Zhu Yourong also felt that it was time to visit her new allies, but she was quite worried about the winter in Russia and wanted to go there in the spring. But Xiang Xiaoqiang persuaded her, saying that the three Central Asian countries had just become independent and the situation in Russia had just stabilized. This was the first time
The best time to visit is. If we wait for spring, it will still be a few months later. Besides, visiting now in the heavy snow makes it even more sincere.
When Zhu Yourong heard what he said, she felt that it made sense. Besides, Zhu Yourong had stayed in Nanjing for a long enough time, and she was really bored and panicked. After Xiang Xiaoqiang encouraged her like this, her heart became itchy.
The two decided immediately to set off after New Year's Day, visiting Russia first and then the three Central Asian countries.
After a lot of preparation, contact, communication and arrangements by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russia, Kazakhstan and other three countries were also overjoyed and expressed their eagerness to see Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Prince. Russia said that it would never let the severe cold become an obstacle to the friendship between the two countries.
, local arrangements must be made.
Several countries have been preparing for more than ten days. The old year of 1939 is over and the new year of 1940 has arrived.
On January 5, 1940, several large planes of the Queen's delegation took off from Nanjing Airport, first landed at Kulun Airport in Outer Mongolia, and flew to Novosibirsk, the capital of the Russian Federal Republic, the next day.
After getting off the plane, Zhu Yourong and Xiang Xiaoqiang received a grand welcome. Prime Minister Kerensky led all government officials, and Commander-in-Chief Denikin led all senior generals to personally line up beside the runway to greet them. After greetings, Denikin asked
The Queen and Prince reviewed the guard of honor, and the military band played the national anthems of the two countries.
Because the local temperature was cold, it was minus 28 degrees that day, so everything was arranged grandly and briefly. The queen and the prince were not allowed to stay in the open air for long before the group boarded the motorcade.
It was as warm as spring in the luxury car. Xiang Xiaoqiang was already so cold that his nose was numb, and Zhu Yourong was even more so cold that his delicate cheeks hurt as if they had been cut by a knife. At this moment, they were suddenly surrounded by warmth, and both of them felt comfortable.
Extremely. There was no car air conditioning at this time. This was the car heater that the Russians had painstakingly installed. Specially designed electric stove wires were wrapped around the interior walls of the car and inside the logs and velvet of the roof.
The convoy marched slowly through the city of Novosibirsk, followed by Russian military escorts riding neatly on motorcycles. On the buildings on both sides of the street, national flags of the Ming Dynasty and Russian flags were hung everywhere. The people of Novosibirsk spontaneously lined the streets to welcome this.
There were no flowers during the season, so many people used confetti instead of flowers and threw them at the convoy from both sides of the road. Of course, there were also many Russians who seemed very angry, crowded into the welcoming crowd, and cursed loudly.
The Russian translator in the front seat was a little nervous at this time, and turned around to explain that these people were either supporters of the Soviet regime or nationalists.
Zhu Yourong smiled and nodded, and then he and Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at each other. Both of them understood that "supporters of the Soviet regime" were easy to understand. As for "nationalists", I'm afraid it was because of the large tracts of land that Ming Dynasty had taken away from Russia.
.Mainly the large area south of the Xing'an Mountains and east of Lake Baikal. Although it was taken away from China by Russia in the past, it should be returned to the Ming Dynasty. But comparing their feelings, it is easy for the people of the Ming Dynasty to think so, and they ask the Russian people
If you look at it this way, it would be difficult.
Xiang Xiaoqiang noticed that the current Russian flag is exactly the same as the Russian flag of later generations. They are all three-color flags of white, blue and red. In fact, these three colors are called "Pan-Slavic colors". They were used when Peter the Great was in power in the 17th century.
Peter designed it himself. However, during the Tsarist Russia period, the tricolor flag had a double-headed eagle in the upper left corner. Now the double-headed eagle has been removed.
After the lunch, we visited the city of Novosibirsk in the afternoon, and then had the dinner. Xiang Xiaoqiang tasted caviar from the Caspian Sea for the first time. It seemed that he was not happy with it. He only felt it was cold and fishy. After one bite, he almost felt nauseated and vomited. He tried to hold it back.
Only by doing so did he not show a disgusted expression. Xiang Xiaoqiang only ate one spoonful and resolutely refused to take a second spoonful. Zhu Yourong, on the other hand, was very polite and tasted three or five spoonfuls elegantly. It was not obvious that she liked it, nor could she appreciate it.
It's obvious that she doesn't like to eat, but I can tell that she is very noble and decent.
Based on this alone, Xiang Xiaoqiang won over this girl.
In the evening, the ballet "Swan Lake" was arranged in the Grand Theater to entertain the Queen and Prince. Prime Minister Kerensky accompanied them to watch. After that, the visiting delegation stayed at the Ming Dynasty Embassy to rest. The next day, the two sides held talks in the Prime Minister's Office and signed an agreement.
A series of agreements on economic cooperation, military cooperation, and cultural exchanges.
After staying in Novosibirsk for two days, the division got on a train and continued westward along the Trans-Siberian Railway. Two days later, it arrived in Chelyabinsk. The Queen and the Prince made a short stay in Chelyabinsk.
After visiting the military base here and visiting the officers and soldiers of the Ming Army Advisory Group, I got on the train again and headed north along a straight line to Yekaterinburg, 200 kilometers away.
Yekaterinburg is a famous historical city in Russia. It was named after Empress Yekaterina. Zhu Yourong was very obsessed with this city. He visited beautiful palaces, castles, churches, and the Grand Theater for several days, which are the best in Russia.
The opera troupe and ballet troupe also came here to perform for the queen and prince. Zhu Yourong likes ballet very much. This time when he came to Russia, he had the opportunity to see the highest level of Russian ballet. He was fascinated by it. But next to him was Xiang Xiaoqiang.
But I felt very bored, but I had no choice but to watch it with her, just to cultivate my own sentiment and improve my "quality".
He also understands Zhu Yourong very well. He knows that Zhu Yourong is very fond of the country Russia. He has been obsessed with Russian music, dance, literature, painting, sculpture, architecture, etc. since she was a child. But since she was a child, Russia has been in the Soviet era.
It was impossible to go there. Now I finally have the opportunity. In Zhu Yourong's mind, the most beautiful city in Russia is St. Petersburg, that is, Leningrad. But St. Petersburg is to the west of the Ural Mountains and is now under Nazi rule, so there is no chance to visit it.
The most beautiful city east of the Ural Mountains and the one that best represents the traditional charm of Russia is Yekaterinburg. This is why Zhu Yourong specifically requested a detour to visit Yekaterinburg.
After staying in Yekaterinburg for five full days, Zhu Yourong reluctantly said goodbye to this historic city, boarded the train and headed south back to Chelyabinsk, and then continued westward along the main line of the Trans-Siberian Railway for the Russian phase of this trip.
The last step is to climb up to the Ural Mountain post, visit the fortifications, and express condolences to the soldiers.
Yekaterinburg, like Chelyabinsk, is at the foot of the Ural Mountains and the westernmost point of the Russian Republic. The Ural Mountains are the dividing line between Europe and Asia, and are now the dividing line between Germany and Russia. They are of extremely great military significance. Now along the long
Fortification belts are being built on both sides of the mountain range. On the Russian side, because this side is close to the two important cities of Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk, and it is also the place where the mountain pass of the Trans-Siberian Railway is guarded, so the fortifications in this section have the highest priority.
Construction. Several outposts and forts have now been completed, and Russian soldiers and Ming army advisers have been stationed.
The train gradually climbed up the mountain along the railway. The mountains on both sides became more and more steep and difficult to walk. Sometimes the tractor was adjusted, and sometimes the snow plow was adjusted. Finally, the train stopped on a section of railway in the mountains, and there was no way forward.
Let's go. Further west is the German-controlled area.
The group of people got off the train, transferred to a car, and drove up the rugged winding mountain road. Finally, they reached the highest peak and entered a concrete fortification.
Entering this kind of military fortification, the protagonist obviously becomes Xiang Xiaoqiang. As a man and a soldier, he naturally becomes the center of the generals. The commander of the Russian military post and the general adviser of the Ming army are on the left.
On the right, Xiang Xiaoqiang was accompanied by explanations and demonstrations, while Zhu Yourong was doing another kind of "division of labor", giving full play to his affinity, chatting cordially with the advisers and soldiers of the Ming Army, asking for their welfare, and treating these soldiers who were far away from the motherland and stationed in a difficult place in a foreign country.
The officers and soldiers were moved to tears.
Xiang Xiaoqiang stood in front of the observation window, with his eyes attached to the huge outpost-type telescope, enjoying the vast scenery of the Ural Mountains. This mountain is the highest peak within a radius of dozens of kilometers, and the field of vision is extremely broad. The vast snowfield below,
Forests, gentle slopes, cliffs... you have a panoramic view.
Suddenly, he found something interesting.
Xiang Xiaoqiang held the telescope and adjusted the focus slightly, trying to see clearly.
At the foot of the hillside more than a thousand meters away, there were several black spots moving on the snow. As the focus was adjusted, the black spots became clearer - they were wolves. And those wolves were pawing.
Snow, while digging and lying there to eat, seems to have caught some prey.
Xiang Xiaoqiang continued to look and slowly frowned.