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    The economic crisis that broke out in the United States has plunged the world into panic. China, the United States, Britain and France have either closed imports or raised tariffs, and have raised trade barriers. Japan and Germany have suffered serious losses due to the narrow market.  When people looked around, they found that the Soviet Union was an economic event because of its nationalization, and Moscow was in ecstasy.  "Imperialism is finished!"  "The crisis of capitalism is expanding" "Resolutely support the nationalization spirit of the great Chairman Comrade Stalin" "The first five-year plan is making progress".

    ¡­Moscow¡¯s god-making movements come one after another. Especially after Tronotsky was expelled, the Kremlin began to continuously strengthen leadership propaganda.  Originally, many Soviet economists and businessmen were secretly dissatisfied with the collective farms and total nationalization. However, when news of the outbreak of the economic crisis came and the Soviet Union became an isolated island to escape the crisis, these people did not dare to speak out!  Therefore, after the economic crisis, Stalin's mood improved a lot, and he came to the office early every day with a pipe in his mouth.

    Since he learned about the crisis in the United States, an inexplicable excitement has enveloped him and Moscow.  Newspapers and radio stations report every day unfavorable news such as the unemployment rate and the number of people living in extreme poverty in capitalist countries, supporting the benefits of nationalization and the wisdom of great leaders.

    In response to this trend, the Kremlin has made an exception to change its weekly economic meeting to twice a week.  "Sit down, Comrade Kuibyshev." In Stalin's spacious office, he knocked on his pipe and asked Kuibyshev to sit down, and then asked: "I heard that the economic crisis in the United States has begun to spread, and even China has been involved. Is that true?  ?¡±

    "Yes, Comrade General Secretary. China failed to escape this crisis. Yang Qiu and the Beijing government controlled by him even had to freeze foreign investment and sell state-owned enterprises to recover funds. From some indications, billions of state-owned assets have been  Sold to black-hearted capitalists." Kuibyshev was the chairman of the Soviet National Economic Council, responsible for economic construction throughout the Soviet Union.  After the first Five-Year Plan began, he was the first to propose the idea of ??exchanging grain and oil for machinery, and received Stalin's firm support.  But he did not major in economics, so he learned that China was selling state-owned factories on a large scale.  One-sided interpretation of this is that Yang Qiu cannot survive and must rely on selling state-owned assets to survive.

    Stalin didn¡¯t understand economics either, so this ¡°good news¡± made him very happy.  Especially in the war in Afghanistan, where face was won but dignity was lost, the national strength of China and the Soviet Union was completely exposed.  After the gap in military equipment, he regarded China as the number one enemy. He not only strengthened the construction of the Air Force to develop similar bombers, but also required the strengthening of weapons and equipment and began to equip a large number of new weapons and equipment, including T26 tanks.  Now that the guy who was unbeatable in the first 19 years has finally hit a wall, what could be more joyful than this?  As long as Stalin saw the disappearing "land" on the wall, his teeth would itch.

    "Comrade Kuibyshev, the last meeting decided that we should take advantage of the crisis of capitalism to purchase more machines. When are you going to do this? The first five-year plan is already halfway through, and the plan needs to be refueled."

    Stalin was very interested in picking up bargains, and Kuibyshev was also very enthusiastic. He said: "Comrade General Secretary, judging from the deepening speed of the crisis, this summer will reach a low point. At that time, many factories in the United States will sell off machinery and equipment to pay off debts to survive.  It saves a lot of money.¡±

    summer?  Stalin frowned, took two deep puffs on his pipe and suddenly darkened his face: "Comrade Kuibyshev! What are you thinking? Comrade Molotov already said that at the last meeting. Intelligence has confirmed that Yang Qiu will visit the United States after becoming president.  It's summer even Do you want to wait for them to collude?"

    Kuibyshev did not expect that Stalin, who was so cheerful just now, would suddenly turn his back. He could not afford to be charged with colluding with China.  He quickly said: "Comrade General Secretary, Yang Qiu's visit to the United States may temporarily stimulate the U.S. economy, but it cannot really save it. On the contrary, the Americans are now looking forward to his visit to bring big orders. If we do it now, the price will be much higher. We can't do it yet."  Buy the best¡­.¡±

    "We can't take risks! Who can guarantee that Yang Qiu will reach an agreement with the United States to stop selling machines to us? We can't give the enemy the slightest chance!" Stalin roared. The Eastern Front had no advantage in the first place, and the quagmire of Afghanistan was like a needle pricking him.  In my heart, I was very afraid of being tricked by Yang Qiu again.

    Kuibyshev was covered in cold sweat and nodded repeatedly. He would immediately discuss with Motolov about visiting the United States to purchase machines.  But he was muttering secretly in his heart.  The U.S. economy is in deep trouble and cannot be saved without tens of billions of dollars. Even if Yang Qiu can bring hundreds of millions of orders, it will be insignificant. After all, China's own manufacturing industry also needs a market. Too much import will make the country's economic crisis more serious.  Therefore, the best opportunity is to purchase after Yang Qiu visits the United States and the United States is disappointed with the total order volume.  Americans would be more welcoming to the Soviet Union if they took action nowthe evil American capitalists would definitely take the opportunity to raise prices.

    But he didn¡¯t dare to change Stalin¡¯s orders. He immediately said that he would immediately go to the United States to purchase, and then continued to ask: ¡°Comrade General Secretary, what should we do in Japan?They want to increase import quotas.  "

    Stalin looked down on small countries like Japan from the bottom of his heart, but the thorn in the side of China forced him to win over the other country. After thinking about it, he said: "The price of oil is very low now, so let's provide them with some in this regard."

    "Okay." After understanding Stalin's intention, Kuibyshev quickly stood up and prepared to go to Motolov to discuss the purchase of goods in the United States. But before he left the house, the latter had already walked in: "Comrade General Secretary, I just received  According to the telegram, China invites our country to participate in the presidential inauguration and the military parade on May 5, and hopes to negotiate on the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries."

    "Hmph!" The news did not make Stalin happy. Instead, he snorted coldly from his nose and said scornfully: "None of these are good things in capitalist countries. They can't solve the economic crisis by themselves, so they want to establish diplomatic relations with us and use our market to save them.  !¡±

    "Comrade General Secretary is far-sighted and can see through the enemy's conspiracy at a glance. So what should we do?" Motolov's flattery made Kuibyshev almost want to vomit.  Stalin liked it very much and threw the telegram back and said: "You and Egorov can go and participate. This is a good opportunity for us to understand the enemy's military strength." Motolov nodded and walked out of the office with Kuibyshev.  , before leaving, they saw Stalin walking towards the map through the crack in the door, his fingers sliding slowly across Afghanistan and Turkestan. This scene secretly reminded the two of them that in the future, they must conform to the general secretary¡¯s thoughts on the China issue.

    After the door was completely closed, Kuibyshev remembered Stalin¡¯s request to go to the United States to purchase machinery immediately: ¡°Comrade Motolov, the General Secretary requested to purchase machinery from the United States in advance. What do you think?¡±

    When Motolov heard that it was Stalin's request, he immediately changed his words: "The general secretary's consideration is very comprehensive. Although the capital country is in trouble, we must also take precautions. So be it. You go to the United States first and wait for me to participate.  After the Chinese presidential ceremony and military parade, I will go to the United States to meet you immediately."

    "Okay." Kuibyshev smiled and nodded, but after he walked away, he quietly spat: "Bah, you flatterer."

    Because Moscow was worried that Yang Qiu¡¯s visit to the United States would lead to changes in the situation, news of the machinery and equipment purchased in the United States earlier than history was quickly sent to Beijing. After reading it, Yang Qiu sent the telegram to Song Ziqing and Yue Peng who came to chat.  He pinched his eyebrows and secretly laughed: "The thorn in Afghanistan is really deep. Even I am worried about going to the United States."

    Yue Peng smiled brightly: "How can you say that? Don't you know that Zhang Zhidan is now more effective than the most famous local imam? Hundreds of thousands of guerrillas are all using our weapons and ammunition, and last month alone they shipped back 30 tons of gold  Silver. The Amanullah government is in danger and has to ask for help from the Soviet Union. As of the end of last month, another Soviet division has entered Kabul. Now the number of Soviet troops entering Afghanistan has exceeded 60,000. I also said yesterday whether we should use more force to  Take a few bites."

    Song Ziqing also laughed and said: "It's not time to exert force yet. It's not too late to wait until the Saudi family becomes independent and then exert force, just in time to make the UK nervous. On the other hand, I don't think it makes sense to let the Soviets take advantage of the rush to buy.  You should send a telegram to Bei Zuyi to build momentum and say that we have considered restarting Sino-US trade and driving up prices."

    "Don't just focus on driving up prices, but also tell Bei Zuyi to take action when the time is right. Grab technology and talents first, give up all low-end machinery and equipment, and mainly focus on motorized machine tools and complete sets of automatic production lines. High-end precision machine tools are even more important.  Pay attention. And also tell him that if the Soviet Union likes it, he will bid for it. It is useless and disgusting."

    "" Seeing the two people laughing and scheming against the Soviet Union, taking the money and squandering it as it was, Yang Qiu was speechless. He changed the subject and asked: "What's going on with the Muslim League and India recently?"

    "The British suppressed it very hard. So the Muslim League and the National Congress temporarily stopped after fighting a few times. However, there are more and more conflicts between the two ethnic groups, and sporadic exchanges of fire continue." Song Ziqing said: "In the short term,  The Muslim League and the Congress Party are still very worried about the United Kingdom. A complete civil war is unlikely, and at most they will maintain such local minor conflicts, but if the balance of the regional situation is suddenly broken, it will be difficult to say."

    "Then it depends on whether Japan will go south to help us break this balance!" Yue Peng blinked deliberately and smiled at Yang Qiu: "I hope Nagata Tieshan will not let down the commander's hard work."

    ¡°You¡¯re the only one with so many evil thoughts, I didn¡¯t say I wanted Japan to go south.¡± Yang Qiu glared at him.

    Song Ziqing also laughed.  Since there were only three people in the study room, he was not afraid that outsiders would learn the secret and said, "Japan has no way out. After we closed the market, the Soviet Union turned around and started purchasing European and American machines. Foreign trade was completely ruined! I was thinking that Nagata Tetsuzan must have already felt  It is very clear that Japan has only two options now. Either the second Sino-Japanese War, or go south to open up this hornet's nest! But I am very worried, even if we acquiesce, with the current state of the Japanese army, going south I am afraid that the chances of winning are  No??.  "

    "Japan's current national strength and technological level are at their weakest. Although the navy has built a lot of heavy cruisers, the battleships have been stagnant for many years due to the naval treaty. Whether they dare to take a gambleit is difficult to say."  Yue Peng was also worried.  Although everyone hopes to see Japan go south and completely open the window of Nanyang, they are still not sure whether or when Japan will take action.

    The worst thing is that no one can directly say "I support you going south" to the Japanese government. They must give the other party confidence through some kind of diplomatic and policy hints, so the two of them are worried.  Yang Qiu also understood this truth. He put down his pen without hesitation, raised his head and glanced slightly: "Don't worry, we will know if we go south to see the results of this year's naval negotiations. If Japan withdraws from the treaty, it means that they have made up their mind.  Until then might as well offer some encouragement.¡±

    What kind of encouragement can encourage Japan to accelerate its move southward?  Is it possible to provide hundreds of millions of loans?  When the two of them were thinking about what they should give Japan, which would not harm themselves but would enhance Japan's ambitions, Yang Qiu had already told the answer: "I asked Haohui to open an aircraft factory in Taiwan and start developing an aircraft.  A 550-horsepower monoplane fighter with a light steel frame and canvas skin. It has good technology. If Japan withdraws from naval negotiationsyou should be ready to catch spies."

    " If we can provide Japan with several good aircraft, it can stimulate the ambition to go south, but Song Ziqing is a little worried that this will enhance Japan's aviation strength. After all, after the Afghanistan War, the whole world is seriously studying the importance of air supremacy.  Yang Qiu had thought about this worry before, but he changed his mind after kc1 appeared.

    ¡°Sending a P26 toy gun to Japan, will it affect Japan¡¯s future aviation design ideas?  Yang Qiu closed the document and looked at his watch. It was almost time to get off work. He picked up his clothes and said, "Let's go, call Wenjing, Guofu and Yang Du. I'll treat everyone to a drink today."

    Song Ziqing and Yue Peng were surprised at first, but soon understood why Yang Qiu got off work so abnormally early today and even took the initiative to treat him.  Because tomorrow is election day, and he has been waiting for this day for 19 years
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