Russian. Please follow me..."

Regardless of whether it is Soviet Russia or the current Provisional Government that will be in power on Russian soil in the future. In the end, the Wehrmacht in the Urals was always faced with the Russians. Naturally, Cai's secretary also had to know some Russian, not to mention that there were still many Russians living in the current Ural province, even though the Nationalist government had already begun to take immigration measures. But in the Urals for a short time, Russians will still be in the majority.

Then the question is, which one is stronger to learn excavators?

Wrong...

Ahem, mistaken, mistaken. Rather, it is for the rational governance of the Ural Province, but also to ensure that there are no mistakes in internal and external relations. So while trying to make the Russians in the province understand Chinese, the local government officials and military officers must also know some Russian. After all, as the 'slaves of the dead country' in the occupied territories, the Russians will definitely be resistant to learning Chinese.

If you want all Russians to understand Chinese, you can't do it without ten years of hard work. Not even twenty years.

Obviously, the Communist government could not afford to wait twenty years, or even ten years, so it had to ask the local officials and officers to know some Russian, so that they could be sure that there would be no problems when communicating with each other. At the same time, it can also effectively break the resistance of local people―――――― want to govern a place. The combination of rigidity and softness is always the most effective, and the mere use of one direction can only lead to the worsening of the situation.

Because of this, most of the officials in the Urals and Kazakhstan provinces have some knowledge of Russian, and even if they don't, they will be taught by teachers sent by the government.

Along with the Ural Military District, Cai Ye set up a Russian language class in the military district, which was specially used to teach the officers in the military district some daily Russian.

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After Pavlov's departure. Cai Yi paced back and forth in the room, after thinking carefully. Ordered his own secretary to draw up a telegram and send it to Beijing.

Yan Shao, who received the telegram, was slightly stunned, and the news of Pavlov's trip to Yekaterinburg, of course, Yan Shao was clear. After all, the foreign minister of a government went to officially visit the commander of the military region, and it was impossible for such a big matter not to inform Yan Shao―――――― even if the government was temporary.

However, Yan Shao received information that Kolchak planned to travel to Vladivostok via Guò Siberia, and then take a boat there in a different direction. As for where to go, this has not yet been determined, it may be South Russia, or Alaska.

However, at this time, Pavlov's intention made Yan Shao a little confused.

"Buy weapons, could it be that Kolchak really plans to fight until the last moment in Ufa?"

Leaning on the sofa, Yan Shao's face showed a deep incomprehension.

"Probably not..."Li Liang shook his head. Judging from the intelligence of the secret service, it seems that Kolchak is trying to find a way to deal with the gold on hand, and if he really intends to resist the Russians in Ufa, there is no need to do so......... But what he's thinking right now is really a little incomprehensible..."

Indeed, if Kolchak intends to abandon Ufa in favor of Siberia, it seems that there is no need to buy arms from China. On the other hand, if he buys arms, although this does not conflict with going to Siberia―――――― since he is already planning to leave, what is he buying arms for?

For a while, whether it was Yan Shao or others, they all felt a little headache.

"Anyway, we are determined to get that batch of gold..."Speaking of this, Yan Shao looked at Caterina who had not spoken on the side. The Secret Service must have developed some personnel in Kolchak's government, can they induce Kolchak to make up his mind to leave Europe from Siberia? ”

"There should be no problem...", pursing her red lips, Caterina nodded. We have already developed a number of personnel with Kolchak, and two of them are even high-level people, so it is perfectly feasible for them to persuade Kolchak......... It's just that Kolchak is a very assertive person, and it is not certain whether he can succeed or not..."

"That's enough," Yan Shao said with a smile, and then put the cup in his hand on the table. Kolchak's heart believed that he was inclined to retreat to Siberia, but he had not yet made up his mind, and at this time we only needed a little more strength. It can be the straw that breaks the camel's back..."

Speaking of this, Yan Shao looked at Caterina again. "I must get my hands on the 500 tons of gold. But in the end, it's up to you whether you succeed or not..."

"Rest assured, as long as he comes in, I dare to guarantee that he will not be able to get out of Siberia alive..."

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Yan Shao can be said to be salivating over the 500 tons of gold, even if some of this gold has been taken out and used, the rest is believed to be worth at least 100 million pounds.

100 million pounds, even if Yan Shao's wealth has reached the point where he can donate 100 million pounds at will. But £100 million is still not a small amount of money. At present, the finances of the Guoshe government are not very easy, and on the Yalu River in the east, Feng Guozhang is trying to find a way to exhaust the last drop of Japanese blood.

It's just that the Japanese, of course, are consuming. However, the Wehrmacht was also at a loss.

To the west and north, the new territories also require significant resources, and the £170 million from the guò donations has now been partially spent. Even if it's for the future. This 170 million pounds Yan Shao is also determined to win...

"Anyway..."Although he was also very excited about the gold, the money had not yet arrived after all, and soon Liang Shiyi shifted his attention to more realistic issues. As for Kolchak's intention to buy arms from us, what exactly should we..."

"Sell it to them!" Yan Shao said straightforwardly. "Mosquito legs are thin, that's also meat, you can get some of it. And the transaction must have taken place in Yekaterinburg, so that the cash received could be used directly in the Ural province......... The reconstruction of Yekaterinburg is no small undertaking. I need money very much..."

"That's right." Caterina nodded as well. "And if the final plan can be successful, then these weapons sold to Kolchak. Eventually, it will be back in our hands, so to speak, we have nothing to lose..."

"But it's not for everything..."Listening to Caterina's words, Yan Shao added after thinking about it. First of all, tanks and armored vehicles, these should not be sold, in case Kolchak's power is too strong, and in the end he is unwilling to withdraw to Siberia, then things will be in trouble......... We can't go beyond the Urals and do it directly against Kolchak, so we still have to have some restrictions......... Let's limit our armament to infantry weapons, and at most sell a few heavy guns..."

"Understood..."Recording all of this, Fu Xiuming on the side nodded and said.

As Minister of Defense, these can be said to be within his responsibilities.

Soon after the decision was made, Kolchak, who was far away in Ufa, received a reply from the Nationalist government.

Basically, the needs put forward by Kolchak this time, except for armored vehicles and tanks, everything else was met, especially for infantry weapons. In addition to the Mauser 1904 rifle and the existing Madsen and Maxim machine guns used by the Wehrmacht, there are also pump-action shotguns, submachine guns and other weapons, in addition to large-caliber mortars and heavy artillery are also on the arms list.

If these equipment can be obtained, there is no doubt that Kolchak's White Army combat effectiveness will be greatly improved. Of course, the price of these equipment is not cheap, even the cheapest Browning M1911 pistol is sold for twice as much as the price in the United States or China, and the rest is not to mention.

You must know that arms is originally a profiteering industry, and this obviously cannot be described as profiteering. However, Kolchak was not too surprised by this, and he was not angry at China's robbery.

Because before this, when Kolchak was dealing with Britain and the United States, the arms sold to him by Britain and the United States actually offered a black price. Compared with Britain and the United States, the price list given by Yan Shao is actually not very black―――――― in history Kolchak did buy a lot of equipment from Britain and the United States, and Britain and the United States did open a very black price. However, in this era, due to Yan Shao's support, Soviet Russia won successive victories, coupled with Yan Shao's occupation of Siberia and other places behind his back, so that Kolchak lost contact with the outside world early, so there are more than 500 tons of gold to a lot of still in his hands, of course, Kolchak's White Army will be in trouble so early This has a lot to do with this.

In fact, this also has the advantage that due to the premature termination of his arms trade with Britain and the United States, the outside world is not very clear about the gold in his hands. Even Britain and the United States thought that he had obtained a cofferet of Tsarist Russia. If it was really like in history, a large amount of gold could be shelled out every time to buy British and American black-hearted products, I am afraid it would have attracted suspicion a long time ago. Kolchak would have been killed. It also has a lot to do with this, after all, hundreds of tons of gold are coveted by individuals.

But even so, looking at the price list above Kolchak is still a little distressed, after all, this means that part of his gold reserves will become Chinese...

"Actually......... I think we can pay Chinese to help us fight..." said a provisional government official who gave Kolchak a cautious look. "Take out a hundred tons of gold. I believe that the Chinese should be tempted..."

Hearing this, Kolchak was slightly stunned, but the others in the office were a little different.

"This is the solution..."

"yes. If we can pay to hire Chinese to fight for us..."

Kolchak's heart was also moved, after all, if he could hire Chinese to help fight―――――― he must know that there are now hundreds of thousands of troops in the Urals and Kazakhstan, and they can get support from home at any time. With their help. Even if they can't exterminate Soviet Russia, they can help them gain a foothold.

What is particularly important is that the Soviet Union and Russia are indeed their enemies, but in fact the relationship between the Chinese and them is not very good. If these two forces can fight each other and fight each other, it will undoubtedly be a very good result for the Provisional Government.

But soon, he shook his head and denied the decision.

"No..."

"No way?" The crowd who thought it was a good idea was taken aback, and then looked at Kolchak with some puzzlement.

See that they don't understand their words very well. Kolchak explained with a wry smile. "First of all, have you thought about it, what if the Chinese don't agree? After all, for the Chinese. The existence of Soviet Russia was equivalent to a buffer zone between them and Britain and France. And if the Chinese did not agree, we put it forward like this, it is tantamount to exposing the fact that we have a lot of gold, in the past we were certainly using gold to buy arms from Britain and the United States, but at that time we can use various reasons to excuse it, for example, the small vault left by the previous government, there are dozens of tons of gold in it, but if we can come up with a hundred tons of gold at a time to hire the Chinese to fight, I am afraid that everyone will understand the fact that we have a lot of gold in our hands, at that time, I am afraid that whether it is Soviet Russia, Britain and the United States, or the Chinese, will become a vicious wolf, staring at the gold in our hands..."

"And if we are to push into Siberia in the future, there is a good chance that this gold will kill us if it is already exposed..."

It seems that thinking of the scene at that time, even Kolchak himself was a chill in his heart.

Don't look at the fact that there are still a lot of troops left in the White Army, if China really knows about the gold, I'm afraid that in the blink of an eye, they will be swallowed to the bone. And 100 million pounds worth of gold is enough to Chinese ignore the accusations from the outside world―――――― anyway, they were already used to the accusations when they swallowed Siberia and other places at that time, and it was not bad this time.

"What's more, even if the Chinese agree to our hire, what if they don't leave our territory..." Speaking of this, Kolchak glanced sideways at everyone on the field. Although this is not a very good possibility, it is definitely not impossible, and we must consider it carefully..."

Hearing Kolchak say this, even the person who mentioned yì just now couldn't help but nod his head in agreement. After all, the lessons of Siberia are too heavy for them to think too much.

Even if they knew very well that Britain and the United States would not allow China to enter Europe at all, they did not dare to bet, after all, judging by the experience of Siberia, these things are really difficult to say ...

"So we have to go to Siberia in the end," said the man, a middle-aged man with a very mean face, and after saying this, the man turned his head to look at Kolchak. General, if that is the case, I suggest that we better contact the Chinese earlier, after all, it is not early now, if we cannot contact the Chinese as soon as possible, when the cold winter is approaching, we are in operation, I am afraid that it will be too late, how cold the Siberian winter is, I believe that everyone present knows very well, when that time comes, our speed will inevitably slow down, and considering the problem of gold, the longer we stay in Siberia, the more dangerous it will be..."

Hearing the mean man's words, the room suddenly began to talk again, and even Kolchak was a little moved.

"Let's start today's meeting here, and later I will contact the Chinese to confirm the amount of arms, and as for Siberia..." Speaking of this, Kolchak was silent for a while, and only spoke after half a sound. I'll think about it first, and I'll give you an answer in three days..."

The others nodded in agreement, after all, this kind of thing is not something that can be decided in a hurry. And after hearing Kolchak's words, a gleam flashed in the eyes of the man just now.

After the meeting, Kolchak summoned the generals of the White Army who were still in Ufa, discussed the amount of arms, and gave Yan Shao an order that could equip at least 50,000 people. Moreover, this 50,000 people is still calculated according to the standard of the A division of the Wehrmacht, if it is an ordinary white army or a C division, even if it is 150,000 people, there is absolutely no problem.

Naturally, the amount of arms that can equip so many people is certainly not small, but for Kolchak, this money is nothing, after all, he has gold reserves worth 100 million pounds in his hands, even if the price of this arms doubles or three, it is not too much of a problem for Kolchak... (To be continued......)