The bitter cold reigned over the land, and the snow was falling and covering the whole land, and now the snow had piled up to the knees of the people, and it seemed that the snow would not stop for a short time.

It was the first snowfall since the beginning of winter, and the blizzard was enough to increase the knowledge of those who had never seen the cruel side of the Siberian winter, and further strengthen their sense of awe for nature.

To tell the truth, as a career military officer who once fought on the Korean Peninsula, Liu Fuji now has an intuitive understanding of this Siberian winter, in the past, he used to think that the winter here is only slightly colder than the winter on the Korean Peninsula, but now, his mind has changed, if he must be allowed to give the Siberian winter the next one. If you define it, then he will definitely choose the Russian phrase "ice and snow purgatory" without hesitation.

In fact, before the formation of the Far East Army, he spent almost a year in the territory of Russia in Europe, and learned the severe cold of Russian winter, but compared with the cold winter in Siberia, the winter in Russia and Europe can be said to be "pleasant".

Of course, the so-called "comfortable" is just in comparison, in fact, the winter in Russia is also very cold, Liu Fuji is a native of Hunan, and the Russian winter does make him very uncomfortable, but if he must make the only choice between Russia Europe and Siberia, he will not hesitate to choose Russia Europe for the winter.

But now, after all, Liu Fuji is not in the European region of Russia, he is now in Siberia, to be precise, in the southern region of Central Siberia, on the edge of a primeval forest in the middle reaches of the Angara.

This area is codenamed "Angara Station". "It is the northernmost stronghold of the Angara defense line of the entire Far Eastern Army, almost five hundred kilometers from the southern port of Baikal, and a hundred kilometers in a straight line from the nearest one, and from this distance alone," Angara said. It is a defensive stronghold isolated at the northernmost point of the defensive line.

Due to the distance from the rear military station, "the Angara station." In fact, when leading the troops to march here, Liu Fuji had to use ships to bring the troops to the defensive area before the Angara River was completely frozen, and as for the transportation of supplies, he basically relied on the Angara River to the west of the stronghold to transport logistics materials by boat.

But now as soon as this blizzard falls, the temperature also drops, and the Angara River will be completely frozen at any time, and at that time, no one knows what means of transportation can be counted on for the logistics supply of this army, there is no railway, and there is no highway that can pass cars and carriages, only the vast primeval forest, and the endless snowfield, this kind of place, in terms of military geography, should obviously belong to the "unsuitable place for war".

Although it is also known that the "Angara station" belongs to "unsuitable places for fighting." "But as a soldier, Liu Fuji must obey the order given to him by his junior superiors, which is to lead the army to be stationed here, so he can only lead a reinforced brigade to garrison here.

In fact, the reason why Liu Fuji led his troops to the "Angara station." "It was because it was once the site of an infantry unit of the armed forces of the Russian Bolshevik Soviets, and when it became known that the armed forces of the Bolsheviks had appeared here, the Tsarist government of the Russian Empire hurriedly issued an order to the Far Eastern Army Corps to attack the "Angara, the station" as soon as possible. "In order to plug the defensive gap north of Baikal and occupy it as a base for the fighting in the south, to prevent the armed forces of the Russian Bolsheviks from swimming through the Angara River to force Baikal Port. In view of the fact that this offensive task was very arduous, the staff of the Far East Army of the Russian Empire picked and picked Liu Fuji, and then ordered him to lead an infantry brigade, an artillery battalion and a heavy force to advance north along the Angara River, and be sure to take the "Angara, Horn Station" in the shortest possible time.

It was a hard battle, occupying the "Angara" station. It was the regular Bolshevik troops from the Yenisei River defense line, with 2,000 people, and Liu Fuji's troops were only 5,000 people in total. It was not until the weather cleared and the air force came to the aid that the tide of the war was finally turned around, and the Bolshevik troops of the "Angara, the Horn Station" were expelled further north, after which Liu Fuji and his troops were responsible for the defense of the area.

A few days ago, the temperature plummeted, and then the day before yesterday began to snow intermittently, and yesterday afternoon, it turned into a blizzard, and seeing that the only supply channel, the Angara River, was about to freeze, it was impossible for Liu Fuji not to be in a hurry, he must be responsible for the troops, and he must be responsible for the defense line. Therefore, as soon as it was dawn today, Liu Fuji led people to hurry to the bank of the river, looking forward to waiting for the supply fleet, which was likely to be the last, to come over.

This season, the Angara River waters

Large ships have to be dragged by small paddle steamers, and small wooden boats can only be used to sail on them." Considering that some sections of the river have actually been frozen, the fleet cannot be very fast when it comes all the way and advances while breaking the ice.

Last night, Liu Fuji received a telegram from the rear military station, and learned that the flotilla might arrive at the "Angara Station" this morning, so he hurried over, but until almost noon, he did not see the shadow of the flotilla.

It seems a bit inaccurate to say "look", in fact, now the goose feathers and snow are blowing, the visibility is very poor, and the scenery a little farther away is completely unclear, so Liu Fuji and his subordinates are standing on the bank of the river, all listening with their ears, listening to the whistle of the steamer or the sonorous sound of the steam engine, now the snow is heavy, there is silence all around, but there is no noise interference, but there is no sound of any machine.

"The snow is so heavy that maybe the fleet doesn't dare to leave, maybe it's stopping somewhere."

A staff officer guessed, and this guess was echoed by others, and in the end, Liu Fuji decided to leave the two officers waiting at the outpost on the bank of the river. And he led the other officers to hurry back to the "Angara Station" After all, as the supreme commander of the battlefield, Liu Fuji has a lot of things to do, and logistics supply is only one of the most important tasks.

Rushing back to the "Angara Station," Liu Fuji first rushed to the telegraph room to ask if there were any new telegrams or orders to come over, and then took a few telegram transcripts, left the telegraph room, and entered the command post next door.

Like the telegraph room, Liu Fuji's command post was also made of logs, and in order to keep warm, it was a two-story structure, and a stove was specially burned in the room, so that this command post like an ice cellar had a little warmth, so he sat by the stove, and Liu Fuji carefully studied the telegrams taken in the morning.

Most of these telegrams were taken by the staff and military stations of the Far Eastern Army, and the content was basically about military and logistical affairs, and only one telegram came from the Northwestern Frontier Office of Kyakhta, which has now actually become the general logistics base of the Far Eastern Army, and since the British, French, and Chinese central governments reached an agreement on secret operations to assist the tsarist government, Kyakhta has immediately returned to its prosperity, and now there are always a few trains passing through Kyakhta every day. Loaded with arms, ammunition, and logistical supplies, they rushed to Baikal Port, and then used various means of transport to transfer the supplies from the military warehouses in Baikal Port to various positions on the front line.

In this telegram from the North-Western Frontier Office of Kyakhta. The Northwest Frontier Office told Liu Fuji that in the eyes of Xu Shuzheng and his staff officers, the location of the "Angara Station" was too remote and too isolated, so they suggested that Liu Fuji should immediately retreat to the south if the situation was unfavorable to shorten the length of the logistical supply line.

Liu Fuji could only laugh at this telegram, he didn't know the disadvantages of the "Angara Station", but the soldiers took obedience to orders as their duty, and since the higher authorities asked him to be stationed here, then the sky in Siberia fell, and he, Liu Fuji, must also stay here.

But then again, since Xu Shuzheng suggested that Liu Fuji take the initiative to retreat when necessary, then, in case the future war situation is unfavorable to the "Angara Station", Liu Fuji can completely ignore the orders from the Far East Army or the Tsarist Government, after all, the current Xu Shuzheng is in control of the logistics of the Tsarist Government, and he cannot command the "King of Outer Mongolia" who is domineering, whether it is the Tsar or the Regent, but needs Xu Shuzheng's full cooperation, and it is precisely because of this that the current Far East Army makes every strategic deployment. will transfer the relevant news to Xu Shuzheng, speaking of which Zhang Zongchang is the commander of the Far East Army, but in fact, the current Xu Shuzheng can come forward to interfere in the affairs of the Far East Army at any time.

The tsarist government of the Russian Empire was also unhappy with this situation, so it was now engaged in an open and secret battle with Xu Shuzheng, and the telegram that Xu Shuzheng sent to Liu Fuji seemed to be a counterattack by Xu Shuzheng and the Northwest Frontier Office. However, no matter how fierce the open and covert struggle between the two sides is, there is now only one enemy in common, that is, the Russian Bolsheviks, and as long as this enemy does not fall, the struggle between the two sides will not be superficial for the time being, and it will not have too serious an impact on the Far Eastern Army.

Of course, Liu Fuji knows which side he should help in this struggle, but since the two sides have not yet torn their faces, then he can only give priority to obeying the command of Baikal, not Kyakhta. After reading the telegram, Liu Fuji walked to the window, looked out of the house through the double glazing, it was still snowing, the temperature was lower, and he looked back at the Bolshevik red flag that had been captured in the battle hanging in the corner. Liu Fuji knew that it was not only their Far Eastern Army that endured the severe cold here, but also a unit in the north that persevered in the wind and snow, and this war was not so much a test of the combat effectiveness of both sides, but a test of the will of both sides, and whoever had the stronger will would be able to win the victory.