Beiyang reactionaries

"They have some plans to back down, but they are far from meeting our requirements."

"Since they don't want to retreat, force them to retreat."

Duan Xun didn't want to consume too much with the Soviet Union.

Duan Xun's idea for World War II is to use World War II to develop China's industrial strength.To put it bluntly, Duan Xun wanted to be an arms dealer in World War II and make war fortune in World War II, rather than end up fighting with others himself.Therefore, there is not much benefit in continuing to fight the Soviet Union.Moreover, Duan Xun didn't want to cripple the Soviet Union, and even diverted the Soviet Union's energy to the Far East.

The Soviet Union should still fight Germany well.

So Duan Xun said: "Ren Chao (Li Jishen), you issue an announcement in the name of the commander-in-chief of the Construction Corps. That is, the Xinjiang Construction Corps will expand 30 divisions next year."

"Yes."

"Vice Chairman Chen (Chen Yi)."

"Chairman."

"Issuing the order of the Military Commission, the Xinjiang Military Region was officially upgraded to a first-level military region. The Xinjiang Military Region added 15 divisions for the army, 5 divisions for the air force, and 5 divisions for the artillery."

"Yes."

Duan Xun first wanted the Soviet Union to see China's determination.

Continue to increase the size of the army in the direction of Xinjiang.Let the Soviet Union see that if they want to fight, China will continue to accompany them.

"Let our newspapers cooperate and say that in Irkutsk our country is preparing a meeting of the peoples of the Far East to support the autonomy of the nationalities in the Far East. And China is preparing to hold a meeting of the peoples of Central Asia in Almaty. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs can also again We reiterate that China has always supported national self-determination."

"Yes."

If the Soviet Union does not budge, Duan Xun will make the Soviet Union completely lose the Far East.

Tsarist Russia could encourage the independence of China's Xinjiang and Mongolia, and now China can in turn encourage the independence of the Far East and Central Asia.Now the Far East of the Soviet Union and Central Asia all depend on China's face.Duan Xun wants to see how long the Soviet Union can endure.

"Prime Minister Dai (Dai Kan)."

"Chairman."

"Announce the list of strategic materials, requiring no one in the world to sell these materials to the Soviet Union. If any country sells these materials to the Soviet Union, it is China's enemy. China will take equal retaliation. Especially pig bristles, natural rubber, and tung oil These materials must never flow into the Soviet Union."

"Yes."

"General Yelyomenko, can your army fight back against the Chinese? Drive them out of the area?"

"I'm sorry, Comrade Molotov."

"General Yeremenko, the Soviet now needs your courage and needs you to fight. The Chinese army has penetrated into Central Asia, seriously affecting the interests of the Soviet. If they continue to occupy here, Central Asia will be very unstable."

Yeremenko's clean refusal made Molotov a little angry.

Molotov would not have said these things to Yeremenko himself if there was no other way.

"Comrade Molotov, I am a Soviet soldier. Everything I say is responsible for the Soviet. I can be responsible for every word I say. I can't just talk nonsense for the sake of sounding good, and influence Moscow's judgment. Currently the new The troops of the Siberian Military Region, although there are still 30 troops left, have completely lost their air supremacy, lost most of their tanks and artillery during the retreat, and completely lost their ability to attack. Not only that, the casualties of the troops in the previous war were too high Seriously, many troops are incomplete. Either they need to be reorganized, or they need to replenish new sources of troops. Before that, the troops had no combat effectiveness. Now we can keep Aktoka, which is the best we can do. In other respects, we really Nothing can be done, I hope Comrade Molotov will understand."

Marshal Budyonny, already responsible for the defeat of the Novosibirsk Military District, went to Moscow for trial.At present, Budyonny has a big problem, and Moscow is also arguing a lot.Because Budyonny is not only responsible for the defeat, there is a bigger problem.

That was the letter Budyonny wrote to Moscow that caused a huge debate.Because in the letter summarizing the lessons of the failure, he carefully summarized the responsibilities for the failure and where the Soviet army needed to make changes.There are many Tukhachevsky's war theories about the change of direction of the Soviet army.Tukhachevsky was shot by Moscow for treason, and now Budyonny has brought up his great depth theory again, and the controversy caused can be imagined.

In particular, Budyonny himself was the Marshal of the Soviet Army, so what he said certainly had a greater impact.Therefore, Budyonny's current problems are not only related to the responsibility for the defeat, but also many political problems.

After Budyonny left, Yeremenko temporarily served as the commander of the Novosibirsk Military District.His main task is to protect Aktoka from falling into the hands of the Chinese army.

China and the Soviet Union negotiated in Akmolinsk, but the negotiations did not go smoothly.China asked too much, and the Soviet Union was willing to make too little concessions. As a result, the negotiations were deadlocked.That's why Molotov asked Yeremenko if the Novosibirsk Military Region could attack.

The Soviet Union is now at a disadvantage in negotiations for a simple reason.The Soviet Union was at a disadvantage on the battlefield, so it was also at a disadvantage in the negotiations.If the Soviet Union could have a little initiative on the battlefield, it would not be so passive.

Seeing Molotov's frown, Yeremenko continued: "Comrade Molotov, although I say this to my own prestige. But to be honest, if it wasn't for the snow, the Chinese army would directly attack Ak Douka, instead of stopping the pace of attack. Recently, the Chinese army has been changing defenses, allowing the troops with relatively large casualties to retreat and recuperate. After they have completed their supplements and repairs, they will attack Akdoka. This is There is no doubt about it. Compared with the replenishment and repair of the Chinese army, our military region has received very little support. If we do not quickly replenish, then we will still be in a passive state in the next battle. Can we keep it? Aktoka, I can’t tell. Because I need supplements, I need support. But so far there is no support from Moscow.”

"Comrade Yeremenko, you are a Soviet general, you cannot be so pessimistic. And Moscow is already considering a reinforcement plan. General Yeremenko, don't think about what you shouldn't think about, don't say what you shouldn't say."

"Yes."

Yelymenko nodded.

Yelyomenko only grumbled.Because after the outbreak of the battlefield, Moscow has already issued a war mobilization and began to expand its military.But so far, Moscow has not reinforced the Novosibirsk military region, which made Yeremenko complain a little.But Molotov's words made Yeremenko wake up immediately.

Molotov, who was sitting in front of him, was a giant in the Soviet political arena, and he was also very active during the eradication of counter-revolutionaries.What I said might have consequences.

"General Yelymenko, even if you can't counterattack the Chinese army on the opposite side, can you send some troops out to control this area. Recently, this area has been very unstable, and some rebels are openly carrying out rebellion here. I need you Send troops to suppress these people."

Molotov drew a circle in Central Asia.

It mainly includes the area around Lake Balkhash and Tashkent.In fact, China has not done much in Central Asia, but various organizations have begun to appear in this region.There are a lot of local power factions who are dissatisfied with the Soviet Union's land policy and economic policy.

Not to mention that the Central Asian nation and the Russian nation are completely different in history, culture, and belief, and the gap between the two sides is very deep.There were many rebels in the past, but the Soviet Union at that time had a strong control and easily wiped them out.But now the Chinese army has suddenly entered Central Asia, breaking the peace here, and making these people very happy.

So there are many kinds of rebellions in Central Asia.

These people not only rebelled in their hometown, but also hunted and killed the lone Soviet army everywhere, and snatched weapons from them.I don't know what happened, a large amount of weapons flowed into the people of Central Asia.Those rebel forces have hundreds of guns on a large scale, and dozens of guns on a small scale.

In the past, these people were nothing, their strength was too weak.But now that there is a power vacuum in Central Asia, these people can dominate one side and affect the interests of the Soviet Union.

Moscow was very angry.

Before China could do anything, Central Asia was in chaos.If China held the so-called National Congress of Central Asia in Almaty, as the Chinese newspapers said, it would completely mess up Central Asia.China has a lot of weapons and equipment in its hands.

Not to mention that China itself is a big industrial country, the number of Soviet weapons seized in this war alone is not a small number.If these weapons and equipment really flow into Central Asia, it will be very difficult for the Soviet Union to quell the chaos.

So Molotov's idea is to send troops from the Novosibirsk military region to wipe out these disobedient local forces.If left unchecked, these people will become popular.

"Comrade Molotov, the situation is more difficult."

Yelymenko looked embarrassed.

Said: "Comrade Molotov, I am not trying to shirk. Look at the current deployment of the Chinese army. Aktoka is completely under the peak of the Chinese army. It is only because of the snow and the fierce fighting some time ago that the Chinese army suffered casualties. It's not small, so they didn't move. Once we really divide our troops, not only will it not help stabilize the situation here, but it may be broken by the Chinese army one by one. You haven't seen the advancing speed of the Chinese tank troops. Once they are attacked by their tanks If the troops are divided and encircled, the entire army may be wiped out by then."

Yeremenko did not like to discuss such things with Molotov.

Do you know how to fight?

But we have to talk about it.After all, Molotov's position in the Soviet political arena is very important, and he is the representative of Stalin outside.So Yeremenko introduced it to Molotov in detail.

Tell Molotov, don't look at the 30 people who withdrew back then.

But in fact these troops are remnants and defeated generals.The Novosibirsk Military Region now needs an air force but no air force, tanks but no tanks, and cannons but no cannons.During the retreat, even the equipment such as mortars and heavy machine guns were almost lost.

Being able to keep Aktoka is due to the gift of God, because it is winter and it is snowing.It's not because of the cold weather, but because of the snow, which affects the logistics and transportation of the Chinese army.

If it weren't for the snow, how could the Chinese army stop the attack.After telling Molotov the current situation of the Novosibirsk Military District, Yeremenko said: "Comrade Molotov, to stabilize the areas you mentioned, it is not our troops that need to be mobilized. It should be from the Ural Military District, And the mobilization of troops by the Caucasus Military Region. At present, the rebels in Central Asia seem to be very active, but they are actually very weak. As long as the Ural Military Region or the Caucasus Military Region sends about five divisions of troops, the situation here can be stabilized. "