I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 270 I want to die

The Japanese are very efficient. In less than a month, nearly 6000 people have arrived in Dolgolu.

These Japanese are generally short in stature, and most of them are definitely no more than 1.4 meters tall. They are also very thin, and they look like they are suffering from chronic malnutrition, which makes people worry about whether they can withstand high-intensity labor.

Alexander Rudakovsky spoke highly of these Japanese.

"Although they are small in stature, they are very capable and have strong self-esteem. If they fail to complete the task of the day, they will take the initiative to work overtime, and they will absolutely obey the requirements of their superiors. No matter how unreasonable your request is, they will do it. Done with the utmost patience.”

Dolgolu manages Japanese workers and Korean workers separately.

So the involution in the bones of East Asians suddenly came into play.

Amur's requirements for the Trans-Siberian Railway are very high. After leveling the foundation, it needs to be reinforced, then laid with sleepers, and finally laid with rails.

Due to the lack of construction machinery, all work needs to be done manually.

Because the Japanese workers were new to this work, they were not yet skilled enough, and many Japanese workers were still very thin. Therefore, the initial project progress of the Japanese workers lagged behind the Korean workers.

Without Ludakovsky's request, Japanese workers began to engage in crazy involution. If the work tasks of the day were not completed, then all Japanese workers would take the initiative to work overtime. Even if they work until midnight, they must complete the tasks with high standards and specifications. of completion.

If you are just competent, forget it.

What's even more surprising about these Japanese workers is the endless power within their thin bodies.

Amur provides complete logistics for workers involved in the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway. At least one of the three meals a day must include meat or fish.

One day the food delivery worker overturned on the way, and a group of Japanese workers failed to get their lunch on time.

What Ludakovsky didn't expect was that not only did these Japanese workers not complain, they didn't even stop working. Everyone didn't stop working until lunch arrived.

So Ludakovsky had to sigh.

"Japan has the best workers in the world!"

Whether the Japanese were the best, George wasn't sure.

But Japan's ability to develop into the first echelon during World War II despite being extremely poor must have its own unique features.

To be honest, at least in terms of hard work, Russian workers are really inferior to Japanese workers.

"Is this why you're worried about Japan?"

Nikolai's understanding of the Japanese is not deep enough.

"Not entirely. Japan is too narrow-minded and always does things that seem crazy. This makes Japan very dangerous to neighboring countries - you know that Japan is getting loans from the UK to build a navy. , so why does Japan want to build a navy?"

George once again reminded Nicholas not to neglect the construction of the Siberian fleet.

"Maybe they want to use warships to go fishing--"

You can't blame Nikolai for being careless and letting Nikolai try to break his head. Nikolai also doesn't think Japan has the ambition to challenge the Russian Empire.

Asia is now almost divided up by the great powers. Even if Japan builds a navy, it is most likely to target Goryeo.

Even the Qing Empire did not take Japan seriously.

The Russian Empire now had more and more interests in Korea.

Therefore, if Japan wants to expand, the interests of the Russian Empire will be affected.

Leaving Dolgolu and continuing westward, the population becomes increasingly sparse, and as far as the eye can see are boundless virgin forests.

The wild animals here are not afraid of people at all. George and Nicholas's guards have more than 200 people in total and more than 400 horses in total. They are so powerful that groups of Siberian gray wolves still dare to poke their heads on the roadside.

Bah!

George will fight wolves whenever he sees them. This is the custom of the Amur people and they should be killed. George's marksmanship was still very accurate. He could hit wherever he pointed within a hundred steps without missing a beat.

Nikolai was much worse. He occasionally practiced with the gray wolf, but he had never hit it.

Siberia is really big, and sometimes you can walk for a whole day without meeting anyone.

There is no road at all here. It depends entirely on the marks left by the exploration team to keep the team in the right direction.

After walking for a whole month, the team finally arrived at Lake Baikal.

Calculating the time, it has been a month and a half since George and the others set off from Vladivostok.

George and the others were both one man and two horses, driving lightly and easily, and they walked so slowly along the way.

No wonder it is difficult for prisoners sent to Siberia to reach Vladivostok. If they go step by step, they may reach Vladivostok and their sentence will be over.

Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world, reaching a depth of 1637 meters.

At the same time, Lake Baikal is the largest freshwater lake in Eurasia and can provide drinking water for 75 billion people for 33 years.

The water of Lake Baikal is very clear. When Nikolai was drinking water by the lake, he saw a few fish at the bottom of the lake, so he tried to reach out to catch them.

The guide told Nikolai that those fish might be tens of meters deep, which gave Nikolai and George a new understanding of the clarity of the water in Lake Baikal.

For the Trans-Siberian Railway, the existence of Lake Baikal is a big problem.

Lake Baikal is 636 kilometers long from north to south. If the Trans-Siberian Railway is to bypass the southern shore of Lake Baikal, the construction period will be extended by at least one year.

Engineers from the St. Petersburg Engineering Institute proposed a compromise in which the railway could be built slowly, but until then, trains could be sent across the lake by ferry to save time.

"Is there no other way?"

Nicholas also felt that using the ferry was unreliable.

But if you want to build a bridge on Lake Baikal, it is obviously even more impossible.

"Engineers will not use ferries if there is a better way."

George didn't understand technical matters either.

Lake Baikal seems to be a dividing line. After crossing Lake Baikal, there are finally some people and there is no longer a virgin forest. At least there is no need to sleep in the wild at night.

"How far are we from St. Petersburg?"

Nikolai's patience is running out, this is too far, he wants to die.

"About half way."

George didn't know how far it was.

"Can we get back to St. Petersburg before it snows?"

Nicholas finally had a personal experience of the vastness of the Russian Empire.

So with such a large territory, why worry about going south? The existing territory of the Russian Empire is enough for the Russians to develop for a hundred years.

Let’s not talk about St. Petersburg everywhere.

If the Siberian Plain can be developed, the Russian Empire will become the most powerful country in the world.

(End of this chapter)