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Text Chapter 387 The Wind Rises in the Urals

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    The harsh winter has finally passed. The Urals, known as Russia's fifth largest industrial city, is gradually recovering from the ice and snow.  //[The Ural Railway Station was overcrowded and filled with soldiers wearing various military uniforms.  Since most of the Atlantic channels are cut off, Russia can only communicate with the outside world through the long Siberian Railway.  In order to ensure that sufficient aid could be obtained, a total of 185 trains were running between the Urals and Vladivostok. In addition to bringing back external aid, it was also necessary to transport captured German and Austrian prisoners of war from here to the Pacific and then transfer them back to Europe.

    This kind of transportation around the earth is really torture and has deeply increased the burden on Russia, which is already weak.  Someone once said that if the warlike character of the Slavs had not been hindered by logistics and supplies, perhaps the history of World War I would have been rewritten.  Burdens, wars and endless busyness finally angered the railway workers, who began to take to the streets to strike and demand rest. The poor parties mixed in the crowd instigated riots. The Urals, which had just ushered in spring, once again fell into chaos.

    At this time, no one knew what a high-speed train that was coming from the Ural Locomotive Factory just two years ago and was spitting black smoke from the Siberian wasteland had brought to this city.

    In the car, Li Liejun was looking through the various messages sent by the Military Intelligence Bureau.  Judging from the progress of Russia's participation in the war and the scale of national mobilization, Nicholas II obviously used all his strength, but this war that exhausted national power also brought serious disasters to the country!  According to figures from the Military Intelligence Bureau, Russia has lost more than 3 million troops since the war began, and more than 500,000 soldiers secretly deserted with their guns. The losses and escaped soldiers have brought extremely serious public security and economic problems to the country.  From the end of 1914 to the present, the recorded crime rate in Russia has been as high as more than 700 times a day. Riots, strikes and resistance to donations of varying scales occur almost every day.  Six out of every 10 Russian officials have malfeasance and corruption to varying degrees.

    The economic problem is even more serious!  Before entering the war, Russia had an annual steel production of 5 million tons.  It can manufacture various heavy industrial products from large battleships to locomotives.  But in just two years, this number has dropped to 2.6 million tons. Nearly half of the factories have been shut down due to lack of workers and the inability to deliver raw materials // Fastest text update, no ads, and they can barely survive by blood transfusions from allied countries.

    The train started to slow down and you could even feel the intense inertial effect coming from under your feet.  These Russian train drivers seem to be so crazy by nature that they love to get themselves drunk in order to keep out the cold, and then sprint through the Siberian wasteland at maximum power. Only their God knows how dangerous this is.  In order to transport the urgently needed Chinese workers in 20 factories and mines to the Urals, Nicholas II was very cooperative and directly transferred 50 trains for the Chinese side.

    The world outside the window began to come to life. When the majestic Ula Fortress City appeared in sight, there was a sudden exclamation from behind: "Look. //What are those idiots doing again?"

    "Look! There are people wearing white towels. Damn it! Are you guys unlucky enough to encounter a mutiny? I heard that Maozi has been restless recently. There are people making trouble in Vladivostok."

    "Whatever, we only protect the workers from suffering. If anyone dares to mess with our guns, our guns will not be spared." The soldiers crowded to the window to look outside. Li Liejun also saw the scene outside.  I saw that the streets were full of people protesting and striking. From entering the city to the train station, within a few kilometers, you could see no less than fifty armed men among the striking and demonstrating workers!  These people made Li Liejun frown suddenly.  A reinforced battalion totals 573 people.  But he has to protect 110,000 workers assigned to 102 mines, lumberyards and factories in dozens of satellite towns around the Urals. This task is not so much an opportunity as Yang Qiu deliberately tormenting himself!

    "End the war! We want bread!"

    ¡°No bullets, no peace!¡±

    More than a dozen trains on several parallel tracks crowded the station. Hundreds of workers and technicians from the railway company climbed on the roof and waved placards. Inside the carriage were the Germans, Czechs, Austro-Hungarians and Ottomans* who were waiting to be escorted to Vladivostok to return to Europe.  The *man was smoking a cigarette, pointing and reading jokes. The officer in charge of the escort looked nervous and kept reprimanding the soldiers to guard them carefully to prevent the captured soldiers from rioting.

    ¡°Look, they¡¯re Chinese!¡±

    "God, have they joined the Accord?"

    When the train Li Liejun was riding slowly entered the station.  The Allied prisoners of war who had been very "disciplined" suddenly became restless, and countless heads emerged from the car windows. Many bold soldiers even got out of the car and stood on tiptoes with the Russian detaining soldiers, stretching their heads to look curiously at the three-color Flying Tiger flag.  Squeezing into the station little by little.

    "Load live ammunition and pay attention to the surrounding situation in squad units." Li Liejun stood in the middle of the carriage and shouted backwards. Suddenly, there was the sound of gun bolts being pulled in more than a dozen carriages.  Due to the non-combat missions carried out and Russia's concerns, the Tannu Ulianghai Battalion is only a light infantry battalion.  The most powerful weapons in hand are light machine guns and grenades, or the six attached Gray Wolf armored vehicles that are only equipped with light machine guns and are used to patrol the work area and communicate.

    "Contract"Major Husband, please contact us to arrange our camp.  "

    In order to cooperate with the Tannu Uliang Haiying, Russia sent a major named Chekhov from Vladivostok to take charge. Although this major is not famous, he has a cousin who has just been promoted to vice admiral and commander of the Black Sea Fleet.  It's just that this man is obviously an alcoholic like the train driver. He drinks himself so drunk every day that he rubs his eyes when he hears the question: "Where are we?"

    "Ural! Major." Li Liejun had no choice but to fight fire with poison because of the Slavic drunkard on the stall. He winked and asked the guard to shake a bottle of Laobaigan he carried: "Major, we need to arrange a station immediately."

    "Great, leave this matter to me." After drinking, Chekov immediately rushed off the train like a rabbit and went to the city hall to find a liaison officer. But soon he came back with a disappointed face and brought a very unfortunate person.  The news is that because of the demonstrations and riots, the Ural municipal authorities have completely stopped working and will wait until order is restored in the city.

    Li Liejun took a deep breath and glanced over and over at the crowd of people watching outside.  The chaotic scene seemed to take him back to Nanjing four years ago, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty had just fallen, and the whole country was in chaos, although the Chinese people did not yet have the kind of demonstrations and protests in Europe.  But the armed bandits and armed forces from various places are so similar to today!  A steady stream of trains carrying laborers would arrive in a few hours. If they just set foot on Russian soil, they would be starved and plunged into chaos.  How should I explain myself to the country?

    "Get off! The first platoon takes over the station's dispatch room. The second and third platoons go upstairs and protect the fourth platoon. Do you see that? Clear all that open space for me to use as a temporary camp." He decisively gave orders to several platoon leaders and then  In front of everyone, he took out a handful of green dollars: "Major Chekhov, we need food! I can't let the workers go hungry as soon as they arrive. Also, can you help me recruit some workers or volunteers?"

    Not to mention Major Chekhov, even the dozen or so Russian soldiers who poked their heads in from outside had green eyes!  Is this the wealthy U.S. Army Corps or the Chinese Army Corps, which is said to not even have enough to eat?  By the way, they seem to want volunteers?  !  After the order was given, the soldiers who were already ready to go quickly rushed out of the train.  Quickly occupy the empty dispatch room.  Then six armored vehicles with machine guns set up on the station building also quickly protected important positions.

    Looking at the unparalleled Ural Railway Station in a strategic location that took over the passage connecting Europe and Asia in just ten minutes, Li Liejun didn¡¯t know whether to laugh or cry.  If this were war then Thannu Uliang Haiying might have become a national hero for his quick actions but now he has to deal with the shortage of troops and food problems.  Be prepared for subsequent labor arrivals.  Fortunately, Major Chekhov actively cooperated with the "occupation" work under the offensive of spirits and US dollars. In the afternoon, the first batch of 20,000 Chinese workers took five trains from Changchun via the Middle East Railway and the Siberian Railway, traveling 5,800 kilometers and took one and a half months to arrive at Chekhov.  Major Kove not only brought 300 "volunteers" carrying rifles and wearing Russian military uniforms, but also obtained ten carloads of beef and grain from the Ural Locomotive Factory that were supposed to be transported to the front line but were delayed because they did not receive a mobilization order.

    "Find a way to send a telegram back to China and ask if there are any new orders." Li Liejun hesitated and added the last sentence.  Because when he saw this restless industrial city from the third-floor window, he always felt that Yang Qiu's decision to send troops to Russia was not that simple. With his temperament, every military action must be extremely targeted.

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????OUT????? out of the country by sending troops half way around the world to earn a lot of money for sending troops?

    The radio operators racked their brains to increase the power to contact the motherland thousands of kilometers away. As military trains began to mix with civilian vehicles to speed up the transfer of supplies to Changchun and Taiyuan, tens of thousands of civilians were recruited to use pack horses and small cars to start transferring supplies to Baotou or finally  Convenient pick-up point.  At the same time, the Ministry of Railways also obtained the information that the Zhengtai Line and the South Manchuria Railway must complete the standard gauge transformation work within one year, and purchased a complete set of equipment from France for transforming narrow gauge trains into Russian broad gauge.  These include six large cranes that can directly transport fully loaded carriages and replace chassis.

    Dozens of large-scale cotton state-owned farms in Henan and Shaanxi have just begun to grow, and all their output this year and the next two years have been covered by national defense orders.  The second and third luncheon meat processing plants began to stop all ordinary steel production in Hangzhou, Fengtian Construction, and Chongqing Special Steel Base. Four industrial groups took advantage of every opportunity and began to resume their own equipment construction tasks.  At the same time, there are also quiet adjustments within the National Defense Forces.  The remaining two of the five divisions planned to be formed after the war between China and Japan began to be formed. Three temporary reserve divisions, 221, 222, and 223, were recruited in the name of exercises and went to Xinyang, Henan to conduct annual training with the three divisions that had withdrawn from Northeast China and Shandong.  In addition, the 103 Central Guards who became famous in the Battle of Qingdao went south to Sandu'ao, Fujian Province. The first 5th Division was also rotated to Guangzhou to station in the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi. The 11th Division led by He Xifan took over, and Guangdong and Fujian were handed over to the 8th Division led by Yin Changheng.

    The navy also stepped up its pace.  Austro-Hungarian cnl shipyard equipment was purchased by Jiangnan, Mawei and QinghaiAfter carving up Dao Island and Qinzhou No. 4 Shipyard, the Navy first obtained funds to transform two small shipyards in Huangpu, Guangzhou and Dagu, Tianjin. Then, less than half a year after laying down the keel of the first self-built Anhai-class large cruiser, it presided over the first shipbuilding project in Mawei.  Laying ceremony for two self-built Anhai-class ships.  At the same time, based on the test data of the first two Changfeng-class destroyers borrowed to escort the fleet to France, major improvements were made to the last six destroyers of this type and construction began to be accelerated. There are strict requirements that all of them must be delivered before the end of 2016.  However, the subsequent eight ships were canceled and replaced with two newly designed light cruisers and destroyers.

    Time moves forward like a millstone.  While the government of the Republic of China suspended radical reforms, ensured the steady growth of major investments in agriculture, forestry, water conservancy, transportation, and electricity, ensured free education for all people, maintained the explosive development of industry and commerce, and maintained a steady inflow of war wealth, the war machine had quietly started.

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