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    January 15, 1918, Tsaritsyn.

    The coldest month in the northern hemisphere has finally arrived. Soldiers huddle in trenches to keep each other warm. Dry and hard compressed biscuits have completely replaced the hot food that was often eaten at the beginning of the war. Hot coffee has become a dream, and beef cannot even be seen in dreams.  , the cold hands and the gun froze together, tearing the flesh and blood to pieces, and the entire Europe and Siberia were suffering in the cold.  Standing in the coldest war zone on the Eastern Front, no one could be seen on the entire front. Even if the officers on both sides shouted at the top of their lungs, the soldiers could not spare any energy to launch endless attacks one after another.

    But there is a group of people who are still busy going home.

    On the high ground on the northwest side of the Volga River, two Russian-made 37mm infantry cannons were pointed at the railway coming from Moscow at an angle. Next to the cannons, there was an M1912 heavy machine gun dragging a long ammunition belt to assist in defense.  In the trench, soldiers of the 6th Infantry Division of the Chinese Second Expeditionary Force were covered in white sheets close to the color of the ground and rolled up their sleeves to keep each other warm.  On the Tsaritsyn Volga Bridge behind him, a train full of comrades-in-arms headed east every half hour.  Whenever they see those comrades who can evacuate first, the soldiers are filled with envy. They are disgusted with this place that can freeze people to death.

    "Look, another one is coming."

    "Good guy 2 locomotives, 20 flatbeds! Darling, those boys in the Hung Cheng division are very clever."

    "What's the point? When I went to the station yesterday, I heard that the factories near Kiev were almost emptied, more than 600 trains were loaded, tens of thousands of technicians were arrested, and even banks, universities and libraries were confiscated.  Get clean."

    "Wait! The bank is fine, so what are the universities and libraries doing?"

    "Idiot. Do you know what the Commander-in-Chief loves most? Scholars! There are so many scholars in universities, and now kids in China don't have to pay to go to school. How can there be so many books? Why don't you just copy some and keep them?"

    "Haha Sangou. You are so stupid. Can the Russian books be the same as our books? They are shipped back to the translation bureau for translation. They can only be shown to students after they are translated."

    "That's not the same."

    The soldiers huddled together and smoked cigarettes while bragging and spanking. They had a lot of good things in their pockets after evacuating all the way from Kiev.  There were stolen silverware, a lot of rubles that I didn't know how to spend, and many strange things.  Let¡¯s talk about whether it¡¯s worth the money or not.  It¡¯s a rare trip to Russia to keep as a souvenir, so after chatting for a while, everyone started to compete with each other on what good things they could get.

    As soon as the soldier nicknamed Sangou mysteriously took out a gold pocket watch, he heard bursts of roaring in the north wind. Everyone thought it was their train at first, but soon discovered that the sound came from the direction of Moscow.

    "Get ready to fight!" the company commander shouted, and the soldiers quickly gathered their things and lay down on the trench.  The cold wind scraped against the ground and made everyone's cheeks hurt, but who could care about it now, because an armored train had already appeared in the distance!  "Hurry up prepare the cannon." After the company commander used his telescope to see that the soldiers in the car were all wearing red hoops, his face suddenly changed and he hurriedly pointed the 37mm infantry cannon at the enemy.  He also sent people to ask for support.

    Seeing that the armored train was approaching, the two infantry cannons roared at the same time.  The 37mm infantry gun was very fast and fired several shells before the Poor Party soldiers on the train could react.  Anyway, these cannons were snatched temporarily.  I don¡¯t plan to take it back home in the future.  So the gunner fired the shell with all his strength.  But this small gun is too weak to deal with the armored train in front.

    Boom boom boom¡­.

    The armored train began to fight back.  Large craters were quickly blasted out at the front of the position, and ice, snow and gravel flew past the trenches, hitting the helmets with a clanking sound.  The firepower on the high ground was quickly suppressed by the armored train. If the bunker fortifications had not been well done, the infantry artillery and machine guns might have been blown up.  Seeing that the high ground was filled with smoke and lacked the ability to fight back, thousands of Poor Party soldiers ran down from the carriages behind the armored train. They quickly dispersed and tried to seize the high ground to threaten Tsaritsyn and disrupt the Chinese Expeditionary Force's shameless sabotage and relocation behavior.

    The soldiers of the Poor Party began to charge towards the high ground, but the dark military uniforms became the best targets for the soldiers of the expeditionary force. On the contrary, the white sheets temporarily found by the Chinese Expeditionary Force made it very difficult for the enemy to aim. Seeing that the infantry could not break the situation, the armored train took over again.  The battlefield tried to level the high ground with artillery.  The ferocious artillery fire was too much for everyone, and at this time, a more violent roar finally came from the direction of Tsaritsyn.

    The armored train of the expeditionary force has arrived!

    With the support of 4 105 rapid-fire guns modified from naval guns and 12 75 rapid-fire guns from the 6th Division Artillery Regiment, the Poor Party's armored train was blown to pieces faster.  After losing their most important firepower, the soldiers of the Poor Party began to retreat. Just when the company commander was wondering if he should launch a counterattack to expand the results, a black line suddenly appeared on the surface in the distance!

    "Cavalry! Look damn, at least 2A cavalry regiment!  "

    Although using cavalry to attack high ground with heavy machine guns and infantry artillery will cause very heavy casualties, there are so many people who can¡¯t stand it!  So everyone became nervous, for fear of encountering a terrible cavalry attack, but before they could prepare for a hard battle, everyone's eyes suddenly dropped to the ground.

    "Fuck! What the hell are they doing?"

    When Sangouzi cursed, two cavalry regiments quickly rushed into the crumbling infantry of the poor party. In the unprotected field, the infantry were like cabbage in front of the cavalry. In just a moment, the cavalry overwhelmed the infantry who used the train car to cover.  These cavalrymen were very ruthless. Even though many poor infantrymen raised their hands to surrender, they still chopped them off with their swords.  In the light and blood of the sword, heads were chopped into pieces by the blade, and pools of dazzling scarlet soon appeared on both sides of the railway.  Sangouzi and everyone were wondering who these cavalrymen wearing the same military uniforms were and why they were helping them. In the dispatch room of the Tsaritsyn Railway Bridge controlled by the expeditionary force, Shi Xiaolou saw Denikin who had fled back to the North Caucasus.

    Denikin was the former commander of the Russian Southwest Front and the Romanian Front. Shi Xiaolou had met him when he arrived at the front line, so the two of them did not exchange much greetings before pushing a large suitcase in front of him: "General Denikin, we are here."  Tsaritsyn will be stationed for 15 days, so I hope you will send someone to take over here as soon as possible. These are one of the supports we give you."

    After signaling Zhang Zhidan to open the suitcase, a box full of rubles and US dollars appeared in front of everyone. Not to mention the several officers behind Denikin, even Peng Shouxin and others nearby swallowed their saliva.  Shi Xiaolou didn't seem to see it. Compared with the things that were taken away during the chaos, these were just a drop in the bucket.  Besides, the ruble has depreciated sharply, so it is better to use it as a favor. As for the US dollar, it is mainly to tell these people that China is behind the entire Entente.  He smiled and said: "In addition to these, we will leave you 100,000 rifles, 200 heavy machine guns, 120 cannons, and corresponding ammunition before we leave. I believe these should ensure that you can hold Tsaritsyn until the end of the war."  . Of course, even after leaving, we hope to continue to use the Caucasus Railway safely to ensure the interests of our country."

    Denikin habitually stroked his goatee. He naturally knew where the money and so-called support came from.  As the former commander of the Southwest Front and Romanian Front, he knew very well how much weapons, ammunition and factory supplies Kiev had stored.  But he doesn't care about these, what he cares about is the city of Tsaritsyn!  Both the Poor Party and him hope to get this important city guarding the estuary of the Volga River and connecting the Caucasus and the Black Sea.  In the parallel world, it was also here that he led the troops in the first battle under the instigation of Britain and France. However, when both sides were fully prepared to take action, the city fell into the hands of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

    Although Kiev was about to be demolished and all the Russian cities were plundered along the way, in order to ensure that Denikin's troops had a better base, Tsaritsyn was basically untouched, so Denikin agreed to send troops immediately without any hesitation.  He came to take over the city and guaranteed that China could continue to use the Caucasus Railway as long as he was here. Three days later, he led more than 10,000 remnant troops to garrison the city.

    The safe handing over of Tsaritsin to Denikin's Ministry made Shi Xiaolou breathe a sigh of relief, and also announced the end of all military operations of the National Defense Forces in the European region west of the Russian Urals. As the expeditionary force withdrew to Yekaterinburg, the machinery and equipment snatched back from Ukraine and other places were  A large amount of gold, silver, books and other materials also continued to return to the country along the Siberian Railway. According to subsequent statistics, in the eight months before the Battle of Tsaritsyn broke out on both sides of the Russian Civil War, a total of 3,510 trains carried various materials through Tsaritsyn.  The Caucasus Railway from Tianjin to the Urals, plus the transportation back to the country, and the supplies obtained east of the Urals, totaled 13,000 trains.

    After receiving the news of Tsaritsyn's handover, Cai E formally bid farewell to Yang Qiu and went north to the Urals to inspect the situation of the troops.

    The Bordeaux Russian Intervention Conference also ended at the same time. According to the secret agreement reached at the conference, after Britain and France carved up Baku and other places, they finally agreed to take over the Lake Baiga region including East Kazakhstan and Irkutsk under China's actual control.  The Amur and the basin were temporarily under the jurisdiction of the Chinese government, but under pressure from Britain and France, Vladivostok was eventually jointly administered by Britain, the United States, France, and China. As for Sakhalin, it was not included in the discussion.

    Although the United Kingdom has always been unwilling to remove the word "temporary" in the negotiation agreement, this is already a big step for the Republic of China government, which participated in a conference similar to carving up colonies for the first time. On the contrary, Tang Shaoyi raised a strong point on the Sakhalin issue.  protest.  The jurisdiction over the Sea of ??Okhotsk and the Kamchatka Peninsula that was originally wanted was eventually shelved like Sakhalin due to strong protests from the United States. This news was a heavy blow to the Tanaka Giichi government that had just come to power.

    Japan has once again reached a crossroads.

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