When he arrived in Lanzhou, Xiang Xiaoqiang found that the Soviet army was more difficult to deal with than they imagined in Nanjing, and in the repeated tug-of-war last year, the Soviet army left a deep impression on the officers and soldiers of the Ming army who fell from above

Needless to say, the Soviet Red Army, which was an enemy that was very different from the previous Qing Army and the Japanese Army, had poor combat effectiveness and will to fight, and the army was corrupt, the command was incompetent, and a large number of officers were bought with money...... Although the scale is huge, but the Ming army has not felt much effort to solve them, the unification war is basically a tailwind battle, and the later enemy is the Japanese army, the Japanese army regardless of combat effectiveness, will to fight or the level of the command level, and the Qing army is worlds apart In the Liaodong battlefield, the Japanese army only has a dozen A divisions, so that the Ming army has a taste of what is a hard battle, what is a hard battle, but the Japanese army is not large after all, and the weapons and equipment are too far behind the Ming army, after all, it did not become a big problem, and was soon driven into the sea

It is this Soviet army, the scale of the military is comparable to the Qing army, in terms of weapons and equipment, except for light weapons, and the Ming army is not particularly big gap, although the combat effectiveness and will to fight are not comparable to the Japanese army, but it is definitely not comparable to the Qing army, many Ming officers and soldiers have a common feeling: the Soviet army, or the Russian soldiers, the Russians, have a kind of resilience, and this toughness is very elusive

Xiang Xiaoqiang talked to Zhu Yourong about these issues that night, but Zhu Yourong talked eloquently and played a very good role

"You know what?" She said quietly, "There is no one in Western civilization who understands the character and soul of the Russians...... Of course, I don't know that the Slavs emigrated to Russia from the west, originally Europeans, but after the Mongol invasion in 1241 and then ruled for two centuries, the Russian views and personalities were mixed with many Asian characteristics, and these Asian characteristics were fused with their original own things, and slowly developed into the characteristics of the later Russians...... This is something that the tsar also recognized"

Xiang Xiaoqiang listened, nodded, and sighed:

"Yes, only by understanding the character of the Russians can we really understand the qualities of the Russian soldiers, as well as their fighting style, as well as the various merits that they showed in battle...... The strength of the soldiers and their mental state are always the most important factors in battle, and this is often more important than the strength of troops and weapons, and this has been the case since ancient times, and I am afraid that it is no exception today, and I think that in the future, I am afraid that this will also be the case in wars

"You should never guess in advance what the Russians are going to do! They often go from one extreme to the other, for the Qing army, for the Japanese army, and even for the army of any Western country, we can judge from experience, what they will do, but for the Russian soldiers, the exception, the most common complaint between the officers and soldiers and me is that the Russians are simply unpredictable, to put it mildly, just like the vast, elusive Russian land, you can't guess how much endurance they have, sometimes they are heroic and tenacious, but sometimes very cowardly

"There are often cases when the Soviet troops, not afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice, repelled the onslaught of our troops again and again...... But in another place, I happened to encounter a small assault group of our army, but I was so frightened that I ran away...... Sometimes, the soldiers of the Soviet army panicked when they heard the gunshots, but the next day it was the same unit, and the battle was fierce and tenacious, and it was no worse than the Japanese army...... The commander of the Second Division was Fan Boping, the one who called half of the Qing army over with a loudspeaker during the Northern Expedition - he told me today that the Russians are capricious, and today they may not consider the safety of the flanks at all, and tomorrow they may be afraid that the flanks will be threatened...... I really don't understand, how can there be such a perverted army in the world"

Zhu Yourong smiled and said:

"This ...... Maybe it's because they're not good at independent thinking...... The Russians are indeed more vulgar...... They are not disciplined in their own behavior, they only act according to their emotions, which is something we cannot understand about the Russian nature, but their personality is unstable and they are easily influenced by the herd mentality, but they are hard-working, very hard-working, which has been honed from centuries of poverty and poverty, which may be what you call 'Russian resilience'"

Xiang Xiaoqiang nodded:

"It is true that people who are accustomed to suffering often have this kind of resilience, which is different from us, we regard life as very precious, and feel that life is a very beautiful thing, but the Russians don't think so at all, it is estimated that in their opinion, people or just for the sake of suffering these people do not respect life at all, when the Russians step on the corpses of their comrades, it can be said that they are indifferent to those Soviet prisoners of war, when we let them bury the corpses, they are indifferent to Rong Rong at all, you know, we let them bury not the corpses of the Ming army, It's the corpses of the Soviet soldiers, their own compatriots, but these Russians don't care at all, they are insensitive, some are still chatting and laughing, as if it was not people who were thrown into the pit, but a bag of potatoes, I think they treat their own life and death, and they don't care much about their own life and death, for them, life has no special value, like an ordinary thing, you can throw it away casually

"These people could fight for the Bolsheviks, but they didn't seem to be politically enthusiastic...... But the Bolsheviks and their institutions, which enjoyed full powers in the Red Army, were almost invariably city dwellers, from the working class, brave, almost reckless, and very loyal, and these commissars maintained strict discipline in the Red Army, which was not possible in the world war, and I believe that their military discipline was unbearable in the armies of any country, and that could turn an unorganized crowd into a formidable fighting force, such a thing, a commissar, was really a trump card of the Bolsheviks...... In many cases, if there were no political commissars in the Soviet army, we would definitely be able to settle the battle with a leaflet and a shout, just like we did with the Qing army

"The Russian soldiers, unaffected by the seasons or their surroundings, are hard-working and submissive, and are good soldiers in all places and under all conditions, and they are the tamed instruments of their superiors, who can easily make them endure sufferings far from being endured by the people of civilized countries...... For the command of the Russian army, the issue of rations is very secondary, since their soldiers are practically not dependent on the army's food supply...... The picnic cart is almost worshipped as a god by the armies of other countries, and for the Russian soldiers, if they happen to see the cooking cart, it is welcome, but if it does not, it can pass by for days or weeks...... These people are very satisfied when they have a handful of corn to eat, and even say that they can enjoy whatever nature can provide them, and they are very adaptable to natural conditions......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang chattered about this, and suddenly found that Zhu Yourong beside him had been silent for a long time, he leaned over to take a look, Zhu Yourong had fallen asleep against the head of the bed, with a tired face on his face, and his chest was evenly heaved together

Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled dumbly, he forgot, in the past few days, he has been driving westward, visiting one city after another, and when he arrived in Lanzhou, he inspected the army and the labor army non-stop...... His new wife was too tired

He carefully supported Zhu Yourong's neck, helped her lie down, and then covered her with the quilt Zhu Yourong opened her eyes in a daze, and said vaguely:

"Huh? Standing ...... No, that's okay...... I'm not sleepy, you say ......"

"What are you talking about, you can't even open your eyelids," Xiang Xiaoqiang scolded with a smile, turned around and turned off the light, "Sleep honestly"