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    The Siberian north wind rages at night, and even with Lake Baiga regulating the temperature, the temperature in the fortress city of Irkutsk still drops to more than 20 degrees below zero.

    The windows of the telegraph room by the railway bridge over the Angara River were covered with mist. After wiping away the mist with one hand, a few jealous eyes were directed at the gray building hundreds of meters away.  It is the center of power in Eastern Siberia, the center of the fortress city of Irkutsk, and even the contact center of the entire East and Central Asia!  At this moment, the lights were brightly lit behind the glass window on the second floor. Although it was obscured by the hot steam and could not be seen clearly, the blurry figure, the outline of the woman and the outline of the wine glass raised high still made several employees in the telegraph room swallow hard.  .  China has been involved in the war for more than a year, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and officers traveling to and from Siberia, but they still cannot fully accept that their former poor and weak neighbors have turned into allies.  But they had no choice. Just like behind the window on the second floor, Russian officials raised glasses to thank their allies. Ladies in beautiful evening gowns with most of their breasts exposed fell into their arms, opening their thighs and moaning gracefully.

    The old-fashioned punch telegraph machine behind him made a series of noises, and the slender paper slowly became longer with the rhythm, but the telegraph operators did not go over immediately and continued to talk happily about the stories behind the distant window, wishing they could win*  *Guan Quan died on the Eastern Front.  The telegraph machine rang a few times and then stopped abruptly. Such short messages made the telegraph operators even less energetic. In their opinion, only train dispatching messages were so short.  Whether from Tomsk in the west or Chita and Uland in the east.  It takes at least 8 hours for the train to get here, so everyone has enough time to process the telegram, so there is no need to rush.

    Old Andrew lay down next to the telegraph machine and dozed off. Even he didn't want to move, let alone the young telegraph operator whose heart had already flown away.  So no one noticed the recurring string of small holes in the telegraph paper, which translated meant "Chita calls, attacked, attacked."

    ¡° Negligence and paralysis caused Irkutsk to miss the opportunity for early warning, even Jiang Tai said later when he reported to the General Staff Headquarters.  Being able to capture the Irkutsk Fortress at a slight cost was a complete fluke, because the troops who seized Chita had an accident and did not quickly control the telegraph room. Therefore, if the Irkutsk telegraph room translated the telegram in time, I am afraid that the troops would  There will be some casualties.  But even if the telegram is translated, even if the Russian army gets early warning.  The Irkutsk Fortress City had no time to react!  Because at that time there were already more than 5,000 soldiers of the 16th Plateau Brigade who quickly completed preparations under the organization of grassroots officers.

    Wearing yak leather boots that go above the knees and a woolen sheepskin waistcoat, in the middle is a double-layered cotton jacket specially designed for troops in cold areas.  There are only two viewing holes, just like the face-protecting hood used by special forces in later generations, which can effectively protect the face from frostbite. Then there is the ear-protecting cotton cap. The barrel and bullets are also coated with anti-freeze mutton fat, and finally they need to be covered with a layer of anti-freeze suet.  Only wear gloves when wearing a white snow cape, as for commandos going to distant areas.  The sled boards have also been strapped to the feet.  Compared with dazzling new weapons, cold-proof suits and other special combat carrying equipment used in seasons are the key to testing whether an army can have all-weather combat capabilities!  Although it cannot be as light and strong as later generations due to materials, technology and other reasons, the National Defense Forces have made great strides ahead of the world.

    "1st CompanyEast Fort."

    "Company 2the telegraph room beside the railway bridge."

    "Company 3water tower and barracks on the west side."

    ""

    Regiment and brigade level officers all went to the sorority party to confuse the Russian army, so the battalion and company commanders who had already received orders became the command center.  Under their control, troops quietly rushed out of the temporary barracks one after another. The cloaks mixed with the white snow allowed the soldiers to easily approach the Russian outposts. Of course, this was also the result of the opponent's lack of advance.

    Old Andrew stretched his body and finally raised his head. After arranging his beautiful beard in the mirror, he casually reached out and pulled off the telegraph newspaper.  When my eyes fell on the densely packed holes, I even thought my eyes were dazzled.  After finally watching it, not only did he not jump up, but he cursed: "Damn it. Those guys must have drunk too much again."

    ¡°Old Andrew, who are you talking about being drunk?¡±

    "Those guys in Chita, look, they actually said they were attacked."

    "Chita was attacked? Haha"

    Like old Andrew, everyone in the telegraph room laughed. How could Chita be attacked at this moment?  Even if the Germans had wings they could fly halfway around the world.  It would not be possible to launch an attack during the coldest time of night.  So old Andrew threw the telegram aside angrily, and typed out a string of questions and curses on the transmit key.  Everyone knows that old Andrew is famous for not being virtuous.  So everyone gathered around to see how Chita would "fight back", but the news sent out was as silent as a cow entering the sea.

    This is very unusual?Things.  Telegraph stations along the Siberian Railway are manned day and night. Normally, when everyone is amusing each other over the phone line, the reply does not take more than three minutes at the latest, but now five minutes have passed!  Isn't the telegram fake?  But who will attack Chita?  Could it be A few clever telegraph operators instantly cast their eyes towards the still brightly lit banquet hall on the second floor, but before their doubts were completely answered, the door was kicked open with a bang!

    As the wind and snow hit our faces, a dozen soldiers wearing snow-white hooded cloaks rushed in quickly. The eyes under their full protective masks were colder than the muzzles of guns, making Old Andrew and everyone else raise their hands without hesitation.

    The telegraph machine ticked again, spitting out a new string of notes "Chita called, I hope the joke didn't ruin everyone's dream." Joke Old Andrew looked at the muzzle of the gun, and then  Reading the telegram, I suddenly felt the urge to laugh.

    ¡°Papa¡­hoohoho¡­.¡±

    Like beans thrown into the oven, gunshots suddenly erupted in the Irkutsk Fortress City, which had been silent just now!  Rifle shooting and machine gun fire suddenly rang out from all directions!

    "what happened?"

    The sound of gunshots also shattered the noise in the banquet hall. Sharif quickly pushed away the almost half-naked woman in his arms and rushed to the nearest window while belching wine.  The Russian officials also pricked up their ears, and the women were too frightened to care about the exposure and huddled together. Only Jiang Tai and Hu Laosan squinted their eyes, seeming to be still immersed in the fragrance of wine and women.  Their calm appearance made Sharif jump hard. No matter how stupid you are, you can see that the exchange of fire must have something to do with these Chinese. But just as the revolver was halfway raised, the door of the banquet hall was slammed open, and dozens of people  Commandos armed with submachine guns rushed into the banquet hall. The first two people smashed the butts of their rifles, disarming Sharif.

    "General Sharif!" Jiang Tai patted the face of the stunned Russian woman beside him. After looking around, his face slowly turned cold: "Due to the betrayal of your government and the order of the Joint Conference of the Allied Countries, from now on,  Our army will take over the defense of Irkutsk. I hope you can cooperate!"

    The Joint Conference of Allied Countries Hu Laosan's eyes twitched, why didn't he hear about the existence of this organization?  But this sentence sounded very different in the ears of Sharif and Russian officials.  Could it be that Lenin and his people have already made the decision to withdraw from the war?

    In fact, no matter whether you have heard of the Joint Conference of the Entente Countries or not, and no matter what Sharif chose, under the sudden attack of thousands of soldiers of the 16th Brigade, the strategically important location connecting Central Asia and East Asia, Irkuts, was unprepared.  The gunshots in Ke Fortress City only rang out for less than half an hour before silence returned again.

    By the next morning, all residential areas and mines within 30 kilometers of the Irkutsk Fortress City were under control.  Statistics after the battle showed that the 16th Brigade, which was responsible for the raid, had a total of 16 casualties. Four of the dead soldiers froze to death after getting lost and freezing to death after getting separated from the larger group when heading to a small mining area. Ten days had passed since they were discovered.  Putting aside this accident, the 16th Brigade did not encounter any organic resistance at all, and the vast majority of soldiers did not even pull the trigger.

    Of course, being able to capture a well-defended fortress city at a very slight cost was entirely because the Russian army was unprepared.  According to the assault soldiers, many Russian soldiers were even sleeping soundly after they broke into the barracks, dormitories and forts.

    In the end, 2,300 Russian garrison soldiers were transferred to Hailar by train and were intensively detained together with Russian troops transported from other places. Yang Qiu treated these soldiers relatively friendly, because these soldiers would be returned to the Russian opposition in the future.  Only a small number of Russians were left behind. After collecting their weapons, they served as fortress city managers, responsible for managing the tens of thousands of Russian people living here and the refugees fleeing from Europe.  These people no longer had the opportunity to eat and drink for free. Women were centralized in charge of fort food and fur processing, and men had to work 15 hours a day under supervision to mine much-needed coal and various metal ores.

    "In just one night, key departments such as forts, checkpoints, telegraph rooms, train stations, power plants, cement plants, and coal processing plants have all been replaced by Chinese workers who have restored calm and technicians who arrived with the 16th Brigade.  The train heading west from Vladivostok was detained with people and cars in it, and the train coming back from the Urals was also detained. The telegraph room still delivered messages and dispatched trains as usual every day  With strong armed forces, the fortress city of Irkutsk soon returned to calm, as subsequent troops crossed the fortress and continued to move toward Tomsk and other places.  The entire Siberian wasteland from east to west seemed to be infected by germs. A series of small cities were swallowed up in the wind and snow and lost normal contact with the outside world.

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