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"The Japanese's suggestion must be a conspiracy! It's just that we are using their conspiracy to serve our cause of liberating all mankind. The Japanese want the Northeast... Hehe, let them go there. Our goal is China In the Northwest, we must help the ethnic minorities oppressed by the Chinese reactionaries to gain independence, and then welcome them into the Soviet family at the right time. At the same time, we must help the Chinese Communists to overthrow the rule of the Feng faction reactionaries and the Kuomintang reactionaries, Create a Soviet China. Comrade Voroshilov, what do you think of my proposal?"

"Good! Very good! Comrade Stalin, you are so wise." Voroshilov raised his head with a sincere smile.

Stalin took a puff of cigarette lightly, smiled and said: "It's not that I'm wise, but those Japanese are too stupid. They only focus on Manchuria. Hehe...there are already tens of millions of Chinese there, not casually." It can be conquered casually. And our target Mongolia and Xinjiang, where there are not many Han people, can be easily wiped out! This will cut off their connection with the mainland of China. It will be much easier to liberate, now The problem in Mongolia has basically been resolved, but Xinjiang seems to be in some trouble...but what needs to be solved right now is the war in the Middle East, Comrade Voroshilov, do you have any good suggestions?"

The war on the Middle East Road has reached its present level, and everyone feels a little bit difficult.The Soviet Red Army lost tens of thousands of people there at once!The Feng faction was actually defeated, and also lost tens of thousands of people.The KMT, the only one that won, doesn't want to fight anymore. After all, the strength of the Soviet Union lies there. If it is really going to be an all-out war, China has no hope of winning.And... everyone knows that the Soviet Union actually has no ambitions for Northeast China, their ambitions are in the Northwest and Outer Mongolia.

Seeing that Voroshilov was still in deep thought, Stalin stopped embarrassing him, but asked himself and answered: "The biggest threat to the peace of Asia and the cause of national liberation in Asia is no longer Japan, nor is it Japan. It is not the reactionary central government of China, but the government of southern China, which is taking the road of imperialism step by step. As pointed out by the comrades of the Communist Party of China, the current Kuomintang has changed from a progressive, weak small The bourgeois party has degenerated into a reactionary party representing the interests of the monopoly bourgeoisie! Their expansion and aggression are not determined by a certain leader, but by the characteristics of the capitalist system! Many of their current policies Both copied the systems of Prussian militarism and Japanese militarism in the early stages of development, so the reactionary nature of this regime is unquestionable... Although they have not yet invaded other countries, this does not affect our characterization! Now It also seems unnecessary to continue to weaken the Chinese government in Beijing, which will only benefit the imperialists of Japan and southern China."

"...Comrade Voroshilov, what is the situation of the Red Army in the Far East? Is it possible to launch an offensive immediately and win a victory so that the Soviet Union can end the war with dignity? Listen, what I need is dignity An end to the war, not another ignominious defeat!"

Voroshilov knew that he could no longer pretend to be stupid or fail again this time. He nodded solemnly: "Comrade Stalin, the Far Eastern Red Army has now received reinforcements, and its total strength has returned to 8. The new Chief of the Far Eastern Front Comrade Alexander Ilyich Egorov, the commander, is already on his way to the Far East. As soon as he arrives we can launch a new offensive... The idea of ​​the Revolutionary Military Council is to use the initiative in our hands to fight against the Soviet Far East on three sides The geographical advantage of encircling Manchuria. First launch a feint attack in Manchuria to attract the Kuomintang No.18 Division westward for reinforcements. Then launch an attack on the eastern front to capture Suifenhe."

After listening to Voroshilov's proposal, Stalin pretended to contemplate for a while, and then reluctantly nodded: "Okay, Comrade Voroshilov, this plan has now been approved by me, and you should work hard. , don’t make any more mistakes.”

"Please rest assured that the great Soviet Red Army will never let you down again this time! We will definitely be able to defeat the Chinese White Army and let the Soviet motherland end this war with dignity." Voroshilov nodded with a smile, Pat your chest for guaranteed victory.

Stalin also heaved a sigh of relief. This war has indeed made him very troubled, and it is considered a success to have a decent solution.

Just when Voroshilov had just bid farewell to Stalin and was about to leave.With a bang, the door of Stalin's office was suddenly pushed open, and the terrified secretary Bazanov rushed in.Panting heavily, he stammered and shouted: "Stalin...Comrade Stalin! It's not good! The big thing...it's not good! North Korea...The Korean Communist Party assassinated the Emperor of Japan just now! They greeted the Emperor at the gate of the Japanese Imperial Palace. The car of the emperor dropped a bomb! The emperor's car was blown up on the spot! Now the life and death of the emperor of Japan are unknown...and they also called the major newspapers in Japan...saying...that the attack was to carry out the armed forces of the Communist International Instructions to defend the Soviet Union! Now... Now the people in Japan are furious, and they may soon declare war on the Soviet Union! They are about to attack the Soviet Union!"

April 27, [-] AD.Outside the Sakurada Gate of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, North Korean soldier Lee Bong-chang threw a bomb with a Soviet label on the inside and outside of the car of the Japanese Emperor Hirohito who had just slowly driven out of the palace!The bomb exploded on the spot, blowing up Emperor Hirohito's car, and Hirohito was seriously injured and unconscious... Shortly thereafter, major newspapers in Japan received a mysterious phone call, claiming that the Korean Communist Party's armed Korean Red Army was responsible for the Sakuradamon assassination, and that It is claimed that the assassination of the Sakurada gate is to implement the Communist International's instructions on armed defense of the Soviet Union!

Chapter 0329 The Japanese-Soviet War ([-]) Position

On April 16, 27, Datong Railway Station.The secret negotiations between the CCP and the Beijing government have now reached No. 11 days.

With a bang, one of Zeng Qi's entourage rushed into the negotiation venue on the train, clutching a copy of the telegram tightly in his hand, and his face was full of joy and excitement.

"Prime Minister Zeng! The Emperor of Japan was assassinated! Just this morning, it was the Korean Communists who did it. Now the people in Japan are furious... They are all clamoring for war with the Soviet Union!"

Let it go!The three people present had the same idea for the first time.This time the Middle East Road War has been fought so far, except for the Kuomintang, which has benefited, all other factions have become a locked-in clan.Although the Youth Party and the Feng Faction hold righteous names, they have been retreating steadily on the battlefield and suffered heavy losses... If this war is really defeated and a traitorous treaty is signed, then everyone will become a traitor who can be punished up!The CCP was caught by the Communist International’s inexplicably “armed defense of the Soviet Union” slogan. This slogan has been shouted for more than three months, but it has made the CCP suffer. Now it’s better...It’s the turn of the Soviets to reap the consequences up!Don't you want people to come to armed defense?Now that they are defending with armed forces, they have blown up the Emperor of Japan. This time the Soviet Union will not be able to clean up even if they jump into the Arctic Ocean. Just wait for the Japanese to retaliate!

"Brother Mu Han, congratulations! This time your party and the Feng faction can finally get out of the war on the Middle East Road... I hope you don't let this opportunity go, especially don't let Japan stand together and get involved in their In the middle of the war!"

Zhou Enlai was the first to react from the great joy, and also the first to think of the difficulties he would encounter next.Japan may draw China into the war against the Soviet Union, and even place the battlefield in the northeast of China, forming the situation of the second Russo-Japanese War!

Hearing what Zhou Enlai said, the smile on Zeng Qi's face suddenly froze.Just now I was so happy that I forgot about this problem. Once the Japanese-Soviet war started, the Northeast might be the focus of the two rivalries!With China's current national strength, can Japan and the Soviet Union be prevented from placing the battlefield in the Northeast?

Thinking of this, Zeng Qi closed his eyes tightly, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "It's really a joy... Seeing that we can get out of this sea of ​​suffering, I didn't expect that there is still bitterness outside the sea of ​​suffering. The prime minister of this country is really hard to do. What! What shall we do!"

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The sudden bomb changed the course of history at once.The original Sino-Soviet border conflict was about to escalate overnight into a second Russo-Japanese War sweeping Northeast Asia.

Moscow, Kremlin.

Comrade Stalin stands in front of a huge map in his study.Voroshilov, the Cavalry Director of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army Budyonny, and the Chief of Staff of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army Tukhachevsky surrounded him, all frowning, as if they were preoccupied.

The Japanese-Soviet War or the second Russo-Japanese War now looks inevitable.Perhaps the warlike Japanese imperialism has long been waiting for such an opportunity?Now it's finally time for them to wait... These damn stick Communists have made trouble for Comrade Stalin.

Stalin's fingers flicked across the map.Japan, the Sea of ​​Japan, Vladivostok, Northeast China, the Soviet Siberian Railway... The route of this railway line from Chita to Vladivostok all surrounds the border of Northeast China!And now China and the Soviet Union are at war again!As long as this lifeline is cut off, Vladivostok will lose its backup, and the fall may be inevitable!And once this fortress ruling the East is lost, the entire Soviet Far East coastal area will probably be captured by Japan!

How could the tens of millions of Japanese devils living in those few volcanic and barren islands let go of such an opportunity to seize the fertile coastal areas of the Soviet Far East?This time I'm really in trouble...

Stalin took a deep breath: "This railway line around the Chinese border is now the key to the victory of this war. As long as the railway line is unimpeded, the backup of the Vladivostok fortress will not be lost. We The heroic Red Army will surely win this war. Now the question is... How should we ensure the smooth flow of this railway line? Should we occupy China's Heilongjiang Province? Or make peace with them?"

This time Stalin really hesitated.If it weren't for the disastrous defeat in Zhalainor, Stalin would have waved his hand without hesitation and ordered the heroic Red Army to march into Northeast China, and simply put the battlefield in the Northeast.However, the consequence of doing so now is likely to cause [-] infantry divisions of the National Revolutionary Army with real combat effectiveness to join the Japanese side!

Tukhachevsky reminded in a calm voice: "Comrade Stalin, if we make peace with the Chinese government, can they prevent the Japanese army from using northeast China to attack this railway? It seems that the Chinese White Army is supported by Japanese imperialism, right?"

Budyonny also echoed in a low voice: "Yes, Comrade Stalin, these Chinese White Army probably have no way to prevent Japan from moving freely on their land, right?"

Stalin waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "A month ago, China did not have the power to prevent Japan from using the Northeast to attack us, but now it has! The Nationalist Government in the south is this kind of power, and now these hateful Chinese empires The communists were the decisive force in the Soviet-Japanese war. If they were on the side of the Soviet Union, we would definitely win the war, otherwise we would definitely lose..."

"... Now we must find a way to make peace with the Beijing government of China as soon as possible. At the same time, we must try our best to win the support of the Chinese Nationalist government. Even if they cannot be allowed to side with the Soviet Union, we must let them remain neutral. As for the negotiations with Japan, we must also We can only think of a solution after this battle is over. This time...it's really a pity, those Korean communists really...will definitely disband the Korean Communist Party in the future!"

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The assassination of Sakurada Gate spread throughout Japan immediately.In the afternoon of that day, the major newspapers had already published the emergency numbers, and the major newspapers even sent newsboys along the street to give away the numbers!Inform the people of the emperor's assassination as soon as possible.

The army and navy of the whole of Japan were put on emergency alert, and the officers and soldiers returned to camp on leave.Various factions of politicians and military leaders began to work together to coordinate the positions of various factions and strive for their own interests in this change that is about to sweep across Northeast Asia.In front of the Emperor's Palace, before the Prime Minister's official residence, various petition groups have appeared, one by one holding up the title, crying and shouting, praying for Emperor Hirohito, and demanding to send troops to crusade against the Soviet Union immediately!

For a while, Tokyo was like a huge vortex, replacing the Middle East Road and becoming the center of changes in the situation in Northeast Asia.And the one at the center of this vortex is naturally the prime minister in the official residence of the Japanese prime minister in Kasumigaseki, Tokyo.

The current Prime Minister of Japan is Yoshiichi Tanaka, who was famous in history and was on the Tanaka Memorial!However, compared with history, he came to power nearly a year earlier.After the Kato Takaaki cabinet collapsed due to the Shikoku "Guangzhou Secret Treaty" incident, the fifth president of the Political Friends Association, who was born as an army general, became the No. 20 sixth prime minister of Japan.

This Yoshiichi Tanaka is probably the second person who understands strategy among Japanese soldiers today, right?He was born in Changzhou, participated in the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, and also studied in Russia to do intelligence.Serving as a staff officer in the Russo-Japanese War, it is said that he performed well, and was promoted to the first part of the General Staff Headquarters after the war.When I was working there, I also wrote an opinion piece called "Suigan Miscellaneous Records", which covered everything from national strategy and military strategy to the organization and system of the army.As a result, he was appreciated by friends and friends in Shanxian County, and he has made great achievements since then.Speaking of which, many of the systems in the Japanese army are still formulated by him alone!

There is also a huge map in the study of Prime Minister Tanaka’s official residence. Tanaka Yoshiichi, Lu Xiang Shirakawa Yoshinori, and Chief of General Staff Suzuki Sorroku gathered together, staring at Manchuria and the Soviet Far East on the map. I was in a daze.Tanaka, who is proficient in strategy, accepted Suzuki Shoroku's proposal early in the morning, and Ishihara Wanji's strategic plan to pull the Soviet Union to occupy Manchuria, and then sit back and watch the Sino-Soviet conflict.Unexpectedly, just after the plan was implemented, the emperor was assassinated by the Korean Communist Party!The Soviet Union also called on the Korean Communist Party to defend the Soviet Union with armed forces before, and after the assassination, the Korean Communist Party also arrogantly called major Japanese newspapers, admitting that the assassination was carried out by them under the instructions of the Communist International.As for the assassin Li Fengchang who was in charge of the assassination, he couldn't stand the torture after being arrested, and he also admitted that he was trained by Soviet consultants in the CCP Soviet area in Manchuria.All signs indicate that the mastermind behind this assassination is indeed the Soviet Union!

Of course, there are a lot of doubts in it, such as why the Soviet Union has already learned that Japan did not participate in the Sino-Soviet war and did not send troops to help the Chinese army in combat.For example, why didn't these North Korean communists keep secrets for the mastermind behind the scenes, but declared with great fanfare that they had accepted the instructions of the Communist International?There may be some dark secrets in it!It may also be that the Soviet Union did not have time to lift the order, or these North Korean communists wanted to provoke a conflict between Japan and the Soviet Union, and deliberately pointed the spearhead of the assassination at the Soviet Union!But now is no longer the time to think about this kind of problem. Tens of millions of angry citizens and hundreds of thousands of army and navy officers and soldiers have already determined that the Soviet Union is the real culprit who murdered Emperor Hirohito.And if the government doesn't make a decision to go to war... then I'm afraid it's a national traitor!

"Your Excellency Prime Minister." The first to break the silence was Suzuki Shoroku, Chief of Staff. He hesitated for a moment before shaking his head and said, "How far should we go in this war? With the national power of the Soviet Union... ...would have plunged the Imperial Army into a dreadful protracted war."

"Yes, Your Excellency, Prime Minister, it seems that there is no way to win with the current strength of the empire... and such a war is not in line with the development strategy of the empire. Manchuria in China is the real lifeline of the empire! If we go to war with the Soviet Union now , I am afraid it will affect the Japanese-Soviet carve-up strategy..."

Lu Xiang Bai Chuanyi also hurriedly agreed.The current high-level Japanese army is not entirely composed of fools. They also know that they cannot go head-to-head with the Soviet Union. If they look at the map, they will know that they cannot win. What if they temporarily seize Vladivostok and the Far East Coast?The war will not end here, but will drag on until Japan is dragged down!

Yoshiichi Tanaka smiled wryly and shook his head: "It would be great if I, the prime minister, was assassinated this time. We can pretend nothing happened and continue to cooperate with the Soviet Union. But the emperor is assassinated now! It is the Yamato nation My God! How can we be indifferent? So how do we explain to the people? How do we explain to the officers and soldiers of the army and navy? Now it is one thing to win or not to fight, but it is a matter of position to fight or not!"

"...As for the strategy of the Soviet-Soviet branch, we still have to find a way to implement it. Therefore, we will definitely fight this war, but we must also control the scale. The war cannot be escalated into a full-scale war between Japan and the Soviet Union. And...we must pull China to join the war, and we must never let them stay out of it. It is best to put the battlefield in Manchuria again! In this way, the entire China, including the Nationalist Government of the South Branch, will be involved. We must find a way here Weakened their strength to the greatest extent in this war."

Bai Chuanyi and Suzuki Soroku looked at each other at the same time, and shook their heads at the same time.The probability that this kind of wishful thinking can be realized is too low, and the Chinese people are not fools. How could they let go of an opportunity to withdraw from the war after finally catching it?

Tanaka also sighed: "I also know that this matter is difficult, but we still have to try our best to fight for it... Let Sakanishi Rihachiro negotiate with Zhang Zuolin, no matter what conditions he wants, he can pretend to agree first. Now is the time to activate the internal lines in the Feng Department... As for the work of the Nanzhi Nationalist Government, please ask Inuyang Yigong to do it."

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Luo Yaoguo never imagined that Zhou Enlai and Zeng Qi, two extremely busy people, would now go to Harbin Songbei Camp together to drink tea and chat with him.

"Brother Fuwen, this time our two parties had a little misunderstanding because of the Sino-Soviet conflict, but fortunately all this will pass soon, don't you think so?" Zhou Enlai smiled, with peaceful eyes He stared at Luo Yaoguo.

Luo Yaoguo raised his eyebrows, and thought to himself: "There's been a lot of nonsense, now it's time to get down to business, right?" Thinking of this, he also smiled and said: "This time it's not just a misunderstanding between our two parties, in fact even Perhaps there was also a misunderstanding between China and the Soviet Union? I don’t know...how does Comrade Stalin want to resolve this misunderstanding?”

Zhou Enlai laughed loudly: "You are right, you are right. Not only did your two parties have a misunderstanding, but the conflict between China and the Soviet Union was also caused by a misunderstanding. Now the Soviet Union has agreed to return the Middle East Railway free of charge, and China negotiated a peace and armistice and restored friendly relations between the two countries. I don’t know...is it possible for your party to resume the three major policies of alliance with Russia and the Communist Party?"

Luo Yaoguo glanced at Zeng Qi who was next to Zhou Enlai, and saw that this master seemed to be less disgusted with the alliance with Russia and the Communist Party... There is a problem!There must be something wrong.Could it be that the Youth Party, which has always been anti-Soviet and anti-communist, is now allied with the Communist Party?

Probably because he noticed that Luo Yaoguo was staring at him, Zeng Qi also smiled awkwardly, nodded and said: "Our central government and the CCP have also reached a settlement... The CCP agreed to withdraw from Taiyuan and Jinzhong, only in the northwestern part of Shanxi. Keep some territory... Now the civil war in China is finally over. The country and the nation can also rest for a while, I think this is also the wish of your party's Prime Minister Sun?"

It turned out that this was the case. It is estimated that they were also frightened by the Zhalainuoer war, and knew that they would unite.Luo Yaoguo immediately figured out the key point, and said with a smile: "That's natural. Premier Sun invited various factions in the country to issue a peace statement at Jiegong's wedding last year. It's just that some unexpected things happened later. It's really a pity. As for Brother Enlai's question of resuming the three major policies, it's still too early to say. After all, the Soviet Union still occupied the Outer Mongolia area of ​​our country and has not returned it. Now Outer Mongolia is connected to your party's territory What excuse does the Soviet Union have for not paying it back?"

As soon as Zhou Enlai heard about the Mongolian issue, he knew that the other party was looking for an excuse to decline.However, he didn't seem to care too much, and still smiled and said: "This matter can be shelved for a while. Now that China has finally restored peace, everyone can start some construction with peace of mind, but the Soviet-Japanese war is imminent again. I don't know how expensive it is." What is the Party's position on the Soviet-Japanese War?"

Haha, it turned out to be this!I don't know if it was an instruction from the Soviet Union?Now the fire of the Soviet-Japanese War can be regarded as being ignited by myself.But it's best not to burn it on the ground in China, let them have a good fight in the Soviet Far East!

"The battle between the Soviet Union and Japan...of course it is also a very bad thing." Luo Yaoguo almost laughed out loud when he said this, his face was slightly sullen, and he laughed again: