I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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Chiang Kai-shek was contemplating intently, and the balance in his heart was slowly tilting towards the plans of the generals.

Jiang Weiguo felt relieved when he saw Chiang Kai-shek's expression. He smiled and said to Yang Jie beside him, "I can't wait!"

Yang Jie said with a smile: "I can't wait to fight this war that is sure to make money for our country!"

Chapter 426 Far East Beacon (5)

The "Far East War" launched by Stalin is undoubtedly a gamble. If it wins, the Soviet Union will resume its strategic dominance and dominance in Northeast Asia. Become a pawn of the Soviet Union, lose, the consequences will be disastrous.

Although Stalin was rough, cruel, and ruthless, he had shrewd eyes and great foresight. Before this war, he had repeatedly considered the consequences and risks of losing. He knew very well that the Soviet Union could hardly afford to lose this war. Once it loses, the Soviet Union will not only lose a lot of benefits in Northeast Asia, but also lose the most precious strategic initiative, be completely passive, and then be beaten. However, he does not think that the Soviet Union will lose this battle. He is very confident, and A group of Soviet officials who can speak Chinese has been dispatched, and they are preparing to join the Chinese government in Jilin Province, Heilongjiang Province, Outer Mongolia, and Xinjiang to form a "Sino-Soviet joint local government" after victory.

Stalin's wishful thinking was very clever, but he made four mistakes. He overestimated one thing and underestimated three things at the same time. He overestimated the combat power of the Soviet Red Army and underestimated three things They are: the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army, and the strategic and political wisdom of China's top leaders. It can also be said that he underestimated the Chinese people's hatred and vigilance against Soviet Russia.

This laid a huge hidden danger for the Soviet army's "August Storm" operation, which made the Soviet authorities difficult to get off from the beginning.

Stalin's intention was to "help China defeat Japan and recover the Japanese-occupied areas" as a bait to win over China and lure China, but unfortunately, he did not offer many benefits, and he asked for many benefits. This is him, It is determined by the greedy nature of the Soviet ruling class and the entire Soviet Russian nation: even if there is a need for others, even if they need to be lured by others, they are reluctant to give their real money, and even greedily carry out deductions.

In fact, with Stalin’s sophistication and shrewdness, it’s not that he didn’t think of this, but he really didn’t want to give out his “real money.” He was "reluctant". Like the entire Soviet Russian nation, he was all brave and gluttonous. The benefits could only come in but not out. Third, he didn't think it was necessary because he believed that the Soviet army participating in the Far East campaign would fight like lightning. Quick decision, the situation will be cooked in a very short period of time. At that time, even if the Chinese government is reluctant in its heart, it will have to accept the reality that a done deal has been done.

The historical environment and deep background of this "Japan-Soviet Far East Battle" are very complicated, and it also coincides with the general trend of history. Jiang Weiguo knows this best.

In the original history, from May to September 1939, the Battle of Nomonhan broke out between Japan and the Soviet Union (the previous Zhanggufeng incident can be regarded as the prelude to this battle), followed by the end of November 5 to 9 In March of 1939, the Soviet Union invaded Finland and the Soviet-Finnish War (Winter War) broke out.

The timing of the two wars was very tightly connected. Although one was in the Far East and the other was in Northern Europe, and broke out at the east and west ends of the Eurasian continent, they were closely related.

Why did the Soviet Union invade Finland?Because the Soviet Union felt that its most northwestern part of Eastern Europe was not safe, Leningrad was too close to the Soviet-Finnish border, so it forced Finland to cede a large piece of territory to make Leningrad safer.

The current "Far East War" is obviously, on the one hand, it is an enlarged version of the previous Nomonhan Battle in history, and on the other hand, it is an early manifestation of the Soviet authorities' national defense thinking during the Soviet-Finnish War.

The Soviet Union felt unsafe in northern Europe, so it invaded Finland. At this time, the Soviet Union felt unsafe in the Far East, and naturally "invaded" Japan (it was Northeast China that was attacked by the Soviet army, not the Japanese mainland, so the Soviet Union's attack on Japan Attacking, of course, is not really "aggression").

The Soviet-Finnish War in the original history and the Soviet-Japanese Far East Campaign that broke out at this time have many similarities:

First, the Soviet Union was the one that initiated the war, but they framed the other side by yelling and catching the thief (although the Japanese are not good people, but the Japanese were indeed "innocent" in this Far East war);

Second, the Soviet Union has planned for a long time in advance, fully prepared, and then pre-emptively struck;

Third, the Soviet authorities are full of confidence in the victory of the war.

Before the Soviet-Finnish War, the Soviet military planned to take Finland within three days, and then permanently stationed troops in Finland to completely control Finland, and held a so-called referendum to establish a Finnish puppet government completely obeying the orders of the Soviet Union. Khrushchev once said "As long as we raise our voice a little bit, the Finns will obey. If not, we only need to fire a gun, and the Finns will raise their hands and surrender." Stalin reminded the main commander of the Soviet army before the Soviet-Finnish war " You have to be careful, and don’t accidentally fight from Finland to Finland’s neighbor Sweden because the fight is too smooth and smooth.” The Soviet army who invaded Finland even prepared a luxurious military band and guard of honor before the war. Prepare to hold a celebration ceremony after the victory; as for this Far East campaign, Moscow's top officials are also full of confidence, believing that "the Japanese army in the Far East can be defeated in one month or even half a month if it is fast, or one and a half months if it is slow." Even the frontline commander Zhukov and others People also think that "victory will be achieved within a month or two." Because of this, Stalin did not offer more benefits to the Chinese government. He believed that "it is not too necessary. When Chiang Kai-shek and his generals still While discussing this matter at a loss, the Chinese people in Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces had already been liberated by the Soviet Red Army. There was only one thing Chiang Kai-shek could do, which was to acknowledge this reality and accept the Soviet government’s There are many generous conditions, but at least he will not get nothing." "Chiang Kai-shek will not refuse, because he has no strength and no courage";

Fourth, the Soviet authorities wanted to resolve the war quickly, because the Soviet Union could not let it go. It was restrained and restrained by the great powers. In addition, the Soviet Union's national strength and military strength were limited, so it could not fall into the quagmire of war, otherwise it would be extremely serious in international politics. Passive, hostile countries such as Germany will take advantage of the opportunity.

In addition to the above four points, this Far East campaign has a fifth similarity to the Soviet-Finnish war in the original history: the outcome of the war.

After the meeting of the headquarters of the Wuhan Military Commission, although Chiang Kai-shek still hesitated and vacillated, he still listened to the opinions of Jiang Weiguo and the giants of the national army.

On August 8, the third day after the outbreak of the Far East Campaign, the National Army Command immediately secretly summoned the senior officials of the German military delegation to China and sent an encrypted telegram to Shang Zhen, the head of the Chinese military delegation to Germany, sending the Soviet authorities to China. The conditions offered were fully explained to Germany, solemnly expressing the attitude of "China will never abandon the alliance treaty, and will firmly fulfill the obligations and responsibilities of the treaty".

Hitler and other high-level German officials were overjoyed about this, and then praised the Chinese high-level officials. After Hitler learned of the Far East Campaign, he was indeed very worried. He was worried that China would abandon the alliance treaty and follow the Soviet Union to fight Japan. At that time, the "Germany, China, Japan, and Italy Four-Nation Alliance" that Germany had painstakingly managed was completely aborted.

China's high-level statement naturally made the German high-level ecstatic, because "a friend in need is a friend in need", the Japanese are in trouble now, the Chinese did not take advantage of the fire to rob and make trouble, but decided to provide support and assistance (although reluctantly), but also It is enough to make the Germans feel very relieved and relieved.

Through the channel of Germany, China notified Tokyo: China will abide by the treaty, fulfill its promise, and provide support and assistance to Japan. However, due to the complexity of the situation, China cannot break out of war with the Soviet Union, so it will take time for "political detente". The Chinese army also needs time to prepare for war, so China will not send troops for the time being, but will provide support and assistance to other parties.

Although it was indeed very reluctant, the Nanjing Army still mobilized trains and transported 300 rifles, 200 million rounds of ammunition, and not too many or too few grenades, shells and other ammunition to the Japanese troops in the Northeast. At the same time, they donated 1935 million yuan (not U.S. dollars, but French currency) to the Japanese Kwantung Army. All the arms were disguised as civilian supplies and sent from Beiping to Changchun by civilian trains (after the September [-]th Incident, although the Nationalist Government was Forced to withdraw from the Northeast, but has never recognized the legitimacy of the Puppet Manchukuo. However, in order to maintain the life and contact of the people in the Northeast and the people in the southern part of the pass, the Nationalist Government carried out postal, traffic, air and commercial exchanges with the Puppet Manchukuo in [-]. connect.

After the Sino-Japanese peace talks and armistice, this relationship was naturally consolidated and strengthened).

Although the Chinese side didn't give much, it was no less than a ton of reassurance to Tokyo's high-level officials.

The China-Japan Armistice and the Germany-China-Japan-Italy Quadruple Alliance have unprecedented political impact on China and Japan. Germany, the "alliance leader", can maintain friendly relations with China, Japan and Italy, and Italy is the same. China can be friends with Germany and Italy. Yes, Japan can also be friends with Germany and Italy, but in the four-nation alliance, the relationship between China and Japan is the only one that is in dire straits.

The truce made both China and Japan very unwilling, and the alliance made China and Japan feel incredible.

The Sino-Japanese alliance, the high-level Chinese and Japanese, and the high-level Germans all know that it is "just a mutual use." China is "holding the hand of the Japanese with hatred and disgust," and Japan feels the same way.

In fact, some high-level people in Germany, China and Japan do not object to this alliance, but they are also full of doubts and optimism, because "it is too fragile, any disturbance, a small matter, a spark or even a misunderstanding will cause China and Japan to turn against each other again. Attacking and killing each other", even, "China and Japan are plotting to abandon the alliance and betray each other under the circumstances of how to maximize their own benefits and maximize their losses."

Japan's top leaders are currently divided into two factions on the issue of China, one is the "invasion faction" and the other is the "pro-China faction". Completely withdraw from the Japanese-occupied area in China, some people advocate that they can barely "be friends" with China when they take advantage of China), the former advocates being tough on China, and there are two reasons, one is related to the face of the country and the country After all, abandoning the invasion of China has caused Japan to suffer great "shame" and losses. Second, it believes that the Sino-Japanese alliance is not reliable at all, and it is impossible to maintain it for a long time. Instead of putting hope on this alliance that will collapse sooner or later, It's better to "get down to earth and return to the original".

Among the high-level Japanese military, the vast majority of the Japanese navy belong to the "pro-China faction", and more than half of the Japanese army belong to the "China-invading faction". Had to disarm in an all-round way, and the interests of the door suffered a great loss, and the price of Japan's "pro-China" was to give up "a large area of ​​land that the Japanese army shed countless blood and sweat". The loss was heavy and the face was discredited. If you want to save face, you must continue to fight and wash away the shame with victory. Therefore, the Sino-Japanese armistice and the Sino-Japanese alliance are not in the interests of the Japanese army. Too much, I no longer have the confidence to maintain the previous arrogance, and the weight of words is getting less and less. The arrogant Japanese army "has been repaired by the Chinese army", and it is not qualified to be as arrogant and domineering as before. The right to speak is declining. And discouraged, so although the Japanese army was very unwilling to be "pro-China", it was powerless to resist.

Undoubtedly, this Japanese-Soviet Far East campaign was the first big test of the "strength" of the Sino-Japanese alliance.

After the war broke out, Tokyo was greatly shocked. On the one hand, it was angry with the "despicable methods" of the Soviet army, and on the other hand, it was worried that the Chinese army would take advantage of the fire to loot.

After the outbreak of the war, high-level officials in Tokyo repeatedly analyzed China’s reaction and believed that China would have three reactions: one was to join the Soviet Union in going to war against Japan;

The Japanese high-level officials believe that the second possibility is the most, because Germany restricts China, and China should not dare to openly tear up the alliance agreement; the first possibility is second; Rebelling against the alliance, but it will not help Japan, and must find excuses to push back and forth.

Unexpectedly, what surprised the high-level officials in Tokyo was that as soon as the war broke out, China clearly stated its attitude and position. It can be called unprecedented.

Although some high-level Japanese officials suspect that the Chinese army’s military supplies and funds are just smoke bombs, and they want to paralyze the Japanese side, and then suddenly try to see each other with a dagger, most Japanese high-level officials still “deeply feel the goodwill and sincerity of the Chinese side.” Japan The government and the Japanese General Staff Headquarters sent a direct telegram to Wuhan for the first time after the second China-Japan peace talks to express their "sincere gratitude". Among the senior Japanese military, the "pro-China faction" became more and more vocal and confident. The harder it gets, the weaker the voice of the "China Invaders" becomes.

Because China's high-level officials expressed their position and attitude, the Japanese Kwantung Army quickly adopted new subordinates. The 9th and 18th Divisions, which were originally stationed in Liaoning to defend against the Nanjing Army, dispatched a brigade to Heilongjiang Province to participate in the war. At the same time, the 6th Division originally stationed in Jilin Province and the 5th Division originally stationed on the Korean Peninsula also dispatched a division to rush to the front line of Heilongjiang Province.

Three new divisions have been built in Japan, but they have not been approved by Germany and China, and they cannot go to the northeast to participate in the war.

On the wilderness in the west of Heilongjiang Province, artillery fire soared into the sky and battle clouds were like a sea.

As predicted by the high-level officials of the Nanjing Army, although the Soviet Army (and the Puppet Mongolian Army) had a great advantage in strength and showed a overwhelming momentum in the overall battle situation, they did not fight smoothly. ) stubborn resistance.

At the beginning of the war, the Soviet army did surround the 4th Brigade of the 7th Division of the Japanese Army in the field around Nomonhan. The chariot wing and cavalry wing rushed out of the encirclement of the Soviet army.

Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada, the commander of the 4th Division, was very calm. He judged that the Soviet army greatly surpassed the Japanese army in terms of numbers and was much higher in mechanization than the Japanese army. Therefore, fighting in the open field was not conducive to the Japanese army. Decided to withdraw the troops to the towns to start resistance, stabilize the position, and wait for the follow-up troops to arrive before launching a counterattack. According to his rapid dispatch, the 7th Brigade, which suffered heavy casualties, was withdrawn to Hulunbuir, the second city in the warring area However, the 32nd Brigade, which entered the war late and was basically fully equipped, was pushed into Manzhouli, the first city in the warring area (Manzhouli is the border city of the "two countries" of the Puppet Manchukuo and Puppet Mongolia), and at the same time dispatched chariots The regiment and the cavalry regiment launched a large-scale raid on the flanks of the Soviet army to contain the Soviet army.

Facts have proved that Lieutenant General Zetian's subordinates are very correct. Although Manzhouli is a small and medium-sized town with a population of only 32, the more than [-] Japanese troops of the [-]nd Brigade relied on the buildings of this small and medium-sized town to resist. A violent attack by the Soviet army, whose number was several times that of itself.

The powerful artillery fire of the Soviet army almost razed Manzhouli to the ground. When hundreds of Soviet tanks and armored vehicles swept in, the Japanese army used anti-tank guns, artillery (including more than a dozen German [-] guns), tanks (including some German Tanks) and the rain of incendiary bottles blasted the Soviet tanks and armored vehicles into fireballs of scrap iron all over the mountains and plains.

The Soviet army repeatedly rushed for two days and two nights, but was still unable to conquer Manchuria. On the battlefield, the Japanese army even widely used the Nanjing Army's flying mine cannons, which knocked the Soviet army on their backs. Surrounded and continued to attack Manzhouli, the main force continued to advance eastward, rushing towards Hulunbuir, but was met with the same tenacious resistance from the 7th Brigade of the Japanese Army. At the same time, the 2rd Brigade of the 3nd Division of the Japanese Army had rushed to join the battle and Bringing a heavy artillery wing, a tank wing, and a cavalry wing, the heavy artillery wing greatly strengthened the firepower of the Japanese army, and the tank wing and cavalry wing of the 2nd Division fought against the 4th Division. The vehicle regiment and the cavalry regiment joined forces and charged fiercely at the flanking troops towards the Soviet army, causing great losses to the Soviet army and restraining a large number of Soviet troops, which made the Soviet army's attack on Hulunbeier also stagnant.

Frustrated by the offensive, the Soviet army had to change its tactics and concentrated its forces to besiege Manchuria, which was in the rear of the Soviet army and let the Soviet army feel like a thorn in its throat.

The high-level Japanese army considered that Manzhouli was hanging out alone, and when more Soviet troops arrived, the 32nd Brigade in Manzhouli was indeed in danger. In addition, the 32nd Brigade’s goal of defending Manzhouli and delaying time had been achieved. The chariot troops and cavalry troops rushed into the encirclement of the Soviet army and rescued the 32nd Brigade. Manzhouli was immediately captured by the Soviet army. This was the first Chinese (Puppet Manchukuo) city captured by the Soviet army in this battle. In the capture of this small and medium-sized town, more than 1 people were killed and injured, and the Japanese army suffered more than [-] casualties, slightly less than the Soviet army, and destroyed a large number of Soviet tanks and armored vehicles.

After taking Manzhouli, the Soviet army regrouped and prepared to fight the Japanese army in Hulunbeier. They wiped out the main force of the Japanese army in one fell swoop on the Hulunbeier battlefield, and the Japanese army was also actively dispatching troops. The 9th and 18th Divisions, The 6th Division, which was originally in Jilin, and the 5th Division, which was originally in North Korea, dispatched a brigade and their heavy artillery, tank and cavalry units to the front to participate in the battle. For the artillery fire of the Japanese army on the front line, 5 independent heavy artillery regiments and independent artillery regiments were dispatched to participate in the war (after the Sino-Japanese armistice and alliance, according to the agreement, the Japanese army could not establish brigade and division-level troops outside the regulations, but not limited to Therefore, the Japanese army took advantage of the loopholes and established more than a dozen independent heavy artillery regiments and independent artillery regiments to maintain the artillery power of the Japanese army. The current scale of the army is very sufficient), more than that, the puppet Manchukuo government urgently mobilized the puppet Manchukuo army to participate in this war of "resisting the Soviet Union and defending the country" according to the request of the Kwantung Army headquarters (objectively speaking, the puppet Manchukuo The morale of the army was indeed low when fighting the national army, but they were more active when fighting the Soviet army, because their move was indeed "defending the country", not only defending the puppet Manchukuo, but also indirectly defending China), and expanding the Puppet Manchukuo Army (In the alliance agreement, the Chinese government did not allow the Japanese to expand the Puppet Manchukuo Army, because it was unnecessary. The Japanese expanded the Puppet Manchukuo Army too much, which was tantamount to planting an indefinite time bomb for themselves ), in addition, the Kwantung Army Headquarters launched the "reserve army system". As predicted by the senior officials of the Nanjing Army, the Japanese army set up many secret arsenals in the Northeast, storing a large amount of surplus weapons and equipment after the disarmament of the Japanese Army. Once the war breaks out, immediately arm the young and middle-aged Japanese expatriates in the Northeast (many of them are retired Japanese soldiers), supplement or strengthen the front-line troops, so that the heavily-lost Japanese troops will be full in a short period of time, making the original full-armed The fully manned Japanese army received additional reinforcements.

The total number of Japanese "reserve troops" in the Northeast was no less than 10.

When the Battle of Hulunbuir broke out on August 8, more than 22 Soviet troops participated in the battle, and another 20 to 1 puppet Mongolian troops assisted in the battle. The Japanese army participated in the battle with 3 division, 7 brigades, and multiple independent artillery or heavy artillery. The Wing has more than [-] troops, and another [-] to [-] puppet Manchukuo troops assist in the battle.

This battle lasted for ten days and ten nights until September 9st. The Soviet army was defeated and the Japanese army won a disastrous victory. Hulunbeier was turned into ruins. In the entire battle, the Soviet army suffered a total of more than 1 casualties, lost more than 400 tanks and more than 200 cannons, and the Japanese army accumulated more than [-] casualties. The Manchu army suffered nearly [-] casualties. During the battle, the puppet Mongolian army performed poorly and had low morale, while the puppet Manchurian army performed well and had high morale. It greatly assisted the Japanese army and successfully killed a large number of puppet Mongolian troops and many Soviet troops. .

"Should we make a move?" In the Nanjing Army Headquarters, the generals were all gearing up and couldn't hold back.

"It's really time to make a move!" Yang Jie said with a smile, "If we don't make a move again, if the Soviets and the Japanese negotiate a peace and armistice, we will have no chance to make a move if we want to!"

"Tut tsk tsk..." Jiang Weiguo rubbed his chin, he was full of interest, "It seems...it's time for me to make a move!"

Chapter 427 September Storm (1)

September [-], [-], was a "special day" that only Jiang Weiguo in the world knew.

On this day, Germany did not blitz Poland as it did in the original history, and the Second World War did not break out on this day in the original history. On the contrary, the German head of state Hitler announced that "Germany's national security situation has been greatly consolidated. China's national defense forces are already excessively redundant, coupled with maintaining the balance of military power among European countries, maintaining peace in Europe and the world, as well as proving the sincerity of Germany's foreign policy and fulfilling Germany's previous obligations to its friends (referring to Britain and France) that have helped Germany many times Proceeding from the perspective of the promise, the German army will carry out initial disarmament, and it is expected to reduce the army's [-] divisions first, and will continue to disarm in the future!"

As soon as Hitler's declaration came out, the whole of Europe and the whole European and American world caused an uproar.

British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain was the most overjoyed one after learning of this incident, because Hitler's Nazi Germany can continue to rise, the biggest reason is that Britain, France and other countries have adopted a policy of appeasement and forbearance. Chamberlain was the main representative and the greatest promoter.

When Hitler tore up the "Treaty of Versailles" and re-expanded the German army, Chamberlain pretended to be deaf and dumb. When Hitler sent German troops into the Rhineland, Chamberlain was indifferent. Still resigned, Chamberlain signed the "Munich Agreement" and declared that "I have brought peace for a whole generation."

Objectively speaking, although Chamberlain was deceived and played by Hitler in essence, he was indeed running around for the tranquility of Britain and the peace of Europe sincerely. He was nearly 70 years old and traveled frequently by plane to various European countries. In addition, although Chamberlain adopted a weak and concessional attitude towards Hitler, and his foreign policy was a failure, he was not useless. He made great contributions and achievements in civil affairs in Britain. This makes him very popular with the British grassroots. However, his foreign policy has been criticized. Many high-level British officials with a long-term vision do not support or oppose his German policy (represented by Churchill), and believe that He is feeding tigers.

Generally speaking, Chamberlain is a "good old man". He cares about the people and tries every means to avoid wars that will bring huge disasters to the people of his country (although this is just exploited by Hitler).

Now, Hitler announced the disarmament of the German army, which made Chamberlain ecstatic. He believed that the correctness of his foreign policy had finally been proved by the facts, and the logic was ready-made: Hitler’s military expansion and the expansion of German territory were all for the benefit of Germany. You don’t want to fight. You all say that Hitler is a war madman. He wants to accumulate strength and start a war, so you oppose my compromise and tolerance to him. Look, Hitler has announced that he will disarm now. Facts have proved that I am right, people Hitler was actually a peace lover.

Based on this logic, the whole of the UK was relieved, and then they all praised Chamberlain's "foresight". Chamberlain's support rate increased rapidly.

For a while, all the top British officials were overjoyed, and Chamberlain was even more radiant, and sent a "sincere thanks" to Hitler.

As for the French high-level, just like the British high-level, they were all very happy, and then celebrated with each other, celebrating that Germany has no "war ambitions".

Hitler did not lie, the German army did carry out disarmament, but this is inevitable, because Germany needs to arm the Chinese army on a large scale, so it has to reduce its own army to save military expenses and ordnance. At the same time, this disarmament will not damage the The combat effectiveness of the German army, because although the German army lost [-] divisions, it converted more of the remaining divisions into armored divisions, so that the overall combat effectiveness of the German army did not decrease but increased.

The most important thing is that Hitler's "disarmament declaration" this time is a clever smoke bomb, which further paralyzes countries such as Britain and France, allowing Germany to quietly accumulate strength and prepare for war under better conditions.

On the same day, the Japanese-Soviet Hulunbeier Battle ended. The Soviet army was defeated and the Japanese army won a disastrous victory. The loss was one-third of the Soviet army.

The Soviet army that had invaded Northeast China was stopped at Hulunbuir, struggling and stalled, and the offensive suffered a severe setback as a whole.

The defeat at the front stunned the Kremlin.

In a rage, Stalin was furious, and gave the front-line generals such as Bliuchel and Zhukov a death order to complete the task within a time limit, and then fell into extreme anxiety.

Stalin thought that the Soviet army on the front line would "destroy the ruins, plow the ground and sweep holes, be unstoppable, and invincible." Unexpectedly, they were beaten by the Japanese army with heavy casualties and huge losses. As a result, Stalin's overall plan was disrupted. I had to make Stalin very anxious.

In this war against Japan, what Stalin was most worried about was the covetous Germany and the unclear attitude of China.

Because of his excessive self-confidence, Stalin did not offer much to lure China. He thought it was "unnecessary" because "while Chiang Kai-shek and his generals were still at a loss to discuss this matter, the Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces The Chinese people have already been liberated by the Soviet Red Army, and there is only one thing Chiang Kai-shek can do, which is to admit this reality and accept the generous conditions offered by the Soviet government, although not many, so that he will not get nothing.” However, for now The development of the situation made Stalin faintly feel that he was out of control, and the Soviet army's offensive was frustrated. Although it may not be true that it could not defeat the Japanese, it was obviously difficult for the Soviet army to "quickly fight" as originally planned. Under such circumstances Therefore, China's sending troops to assist the Soviet army to fight the Japanese army is an important remedial measure for the Soviet army to complete the "quick battle and quick decision" plan.

Although Stalin calmed down, he was very reluctant, but he had to order "increasing the conditions to lure China, and let China send troops as soon as possible to assist the Soviet Red Army to annihilate the Japanese army."

After receiving Stalin’s instructions, Lu Ganzi, the Soviet ambassador to China, hurriedly asked to see Chiang Kai-shek, and with a straightforward attitude, he issued the Soviet Union’s “New Conditions for Sino-Soviet Cooperation”. There are three main points:

First, after the Sino-Soviet joint recovery of Northeast China, the Soviet Army only hoped to obtain the right to garrison troops in Heilongjiang Province;

Second, the number of Sino-Soviet troops in Heilongjiang Province, Outer Mongolia, and Xinjiang remained one to one;

Third, the Soviet Union will provide large-scale assistance to China in various aspects such as economy, industry, and military affairs.

"Ah! Mr. Lu Ganzi...recovering the lost land is what our Chinese government and the Chinese army dream of!" Chiang Kai-shek said with a sad expression on his face according to Chiang Weiguo's "teaching" in advance, "It's just that China has just gone through the Sino-Japanese War, and its national strength The army is seriously depleted, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to launch a large-scale and high-intensity war, and the Chinese army is very backward in equipment, especially large-caliber artillery..." He was reluctant to do so.