Chapter 812: A Feast

Siberia is a colony for Russia, but this colony is a bit special and is connected to the mainland. For a long time, the Russians grabbed resources from here, exiled criminals, and in later generations, even put nuclear waste in Siberia, which is basically Russia's big garbage dump.

But this "garbage heap" is about the rise and fall of Russia, and for the first time in hundreds of years, the Russians have encountered challenges, and Siberia is no longer safe.

Just half a day ago, China dispatched more than 60 bombers to bomb Omsk and Novosibirsk. This operation was a long-planned operation in China, and napalm was used for the first time during the bombing.

The so-called napalm is a mixture of gasoline and other chemicals, mainly natural rubber. When the bomb explodes, it produces a high-temperature flame filled with a gelatinous substance made of gasoline and other chemicals, which is splashed in all directions when it explodes, emitting a high temperature of about 1,000 degrees Celsius, and can stick to other objects and burn for a long time.

During World War II, the United States dropped countless incendiary bombs over Tokyo, turning the city into a graveyard. On the night of March 9, 1945, 334 B-29s flew straight from Guam to Tokyo, carrying out sweeping bombing in turns, dropping more than 2,000 tons of incendiary bombs, 41 square kilometers of the city center were razed to the ground, 267,000 buildings were burned, a total of 83,793 people were killed and burned, the actual death toll may exceed 90,000, another 100,000 people were seriously injured, 1 million people were homeless, and the killing effect was even more amazing than the Great Kanto Earthquake.

For Zhang Tinglan, who regards Japan as a great enemy of life and death, he will naturally not let go of this highly effective killing weapon. In fact, it is not too late for China to develop incendiary bombs, and China has been doing corresponding research since it got the flamethrower jishu from Germany.

There was a problem with early liquid fuels. It is difficult to attach to the object after it is sprayed, which affects the killing effect. After experiments, it works very well with colloidal gasoline. After this discovery was reported, Zhang Tinglan ordered the troops to conduct research on incendiary bombs on this basis.

The result was a successful incendiary bomb, but there was another problem: the price of natural rubber was too high to be used on a large scale.

The turning point came after the founding of South China, although the country has not yet been recognized. However, trade with China was not hindered, large quantities of cheap rubber were sent back to China, and incendiary bombs were produced in large quantities.

The feast originally prepared for the Japanese unexpectedly fell on the heads of the Russians first. Dozens of Chinese bombers dropped tons of napalm over Omsk.

Immediately, the effect was astonishing, and the bomb exploded. Hot, gelatinous gasoline splashed everywhere, as long as it got on the body. Even if it's a little bit of a star. There can also be dire consequences.

These things are like lard, and the more they are beaten, the more they are struck, and if they roll on the ground, they will be covered in flames. Some people are in pain and will struggle desperately, only to throw the flames on the body of the person next to them. Ripple effects.

In fact, for people who are stained with incendiary bombs, the most relieving thing is to be killed with one shot, so that they can suffer a lot less. Because in the incendiary bomb, there are a lot of additives. For example, things like white phosphorus, on the one hand, are to enhance the power of combustion, and on the other hand, white phosphorus is also highly toxic, at least if it is stained, even if it can't be burned to death, it will be poisoned.

It was this terrible lethality that when the incendiary bombs fell into the city of Omsk, they immediately caused terrible fires, houses were burned down, various buildings were shrouded in them, and a large number of people were burned and burned to death.

The terrible cries of struggle echoed constantly over Omsk, and everyone trembled and scurried everywhere as if they had encountered the end of the world.

What's worse is that the Russians don't have any concept of fire prevention, and there is a lot of wood in Siberia, and the Russians all use the most haode larch wood for heating, and a lot of firewood is piled up in front of many houses.

When these pine trees are burning, they crackle, not only the smell of pine will come out, but there will also be grease dripping, not to mention how prosperous they are. It's just that these usually the most popular fuels have become a lifeline at this time, after the firewood burns, more and more places in the city are engulfed in fire, and the Russians are frantically struggling, but it is useless, and they can only fall into the fire weakly.

In fact, the most affected are the railway station, warehouses, barracks, government, post office and other places, these major buildings, have been taken care of, almost half of Omsk was shrouded in fire.

Because it was an important transportation hub, the Russians hoarded a large amount of supplies here to transport to the front, and as a result, at least two-thirds of these supplies were lost after the bombing.

This bombing was like a slap in the head, hitting the Russians hard, and through the raging flames, they saw China's ruthlessness and liliang.

When the report was sent to Moscow, Stalin's hands and feet were cold, and he did not expect that China would have such a powerful liliang. At the beginning of the defeat in the Far East, in Stalin's view, it was mainly because of the Russian civil war, which seriously depleted the national strength, and the defeat was caused by the Chinese being injured.

But now he understands that China has gone ahead of Russia in terms of army building. Thinking of this, this piece of hard steel also felt a wave of fear.

At this moment, someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs suddenly sent a secret message, which turned out to be obtained from Japan, and it was clearly written that the Chinese government was trying to invite Japan to fight Russia together, and that Poland was willing to join it.

Seeing this, Stalin's heart was completely cold, one China was already very troublesome, and if Japan was added, the Far East would not be able to hold it. And Poland was going to join it, which made Stalin even more furious. Anyway, Poland was once part of Russia, and they were also white. I didn't expect to be shameless to come here, and I still want to cooperate with China, which is simply unstoppable.

Stalin gritted his teeth, and in addition to his anger, Stalin also felt a cold to the bone, and Poland's accession to it actually meant that Britain and France would also join. It is not possible to make another joint intervention in Russia, with Russia's existing Liliang, it may be able to win, but it will definitely be a crushing victory, which he does not want to see.

Moscow's top brass had come together again to discuss the situation at hand, and everyone knew it was bad. "According to preliminary estimates, we have lost more than 30 million supplies in Omsk, and the Trans-Siberian Railway has also been affected, and it will take at least a week to recover," said Yagoda, who is in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. ”

"What?" Stalin was surprised and asked: "What should the soldiers in the Far East do for such a long time, how can their supplies be sent without the railway?" ”

Yagoda lowered his head, not daring to look directly into Stalin's eyes, but he still said: "The Chinese used a new type of incendiary bomb, and the lethal effect is very amazing. A week is still after they do not continue to take action to do so. And on Shijie, their air force will bomb us, and even the army will have an operation. ”

Stalin stared at Yagoda tightly and asked sharply: "Comrade Yagoda, do you mean that we have actually lost the ability to support the Far Eastern battlefield?" ”

"Comrade Stalin, although I am very reluctant to admit it, the truth is exactly what you say."

Stalin sank, and the others looked at each other. Kamenev suddenly said: "Comrade Stalin, I propose to immediately order Yegorov to withdraw, and then concentrate his forces and fight a decisive battle with the Chinese." ”

As soon as he heard this, Stalin suddenly stood up, his pupils turned into pins, and he gasped and asked: "Kamenev, do you mean to give up the Far East?" Is it to give up these lands that belong to Russia? ”

"No, it's just ......" Kamenev had to argue.

Stalin waved his hand violently: "Don't say it, you and your companion Trotsky are both mutineers, you have become China's lackeys, and I will not let you succeed if you want to seize the land of the Soviet Union......."

Listening to Stalin's words, everyone present was instantly silent, and they instinctively felt that a storm was coming again......

Just after the bombing of Omsk by the Chinese Air Force, private contacts between China and Russia began, and the two sides stopped fighting, and Zuihou Gu Weijun and Molotov reached an armistice agreement in Kulen.

According to the terms of the agreement, Russia recognized China's special interests in the Far Eastern Empire and did not seek to annex the Far Eastern Empire. At the same time, the two sides also demarcated the borders of Central Asia, and they gave up the area east and south of Lake Balkhash, which they had seized during the Tsarist era, a total of 440,000 square kilometers. In addition, according to the geographical demarcation, China's territory extended westward to the Aral Sea and the Caspian Sea.

In other words, China and Russia have divided Central Asia equally, and most of Kazakhstan is still in the hands of the Russians, but the southern part of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan all fall into the hands of China.

Although China did not take all of Central Asia, with this agreement, China completely occupied the Amu Darya and Syr Darya Darya, the richest countries in Central Asia, and at the same time opened the road to the Caspian Sea.

In terms of topographical areas, most of the land that China has acquired is plateau and mountainous, while the Russian side is plain, but in fact the area occupied by China is more defensible. Moreover, after taking this place, China has a direct border with Afghanistan and Iran, which is equivalent to opening up the road to South Asia and the Middle East, and the situation in western China has been completely opened.

The advantages of these strategies can only be brought into play when China's strength is sufficient. But there are a few benefits right now, enough to choke on China.

In the area controlled by China, there are more than 150 billion tons of coal, and the variety is complete, and even directly for steelmaking, in addition to a large number of copper, tungsten, uranium and other resources, the specific amount has not been clearly detected, but to meet China's initial industrialization, there is no problem at all, these natural resources, according to the current valuation, are also tens of billions...... (To be continued......)