The fighting continued in Berkrovsk, and 3,000 mustard gas bombs caused the direct death of nearly 10,000 Soviet and Russian soldiers, more than 30,000 soldiers who lost their combat effectiveness due to inhalation, and more than 20,000 citizens died, and countless people were wounded. By the time the rest of the Russian soldiers rushed to the city in spite of their injuries and their dying comrades, their fate was already doomed to a tragic end.

This scene is somewhat similar to a famous movie "Saving Private Ryan", where so many people are sacrificed just to save one, is it worth it? Zhang Zizhong, a famous general of the Republic of China, died in battle, and his subordinate division commander Huang Weigang personally led a death squad to attack the Japanese at night with a machine gun shirtless, and snatched back Zhang Zizhong's corpse.

And the importance of Zinoviev to the Soviets, and to the morale of Soviet Russia, was one of the reasons why Lenin had to find Zinoviev. Lenin was convinced that Zinoviev would live, he would live, and we would rescue him.

Wang Maoru didn't know, but Ren Yuanxing came with the news that now the two groups of Russians seemed to be crazy, one group was frantically looking for something in the city to find someone to turn over the corpses, and the other group was desperately sending death to attack, desperately rushing into the city of Berkrovsk.

On the banks of the Volga, tens of thousands of Russian soldiers launched a suicidal attack, their bodies stained the Volga River red, and they sacrificed their own sacrifices in exchange for the Chinese soldiers having to retreat about 1,500 meters. The squadron struggled to resist the frantic attacks of Soviet and Russian soldiers and the artillery bombardment of the river fleet, and the third division suffered many casualties. This time it was even heavier, especially with the help of the artillery of the enemy's river fleet. Without artillery cover, the 3rd Division had to endure the counter-trend of being suppressed by fire. In order to reduce casualties, Ren Yuanxing ordered to retreat about a thousand meters again, and reported to Wang Maoru that the Russian Imperial Allied Army did not cooperate with the defense, and our army was almost unable to resist.

"The 3rd Division withdrew from the riverbank area before 3 p.m., and the 3rd Division was completely evacuated from Berkrovsk before 6 p.m. Since Krasnov wanted the city, give it to him. Wang Maoru was angry, he sensed that something was wrong, and the Russians must have something to hide from him. In particular, the failure to send troops to support the 3rd Division made him extremely angry.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Ren Yuanxing's troops withdrew from the riverbank, but Krasnov did not respond to Wang Maoru, and still went his own way, he sent two infantry divisions of the Imperial Allied Army to replace the defense of the riverbank of the squadron, without a single explanation, which made Wang Maoru dissatisfied and angry with Krasnov.

Wang Maoru said to Yaliskov: "If he is so stubborn and ignorant of the overall situation, I think he is not suitable to continue to serve as the commander of the Imperial Allied Army." Yaliskov looked embarrassed. He really can't control this Krasnov, although he took refuge in the Far Eastern Gang, but Yalikov took refuge in Bereviger, the No. 2 person of the Far Eastern Gang, and Krasnov took refuge in Kusek, the No. 3 person in the Far Eastern Gang, and they were only comrades-in-arms rather than superiors and subordinates, so he could only face Wang Maoru's anger with a wry smile.

After the evacuation of the river bank, the 3rd Division gradually withdrew from the city. The representative sent by Ren Yuanxing to the Berkrovsk Public High School said that the Soviet Central ** Regiment wanted to surrender to the Chinese intervention army, and they said that they would never surrender to the Imperial Allied Army for fear of being mistreated by the Russians. Of course, there were some Russian Soviet soldiers in their army who also wanted to be sheltered, perhaps because they thought that the Chinese were friendly and kind. They expressed the hope that they would not be forced to fight against the Soviets in the coming storm of the Russian Civil War, after all, they had been comrades and comrades-in-arms. They just want to help their compatriots with the work of logistics, and they really don't want to raise their butcher's knives against the battles of yesteryear.

Only one regiment and baggage battalion were left in the Third Division to guard the ** regiment of Soviet Russia. The rest of the soldiers withdrew from the city. After Ren Yuanxing reported their conditions to Wang Maoru, the sensitive Wang Maoru became alert, thinking of the unusual actions of the Imperial Allied Army and the crazy behavior of the Soviet Russian army, he seemed to have a clue. The Chinese ** regiment may have what these two sides desperately need, so Wang Maoru asked: "Do they really want to surrender to us?" ”

"Yes." Ren Yuanxing said.

"They must have some secrets, everyone knows that the Russian 1st Army and we are mortal enemies, and it is impossible to surrender to us without surrendering to the Imperial Allied Army. Clever, childish, ridiculous! Wang Maoru thought for a while and said: "In this way, you can help me analyze, now the Russians in the red and white groups are not normal, and the Chinese ** regiment also asks to protect the Russian comrades-in-arms - is there any connection?" ”

"Do you mean?" Ren Yuanxing said in surprise, "Are they all rebels for this Russian goods?" ”

"There must be a big official from Soviet Russia." Xiong Bingtao said, "And the Imperial Association Army must know who it is, but they won't say." ”

"Could it be Tukhachevsky?" Wang Maoru thought about it, "This Tukhachevsky is extremely popular among Soviet military officers, if it were him, everyone would like him to die early, and they would never come to save him." The current commander of the 1st Army, Gay, is said to have been a Russian officer and only a lieutenant battalion commander before the Civil War. It was because of Trotsky that he was released and promoted step by step to the post of commander of the 1st Army, and he didn't have so much energy, right? Who is this man? ”

"Don't you know if you catch it?" Ren Yuanxing smiled evilly, "Leave it to me." ”

Wang Maoru advised: "If you catch it alive, you must catch it alive, and don't catch it if you die." ”

Ren Yuanxing smiled bitterly: "Xiushuai, you should buy pork, and you also want live pig meat." ”

"Nonsense, they are already meat on the board, naturally they want the best." Wang Maoru laughed.

At this time in the Berkrovsk Public Secondary School, many people were also anxiously waiting, Zinoviev sat in the middle, and next to him was his captain of the guard, Tolstoy, who was not the writer Lev. Nikolaevich. Tolstoy, he was a strong man with long hair and a weight of a hundred kilograms. Petrovich. Tolstoy. The peculiarity of Russian names is that they have their real name + father's name + surname, judging by this name, this person is called Rada, his father is called Peter, and Lovech means "son", Petrovich is the son of Peter, and Tolstoy is his surname. And Rada means cute or cute little guy in Russian, so the name of Zinoviev's bodyguard, who is two meters tall, if translated according to Chinese, is the little cutie who is the son of old Peter of Tolstoy......

Zinoviev's anxious face, he was under siege, surrounded by Russian soldiers, while he was protected by the Chinese, which made him very nervous. He knew that he could not fall into the hands of the enemy, otherwise it would be too great a blow to the Soviet revolution, so he said to Tolstoy: "Rada, if I fall into the hands of the enemy, you will kill me." ”

"Why?"

"I can't fall into the hands of the enemy."

"Why not?"

"You idiot, if I fall into the hands of the enemy, they will make a big deal of propaganda, and that would be a great blow to the establishment of Soviet Russia."

Tolstoy scratched his head, not quite understanding, but still nodded and said: "Well, political commissar, if you fall into the hands of the enemy, I will definitely kill you." ”

The cold wind was blowing, Zinoviev was shivering from the cold, he nodded at Tolstoy, the big man, and sighed to himself: "Why do we fail, why?" ”

The biggest reason for the early defeat of Soviet Russia was that there were no high-ranking officers in the army, so that the October Revolution in Soviet Russia happily proclaimed the establishment of a Soviet state, and the head of the Supreme Military Council was actually a sergeant, and then Trotsky came up with a way to use Tsarist Russian officers as military directors of the army in order to consolidate power.

But sending political commissars into the army as administrative and ideological directors summed up that the officers were only responsible for fighting and training, and all the families of these Tsarist Russian officers were taken into custody, and none of the old officers who had no families were used. This has appeared in the Soviet Russian army, the political commissar is the number one, the division commander, the commander and the commander are the second in command, if you meet the political commissar who does not like to interfere in the military, the cooperation between the two will be like a tiger with wings, if you meet those who do not understand military affairs but like to meddle, then you will face the situation that Zinoviev encounters now.

Zinoviev was a Jewish scholar and a Jewish atheist, and although it is said that Trotsky, a Jew, who founded the Red Army of Soviet Russia after switching from civilian to military service, created a miracle in military history, Zinoviev was not a military genius like Trotsky. Of course, after the stability of Soviet Russia, high-ranking Jewish officials within it were persecuted one after another, and the Great Purge and Anti-China were all killed, which can be seen from the rejection of Jews by the Russian ethnic group.

After a while, Zhang Furong, the head of the Soviet Russian ** Regiment, came back excitedly.

"Comrade Zinoviev, we have negotiated with the Beiyang Army." Zhang Furong said luckily.

Zinoviev hurriedly asked: "Have they agreed to accept the conditions of our temporary stay?" Are you sure? It's just wonderful. ”

"Yes, but they asked us to be logistics staff, but they didn't allow us to carry weapons," Zhang said. ”

Zinoviev objected: "This is impossible, if we lay down our arms, we will be lambs to the slaughter, and I do not agree to this condition." ”

Zhang Furong's face was full of embarrassment, and his battalion commander Sang Fuyang on the side hurriedly said: "This is our only chance, Comrade Political Commissar, there are not many conditions we can come up with, and there is no bargaining chip." If the Beiyang Army abandons us, then what awaits us is the encirclement and suppression of the Tsarist reactionaries. Moreover, according to the news from the Beiyang Army, the Tsarist reactionaries are now looking for people like crazy, and I guess they have learned that you are now in the city, but they do not know that you are here. ”

Zhang Furong persuaded: "Comrade Political Commissar, let's agree to them, otherwise the Beiyang Army will leave, and the reactionaries will definitely find you." ”

Zinoviev thought about it, and finally reluctantly agreed.

After a night's work, more than 300 seriously injured soldiers in the ** regiment had died, and Zhang Furong silently collected the corpses for them, and his heart was full of flavors.