Imperial Elite

Chapter 113 The Road to Death Leading to Gold

Generally speaking, the Far East is not a region suitable for human habitation.

The wind is too cold and the snow is too heavy here. There are more bears baring their teeth on the road than people walking on it. All you can see are trees.

It's really not a good place to raise people.

If you rely solely on walking, it's quite normal to walk for days without seeing anyone.

Even if you ride a horse, it's considered good if you can see people within a few days.

Even though the Lucia government built railways and improved transportation conditions, the Far East region was still largely a vast, cold, and uninhabited area.

This situation could be troublesome for others, such as if someone wanted to attack the Russian Empire by land, they would not have a quick and easy way to use the railway to penetrate into the heart of Russia.

Instead, rail-changing operations need to be carried out at the transfer station, which can effectively reduce the other party's resupply efficiency.

But for Joe, the wide rails, which are different from the mainstream narrow rails, are much more comfortable and powerful.

Firstly, with the adoption of broad gauge, the carriages became larger, allowing for the transport of more items and making the train more comfortable for passengers.

This also means that Joe can perform an acrobatic act he's wanted to do for a long time but never had the chance to: armored train assault.

As we all know, armored trains are incredibly powerful. If it weren't for the fact that they need rails to run, they would essentially be land-based battleships.

So, as an ordinary person who admires the idea that bigger is better and more is more beautiful, and has a simple traditional aesthetic, Joe knew that armored trains were a transitional product before the emergence and development of tanks.

But for this kind of thing that was characteristic of its time, Joe kept wondering if there was a possibility, just a possibility.

He could make this thing, like a land-based aircraft carrier, lead troops to rampage across the land, and once it arrived at its destination, have the tanks jump off the train to give the enemy a small mechanized shock.

Such an idea would naturally be difficult to realize given the insane firepower density of the Old World.

But in the Far East...

Joe thought he could give it a try.

There happened to be an armored train in this port city that had not yet been armed.

Although the layout of this armored train suggests that the armored vehicle was designed solely to deal with infantry, the weapon slots on the vehicle are only designed to hold light weapons.

But it doesn't matter, Wagner's own firepower is enough to solve all the problems.

In fact, Wagner encountered some minor troubles on the very first day after setting off.

Unlike Buntania, which has colonies all over the world, Lucia is not able to throw those who displease His Majesty to the ends of the earth.

Therefore, Tsar Lucia chose a slightly more humane approach.

Go to the Far East and see the Far Eastern Golden Shaded Dogs and the Far Eastern Giant Hamsters baring their teeth.

Although there are a million ways to offend the Tsar, no matter which of those ten thousand ways...

There's a prerequisite for all of this: the person has to have guts.

So, after this group of ruthless and courageous individuals survived the natural selection process in the wild and untamed Far East, the remaining survivors all shared a striking characteristic: wildness.

Whether supporting the left or the right in the civil war, they chose to let their actions speak for themselves, so even in the areas controlled by the other side, there were guerrillas from the other side active.

So on the first day of their journey to Lake Baikal by armored train, the train was attacked three times because Joe had not hung any flags on it.

Although these attacks were harmless to Joe, and for an attack of this level, there was no need to deploy a company or battalion-level force; a platoon would be enough to handle them.

However, an armored train with no markings and ridiculously high firepower suddenly appeared on the railway.

This left all the various factions in the Far East completely baffled.

What the hell is this thing? It's so incredibly powerful!
In fact, after Wagner's forced landing, the already chaotic situation in the Far East became even more chaotic.

Because this region is somewhat far from the central government's reach, the situation in the Far East was actually more chaotic from the beginning compared to the Near East.

Besides the major battles between the left and right, there were also some foreign interventionist forces that wished to remain anonymous, national independence movements, and a large number of strange and unusual organizations.

However, due to the vast area and sparse population, the intensity of the battles was not that high, and it was also too remote, so not many people in the Old World paid attention to the situation here.

But just because not many people are paying attention doesn't mean no one is paying attention.

In particular, the city that Joe chose to land in, although it was still a little distance from the largest city in the Far East, was already the largest city controlled by the former Lusian Empire in the Far East.

The reason why this city still had such a relaxed atmosphere during the war was that the port was an important gateway for the right-wing Lucian Frontier Government to receive foreign supplies.

Wagner's sudden seizure of the port city and the commencement of military operations left the Lucian border government, which already controlled the area, completely bewildered.

In particular, the government officials who had become familiar with the film crew had absolutely no idea what the hell was going on.

How the hell did someone end up taking over the city while filming a movie?
If they hadn't had a good relationship with the film crew before, they would have almost thought that the left had infiltrated the city and started a revolution.

Fortunately, since both sides were quite familiar with each other, and Wagner exercised restraint during the operation, except for being slightly more aggressive in his methods of occupying the military camp and disarming the troops.

They did not harm these government officials in any way, and although they theoretically occupied the city, Wagner did not interfere with its administration.

These government officials continued to do what they were supposed to do, and even the weapons and equipment sent to the port by foreign interventionist forces were simply sealed up by Wagner.

Furthermore, Wagner basically ignored municipal funds and other things, acting as if he didn't care what anyone did, as he had no needs or desires for them and it was none of their business.

This puzzled local government officials.

Wagner's behavior was as absurd as someone traveling all the way from London to St. Petersburg by ship, doing nothing but shaving the fur off a cat's head before preparing to go fishing in Lake Baikal.

You always need something when you come here, right?

Then, it is a large city that is still a little distance from the largest city in the Far East.

There were still some people here who read books and newspapers frequently. These people quickly recognized that these people were using Bunitania equipment, and then confirmed that the people who came were Wagner by the armbands on their clothes.

Then these municipal officials were even more confused. Wasn't Old Joe fucking dead?
What is he doing in the Far East?
Wagner's completely irrational actions only further confused the local officials.

However, since Wagner did not interfere much in their daily administration, the local officials and citizens did not have much of a negative reaction to his arrival.

However, Wagner maintained strict control over places like the Telegraph Building, trying to buy Joe more time for his operations.

At the same time, the former military camp was directly converted into a prisoner-of-war camp.

Although it was called a prisoner-of-war camp, apart from not being able to leave the military camp, not having weapons, and not conducting military training, everything else about food, clothing, and daily necessities remained basically the same.

This meant that the soldiers confined in the military camps didn't have much to complain about regarding their treatment.

Of course, Joe knew that this was a continuous but unsustainable thing, so after acquiring the armored train, he left behind only a small force to ensure that the port remained under his control.

Joe led the remaining troops northward without looking back, and soon he experienced firsthand the warm hospitality of the Far East.

The good news was that during the five-hour journey to the next station, Joe only encountered two sniper attacks and one guerrilla ambush that sabotaged the railway.

For an attack of this magnitude, Wagner didn't even need to stop or get out of the car; he simply charged forward, firing his machine gun.

Of the three attacks, everyone was unharmed except for one unlucky man who was grazed in the arm by a bullet!

The bad news was that the next stop for the armored train to resupply water and coal was Twin Cities, where Joe encountered fierce resistance.

Because this mission was best kept quiet, the Far Eastern frontier government knew that something was amiss in the port area, but they were unaware of what had happened.

Coincidentally, Twin Cities was also the headquarters of the 12th Division of the Rising Sun Intervention Army, so the Far Eastern Frontier Government planned to send the garrison of Twin Cities and the troops of the 12th Division of the Rising Sun to the port area to see what was going on there.

Because the railway line was also unsafe, this survey team also planned to travel by armored train.

Then the survey troops, which were about to set off, encountered Wagner's troops who were heading north and were preparing to resupply the train with water and coal.

Faced with this situation where everyone bumped into each other, Joe naturally couldn't explain to these people that he was just passing by.

In fact, after discovering that Joe's armored train was not on the scheduled train, the station guards immediately opened fire, without even giving them a chance to negotiate.

Since the other side had already fired the first shot, Joe naturally wouldn't let it go.

He immediately pushed aside the iron plate hanging by chains next to the tank carriage and then led the armored troops into the train station.

Although tanks had been around for several years, they were still a completely new concept in the Far East.

At this time and place, most of the people here have never even ridden in a car, let alone a tank.

The weapons were mostly bolt-action rifles, with only a small number of machine guns in the troops.

This firepower configuration was certainly not comparable to Wagner's mechanized infantry, whose squads were equipped with fierce firepower, including light machine guns and submachine guns.

In just one encounter, Joe, who personally commanded the tank force to launch the attack, led his tank force into the station.

Overall, the interventionist forces of the Rising Sun fought very tenaciously, continuing to shout and fight even after the Lusians had surrendered.

They even rushed forward shouting things like "Seven lives to serve the country" and "Imperial paradise".

Since these Rising Sun Intervention Army forces were so assertive, Joe could only respond to their enthusiasm by using machine guns and cannons, which were physically even more "enthusiastic," to completely crush their resistance.

Although the Rising Sun Intervention Army was very strong, it was of little use against Wagner's tanks. Ten minutes later, Wagner's troops captured the train station.

Fifteen minutes later, the station workers on the platform, who were completely unaware of the situation and thought that the leftists had attacked, began to add water and coal to the train, still looking bewildered, with the tips given to them by Wagner.

Although we don't know who Wagner is or what he's here to do.

But they were really generous with their money.

Faced with people who could have shot them but instead fired golden bullets at them, the railway workers naturally chose to offer a toast. Who would want to mess with these guys whose arms were bigger than their thighs?

Even the timid, tearful, and seemingly un-Russian-looking fat stationmaster, who was dragged out from under the desk, was given a wad of cash while completely bewildered.

The pretty woman who handed over the money said, "This is for the water and gas we used at your station. We're paying for it; this isn't freeloading."

Faced with the woman who was shoving money at him with a menacing look, the station manager nodded so fast that his head was almost blurry, "That's right, that's right, I paid, I paid."

While the armored train was being refueled with water and coal, Joe also decisively led his troops into the telegraph building, destroyed the telegraph facilities, and left.

Only a group of telegraph building employees were left looking at each other in bewilderment.

At this point, only thirty-five minutes had passed since Joe's tank stormed into the station.

Logically speaking, after being suddenly attacked like this, it would take some time for the local garrison to react.

As a major station, the Twin Cities Railway Station is fully equipped. According to Joe's experience, whether it's hauling coal or filling water, it can be done in about an hour.

So Joe originally planned to take the troops back directly, get the tanks loaded and parked in twenty minutes, and then it should take about an hour to continue the journey.

However, the people of Shengyang in the city had a lot of opinions about this.

After all, the people of Shengyang have won almost every war in the past hundred years, and this is due to some rather special psychological and historical background.

The Rising Sun are not only the country that has deployed the most troops to intervene in the Far East, but their troops are also the most brutal and aggressive of all intervention forces.

Faced with Joe's surprise attack, the first reaction of the people of Shengyang was that they had to fight back immediately.

Because they did not send ground troops to participate in that devastating war, and because the Shengyang people had previously invited the Teutons to train their new army, the Shengyang people had also been training their new army.

Therefore, they naturally learned the most popular military thought of that era: offense, and only by constantly launching attacks could they win.

The 12th Division, also deployed here, was considered one of the most aggressive units even within the Rising Sun Army. So much so that within the Rising Sun Army, this division was known as the "Sword Division," which speaks volumes about its aggressive spirit.

So when Joe was preparing to return to the train station to leave, the 12th Division assembled all the troops they could muster and began an attempt to retake the station.

Joe originally didn't want to pay attention to this kind of attack.

With just a few infantrymen, what can they do?

Anyway, I'll leave after I add the coal and water. You can do whatever you want, go if you want.

But what Joe didn't expect was that these Shengyang people were a bunch of complete lunatics.

After the infantrymen in the first wave of the attack were all pinned down by the concentrated fire, the Shengyang people did not hesitate to call in artillery fire, even though they were fighting in a city where civilians had not been evacuated.

Although the weapons of the Rising Sun are still some distance from the world's advanced level, artillery is something that, no matter how backward, can kill people as long as it hits.

Joe was furious after the Sunmen began shelling.

Damn it, I was just passing by, and you guys opened fire first, and now you've even brought out cannons.

I didn't want to make a big deal out of this, but you've forced me to.

"Armor! Advance!"

Enraged, Joe immediately led his armored forces in a counterattack, this time holding nothing back.

Upon encountering the Rising Sun troops, they immediately unleashed their most intense firepower.

At first, the people of Shengyang were able to hold out, but soon they began to be crushed by Joe's tanks, just like the Teutons who were seeing tanks for the first time.

In this fierce charge, Joe not only destroyed the artillery positions hastily set up by the Shengyang people, but also captured some mountain guns and shells.

It also destroyed approximately two of the Ascendant's command posts.

It was called the command post because after the shelling, Joe discovered that the room that had been blown up was not only luxuriously decorated, but the guys lying on the ground all had stars on their shoulders.

Having taken down this group of guys, even if it deviates from the plan, Joe still has to go down and see what's going on, and maybe collect some loot along the way.

Although he didn't understand why these guys were carrying long knives, something nobody carries anymore, Joe still grabbed a few and put them in the car to take with him.

At the same time, Joe also found something rather strange.

It was a flag stained with gasoline, before the gunner fired a shot that sent the guy next to it flying into the air.

This guy is pouring gasoline on the flag; it looks like he's going to burn it.

Although I don't understand why anyone would want to burn the military flag at a time like this.

But out of sheer pragmatism, since they wanted to destroy this thing, it must be a good one. So Joe wrapped the knives in the flag and hung them on the tank.

It took Joe quite a while to defeat the Sunborn in the Twin Cities.

After gathering the troops and returning to the train station, a headcount was taken.

Joe discovered that, due to their overwhelming superiority in equipment, the casualties of the troops were less than a platoon, except for seven unlucky men who died on the spot and could not be saved.

The rest of the unlucky ones can continue fighting after they recover.

After the armored train replenished its water and coal supplies, Joe once again drove the tank onto the armored train and set off north towards Khabarovsk.

Several hours later, the Rising Sun troops, who had received news of the attack on their command post, arrived at Twin Cities.

Then the arriving Rising Sun troops went mad.

For trivial matters like their comrades being shattered on the street, they only shed a few tears. Upon seeing the fallen division commander and regimental commander, they merely expressed their anger, asking, "Which bastard did this?!"

Don't let me find this guy, or I'll definitely pull his guts out and strangle him.

Then these Rising Sun troops discovered a serious problem: among the many corpses, they found the body of the regimental standard bearer, but they did not find the regimental flag or its ashes.

This really drove the Rising Sun troops mad.

As an imperial state with the characteristics of Shengyang, the people of Shengyang regard their emperor as a living god, and each regiment has a regimental flag bestowed by the emperor.

In the mindset of the Rising Sun Army, whether it's the golden chrysanthemum emblem on the rifle—symbolizing that the weapon was lent to them by the Emperor—or their regimental flag, it all symbolizes the Emperor's presence with them, that the Emperor is protecting them.

As the symbol of the regiment, the regimental flag must never be taken away.

The first rule in the military regulations is that if the battle situation is unfavorable, the company flag must be burned, and the regimental sacred object must never be captured.

But now, the whereabouts of the regimental flag are unknown. The thought that the regiment will be considered a loser and disbanded after losing the flag is a cruel joke. The demotion of senior officers is considered a mercy under military law. The only way out is basically seppuku (ritual suicide).

The rest of the regiment didn't fare any better. Not only would they be gossiped about behind their backs after returning home, with everyone saying that their regiment had lost its regimental flag, but the military headquarters wouldn't give them a friendly look either.

I'll definitely be sent on a mission that's almost suicidal.

Everyone turned pale at the thought.

They no longer care about the fact that the Lucia here are allies of them.

They'd arrest them and give them a beating.

"Tell me, who did this?!"

"Tell me! Where did they go?!"

"Tell me! Have you seen a flag like this?"

Then, the people of Shengyang quickly found out what had happened and learned that a blond man had wrapped a bundle of military knives in a regimental flag and put it on an armored vehicle and boarded the train.

Since that's the case, the people of Shengyang stopped thinking about it.

We're going to die anyway, but for the honor of the army, to avoid being gossiped about, and for the Emperor's favor! Everyone get on the train! We're going to recapture the regimental flag.

As for what happened in the Twin Cities...

The regimental flag is gone, who cares about this? And reporting it now would just let the higher-ups know we lost the regimental flag.
Let's get the flag back first.

At this moment, Joe was unaware that a tail was following him.

Joe is now calculating how long it will take them to reach Lake Baikal.

Because they are indeed a bit far from Lake Baikal.

Armored trains, when fully loaded, don't go very fast. They feel only slightly faster than Hound tanks, and are nowhere near the speed of Unyielding, six-wheeled trucks, and armored vehicles.

If it weren't for the long distance and the fact that the vehicle's precious motorcycle hours couldn't be wasted like this...

Joe even considered just driving away.

Before coming here, Qiao Ke hadn't expected the trains to be so slow.

Faced with his calculations, Joe was completely stunned.

Well... a quick in-and-out operation, just the quick in part, under the guise of everything going smoothly, would take at least a week.

It's still at least a week away from being released, and it's not going to get any faster at all...

At this moment, Joe's desire to form an air assault force was extremely strong.

Damn it, if I had large transport planes and attack helicopters, would this be so complicated?!

We still need to keep up with technology... Wagner's technology is just too outdated right now.

Although the long journey made Joe feel that Wagner's technology was really too outdated.

However, from the perspective of the Far Eastern powers, the technological level of Joe's troops was practically indistinguishable from that of aliens.

Along the Far East Railway, there are many small stations that rely on towns or villages. Similarly, in this Far East chicken-eating competition, these small towns also have political leanings.

Even without political leanings, indicating my neutrality, I organized a self-defense force to prevent those stragglers who deserted the army and became local warlords from causing me trouble.

So along the way, Joe would occasionally fight with the forces along the route, and then have those bruised and battered guys resupply his armored train with water and coal.

However, as time went by, news of Wagner's appearance in the Far East gradually spread.

Then, just like the port officials before them, the Lucia border government and the people of Rising Sun who received the news were somewhat bewildered.

No? What is Wagner doing here?
And they came without even saying hello and just started playing. Isn't that a bit disrespectful?

The Lucia border government and the Sunriseers were originally preparing to protest against Buntania.

However, a small problem arises here.

That is, firstly, the Lucia border government, a force that is not even a third-rate power, which Buntania did not want to deal with from the beginning, so they could not contact Buntaniri.

The Rising Sun was able to contact Bnitania, but at this time, some discordant voices emerged within the Rising Sun.

That's because the army just lost a major general, and a standing division had its command post destroyed, yet they couldn't even catch a whiff of the enemy's exhaust.

It's so embarrassing to talk about this.

Everyone knows how good Joe is at fighting.

But to suddenly appear halfway around the world and then wipe out an entire division right off the bat—even if there weren't that many people in the Twin Cities—is already a terrifying achievement.

Is using this incident to protest actually criticizing or praising him? The government can use this to protest, but the army still wants to save face.

Especially now there's a team that's chasing after Old Joe like mad dogs.

He reads all messages from behind but doesn't reply, focusing solely on being a stalker.

Under what circumstances would a regiment be allowed to undertake such a solo mission? The Army knows without even thinking.

The regimental flag must have been lost.

If it were another country in the world, losing a military flag wouldn't be a big deal. At worst, they could just point to the flag that was taken away and say that it was just a commemorative flag for winning the competition, a fake, and that the real one had always remained in their own hands.

But Shengyang was different. First of all, the origin of the flag made them too afraid to lie.

Secondly, as an island nation, there are some minor conflicts between the army and navy of Rising Sun.

If I dare to say that, the Navy will definitely come out and sabotage me.

After undermining them, they would even try to steal the Army's budget during budget meetings at headquarters.

Therefore, in order to achieve a dignified outcome, the Army Ministry did not allow the government to lodge a protest with Bonitania regarding this matter.

We're not talking about anything else right now, we're just waiting.

Either the regiment goes and recaptures the regimental flag, then everyone can pretend nothing happened, and they can even boast about the army's fighting prowess, that they can even defeat Old Joe.

Alternatively, the entire squadron could die a heroic death to wash away their shame; if they were all dead, the navy would have no reason to say anything more.

Of course, as a group of truly insane people capable of writing medical records and issuing sick leave slips, the Rising Sun Army had nothing to do but wait for the outcome from that regiment.

They were still assembling their Far East Expeditionary Force, preparing to wait for Old Joe on the Far East Railway.

Whatever Old Joe is planning to do, he'll have to come back eventually, right?
Otherwise, he wouldn't have left troops there to guard the port area.

The Rising Sun Army did indeed launch several attacks on the port area.

Then, when faced with Wagner's firepower, which would be considered excessively luxurious even in the Old World, a painful memory resurfaced from the depths of the Rising Sun Army's soul.

That was an insurmountable high ground, an unreachable port, and an unforgettable figure.

Since the infantry can't break through the high ground, let's use artillery. Just like before, occupy the high ground and then bombard the port with artillery, just like when we captured the port last time.

Then, the Rising Sun Army painfully discovered that times had changed.

Although they still intend to attack the port, last time they encountered machine gun fire, and their attacking forces were used as target practice by the Lucia.

This time they encountered submachine guns and tanks, and the attacking troops were crushed like cockroaches.

They didn't even have a way to deploy artillery to attack Wagner's positions.

Since the main artillery equipment of the Rising Sun Army was mountain guns, which were lightweight and easy to move, they could be disassembled and transported by infantry even without vehicles or livestock.

Theoretically speaking, this infantry support weapon, which is said to be disassembled in five minutes and reassembled in ten minutes and capable of firing at a range of three kilometers, should be able to play a role in the mountains outside the port.

However, due to the relatively flat trajectory, it can only be used for low-angle, curved shots that are almost horizontal.

This means that the people of Shengyang have no way to bombard Wagner from across a mountain.

Assembling artillery in front of Wagner's troops can no longer be described as brave; it was tantamount to suicide.

Therefore, the Rising Sun's ground forces were firmly blocked outside the port area.

While the army was stuck again, what was the navy doing?

The answer is to watch.

Although the Rising Sun also participated in the war, its main task during the war was to seize the Teutonic Far East colonies in order to silence the demands of Bonitania and Gaul.

This would make it easier for them to retain the Teutonic colonies they had seized after the war.

Therefore, instead of sending army troops to the Old World, they sent the navy to assist in the war.

While it was said to be assisting in combat, since the Royal Navy of Bonitania still had some strength at this time, it actually only helped transport troops and escort ships, doing some odd jobs.

After the war, the Italians fought thirteen bloody battles but didn't get anything, so Sheng Yang from the battlefield atmosphere group could only sit at the children's table.

Although it was the children's table, the navy also contributed, transporting a lot of people in the Mediterranean and rescuing many unfortunate ships that had been sunk while escorting them.

Therefore, the Rising Sun Empire did receive some war reparations.

According to the Navy, since this money was earned by the Navy, it should be given to the Navy. Even if it wasn't given to the Navy, it would be acceptable for the government to spend it on industry.

However, what the navy did not expect was that the army, which had been slacking off during the war, suddenly became more energetic after the war.

With the collapse of the Lucia Empire, they immediately declared their intention to fight for their rights in the Far East, mobilizing tens of thousands of people to rush into the region.

As we all know, troop movements cost money, and a lot of money at that.

So the reparations the navy collected went straight into the army's pockets before the navy even had a chance to enjoy them.

If it's just a matter of money, then it's a minor issue. After all, in every budget meeting, the army and navy would beat people senseless.

However, for a long time, there has been a struggle within the Rising Sun over the direction of the empire's expansion, with the army moving north and the navy moving south.

Now that the army has taken the lead, it's already a sign of the navy's magnanimity that they haven't launched a few friendly fire attacks on these peasants from behind. And now they want to bombard the port...

Sorry, the fleet is currently undergoing maintenance. We'll come to help once the chickens have finished eating the rice, the dogs have finished licking the noodles, and the fire has burned through the lock.

By this time, it had been four days, and Joe had already covered half of his journey.

Along the way, Joe had forgotten how many armed conflicts Wagner had been involved in.

Although the frequency is high, the intensity is low.

Compared to the friendly exchanges with the Teutons on the western front, these troops in the Far East were rather lackluster in terms of strength.

Basically, it's tanks charging, then infantry charging, and trains advancing with ease.

Wagner used up a lot of bullets, but those who stood in his way were left with corpses.

Along this railway line, Joe had lost count of how many people they had killed.

By this time, Wagner had arrived in Tenda, more than halfway there, and the ammunition, soldier casualties, and morale were all within acceptable limits.

Once you get here, you're not far from Lake Baikal.

Joe's wireless communication system has even made contact with the Bohemian Legion.

It has been confirmed that their current situation is not bad. Apart from the fact that the negotiations for passage through the area have not yet been completed, they are doing quite well.

If Joe had arrived any later, he might have even been able to meet some of the newborn members of the Bohemian Legion.

With the employer in good condition, Joe began preparing for the final push of this mission.

Joe gathered the 7th Truck Transport Company and his guards in a truck bed and announced the main objective of their mission.

Seize and control the railway on the cliffs of Lake Baikal to cover the passage of the Bohemian Legion.

(End of this chapter)