Compared to the smoke of war in Moscow, the atmosphere between the Siberian Federal Government and the German army was much more ambiguous in other positions on the Eastern Front. Since announcing its secession from the Soviet Union, the Siberian Federation, which was already at an absolute disadvantage in numbers, immediately opened its western borders and carved out a wide undefended area in the direction of the Third Reich.

Under the mutual aid agreement between the two countries, Germany immediately connected the railway from the Caucasus to Chelyabinsk and gave 200,000 Soviet prisoners of war who were serving hard labor in Ukraine to the Siberian Federation. In an instant, the slogan that the friendship between the two countries was higher than the mountains and deeper than the sea, as if world peace had been achieved here ahead of schedule.

Three tons of gold were handed over to the Chelyabinsk government as a deposit, along with 40 cars of cotton clothes and other aid. The Siberian Federation reciprocated by announcing that the Soviet heavy industry base, which was deployed near the Ural Mountains, would begin to take orders from the Third Reich to produce cars and various civilian equipment for the Axis powers.

Seeing that the Siberian Federation received a large number of orders from the Third Reich in one fell swoop and obtained all kinds of benefits, the Far East, which was originally about to move, also became agitated.

"Hey, I say, what's the good stuff today?" a soldier in a Soviet uniform, with a strip of white cloth wrapped around his arm, and no steel helmet, smiling at a roadside checkpoint with a rifle on his back, asked the German soldiers in the car. He is here in charge of guiding the vehicles of the Siberian Federal Army, which can be said to be a rare fat gap.

The car stopped on the dirt road, and the German officer stuck his head out of the window, threw a pack of cigarettes to the "friendly soldier" with a warm smile, and replied with the same smile: "A whole cart of vegetables, Ukrainian goods, 500 gold marks, I will unload the car for you here." ”

The nearby German troops were the wealthy financiers of these Sibrian friendly forces, and they had some supplies that were in short supply in Siberia, including vegetables and various grains, so these local German garrisons were also willing to hoard their supplies and sell them to these Siberians who were eager to obtain all resources.

It is obviously an offending thing to withhold the soldiers' supplies, but it is another thing to sell the materials and then convert them into money and send them to the soldiers, so that the soldiers can mail more money back to their hometowns and get a small amount of money from them. Therefore, Army Group N was happy to resell all kinds of things, and even a few truckloads of kerosene produced in the Caucasus could be sold to Siberia, which urgently needed to stock up on fuel for the winter.

"Vegetables are a good thing, but I don't have 500 gold marks. The soldier pulled open the barricade and signaled for the German truck to pass, and then he raised his arm - a German salute to a grey German military vehicle with an iron cross painted on it for a pack of cigarettes was obviously a very good deal for him personally.

Whoever stood in the Siberian cold for a day would forget these things. All who are here remember nothing but the cold, the biting cold, and if anyone is willing to help them survive the terrible winter, then there is no doubt that these people are angels sent by God.

For the people on the cold ice fields of Siberia, there is no doubt that the Germans, who sent a large number of supplies, were such angels. While the German trucks were swaying along the road, the peasants in rags and the exiled prisoners on both sides of the road looked at the gray-green German cars with grateful eyes. At the entrance of the village where the troops were stationed, children frolicking told the village chief of the small village and the commander of the nearby unit the news of the arrival of the car. They soon came to the open field and waited next to the German car that had already been parked.

"500 gold marks in aid, I hope you still have Mifu coupons in your hands to pay off debts. The German officer, who jumped out of the car, shook the village chief's hand amicably, while the Siberian officer on the other side raised his arm. As required by the armistice, members of the Siberian Army, as members of the Axis powers, were required to salute and chant the slogan "Long live the Führer" when they saw German officers of higher rank or in the same rank as themselves.

However, due to language barriers, the slogan was eventually abolished, but the salute had to be carried out, and it was written into the constitution of the Siberian Federation. After nodding to the saluting former Soviet officer, the German officer took out the formalities and pulled out the pen he had stuck in his chest.

A large part of the Golden Mark aid promised by Germany to Siberia was apportioned to private companies that wanted to exploit Siberia's mineral resources, and these companies were not fools, and they used Mifu vouchers, which have been issued as a state of rotten government credit, to complete these assessments.

These things could be exchanged for food and some unimportant materials in the hands of the Germans, but they could only be exchanged for about 80% of the actual goods, of which 20% were used as draws. And Siberia, which is short of supplies, does not plan to really fall out with the German military, which holds great power, so they do not mind the shrinkage of aid. However, the government has to take another one-tenth of the administrative expenses for collecting rice fu coupons from the army, and the military does not dare to pursue them excessively because the rice fu coupons they receive are not coming from the right way -- so they come and go, and the government issues 10 rice fu coupons and buys them back with only 7 cash -- in order to gradually reduce the money market occupied by the rice fu coupons.

"Here is the Mifu coupon for the 470 Imperial Gold Marks...... That's all we have in our hands. You know, there are other gates that have distributed these aids, and we don't get much......" The village chief handed several Mifu coupons representing the credit of the German government to the German officer, and said with a wry smile on his face: "We still have wool and handicrafts...... I don't know if I can offset part of the payment. ”

The German officer was very talkative, and without even looking at the so-called handicrafts and wool products, he nodded and said, "Yes! Woolen blankets are the best, if not, carpets, expensive paintings...... I can take it and sell it for you, and I can bring you more money when I come next time. ”

"Sir, you are so gracious, and your generosity and great heart will never be forgotten by me. When the village chief heard the news, he hurriedly sent the sycophants who did not want money, and he knew that as long as these woolen products in his hand were brought to Berlin, each of them could be sold for a thousand gold marks, but he had no way to sell them, so he could only give them to the German officers in front of him as a favor.

In fact, the largest business comes from the national level. Germany and Siberia signed a treaty stipulating that Germany and Siberia would form a mutual defense alliance, and Germany would unite with Siberia to exploit all mineral resources in Siberia. At the same time, the Soviet Arctic Ocean Fleet, in the northern ports of Siberia, was handed over to the German Navy.

The original battleship Ukraine, which was replaced with the USSR, was renamed "Ukraine" and became the flagship of the German Arctic Ocean Fleet. And the battleship Belous, because it was built with cut corners, had to be transported back to the Baltic Sea for use as a training ship. The battleship Russia is still in the Far East, so there are no plans to deal with it for the time being.

Four battleships that the Soviet Union had worked hard to accumulate resources and built with great difficulty, one was sunk by a submarine during the war, two were peacefully received by Germany, and the other was cowering in the Far East and did not dare to meet the Japanese Navy.

On July 30, when the Battle of Moscow was still in full swing, Chuikov in the Far East finally made up his mind - he sent a telegram to the whole world to declare the Far East to secede from the Soviet Union and officially become a Far Eastern republic. Then the former Soviet general became the first prime minister of the Far Eastern Republic, and within three hours of the founding of the country, he issued several more diplomatic resolutions and officially joined the Axis powers.

Since there is no border with the Third Reich, the Siberian Confederation will provide a railway through the entire country, which will be administered by the Third Reich and become a major transportation artery connecting the Far East and Europe. The later expansion of the railway was also to be done by Germany, and the Third Reich had the right to administer and garrison troops along the railway.

"Chuikov! Chuikov! This traitor! Bastard! I should have hanged him in the first place! Hang his whole family!" In the underground bunker, the news of the change of flag in the Far East was heard on the radio, and Stalin, although he had been tortured to death by all kinds of bad news, still could not bear to explode, he threw the teacup in his hand, roared loudly, and cursed all the relatives of Chuikov and the officials in the Far East.

Then the enraged Soviet leader turned the radio to the ground and let the expensive appliance shatter into parts: "If these bastards don't betray me! Moscow won't be surrounded at all now! I'm not defeated by Accardo and his German army! I'm defeated by these traitors! They are all descendants of the White Bandits! They are all damned Mensheviks! I should hang these bastards with my own hands! Bury Chuikov and all his relatives alive!"

In the midst of his cursing, the northern area of Moscow City once again ushered in the overwhelming artillery fire of the artillery directly under the German Army Group A, and the earth trembled, although in the basement, the devastating force could also be felt. Stalin closed his mouth and let him look at the ceiling above his head, not knowing what he was thinking.