Despite the news of the Wehrmacht's invasion of Central Asia, Chelyabinsk was unprepared. This may seem unimaginable to ordinary people, but this is the real situation in Chelyabinsk.

The reason is also very simple, although the mayor of Chelyabinsk scolded the damned 'yellow-skinned monkey' after learning the news of the Wehrmacht's invasion of Central Asia, but this matter was not taken to his heart, not even to the heart of any Russian.

In their view, the Chinese simply want to take advantage of the Russian civil war to occupy Central Asia like the Outer Northeast.

As for Siberia? If you say something like that, please look at the map first.

In the eyes of the Russians, Central Asia is already the limit of the Chinese, and even Kolchak himself does not believe that the Chinese will have such a big appetite to swallow all of Siberia ...

At the moment, what Kolchak himself thinks about is only to solve the Soviet Russian Red Army as much as possible, and then go to the trouble of the Chinese...

As for the security of Siberia, there is no more, except for the command to be vigilant in Chelyabinsk and other cities ...

Therefore, when the Russians discovered that the Chinese did not even intend to spare Siberia, Cai Gong's vanguard was not far from Chelyabinsk ...

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In Chelyabinsk, the city was in chaos, and the news that the Chinese were rushing here had spread throughout the city, but at the moment the residents of the city, together with the high-ranking officials, had no way at all.

Inside the city administration of Chelyabinsk. The mayor was deliberating with his cronies.

Just some time ago, he learned from Kolchak about the Chinese invasion of Central Asia, but he himself did not pay much attention to this news. Because in his opinion, the appetite of the Chinese is greater. Remarkable, that is, the whole of Central Asia, including Kazakhstan, as for Siberia? Aren't those damn yellow-skinned monkeys afraid of choking to death?

So he didn't do any precautionary work at all, and it made the whole city somewhat similar to an undefended city...

However...

Now that the retribution has arrived, he has just received the news that a large number of Chinese are arriving by guò railway, and it is not far from Chelyabinsk, if there is no solution...

"Mayor? What do we do now? ”

"Call General Kolchak back from the front right away..."

"The most important thing now should be to stop the resistance..."

Next to the mayor. Those well-dressed cronies on weekdays are in a panic, gathering there to come up with random ideas, but which of these ideas is useful. But no one knows.

And listening to the ideas of these cronies who relied on in the past, the mayor trembled with anger.

What to do? He doesn't even know, you ask him?

Call Kolchak back? Although there is no such thing as Russia that far water cannot save near fire, there are still similar words. Now Kolchak is far on the periphery of the Urals. Let him come back?

Wait for him to come back? I'm afraid the daylilies are cold.

As for calling the army to organize resistance? Some time ago, in order to solve the red elements at one time, Kolchak gathered almost all the forces in the whole of Siberia, together with the newly admitted Czech regiment, and marched towards St. Petersburg, and now there is only one battalion in the whole city of Chelyabinsk, although the number of Chinese on the opposite side is not clear, but it is definitely not a small comparison, with the strength of this battalion wants to resist the other side?

Although this mayor is not usually very smart, at least he is definitely not stupid to such a point.

Seeing that the mayor's face was getting worse and worse. is on the verge of an outbreak, and at this time, a cronie finally came up with a good idea. "The most important thing at the moment is to delay the advance of those Chinese. Mayor, let's quickly send someone to blow up the railway first, as long as the railway is blown up, those Chinese will have to use it to come here, so that we can at least have more time..."

Hearing such an idea, the mayor's eyes lit up.

Nodding again and again. "That's a good idea."

Indeed, the most important thing at the moment is to delay the speed of the other party's advance, as for the rest, you can naturally think about it when you have time, and this is also the most realistic solution at the moment.

Soon, the mayor summoned the commander of the local garrison battalion and asked him to send someone to immediately ride a horse to blow up the railway.

The battalion commander was also stunned when he received such an order, but he quickly understood the purpose of doing so, so he did not hesitate.

Chelyabinsk was not a very small city, and Kolchak was naturally a trustworthy person who was arranged here, and soon the battalion commander arranged for his subordinates to bomb the railway.

With the dispatch of more than a dozen cavalry, under a miniature mushroom cloud, the railway that was originally together with Chelyabinsk was blown in two...

When Cai arrived at the section of the road that had been blown up, looking at the railroad in front of him that had been blown up, he could only order the troops to get off the train and then walk to Chelyabinsk.

Of course, Cai Ye did not forget to leave a group of people to build the railway. After all, the follow-up troops still need railways, otherwise hundreds of thousands of people just rely on walking, which is definitely not an easy job.

Fortunately, before leaving, Cai Ye and Yan Shao had already expected that there would definitely be a bombing of the railway, so when they set off, the two prepared a considerable number of rails and other objects, even if the railway was blown up, it could be repaired in the shortest possible time――――――.

Thankfully, they didn't blow up the bridge, otherwise it would have been troublesome.

However, there were not many bridges between Astana and Chelyabinsk ...

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After learning that the bridge had been blown up, the mayor continued to discuss what to do. The situation at the moment is simple. The Chinese are coming, but the problem is also very complicated, that is, in the case of the Chinese about to come to the city. What exactly should be done?

Resist? Surrender, or evacuation?

These three thoughts, all the time circling in the minds of the upper echelons of Chelyabinsk ...

However, none of them had a way to do it...

Surrender must be impossible, otherwise the battalion commander in front of him would dare to kill the mayor―――――― since Kolchak dared to keep him here, he would definitely be able to trust him.

In fact, in history, Kolchak was initially only a military minister in the Provisional Government. Of course. The same is true now. But as time passed, soon the army became dissatisfied and demanded that Kolchak should be made the head of the provisional government. The Provisional Government also agreed to do so, and thus became the head of the Provisional Government, and generals such as Denikin in the south also served in the Kolchak regime, so Kolchak was very prestigious in the government. Especially for the military, it has a great influence.

Surrender is certainly impossible. But resistance, it seems, is also a dead end.

Not to mention anything else, at the moment there is only one battalion in the entire city, and it is definitely enough to maintain law and order, but resist.

And the current Russian army can be said to be warless, both morale and equipment are a little poor, even the battalion commander himself may not be confident...

So for now, it seems that the only option left for them is to evacuate...

to this choice. Even the battalion commander agreed, only as soon as they sent the news to Kolchak at the front. When I wanted to hear his opinion, before Kolchak could return the answer, some soldiers had already reported that they had found the presence of the Chinese army...

Upon hearing this, the Russians were taken aback.

It was just as they were running towards the temporary position being built outside the city that they heard a tsunami-like shout, and they had just stepped half a step out of the city when they saw a gray sea in the distance, easily drowning the defense line of the forward organization...

During this period, the Wehrmacht did not even carry out the usual shelling, but simply charged ...

Faced with this scene, the Russians had no choice but to retreat into the city, but then the Chinese soldiers outside the city in gray training uniforms rushed into the city. The only remaining soldiers and police in the city were unable to put up an effective resistance, and in the end, when there was no other way, the mayor and battalion commander and other government officials had to urgently retreat to the train station...

By the time they boarded the train to Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, a city that had been around for almost two hundred years, had officially fallen into the hands of Cai Ge...

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Long before the attack on Chelyabinsk, the Secret Service had detailed information about it, and it was very clear what the forces were there, what the equipment of the troops was, what the morale was, etc...

So Cai Ye knew the situation in Chelyabinsk very well, which is why he did not let the soldiers push the artillery up and prepare for a dignified battle, but directly sent two infantry regiments to charge Chelyabinsk ...

There was only one battalion in Chelyabinsk, and most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled, and the entire battalion had only three Makqin machine guns, and the guns in their hands were all very worn. Coupled with the low morale and the fact that the training has not been carried out for a long time, to be honest, Cai Ye really doesn't feel the need to worry about such a unit, let alone waste time on such a unit...

So after discovering that the railway was blown up, Cai Ye did not wait for the artillery behind, but rushed directly with the troops...

By the time the rear railway was repaired and the train started again, Cai Ye had already led his troops to completely occupy Chelyabinsk...

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Almost as soon as Cai Ye occupied Chelyabinsk, the Third Army Corps, which was moving south, also launched a stormy offensive.

In the southward march of the Third Army, more than ten towns and villages such as Alcarek, Charcar, and Arlask were captured, and the entire Third Army was like a sharp pair of scissors, easily cutting towards the Caspian Sea...

The Russians, on the other hand, were simply unable to put up any effective resistance.

Most of the cities surrendered when the Third Legion approached the city, even if there were a few that were stubborn. Under the blow of the Third Army, it was also quickly declared to have fallen, when dealing with these cities. The 3rd Army, like Cai Yi, did not even use artillery, it only used infantry to charge...

The whole southward movement was like a very easy outing for the Third Army.

The logistical difficulties it encountered could have been more of a headache for the commanders of the Third Army than resistance along the way ...

On the other hand, in Astana, the Fourth Army Corps has also begun mine-laying missions.

From Astana all the way to Xinjiang, landmines have been deployed into Xinjiang. With a length of up to a thousand kilometers, this is definitely not a simple job. What's more, Yan Shao also asked them to arrange barbed wire along the way, which is even more difficult...

Faced with such a difficult task. The Fourth Legion could only be as prepared as possible.

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The First Army Group's military operations in Russia could be said to have received frequent good news, and these good news were soon transmitted back to China by radio. After all, this means that Yan Shao is likely to annex the whole of Siberia this time...

But just when Yan Shaozheng was happy. Some uninvited guests came to the door...

Ministers of Britain and the United States ...

When Kolchak learned of the news of the Chinese army's entry into Central Asia, he immediately conveyed the news to the envoys of Britain and the United States. At this time, Kolchak's Provisional Government had become the well-deserved central government of Russia after the Kerensky regime was overthrown, and it was promised by the nations.

Not long after Yan Shao helped Kolchak, the British and American powers that had already provided support to Denikin and others came to the door and provided some support to Kolchak, so there was a deep connection between the two.

When envoys from Britain and the United States learned that the Chinese had actually gone north to attack Central Asia. I was immediately surprised, after all, the Chinese government had not reported such a matter at all. And...

This is already the second time that China has expanded after the Outer Northeast...

And this time China's appetite seems to be even greater, and it actually intends to swallow the whole of Central Asia at once. You know, Central Asia is about one-third the size of China's territory.

Although China is now an ally of Britain and the United States, and is also a member of the Entente, this does not mean that the Entente will sit idly by and watch China act recklessly. However, before the Entente could discuss a result, they received another update from Kolchak――――――Chinese and they had also made a move on Siberia...

If the news of China's dispatch of troops to Central Asia only shocked the powers, then this news made them feel like they were struck by lightning...

Sending troops to Siberia, what does it mean? Britain and the United States and other countries do not know, but they know very well that China must not be allowed to do this anymore...

So soon, Jurdian and Ray? Kopa and other ministers came to the door, wanting to hear Yan Shao's excuses or reasons, and then persuaded him to withdraw from Russian territory―――――― if persuasion failed, he could also coerce...

All in all, Britain and the United States have no intention of turning their faces at the moment, but if Yan Shao is so 'bent on going his own way', then the diplomatic relations between China and the Entente countries are relatively good, and I am afraid that there will be great changes...

"It's been a long time, a few ministers..."Standing up from the sofa, Yan Shao showed a bright smile on his face and looked at Zhu Erdian and the others.

If it was in the past, Zhu Erdian and the others might have a really great affection for Yan Shao, and similarly, the smile on Yan Shao's face could definitely be described as 'sincere', but at this moment, Lei? There was not even a hint of a smile on their faces, and everyone's expressions were very stern...

"Mr. President..."After all, I am a Westerner, and I don't like to go around very much, thinking about my relationship with Yan Shao seems to be good, Lei? Kopa decided to speak directly to Yan Shao. "We have just received news from the Russian government that your government has entered Russian territory and has even arrived in Chelyabinsk, Siberia, and I don't know if this news is true..."

With Ray? Coppa's opening, and everyone else looked at it.

This time the matter is not a small matter, and if it is not good, there may even be a split within the Entente, so they must get a definite answer and let the Chinese withdraw from Russian territory as much as possible.

And to hear Thunder? Copa's words, Yan Shao continued to say with a smile on his face. "That's right. It is true that our troops have entered the territory of Russia and are now on combat duty..."

"Combat mission..."Hearing Yan Shao say this, the expression of the American minister stiffened a little. As far as we know. There does not seem to be a sign of the Germans in Central Asia and Siberia, and it is not known what combat missions your country is carrying out there..."

"Of course, it's to encircle and suppress those red elements..."Yan Shao still said with a smile on his face. As a member of the international community, we naturally cannot sit idly by, so I ordered our troops to enter Russia and encircle and suppress the Red elements operating in Russia, as can be seen from the telegrams replied by the front-line generals. Their progress seems to be going very smoothly..."

Hearing Yan Shao say this, the US minister really wanted to point at Yan Shao's nose and scold.

However, at this moment, he could only say. "But Mr. President. It seems that you did not inform the Russian government of your actions, so that you entered the territory of the allies without authorization, which seems ......... In addition to this, the two regions of Central Asia and Siberia. There doesn't seem to be any red molecules. And according to the information we have received, your army has launched an offensive against the Russian allies on Russian territory, which seems to be..."

"How is this possible...," Yan Shao said with a smile. You are probably mistaken, Mr. Minister, after the overthrow of the original Kerensky government, there was no government in Russia, and even if I wanted to, I didn't know who to call for it. However, in the current military crisis, those red elements are spreading in Russia. This has to be solved, and in the face of this situation, I can only make a decision immediately..."

"As for the Red Elements, they are now everywhere in Central Asia and Siberia, otherwise how could they stand in the way of our army..."

"How can Russia be said to have no government, the current government led by General Kolchak, the Russian Provisional Government, which has been recognized by the international community, no matter what your country wants to do, you should always explain to Kolchak that the resistance of Central Asia and Siberia is only because of your country's resistance to ......... Some of the reactions to Russia's unsolicited arrivals do not at all indicate that those people are reds..."

In fact, Zhu Erdian really wanted to talk about aggression, but it was better not to make things too stiff, so he could only describe it as uninvited.

However, in the face of Zhu Erdian's answer, Yan Shao just shook his head and said. "I'm sorry, but our country recognizes only the government led by Mr. Kerensky, as for General Kolchak......... Huh..."

"Originally, my country was going to contact Mr. Kerensky, but since the Kerensky government was overthrown, we have lost Mr. Kerensky's position, so..."

In fact, they all know very well that Kerensky is at Denikin at the moment, but...

Even if they do, they will say they don't know...

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In any case, the invasion of Russia will definitely be strongly reacted by the foreign powers, and the real purpose of Yan Shao is well known to all countries.

But even then, there are some reasons that need to be used.

However, an invasion is an invasion, and Yan Shao really has no suitable reason in this matter―――――― in fact, even if there is any reason, I am afraid that Britain and the United States and other countries will not be able to recognize that Yan Shao's invasion of Russia is legitimate, so at the moment Yan Shao has only two reasons to be a fig leaf.

One is the Kerensky government, the other is the Red elements.

The Kerensky government refers to the Kerensky regime that has been overthrown, and the Nationalist government only recognizes the Kerensky government as the legitimate government of Russia, and the other governments are all illegal organizations.

According to Yan Shao, they couldn't contact Kerensky at all, so they had to send troops on their own to deal with the Red elements.

As for whether the Russians who resisted along the way were red elements―――――― even if they weren't, as long as Yan Shao said yes, they would give yes if they weren't!

There is no way, who asked Yan Shao to need a reasonable reason, of course, Yan Shao also came up with some real materials, such as some intelligence on the activities of the CPSU in Central Asia.

Historically, Kazakhstan did not join the Soviet Union immediately after the establishment of the Soviet government, but after several years of its establishment, it officially joined the Soviet Union, and made Soviet Russia evolve into the Soviet Union, and eventually became one of the pillars of the Soviet Union...

Of course, we all know very well. In history, the member states of the Soviet Union were actually quite miserable...

The worst of them is Ukraine...

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After looking at the information provided by Yan Shao, Zhu Erdian and others had to admit that the activities of the Red elements in Central Asia were indeed very ordinary. However, it is impossible for them to admit China's invasion of Russia on this basis...

In fact, even if Yan Shao had a great reason this time, I am afraid that Britain and France would not recognize their invasion of Russia. So it didn't take long for Zhu Erdian to speak again. "You say that you do not recognize the provisional government led by General Kolchak, but why does General Kolchak say that in the early days of the government, your country provided a lot of help. Including military and political affairs, I have heard that even the Czech Legion, which is now fighting under General Kolchak, was contacted with the help of your government. Your country even helped to pay for part of the military expenses..."

In fact, before Yan Shao, Britain and France had already targeted the Czech Legion and the Kolchak government, but they were just taken the lead by Yan Shao, but because of this. That's why Britain and France know so much about this matter. Very clear.

Of course, what Zhu Erdian did not say was that because of this incident, Kolchak already had some rejection of the Czech Legion, after all, these people were recruited with the help of the Nationalist government, and they were also paid by the Chinese, and if there is really something, who knows which side these people will be on. Maybe it's not impossible that they are now traitors of the Chinese...

On the other side, I heard Zhu Erdian's words. Yan Shao said with a smile. "What General Kolchak does our government support that? Mr. Minister, you're not mistaken, are you? In fact, our country has not contacted that General Kolchak at all, let alone admitted that what he said is all nonsense and a false accusation, otherwise it would ......... Please let that General Kolchak show some evidence, some proof of identity, and if they can show even the slightest bit of it, I will withdraw the army from Russia unconditionally..."

Saying that, Yan Shao said with a smile again. "Actually, I don't really want to send troops to Russia, but I just want to do my duty as a member of the international community, so I will try my best to do so. Besides, didn't that Lenin of Soviet Russia list our country as one of the fourteen imperialist countries that interfered in the Soviet Union? Since we are an imperialist country, we must do something that an imperialist country should do..."

Yan Shao was not at all worried that they would find something against them or evidence that could prove the government of the state. The reason is very simple, because when the secret service contacted Kolchak at that time, it was always a method of hinting through guò, and he never clearly stated his identity.

Therefore, although everyone knows that those people are indeed from the Special Affairs Bureau, they just can't find any evidence.

Sure enough, although Zhu Erdian wanted to come up with some evidence, he never came up with anything from beginning to end.

Finally, Jurdian and Ray? Kopa and the others could only persuade Yan Shao bitterly, but Yan Shao did not give a word of promise while laughing at their persuasion.

In the end, when there was no other way, Zhu Erdian and the others could only leave Yan Shao empty-handed.

At the same time, Yan Shao seized the time to give Cai Ye an order, asking him to occupy Yekaterinburg as quickly as possible and blockade the entire Ural Mountains, and at the same time telegraphed the Third Army Corps to reach the Caspian coast as quickly as possible, and build a long enough blockade line there to ensure the rule of the Nationalist government in Central Asia―――――― this time Yan Shao planned to swallow the whole of Siberia and most of Central Asia in one go, and see if he could make Russia completely become a European country.

Of course, if you can't, you can retreat to the Aral Sea...

Under Yan Shao's order, Cai Yi, who was preparing in Chelyabinsk, immediately waved his army north.

Only this time they could not take the train, because the railway from Chelyabinsk to Yekaterinburg along the way had been completely dismantled by Yekaterinburg's troops. The battalion commander who withdrew from Chelyabinsk did a very immoral thing on the way out, when he was about to get on the train, he asked his subordinates to get a 75mm field gun on the train, and installed it at the rear of the train, the train in front of him was running, and then he ordered his subordinates to aim the gun at the railway, and after walking a distance, he came to the first gun, and the barrel was scrapped before stopping.

The 75mm field gun, although less powerful, is still easy to use to destroy the railway ...

It is precisely for this reason, coupled with the measures taken by the Yekaterinburg side, that if they want to go to Yekaterinburg, the remaining 200 kilometers, Cai Ye and they can only rely on walking.

Fortunately, the second half of the railway was not damaged, and the supplies from the rear could still be sent, and thousands of trucks came up with the troops and supplies, and with these things, the troops that had arrived in Chelyabinsk were still very mobile.

With Cai's order, the troops who arrived early soon chose to move westward, along the already destroyed railway line in the direction of Yekaterinburg, and many villages and towns along the way were recaptured without resistance...

At the same time, upon learning of the imminent attack on Yekaterinburg, Kolchak returned to Yekaterinburg with a part of his forces, despite the urgency of the front.

At the same time, the Russian Red Army was empathetic and did not continue the offensive.

For them, whether it is Siberia, Central Asia or the Outer Northeast, it is a must-win, including Outer Mongolia. After all, Outer Mongolia is very close to the main artery of Siberia―――――― the Trans-Siberian Railway, and you only need to step a little bit out of the border to easily cut off this main artery.

Even if you can't swallow it, you have to get a buffer out of it...

Now, Siberia has been attacked by the Chinese, and letting Kolchak withdraw troops back is tantamount to making Kolchak desperate for 'their' Siberia. In the same way, in the event of a fierce battle between the two sides, it would be very advantageous for them to return Kolchak to Yekaterinburg ...

In this case, why did the Russian Red Army stop it?

It's just that in this way, Kolchak's troops in Yekaterinburg have reached almost 50,000 people...

In this case, Cai Ye had to consider launching a tough battle (to be continued......