Chapter 376 Czech

The bitter cold wind roared, and the blizzard thrust on the body like a tug of war, bringing indescribable suffering to the rare large-scale migration crowd in history.

On the snow-white earth, people are like moving zombies. Their thoughts in their minds have long been frozen by the cold temperature, and only their feet are still moving instinctively, one left and one right.

"Plop..."

A middle-aged man dressed in a monk fell into the snow, but a middle-aged man dressed in the same way was just walking by him numbly.

The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and the entire universe seemed to be a huge package sealed by snowflakes. At first, the commander shouted "Don't sleep" at the top of his lungs to inspire people. But later, even they themselves were lured by the sleeping god.

At this point, the situation is quite good, and only Kolchak and others who are hiding from the cold weather in the train are left.

However, how much better can you get in a car that is airtight everywhere than outside the train?

“…………”

Sitting in the train car, Kolchak silently headed out the window.

There was no warm bedroom in the car he was sitting in, and there was not even a softer bed. The car he was in was only the more than a thousand tons of gold and the various supplies that the entire team urgently needed. Even he himself sat on a box of gold. This is why no one attacked the train until now.

Because except for gold, which is used to metal, the rest is food and other materials that maintain the life of the entire team. If people marching in a low temperature of more than minus fifty degrees Celsius, at least they have a certain chance of survival, then if the materials carried by the train are gone...

"General, drink some wine to warm your body..."

Walking to Kolchak's side, Kolchak's adjutant spoke, and handed a cup full of white wine to Kolchak's hand.

"General, take a sip. Although the wine sold by the Chinese is not as good as our own vodka, it is better now than drinking it without..."

While speaking, Kolchak's adjutant expressed contempt for the low alcohol content of Chinese liquor. It seems that the adjutant did not understand that wine with high alcohol content does not mean that he is a good wine...

Seeing the wine glass handed over by the adjutant, Kolchak reached out to pick it up.

Although unlike the ordinary soldiers or entourage below, Kolchak can stay in the train, in order to transport as much as possible, Kolchak takes a freight train.

Freight trains, the carriages of this kind of train must not be compared with passenger transport. Just like the trains that Kolchak took, there are wind leaks in many parts of the carriage. Therefore, although it is in the carriage, the temperature in the carriage may not be much higher than that outside.

So now Kolchak does need a glass of strong wine that can warm up his body.

However, just as Kolchak was about to take over the liquor handed over by his adjutant...

"Plop..."

There was a sound of people falling to the ground outside. Kolchak just looked outside and saw a soldier following him lying on the snow.

And just like the person who fell to the ground just now, the soldier who fell to the ground also ignored...

"well…"

Seeing the soldier who fell to the ground gradually getting farther away from the train, Kolchak sighed heavily and said with a lot of blame.

"It's all my fault, if I didn't..."

Hearing that Kolchak was blaming himself there, Kolchak's adjutant quickly persuaded.

"General, there is a saying among Chinese people that there are unexpected situations in the world. How can the current situation be blamed on the general!!!"

Indeed, Kolchak cannot be blamed for the current situation.

Take the Tomsk where Kolchak and his party are now located. Tomsk is generally located on the right bank of the Tomice River, 50 kilometers away from the Tomice River to the Ob River, and the straight-line distance from Moscow is 3,500 kilometers. The city is connected to the Siberian Railway through the Bereal-Asino-Taiga Railway.

In previous years, the average annual temperature in Tomsk was -0.6°c. The frost-free period was about 100-105 days per year.

At the same time, the average temperature in Tomsk in January is 19.2°C, which seems to be very cold, but for the Russians, the weather around -20°C is not considered cold at all. In fact, the weather around 20°C is at most equivalent to the winter in northern China.

Although Siberia is indeed very cold, it is normal for many places to reach minus 50 degrees Celsius. However, if you walk on the Tomsk line, the temperature in January is at most minus 2 or 30 degrees Celsius. If you march in such a climate, it is difficult but you are not helpless.

However, as the adjutant said, there are unexpected situations in the world, and no one could have imagined that Kolchak had just led his team to move to the Far East, and the climate in Siberia would suddenly drop.

Moreover, this reduction is not an ordinary reduction, and it suddenly dropped from more than minus 20 degrees Celsius to minus 60 degrees Celsius...

Even Kolchak did not expect such a large climate change.

Therefore, everything at the moment can only be described by the words "There is an unexpected situation" in the sky.

Just as Kolchak and his adjutant sighed there, a nearby nobleman spoke.

"General, the weather is so cold now. What do you think if we turn our direction and move towards the sphere of influence of the Chinese in the south? If we continue like this, we may not be long before all of our people will freeze to death here..."

When it came to the time when he was frozen to death, a look of fear appeared on the noble's face.

I can only say that no matter when, people have to be divided into levels.

Even at this time, some truly statured people can still get some convenience, just like this noble. Although he himself has not made much contribution to the White Army, because he is the most noble former Russian aristocrat among the White Army today, he, his family and a few other nobles, are fortunate to be able to squeeze into the same carriage with gold or food and other supplies. Although the air leaks everywhere in the carriage, the temperature in the carriage may not be much warmer than outside. At least when sitting in the train, there is no need to march in the snow like outside like people outside. Therefore, the people in the carriage are at least much higher than those outside in terms of survival. After all, this can save more energy.

"Walking south is probably an infeasible thing." Kolchak continued without waiting for the noble to speak. "It takes at least six or seven hundred kilometers from Tomsk to the sphere of influence. It takes such a long journey, even if we throw gold away and don't have the train to transport grain and tent supplies, we may have been frozen to death before we even walked a hundred kilometers away..."

That's it. If walking southward is still a good solution when the weather has not dropped to minus 60 degrees Celsius, then marching southward is already a total suicide act when the temperature has dropped to minus 60 degrees Celsius.

In extremely cold weather, even the Siberian breeders who were pulling sleds died one by one. Without these Siberian Malay supplies, how far can these ordinary humans go?

In the case of hunger and cold, they may have several times more likely to die.

After all, whether it is humans, horses and other creatures, they are really too fragile in such cold weather.

Therefore, the only life of Kolchak now is on the Siberian Railway that runs through the entire Siberian Railway. As long as they continue to walk along the Siberian Railway, they will at least struggle to the death if there are trains to transport various materials.

But if you leave the railway, it is impossible to get rid of the supplies by just pulling a sled...

"But luckily, when I was in Ural, I bought a large amount of supplies from the Chinese, including tents. Otherwise, the number of casualties now would be much higher."

When he said this, Kolchak's face was full of gladness.

Indeed, when he was in Ural, Kolchak had more than 1,600 tons of gold in his hand, so he adhered to the spirit of not using it for nothing. Kolchak not only bought a large amount of weapons, ammunition, grain, and Yu Dong's quilts and tents from Jiang Baili.

The reason why Kolchak's team can survive until now is also related to the quilts and tents they purchased. If it weren't for these tents and Yudong quilts, Kolchak's team would have been able to reduce its staff by half now.

"Can we continue to move on..."

"Yes, go on, keep going..."

When he said this, a hint of ferociousness appeared on Kolchak's face.

Although he was extremely afraid of the uncertain future and the ongoing cold winter, everyone in the car knew that Kolchak did not deceive them just now.

In the weather of minus 60 degrees Celsius, if you move south away from the Siberian Railway, you may not have entered the Chinese Outer Mongolia or Kazakhstan, which is already under the control of the Chinese, and those who go south may have starved to death or freezed to death halfway.

And like now, although it is still very simple, at least when you stay, people can live in tents, so...

"Stay going forward..."

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“QuquQuQ…”

When the sky was already dark, Yan Guangzheng kept tapping the table with his fingers in the conference room of the Presidential Palace.

It took Yan Guang five or six minutes to make noise that he stopped his movements and looked at Xu Shichang on the side.

"Where is that Kolchak's team now?"

Because the meeting itself was discussing Kolchak's issue, Xu Shichang had already returned to Taoism not long after.

"Kolchak's team is still in Tomsk, but it is moving towards Yurga."

"So..." Yan Guang pondered for a moment. "Then is it possible that they will live to Irkutsk?"

Irkutsk is a city located near Lake Baikal.

At the same time, this city is also one of the destinations of Kolchak and his delegation. As part of the Siberian Railway, Kolchak and his delegation will definitely pass through this city.

And this is also the reason why Yan Guang asked this.

Because Irkutsk is only more than 100 kilometers away from the Outer Mongolia border controlled by China. Compared with the current Kazakhstan, the distance of Irkutsk is much shorter now.

Moreover, what is happening in Tomsk now is indeed a bit daunting.

After all, no matter what, the temperature of minus 60 degrees Celsius is not something that ordinary people can bear.

Yan Guang, Xu Shichang and others were very confident, and they were very confident in the defense force they created. They believed that no matter what kind of enemy they were standing in front of them, the defense force they created would not lose to the other side.

but…

What is happening in Siberia now is really irresistible by human power...

When Xu Shichang heard Yan Guang's words, he smiled bitterly.

"President, this is really..."

Xu Shichang couldn't answer Yan Guang's question.

After all, Kolchak and his party are now facing a cold winter of minus 60 degrees Celsius. Xu Shichang has not encountered such a cold weather for so many years, so he has no way to answer Yan Guang.

However, in Xu Shichang's view, if Kolchak could leave his team and take the train to Irkutsk directly, the chance of survival would be quite high.

only…

If Kolchak really dared to do this, he wouldn't have to do his followers, but those white soldiers who were originally responsible for protecting him would probably have to kill him with guns.

“It’s really difficult…”

Shake his head.

"Isn't Xiong Kewu in Outer Mongolia now?"
To be continued...