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    When the train passed by Kiev, Qin Jian saw the national flags of China and Russia standing side by side. Under the flags were simple wooden barracks connected in a row. Even in the severe winter, he could still see his comrades performing neatly.  Compared with the Russian army, which had no morale due to internal and external troubles, the soldiers from his hometown who arrived here from thousands of miles away still maintained a high morale. This made him happy but worried. He even wanted to rush down to the military camp several times to report the news.  But in the end he held back, because Zinoviev, who had just been scolded by Lenin, was sitting opposite.

    It is now November 6th.

    Iron Wheel continues to move forward, the target is Vinnytsia located on the South Bug River, which is about 120 kilometers away from Kiev. It is the forefront of the Russian Southwest Front. The 121st and 122nd Divisions of the Second Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force are to the east at this moment.  20 kilometers in the direction.  When the train he was traveling on headed towards Vinnitsa, two armored trains with Chinese Army logos on them arrived and slowly drove into the Chinese Expeditionary Force station.

    "Mei Dajiao."

    As soon as Zhang Zhidan got out of the car, he saw Mei Sheng bringing soldiers to unload the goods. He raised his hand and walked towards the fellow.

    Mei Sheng did not expect that he would come to Ukraine, so much so that he forgot that he was talking about his nickname again. He excitedly rushed up to hug him and said, "Young boy, why are you here in Ukraine? The girls here are not as open as France."

    The Expeditionary Force on the Western Front had a lot of gossipy news during this period, even on the Eastern Front. So the soldiers with noses sharper than dogs were looking for "love encounters" everywhere, and they also wanted to enjoy the gentle countryside of the Western Front.  What does it feel like?  Unfortunately, Ukrainian folk customs are relatively conservative, and except for a few people, most of them are rejected by Ukrainian girls.

    Zhang Zhidan¡¯s face darkened. Is this all I have to do in the eyes of the insignificant?  Pointing weakly behind him, he said: "It's not that we're afraid of starving to death. No, I personally led two armored trains and brought 20 carloads of lunch meat and bacon to comfort everyone."

    "That's great. I've been eating all the Russian potatoes and black bread during this period. Yesterday I chewed a few sticks of wood in my mouth! Damn it, these Russian guys even mixed the wood chips in!" Mason complained while directing  The soldiers carried the lunch meat and shouted for extra food.  The appearance of the two armored trains attracted Mason.  Because this kind of car is different from those currently used in various countries.  There are only three sections, and they are wrapped into a whole body by thick steel plates. The two front and rear sections are gun carriages, and the power carriage is placed in the middle.  What's even more incredible is.  The front and rear gun carriages are modeled after warships. Not only do they each have two 105mm cannons, but they also adopt a backpack turret design.  There are two 37mm twin rapid-fire cannons on the top behind the turret, and there are several machine gun holes on the steel plates on both sides.

    "Don't look, this is the new equipment of the ** Railway Brigade." Zhang Zhidan introduced.

    It turns out that after the Sino-Japanese War, armored trains were well received by the troops because of their fast speed and strong firepower. In addition, the direction of future operations is likely to be the far north.  It is easy for artillery to be unable to support quickly, so the Ministry of National Defense has modified many of these standard armored trains using Russian train chassis on the Middle East Railway, plus hundreds of 120, 105, and 76 naval guns and boilers salvaged off the coast of Qingdao.  , and was additionally organized into a railway brigade.

    Compared with the Western Front, life on the Eastern Front was much more difficult.  They were so poorly fed that they couldn't even replenish arms and ammunition in time. When the expeditionary force came, they carried their own ammunition. Although there were no big battles, they still consumed a lot of small battles.  The most annoying thing is that Russia lacks heavy artillery shells.  Therefore, several divisions carried 75 rapid-fire guns supported by Britain and France, and very few 105 cannons. As for the infantry's favorite standard 70 infantry cannon, they did not carry a few.  Because Russia has no artillery shells of this caliber at all, the heavily bureaucratic arsenal is even less willing to manufacture individual shells for more than a hundred cannons.  Even in order to make ammunition universal, the army had to completely replace the American-made 7.62*54 this summer.

    The heavy Mosinagan rifle with ammunition, and even the light and heavy machine guns were modified on-site using methods taught by domestic technicians to make them capable of using Russian bullets.

    So Meisheng was extremely happy to get two armored trains that could move quickly.  But the idea of ??using armored trains to cooperate with the attack just came up, and he was crushed by Zhang Zhidan: "Don't think about it, the railway brigade is here to protect you when you retreat."

    "Retreat! Why?"

    We haven¡¯t fought many battles yet and we are about to retreat?  Mei Sheng looked at him in confusion, but the latter didn't want to talk about this topic anymore and asked, "Where are Commander Shi and the others?"

    "Going to the front line."

    Zhang Zhidan thought about it and immediately stepped on an armored train that had just stopped and drove towards Vinnitsa.  Watching the train speeding away, Mei Sheng felt that he could not understand more and more this friend who had been playing with him since childhood.

    Vinnitsa.

    At the headquarters of the Caucasus Cossack Cavalry Division, Qin Jian met Frunze, the chairman of the division's Soldiers Committee, and his deputy Budyonny. The latter was a well-known general in the Cossack Cavalry Division, and one of the few to receive the Tsar's highest honor, the Order of St. George.  excellent general.  But now he looks goodDecadent, like all the Cossacks loyal to the Tsar, these world-famous cavalry were in great confusion and at a loss after the February Revolution.  Frunze fell into deep thought after reading the letter.  He had already had the idea of ??demobilizing and disbanding the cavalry division on the spot, because the soldiers had no fighting spirit, the logistics were chaotic and no one was willing to continue the war when there was a lack of guns. In addition, the Cossacks were loyal to the people, and the Tsarist family was under house arrest, so except for  Apart from demobilization, the soldiers could not think of any other way.  But Lenin and Trotsky had other ideas. According to their intention, they were preparing to have the cavalry division suddenly withdraw from the defense line, leading the German and Austrian troops to entangle the Chinese Expeditionary Force so that they would not be able to intervene in St. Petersburg.

    He did not agree very much with this point. Everything that happened in France proved that the Far East was quietly changing, and after more than a year of getting along with him, he could see that the Chinese Expeditionary Force was superior to the patchwork Russian army in terms of combat effectiveness and combat skills. Once the defense line was released,  , the frontal German division will definitely use this to outflank the right wing of the Chinese Expeditionary Force. Although it can ensure that they are delayed here for a period of time, what is the cost?  The remote Siberian region is almost entirely within the strike range of the Chinese troops, not to mention that they have an entire division stationed near the Ural Mountains, which can easily cut off the connection between Europe and Asia.  What's more serious is, will he arouse the anger of the Chinese Expeditionary Force and attack St. Petersburg?  An entire army!  With the current state of the Russian army, I am afraid that no unit can stop it.

    But it¡¯s not possible to try to contain them. In Lenin¡¯s eyes, the Chinese Expeditionary Force was a vicious dog placed by Britain and the United States on Russia¡¯s eastern front. If they gain power and withdraw from the war, they may also attract armed intervention, so this is a dilemma.  He folded the letter and stuffed it into his pocket and said: "Comrade Mir, please tell Comrade Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin that I will find a way."

    Although Qin Jian wanted to ask him what he would do, he had a more important task and had to resist the urge and walked out under the pretext of getting some fresh air.  When I walked outside, I saw many soldiers sitting together. Some officials of the Poor Party were encouraging the soldiers to lay down their weapons. They also openly shouted slogans such as opening the country to force the current government to step down and go home to divide the land.  The exhausted soldiers had no idea what the country was like and were clamoring to put down their weapons and go home. This scene made him even more worried.  It can be seen that the Russian army is rotten to the core, and the Poor Party has publicly announced that it will end the war at all costs, implement nationalization, and distribute land to every poor person. It is probably only a matter of time before Russia withdraws from the war.

    ?? 20 kilometers away are the 121st and 122nd Divisions of the Expeditionary Force. You can't watch nearly 40,000 comrades die because of the betrayal of the Slavs, right?  !  He gritted his teeth and decided to find an excuse to go there.  Just as he was walking towards the stables, two middle-ranking officials in yellow woolen cotton-padded clothes suddenly walked in from a distance.

    The feeling of suddenly seeing his relatives made his nose slightly sour, and he quickly took a deep breath and walked over there.

    Lin Bao is the liaison officer of the 121st Division. When he was young, he traveled to Kulun with his father to sell fur goods all year round. Over time, he developed a standard Russian.  The reason we came to the North Caucasus Cavalry Division today is because a post on the right wing of the position that was supposed to be garrisoned by the Russian army was actually removed!  This made everyone very angry. Although things like this have been happening continuously in the past six months, you should always say hello before removing the outpost, right?  What if the German army happens to attack from that direction!

    "Colonel Frunze, we are here to defend Russia! So we hope that such things can be informed in advance in the future!" Lin Bao glared at Frunze who came out very annoyed.  The Russian officers who were following him saw his rude words and cursed: "This is our normal transfer, why should we tell you?"

    ¡°This is Russia, and you, the minions of imperialism, should have gone back long ago!¡±

    "leave here!"

    Lin Bao¡¯s face turned black with sarcasm. These Russians really didn¡¯t know how to be grateful.  I and my comrades came all the way here and were treated like this. I really wished I could go home and knock them down immediately. They deserved to be beaten by the German army.

    Frunze stopped the soldiers from continuing to taunt and said: "Captain, we will inform you first next time."

    Lin Bao took a deep breath, saluted and prepared to go back. In fact, he knew in his heart that this kind of complaint and coordination was just a formality. The Russian army in front of him was just a bunch of careless mobs.  But when he turned his head and was about to leave, a man in plain clothes suddenly stumbled out. Unprepared, the two men immediately bumped shoulders.  But before he could see the figure clearly, he felt something was suddenly stuffed into his hand, and he almost subconsciously squeezed it and turned his head to look.

    "Mir, are you okay?"

    "It's okay, I tripped over the ammunition box." Qin Jian stood firm and deliberately asked loudly: "Comrade Frunzhi, they are"

    "It's the Chinese liaison officer." Frunzhi and everyone else didn't see the scene of the two people's palms intersecting, so they quickly returned to the office to continue the meeting and discussion.  Looking at the back of that "Russian man", Lin Bao always felt that something was wrong.?I was satisfied, so I fisted immediately after leaving the military camp.

    In his fist was a small piece of paper. The words on it were written in small seal script, and the handwriting was clearly hurried.  Fortunately, he had learned this writing technique before in private school, so he quickly understood the meaning.

    "The Russian army is preparing to open up its position to introduce the German army, be careful of betrayal!"

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