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The crunching sound of steel rattled the Irkutsk train checkpoint, and the massive 12.7-mm fanged heavy machine guns peeking out of the firing holes in the two watchtowers next to the tracks, as well as several low-hanging 37-mm old rapid-fire guns aimed at the approaching train. In the red flag waved by the signal soldiers, the high-horsepower steam train dragging 20 cars like an old cow slowly stopped, and more than a dozen soldiers immediately raised their guns and rushed to start a routine inspection.

"Sir." In the front of the train, Nobuta Oricho, who was disguised as a train worker, was a little nervous, and turned his head to look at Minamizojiro, who was dressed as a standard master. The latter patted him to signal everyone not to panic, then took out the customs clearance documents bought at a high price from his pocket, and took the initiative to jump out of the car to meet the second lieutenant of the Wehrmacht.

The second lieutenant, a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, spoke with a strong local accent, and after saluting, he asked, "What kind of goods are you pulling?" ”

"It's all copper ore sent to Mukden." Because he has lived in Shanghai for more than ten years, Nanzojiro can hear the accent of the second lieutenant at once, and after handing over the customs clearance card, he deliberately took out a cigarette and used a Shaoxing accent to set it closely: "The chief is also from Shaoxing?" ”

"Shaoxing, a soldier for 13 years." In the north, which is thousands of miles away, he suddenly heard that the second lieutenant of Xiangyin was also very happy, and after taking the cigarette and lighting it, he saw that there were twenty car bodies hanging behind him, and said with a smile: "The business is good, this car can make a lot of money when you go back, right?" ”

"There, I also eat with a mouthful of food, running business for the owner. Hey, these days, those of us who are masters have to run our own errands. ”

"Hehe, it's a new society. If the master can't be a master, it's not bad to run and trade. ”

"Yes, it's better for us to have a good Republic of China, and I don't know how to use these hairy people to occupy such a good place. Look at this car, it's all selected copper ore. Minamizojiro generously introduced his cargo, which made the second lieutenant let his guard down. Because of this generation of copper production, since last year the military has taken over dozens of mines, large and small, contracted to businessmen to mine, in order to save costs, the miners are all poor party soldiers and all kinds of prisoners from everywhere, which month not to transport back hundreds of thousands of tons of ore.

But Oricho Nobuta in the front of the car was still very nervous. You must know that only one layer of the surface of these twenty trains is treated with fine copper ore, and the bottom is all finished chromium and tungsten. These are all urgently needed materials for the Navy to build warships! It was bought from the underground organization of the Poor Party in the Ufa region at the cost of supporting the Poor Party Far Eastern Front, and it took two months to transport it to Krasnoyarsk by means of ant moving and loading it onto the train. Not to mention that the finished materials that are priceless afterwards will be confiscated, and they will be killed immediately. No one can bear the blame for simply delaying the Navy's shipbuilding program.

Fortunately, the soldier didn't check the bottom of the tons of ore on the surface, so after a cursory reading, the second lieutenant was ready to return the customs clearance documents to Minami Zaojiro. But before Ori Nobuta could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw a soldier hurrying out of the sentry post, whispering something to the second lieutenant. This accident made Minami Zojiro nervous, and hot sweat instantly crawled all over his back. I don't know what the soldier said, the second lieutenant frowned and opened the customs clearance document again, took out a pen and said while writing: "Railway transformation." Ulan-Ude can't go east, you take the Baoku line to enter the customs and turn to Mukden. Yes, the route and the permitted stops are on it. Don't blame me for not reminding you, many, many stations along the way are not open to the outside yet, so don't stop at will except for coal, it's not good to cause misunderstandings. After the second lieutenant returned the written customs clearance documents to Minamizojiro, he waved his hand to indicate that he could leave.

The second lieutenant's words made Minamizojiro both happy and worried. I am glad that I have not been discovered, and I am worried that the transformation of Ulan-Ude has been interrupted. Although the second lieutenant arranged for himself the treasure trove railway. As long as you follow what is written on the customs clearance documents, at least before arriving in Baotou, there will be a smooth road, but the problem is that the treasure trove railway is connected to the Zhengtai line to Henan Xinxiang. Then connect the Jinghan line! The goods that originally went to Vladivostok are now going around the hinterland of the Republic of China full of dangers, what should I do along the way? Looking at Hessesen's machine gun muzzle, Minamizojiro knew that he had no choice but to grit his teeth and let everyone drive. After getting into the car, he also deliberately took care of him: "Xintianjun, when you arrive in Ulan-Ude, you will immediately send a telegram to China, asking them to find a way to arrange a boat to wait for us in the Yellow River." ”

Nobuta Oricho nodded and pressed the whistle.

With a whimpering whistle, the train loaded with hundreds of tons of tungsten and chromium products slowly moved in the direction of Ulan-Ude, and when it left, the second lieutenant suddenly turned his head and asked the soldiers: "Didn't Ulan-Ude be renovated last month?" ”

The soldier shook his head: "I don't know. The call came from the general dispatch room, and we had to arrange it that way. ”

The Irkutsk General Dispatch Office manages the section of the Trans-Siberian railway from Chita to Krasnoyarsk, so when the second lieutenant heard that they had called, he did not hesitate to greet everyone back to the warm guard tower and continue to wait for the arrival of the next train. But he didn't know that everything that happened at their checkpoint was hidden from the Zeiss high-powered telescope in the distance.

Wu Rui nodded to the train dispatcher and signaled that he could hang up the phone. After a few more thanks, he handed the telescope to his assistant and walked downstairs. He is now the head of the Tohoku Station of the Security Bureau, in charge of intelligence work in the entire Tohoku region, and the Japanese forces that have become active during this time have not hidden his ears and eyes, so he asked as he walked: "How many weapons has Japan delivered?" ”

The assistant said: "Shumyatsky and they got a total of 10,000 rifles, 50 light and heavy machine guns, and 100 mortars of various types, and about 3 million ammunition. By the way, there are quite a few mines and grenades. ”

"Humph! Japan is willing to do it this time. ”

Hearing him snort coldly, the assistant smiled: "Don't worry, the stationmaster, the Japanese will definitely have to fold the book this time!" Now Shumyatsky is surrounded by our people, and I promise to send his head in a few days if you want! ”

The assistant was right, at least dozens of intelligence agents infiltrated the poor party in various capacities during the operation in the northern Tibetan tooth operation, and now the highest-ranking ones are already close to Lenin's political commissars! The Far East was already a key area of lurking, and how could Shumyatsky's men and horses escape surveillance. If it weren't for the military's advocacy of deliberately dragging out the fight and cleaning the Russian population of Siberia with military disasters, they would have been served in one pot a long time ago. Of course, he still looked calm and said slightly: "Don't be complacent!" Anything can happen in our line of work! Recently, the military intelligence bureau has arrested several Russian Cheka people, which shows that they are also trying to infiltrate, and it is not that they have no ability to fight back. ”

"Yes!" The assistant nodded, not daring to be complacent any longer, and asked, "What should we do next?" ”

Wu Rui said: "Taking the Kulun line must have been unexpected for them. So when you arrive in Ulan-Ude, you will send a telegram to contact the outside for assistance, otherwise it will be difficult to move an inch along the way! Your task is to find out all the people who are interested in this journey, and all those who inquire and ask. Even if it's to help overhaul trains and refueling coal! I have to control it all, and one less is the only one you ask! "The assistant understood. This trip is actually a bait, from Irkutsk to Xinxiang, thousands of kilometers I don't know how many people will be caught.

Seeing that he understood, Wu Rui continued to ask, "Is it over over the vice president?" ”

"Not yet."

"Forget it. You go get busy, I'll go to the Chief of the General Staff first. After Wu Rui got on the train, he parted ways with his assistant and rushed to the Irkutsk Locomotive Factory.

The Irkutsk Locomotive Plant is one of the few large remaining plants east of the Yenisei River. In addition to its own equipment, it has been equipped with equipment that has been transferred from Omsk and Krasnoyarsk, and has become the only factory on the East Siberian railway line capable of building and repairing heavy trains. There were a number of Russian workers in the factory, many of whom were experts in the train industry, who had fled from all over the country. But while they get jobs and earn food for their families, they are also subject to military control.

In the spacious enclosed workshop, Song Ziqingzheng inspected three newly equipped armored trains with Murong Han, Xu Shuzheng, and Chen Eun. The train is filled with heavily armed soldiers to prevent anyone from destroying these priceless new Army pets.

These armored trains are not simple, they are all specially adapted for combat in the Siberian region after the war. Not only can Russian-made heavy locomotives be used to travel smoothly on all tracks from Irkutsk to the Urals, but also the firepower is unique in the Far East! Each column is equipped with four Chongqing replica Skoda 1918 210mm/L30 heavy howitzers (not the previous naval guns), which were developed by the Starck Arsenal in 1916. Produced in early 1918. Soon after the production, the General Staff obtained 4 mass-produced guns and all the drawings through special means, which were secretly transported back to China by Italy and handed over to Chongqing for imitation, and the test was successful in October 18, and it was named the Warhammer 1919 210mm heavy howitzer in China.

The single barrel is 5.8 tons, and the total weight of the train type reaches 38 tons with a hydraulically driven rotating gun mount, or 18 tons with a towed gun mount. When using the 110-kilogram fully cast high-explosive grenade developed by Chongqing itself, the maximum firing range can reach 18,300 meters. However, due to the fact that there is no major war in the country at present, and there is a lack of vehicles to tow this super-heavy artillery, the army first purchased 8 train types and installed them on three heavy armored trains specially prepared for Siberia together with the 4 guns that they got back. One high-horsepower locomotive in the front and rear of each train. In the middle is a 12-car artillery car, equipped with a company of 4 210mm heavy howitzers, 4 25mm rapid-fire machine guns and 8 heavy machine guns, as well as an observation balloon. Two of the carriages are residential carriages, and the remainder are ammunition and storage carriages, and equipment such as steel rails can also be carried for the rehabilitation of the railway.

In addition to these three armored trains, which are being finally inspected for repair. There is also a slightly shorter four-car train next to it, which is also an armored train, but there is something special on it, which is a Krupp 420mm Great Berta railway gun captured during the Great War on the Western Front in 1917! After this cannon was captured at that time, the army attached great importance to it and transported it back to Hanyang overnight for research, which the army originally wanted to copy. However, it was found that the level of domestic metal smelting at that time was not enough to process this kind of cannon, and secondly, the cost was too large, and the price of one cannon was enough to make three 210mm heavy guns, so after exploring and mapping, it was simply taken to the north for actual combat testing.

Whether it was Song Ziqing or Murong Han, they didn't care much about these exaggerated giant cannons, their eyes had already gone beyond the weapons and equipment themselves, but Chen Yan and Xu Shuzheng were very excited, and after learning that Kolchak was talking with Yang Qiu, he asked: "Chief of General Staff, do you think Kolchak will agree to the conditions?" ”

"Do you know what Kolchak's biggest problem is?" Song Ziqing patted the body of the big Berta cannon with a smile and said, "Soft-hearted! When he returned to China, he desperately tried to win over those Russian capitalists and free people, so he received the support of many high-level intellectuals in Russia, but the problem was that they had become the biggest trouble for the troops to fight with peace of mind! According to the Ministry of Intelligence, about 1 million Russians who oppose the Poor Party have been following the troops. If you think about it, it's already very troublesome to feed them, so how can you win a battle? But he was reluctant to expel these people. In terms of personality, he is indeed a rare patriotic general, but he is not a qualified general! His most urgent task now is to find a way out for these people. Otherwise, you won't have to fight and eat it all! Help him place 100 or even 2 million mouths, do you think he can be indifferent? ”

"But what if he doesn't say yes?"

As soon as Chen Yan finished asking, Murong Han laughed first: "Second brother, this is not something he will agree to or not. Since we fired the condition. Then if he refuses, the news will be spread and his reputation will be completely ruined! Just dragging everyone to die together and not letting his compatriots hide from the flames of war is enough to destroy his army! ”

Chen Yan is not a person who plays politics after all, but Xu Shuzheng nodded and said, "That's right." But if there are really a million or even 2 million people, will there be problems in resettlement? ”

Murong Han shook his head: "Now it's not a question of whether we settle or not, but we have to resettle!" Because in the event of Kolchak's defeat, these people will still enter the territory of our country. Passive acceptance will bring hidden dangers to the north, so the vice president decided to take the initiative to accept these people. As for the north, it is impossible, it must be evacuated to the hinterland of the Central Plains or the southwest inland, and establish multiple or even dozens of special storage areas. Although the number of people seems to be a lot, with the total population of our country, this point of people can't make waves! The Ministry of Civil Affairs has also established a special residence management system for foreign nationals, and they need to report their situation to the local or nearby police every year and issue temporary residence certificates. And send someone to teach them Chinese so that they can fend for themselves. Actually, I think that there is actually more to be gained than the hidden dangers, leaving aside the conditions of the commander. Most of these people are highly educated, many of them are university professors and high-level talents, and after two or three years of passing the language barrier, they can become very good teachers, technical experts, and even women can become art and music teachers. After listening to it, both of them felt that he had a good idea, and when they were about to continue to ask about the specific method of resettlement, Wu Rui's car stopped outside. Several of them were core officers in the Northeast region, and they all knew this important member of the Security Bureau, and they knew that something must be wrong. So avoid a few steps to check the train and leave room for Song Ziqing and him.

After Wu Rui nodded with a few people from afar, he told him what had just happened, and said: "I predict that this batch of goods is very likely to go to the Yellow River in Zhengzhou and get on the boat, and then return to Japan from the Bohai Sea." We'd like to ask for advice on where to do it. ”

Song Ziqing knew that the Security Bureau and the Military Intelligence Agency were tracking this matter recently, and said: "The commander-in-chief is still talking with Kolchak, and I will tell him about this matter later, and your task is to make good use of this opportunity to strive to catch more big fish." ”

"What about the Northeast? Shumyatsky's gang now calls themselves the Far Eastern Front of the Poor Party Red Army, and they are hooking up with Japan, do you want to? Wu Rui made a gesture of closing his hands: "What about closing the net?" ”

Song Ziqing thought about it and said: "You don't need to kill them all, the proportion of the population in Siberia needs to be reduced!" Later, you will go to Xu Shuzheng to discuss, and then contact Zhang Zuolin, and let them beat them a few times before the weather is completely cold, and it is best to force them to the Japanese-occupied area. ”

Forced to the Japanese-occupied zone? Wu Rui raised his eyebrows, somewhat understanding. Just as he was about to leave, he saw Yang Qiu's personal guard captain Lei Meng running in. Lei Meng was sweating profusely, his face was flushed and excited, and when he saw Song Ziqing and a few people, he shouted: "Report to the Chief of the General Staff, the order of the Commander-in-Chief!" The Railway Brigade and the 16th Brigade of the 49th Infantry Division immediately set off for Chelyabinsk, and it was necessary to assist the Kolchak division in defending the city! Colonel Xu Shuzheng was ordered to select officers and lead the 50,000 Russian volunteers gathered in Manchuria to return to China to participate in the war! Ordered the 70th and 71st Cavalry Brigades of the 123rd Mixed Division to immediately leave for East Kazakhstan to assist Li Liejun's 124th Mixed Division in attacking Orenburg in West Kazakhstan! ”

Even Song Ziqing clenched his fists fiercely when he heard these orders! This shows that Kolchak's gold has been successfully obtained! The last thing is to drag down the poor party as much as possible, so even the 50,000 Russian volunteers who surrendered before and have been training in Manchuria were used, but transferring Xu Shuzheng made him a little tricky, because just now he also wanted Xu Shuzheng and Zhang Zuolin to join hands to fight Shumyatsky, and it seems that another person is going to be chosen. Turning his head to look at Xu Shuzheng, who was already excited, he said with heavy care: "Remember to bring more cotton clothes and cold equipment, don't seek the results of the battle, just try to hold on, the longer you delay, the better!" ”

"Attention! The only thing you have to do as soon as Kolchak shows signs of rout is to dig up the railway embankment, blow up all the bridges, and then safely evacuate to the east bank of the Yenisei River! Song Ziqing finally cared for him...... (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )