"Come, borrow a fire," a soldier said to his companion boredly at a checkpoint on the border between Iraq and the Caucasus. As he spoke, he pulled out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket.

Hearing the soldier's words, his companion nodded, and then directly handed over the cigarette he was smoking and handed it to the soldier.

After lighting the cigarette with his companion's cigarette, the soldier took a deep breath, then spat out a smoke ring with some enjoyment, and returned the cigarette he had just borrowed.

"It's really boring, and I don't know how long it's been since no one passed by us..."

"yes," the companion nodded in agreement. It's been a long time, at least I haven't seen anyone pass us in a while...", the companion took a deep breath.

Cigarettes are a type of tobacco product. The preparation method is to dry the tobacco, cut it into shreds, and then roll it in a barrel-shaped strip with a length of about 120 mm and a diameter of 10 mm. When smoking, light one end and suck the smoke with your mouth at the other end. Cigarettes were first popular in Turkey, where they liked to roll up the tobacco in newspaper and smoke it. In the Crimean War, British soldiers learned how to smoke from the Ottoman soldiers at that time, and we all know very well that Britain is called the empire on which the sun never sets, and its colonies are all over the world, and it is precisely because of this relationship that British soldiers spread this new method of smoking to different places.

During World War I and World War II, due to the brutality of war, the military of various countries distributed cigarettes to officers and soldiers in large quantities. Of course. We are all well aware of the dangers of cigarettes, but the problem is that if we could have avoided it by simply knowing it, there would not have been so many smokers in future generations.

Equally. The tobacco industry is also very large, especially in China.

With the development of the national government, people's wallets have also swelled a little compared with the past, and of course, they have more money to spend. At this time, the tobacco industry has also entered the eyes of the vast majority of 'smokers'...

Contrary to what many people think, that was in the beginning. In fact, the development of China's tobacco industry is not very smooth, especially under the crackdown of foreign tobacco. One of the reasons is because tobacco is not so ideal compared to the tobacco of foreigners.

Nature. The Chinese people have not given up, and some people have planted some tobacco on Chinese soil to make some attempts, and these people have more or less achieved some success. Especially after the formation of the Nationalist government. The situation in the country is becoming more and more stable. The removal of the centigold, which had been a great obstacle to the commercial economy, coupled with the recapture of tariffs and the blow of the European war to the industries of European countries...

China's domestic tobacco industry has entered a new era of vigorous development...

A large number of cigarettes were sold to Europe, and some of them were sold to the British and French forces―――――― the impact of the war was too great, and even the production of cigarettes was affected a lot.

The other part was supplied to the expeditionary force.

After all, the officers and men of the expeditionary force have always been fighting on the front line against the Allied forces. The war was very tragic and brutal, and something was urgently needed to relieve the mental stress. And something that relieves mental stress. In addition to opium, it seems that only tobacco and alcohol remain.

Opium is definitely not good, and there is morphine and heroin, after all, after this thing is used, people will also be wasted. If you drink alcohol, except for some special periods, it is better to drink less, after all, if the war really starts, there is no way for a drunk person to fight.

In comparison, cigarettes are better ―――――― before they are found to be harmful to health.

Contrary to what many people think, the first article in history to blame the harmfulness of cigarettes appeared in 1924. At that time, the "Reader's Digest" in the United States published an article entitled "Do cigarettes harm human health"...

The first doctor to propose that smoking causes cancer was in 1927. He? Tilden writes in the medical journal, The Scalpel: Every lung cancer patient he sees or hears smokes.

However, in this era, cigarettes are harmful to health much earlier than in history. But, what's the use of that? The soldiers on the battlefield live with things that have today and no tomorrow, how can they take care of this? The same goes for the 'smokers', if not to relieve the stress of life...

The most important thing is...

The tobacco industry brought huge tax revenues to the government, and in later generations, the tobacco industry provided nearly 10% of China's fiscal revenue. And in this era, although the tobacco industry is not as powerful as later generations, it is actually about the same...

The sheer amount of tobacco revenues made it impossible for the government to do anything to stop the tobacco industry.

Perhaps it won't be long before China becomes a country of smokers, as it was in Yan Shao's time...

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On the other hand, the two soldiers were not wrong when they arrived, and it was true that no one had passed by in a long time. In fact, for a while, since they were stationed here, they rarely saw anyone passing by, which also made them very bored on weekdays.

However, they cannot be blamed, after all, the IDF has built a large number of fortifications on the border between Iraq and the Caucasus. Machine guns and other objects are erected everywhere, where would ordinary people dare to pass through here...

The final result is that almost all of them are very idle, so idle that some soldiers even simply rubbed mahjong in the fortifications―――――― anyway, there are already many warning balloons in the sky above the defense line, in addition, some aircraft belonging to the army aviation are also patrolling back and forth over the defense line, plus the front line posts one by one, there is no need to use them to maintain vigilance.

"Okay, don't smoke yet..."Just as the two of them were happily smoking, an officer suddenly walked over and said. There was an order from above that a convoy was about to pass us. Let's be careful and ensure the safety of the convoy itself..."

"Convoy?" Hearing the officer say this, the two soldiers just now looked a little puzzled. "What kind of convoy is it? It's been a long time since we've seen a living person pass by. Besides, the recent shape is not very good, especially in the Caucasus battlefield, the people of Soviet Russia and the White Army have become a pot of porridge, there are bullets everywhere, the situation is not very stable, and there are still people who dare to run to us from there? ”

"All right, don't be there and speculate. Didn't you see that even the regimental commander came down? Let's just obey the orders and make sure that they get through the guò line safely after the convoy comes. The rest will be fine..."

Saying this, the company commander just now glanced not far away. Immediately after that, the two soldiers just now saw that the commander of their regiment, accompanied by the battalion commander, was inspecting something beside him.

Noticed this scene. Two people who seemed a little lazy. Suddenly became energetic―――――― not good if they were not energetic, after all, their top bosses had already come down to inspect, they were not energetic in order to deal with it, and it is estimated that they will not have their good fruit to eat next...

Noticing this, the company commander nodded in satisfaction.

"Okay, just keep it this way, anyway, it's all around us, wait until the convoy is gone. The rest is none of our business..."

"Yes!"

While the company commander was still there commanding, the regimental commander suddenly beckoned to this side. After the company commander trotted over, the regiment commander asked about some relevant information, and nodded slightly from time to time.

On the side, the company commander slowly explained little by little.

I don't know how long it took, but when the company commander had already explained it clearly, and was standing inside the fortifications, and the regimental commander was hiding from the sun outside, they finally received a telegram from the front inside the fortifications, and the telegram wrote very clearly that the convoy had arrived...

Fleet, a very large fleet ...

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Not long after the company commander and regiment commander received the telegram, they saw a large convoy approaching along the road.

Soon, the convoy stopped in front of the checkpoint, and then the regimental commander led a group of people to meet him, responsible for inspecting the convoy―――――― the so-called inspection, in fact, some drivers in the convoy or people sitting in the co-pilot seat walked down from the car, and then took out some documents belonging to the special bureau to show the regiment commander.

After their identities are confirmed, the so-called examination is basically complete.

As for opening the door to see what was inside, and what was in charge, the regiment commander and the other officers didn't even think about it. Because as long as you look at the people in this convoy, all of them are from the Special Affairs Bureau, you can know the sensitivity of this...

Merely...

Just when the regiment commander was about to withdraw everyone and let the convoy pass, faintly, he seemed to see someone in one of the cars...

After noticing this person, although he only faintly saw some faint things inside through the mirror, the head of the regiment was still slightly stunned. And after noticing this, the members of the Special Affairs Bureau in the co-pilot position of this car flashed a fierce light in their eyes.

But then he hid his thoughts, and then walked down from the co-pilot's seat to the side of the regimental commander.

"It's already possible, right?"

"Yes......... It's okay..."As if he was frightened by something, the head of the regiment, who was already quite imposing, suddenly became stammering, and his reaction confirmed the conjecture of the member of the Special Affairs Bureau.

Almost instantly, he grabbed the regimental leader's arm and whispered in his ear. "Whatever you see, I can only trouble you to come with us now..."

As he spoke, the man grabbed the regiment commander by the arm and took him into the convoy...

Of course, he didn't think about it, so he simply arrested the head of the regiment. After all, judging from his reaction, he seemed to have seen the person inside, and he must not let him go at this time no matter what.

Merely...

After all, he is the commander of the infantry regiment stationed here, and he doesn't mention how many troops there are for the time being, at least the more than 100 soldiers here at the outpost must listen to him. If he had done so, he would have arrested him, even though the army was state. But it's hard to say whether there will be soldiers who will do some unwise behavior...

At least when he saw his regiment commander being grabbed by the arm and dragged into the car. A few soldiers couldn't help but pick up their guns, and even a few machine guns not far from the checkpoint were pointed at them, apparently wondering what was going on here...

Considering the importance of this mission, and the possibility of an accident affecting the characters, although not very willing, this person can only choose a more gentle means. Not the other way around, after all, the Secret Service is not a 'good' role in the military. At least within the Wehrmacht, there are people who don't like the Secret Service Bureau, and there is definitely a lot of difference.

Even if he arrested the regiment commander in the name of the Special Affairs Bureau, it is difficult to say whether those soldiers would buy it...

So, it's better to be safe...

On the other hand. After noticing this. The regimental commander didn't turn his face, but waved his hand at his subordinates, signaling that he didn't need to be nervous, and then looked at the man who was holding his arm. "I'll go with you..."

"That's good," the man nodded. I'm sorry, but you've seen something you shouldn't have seen just now, so now we can only ask you to come with us, and as for what to do next, it's not up to people of my class to decide..."

The regimental commander nodded. Didn't say anything useless.

In fact, this result was as early as he was through the glass window. After vaguely seeing the things inside, he felt it―――――― at this time he only hated why his eyes were so good, he could even see through the ink-colored glass, at least he could vaguely see some things inside.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the quality of the ink-colored glass windows of this era is not very good.

At the beginning, the head of the regiment couldn't believe his eyes, but then he understood who was sitting inside, and at the same time, he also understood what his result would be, at first he didn't think about disguising it, for example, pretending to be like he didn't see anything, but unfortunately, the things inside were so shocking, even shocking that he couldn't modify his facial expressions at all, and finally, as he thought, he was taken away, And it's the people who were killed by the Secret Service ...

What the outcome of what he can end up with in the end is probably something that no one knows.

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Since there were people from the Special Affairs Bureau beside him, the regiment commander had no way to leave some instructions or anything like that, so he could only order the officers who came with him to take good care of the work in the regiment, and after leaving a message that he would leave first, he followed the people from the Special Affairs Bureau to the convoy.

On the other hand, after re-seating himself in the passenger seat, the man sitting in the back row asked.

"What just happened?"

"It's nothing," after glancing back at the man sitting behind him, the other person in the passenger seat said to the driver. Let's drive..."

Seeing that the person from the Secret Service didn't seem to be about to say anything, the man fell silent, but his eyes flickered slightly, revealing that he had actually been thinking about something...

On his lips, a very conspicuous mustache shone with a black sheen...

Stalin, that's the name of this man ...

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The reason why the regimental commander was so panicked just now was because he had just seen Stalin's appearance. Although he only vaguely saw some through the car window, the outline of his face and the more iconic beard, coupled with the fact that he came from the north, made the regiment commander think that this person was definitely Stalin.

This is not surprising, if there is nothing in the past, then after the establishment of Soviet Russia, as one of the main heads of the Soviet Russian regime, Stalin has become one of the most famous figures in Soviet Russia, and his photos with Lenin and others are available almost all over the world, as a border with the Caucasus, of course, there will be some pictures of Stalin here.

In the past, the regiment commander didn't know how many times he saw this photo outside the gate of the regiment headquarters. Now that he saw it by chance, although even the regiment commander himself was not very sure, he still felt that this person was Stalin, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt, and before he could properly hide his expression, he had been dug up by the members of the Secret Service who were staring at him next to him...

In the same way, after he was discovered, the commander of the regiment was appointed, because he knew very well what he had seen―――――― one of the main leaders of Soviet Russia, sitting in the consignment of the National Government, was driving towards the interior of the province, and had heard that the president had arrived in Baghdad...

This qiē is enough to make this regiment commander imagine many problems...

And to be sure, there were many of them, and he wasn't mistaken...

But these are not what he needs to think about, because at this moment, he needs to think more about how to get through the difficulty, after all, knowing such a big secret, it is very difficult to get the people from the Special Affairs Bureau to release him...

At the same time, sitting in the back seat, looking out through the inky glass window, Stalin's heart recalled the situation a few days ago, when Luo Wenying came to the door...

To be honest, if it weren't for Luo Wenying, I'm afraid Stalin wouldn't have imagined that he would have to meet Yan Shao in person one day... (To be continued......)