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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 846 The Soviets Extending an Olive Branch

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    Chapter 846 The Soviets extended an olive branch

    In the war in the Far East, the Japanese Kwantung Army caught the Soviets by surprise. After Zhukov's First Far East Army was encircled by Tang Qiuli's troops in the Ulyasutai area, the Soviets paid a huge price before saving Zhukov and Shi.  After tens of thousands of Soviet soldiers lost their lives, the Soviets never had an easy day in the Far East.  -< Piaotian literature registered members recommend this work >-%.net

    Now, Timoshenko's Far East Second Army was surrounded by nearly 600,000 troops under the command of General Kenkichi Ueda, commander of the Kwantung Army, in the Arsenyev area. The situation was extremely critical. Stalin put the Soviet Communist Party in charge of diplomacy.  Molotov, who is concerned about the affairs, seeks the fastest and most effective way to change Timoshenko's current situation.

    Molotov knew the leader's intentions. The only one with this ability was the greedy Chinese Tang Qiuli. As long as he launched an offensive in the northeastern region, the Kwantung Army would inevitably mobilize troops to return to China in order to maintain its invasion base that had been in operation for many years.  Aiding the Northeast will greatly reduce the pressure faced by Timoshenko.

    Although Stalin and Molotov did not know that this was the most typical strategy in ancient Chinese military art, "encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao", they instinctively chose this method. Although this method was extremely helpless for the Soviet Union and Stalin,  , the last resort and the only choice at the moment.

    Stalin knew that as long as Zhukov's Far Eastern Front was formed and more than 400,000 troops were pressed into the Far East, it would be easy to change the pattern and situation of the Far East and contain the Japanese's crazy attack. They could even repel the Japanese back to Manchuria.  , but this takes time, and time is the most fatal factor for Timoshenko.

    Faced with the Kwantung Army's siege from all sides, how many days could Timoshenko hold out? Stalin understood that it would take a month at the earliest for the Far Eastern Front Army to go to the battlefield. The rescue troops of the Transcaucasian Front Army were stopped in Haba by the First Army of the Kwantung Army.  The mountainous and forested areas of Rovsk are also difficult to walk.

    The Kamchatka Front Army, which could have been reinforced nearby, was suppressed by the Second Army of the Kwantung Army and fought on the Kamchatka Peninsula. It was difficult to protect itself. It was able to hold back hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army troops. It had already done its best and could not hope to rescue Tiemu.  Brother Xing, Stalin had millions of soldiers, but he couldn't devote himself to the battlefield in the Far East as quickly as possible. This made him very angry.

    Extending a begging hand to the Chinese villain he had always hated so much was undoubtedly a huge humiliation for Stalin, a strong-willed Soviet strongman throughout his life. He knew even better that this time, the Chinese villain would definitely turn on the Soviets.  Not only did he know this, but Molotov and all the Politburo members of the Soviet Union knew it.

    If there was no other way out, Stalin would never want to bow to his enemies. Timoshenko's Second Far East Army was as important to the Soviet Union as Zhukov's First Far East Army. In this case, Stalin  The only choice is to bow your head. This is the right choice for a seasoned politician to make when the fundamental interests of the country are involved.

    However, the sense of shame in Stalin's heart penetrated deep into his bones. Seeing Molotov's slightly hunched back disappearing at the end of the long corridor, Stalin sighed deeply, "This old comrade of mine has no choice."  If you don't face it, the pressure on that Chinese extortioner will be no less than that on you."

    "Tang Qiuli, everything the great Soviet has given today will be repaid a hundred times by you in the future," Stalin gritted his teeth.  He was secretly jealous, and his light blue eyes radiated a dark cold light, like a wounded wolf, licking his wounds while peeking at the enemy who had wounded him, ready to pounce at any time.

    Before Molotov left Moscow, he sent a secret message to Oveshinsky, the Soviet ambassador to China, "Comrade Oveshinsky, please contact Tang Qiuli, the second-largest person in China, as quickly as possible to arrange for me to meet with him."  "This meeting is extremely urgent and must be kept strictly confidential." He was now a special envoy of the Soviet Union, and the Soviets began to extend an olive branch to Tang Qiuli.

    After receiving a top-secret telegram from his immediate superior, Ambassador Oveshinsky did not dare to neglect him. He knew how powerful the Soviet People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs was. Speaking in front of Stalin was absolutely effective. If he delayed his errand, killing himself would be as good as crushing him.  It was so simple. He inquired about Tang Qiuli's current location through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

    Not bad, there was a reply soon. Vice Chairman Tang is currently in Qingdao, Shandong Province. Therefore, the trembling Soviet ambassador entrusted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to forward to Tang Qiuli an enthusiastic and extremely humble telegram, knowing that the Soviet Union  The ambassador frantically searched for Tang Qiuli. Chairman Chiang, who was accompanying the capital, wondered in his heart, what kind of private deal did the Soviets have with Tang Qiuli?

    To be honest, Chairman Chiang was more worried than happy about Tang Qiuli's recovery of Outer Mongolia.Happily, "Raising a tiger will bring about danger, and the wings will grow." This was his attribution to Tang Qiuli at the moment. Just looking at what Tang Qiuli did in Outer Mongolia, we can see that this man has ambitions and already has the same ambitions as him.  The capital to fight against the enemy, coupled with the large amount of equipment and strategic materials obtained from the Soviets, made it even more powerful.

    In the early winter of 1938, Chairman Chiang had two very uncomfortable worries. One was that Tang Qiuli, the de facto king of the north, was growing uncontrollably, and the other was that he was secretly gaining weight in North China.  According to Dai Li's intelligence, Tianfa's Eighth Route Army troops have grown from the initial three divisions of less than 40,000 people to nearly 100,000 people. In more than a year, they have more than doubled in size. If this continues,  So what else?

    Thinking about Chairman Chiang's heart, Tang Qiuli didn't know what he was thinking. He allowed the Communist Party to grow in his own territory. "Mother Xipi, let Tang Qiuli and the Communist Party go to fight against Japan."  Come on, I can't waste all my money," Chairman Chiang thought bitterly.

    Through Chen Cheng, the former enemy commander and chief of staff of the Nanjing Camp of the Military Commission, Chairman Chiang gradually transferred his direct troops to the southwest area. In name, it was for rotation training and rest, but in fact it was to preserve their strength. He also knew that such a large-scale mobilization of troops would definitely  He couldn't hide it from the few spies that Tang Qiuli had installed in the camp, so he just did it with great fanfare.

    Only Zhang Zhizhong's troops were left in Shanghai. This was his money bag and he was reluctant to throw it away. The other Central Army troops were transferred to the west. Tang Qiuli, who was in Qingdao, didn't know what Chairman Chiang was thinking about.  However, he knew the intention of mobilizing the troops in this way and pretended not to know. Without the Central Army troops, a war with the Japanese would save a lot of trouble.

    After receiving the telegram from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tang Qiuli was slightly stunned at first, but then he understood Stalin's intention. Tang Qiuli knew the war in the Far East very well. Through the local intelligence network of the Communist Army, he would learn about it every day.  Received detailed information about the battle situation.

    The Soviets couldn't stand it any longer. They thought of themselves and wanted to take action in the Northeast to bring back the Japanese forces. It was strange that they had just obtained a large sum of benefits from the Soviets, and then they obtained the Pacific Fleet.  , this time, the Soviets came to their door, are they sure to be eaten by themselves?

    "You're not kind. This time, it's another big deal." Tang Qiuli shook his head and thought. Although he thought this way, he would never be soft-hearted when he started. "Call back to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I will  Fly to Chongqing in three days to meet with the Soviet envoy," he ordered his staff.

    The Soviets are on fire, so Tang Qiuli is not in a hurry. The heat has not yet come, and Timoshenko can still support it for a few days. It is good to delay this matter. Besides, Brother Qiuquan and the Pacific Fleet will have another day and night to fight.  On time, we arrived at the Qingdao Military Port. This was our first fleet, so we had to make a big scene and go to the dock to greet it in person.

    The Soviets had Tang Qiuli's idea. Chairman Chiang was worried about Tang Qiuli's power. The Japanese were not idle either. In the Emperor's Palace in Tokyo, Japan, Emperor Hirohito read the battle report of Kwantung Army Commander Ueda Kenkichi and made a big speech.  I lingered in front of the military map of Manchuria for a long time. While looking at it, I would often murmur, "If you want to go west, it's great."

    Suddenly, his body swayed, his face turned pale, and beads of sweat fell from his forehead. The Army Minister who was accompanying him, Gen. Gen. Binzan, hurriedly supported the emperor's body, thinking that his majesty had a heart attack or sudden cerebral hemorrhage, and quickly called the imperial doctor, but Hirohito was unable to do so.  He waved his hand to stop Bin Shanyuan's panic.

    Bin Shanyuan was confused. How could His Majesty, who was fine just now, look as if his father and mother were dead in the blink of an eye? Even if Empress Liangzi was raped, he couldn't be like this?  He tried hard to see clues from Hirohito's face, but he couldn't see anything except his pale face and eyes like a dead fish.

    "My dear, just go and look at the map and you will know," Hirohito said weakly. Binshan Yuan was short-sighted and almost put his face on the map. After a while, he took a few steps back as if he had been stung by a scorpion.  , almost fell down, turned around, his face was already sallow, his forehead was sweating, and his palms were cold, as if the blood had been drained.

    Binshan Yuan is not a mediocre person. He found out from the military map the reason why His Majesty the Emperor was so rude. Judging from the deployment of the Kwantung Army in Manchuria, there were less than 200,000 troops on guard in the huge Manchuria, and they were all second-rate.  The local garrison and the elite troops of the Kwantung Army were all transferred to the Far East battlefield by Ueda Kenkichi to fight with the Soviets.

    From Ueda Kenkichi to other senior generals of the Kwantung Army, they all ignored the tiger crouching beside them, which was Tang Qiuli's more than 300,000 elite troops on the front line in Jinzhou, Liaoxi. If Tang Qiuli took advantage of the main force of the Kwantung Army,  The opportunity to engage in a bloody battle with the Soviets and launch an offensive would have disastrous consequences.

    ??Bin Shanyuan can think of serious consequences even with the back of his head. With the second-rate Kwantung Army with less than 200,000 peopleIt is impossible for this army to withstand Tang Qiuli's more than 300,000 tiger and wolf troops. In less than two days, Fengtian will fall, followed by the Liaodong Peninsula, and then southern Manchuria and northern Manchuria.

    Bin Shanyuan stayed there, he did not dare to think any further.

    (To be continued)
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