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Volume 2 Beijing Story Chapter 215 Defection to Kolchak

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    As the saying goes, enemies are extremely jealous of each other, but Semyonov did not have the courage to confront Colonel Petrovich head-on. Whether the Cossack regiment in Ulan-Ude supported the provisional government or the new Soviet regime, they would not support him anyway.  This famous gangster.

    One side's defeated generals were not interested in fighting, and the other side was exhausted after driving in panic for most of the night. However, in terms of firepower, Petrovich's regular Cossack cavalry regiment was of course much stronger. There were more than 6 horse-drawn wheeled Maxims.  The autumn wind swept away the fallen leaves, and the 3,000-strong Cossack Cavalry Regiment launched a charge against the Semyonov gang under the cover of machine guns on both wings.

    Semyonov had neither the confidence nor the strength to fight with the Cossack cavalry regiment that had appeared behind him for some reason. This guy led a ragtag group of people and ran north to retreat.

    The last time Petrovitch, along with the garrisons from several surrounding cities, responded to the call of the Soviet Russian government and suppressed Semyonov's rebellion, that was because the Siberian Provisional Self-Government of the Socialist Revolutionaries had not yet been established, and Gall  The Chaks had not yet ascended to raise their voice. At that time, the Russian generals in Siberia had not taken a stand on the outside. Secondly, they considered themselves to be the regular army of the country. Therefore, it was their duty to exterminate ragtag gangs like Semyonov.  obligation!

    At this time, as the situation changes, it is clear that the Bolsheviks and the Socialist Revolutionaries have completely torn apart due to the January bloodshed. The entire Russian land is at a moment of fragmentation and the emergence of various Soviet regimes and bourgeois provisional governments.  There were many local governments, and it turned out that the generals of Tsarist Russia also took sides.

    Due to the reversal of the "Agrarian Decree", most of the senior generals and non-commissioned officers of the Tsarist Russian army stood on the opposite side of the new Soviet Russian regime. At this time, Petrovich was no exception. After all, no matter who has the highest consciousness, it is the landlord class.  Not many people could figure this out in 1918 when the bourgeoisie and aristocratic children reversed their fate and distributed their homes and land to tenant farmers and poor peasants.

    With one charge, Petrovitch defeated the Semyonov gang that was robbing Selenginsk, killing and wounding hundreds of people, and captured hundreds of people. Semyonov brought more than 2,000 people wrapped up and robbed them.  They fled the city with their food and property. Petrovich's Cossacks were tired, hungry and cold, so they did not continue the pursuit, allowing Semyonov to escape. However, once the battle started, Semyonov learned from the prisoners.  Li also learned that Ulan-Ude had been occupied by the Chinese.

    This guy ran a long way north and stopped to think. In the eyes of the Russians, I am a Cossack gangster, but in the eyes of the Chinese, I am an ally!  Didn't we agree at the beginning that I would return to the Lake Baikal region to build a team of free Russia for the Allied Powers? Now I am as panic-stricken as a lost dog, so I might as well take a detour to Ulan-Ude and defect to the Chinese!

    With the support of the Chinese ** team and a batch of arms and food, I will have the confidence to win over people. This guy made up his mind and ordered the entire army to choose a leeward place to camp, and wait until tomorrow to set off eastward.  Come and buy some food and weapons in Ulan-Ude, which is occupied by the Chinese!  The flag of free Russia cannot be smashed into your own hands!

    As for the more than 2,000 defeated soldiers under Semyonov, the more than 1,000 people brought from China are considered the main force. These people have stayed in China for a long time, but they find the Chinese people easy to deal with and friendly to look at.  It's much easier to get along with than these fellow Cossacks from the Lake Baikal region in Siberia.

    Therefore, when Commander-in-Chief Semyonov said that he would go east to find the Chinese people in Ulan-Ude tomorrow to beat the teeth, it really boosted their morale. Many Cossacks screamed wildly, forgetting that they had forgotten the battle in Peter two hours ago.  Lovich's Cossack cavalry regiment chased that miserable figure, and they set up camp in the leeward wilderness in a chaotic manner, waiting to find the Chinese for supplies and relief tomorrow.

    Looking back to Petrovich, this guy once again defeated the Semyonov gang and earned some face for the regular Cossack soldiers of Tsarist Russia. However, Selenginsk was looted and the remaining food was not enough for him.  How long can the cavalry regiment last? This guy is not worried about the squadron in Ulan-Ude, a hundred kilometers away.

    "Sergey Mikhailovich, since the Chinese can travel 230 kilometers in one day to attack Ulan-Ude without anyone noticing, according to my estimation, it will be too easy for them to attack here by train tomorrow. Look,  What should our regiment's next move be?" Petrovich asked his chief of staff across from him vaguely while devouring a piece of horse meat that the orderly Turkin roasted for him!

    "Captain, have you really thought about it? The future of our entire regiment depends on your words!" Sergey's ancestors were Cossacks who migrated from the Don River to the area west of the Urals. Several generations have passed down here.  There are thousands of hectares of land belonging to the family alone. The "Land Law" of the new Soviet regime is a lingering thorn in his heart. Petrovich's hometown is also the owner of countless fertile lands.

    It was there a few days agoWhen they were in Ulan-Ude, the two partners hit it off and wanted to leave Ulan-Ude and go to Ufa in the Urals to join the provisional government. The military minister, Admiral Kolchak, was a national hero of Russia and a master of Arctic exploration back then.  If I follow the Bolsheviks, how will I face my fellow villagers in my hometown in the future?

    He shouted at the top of his lungs, "Folks, I, Petrovitch, am back! Hand over all the food and stuff, and all the land and houses of the landlords will be confiscated! Starting from my house, Petrovitch?"

    No one can do it. This is just like when Wang Geng read "The Quiet Don" in his previous life. The path chosen by Grigory was the common choice of the vast majority of middle and high-level military officers in Tsarist Russia who came from the children of the landlord class.  There were many Russian people in this era, whether they were homesteaders, rich peasants, or small or large landowners, who had become rich through several lifetimes of hard work.

    The children of these self-sufficient Cossack families soon became the backbone of the Tsarist Russian army after joining the army. At this time, they were suddenly asked to turn their guns and go home to divide their own fields and confiscate their houses. This obviously cannot be done simply by using  What doctrines and theories can convince people.

    In previous lives, those historians have carefully studied and concluded that the White Guards were just an army of the landlord class to protect their legal land and property from plunder and infringement. The biggest thought in their minds was "This won't work.  Why should my family¡¯s land, horses, cattle and sheep be given away just because other people are poorer than ours?¡±

    1918 was an era of flying doctrines. The failure of the Soviet Russian government to sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany was both a blessing and a misfortune for the whole of Russia. Fortunately, the young man who had resigned over this and went to Finland to sulk  Mentor Zi does not need to be criticized as a spy sent by Germany, a traitor and a Russian traitor.

    "Unfortunately, when the new Soviet Russian regime actually opened its doors and retreated northward without war or peace, Germany could march straight in and occupy the Baltic coast without any obstruction.  Seize the steel and food bases in Ukraine and the oil in the Caucasus.

    In fact, if the Allies were smart enough, or if Germany was tenacious enough, the two sides could work together to reach a tacit agreement of no war and no peace on the Western Front, and let Germany sweep across Russia on the Eastern Front and hit Moscow again, it would be difficult to say that the Soviet Union would  Whether the new Russian regime can survive.

    Of course, it is undeniable that the "Land Decree" was a major weapon in mobilizing and arming the Red Army. Countless Russian poor peasants and sharecroppers, in order to own their own land, joined the ranks of the Red Army formed by Trotsky without hesitation.

    The spring of 1918 was not easy for everyone, especially the rich peasants in Russia. The war's destruction of society caused large-scale food shortages. The rich peasants and landowners were the groups with the largest grain reserves. Many of them joined the Red Army or  The White Guards, just because they can get the bread to make ends meet and survive.

    Petrovich and Sergey were from the landowning class, and their fat and thin old partner, like other senior and middle-ranking generals in the Russian army, could not transcend historical reality. In the end, even in order to preserve their family's land, house and property, they were unable to transcend historical reality.  We have to choose the camp that sides with the provisional government!

    "What else are you thinking about? Are you willing to share your brother's land and house with the tenants for free? This has never been the case in ancient times! Our group will go to Ufa to defect to Kolchak! That guy's prestige and character are even better than  We are much stronger! I heard that the commander of the Czech Army is also in contact with him, so we won¡¯t be left behind if we go late!¡± Petrovich took a fierce bite of the roasted horse meat and stared at his chief of staff.  road.

    "That's it, it's up to you! No matter whether the Chinese come to attack Selenginsk tomorrow or not, we will take the train early tomorrow morning and head west. The sooner we leave here, the better. No, no, the sooner we get there,  The better in Ufa! It¡¯s really not easy for us to go late!¡± Sergey, the chief of staff, took a sip of the cold vodka in the water bottle and said through gritted teeth.
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