In Yekaterinburg, Kolchak and others were warmly welcomed by the inhabitants of the city―――――― if you believe it ...

As it was once said, because of the war and other relations, there are not many original Russian residents left in Yekaterinburg. The population of Yekaterinburg is now composed mainly of the original Russians, the current ethnic Russians. There are also the countrymen who have migrated from the interior to carry out reclamation work in the Urals, as well as the military families of the Wehrmacht stationed in the Urals, who have been resettled here together...

For the time being, the demographic composition of Yekaterinburg is dominated by the first and the last. After all, even if during the siege of the city, no matter how many Russians leave or die, some of them will remain, plus Yekaterinburg is the largest city in the Urals, and Russia is also a relatively populous country in Europe, so there are not a few people left.

And then there's the military family.

At present, there are hundreds of thousands of Wehrmacht troops stationed in the Ural Province alone, and at this time the Wehrmacht mainly adopts two types of military service, one is compulsory military service and the other is conscription.

The former is easy to understand, that is, obligatory, according to later generations, that is, every citizen has the responsibility to pay taxes, and no one can get rid of the glory of paying taxes. In addition to paying taxes, according to the Chinese Constitution, as long as they are adults, they have the responsibility and obligation to serve in the military.

As long as the country needs it, no matter what they do, no matter their status, no matter what position they hold, they should and must heed the call of the country to join the army...

This is the compulsory military service system...

Since it is compulsory military service. Then the service time will definitely not be very long, basically as long as it does not reach the point where the mountains and rivers are broken and the country is ruined. Conscripts only need to serve for three years at most, and in a sense, these are all 'cannon fodder' who were drafted during a large-scale war―――――― of course, the Nationalist Government and Yan Shao will definitely not say this, but this is actually a tacit thing...

At present, the vast majority of the soldiers recruited by the national government in the process of military expansion are compulsory military service.

But it's not the same as the 'good man' in history. The era of 'good iron does not hit nails' is different, and the people of this era are still very enthusiastic about joining the army. It is not only because of the patriotic education in the past few years, but also because of a series of boosts in the morale of the people that have taken place in the past. Events that can arouse the patriotism and sense of honor of the people have also played a great role, and of course, there is another reason, which is the high salary policy that the Wehrmacht has been pursuing.

Although salaries have not been raised for several years, salaries in the Defence Force have always been much higher than in ordinary occupations. Let's put it this way. At this time, the per capita income of Chinese people was about 6 yuan a month. As for the Wehrmacht, even the lowest-ranking soldiers have 10 yuan, if it is counted per capita, it is likely to reach 15 yuan per capita―――――― since there is above the middle line, then there must be below the middle line. Just like the per capita income reports of later generations, every time the standards are released, I dare not say that more than half of them are below the per capita line. However, it is believed that there will still be a considerable number of Chinese people who will not be able to meet the standards.

So, since there is an average line of six dollars. Then it is very common for those who only receive three or four yuan a month.

What's more, at this time, China was just beginning to industrialization, and the scale of industry seemed to be very large, but considering the huge population, it was some...

Similarly, those remote villages, if they want to benefit from industrialization, I am afraid it will take many years, so in fact, in some areas, it may not even be possible to earn a dollar a month, and the figure of ten yuan, not to mention that it has risen for many years, is already an astronomical amount for many people...

Therefore, for ordinary people, enlisting in the army is not an unspeakable thing, but a very glorious thing, and sometimes it even takes money to get in―――――― although the Ministry of Integrity is indeed very capable, but to put an end to anything, after all, it is still impossible...

What's more, there has been no reason for raising wages for several years, Yan Shao and the government have always made it very clear that during the war, the government not only wants to reduce or exempt a large number of agricultural and industrial and commercial taxes, but also to find ways to develop domestic infrastructure, in addition to investment in war and other aspects, natural and man-made disasters in the country, but also need to invest funds to find a way, plus the cost of the government's own operation, as well as education, etc., there are too many places to spend money...

In addition, there is the problem of those officers and soldiers who are killed or disabled, and needless to say, those who die in battle must be given a very generous pension to their families. The disabled, it is impossible to leave it there, in this case, not to mention the morale blow for the time being, Yan Shao is also unwilling to do this, after all, they are injured for the country, and they can't be the end of the country to ignore them―――――― not to mention that if Yan Shao wants to play 'autocracy', the gun is absolutely indispensable, this kind of self-defeating thing, Yan Shao will definitely not do it.

So even if there was a cabinet official who built Yan Shao, he simply only gave them a fee and then let them fend for themselves, Yan Shao also vetoed it.

However, when doing this, I am afraid that Yan Shao himself does not know whether he is doing this out of human conscience or out of the importance of power?

Maybe it's both, but which side is heavier, this Yan Shao is not clear.

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On the other hand, they were not mistaken, and with the end of the war in Europe, Yan Shao did begin to plan to improve the treatment of workers. After all, after the end of the European war, the financial pressure of the national government was still reduced, even if the new entry opened up three territories such as Siberia and Central Asia and even the Middle East, but after all, it was no longer a war period, and the investment was relatively small, even if there were some local guerrillas, under the relocation plan implemented by the government, it gradually calmed down, and it was impossible to drag down China through guò guerrilla warfare or something―――――― the country was full of peasants who lacked land, Yan Shaoke was not worried at all, Now that the people have been relocated, who is going to cultivate the land...

At first, the Russians didn't understand. But when a large number of Chinese people moved into the vacant farmland, they understood.

All in all, in the past tense.

There are just too many places to spend money. Therefore, it was impossible for the Nationalist government to raise military salaries until the end of the war.

But now, now that the war is over, there is naturally hope for an increase in military salaries or something...

The rest is the conscription system, which can also be said to be a professional military service system, because those who generally perform this military service are usually professional soldiers...

And they are in service for a long time. Generally six to twelve years. In addition, if they wish, they can start the non-commissioned officer assessment at the end of the third year of service. Of course. If they do, it means that they have completely chosen the career path of the military...

All in all, in short, the Wehrmacht has been in service for a relatively long time. Even the shortest is three years. So something. That's where it came in. For example, the place of residence of military dependents, after all, it is very troublesome to get the troops to such a distant place in the Urals, and it is just as troublesome to want to see their own families, and even from the perspective of human feelings, they should do some similar work.

So in the Wehrmacht, unless it is a particularly desolate, or extremely important military base. In other military districts, family members are usually allowed to move in, and even special areas are set aside for military dependents to live.

Of course. It costs a lot of money, but it works very well...

In particular, the rule of the Nationalist government over provinces such as the Urals was strengthened by the influx of military dependents. And...

In these areas, there is not only a large amount of free farmland, but also a large number of business opportunities.

Leaving aside the fact that some soldiers have already begun to think about staying here after they retire and continue to live, even the national government itself is promoting this to those who are about to retire.

Considering that there are now hundreds of thousands of troops in the Urals alone, and at least more than 100,000 new arrivals and more than 100,000 retirements every year ...

If there were, even a tenth of the population remained here, I am afraid that it would bring an additional population of 30,000 to 50,000 people per year to a newly occupied territory like the Urals, which would be very beneficial to the government's rule in this region...

In this way, although the resident population of Yekaterinburg is now mainly Russian, it will not be long before it will be replaced by Chinese. And this is also the goal that the national government wants to achieve, after all, only the more people they have, the more stable the rule over this land―――――― of course, such a means, I am afraid that only a country with a large population like China can use it, and where to find so many people in other countries is their biggest headache.

It is precisely because of this that when Kolchak and his people arrived in Yekaterinburg, the residents who were mobilized by the city government appeared in two extremes.

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In the face of Kolchak and his entourage, the dependents of the Wehrmacht living in Yekaterinburg, and the Chinese people who moved here did not feel anything, but in accordance with the requirements of the government, they welcomed them warmly―――――― at this time the Chinese people did not have so much disgust with Russia, not to mention that these Russians were still beaten out of their homes by others, plus Yekaterinburg itself is likely to face the threat of Soviet Russia, and the government has been propagating the idea of not sharing the sky with Soviet Russia. The attitude of the residents living here towards Kolchak and his party was naturally not hostile.

But the Russians are different, for whom Kolchak and others are equivalent to their own government. And now, instead of driving away the 'hell' Chinese who occupied the city, their government has fled into the city as if by default, which makes them not disappointed in Kolchak.

When Kolchak and his entourage arrived at the hotel in an open-top car, many Russians on both sides even booed. If it's just one person or two people, it's fine, but if it's hundreds or thousands, then...

What's more, it's not just boos, many ethnic Russians even spit on Kolchak on both sides, loudly insulting him. This is not surprising, after all, whether it is the 'slave of the lost country', if he sees the leader of his own country actually come to the 'lost land' to pay a friendly visit to the occupying country, I am afraid that this will be the case.

Although now Kolchak is actually on the run. But those Russian people will not understand this, they just want to shout at Kolchak and vent all the humiliation of these days. They do need to find a way to vent their anger and anger...

In any case, Kolchak is now a guest of the national government, and in the face of such a scene, the national government cannot remain indifferent, so soon the police began to come forward to maintain order...

It's just, is it useful at all...

At least when Kolchak entered the hotel, his face was not good-looking. It took a while to come over...

The faces of the individuals who followed him also looked very ugly.

Not surprisingly, they spent almost all the way in the boos of their own countrymen. Although the Chinese police on both sides have been desperately maintaining order, and even violently attacking the Russians who are shouting and scolding with batons, they have never been able to stop their strong feelings.

Of course, if that's all there is to it, it's nothing. If they are really like what those ethnic Russians say. If it is some traitors, maybe it will feel better, but in fact they can't help it, because just like this, even if they are very uncomfortable in their own hearts, they hate themselves very much...

"Okay..."Seeing the ugly faces of his subordinates, Kolchak shook his head, and then said softly. Don't get cranky just yet. Let's get some rest, we still have a lot to do..."

"Yes!" No matter what. After all, Kolchak was the consul of the provisional government, and the others were indeed unwilling to continue thinking about it, so they quickly nodded in agreement with Kolchak's words.

Now, they really need to take a good rest, and by the way, let their minds go blank and not think about those bad things.

It's just that...

By the time they turned to leave, Kolchak, who had been in good spirits, had turned his face more ugly than anyone else.

Dreadnought Admiral, Kolchak ...

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How to say it...

Perhaps as a commander, or as a leader, Kolchak was not very competent, at least not as competent as Lenin and others on the other side.

But as a soldier, Kolchak can indeed be said to be a model of a soldier, and even Cai Ye can feel his temperament. Because Kolchak is indeed a model of a military man, and a patriot in the truest sense of the word...

As early as March 1917, the February Revolution broke out in Russia, and the tsar was forced to abdicate; Kolchak was the first admiral to swear allegiance to the Provisional Government. "I am not in the service of this or that form of government, but of the motherland, which I regard as higher than one qiē," he said. ”

From this, it can be seen which country he loves...

Of course, this kind of remark is nothing in later generations, but at least in this era, it still seems very advanced...

Incidentally, after the February Revolution, Kolchak hoped that the new government would establish order in the country, after all, the government was terrible, and a new government was needed to save the whole country. However, he was disappointed by the development of events, and the first order issued by the Provisional Government was to allow the soldiers to disobey their superiors. At the same time, representatives of the local Soviets came to the admiral and ordered him to surrender his weapons. "You didn't give me this weapon," he said word for word, "and you can't take it away from me." Then he threw the gilded sword of Georgi, the prize for the defense of the Port of Arthur, into the sea. The Russians were naturally very angry about this, after all, this was too ignorant in their eyes, but they did not dare to arrest Kolchak, because he was well regarded among the sailors, and if he was arrested, it would easily have a bad impact, so in the end they could only send him abroad, out of sight.

The Russian idea was good, but in the end it obviously failed, because in the end Kolchak returned to Russia and led all the white troops to fight against the Russians. It's just that in the end, it was always Soviet Russia that was superior, and Kolchak failed.

In January 1920, after a long civil war, Kolchak, the supreme consul of the Russian Provisional Government, and his prime minister, B. Pepelyaev, were arrested for betrayal. In the early morning of February 7, Russian soldiers took Kolchak and Pepelyaev to an ice cave in the Angara River. The executioner offered Kolchak a blindfold, but Kolchak refused, but in doing so, Kolchak begged the soldiers to grant his last wish ―――――― let him smoke a cigarette.

The Russian soldier complied with Kolchak's request, handed him a cigarette roll, and helped him light a cigarette, and then, as soon as the cigarette was burned, the gunshots rang out.

This is Kolchak's life, as a soldier, and a soldier with strong self-esteem, Kolchak's heart will definitely not be comfortable when he encounters such a scene. But the responsibility on his shoulders made it impossible for him not to do so, after all, he still carried the safety of millions of Russians on his shoulders. No matter how dangerous the road ahead is, Kolchak must not give up...

It's just that he obviously doesn't know that what stands in the way of his future is not just ordinary humiliation, there are more things in front of him...

Just when Kolchak and the others were staying in the hotel, in the headquarters of the Ural Military District, Cai Ye was also discussing with others, discussing matters related to gold... (To be continued......)