Chapter 686: I Need to Save Money
"Bastard, this is a million households, not a million!" Stalin roared again.
The war on the Eastern Front came to an end, the vanguard army did not continue the conquest, and the two sides began to confront each other on several fronts, which gave the Russians a little hope, but then a piece of news made Stalin jump again.
The first batch of a million reinforcements of the vanguard army went north, and these did not surprise Stalin. Although the Chinese army in the north had exceeded one million at this time, it was still a little powerless to control such a vast Siberia.
But what made him feel uneasy was that there were many Chinese people who came with the army. They came to settle down.
The 1,000-acre tax exemption order of the vanguard army had already reached his ears. He didn't pay much attention to it at first, and when the Russians first opened up Siberia and the Far East, they exiled many criminals. Even during the Great Purge, Stalin consciously relocated the landlords, kulaks, capitalists and other enemies of the people to the bitter cold of Siberia. After hundreds of years of accumulation, more than 10 million people gathered in the east of the Urals, and only along the Trans-Siberian Railway was developed.
Even under the slogan of Sovietism, the young people who braved their blood were only a minority. It is already good to be able to maintain the normal operation of the garrison army under strict discipline. Without huge benefits or coercive means, who will go to those bitter cold places?
But he ignored the Chinese people's desire for land. 1,000 acres of cheap land that is tax-free for 100 years can be inherited to children and grandchildren, accumulating blessings for three generations. At first, there were only a few ranks, but as the news of the Vanguard's great victory kept coming, the pressure on the land of more than 500 million people. Let this outward flow of wind blow more and more violently.
"Quietly enter the village. Don't shoot a gun! "Meng Xiang's instructions for this policy are to agitate internally, but not to publicize it externally. Such a way of embezzlement is too conspicuous. After all, Siberia and the Urals were still internationally exploited by the Russians. It's one thing to fight a war and attack the past, but it's another thing to occupy it for a long time. Signing a contract for land cession is a reasonable way to be recognized internationally.
The land in the north that the vanguard junta hyped up was only confined to the outer Méng and the lands previously ceded by the Manchus. But as for the specific operation, what goes beyond these is only the personal behavior of the people, and the vanguard junta, which has always advocated freedom, cannot forcibly stop it.
Many Chinese people hung signs of labor, tourism, and business, and were escorted by the accompanying army in groups to go deep into Siberia and the Urals on the trains of the repaired Trans-Siberian Railway.
"Is there a consistent personal behavior of millions of people? These scoundrels! Savage hillbilly! "I saw the information from the spies of the Huaxia branch. Stalin was furious.
By the time we entered August, there were more than one million households in China, and although each household was careful to avoid the minimum number of three, it had already exceeded four million with the number of dependent cultivators. This number is constantly increasing. Although these people will not all come in a flood due to transportation conditions, the number of civilians who have come with the army this time has exceeded one million.
The enthusiasm of the Chinese people naturally attracted the attention of the world, but as long as the Chinese government did not blatantly shout the slogan of occupation, few people stood up to claim the so-called international legal principles.
The strength of the vanguard is evidence in the eyes of international judges.
Although Britain and the United States and other countries intend to ally with Soviet Russia, they are not interested in such a thing that will reduce the strength of Soviet Russia. They're just as happy to see it happen. As long as they do not harm the European forces of Soviet Russia, they can be used as guns in front of them, and they will naturally turn a blind eye. Even domestic public opinion is controlled on major battlefields. The issue of these migrants is rarely addressed.
The coalition of the Germans did not care about this either, and the little shouts that remained did not make much of a splash.
At this time, the Russians were right because of their outward spread of redism
Ōlan, Finland as well
The occupation of the three countries of the Ōluo Sea was unpopular internationally. This was not the time when he later became a world-wide anti-fascist hero in alliance with Britain and the United States.
Meng Xiang's temptation of a million people only drew the wrath of Stalin.
His inner circle of subordinates is also at a loss for what to do.
"If the Chinese people are allowed to continue to migrate, those yellow-skinned monkeys can dye the whole of Siberia, and the Russian nation, which has been in operation for hundreds of years, can only be reduced to a minority." As soon as the triumphant Malenkov opened his mouth, he first pointed out Stalin's troubles, but did not make any suggestions.
"At that time, I'm afraid we won't even be a minority. The Chinese are expelling our people. It took us more than 300 years to cross the Ural Mountains, and now it took less than a year for the Chinese to drive our people back to Europe. Beria then gave a soft thorn to the colleague who had taken over Yenov's purge with him.
Immediately after Yenov's fall, Malenkov transferred his sycophants to Beria, avoiding the possible purge he faced for his lavish praise of Yenov.
After that, he continued to carry forward his sycophant skills, photographed Stalin very comfortably, and gradually became a celebrity in front of Stalin. This made Beria a little dissatisfied.
"The people who were driven back by the Chinese were basically old and weak, and they also brought a lot of rubles with them, making a mess of our scarce market. Military rationing is necessary. Bulganin, who had just stepped down as governor of the National Bank and was about to be transferred to the front, was the first to perceive the economic problems because of his sensitive sense of being in charge of finances for several years.
"Are we just watching the Chinese gain a foothold in Siberia?" Molotov quickly turned Bulganin away and turned the topic back. This foreign minister, who had been in the dust in China, was already the deputy chairman of the newly formed Supreme Command of Soviet Russia, second only to Stalin.
Of course, he, a staunch supporter of Stalin, had little power in the army, much worse than the marshals. However, this did not affect his image as the number two figure in Stalin's team.
"We can organize people to go to sāo to disturb and sabotage, so that they will not be at peace, and finally they will be forced to evacuate!" Beria spoke his suggestion, and this kind of team with an agent-like quality was most likely to be caught in his hands. This is undoubtedly a good opportunity to grow.
"They have too many people, plus there is also the organization and counterattack of the army, and the sporadic destruction is difficult to do. Only by defeating the Chinese army first can those Chinese civilians be cleared out. "Khrushchev, who had just entered this circle, had already been appointed by Stalin as the political commissar of the Southwestern Front, and had as much power as the commander to support the war in Ukraine.
At the moment, the armies of Germany and Soviet Russia are about to engage in a large-scale battle near Kiev. He obeyed Stalin's call to attend Moscow in person, and only then did he have the opportunity to join the small rally. But as soon as he spoke, he seemed to abort the rally.
Who doesn't know that the root of the solution to all this lies in the army? As long as the Soviet Russian army east of the Ural Mountains is strong, where is there any other way? As long as the army kills it. But the current situation is simply unrealistic. Self-protection is not enough, where else to talk about attack? Unless a large army is mobilized on the Western Front, the situation on the Western Front will be even worse.
"We need to settle down on the Western Front first!" In Molotov's sighs, this small rally intended to solve Stalin's problems came to an end.
"Not only do we need to clean up those Chinese people, but we also need to clean up those white bandits!" But when Beria reported to Stalin, Stalin agreed to his suggestion and pointed out a topic that everyone avoided, intentionally or unintentionally.
For Stalin, the counterattack from Tsarist Russia would have a greater impact. At that time, it will not only be the Far East and other places that will be shaken, but also the core areas of Soviet Russia in Europe.
Stalin also knew that Beria's suggestion would not have much effect, but at this time, if there was a means of tossing, he would use it all.
"Contact the comrades of the Huaxia branch, the time has come to test them!" Stalin instructed again. This is his counterattack, as long as there is constant chaos within Huaxia, it can delay the actions of the Huaxia people.
"Their movements may be restricted in China, but chaotic Siberia will be their new stage!" Stalin muttered in a low voice, his vision strikingly similar to that of Wei Ren, and that sometimes, a new situation represented a new opportunity.
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"The railway from Kulen to Ulan-Ude has been completed!" Zhou Bai excitedly ran to find Meng Xiang Daoxi. Of course, they also reached out to ask for money.
The assault of millions of people quickly built an emergency railway from Erenhot to the Novosibirsk Railway to cope with the transportation of large armies and massive quantities of supplies.
Zeng Yangfu, the new Minister of Transport, who followed Zhou Bai, was proud to have built thousands of kilometers of railways in three months, a speed rarely seen in the world, especially in such rudimentary conditions as Waiméng. But then the high standard of double lines that needed to be built was the bigger test. High standards mean high demands and high investment, and the Ministry of Transport's purse strings have been deflated.
The three-month war, the attrition of millions of troops in the north and the large-scale construction carried out in the country have hollowed out Meng Xiang's foundation. The external arms business is a long-term business that needs to be accumulated in order to form a torrent. Even the production of the base could not keep up with the sharp consumption.
"I need to save money again!" Meng Xiang let out another sigh that hadn't been echoed for a long time...