Chapter 303: Ambush

And Gazanev even took the initiative to ask for two troop transport trains to come over to deal with the Japanese army, and the Soviet forces in the Far East were in an absolutely weak position, and the Soviets, lacking heavy weapons, had no way to deal with the trains. At most, blow up the railroad tracks, but even explosives are a luxury for the Far Eastern Soviets, and in winter, the soil freezes harder than iron, and the cost of blowing up a section of railroad tracks is several times higher than in summer.

"Before I came, I heard that the corrupt bourgeois element Lauterlera had brought a large amount of goods collected from the serfs and was going to Temple Street to join the Japanese there, and I heard that Lautella also carried a batch of gold, so the Japanese also sent a squadron of Japanese troops to meet them, and if it weren't for my limited strength, I would have killed all these Japanese troops." Gazanev said with hatred on his face that although it was false to join these Soviet partisans, Gazanev's hatred for the Japanese was not fake at all.

"What? Lautlera was going to go to the Japanese, and the Japanese also sent a squadron of troops to meet Lautera? The middle-aged bearded Gamorien was so startled that he almost jumped up from the snow, "How do you know?" ”

"I met a serf who had escaped from Lauterera's farm, and said that Lauterera was very harsh with his serfs, and that after this time he was going to defect to the Japanese, he took all the food with him, and those serfs were now torn apart and running everywhere to make a living."

Gazanev said half-truthfully, in fact, he knew that there were many people in the Northeast who were in the same position as him, and were responsible for luring the poor serfs from the Far East to Heilongjiang for relief. According to a rough estimate, there have been more than 15,000 White Russian serfs who have come to Heilongjiang in the past few months to be arranged for farm work. Gazanev knew that Japan intended to occupy the Russian Far East, but the Soviets were also growing rapidly, compared to the cruel and murderous Japanese. The Northeast, which has the same purpose, is obviously more sophisticated.

The Japanese are the strongest, but they are pulling hatred everywhere. Do not take the life and death of the Russians seriously. And the Soviets, as a nascent regime, showed great vitality. It won the support of many poor Russian peasants, but most of them also took advantage of the Russians' hatred of Japan and their fear of the imperialist powers to increase the combat effectiveness of their units. The regular Soviet forces in the Far East were the weakest, and were not at all able to compete with the Japanese army or the Northeast Army.

On the other hand, the Northeast is also strong. With an unparalleled army of hundreds of thousands in the Far East, and the use of gentle means against the Russians, the safety of the lives and property of both poor and rich Russians will be protected. The Soviet trick of exploiting the hatred of the Russians against the Japanese is doomed to be of little use if it were applied to the Northeast.

During this period of time in the Northeast, in addition to high-intensity military physical training, there was also a lot of time when Gashanev came into contact with some ideological education, and it was difficult for an extremely determined person like Gazanev to shake his original ideas. However, what the Northeast exposes is the essence of the Soviets, and with the grievances between the Northeast and the Japanese, a large-scale war will break out between the Northeast and Japan in the future. Now the biggest motivation to keep Gazanev alive is revenge on the Japanese. So now, Gazanev has returned to Russian soil, and now Gazanev is a good soldier, or agent, more than he was brave before. It has strong military technology and support from the rear at any time.

Two trains rolled westward, and the last carriages of the train were open-air, covered with burlap with something of a very irregular shape. Occasionally, a cold north wind blew, and a few untied areas were lifted. You can see the hideous and terrifying barrel. The carriage was full of cannons.

The black car made its way through the white snowfield, and the sound of clanging and clanging was heard far away with the howling of the north wind.

"This Russian land is really exploding, since we landed in Vladivostok, it has taken more than two days to get here, and it is still only the tip of the iceberg of Russian territory, if the empire can get such a vast land. By harnessing its abundant resources, the last obstacle to the development of the empire will cease to exist, and in time, even the Anglo-American ghosts will submit to the will of the emperor. ”

Yamashita Yuhe was sitting in a small box in the car, originally as the commander of his brigade. It is possible to have a separate carriage, but in order to save capacity, Yamashita Yuai only separated a small box from the carriage.

"What Your Excellency General said is that most of Russia's strength was in Russia and Europe, and its Far East was too weak to match the Empire. Now that Russia is falling apart and the nascent Soviet power is also suffering from external and internal troubles, the Westward Advance of the Imperial Army will inevitably bring the Russian Far East into the territory of the Empire. Sitting there with his hands on his laurels, Iki Kato was a war maniac and a loyal follower of the Pig Assault tactic, believing that there was no castle that could not be attacked under the swarm charge of Japanese warriors. At the beginning, the Lushun Fortress was bloodied, and Iki Kato never flinched in the face of the mountains of corpses, and the Lushun Fortress has now been trampled under the feet of the Japanese army.

"Well, the Imperial Army has never encountered an opponent in Asia, Tsarist Russia has already suffered a major defeat at the hands of the Empire in its heyday, and this time the Northeast Army is only a small obstacle. Vladivostok is also a natural military port, and in the face of such a great temptation in the Far East, presumably the Admiralty will not be indifferent. ”

A faint smile flashed on Yamashita Yuhe's face, like the Republic of China, Japan also has a considerable amount of resources wasted on the battle between land and sea. The navy has always pressed the army, but once it faces a ground war, it is the best time for the army to expand, and although the Far East Navy can also make a profit, it is a good opportunity for the army to surpass the navy in one fell swoop. It is easy to conquer this area, the number of land forces is already small, and while defending the homeland, it is necessary to hold this new area, so it is naturally necessary to expand the army a lot.

Like other senior generals in the army, Yamashita knew that the navy was the foundation of the country, but the army had been weakened too much. In non-war times, an army division was only a little over 10,000 people, and the entire Japanese army now has only 12 divisions, but under such circumstances, the cabinet formulated the 88 Fleet plan, which made the War Department extremely resentful, and Japan's newly developed air force was also polarizing the army and navy under the covert influence of the army and navy departments. The two sides began to import technology and buy fighter planes from the foreign powers, and at the same time they were studying separately. (To be continued......)