Chapter 61 Friendship 3
In the eyes of Comrade Steel, this Chinese Maxist named Zhang San was completely a spy, who wanted to bribe him and fool him by showing kindness to him. If this was the case, he vowed to execute the spy severely. But what made him gradually relax his vigilance was that on the first day, he promised to find a way to get the 19 retired jackal chariots of the Revival Army immediately and let his companions fly back, he stayed in the last carriage of the special train every day and did nothing, without any intention of spying on intelligence or tentatively buying him.
It is a very depressing thing to be a soldier armed to the teeth and defended everything but not be attacked by the enemy. However, the ability and endurance of the steel comrade was extremely amazing. After a week, he said to his secretary: "What is that spy... what are the Chinese doing?"
"He, he is reading Max's Capital Theory carefully," the little loli glanced at Uncle Steel, and then added: "Koba, I don't think this person looks like a spy..."
"Then you are wrong. I knew at first sight that he must be a spy, but his purpose was different from that of ordinary spies." Uncle Steel interrupted the little loli and looked down on her comments. But what he didn't know was that it was so naive and kind that the little loli was as white as paper, who could win his love. If it were a female revolutionary warrior who had been struggling, he would have been shot or thrown into the labor camp. "Add an extra seat for dinner, and you go and invite him to come and have dinner together."
Comrade Stalin's special train is probably the most comfortable place in Chalijin. At least the food here is good and very "safe" guards with more than 400 people defending the train. In the last Kazakh mission, Hu Wenyao pretended to be an old man, but this time, in front of Comrade Steel, he didn't mind being a slut.
Recalling the words Kazakh made Hu Wenyao feel a little nervous. He felt that he was already cold-blooded. Yang Zengxin, a governor who did not want a bureaucratic style, was even cold-blooded. The Kazakh Arash Party, which he deceived, was all executed by Yang Zengxin by the Mongolians. The local Kazakh nobles and schools were also named Russian spies and were taken away by the excited Kazakh shepherds. In this way, the entire Kazakhstan has become a wilderness except for the mosque. What kind of people are best enslaved? The answer is that people who are illiterate and have no thoughts are best enslaved, and this is the case with Kazakhs today.
When Hu Wenyao was thinking about the Kazakh past, the guards outside the carriage told him that Comrade Stalin invited him to have dinner together. He immediately put a look at the capital theory for a little while, then sorted out the instrument and followed the guards out of the rear carriage.
It was already night outside, and the main carriage was brightly lit. Although it was just a carriage. However, this Tsarist carriage showed the luxury of the era. Velvet cushions, crystal lamps, thick and gorgeous Persian carpets, and elegant and noble gold and silver decorations everywhere. No wonder Stalin was unwilling to live in Chalijin. The tempting aroma of fried steak from the kitchen of the dining carriage was delivered before the meal.
"Is this your name, Comrade Zhang San?" Comrade Stalin held his pipe in his mouth and looked at the spy in front of him with narrow eyes.
"No, no." Although I only came into contact with it once, Hu Wenyao still had a certain understanding of Comrade Steel. "Because of some needs, I often change some names, and Zhang San is the most commonly used one."
He couldn't help but smile. Comrade Stalin took off the pipe on his mouth and said, "You are more honest than I imagined, so what is your purpose here?"
"Purpose?" Hu Wenyao also smiled and said, "This is what I cannot understand the most. The order I received before coming was: to satisfy everything Comrade Stalin needs, including weapons! Then I called back and confirmed that the superior only gave me a word..." Hu Wenyao looked at Comrade Stalin who was listening intently, and smiled and said, "...My Prime Minister said that he wanted to express his friendship with you."
"Haha..." Comrade Steel smiled rare, his thick beard trembling. Hu Wenyao smiled at him not surprisingly, but the little loli who was coming from the dining car was surprised because this was the happiest time for the Iron Uncle Steel in several months. "If you really want to show friendship, your Prime Minister should refuse to recognize Belarus and return the territory that once belonged to Russia to our country." Stalin said.
"I think so too." Hu Wenyao nodded, "From a normal perspective, if our country wants to obtain land, it should work with Britain, the United States, Japan and France. One million Revival Army will directly fight from Orenburg to the Volga River, and then march into Moscow with the Czech Legion and the White Army in the east..."
"China has been fighting, and you still have such military strength and military expenditure?" Comrade Stalin immediately became serious when he heard Hu Wenyao talk about the war, and bit his pipe with his teeth. He felt a threat.
"There are many Chinese people. Although they have been fighting wars since their founding, the reserves are also being built. Forty-eight standing divisions, only twenty from Europe have been going to Europe. With the other twenty standing divisions as the core, sixty reserve divisions are mobilized, which is only the scale of the Sino-Japanese War. As for military expenditure, ocean-going transportation around the world is now controlled by our country and Japan, with the monthly shipping income exceeding 100 million Chinese yuan. The cabinet is already worried that if this money is not controlled, it will cause soaring prices, and then the people will be in vain."
Hu Wenyao said his opinion, trying not to have any threat in his expression, but Stalin's eyes narrowed. "The main reason is that our Prime Minister disagrees with the British and American plans. Although the Russians also promised that if our country sends troops, Central Asia can be ceded to us immediately, and even the Far East can consider ceding, but the Prime Minister said he is not Napoleon."
Hu Wenyao's last sentence made Comrade Steel's somewhat stiff body soft, and he understood that the other party was telling the truth. During the Sino-Japanese War, the newspapers introduced in detail the comparison of troops and war situations between China and Japan. The Liaodong Defense War, the Yangcun Defense War, the Qinhuangdao Defense War, and the Taiwan Landing War, the Tieling Annihilation War, the Zhili Annihilation War, and the Korean War. The details of these battles were published one by one in the revolutionary party newspapers, stimulating everyone's nerves. Comrade Stalin, who was exiled at the time, was also excited by this. He still remembered a lot of the names of the Chinese generals, the numbers of the main division of the Revival Army, and the names of the snipers in the newspaper. In his opinion, China's failure to assist Belarus was the greatest blessing of the Bolsheviks.
"But Belarus is getting a large number of Chinese weapons..." In order to hide his discomfort, Stalin reached out and raised his glass to signal Hu Wenyao to drink.
"This is nothing to do." Hu Wenyao said after taking a sip of the aperitif: "This is the previous Russian order. The weapons company has not yet delivered, so it has to continue delivering. This is just a continuation of the previous business. In fact, what is really more in Belarus is not Chinese weapons, but Japanese weapons. It is said that the US loan from the Provisional Government has not been used. There are still tens of millions of dollars. The Americans and the Provisional Government handed over the money to Japan to purchase weapons to arm Belarus."
"Japanese?" Stalin whispered.
"Yes, the Japanese." Hu Wenyao said. "It is said that they also rescued the Tsar family and are now about to send them to Tokyo."
The Tsar's affairs were extremely secretive, at least in the Bolsheviks. Stalin was surprised and said, "Is this true?"
"Of course it's true. The Provisional Government of Omsk also expressed protests. Now the Tsar is in Semiy in the Grassland Governor's District." Hu Wenyao said. "The Japanese have emperors, so they treat all emperors very politely."
"What a backward monarchy!" Stalin bit his pipe and cursed. He didn't want to talk about anything else, but asked: "How much food will your Prime Minister agree to help us?"
"It's not 'we'." Hu Wenyao corrected it with some rudeness: "Food is just his friendship assistance to you, and the amount depends on your requirements. As long as the amount cannot be too large, our government will not be criticized by all countries."
"Then I need..." Stalin was a little confused about the logic of the Chinese. You must know that he had never met Chinese Prime Minister Yang Jingcheng. If the Chinese really wanted to support Ulyanov's successor, it would be one of Gamiyev and Tinoevic. After all, they had been to China seven years ago. Thinking of this in his mind, Comrade Iron thought that it was far from enough to transport 100,000 puddles of grain from him since he arrived in Taritzin. So he finally said, "I need 10 million puddles of grain, and in order to defend Taritzin, I need 500 machine guns and the same number of artillery."
"Ten million putes of grain..." One pute is equal to 1638 kilograms, and ten million is actually 1638 kilograms of grain. This cannot be said to be too much. It cannot be said to be too little. You must know that there are 500,000 tons of grains in China. As for 500 machine guns and 500 cannons, this is not so easy to solve. Hu Wenyao thought to himself and said, "There is no problem with the food, and there is no problem with machine guns in weapons, but there is a big problem with artillery. Because the artillery transportation is not packaged, so many cannons are transported to the Western Regions. When boarding a ship from Krasnowodsk, the British will definitely see it. So..., I think mortars are the most suitable. Five hundred sixty mortars are enough for you to crush the White Army into slag."
"Very good!" Comrade Steel, who was relieved in secret, said that after he took out a small book from his pocket. Then he solemnly recorded the data. He thought of another question as he was writing and said, "I still need a sufficient amount of ammunition."
"Of course!" Hu Wenyao said. "Each machine gun is equipped with 20,000 rounds, a total of 10 million machine gun bullets. Each 60 mortar is equipped with 1,000 rounds..."
"No, at least three thousand shells are needed." Comrade Iron knew that the machine gun had bullets, but he had never heard of mortars before. After one thousand shells were used up, there might be no more shells. He had to ask for two thousand more shells.
"Okay." Hu Wenyao glanced at Comrade Steel and had to nod. "That's one million and a half million shells. These ammunitions add up to about 3,000 tons..."
"When can I transport things here?" Hu Wenyao was calculating silently, while Stalin remembered the little book and closed it.
"The fastest food is available now in the port of Krasnowodsk. The water operation of 2,000 kilometers takes up to five days. The weapons have to be drawn from China. I think it is definitely necessary to transport it from within the pass to Krasnowodsk for ten days, and it will take at least fifteen days in total." Hu Wenyao said.
"What do you need? Collect rubles, gold and what else?" Stalin asked.
"No, you need nothing, just sign it. If you are convenient for you in the future, you can return the original items." Hu Wenyao smiled. After saying that, he was afraid that the other party would be worried, and said, "There is no conspiracy in this, just like the successor of the dynasty who compete for the crown prince. The Prime Minister believes that you will definitely lead the entire Russia in the future. He hopes to establish friendship with you so that China and Russia can live in peace and eliminate the war."
This may be the other party's intention, Stalin thought in his heart. Tobacco burned in the cigarette butts, and smoke came out of his nostrils. After a while, he said, "Why choose me instead of..." Stalin suddenly remembered another person. "...Why not Trosky?"
"Because the Prime Minister does not like Trosky," Hu Wenyao said. "He has seen photos of all the comrades of the All-Russian Executive Committee and also knows the revolutionary journey of these people. He believes that only your talents and qualifications can consolidate the Soviet regime, and others are either degenerate or too young. Although some people suggest that Russia will be the most beneficial to our country if it is forever weakening, the Prime Minister denies this view.
He believed that without a powerful Russia, European imperialism would plunder the Eastern colonies more unbridled and help the restoration of Belarus. It would be like hanging suicide. Because one day, Belarus would encircle our country with imperialism. Our country hopes that there would be a Soviet Russia that is stronger than Tsarist Russia suppressing Europe, and only you can do this in the Central Executive Committee.”
"What if the Soviets and... imperialism united?" The flattering comrade Iron was extremely helpful. He could not find a reason to refute. Even if he found one, it sounded so far-fetched.
"Of course there is a possibility, but compared to Yuz, which are all Gobi Desert, the Western Regions, and the desolate Mongolian Plateau, it is more attractive to Ukraine and the wealthy Europe." Hu Wenyao said. "Of course I don't know much about this. I only know that Central Asia and Mongolia are actually worthless. Our country does not oppose Russia's control of the Siberian Railway and Vladivostok Harbor. This is built by you, so the property rights are still yours. All we want is to take back the land occupied by the Tsar and help the people of Central Asia independence. That's all. There is no intention to embezzle Russian territory. If it really encroaches on, the Revival Army should have long occupied Irkutsk or the oil city of Baku."
Thinking carefully, what the Chinese are doing is not too much. At least their occupation is very restrained. When this idea suddenly arises in their hearts, Comrade Steel immediately stopped it. Earlier this year, the Central Executive Committee asked China for material assistance but was rejected by them. Now they are so generous to themselves. Although it is for friendship, who knows what their real intention is? If the Chinese weapons and food are really shipped, then they must report to Comrade Ulyanov...
Comrade Steel is suspected that this is a Chinese trick. The guards outside reported: "Comrades, Comrade Mining and Comrade Voroshinov have an emergency to report to you."
In the local Charizin, the people who supported Stalin were mainly Voroshinov in the army and Xie Kang Minin, the local Soviet president, who arrested or dismissed the old Belarusian officers appointed by Trosky and those who did not obey the orders of the Iron Comrade. They were able to represent the entire North Caucasus Military Region. Now these two people come to report together, and there must be important things.
"Please come in," said Stalin.
Compared with the local Soviet chairman Xie Kang Mining, Voroshinov and Stalin are naturally old acquaintances, so he walked in the front without hesitation. When he entered the carriage, he saw Hu Wenyao standing on the side of Comrade Stalin, and he laughed loudly: "Report to Comrade Stalin, Comrade Zhang San assisted us armored vehicles have arrived in Astrakhan, maybe we will see them tomorrow afternoon."
After Voroshinov said that, he gave Hu Wenyao a bear hug, and Mining, who came with him, said: "Comrade Stalin, the White Bandits Army is approaching Chalijin. They will soon advance to the city of Chalijin. We cannot only have armored vehicles, we also need machine guns and cannons. I counted it and at least needed..."
"Comrade Mining, cannons and machine guns are coming." Comrade Stalin said confidently, the smoke in the pipe was slowly rising, all of which was under the control of Comrade Iron. This feeling is so good!
"But the white bandits are about to come." Voroshinov said, "We need to get machine guns and cannons immediately, just like armored vehicles."
In fact, the Cossacks' attack on the North Caucasus led by Krasnov began in July, but the war did not happen near Chalizin for the time being. But now, the battles on the periphery have ended, and the aggressive Cossacks planned to occupy Chalizin and then establish contact with the Czech Legion and the Provisional Government. Historically, Comrade Stalin, a Kalmyk cavalry, defended Chalizin, but now, there are no Kalmyks here, but only Hu Wenyao.
With Voroshinov's proposal, Stalin turned his attention and signaled whether Hu Wenyao could ship the weapons promised to aid earlier. Hu Wenyao, who understood his meaning, said: "I can only contact comrades in China before giving the final answer. This time they were able to transport armored combat vehicles so quickly... it was really beyond my expectations."
Hu Wenyao was indeed surprised that the chariots arrived so quickly in China. But when he saw those chariots the next afternoon, he was even more surprised that this was not a retired jackal chariot. It was completely an active jackal chariot. No wonder it arrived so quickly, it was called directly from the armored battalion stationed in Krasnowosk.
On three 500-ton river ships, nineteen chariots were loaded with a full load. This was a standard configuration for an armored company, with six in each row, and the other was a company commander's commander. A little different from the Fuxing Army Armored Company is that these nineteen chariots are all jackal chariots, while the Fuxing Army Armored Company is two platoons of jackal chariots and one platoon of wolf type; the Fuxing Army's military emblem and vehicle number on the body have been erased. Except for the old ones, there is no difference in appearance from the foreign trade monkey version of jackal chariots.
Hu Wenyao knew these details, but Comrade Stalin, Comrade Voroshinov of the 10th Army, and political commissar Xia Jianko, Budoni and some other comrades who had watched these armored cars had never seen such weapons. They were just discussing the appearance of these armored cars: there were no wheels, and a thin tube was inserted into a strange head...
"Comrade Zhang Shan, can this car be started?" Cavalry division commander Budonie invited him to watch the armored chariot because of Stalin's attention, but he was confused about such a wheelless guy.
"Of course." In front of everyone, the first chariot had been rumbling, and black smoke was sprayed out from the exhaust pipe at the rear of the chariot, as the escort personnel operated. It had carefully driven down from the steel plate between the string side and the trestle, and then drove along the trestle to the dock side.
As the chariot started, the tracks were running without beginning and end, making the Bolsheviks dizzy. Voroshinov didn't dare to look at the tracks without beginning and end, and pointed to the 20mm machine gun and said, "Is this the cannon?"
"Yes, the machine gun has very strong firepower. In addition to the turret machine gun, the driver also seems to have a Maxim machine gun at the position of the driver." Hu Wenyao said proudly. "The four crew members, the off-road speed is fifteen to twenty kilometers per hour, and the highway speed is more than twenty-five kilometers per hour. After filling up the fuel, you can run 150 kilometers. If the nineteen jackal chariots cooperate well with the infantry, they can completely disperse an enemy infantry division. The German army gathered 500 chariots to encircle and annihilate 200,000 French troops and occupy Paris. I think these chariots are enough to deal with the Cossacks led by Krasnov."
"But I think I need more tanks!" Although Voroshinov had never seen a tank fighting. But the moment when the chariot turned just now, he felt inexplicably panic in his heart. He began to think that the tank was just a car equipped with iron armor. But when he saw the tracks, he heard that its off-road speed could reach fifteen kilometers, and he immediately felt that this was a weapon of field combat. Think about it, a tank made of steel, fired guns while firing, and the enemy on the opposite side had no resistable weapons. What else could he do besides escaping and surrendering?
"Comrade Commander, the number can increase. The question is how many soldiers you can drive it and use it?" Hu Wenyao asked with a smile.
"Soldiers who can drive it?" Voroshilov thought about this question, and Comrade Stalin also thought about this question after hearing this. "I think I can draw some drivers from Moscow." Comrade Commander said.
"Then we will draw eighty loyal revolutionary comrades to come and study first. In addition, I will ask the comrades from China to find a way to get a batch of transported here." Hu Wenyao said. The price of a jackal-style foreign trade monkey version is 20,000 Huayuan, and one company plus accessories is 600,000 Huayuan, and two are 1.2 million. The price is not a problem. At the current price, it takes at least 100 Huayuan to transport a ton of grain to Chalijin, and 160,000 tons is 16 million Huayuan. The key is that the Russians cannot master the armor tactics of the system, so the two armored companies are the limit of aid.
Chapter completed!