Chapter 246 The Price of Gold Is there a monthly pass?
Chi tycoon strode into Birobizhan City, and the Amur Autonomous Army Command transformed from an Orthodox church. He, a fanatical anti-Japanese element, is now wearing a Japanese-style tantalum uniform. He also carries the epaulette of a Japanese major general and a Oriental knife. If he wasn't too young, others would have thought he was a major general of the Japanese army.
His trip to Boli obviously got some good news. As soon as he entered the living room of the headquarters where the senior leaders of the autonomous army gathered, he shouted excitedly: "Good news, the Japanese have decided to send troops to Siberia, and they should be to help Kolchak... At least two divisions, Semenov and the army of the fake Mongolian lama, will be dispatched. Now the Bolsheviks will definitely not be able to defeat them, and our Far East will be saved."
The light in the living room was a little dim, and there were lanterns in broad daylight. A few people sitting in the room were playing mahjong under the light of the lanterns. They seemed to be completely indifferent to the Japanese and Russians. Hu Rolling up his face and looked at Chi Tycoon with a sad face, and asked faintly: "Tycoon, where have the Soviet Red Army fought now? Have you arrived in Lake Baikal?"
Chi tycoon shook his head: "Not yet, I've reached Omsk now, which is Kolchak's base camp. If Omsk is not protected, the Soviet Red Army will be able to fight in a few months."
"Oh, how many months are there! Why are the Japanese anxious now?" Zhao Sanmei took over the topic with a smile: "Besides, aren't the Japanese and Kolchak enemies? Kolchak has fallen to this point because of the Japanese! Did Kolchak forget to teach his lesson so quickly?"
Chi Dakang snorted, sneered coldly, pulled a chair and sat down: "Of course he can't forget it, but do he have any other choice now? The situation is forced. If he doesn't accept the help of the Japanese, there will be only one way to perish!" He suddenly sighed again: "Kolchak's current situation is probably the same as that of us Koreans. He obviously hates Japan to death, but he still has to hug their thighs with a smile!"
He said this a little sad, and he couldn't help but shed tears. The "Koreans of Maru Island" have had a hard time recently. Jiang JShi is not as easy as Zhang Zuolin and Meng Enyuan, and allows them to engage in armed separatist on the Sino-Japanese (Korean) border! After he defeated Belarus and stabilized his rule in the Northeast, he sent troops to the four counties of Maru Island in the name of expelling anti-Japanese elements, and ordered the Koreans there to leave within a time limit... Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many Koreans moving to Birobizhan during this period. If the Far East here could not survive, the Koreans would probably have to go back to be the Japanese's deceased slaves.
Hu Qianqian just shook his head and smiled bitterly, but then frowned again: "Two Japanese divisions, and tens of thousands of miscellaneous troops from the Far East, can defeat the Soviet Red Army? Kolchak's hundreds of thousands of troops were defeated. Are the two divisions of the little Japanese stronger than hundreds of thousands of people? Brother tycoon, why do I think this matter is always a bit unreliable? Is your news really reliable?"
Chi tycoon frowned and thought for a while. Hesitated: "The news of sending troops is certain. The Japanese Second Division stationed in Boli and the Japanese 14th Division stationed in Vladivostok have begun to mobilize. Their middle and lower-level officers already know that they are going to Siberia... There should be no mistake."
Hu Rouan's eyes turned around and did not ask any further. Most of the Japanese officers Chi Tycoon could contact were lieutenants. The information he could find was even more limited. What can be confirmed now is that Japan was about to send troops, and the target might be Siberia or the Far East. Perhaps the latter is more likely... But these were not what he considered. He only needed to report this news to the Military Intelligence Bureau of the National Government to complete the mission.
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When Hu Rolling Coil's report was sent to Nanjing, China's new capital, via radio waves. This big city on the Yangtze River was when the lights were first on. However, the streets were still prosperous and crowded with people. Cars came and went. In a small garden villa where Sun Yat-sen, the chairman's mansion in the center of Nanjing, lived, was similar to that outside.
From the garden to the indoors, there are people from all over the National Government and the National G party, all of whom came to attend the welcoming banquet held by Chang Ruiqing and Jiang Shi. The two arrived at Pukou on the same train this afternoon, and then took a ferry to the Xiaguan Wharf. Sun Yat-sen and a group of dignitaries from the National G party were there to welcome them. The entire Nanjing city was also crowded with people, giving the two winners the greatest welcome ceremony.
In Sun Yat-sen's private reception room, there were now several people sitting happily talking. One of them was Sun Yat-sen, Chairman of the National Government and Chairman of the Military Commission, and there were Chang Ruiqing, Jiang JShi, Chen Duxiu, Xie Chi, Liao Zhongkai, Wang Zhengting and other military and political officials of the National Government. In addition, there was a Wang Jingwei standing at the door of the reception room, as if he was guarding the door and not allowing idle people to approach. It seemed that Sun Yat-sen had some secrets to say.
After some greetings and laughing, he laughed and said, "Last week, my American friend Mr. Rui Enshi proposed to me a way to obtain huge amounts of funds for construction on behalf of the US government. Now I want to listen to everyone's opinions on this."
Chang Ruiqing smiled. The so-called everyone's opinion is actually his opinion. The current National Government is not yet a joint venture with Sun Yat-sen. I just don't know what the conditions for Americans to lend money to China? It's mostly related to the opening of the market, right? He immediately took on this sentence and smiled: "Sir, it's always a good thing to borrow huge sums of money from the United States for construction, but I just don't know what conditions they have? What collateral is needed? There are still many undeveloped mines on our land. I wonder if American banks can accept such collateral."
Sun Yat-sen smiled and waved his hand: "It's not a loan. The plan proposed by Mr. Rui Enshi does not involve lending... In fact, there is a fortune that is coming and waving to us now. As long as we pay a small price, we can get a huge amount of wealth. It's about 600 tons of gold!" When he said this, his eyes were always on Chang Ruiqing and Chen Duxiu, observing their reactions.
Chen Duxiu was stunned when he heard this, with an incredible expression on his face. He just shook his head there. However, Chang Ruiqing's face became gloomy and unstable. He frowned, looked at Sun Yat-sen with a serious look, and asked in a low voice: "Is Kolchak coming to China?"
As for the other people in the room, most of them looked surprised and turned their eyes to Sun Yat-sen.
Sun Yat-sen said Oh, looking at Chang Ruiqing. His eyes were flashing with greedy eyes and nodded heavily: "Kolchak and his followers are all coming to China for refuge. In return, they will hand us the gold seized from the Kazan bank vault... about 600 tons! With such a huge sum of money, our construction speed may be greatly accelerated!"
Chang Ruiqing looked motionless and said lightly: "Is this what the US government means?" Sun Yat-sen looked at him: "It's the US government's intention. They will become the guarantors for us to reach a deal with Kolchak, and will also sell us advanced weapons, equipment and industrial equipment, and will also send experts to help us build factories... Yaoru, do you see if this transaction can be done?"
Chang Ruiqing remained silent, as if he was in deep thought. Sun Yat-sen's emotions seemed a little excited. After pausing for a while, he continued to say: "I have considered this matter repeatedly in the past few days and know that this gold is hot! Those White Russian women and children are nothing, but Kolchak's hundreds of thousands of troops cannot be completely disbanded. At least 100,000 to 200,000 people will retain their arms. Stationed on our territory... waiting for the opportunity to counterattack Russia! In this way, our relations with the Soviet Union will definitely break down! But China really needs these 600 tons of gold now. With this gold, we can build a large number of factories, mines, railways, and powerful army and navy within ten years! Our China can truly become stronger! Isn't this the goal that we Kuomintang members have regained the common pursuit of you GCD people?"
The last question is a bit embarrassing. GCD people in theory say that they are internationalists. How can internationalists ignore the interests of foreign GCD regimes for the sake of the strength of their own country? Isn’t this a social patriot that internationalists hate the most?
Chen Duxiu was silent for a while before saying: "Industrial construction, there is also a strong army, and the navy is not built as long as we have money... If we spend this gold and fail to build the country well, we may have to ask us to collect debts when the Soviet Union recovers!"
"We can still unite Japan to fight against Russia!" Jiang JShi rushed to answer: "Japan wanted to form an alliance with us. We might as well take Belarusian gold and join forces with Japan, so that we don't have to worry about the Soviet Union."
"We can't connect with Japan anymore!" Chang Ruiqing suddenly ended his thoughts and said with a serious expression: "We took the gold from White Russia, which will not only cause the breakdown of Sino-Russia relations, but also make Sino-Japanese relations tense as well! Because behind those gold is the hegemony of the entire East Asia! Japan is unwilling to see a powerful China appear on the East Asian continent in any case!"
After being reminded by Chang Ruiqing, Sun Yat-sen also frowned: "Will Japan and the Soviet Union join forces to deal with us?"
"No!" Jiang JShi replied with certainty: "We brought 600 tons of gold, Japan brought nearly 400,000 square kilometers of land, and actually controlled nearly 4 million square kilometers of the Far Eastern Republic... Unless they were willing to take all the territory they had, there would be no basis for joining forces between Japan and Russia."
"The Japanese refused to repay it." Sun Yat-sen murmured: "That is to say, after we took Kolchak's gold and took in Belarus, our relationship with Japan and Russia will be hostile to each other, and no two countries can form an alliance to deal with another country?"
"It's mutual restraint." Chang Ruiqing corrected: "The Americans' methods are very clever. Just 600 tons of gold tied Japan to the Asian continent, and made us and Russia hostile to each other on the long border. Russia cannot move westward, nor can we go south... and the machinery and weapons we want to buy are still in factories and warehouses in the United States."
"There should not be just two words before the six hundred tons of gold!" Liao Zhongkai, the Minister of Finance, reminded: "A 50,000 tons of steel plant only requires investment of several million taels of silver, while 600 tons of gold is about 20 million taels of gold!"
"So we still can't refuse this money!" Chang Ruiqing also made up his mind and nodded heavily: "Even if he would offend Japan and the Soviet Union at the same time!" As he said that, he turned his attention to the GCD Chairman beside him.
Chen Duxiu's face looked very bad. Last month, GC International was officially established in Moscow, the capital of Soviet Russia, and Zhongg is now a branch of GC International. Although GC International does not have strong control over Zhongg, it still has a certain control after all. Moreover, the support of GC International and the Soviet Union is also a powerful means for Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao to restrain Chang Ruiqing's faction within the party. If Zhongg is expelled from GC International because the National Government accepted Kolchak and Belarus, and these 600 tons of gold, then Chang Ruiqing
But it will lose the constraints... But now Sun Yat-sen and Chang Ruiqing have reached an agreement. Even if they oppose it, it will probably not be of much use. The only thing Zhong G can do is to withdraw from the National Government? That's it. It may be difficult to do. Most of the people in the Central Bureau and the Central Committee serve as senior officials in the National Government. Now it is the time to be happy to be an official. How could they be willing to give up their positions for the interests of the Russian Revolutionary Party? The resolution to withdraw from the National Government will definitely not be passed in the Central Plenary Session!
It seems that for the sake of this 600 tons of gold, it is not only China and Russia that want to tear each other apart, but also China and Russia two GCDs!
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At the same time, a secret meeting involving gold, Belarus, and future China, Japan and Russia is being held in the Russian Provisional Government's headquarters in Omsk, Russia.
The Vladivostok incident at the end of last year hit Kolchak's Provisional Government of Belarus. In history, his White Guards could last for a few more months until they moved to Siberia in the winter of 1919. But now, due to Japan's treason, hundreds of thousands of Belarusian troops have lost their logistics supplies. At the same time, they also have the confidence to win. The sentiment of failure has been looming in their hearts since early 1919, and everyone does not know where the way out? To the west are the brutal Bolsheviks and their anti-counterfeiting committee. If it falls into their hands, death may become a relief! To the north are the Arctic Circle and the Arctic Ocean. More than one million people cannot persist there for a long time. To the east... are the hateful Japanese, and the Xianbei Republic established under the support of the Japanese!
As the leader of the Russian legitimate government, Kolchak was unwilling to surrender to the Japanese invaders no matter what! Well, it was the invaders. Now, whether it was Belarus or Red Russia, they were referring to the other side as the lackeys of the Japanese invaders in public propaganda! In addition, there is another reason, which made Kolchak and his colleagues unwilling to retreat to the Far Eastern Republic, that is, they had no way to trust Japan at all.
Japan betrayed them once, why can't it betray them the second and third time?
Just when there was no way to retreat in the east and north directions, Mr. Kuber, the representative of the US Provisional Government to Russia, brought Kolchak probably the last way out - first retreat west to Irkutsk, and then turn south to retreat to Mongolia in China.
Kuber told Kolchak that the US government was sure to convince the Chinese to accept him and all the Belarusian troops and refugees who followed him! It could even allow them to have "refugee camps" that can be self-governed on Chinese territory. Although the name is not very nice, the Russian Provisional Government can retain its own troops in this refugee camp... Once the time for a counterattack comes, they can attack from this refugee camp located in Chinese territory and fight back to Russia! Although there is little hope, it is better than nothing!
But the Chinese took in is not costless. This country also had a revolution in the past year! Moreover, their revolution was jointly initiated by the Chinese Socialist Party (referring to the Kuomintang) and the Bolsheviks (China G). The difference is that those who led the Chinese Bolsheviks were not demons like Lenin! They maintained a good cooperative relationship with the Chinese Socialists, which enabled the country to complete unification in a very short period of time. Now they have enough force to prevent hundreds of thousands of defeated Belarusian soldiers from Kolchak from attacking China.
So the Russian Provisional Government must pay a huge sum of money for them and their followers to enter China, which is the 600 tons of gold in their hands!
"Mr. Consul, gold is of course precious, but the lives of our hundreds of thousands of followers are even more priceless! So we are using valuable gold to exchange for priceless life, and at the same time retaining the most essence for the entire Russian nation." The speaker was an Orthodox Archbishop wearing a robes and a crown on his head. The GCD people were all immortalists at that time, and these religious people were basically targets of anti-rebellion, so there were a considerable number of Orthodox monks among Kolchak's followers.
The Archbishop's object was a middle-aged man wearing a blue naval uniform, well-proportioned figure and very handsome. He was the leader of the Russian Provisional Government and Admiral Kolchak!
Although in the propaganda materials of the Soviet GCD in history, this Kolchak is a bandit who does everything evilly and has nothing noble in his heart, just like most of the Politburo members of the Soviet GCD and the Central Committee members (well, this is not a slander. Most of the senior executives of the Soviet GCD were later proved by the GCD to be traitors, traitors, labor thieves, etc.)! But at present, this real consul of the Provisional Government seems to love his Russian motherland and people. At least he will not sneak away with gold, and let his more than one million followers die on their own in the cold winter of Siberia. (To be continued...)
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