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Chapter 371 Gold!  gold!

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    "However, the foundation of China's century-long decline is so thin that any measures planned by Zhang Hanqing for the provincial governments in Northeast China will be financially stretched.  If there is no money, when will the great national construction in Zhang Hanqing's mind be realized?

    With the strong enemy Japan lurking around, other imperialist countries will not let China rise. If it cannot quickly develop to a scale of power that the great powers have to face up to, any action taken by Fengjun in the Northeast may be suspended at any time.

    There is a saying that ¡°If you are a lion, you can brag about yourself however you want; but if you are a sheep, excessive obesity will give the other party an excuse to covet you.¡±

    In the past, China¡¯s ability to benefit from the world-famous reform and opening up was closely related to attracting large-scale foreign investment.  But now that World War I has just ended, the whole of Europe is in a state of ruin, and everyone is busy restoring the economy. No country can spend large sums of money to help the Northeast Autonomous Government in economic construction.  Without money, how can this slow growth quickly change the balance of power between China and Japan?

    Where do you get the money from?

    An idea that had been buried in his heart for many years came to his mind more and more strongly. This idea was so strong that Zhang Hanqing once risked breaking with the Japanese in advance to control the Middle Road.  It was this idea that made Zhang Zuolin make a desperate move and firmly supported his eldest son on the issue of the Middle East Road.  I just didn't expect that the Middle East Road would be solved so easily, so I was worried for nothing.

    Early summer, the Marshal¡¯s Mansion.  Gao Jiyi and Ji Yiqiao were ordered to pay an audience with the young marshal.

    As the famous head coach of the "Fengqi Bureau", Gao Jiyi has established an extensive intelligence network in the "Fengqi Bureau" for more than two years since its establishment. His tentacles have spread all over the three eastern provinces, the Far East and even distant Siberia, and he has firmly occupied a leading position in the various systems of the Fengqi Army;  And Jian Yiqiao's special operations brigade is even more elusive. It ranked first in meritorious service in the "Kuanchengzi Incident" and also performed amazingly in the suppression of bandits.  It's just that keeping a low profile is the tradition of this army and is not known to outsiders.  The special operations brigade has been expanded into a special operations brigade. It is a personal soldier of the young marshal and is currently the most powerful unit in the Fengjun Army.

    The land reform and industrial construction in Northeast China are in full swing. It is not an exaggeration to describe the young commander as having a lot of things to do every day. What can you do to yourself?  Both of them are Zhang Hanqing's confidants who were selected from the crowd. It is their desire to make achievements and they are full of excitement before accepting the task.  After all, according to usual practice, the young commander must have something very important to deal with, just like the "Kuanchengzi Incident" years ago.

    Unusually, the young marshal was sitting in the study room of the marshal's mansion instead of the living room, and the one accompanying him was Zhang Zuolin!  Zhang Hanqing's guard captain Jiang Huanan personally stood in front of the hall to greet him, and all other people stayed away. This atmosphere made the two of them feel the importance of what they wanted to talk about today.

    Zhang Hanqing waited for the two of them to sit down and directly arranged the task, which was to try to find out the gold stored in Omsk by Tsarist Russia and try to obtain it.  The young marshal emphasized: "One thing that must be paid attention to is that the Soviet Russia or the Japanese or anyone else cannot know that it was obtained by Fengjun, otherwise all the previous achievements will be wasted!"

    Although they knew that the young marshal's task must be very difficult, when they learned about this task, their brains still couldn't help but buzz.

    Robbery of gold!  Tsarist Russia¡¯s gold!  A full 600 tons of gold!

    Historically, in Northeast Asia, there was an unsolved case that still bothers Russians today. This is the mystery surrounding the disappearance of 600 tons of Tsarist Russian gold.  For this reason, the gold dispute between Russia and Japan lasted for more than 80 years.

    In official history, after the outbreak of World War I, the Russian army retreated steadily on the battlefield.  By the next year, the German army was approaching Petrograd, the Russian capital.  For safety reasons, the Tsar ordered the transfer of the country's gold reserves to the rear.  Soon, about 600 tons of gold bars and coins were transported to Kazan.

    At the beginning of 1918, this batch of gold had been stored in Kazan for three years.  At this time, Soviet Russia had been established, but the domestic situation had not stabilized.  In March 1918, Soviet Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany and withdrew from the First World War.  The Allied Powers such as Britain, France, the United States, and Japan were very frightened by the socialist revolution in Russia. They used Russia's independent peace agreement as an excuse to dispatch troops to intervene in Soviet Russia. Counter-revolutionary forces in Russia also took the opportunity to cause chaos, and several white bandits occupied the country.  Covered a large area of ??land.

    In the turbulent situation, the value of the gold in Kazan was even more evident. Both the Red Army and the White Army realized that this gold might have an important impact on the course of the civil war, because it could purchase a large amount of military equipment and supplies, thereby changing both sides.  power comparison.  In August 1918, Petrov, a white bandit officer, led an army to raid Kazan and seized the gold.

    After learning about the missing gold, the Red Army quickly launched an attack on Petrov's troops.  In order to keep the gold, Petrov handed the gold to Kolchak, the leader of the White Army.  At that time, GoreChak is one of the largest white bandit leaders in Russia. He calls himself the "Supreme Governor of Russia" and has received recognition and support from the West, Japan and other countries.

    After receiving this batch of gold, Kolchak was overjoyed. He quickly transferred the gold to his hometown of Omsk. According to the records left at the time, this batch of gold totaled 583 tons.

    For Zhang Hanqing, who loved reading about the unsolved mysteries of history in his previous life, this huge wealth has been coveted for a long time.  If there are no historical changes, it will not be long before this "Supreme Governor of Russia" will be completely defeated by the devastating attack of the Soviet Russian army. On the way to the Far East along with the gold, Kolchak will meet in Irkuts.  Gram was caught and immediately executed.

    And that gold would be partially ¡°exploited¡± by the Cossack cavalry near Chita under the protection of Petrov, and then defrauded by the Japanese in Manchuria on harsh terms.  It is estimated that the value of this gold was twice the national fiscal revenue of Japan at the time.

    But what is ironic is that the Japanese troops stationed in Manchuria did not hand over the gold to the Japanese government.  In the report they submitted, they did not mention Petrov's gold at all, but wrote: "On April 19, 1920, the troops encountered bandits near Manzhouli, annihilated all the enemies and captured many trophies. These trophies have been disposed of  , offset daily expenses."

    In fact, a considerable part of the gold was divided up by Japanese commanders.  Historical data shows that after returning from China, a senior Japanese military officer became rich overnight, became the leader of Japan's largest political party, and began to compete for the throne of Prime Minister.  Later, it was revealed that he had embezzled Russian gold in China, but the prosecutor who investigated the matter was mysteriously assassinated, and the case was eventually dropped.

    The remaining gold was transferred by the Japanese army to a warehouse in northern Tokyo.  Then, they played a deceitful trick: they first secretly moved the gold away, and then set the warehouse on fire. After that, the whereabouts of this batch of gold were completely unknown.  From then on, this priceless gold led to the spat between Russia and Japan that lasted for 80 years, becoming a highlight before Zhang Hanqing traveled through time.

    Gao Jiyi personally led the elites to the extremely cold places of Siberia to carry out the very important task solemnly assigned by the young marshal.  Zhang Zuolin and Zhang Hanqing personally classified this task as top secret, and it was called "Operation Huang".  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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