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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 2198 Looking forward to a miracle

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    The tactics adopted by Tang Qiuli when he ordered the troops of the Independent Division in the Far East caused great trouble to the Soviet troops on the two fronts who returned to assist Zhukov. They had to be wary of the independent division troops behind them, and they had to take the shortest time to  , broke through the Japanese blockade and rushed to the Far East battlefield. Therefore, the Soviet reinforcements, which seemed to have more than two million troops, should be on the attack line of the Japanese blockade. The strength was only more than one million people. This gap with the Japanese army's strength was,  It's not very big.

    Faced with this situation, General Kilganin, the commander of the Soviet Union's Trans-Hinggan Mountains Front, and General Gregaliev, the commander of the Baikal Front, were at their wits' end. They would never dare to divide their forces into two and attack the Japanese troops and the Japanese at the same time.  The independent division troops had no choice but to report the situation to the Soviet high command.

    After Stalin read the telegram, he was helpless. He had already set the tone for negotiations with Tang Qiuli. He must not have any form of conflict with the independent division troops. The Japanese alone were enough to give him a headache. This  At this time, it would undoubtedly be unwise to provoke a strong enemy, and Molotov, who was responsible for negotiating with Tang Qiuli, did not fly to Cullen as originally planned.

    The only reason is that the negotiator sent by China is not Tang Qiuli himself. In the view of Molotov, who is good at this, it is undoubtedly a bad signal. It has to do with whether the status is equal and whether it will be given to him.  Face has nothing to do with it, it¡¯s already this time, what the hell do you want to do with face?

    Molotov's interpretation is that Tang Qiuli did not want to negotiate with the Soviet Union. Perhaps the cunning Chinese believed that both the Far East battlefield and the Outer Mongolia battlefield would be beneficial to Tang Qiuli at this time. The Japanese army violently attacked the Far East Front and returned reinforcements.  The troops were blocked hundreds of kilometers away from the battlefield. Vasilevskiy's Outer Mongolia Front Army was still struggling to approach the Ural Mountains and Tangnu Mountains.

    However, the independent division troops were in hot pursuit.  Vasilevsky had to use a considerable part of his troops to deal with the pursuit of the Independent Division troops. Standing in front of the Outer Mongolia Front Army were the elite troops of the Independent Division of more than twenty divisions. If Tang Qiuli did not negotiate, Vasilevsky would  Ski's troops, within months.  Don¡¯t even think about crossing the Ural Mountains and Tannu Mountains. Can Moscow afford to wait?  Did the Germans give the Soviet Union time?

    Therefore, Molotov responded to Stalin's question: "Comrade Stalin, you can see it from the negotiators sent by Tang Qiuli. This Chinese has no interest in negotiations at all. At this time, we  If we insist on negotiation, we will be in a more passive position. The Chinese have a saying that 'rushing is not a deal!' It means that if we are too strong, our opponent will take the initiative!"

    Stalin deeply agreed.  Molotov continued: "The Chinese must think that he will get more from the battlefield than from the negotiation table, unless the conditions we give exceed his expectations. The key is that we do not want to make additional  "

    "Then wait and see!" Stalin and Molotov agreed.  Sometimes, the right opportunity for negotiation is also a way to take the initiative. For example, the two units of the Far East Front are sent back to help break the Japanese encirclement as quickly as possible.  Then, returning to Europe together, Tang Qiuli did not have that much strength to defeat the troops of the four Soviet front armies.  All stayed in the East.

    Although such a strategy was set, both Stalin and Molotov were on pins and needles and had trouble sleeping and eating. The German offensive on the battlefield was as fierce as ever. After the troops of the Moscow Military District came forward, although the huge  This relieved the pressure brought by the German army, but Stalin was not sure how long it could last, and the Chief of General Staff, Marshal Petroshilov, was not sure either.

    The Soviet army suffered huge casualties while resisting the German offensive on the front line, rapidly consuming the Soviet Union's war potential. The Soviet-German front line was a huge black hole devouring lives. Thousands of Soviet youths, after short-term training, were  He picked up his weapon, walked onto the battlefield, and then became one of the countless corpses.

    The four elite front troops in the east became Stalin's only support and trump card. He expected that a miracle would happen, so that the Soviet Union could withstand the German attack on the capital Moscow without having to give up the Chinese Tang Qiuli.  , ceded more than one million square kilometers of land.

    On May 25, after a brief adjustment and deployment, the Japanese troops on the Far East battlefield launched a violent attack on the second-line positions of the Soviet Far Eastern Front from six directions. The Soviet Far Eastern Front relied on fortifications and carried out tenacious resistance.  There were more than two million soldiers from both sides. On the battlefield in the Far East, they were killed in darkness, with corpses everywhere and rivers of blood flowing. By May 27, the Soviet second line of defense was broken through by the Japanese in many places.

    Immediately, General Zhukov, the commander of the Soviet Far East Front, used all his troops to launch a desperate counterattack and regained most of the positions. However, the Japanese armyWith superior strength, they firmly occupied several major breakthroughs. The Soviet army was no longer able to keep the Japanese army out of the defense line. For the first time, Zhukov reported the dangerous situation faced by the Far East Front to the Soviet high command.

    While the Far East battlefield was being fought with blood and flesh, the Soviet Trans-Hinggan Mountains Front Army and the Baikal Lake Front Army troops launched a ferocious attack on the Japanese blocking line. The intensity of the battle was no less than that in the Far East battlefield, because the strength advantage was not great.  After several consecutive days of offensive, the Soviet army failed to break through the Japanese blocking line. Although there were various factors involved, the decisive factor was that the Soviet army did not dare to devote all its troops to the attack.

    Behind them, there are hundreds of thousands of independent division troops hanging there. If they want to launch an attack, they will be able to exchange fire with the Soviet rear guards in five or six hours. Behind them is a tiger, whether it is the commander of the Outer Khingan Mountains Front.  Neither General Kilganin nor General Gregaliev, the commander of the Baikal Front, dared to devote all their forces to the attack on the Japanese army.

    Stalin was extremely annoyed that he had been unable to break through the Japanese blockade. Zhukov's emergency telegram only added fuel to the fire. Stalin was so anxious that he was almost fuming. In addition to strict orders, the commander of the Xing'an Mountains Front, General Kilganin, and the commander of the Lake Baikal Front  General Gregarif, the commander of the front, wanted to break through the Japanese blockade within three days at any cost. At the same time, he severely criticized the slow actions of the Baikal Front. General Gregarif, the commander of the front, was warned and punished once by the party.  .

    On May 29, the miracle that Stalin expected did not appear. The attacks of the Outer Khingan Range Army and the Baikal Front Army failed to break through the Japanese blockade. On the contrary, the troops of the Far East Front were forced to abandon their second position.  , the troops shrank to the last line of defense, and the maneuvering space on the battlefield was almost reduced by the Japanese army. The Far East Front truly reached a desperate situation.

    At dusk on May 29th, the breath of spring filled the streets of Moscow, but the people on the street seemed to be no longer as happy about the spring in Moscow as in previous years. The clouds of war gradually shrouded the sky, and the spring wind in Moscow was full of excitement.  With a strong smell of gunpowder smoke, the Germans have already reached a place not far from Moscow. Maybe, when you wake up tomorrow morning, the Germans will have appeared under the city of Moscow. Who is still in the mood to enjoy the spring scenery on both sides of the street.

    A car quickly drove out of the west gate of the Kremlin, passed through the streets of Moscow, and sped towards the airport in the west of the city. An hour later, a plane flew into the dusk sky against the sunset in Moscow.  Soon, it disappeared into the southeastern sky.

    After calling back the Soviet Embassy in China, Tang Qiuli and Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe dedicated a whole day to research and formulate the basic strategies and bottom lines for negotiations with the Soviet Union. As for Zhao Yuhe's questions  , "Why don't you, division commander, talk to the Soviet negotiators in person?"

    Tang Qiuli replied: "Yu He, negotiation is an art, but also a skill. You come forward first and feel the Soviets' trump cards. I will also observe from the side. In addition, there is another point, which is to tell the Soviets that we are against  What kind of negotiation, there is little interest, it is a dispensable thing, this is a strategy.¡±

    "That Molotov is a veteran diplomat with rich negotiation experience. I have dealt with him several times. He is an experienced diplomat and is good at bargaining. At the beginning, I ignored him and squeezed out his words.  No need to worry, we are not in a hurry anyway, Yu He, you can give it a try!"

    After listening to the teacher's speech, Zhao Yuhe excitedly geared up and waited for Molotov to come to Kulun. However, after waiting for two days, there was no sign of him, and the Soviet Embassy in China did not give an explanation.  Zhao Yuhe, who was eager to try, was a little frustrated.

    Zhao Yuhe came to Tang Qiuli's office and asked: "Sir, what's going on with that Soviet guy? Is he coming? Can you give me a happy word?"

    Tang Qiuli laughed and said: "Yuhe, this is also one of the negotiation strategies. Molotov is telling us that the Soviet Union is not in a hurry to negotiate, so that we can give up the idea of ??killing him. In fact, Stalin is in a hurry now."  I¡¯m so angry that I¡¯m just pretending to be calm!¡±

    Zhao Yuhe suddenly realized and said: "That's right - Commander, on the Far East battlefield, the Soviet Far East Army's defense circle was broken through by the Japanese army one after another, and the rescue troops were blocked hundreds of kilometers away from the battlefield. Deputy Commander Liu's  The troops are so far away that the Soviets can't judge our intentions at all, and they allocate part of their troops to guard against us. It's a lie if they are not in a hurry. "

    Tang Qiuli smiled and said, "Yuhe, in less than two days, that Molotov will definitely come! The roar of cannons is more convincing than any words. Yuhe, you have all the rights to this negotiation."  With the advantage of the home field and the assistance of the Japanese, I think you can probably take advantage of that place without me having to step in.??Molotov is cooked!  "

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