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    Wang Geng is making final preparations at the Tenda Concentration Camp in Hailanpao Province.

    Hailanpao Province was originally the Amur Oblast of Russia and is one of the six northeastern provinces in the Xing'an Mountains established after the Shanghai Communique.  This is also one of the largest Slavic gathering areas in the Far East.  However, the continuous war and turmoil have reduced the original Russian population here to less than 400,000. On the contrary, the proportion of Han immigrants has increased from 70,000 to the current 970,000. Yang Qiu also ordered that this land, known as the granary of Eastern Siberia,  , built 339 super-large national farms, and purchased 2,000 tractors to accelerate the integration of these recovered territories.

    ????????? So what about the original Russian population?

    Wang Geng has statistics in hand. About 1.5 million people traveled across the ocean to various parts of the world, 3 million were repatriated by railway to the desolate Central Siberian Plateau west of Krasnoyarsk, and the rest were swept away by the National Defense Forces and guerrillas.  They were beaten to death during anti-raids and anti-mopping raids or starved to death due to lack of food. The largest weapon for annihilating the population was the several large concentration camps scattered throughout the Outer Xing'an Mountains.  Therefore, since the beginning of the Northeast Unrest, the outer Xing'anling area under military control has banned all reporters from entering and reporting. Only reporters from the Central News Agency and the Military Daily can enter. The Republic of China government, which has always been tolerant towards the media, has been extremely strict on this matter. The main reason for this is  Just because of the existence of concentration camps.

    The Tenda Concentration Camp is the largest of the six provinces in the Xing'an Mountains. Currently, 190,000 Russians have been brought to this coking coal production area of ??less than 15 square kilometers on charges of "funding rebels" and "splitting China."

    You can see it from the watchtower.  The entire concentration camp was surrounded by barbed wire, and the southern side was covered with long simple houses built with white birch wood.  To the north are Anshan and Changchun, which are now the largest coking coal producing areas in Northeast China.  70% of the steelmaking coking coal used by large and medium-sized steel plants in Harbin, Jilin, etc. is provided here.  On the contrary, the Russian miners in the concentration camp could only receive four cereal buns a day, no medical care, no cotton-padded clothes, and no clean drinking water. They only had cold subway wire mesh and armed watchtowers every 30 meters.

    There must be some people who want to escape from such a difficult environment, but to this day there is still no successful case.  Even if you leave here, it is impossible to survive, because the nearby 100 kilometers are uninhabited wasteland, and there is only a railway transporting coal and wood to connect to the outside world.

    No one knows how many people died here, and all figures related to these are permanently locked in the Nanjing confidential archives.  The detention troops stationed here only know that a large number of Russian "criminals" will be transported by train every day, and then several times more corpses and remains will be transported away.

    Wang Geng didn¡¯t know these things when he first came here. It wasn¡¯t until he saw it with his own eyes for the first time that he realized that such a terrible genocide was hidden under the glory of Nanjing¡¯s revolutionary republic.  He was afraid and hesitated, but in the end he gritted his teeth and persevered.  Because what Yang Qiu said is right, if we don¡¯t do it now, millions of stranded Slavs will bring separatist risks to the country in the future!

    so!  Some people must stand up, even if they are hanged in the future.

    Fortunately, this kind of thing finally comes to an end today!  According to the latest statistics.  In just four years, the 9 million Russians living in the Northeast and six provinces outside the Xing'an Mountains have become less than 2 million. On the contrary, through the Chengcheng Act, government propaganda, forced relocation, etc., the proportion of Han immigrants has increased to 6 million.  There is no doubt that the number of immigrants reaching tens of millions in 1925, coupled with Yang Qiu's order to stabilize the country as soon as possible, so Wang Geng is here today to completely wipe out this national evil from the long river of history!

    "Let them return to camp." Wang Geng looked at his watch.  Final orders were given.

    The police whistle sounded, and tens of thousands of emaciated working miners returned to camp under the supervision of soldiers. They still didn¡¯t understand what had happened, and secretly wondered whether today was some kind of Chinese festival.  To end work so early.

    The camp guards quickly brought the steamed buns by truck, and the miners snatched them up and hid in their dormitories to half-fill their hungry bellies.  After the free activities in the evening were cancelled, everyone could only lie on the dirty simple beds and rest with nothing to do.

    The night gradually opened, and no sound could be heard in the silent wasteland. Hungry made most people fall asleep early. Only a few people heard some strange noises, but they did not dare to go out. They had to know that they would be beaten if they went out at night.  More people will definitely die than starve to death.  Groups of soldiers originally stationed there were ordered to board the train and leave, and some soldiers wearing gas masks and carrying flamethrowers quietly entered the camp in their place, blocked the passage with firewood that had been prepared, and then opened the injector safety.

    "Huh" A few hours later, hundreds of orange-red lines of fire spurted out from their hands, instantly lighting up the night.  The dormitory made of white birch wood was so flammable that within a moment the entire outer circle of the dormitory was in flames.

    "on fire!"

    "leave here."

    ¡°God, save us!¡±

      Countless "criminals" were awakened by the sudden flames and ran around like headless flies. Some picked up precious cold-proof blankets and beat the flames, while others fled around and tried to leave.  But before they could get out of the outer wall of fire, the more than 60 Maxim heavy machine guns they mobilized erupted into a terrifying roar.

    "Da da da"

    Full speed!  full speed!  Still at full speed!

    The soldiers participating in this top-secret operation closed their eyes, then firmly pressed the trigger and turned on the fully automatic mode as required, shooting out 30 boxes of bullets in their hands at a speed of 400 rounds per minute!  This speed is enough to turn circulating water into steam, enough to shatter the body of the machine gunner, and enough to break the barrel of the gun, but no one cares at this time. The machine gunner will change every five minutes, screaming and  The bodies rolling and burning in the flames made the soldiers shoot like crazy, just wanting to end it all as soon as possible.

    Artillery shells also fell, and dozens of old-fashioned 75mm field guns used arson bombs to bombard the camp indiscriminately. The flying white phosphorus and ignition materials further fueled the fire. The early summer in Siberia had just begun, and it was drowned in the evil of the night.

    "I hope God will forgive us." The firelight turned the cheeks of Wang Geng and everyone else red.  The officers behind him also turned their heads one by one.  This kind of scene is definitely not something ordinary people can bear. Even the soldiers on duty tonight will be sent to a secret location.  Undergo years or even decades of psychotherapy.

    A few hours later, the only sound that could be heard in the entire Tengda concentration camp was the sound of wooden planks crackling in the flames.  According to the plan.  This and other concentration camps that were set in motion at the same time were quickly cleaned up. When the inland miners arrive next year, they will only know that there are rich resources here and will have no idea what happened in the past.

    The fire in the Outer Khingan Mountains lasted one night, and the operation against Yakutsk, which had been delayed for a year due to the silver crisis, has also reached its final stage.

    The tiger's head was holding a broken mountain knife, hiding in the low bushes.  Looking at the Russian soldiers talking and laughing not far away who were reclaiming wasteland to sow potatoes and corn, the tiger's mouth was so tight that it almost burst.  But he didn't dare to move rashly. The mysterious soldiers around him told him that this distance only required a static state.  Wearing this kind of military uniform called camouflage uniform can deceive the eyes of the Russian soldiers, but you must move with skill. If you move without skill, you will harm others and yourself.

    He would never have been so obedient before, but the soldiers around him were his saviors and his only hope for revenge, so he didn't dare to move for fear of ruining other people's affairs.

    The story goes back to last year when he and his friends jumped into the river to escape.  At that time, he thought he was certain to die, but he did not expect to be rescued by a group of soldiers after rushing downstream and sent back to Hailanbao to recuperate.  After recovering from his injuries, the soldiers came to him and asked to be their guide to take them back.  Everything was prepared, but for some reason it was suddenly canceled.  Because of his special status, he and his companions were ordered to live in a military base in Hailanpao and were not allowed to leave until the soldiers returned early last month and asked him to be their guide again.

    There was no hesitation or worry. As for the original dreams, they were all shattered with the tragedy of that day.  For him, as long as he could return to Yakutsk, it was worth killing even one Russian soldier with his own hands, so he immediately brought this group of mysterious soldiers back here.  The soldiers who rescued him were scattered around now, but he could swear.  I have never seen such a troop.

    Their faces were painted with Beijing opera paint, and they were dressed in camouflage military uniforms, helmets of the same color with tree branches tied on them, and cowhide big-toed boots. Everyone also carried a leather bag on their shoulders.  What's even weirder is that during the trek, they were more familiar with it than they were, who had lived in the old forest for several years. Several times, they discovered the hidden Russian sentries before they even saw the enemy.  The most surprising thing is that they don't like to use guns. They mostly use crossbows and daggers to quietly kill the enemy. Once, they even used a few poisonous mushrooms to kill seven or eight Russian soldiers who were cooking.

    This elusive method sent chills down his spine, and he realized how lucky he was before. If he had met this army earlier, he might have died without knowing it.

    Next to it, a branch seemed to move.  Hutou turned his head and looked around. A thick machine gun had been poked out of the grass 20 meters away on the right, and one hand was adjusting the threaded cap of the muzzle.  He has experienced hundreds of battles. He has been fighting for 6 years since he was 17 years old. He has seen Maxim, the light machine gun made by the Republic of China, the Belgian Madsen, and the French and Japanese ammunition fed by bullet plates.  Even the British ship Lewis had seen heavy machine guns before, but this was the first time he saw this strange machine gun.

    With the double-leg bracket, the entire gun looks like a straight iron bar. The workmanship looks very poor, and the surface is full of riveting marks.  The muzzle of the gun has a thread-like cap. When loading bullets, you must first open the cover on the receiver. The most special thing is that the barrel cooling sleeve is actually square!  He didn't read many books and didn't know what words to use to describe it. He just thought that this thing looked like a simple piece of iron and rivets, let aloneCompared with the mighty-looking Maxim, even compared with the light machine guns used in China, it is much uglier.

    One good thing is that it uses a 50-round ammunition belt, which can hold more bullets than the 30-round magazine of the light machine gun. However, the ammunition belt is not made of canvas. It looks like iron sheet, and it is coiled in the ammunition box and hung on it.  Machine gun to the left.

    Tiger head retracted his gaze and looked to the left, and found that several identical machine guns were also poked out there. He immediately knew that he was about to take action!  "Take it" Before he could choose his target, a big hand suddenly stretched out from beside him, holding a loaded Minyuan-style pistol.

    "Boy, if you want to survive, don't do anything random." Hao Wenbao lowered his voice, and the beast-like gaze under the helmet made even the tiger head emerging from the pile of dead people swallow and nod in assurance.

    Hao Wenbao smiled at him and aimed his gun at a man who looked like an officer.

    The tiger's head looked at the gun.  I shook my head again in my heart, searching my brain and really couldn't figure out what kind of army this was.  Why is the rifle different from other troops? There is an extra small grip under the butt.

    Hao Wenbao didn¡¯t know what he was thinking.  In fact, what he has in his hand is still an 18-year-old experimental semi-automatic rifle. The only difference is that it has a small pistol grip.  This is the experience gained by hunters in the cold zone, because it will be difficult to shoot without a grip after wearing gloves in winter.  As for the machine gun next to it, it was a new piece of equipment that was only obtained at the beginning of the year. It was also sent to the hunters for early experimentation.  It is tentatively designated as hj21 general-purpose machine gun. h is the first letter of Hanyang in the Chinese pinyin that is now promoted nationwide, and j is the first letter of machine gun.  21 is the year when the design is finalized.

    It is very common in Europe and the United States to use letters to make weapon models. The Ministry of Defense has also begun to use this method, but there are other nicknames and names besides the number, such as the renamed hc14 type.  It is a 14-year-old Hanyang-made submachine gun, and its popular name is Hanyang-made flower machine gun.

    Another group of Russian soldiers who had gone out returned, including several Mongolian soldiers carrying wild deer.  Their appearance made Hu Tou's eyes instantly bloodshot, because he found that one of them looked particularly familiar, it was Sukhbalto who had forced him to jump into the river!  Just when he could no longer hold back his anger, a gunshot suddenly broke the tranquility of the forest.

    In the scope, the head of the Russian officer targeted by Hao Wenbao bloomed like a flower, and blood and brains splashed onto the Russian woman next to him. The woman was still stunned and didn't realize what was going on. After a moment,  Let out a high-pitched scream!  But it's too late

    ¡°Chi chi chi¡­.¡±

    A strange sound echoed through the forest.  Even Hu Tou felt surprised and searched around. After a while, he discovered that the sound of a chainsaw cutting wood, like the one he heard when he was an apprentice at the China Eastern Railway Bureau in Harbin, actually came from the machine gun next to him.

    Hutou¡¯s heart trembled, how fast the shooting speed is required to make the gunshot sound like tearing cloth!

    This is not a machine gun, it is clearly a cloth-pulling machine.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????? away from Hutou, this nickname later became a common term in the army.

    The hj21 cloth-pulling machine gun is imitated from the NATO nato version of the famous mg42 in later generations, and the mg3 general-purpose machine gun.  Compared with the prototype, the butt was shortened to take into account the arm length of the Chinese people, and a non-dispersible metal ammunition belt was used.  Others are basically unchanged and continue to use the Wehrmacht standard 7.62*51nato full-power ammunition.  But what makes Yang Qiu helpless is that he originally thought that mg3 was easy to copy, but later he learned that because domestic stamping technology had just begun to be introduced and used, the level of fine mold opening was poor, and the metal bullet chain was even more difficult with the current processing level, so he wanted to make it.  Making a good hj21 general machine gun is not simple.

    Fortunately, he doesn¡¯t plan to popularize the equipment so early. At present, it is only for hunters to try out for technical research and reserve.

    The muzzle rate of fire adjustment ring allows the hj21 general machine gun to maintain a rate of fire of 900 rounds per minute. Even if it is not the fastest, this rate is amazing. As long as the gunner pulls the trigger, the target will be hit four to five times.  , there is no chance of survival at all.

    For this operation, the Hunter Brigade dispatched two squadrons with a total of 12 general-purpose machine guns.  The intensity of the firepower was unimaginable, coupled with the strange speed, the unprepared Russian soldiers were almost mowed down in pieces.  Even if some people took covert actions, they could not avoid the rain of bullets that were thrown like water.

    The sound of a machine gun like a cloth-pulling machine alerted Kirov and Shumiatsky in the command post. The former turned pale with fright, pulled out his self-defense pistol and shouted: "Damn it, who is shooting?"

    "It's the Chinese team! To the west of usboom!"

    Before the guards could finish their report, two 60mm mortar shells accurately landed near the command post. The fireballs and smoke frightened Kirov even more nervously, and he quickly retreated to the river under the protection of the soldiers.

    Shumiatski is quite calm. At least he had expected that the Chinese National Defense Force would not easily let go of the Yakutsk stronghold.?So many bunkers were built early.  After the initial panic, tens of thousands of guerrilla soldiers rushing back from all directions entered bunkers and fortifications.

    "Team 4, go to the left! Don't let them enter the forest."

    "Boy! Take us to the river."

    Hao Wenbao grabbed the tiger's head and asked him to lead the way to the river.  The Hunter Brigade is not a regular army. It is unrealistic to kill three in and three out in the face of tens of thousands of enemies. His tactic is to keep the troops at the edge of the dense forest and gradually compress the Russian Far East First Division towards the river.

    "There are not many of them. Go find them!" Sukhbalto saw only the sound of machine guns and even more sparse shells.  He mustered up the courage to lead hundreds of Mongolian soldiers to search the edge of the dense forest.  Hutou recognized this guy. He was the first to lead the troops into the Chinese camp.  Therefore, enemies are extremely jealous when they meet, and they will clash with each other with two arrows.

    When Hao Wenbao saw this, he cursed and quickly ordered his team to cover him.

    The firepower network composed of two hj21 machine guns suppressed the Mongolian soldiers from raising their heads. Hutou was worthy of being a veteran of six years. He dodged left and right and used the machine gun cover to quickly arrive not far from the Mongolian army's formation, and then rolled closer.  Dead Mongolian soldiers.  He picked up their grenades and threw them at Sukhbaatar.

    The rumbling explosion frightened Sukhbalto all over, and he quickly found a place to hide.  Seeing the enemy entering the protective circle of soldiers, Hutou became more and more anxious and was about to trade his life for his life to forcefully break through the blockade.  However, dense fireballs suddenly exploded behind the Mongolian army.  Immediately afterwards, the rumble of the motor sounded from the river.  Three Seagull-class speedboats rushed up from the lower reaches of the Lena River. The 40mm machine guns specially installed for the operation aimed at the Red Army positions along the coast and violently bombarded them. A dozen motorboats followed them, and hundreds of 16th Brigade soldiers  Landing along the river bank, launched a general attack on Yakutsk.

    Shumiatsky and everyone else did not expect that the other party actually used boats to go up the river. Although he and the officers did not know how the Wehrmacht transported dozens of tons of speedboats here, the enemy who came up the river was overwhelmed.  gave them their last confidence.

    Whether it¡¯s a 40mm machine gun or the mortars and 12.7mm heavy machine guns temporarily installed on the motorboat, they are heavy firepower that the guerrillas cannot match. After the only few heavy machine guns are silenced.  Shumiartsky had to order a retreat to the wasteland upstream, preparing to cross the river from the upstream to retreat to Okhotsk in the east.  Kirov ran to the riverside and was about to cross the river to evacuate first. The sudden appearance of a speedboat ruined his hopes. Two rows of 40mm artillery shells came over and the simple raft was blown to pieces. Stalin arranged for this man to be sent to the Far East and personally ordered the massacre.  The officers of the Chinese battalion were killed before they could even hum.

    The sudden appearance of a large group of enemies behind them caused serious chaos. A large number of Red Army troops ran around in panic, and the Mongolian army trapped among them also ran around.  Hutou, who had been waiting for an opportunity for a long time, found a Mosinagan.  Seeing Sukhbalto running towards him, he locked his sights on that panicked face.

    Snapped!

    In Yakutsk, where there were intensive explosions, a single gunshot was not harsh. However, Sukhbarto, who had fled in a hurry, suddenly stopped his movements. The soldiers nearby saw him lying down with blood on his face before they noticed.  On the black earth.

    The Wehrmacht forces coming along the river crushed the confidence of the Russian army. The battle was basically over in less than three hours. Except for Shumiatsky who withdrew less than 3,000 people to the depths of the northern dense forest, all the others were wiped out. The entire camp was destroyed.  They were captured Russian troops and Mongolian rebels. The poor party's largest base in the Far East was filled with corpses.

    "Report, prisoners of war"

    "What prisoner of war?" Hao Wenbao looked at the twitching tiger's head lying on the ground, glared at the officer who came to report, and snorted: "Send a telegram to the headquarters that Yakutsk has been occupied."

    "Yes." The officer understood what he meant and scolded the captured soldiers to enter the dense forest. After a while, bursts of rapid machine gun fire came from inside.

    Hao Wenbao didn¡¯t seem to hear the gunfire. He walked up to the tiger¡¯s head and kicked him: ¡°Boy, get up if you¡¯re not dead.¡±

    With red eyes, Hu Tou looked at him getting up from the ground, returned the pistol to him and said, "Thank you."

    "Thank me for what I did." Hao Wenbao looked at his immature face and asked thoughtfully: "The gun is good. What's your name? How old are you? How many years have you been holding a gun?"

    "Luo Wenhu, 23 years old, has been with Brother Ren for 6 years."

    "It's okay." Hao Wenbao walked around him a few times and said, "Are you interested in joining us?"

    "Join the army? But I" Hutou was stunned. He didn't expect that he would have the opportunity to join the army of the motherland. It was such a mysterious and terrifying force. He didn't even know what to say.  Seeing him like this, Hao Wenbao took out his cigarette and said with a smile: "I can only make a suggestion and send you to a specialist."It¡¯s up to you whether you can practice in the training camp.  Understand?  "

    Hutou nodded vigorously.

    "Don't think about the past. Everyone has ideals when they are young." Seeing his agreement, Hao Wenbao patted his shoulders and comforted him before returning to the speedboat and contacting Hailanpao headquarters by telegram.

    When the news that Yakutsk and the concentration camps had been dealt with was sent to Nanjing, major news also came from outside the northwest.  On June 17, Kolchak's rear troops were preparing to continue retreating to the Yenisei River when they were suddenly intercepted by nearly 70,000 Turkestan front troops led by Blyukher. Although the Chinese volunteers tried their best to break through with artillery cover,  However, the White Guards, who had long been unwilling to fight, were completely unable to withstand the desperate onslaught of the Red Army. A total of 270,000 people were cut and annihilated, and less than 30,000 people were left to retreat to Krasnoyarsk with the Chinese volunteers. Kolchak and Dutov  Waiting for the bandit leader to be killed in the chaos.

    The news reached Nanjing, and everyone from the Presidential Palace to the people strongly condemned this atrocity of the Soviet Red Army!  Condemn Karaghan for using the opportunity of issuing a declaration to China to confuse China and create the illusion of peace but massacre the opposition.

    Under this circumstance, the country carried out the largest military mobilization after the European War.  Seven divisions, including the Central Plains Theater and the North China Theater, received orders and boarded trains to rush northwestward. After hearing the news, Frunze also strictly ordered the troops to move eastward on foot to speed up operations to prevent the Chinese National Defense Forces from entering Russian territory and provoking a war.

    This sudden news shocked the world. Britain, France, the United States and other countries all vaguely guessed the inside story, but because there was no evidence, they could only hope that the two sides would really fight.  By the end of the month, there were as many as 400,000 troops from both sides gathered in the northwest. The Far East, which had just calmed down, seemed to smell the smoke of gunfire again.

    Although Moscow and Nanjing both demanded the other side withdraw its troops first, they sent diplomats including Lu Zhengxiang and Karakhan to Barnaul for emergency consultations to avoid escalating the situation.

    In early September, the Barnaul Conference ended, and the two sides officially announced the long-signed "Sino-Soviet Peace Treaty" at 11 a.m.  According to the treaty, in addition to recognizing the Shanghai Communique, Russia also ceded to China the area east of the Yenisei River from Krasnoyarsk to the Angara River, and also promised to allow Chinese merchants to enter the north, including Yakutsk.  region, Kazakhstan made commercial investments in the area east of the Aral Sea, and sold the Karaganda Iron Ore to China Northwest Steel Company for US$500,000, allowing the construction of a narrow-gauge railway from the mining area to Zhaisampo for ore transportation.

    In addition, the peace treaty also strictly stipulates the number of troops stationed by both sides. According to the regulations, the Chinese National Defense Force will restore the number of four divisions when the Shanghai Communique was reached, while the Russian army will retreat to the Barnaul line 100 kilometers away. In addition to the civilian police, the military  It is also prohibited to enter the area east of the Yenisey River.

    The harsh treaty made Moscow grit its teeth, especially the fact that the army was not allowed to enter the east of the Yenisei River, which was equivalent to giving up actual control of the vast East Siberia. However, when the domestic situation became increasingly severe, Lenin had to agree to all conditions.

    Starting from the Brest-Litovsk Peace Treaty to the Sino-Soviet Peace Treaty, the Russian Civil War finally came to an end after five years.  After experiencing the catastrophe, Russia lost a total of more than 3 million square kilometers of land, and also lost control of more than 3 million square kilometers of Eastern Siberia in disguise. It lost tens of millions of people, its annual steel production dropped to less than 200,000 tons, and its economy dropped to Europe.  One-twentieth of what it was before the war.

    Whether it is the "Peace of Paris" or the "Peace of Riga", or the finally reached "China-Japan" and "China-Soviet Peace Treaty", the harsh and harsh terms have made countries such as Germany, the Soviet Union and Japan particularly dissatisfied, and the conflicts between countries and nations  Not only has the hatred not weakened, but it has become more acute as time goes by.

    But no matter what, the news of the signing of the "Sino-Soviet Peace Treaty" made people all over the world begin to long for an era of peace. The post-war economy began to gradually recover, and time gradually made people forget the pain. However, most people did not expect that in fact, all countries  They are already quietly preparing for the next war.

    Yang Qiu locked up the information on Yakutsk, concentration camps and Barnaul and permanently sealed it in the national database.  Behind the peace is blood!  In just February, more than a million people, including Kolchak and others, disappeared from the Far East Plate forever!  So what if the sin is serious?  At least a China with no major internal dangers of division has stood firm. All it has to do now is to reenergize itself and start making full preparations for the next world war from now on

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