In the eyes of Comrade Steel, this Chinese Marxist named Zhang San was a spy who wanted to buy him and fool him by showing favor to him, and if that was the case, then he swore that he would be put to death. But what made him gradually relax his vigilance was that on the first day, after promising to find a way to get nineteen jackal chariots retired from the Baath Army and let his companions fly back, he stayed in the last carriage of the special train every day and did nothing, without any intention of spying on intelligence or trying to buy him.

It was a very depressing thing for a soldier who was armed to the teeth and defended himself well not to be attacked by the enemy, but Comrade Iron was so strong that a week later he said to his secretary: "That spy...... What are the Chinese doing? ”

"He's reading Max's Das Kapital carefully," Lori glanced at Uncle Steel, then added, "Coba, I don't think this man is a spy......"

"Then you'd be wrong. The first time I saw him, I knew he must be a spy, but his purpose was different from that of a normal spy. Uncle Iron interrupts Lori and dismisses her comment. But what he didn't know was that it was such an innocent and kind, blank sheet of paper that could win his love, and if it was a revolutionary female soldier who had struggled, he would have been shot or thrown into a labor camp. "Arrange an extra seat for dinner, and you go and invite him over for dinner."

Comrade Stalin's train was probably the most comfortable place in the whole of Tsaritsyn, at least the food here was good and very 'safe' - the train was guarded by more than 400 people. In the last Kazakh mission, Hu Wenyao pretended to be an uncle, but this time, in front of Comrade Steel, he didn't mind being a deflated three.

Recalling the words Kazakh made Hu Wenyao feel a little palpitating. He felt like he was cold-blooded. Yang Zengxin, the governor who didn't want to be a bureaucracy, was even more cold-blooded, and the Kazakh Arash party that was fooled by him was all executed by Yang Zengxin by borrowing the hands of the Mongols; The local Kazakh aristocracy and schools were also branded as Russian spies, and they were taken down by the excited Kazakh herdsmen. The whole of Kazakhstan, with the exception of mosques, has been transformed into a wild place. What kind of people are best enslaved? The answer is that the illiterate and thoughtless people are better enslaved, as is the case in Kazakhstan today.

When Hu Wenyao was thinking about the Kazakh past, the guards outside the carriage actually told him that Comrade Stalin had invited him to dinner.

It was already night outside, and the main compartment was brightly lit. Although it was only a carriage, this Tsarist carriage exudes the luxury of the era, with velvet cushions, crystal lamps, thick, ornate Persian carpets, and elegant gold and silver decorations throughout. No wonder Stalin was reluctant to live in Tsaritsyn. Amid the tempting aroma of fried steak coming from the kitchen of the dining car, aperitifs were served.

"Is this your name, Comrade Zhang San?" Comrade Stalin held his pipe and looked at the spy in front of him with squinting eyes.

"No, it's not." Although he had only been in contact with him once, Hu Wenyao still had a certain understanding of Comrade Steel. "Because of some needs, I often change some names, and Zhang San is the most commonly used."

I couldn't help but laugh. Comrade Stalin took the pipe from his mouth and said: "You are more honest than I thought. So what is your purpose here? ”

"Purpose?" Hu Wenyao also smiled: "This is the most incomprehensible thing for me, the order I received before I came was: everything needed to meet Comrade Stalin, including weapons!" Then I called back to confirm, and the boss only gave me one sentence......" Hu Wenyao glanced at Comrade Stalin, who was listening intently, and said with a smile: "...... Your Excellency the Prime Minister said that he would like to express his friendship with you. ”

"Haha......" Comrade Iron laughed rarely. The thick beard was shaking. Hu Wenyao's smile at him was not strange, but little Lori, who was coming from the dining car, was surprised, because this was the most laughing Uncle Iron had laughed at in months. "If friendship is really to be expressed, Your Excellency the Prime Minister should refuse to recognize Belarus and return to our country the territories that once belonged to Russia." Stalin Road.

"I think so, too." Hu Wenyao nodded. "From a normal point of view, if our country wants to acquire land, it should mobilize a million revival troops directly from Orenburg to the Volga with Britain, the United States, Japan and France, and then march to Moscow with the Czech Army and the White Army in the east......"

"China has been at war, and you still have such troops and military spending?" Hearing Hu Wenyao talk about the war, Comrade Stalin immediately became serious, his teeth gritted his pipe again, and he felt a threat.

"There are many Chinese, and although there has been a war since the founding of the country, the reserve is also being built. Of the forty-eight standing divisions, only twenty went to Europe. With another 20 standing divisions as the core, 60 more reserve divisions were mobilized, which was only the scale of the Sino-Japanese war. As for military spending, the world's ocean-going shipping is now controlled by China and Japan, and the monthly shipping income exceeds 100 million Chinese yuan, and the cabinet is already worried that if this money is not controlled, it will cause prices to soar, and then the people will have to live in poverty. ”

Hu Wenyao said his opinion, his expression tried not to show a hint of threat, but Stalin's eyes still narrowed. "The main thing is that our Prime Minister does not agree with the plans of the British and Americans, although the Russians also promised that if our country sends troops, Central Asia can be ceded to us immediately, and even the Far East can be considered for cession, but the Prime Minister said that he is not Napoleon."

Hu Wenyao's last sentence softened Comrade Steel's somewhat stiff body, and he understood that the other party was telling the truth. During the Sino-Japanese War, the newspapers once gave a detailed account of the comparison of forces between China and Japan and the situation of the war. The details of the battles of Liaodong, Yangcun, and Qinhuangdao, as well as the subsequent Taiwan landings, Tieling, Zhili, and Korea, were all published in the newspapers of the revolutionary party, and they stimulated everyone's nerves -- this was the victory of revolutionaries all over the world. Comrade Stalin, who was in exile at that time, was also excited by this, and he still remembers a lot of the names of the Chinese generals in the newspapers, the numbers of the main divisions of the Baath Army, and the names of the snipers. In his opinion, China's failure to assist Belarus was the greatest boon to the Bolsheviks.

"But Belarus is getting a large number of Chinese weapons...... Stalin, in order to hide his discomfort, stretched out his hand and raised his glass to signal Hu Wenyao to drink.

"There's no way around it." Hu Wenyao took a sip of aperitif and said: "This is the previous order from the Russians, and the weapons company has not yet finished delivering, so it has to continue to deliver." It's just a continuation of the previous business. In fact, the real lot of weapons on the Belarusian side is not Chinese weapons, but Japanese-made weapons, and it is said that the American loans of the provisional government have not been used up, and there are tens of millions of dollars, and the Americans and the provisional government have handed over this money to Japan to buy weapons to arm Belarus. ”

"Japanese?" Stalin whispered.

"Yes. Japanese. Hu Wenyao said. It is said that they also rescued the Tsar's family and are now about to send them to Tokyo. ”

The affairs of the Tsar were extremely secretive, at least within the Bolsheviks. Stalin was surprised: "This is true? ”

"Of course it's true. The Provisional Government of Omsk also protested against this, and now the tsar is in Semiy, the Governorate of the steppe. Hu Wenyao said. The Japanese have emperors, so they are extremely courteous to all emperors. ”

"What a backward monarchy!" Stalin bit his pipe and cursed. He didn't want to talk about anything else, but asked, "How much food has your Excellency the Prime Minister agreed to give us?" ”

"Not 'we'." Hu Wenyao corrected with some rudeness: "Food is just his friendship aid to you, and the amount depends on your requirements, as long as the amount is not too huge, lest our government be blamed by various countries." ”

"Then I need ......" Stalin somewhat did not understand the logic of Chinese. You must know that he has not met Chinese Premier Yang Jingcheng. If the Chinese really want to support Ulyyanov's successor, it is also one of Kamiev and Zinoevich, both of whom went to China seven years ago. With this in mind, Comrade Iron thought that it was not enough for him to carry only 100,000 poods of grain to Moscow after arriving in Tsaritsyn. So, at last, he said, "I need 10 million poods of food, and to hold Tsaritsyn." I need five hundred machine guns, as well as the same number of artillery. ”

"10 million poods of grain...... "One pood made in Russia is equal to 16.38 kilograms, and 10 million is actually 163,800 tons of grain. This cannot be said too much, nor can it be said too little, you must know that there are now 500,000 tons of grain in the country to support Persia. As for 500 machine guns and 500 artillery pieces, this is not so easy to solve, Hu Wenyao thought in his heart, and only said. "There are no problems with food, there are no problems with machine guns in weapons, but there are big problems with artillery. Artillery transportation because there was no packaging, so many cannons were transported to the Western Regions, on board ships from Krasnovodsk. The British will definitely see it, so ......, I think mortars are the most suitable. Five hundred 60 mortars are enough for you to crush the Whites to slag. ”

"Good!" Comrade Steel, who was secretly relieved, actually took out a small book from his pocket, and then solemnly recorded the data, and as he was writing, he thought of another question, and said: "I also need a sufficient amount of ammunition." ”

"Of course!" Hu Wenyao said. "Each machine gun is equipped with 20,000 rounds of ammunition, for a total of 10 million rounds of machine gun ammunition. Each 60 mortar is equipped with 1,000 rounds of artillery shells......"

"No, at least three thousand shells are needed." Comrade Iron knew that the machine gun had ammunition on his side, but he had never heard of a mortar at all, and when a thousand shells were used up, there might be no more shells, and he had to ask for two thousand more shells.

"Okay." Hu Wenyao glanced at Comrade Iron and Steel and had to nod. "That's 1.5 million shells. Combined, these munitions are probably more than three thousand tons......"

"When can I get things here?" Hu Wenyao was silently calculating, and Stalin kept the little book closed.

"The fastest grain is now available in the port of Krasnovodsk, and the 2,000-kilometer water journey will take up to five days. Weapons are about to be transferred from the country, and I think it will take 10 days to transport them from Kannai to Krasnovodsk, which adds up to at least 15 days. Hu Wenyao said.

"So what do you need? Collect rubles, gold and what else? Stalin asked.

"No, you don't need anything, you can sign it, and you can return it in the future if it's convenient for you." Hu Wenyao said with a smile. He was afraid that the other party would be worried, and said: "There is no conspiracy in this, just like the succession of the dynasty to compete for the crown, Your Excellency the Prime Minister thinks that you will definitely lead the whole of Russia in the future." He hopes to establish friendship with you, so that China and Russia can live in peace. Eliminate war. ”

Perhaps this was the intention of the other side, Stalin thought in his heart. Smoke burned in the butts, smoke came out of his nostrils, and it took him a while before he said, "Why did you choose me, and not ......?" Stalin suddenly remembered another person, "...... Why not Trotsky? ”

"Because the Prime Minister doesn't like Trotsky." Hu Wenyao said. "He has seen photographs of all the comrades of the All-Russian and Chinese Executive Committee. Knowing also the revolutionary course of these people, he believed that at the side of the great Comrade Ulyanov, only your talents and qualifications could make it possible to consolidate Soviet power, and the others were either already degenerate or too young. Although it has been suggested that it would be in our best interest for Russia to be weakened forever, the Prime Minister rejects this view.

He believed that without a strong Russia, European imperialism would be more brazen in plundering the eastern colonies. And to help the restoration of Belarus is simply to hang yourself. Because one day White Russia will encircle and exterminate our country together with imperialism. Our country wants a Soviet Russia stronger than tsarist Russia to suppress Europe, and in the Central Executive Committee only you can do this. ”

"Then if the Soviets and ...... What about imperialism uniting? "The sycophant comrade of steel is extremely useful. He couldn't find a reason to refute it, and even if he found one, it sounded so far-fetched.

"Of course, this is possible, but compared to the Gobi Desert, Yuz, the Western Regions, and the desolate Mongolian Plateau, Ukraine and rich Europe are more attractive." Hu Wenyao said. "Of course, I don't know much about that. I only know that Central Asia and Mongolia are actually worthless, and my country is not opposed to Russia's control of the Trans-Siberian Railway and the seaport of Vladivostok. You built it, so the property rights are still yours. All we want is to get back the land that was usurped by the autocratic tsar and help the people of Central Asia become independent. That's all, there is no intention of encroaching on Russian territory. If it had been annexed, the Baath Army would have occupied Irkutsk or the oil city of Baku a long time ago. ”

If you think about it, the Chinese really did not do too much, at least their occupation was very restrained - when this kind of thinking suddenly appeared in his heart, Comrade Iron immediately stopped it. The Central Executive Committee, which asked China for material aid earlier this year and was rejected by them, is now so generous to themselves. Although it was for friendship, who knows what their real intentions were, and if the weapons and food for Chinese really arrived, then they would have to report to Comrade Ulyanov......

Comrade Iron and Steel was suspecting that this was a Chinese trick, and the guards outside reported: "Comrade Commissioner." Comrade Minin and Comrade Voroshinov have an emergency to report to you. ”

Locally in Tsaritsyn, the main supporters of Stalin were Voroshinov in the army and the chairman of the local Soviet. Healthy. Minin, having arrested or dismissed the old White Russian officers appointed by Trotsky and those who did not obey the orders of Comrade Steel, they were already able to represent the entire North Caucasus Military District, and now that the two men came together to report, there must be something important.

"Invite them in." Stalin said.

and the chairman of the local Soviets, Tse. Healthy. Compared with Minin, Voroshinov and Stalin are naturally old acquaintances, so he is at the forefront. When he entered the carriage and saw Hu Wenyao standing behind Comrade Stalin, he laughed loudly: "Report to Comrade Stalin, Comrade Zhang San's armored vehicles have arrived in Astrakhan, and maybe we will be able to see them tomorrow afternoon." ”

After Voroshinov finished speaking, he gave Hu Wenyao a bear hug, but Minin, who came with him, said: "Comrade Stalin, the white bandit army is approaching Tsaritsyn, they will soon advance to the city of Tsaritsyn, we can't only have ironclad cars, we also need machine guns and artillery." I counted it, and it takes at least ......"

"Comrade Minin, cannons and machine guns are coming." Comrade Stalin said confidently that the smoke in the pipe was slowly rising, and all this was in the hands of Comrade Steel, and this feeling was wonderful!

"But the white bandits are about to fight." Voroshinov let go of Hu Wenyao and said, "We need to get machine guns and artillery right away, just like armored vehicles." ”

In fact, the offensive of the Cossack army led by Krasnov into the North Caucasus began in July, but the fighting did not take place near Tsaritsyn for the time being. But now, the fighting on the outskirts was over, and the menacing Cossacks intended to occupy Tsaritsyn and establish contact with the Czech Corps and the Provisional Government. Historically, Comrade Stalin, the Kalmyk cavalry, relied on this place to defend Tsaritsyn, but today, there are no Kalmyks here, only Hu Wenyao.

With Voroshinov's proposal, Stalin turned his gaze. He signaled to Hu Wenyao if he could deliver the weapons he had promised to help earlier. Hu Wenyao, who understood what he meant, said: "I can only make a final answer after contacting the comrades in China, and this time they can transport the armored combat vehicle so quickly, it is really ...... It was really beyond my expectations. ”

Hu Wenyao was indeed surprised that the tanks had arrived so quickly in China, but when he saw them the next afternoon, he was even more surprised - this was not a retired jackal chariot at all, it was completely an active jackal chariot. It's no wonder it arrived so quickly. Simply it was called up directly from the armored battalion stationed in Krasnovodsk.

Three 500-ton river boats were loaded with nineteen combat vehicles, which was the standard configuration of an armored company, six in each row, and the other was a company commander's command vehicle. Somewhat different from the armored company of the Baxing Army, these nineteen combat vehicles are all jackal fighting vehicles, while the armored company of the Baxing Army is two platoons of jackals and one platoon of wolves; In addition, the military emblem and vehicle number of the Fuxing Army on the body have been erased, except for the old ones, there is no difference in appearance from the foreign trade monkey version of the jackal.

Hu Wenyao knows these details. But Comrade Stalin, Comrade Voroshinov of the 10th Army, political commissars Shatenko, Budyonny and a number of other comrades, who were watching from the Volga pier, had never seen such a weapon. They were just talking about the shape of these ironclad cars: no wheels, a strange head with a thin tube stuck in it......

"Comrade Zhang Shan, can this car be driven?" The commander of the cavalry division, Budyonny, was also invited to watch the ironclad chariot because of Stalin's attention, but he was suspicious of such a guy without wheels.

"Of course." In front of everyone's eyes, the first combat vehicle had already started with a bang, and black smoke was spewing out from the exhaust pipe at the rear of the combat vehicle, with the operation of the escort personnel. It had carefully driven down from the steel plate between the chord side and the trestle, and then drove down the trestle to the dock side.

With the chariot moving. The Bolsheviks were dizzy when they saw the track running without beginning and end, and Voroshinov didn't dare to look at the track without beginning and end, so he only pointed at the 20mm machine gun and said, "This is artillery?" ”

"Yes, 20mm guns, very strong firepower. In addition to the turret machine gun, there seems to be a Maxim machine gun in the driver's position. Hu Wenyao said with a little pride. With a crew of four, the off-road speed is 15 to 20 kilometers per hour, and the road speed is more than 25 kilometers per hour, and it can run 150 kilometers with a full tank of fuel. Nineteen jackals if they work well with the infantry. It is completely possible to disperse an infantry division of the enemy. The Germans gathered 500 chariots to encircle and annihilate the 200,000 French troops and occupy Paris. I think these tanks will be enough for the Cossacks led by Krasnov. ”

"But I think I need more tanks!" Although Voroshinov had never seen a chariot fight, he only felt an inexplicable panic in his heart the moment the thin barrel of the chariot turned at him just now. At first, he thought that the chariot was just a car with iron armor, but when he saw the tracks and heard that its cross-country speed could reach fifteen kilometers, he immediately felt that it was a sharp weapon in the field. Think about it, a chariot made entirely of steel, firing guns and guns, the enemy on the opposite side has no weapons to resist at all, what can he do but flee and surrender.

"Comrade commander, the number can be increased, the question is how many soldiers do you have who will drive it and use it?" Hu Wenyao asked with a smile.

"A soldier who can drive it?" Voroshilov thought about this problem, and Comrade Stalin thought about it when he heard about it. "I think I can pull some drivers from Moscow." Comrade Commander said.

"Then let's send 80 loyal revolutionary comrades to study first, and then I will ask the comrades in China to find a way to get a batch to transport them." Hu Wenyao said. The price of a jackal foreign trade monkey version is 20,000 Chinese yuan, one with accessories is 600,000 Chinese yuan, and two are 1.2 million yuan. The price is not a problem, at the current price, it will take at least 100 yuan to transport one ton of grain to Tsarizin, and 160,000 tons will be 16 million Chinese yuan. The point is not to allow the Russians to master the armored tactics of the system, so two armored companies are the limit of assistance.

Thinking so in his heart, Hu Wenyao found another excuse, he whispered to Comrade Stalin: "In fact, the aid tank is too easy to expose. This kind of thing is more noticeable than artillery and airplanes, and as soon as a chariot appears on the battlefield, countries will immediately pay attention, and in the absence of diplomatic relations with your country, we will be very passive diplomatically. (To be continued......)