Chapter 717: Coming
Kolchak did not expect that those Chinese were actually coming for his gold, so under the enthusiasm of the Chinese, Kolchak quickly relaxed his vigilance. This probably has something to do with the fact that he was born in the military, and he didn't particularly understand those intrigues, if it weren't for that, he wouldn't have died under the betrayal of the Czech Legion in history...
On the other hand, the relationship between Pepelyaev and Kolchak was very close after all, at least it used to be, so after agreeing to the conditions of the Chinese, Pepelyaev put forward another additional condition, that is, never implicate Kolchak's wife, children and family in this incident, and wait until the matter is over, and find a way to take care of their lives.
It can be said that this is Pepelyaev's only request, and although it will not make up for the betrayal he has committed, it will at least make him feel better...
At the same time, Yan Shao did not refuse Pepelyaev's request.
Because in the final analysis, Yan Shao is not a heroic figure, and similarly, he is not willing to poison orphans and widows. It can even be said that if he can, he doesn't even want to kill Kolchak, as long as he can take the initiative to give up the goldββββββ of course, this is obviously impossible, so in the end he still has to use some means...
As for Kolchak's son, who grew up and came to him for revenge or something...
Get rid of it, this is a military history novel, not a martial arts novel, and there will be no such bloody scenes. What's more, there are still fewer people who died because of Yan Shao, even if there are so many more, what is there to worry about? After all, Yan Shao is now burdened with a lot of blood debts. Even one more is not a big deal, let alone such an ordinary one...
And for Yan Shao's nod in agreement. Pepelyaev is also very grateful and very cooperative with Tang Li's work in daily life.
In fact, not many people knew about it at this time. At least in the Ural Military District, only Cai Ye and other upper echelons knew about it, but this did not prevent them from arranging it...
On the other hand, because Kolchak had gradually trusted China, and at the same time had Pepelyaev by his side, the Russians who were rushing here soon withdrew to Yekaterinburg on a large scale, and even the Russian troops who had been holding out in Ufa began to gradually withdraw.
During the evacuation, the Russians naturally intended to launch a pursuit, but were quickly repelled by the Army bomber force responsible for protecting them.
Under the massive bombardment of the army aviation, Soviet Russia simply could not carry out an excessively fast pursuit. Of course so long down. After all, Soviet Russia has dozens of aviation detachments, all of which can fight against bomber formations.
It's just that the performance of Soviet Russia's aircraft is too poor after all, and it can't be compared with the latest model of fighter equipped by the defense aviation forces, so in many air conflicts, it is the Soviet Russian side that has been defeatedββββββ this strange, Soviet Russia's technology is not very prominent, not to mention that it has cut off contact with the Entente early on, and it is difficult for the Entente technology to be obtained from Soviet Russia. So although Soviet Russia also has some unique technologies of its own. But in terms of airplanes, etc., they are not particularly goodββββββ which is also true in the original history.
Just like World War II, Britain has Spitfire, the United States has Mustangs, and so on. Germany's BF and the like are very famous, Japan's name of Zero War is resounding throughout the Pacific, and what about Soviet Russia? To not say that they don't have planes. It's just that those planes of theirs ...
How to say it...
It was not so much that they went out to fight, but that they were to brush up the achievements of the German pilots. At least if there were no pilots from Soviet Russia. Erich? Hartmann is not going to make his name famous...
And the same is true for the time being, leaving aside for the time being that the Defense Air Force has often mistreated Japan's aviation units in Asia. To know during the European War. A considerable part of the aircraft of the Allied aviation forces are provided by China, and some of the things fed back by these customers have also made China more perfect its aviation technology...
Today, China may not be able to compete with Britain and Germany in terms of navy, but in terms of aviation technology, it is already ahead of all countriesββββββ same is true of tank technology, after all, they have Yan Shao, and Yan Shao also has a part-time minister of scientific research in the cabinet, specifically to guide the development of future science and technology, lest these people take some detours...
As for the plane, Yan Shao may not be able to point out something, but the tank.
Isn't there a very famous game called WOT in later generations, the Chinese name is World of Tanks...
When the game first came out, Yan Shaoke didn't recharge a child, and he got himself a tenth-level mouse all the wayββββββ Okay, that game is mighty in Germany, the shareholders are mighty, and the German system is some...
At least rats or something, although Yan Shao hadn't played that game for a long time before he crossed over, but rats or something, it is said that they haven't appeared in the top room for many years...
Ahem, that's the thing, anyway, Tong guΓ² that game, plus Yan Shao is also half a military enthusiast, so he still has a good understanding of the future development route of tank technology. And he surpassed the experience of his predecessors for nearly a hundred years, and also provided great help to the development of Chinese tanks, which is basically the case ...
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Due to the superiority of the Chinese side in aviation technology, the aircraft of the guided army aviation unit were far superior to those of Soviet Russia in terms of performance. Therefore, although during the defense of Ufa, the Soviet and Russian sides also sent many aviation detachments to solve the problem hovering over Ufa, on the surface, it seems that Kolchak, the mercenary department hired by the white bandit regime, is actually the Chinese army aviation unit sent by the Kuomintang...
However, in the world of aviation, the performance of fighter aircraft is very important, so in the end, Soviet Russia suffered only a painful defeat.
This was naturally a very big blow to Soviet Russia, but there was nothing they could do.
No way. Who said that they don't have the corresponding technology, and they simply can't make weapons that can be compared with Chinese fighters. And countries that can afford to provide these technologies. France and Great Britain, for example, would never have provided it to Soviet Russia. After all, they itched the teeth of Soviet Russia's hatred.
This is not surprising. It was not easy to get rid of a Germany, and seeing that Europe was already too peaceful, the British naturally did not want to see a powerful Russia appear. Not to mention Soviet Russia.
On the northern periphery of Europe, why did Anglo-American-French attack Soviet Russia at the end of World War I and try to wipe out this nascent security? Especially the UK.
In fact, after the end of World War I, the Great Powers organized three large-scale military operations against Soviet Russia. In order to solve the problem of Soviet Russia, Britain invested more money than France, the United States and Japan combined.
Britain's extreme hatred of Soviet Russia was caused by many things, first of all. Soviet Russia was clearly much stronger than the original Tsarist Russia, in all respects. Considering the long history of Anglo-Russian rivalry between Europe and Russia in Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia, if Soviet Russia could really restore Russia to a historically powerful state, it would once again pose a full-fledged threat to the Anglo-Indian Empire.
Because of the First World War, the traditional powers of France and Germany on the European road have been greatly weakened. If Soviet Russia rises again, then it will be difficult to find a country that can counterbalance Soviet Russia.
In view of this situation, Britain, which had already gained the upper hand in Europe, of course, could not tolerate the birth of another powerful continental country. Not to mention the fact that the ideology of Soviet Russia pursued national independence, the liberation of the colonies and the elimination of bourgeois differences, etc., against Britain, the largest colonial empire in the world. As far as bourgeois countries are concerned, Soviet Russia is undoubtedly very dangerous and deadly.
Moreover, as soon as the Russians were in the city, they nationalized the banks and some important industrial enterprises, and in February 1918. The foreign debt borrowed by the Tsarist and Provisional governments was abolished.
This also includes a large number of foreign-held assets and a war debt of Β£757 million to the UK. 757 million, Britain's fiscal revenue in the year before the war. Soviet Russia not only fornicated with Germany first, but also made such a thing out. If Britain could tolerate Soviet Russia, it would really be a big joke.
Therefore. Just two months after the establishment of Soviet Russia, British Prime Minister George ? Lloyd's secretly signed a treaty with France, intending to divide up Soviet Russia. It's just that just as the British thought, Soviet Russia was indeed much stronger than the original Tsarist Russia, and although Britain and France had tried their best, they still failed to solve the problem of Soviet Russia.
By 1920, Britain's post-war debt had reached nearly Β£9 billion, putting enormous financial and social pressure on the British government.
If this were not the case, I am afraid that Britain would not have given up the encirclement and suppression of Soviet Russia at all.
But there is no way, nearly 9 billion pounds of debt, this is not a problem that the UK can solve in a short time. In 1921, in view of the fact that the military encirclement and suppression had basically been tantamount to a complete failure, Britain and Soviet Russia signed the "Anglo-Soviet Trade Agreement", and the relationship between the two sides also shifted from the original armed conflict to the stage of peaceful struggle.
According to Lenin's statement about the circumstances at that time, it was. "Despite the encirclement of capitalist countries, we have been able to survive on an international scale..."
Of course, that's been 21 years, but it's still 19 years, and at most it's barely a terminal period...
At this time, it was impossible for relations between Britain and the Soviet Union to ease at all, and for the rest, how could Britain provide Soviet Russia with the rest...
What's more, during the long war and civil war, the industry of Soviet Russia has been almost destroyed. It can even be said that on the battlefield, one less Soviet Russian plane is equivalent to a permanent disappearance.
And Soviet Russia has only a few dozen air fleets in total, which cannot be compared with the Nationalist government at all. So in the end, Soviet Russia almost took the initiative to avoid contact with the air forces of the Nationalist government in the air.
And this is tantamount to letting the White Army in Ufa withdraw.
In this regard, Soviet Russia was naturally very unwilling. However, they did not attack Luo Wenying and others in Moscow, but protested to the Chinese government through guΓ² diplomacy. And asked them not to put Kolchak on the other side of the Ural Mountains, or even to hand them over to Soviet Russia for disposal.
It's obvious, though. Despite the protests, the Russians did not think that the Chinese would do so. It is true that as for the air force, according to the Chinese side, it is all retired soldiers of the Chinese Army, and they were hired by the Kolchak regime to fight for them...
Although the government of the country is unwilling to do this kind of thing, there is nothing they can do, after all, they cannot interfere with the business behavior of the people of the country.
As for Kolchak, they. Now that the government has accepted their applications for entry, it is impossible to return without faith. What's more, the current relationship between the Nationalist government and Soviet Russia on the surface is still relatively complicated after all, how can it be possible to deal with these things according to their requirements...
That is, when China was still fighting with Soviet Russia, the Russians were being withdrawn into Siberia in batches, and a large number of vanguard troops had already entered...
Naturally, it also includes the gold that Yan Shao dreamed of...
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Although the Russian partisans had bombed a lot of railways, they were eventually repaired, and one train was especially special on the Ufa to Yekaterinburg railway. Because on both sides of the train, there are a large number of soldiers accompanying them, and their task is also very simple, that is, not to let anyone near the train. Even if it is the upper echelons of the Kolchak government, if you want to get closer, you need to have Kolchak's orderββββββ I have to say that Kolchak has not fainted. Although the enthusiasm of Cai Ye and others has dispelled his vigilance in recent times, he is still very clear that if this gold is exposed. What kind of consequences will be obtained in the end.
A few hundred tons of gold, not to mention a few hundred tons. Even a few kilograms of gold are enough to cause a large-scale vendetta among the people. Not to mention a few hundred tons, if a few kilograms can arouse the greed of a person, then a few hundred tons can arouse the greed of almost a countryββββββ and this country also includes all the countries of the world.
It is precisely because of this that Kolchak arranged very secretly, almost no one knew the secrets on the car, and in order to avoid being discovered by the Chinese, he also tried to ensure the safety of this train, but...
Standing on the walls of Yekaterinburg, looking at the slowly approaching train, a smile appeared on the corner of Cai Yi's mouth, and then he whispered to Pepelyaev, who was standing beside him. "Is this the train?"
"That's right." Pepelyaev nodded. "If nothing else, the gold is in this train...", Pepelyaev also glanced at the position outside the city wall, the towering city wall, which made Pepelyaev feel dizzy when he stood on the edge of the city wall and looked out.
However, this does not seem to be surprising to Cai and others, who often come here to enjoy the scenery.
In fact, many people are surprised that Yekaterinburg actually has a city wall, after all, the original is forgotten, after all, it has a history of many years, and those city walls can be called cultural relics or something, but the current one is a little different. This was rebuilt with all the original buildings blown up, and at such an age, the walls seem to have been useless.
At least in those cities in China, the city walls are basically preserved as cultural relics, and in some places, for the development of the city, they generally take detour measures, and in the last resort, they are demolished and built in another place as they are...
Basically, the city wall is a cultural relic, but the original role has been...
In an emerging city like Shanghai, there is not even a section of the city wall, because there is no need for it.
Because of this, many people are puzzled by the construction of such a tall wall in Yekaterinburg.
In the beginning, even Cai Ye was the same. But when the walls were built along with the city, he somewhat understood.
If the architectural style in the city is similar to the style described by Yan Shao in 'steampunk', then without the outer city wall, this style seems to be a little imperfect...
On the contrary, with these walls, the style was clearly enthusiastic.
It's just that...
"The style is out, but what's the use of this kind of wall?"
After all, Cai Ye is a soldier, and he is also a very professional soldier, so he must start from the actual situation. The walls are nice to look at, and they're good at what the city looks like, but it's a fortress city, it's a city on the front line, war can break out at any time, and all it needs is solid buildings, not flashy things under your feet...
That being said, Cai Ye is not in the hands of this country after all, and Yan Shao has also issued a hint, so he has no choice but to do it. But then again, after looking at this style for a long time, he really likes it so much...
In the end, such a style is still more pleasing after all, and...
Compared with the popular sound in China, Cai Ye still prefers the current style, although it is weird, but at least it is tougher... (To be continued......)