Stanai took a sip of water. He said it was water, but he actually wetted his chapped lips with water.

The wind in Central Asia seems to be hot and dry, and the sun in the sky seems to be setting fire. Eggs buried in the sand will be cooked in a short time.

This is definitely a more difficult place than the Flame Mountain!

Stanai has been to the Flame Mountain, which is right next to Hami. To be honest, Stanai thinks this place deserves to be called the Flame Mountain.

The Central Asia Railway must pass through here, and further north is the Siberian Plain. Although it is more suitable for railway construction there, in winter, the severe cold is the biggest test for the railway tracks.

The railway can only advance to Moscow along the edge of the Siberian Plain, in relatively densely populated areas.

Looking through the telescope, there are Russians planting trees in the distance. They are Eastern Ukrainians who were driven out of their homes by the Hebrews, many of whom are from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

There, the Israelis imposed heavy taxes on the Russians, and 80% of the harvest from the land had to be handed over.

This kind of tax rate can be considered appalling.

But the Hebrews collected taxes like this. Tax collection was not an end, but a means. They wanted to drive as many Russians as possible away from this land.

Because Hebrews from all over the world, even in some parts of Africa, are defecting to Israel one after another.

After the Russians in Donetsk were driven away, a group of black people even came and occupied their land.

How could a black man be a Hebrew? The Russians didn't know. Anyway, they knew that they would starve to death if they stayed in the land left by their ancestors.

The resistance is fierce and brutal. Those Russians who resist taxes will be stripped naked in winter.

Then they were hung on wooden piles on the roadside. The severe cold in Russia could freeze these people into ice sculptures in just one night.

The corpses would sit on the stakes for a whole winter, and their feet would be eaten away by wild dogs and wolves until they were nothing but bones.

The upper body was riddled with holes after being pecked by crows.

The dead are already dead after all, but the living suffer even greater consequences.

Their wives and daughters would appear in the military camp in Sevastopol. In addition to doing laundry and cooking, they also had to be bedfellows at night.

As for their sons, they will become child laborers. When they enter the factory in Sevastopol, they will receive no wages except some food every day.

The life of slavery is so miserable, and the price of resistance is so heavy. I can't live anymore!

The Russians had no choice but to start a life of escape.

The Hebrews even regarded this as a business, and the border guards would pay according to each person. Those who left money could cross the border alive!

If you don't want to leave your money, then leave your life.

After giving up their last pair of pants, the Russians who fled Donetsk and Luhansk finally crossed the border alive.

The Russian border guards were so angry that they had no choice but to do anything because their superiors strictly ordered them not to provoke the Israeli army on the opposite side.

The moment they entered the Russian border, everyone knelt on the ground and kissed the land of the Russian nation.

The people are crying, the soldiers are crying. Everyone is crying!

The descendants of the fighting nation swore that one day they would treat the Hebrews in a more cruel way. They would use their own blood and lives to take back the land left to them by their ancestors.

The shame and pain of the defeated were deeply imprinted on them.

The young men asked to join the army, but were refused.

They were put on trains and transported to Central Asia. Here they were given new land and the so-called tax was to plant trees.

Planting ten trees on both sides of the railway every year can offset the tax on ten acres of land.

The Russians, who survived the catastrophe, carried the seeds of hatred and greened the hot desert.

As long as the conditions are right, they will become the bravest warriors.

Unable to help but take another sip of water, Shitanai told himself that he couldn't drink anymore. In places like Central Asia, you absolutely can't drink to your fill without seeing a well.

God knows when you will be in desperate situation of water shortage.

"This is the most difficult section of the road, and we have to go around the desert. Those woods will prevent the desert from invading the railway. If the desert is not stabilized, the railway will be swallowed up within a few years."

Behind Shi Danai were eight students. These are students who will graduate from the Railway Academy this year, and he will take these children for internships.

Let them know how difficult the road surveying industry is. Only by persevering in this most difficult environment can they become the best road surveying team members.

"Teacher Shi, I heard that the Marshal's fourth brother, the Governor of Jiangnan, also worked for us to survey the road?" A young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes swallowed a mouthful of saliva and moistened his throat, which was about to smoke.

"Yes! Our first railway in the Ming Dynasty, the railway from Jinzhou to the capital, was measured step by step by Mr. Li.

Then he traveled all over the northwest, and even wanted to travel all over the southwest...!

Guys, work hard. The road to success lies at your feet. Not everyone has the opportunity to see this magnificent scenery.

Although the Gobi desert is harsh, it also has its rough beauty."

Stanai pointed to the sand dunes in the distance, and fed these young men of eighteen or nineteen years old crazy chicken soup.

If they are not given sufficient encouragement, they will not be able to persist to their destination.

The construction schedule is very tight, and the Central Asia Railway needs to be surveyed and constructed at the same time. The two teams set off from Moscow and Ili at the same time, moving forward for a common purpose.

This place is the node of the Central Asia Railway—Uralsk!

A little-known town, due to its unique geographical location, became the meeting point of the two surveying pairs.

Now, Stanai is only thirty kilometers away from Uralsk.

The road survey team that set out from Moscow was closer than them, and it was probably that they had already arrived and started to rest.

I like the word rest so much. It means having hot water to take a bath and drinking hot soup.

It had been a long time since he had taken a shower, and Shi Danai had even forgotten the last time he took a shower.

"Captain, look!" A team member pointed to the black smoke in the distance.

The black smoke was so thick and thick that it connected to the sky and the earth. It seemed like it reached heaven and earth!

"That's...!"

"In the direction of Uralsk." Another team member expressed Shitanai's guess.

"Why is there such a big smoke? Something happened in Uralsk."

"Let's go take a look!"

"Don't move! Go toward the mountains over there." Stanai put down the telescope and immediately pointed at the mountains three or four kilometers away.

A group of people rode horses and ran towards the mountains quickly.

"Captain, why do you want to go into the mountain?" A team member was a little puzzled and asked immediately as soon as he reached the mountain.

"The smoke is still coming out. If something happened, then the murderer must still be in Uralsk now!

We, a dozen of us, are going to die. We can take the horse to the back of the mountain and keep an eye on it." Shi Danai scolded the boy angrily.

He doesn't have the slightest bit of care. This kind of kid is fine within the Ming Dynasty, but if he goes outside the country, a few lives won't be enough to kill him.

With two of the most capable young men, holding rifles in their hands, Stanai led the people to the top of the mountain!

The fire in Uralsk is still burning in the distance, and occasionally explosions can be heard faintly.

It could be vaguely heard from thirty kilometers away, which is enough to prove how violent the explosion was.

What is going on, why is Uralsk attacked? Who will attack Uralsk?

This place is already far away from Europe. Deep inland, all forces are relatively weak.

I think Russia has the greatest influence here. How dare anyone dare to touch the Russian city here?

How many troops would be needed to attack a city? Who would have such a large number of troops?

A series of question marks kept flashing in Stanai's head.

There was no answer, and he didn't know what to do. Fortunately, he still had a lot of supplies, so it shouldn't be a problem for him to last for more than ten days.

I just saw that there seems to be a mountain spring inside this mountain. For the road survey team, as long as there is water, the problem is not too big.

Surviving when there is a lack of supplies is a basic skill for a field expedition team.

Inside the telescope, black spots began to appear. They were a large group of cavalry, numbering several thousand.

These people held rifles in their hands and galloped on their horses against a background of thick smoke. Almost everyone had a bloody human head hanging from the neck of their horse.

There were many people, and there were several heads hanging from the horses' necks. The carriages that followed were filled with all kinds of goods, and there were twenty or thirty carriages filled with blond Russian girls.

These people all wore loose black robes and covered their mouths and noses with black cloth scarves. They looked a bit like Persians.

However, Stanai didn't think the Persians would have the courage to anger the Russians and the Ming Empire at the same time.

The direction in which those people were running was exactly at the top of the hill where Stanai was.

Shi Danai's heart suddenly rose to his throat. If these people discovered it, there was absolutely no way he could survive in his profession.

"What should I do? What should I do?" Shitanai muttered involuntarily in a hurry.

Historians have always been Jiangnan scholars who passed down poetry and calligraphy, but it was only in Shi Kefa's era that he came into contact with Qiu Ba.

The descendants of the Shi family are obviously affected by their genes. Their force value is generally not very high, although Shi Danai has participated in several encounters in the Western Regions.

But the Ming army had a large number of troops in the Western Regions, as well as many farming regiments. These farming regiments all had guns. As long as they encountered Han people and were attacked, as long as they ran to the farming regiments, they would be fine.
To be continued...