I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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The signing place of the Sino-Soviet Armistice Treaty was specially arranged by Jiang Weiguo. It was not in Moscow, nor in Wuhan or Beiping, but in Nerchensk, more than 200 kilometers due north of Manchuria, because the Chinese name of Nerchensk is "" Nerchinsk".

On September 1689, 9, China (Qing) Russia (Soviet Union) signed the "Nerchinsk Treaty" in the history of China and Russia on territorial disputes in Nerchinsk. Chu once again signed the treaty on territorial disputes, the meaning is self-evident.

This Sino-Soviet peace treaty is called the "Sino-Soviet Nerchinsk Treaty", which forms a historical "coincidence" with the "Sino-Russian Nerchinsk Treaty" 250 years ago.

According to the "Sino-Sunibuchu Treaty", China regained about 120 million square kilometers of lost land in the north at one time (mainly the outer northeast, northern outer Mongolia, etc., did not recover the northwest and west of Xinjiang, only Lake Baikal , the area is as high as more than 3 square kilometers), and the area is so large that it shocks the past and the present.

In fact, the Soviet authorities had no choice. First, Germany went to war and was aggressive. Second, after the main line of the Siberian Railway was cut off, these vast lands in the Far East were simply "wasteland" for Moscow, unable to carry out substantive and effective control. No way, no way, as long as the Nanjing Army keeps occupying Irkutsk, the area east of Irkutsk will be virtually cut off from the control of the Soviet government.

As we all know, although North Asia of the Soviet Union (Russia's Asian region) is extremely vast, with an area of ​​more than 1300 million square kilometers, only the southern region (close to Central Asia and China) can carry out transportation, development, and business operations. The central and northern parts are uninhabited lands with extremely harsh climate and extremely difficult conditions. Just like the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China, from a military point of view, this kind of place is "difficult to fight for the enemy's army, and difficult for the national army to defend." As long as the main lines of communication It was cut off, and immediately large areas were reduced to "wasteland".

"Quick! Quick!" Yang Jie, the Chinese signatory representative who walked out of the negotiation site in Nerchinsk, laughed vigorously, "Wai Dongbei, Wa Dongbei, Baikal, Baikal, Hailanpao, Hailanpao, Vladivostok, Vladivostok... you They are finally back!"

这场从1939年8月8日持续到1939年12月31日的远东战争，中国大获全胜。

In this battle, more than 75 Soviet troops participated in the battle (including Heixi and Yicheng), more than 30 Nanjing troops participated in the battle, and more than 30 Japanese troops participated in the war. In the end, more than 60 Soviet troops were killed, injured, sick, and captured. (Including the number of people lost during the breakout of the Soviet army), the Nanjing Army suffered more than 6 casualties, the Japanese Army suffered more than 9 casualties, the Puppet Mongolian Army killed and injured more than 8 people, and the Puppet Manchukuo Army suffered about 4 casualties.

There is no doubt that China is the biggest winner in this battle.

However, although the Sino-Soviet and Japanese-Soviet Wars were over, the Sino-Japanese "war" was still going on.

Chapter 449

For the whole of China, New Year’s Day in 120 had a much more festive atmosphere and meaning than in previous years. Naturally, the reason goes without saying. The Chinese army (Nanjing Army) won another battle, and it was a big victory with brilliant results. The Far East War China defeated the Soviet Union in one fell swoop and regained about [-] million square kilometers of lost land in the north, which had to plunge the whole of China into boiling celebrations.

After this war in the Far East, China's international status has been greatly improved, and it has truly become one of the "eight major powers in the world" recognized by all countries (the eight major powers in the world are: the United States, Britain, France, the Soviet Union, Germany, Italy, and Japan. ,middle.

China's economy, industry, technology, military and other levels are currently at the bottom of the eight major powers).

China's strides towards prosperity naturally make the Chinese proud.

On the other hand, after the war in the Far East, Germany was completely "at ease" with China, and at the same time it was completely "at ease" with Japan, because facts have proved that although the relationship between China and Japan is bad, it can be said that they have ghosts and dreams in the same bed, but At the very least, China and Japan have worked together to deal with the Soviet Union, which is Germany's top priority.

Amidst the cheers of firecrackers resounding throughout the city of Beiping, Jiang Weiguo did not "have fun with the people" because there were too many things waiting for him to deal with, mainly the finishing work of this Far East War.

After being forced to sign the treaty of land cession and indemnity, the Soviet Union has withdrawn from the Far East War, but the intrigue between China and Japan continues.

No matter how Jiang Weiguo looked at it, the relationship between China and Japan at this time was very similar to the Shu Han and Soochow in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". It was Cao Wei, and China and Japan fought against the Soviet Union. As a result, Shu and Wu repelled Cao Wei, and China and Japan repelled the Soviet Union. The two sides had no time to catch their breath, and yesterday's allies immediately began to intrigue.

In "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Liang cheated Zhou Yu so much that he lost his wife and lost his army. Now, although Jiang Weiguo is not as clever and wise as Zhuge Liang, he has also made the Japanese suffer unspeakably.

After the Soviet Union withdrew from the Far East War, the victorious Nanjing Army received the lost land in northern China returned by the Soviet authorities in an orderly and unhurried manner (mainly the Outer Northeast, the surrounding areas of Lake Baikal, etc.) At the same time, the 77th Division of the Nanjing Army deliberately "stayed" in the western region of Heilongjiang Province with Manchuria as the core, and even took advantage of the opportunity of the Soviet army to break through to seize a large area of ​​land in Heilongjiang (the reason why the Nanjing Army did this It is very sufficient, because the elite troops of the Soviet army broke through the Japanese blocking line to the east at that time, and the Japanese army was caught off guard. A large area of ​​land in the Black West); more than that, on the Shenyang battlefield at this time, the Japanese army and the Northeast Army are fighting in full swing.

The Battle of Fengri and Shenyang (formerly known as "Fengjun" by the Northeast Army) broke out on December 1939, 12. It had been fighting for nearly half a month until New Year's Day in 17. The Japanese army had invested more than 1940 regular troops in the battle. There were 8 to 6 armed Japanese expatriates to help in the battle, about 30 Northeast Army guarding the city, and another [-] to [-] Northeast civilians to help.

From the perspective of military strength, the Northeast Army is inferior to the Japanese Army, but in fact the situation is not in favor of the Japanese Army.

Before the Northeast Army counterattacked the Northeast this time, the Northeast Army had a total of more than 8 regular troops. When it hit Shenyang, it suffered more than 1 casualties along the way. About 6 Northeast Army entered Shenyang, and there were more than 1 people in Shenyang and Rehe Province. The guerrilla warfare in the area between them, on the one hand, contained the Japanese troops, and on the other hand, maintained the "passage from Shenyang to Rehe Province". However, the actual strength of the Northeast Army was more than that. Together, tens of thousands of them have received two or three months or one or two months of military training in advance, and they can join the army directly after picking up a gun. In addition, there are also a lot of people among the hundreds of thousands of local residents in Shenyang. Support the Northeast Army to "fight back home and recover the Northeast". In addition, Shenyang has the largest arsenal in Asia with a large number of weapons and equipment. Therefore, the Northeast Army can temporarily arm a large number of militiamen during the Shenyang War. Therefore, during the Shenyang War, including the Northeast Including officers and soldiers of the regular army, there were no less than 10,000 Northeast people with guns fighting the Japanese army, more troops than the Japanese army.

In addition, due to the pressure of Jiang Weiguo, the Japanese army had to deploy two divisions to guard against the Nanjing Army at the border of the two provinces of Jehol, Liaoning, and did not dare to use the aircraft and artillery during the war. Therefore, the Northeast Army and the Japanese army were "evenly matched" .

The two armies were evenly matched, and another meaning is that the two armies lost both sides.

The Northeast Army's "running into" the Northeast has already caused the Japanese a lot of headaches. What made the situation worse for the Japanese was that with the outbreak of the Shenyang Campaign, it was like a command, and the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang sprung up like mushrooms overnight. All kinds of "Northeast People's Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Units" emerged, numbering no less than [-] units, ranging from dozens to hundreds of people, and even hundreds of thousands of people. On the contrary, they are well-trained, well-equipped, with sufficient ammunition, and strong combat power. Each of them has a [-]-type rifle, and an average of ten people have a light machine gun, a grenadier, or a light mortar. It is so powerful that it cannot lose to the regular army, so it is extremely destructive. It specializes in destroying railways, blowing up bridges, attacking county towns, and burning supplies. The law and order has been very good, so why are there so many guerrillas all of a sudden?"

Major General Endo Saburo, the deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, urgently investigated and studied this unexpected situation, and finally reported to General Ueda with a complicated state of mind: "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, those guerrillas are not guerrillas, nor are they composed of local Manchurians. !"

General Ueda was surprised and said, "Why did you say that?"

Major General Endo said with a wry smile: "I have retrieved more than 100 combat reports, and I can see the characteristics of those so-called guerrillas at a glance. First, the members are all regular army officers and soldiers. Second, the equipment is all regular army weapons. Third, the fighting spirit is very strong. Tenacious, would rather die than surrender, in several battles, our encirclement and suppression forces surrounded several guerrillas, and those guerrillas fought to the last moment, either shooting themselves or launching suicide attacks!"

General Ueda was startled: "You mean..."

Major General Endo sighed: "They are all regular troops.

Although we have no evidence, the truth is already coming out. The mastermind behind the scenes is Jiang Weiguo, and those guerrillas are all officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army.

Your Excellency, think about it, Manchuria is now completely bordering Jiang Weiguo's territory. This Far East war has plunged the situation in Manchuria into a certain chaos. Jiang Weiguo dispatched tens of thousands of regular troops. Isn't it easy to enter all parts of Manchuria to make trouble and sabotage?We sent troops to inquire about crimes, but we did not come out without a name, and Jiang Weiguo would certainly not recognize those guerrillas who wreaked havoc in Manchuria as his regular army officers and soldiers!"

"Damn Jiang Weiguo! It's so hateful!" General Ueda woke up like a dream, with smoke from his seven orifices.

Major General Endo said bitterly: "Manchuria is Chinese territory after all, and the Chinese soldiers are naturally blessed to fight guerrilla warfare in Manchuria, and there is nothing we can do about it.

If we want to wipe out those "guerrillas" with a total of tens of thousands, at least a few divisions must be mobilized, which will greatly restrain our regular army troops. In addition, even if they are wiped out, Jiang Weiguo can continue to dispatch his regular army from North China to pretend to be The guerrillas sneaked into the territory of Manchuria, and there was a steady stream, and there was simply no end to the suppression.

In addition, Jiang Weiguo's regular army was staring at the outside of Manchuria.

The more chaotic Manchuria is, the more opportunity the Nanjing Army can take advantage of!"

General Ueda was furious: "Can't we retaliate with an eye? Send people to North China to wreak havoc!"

Major General Endo smiled wryly: "Your Excellency, we are Japanese. How do the Japanese fight guerrilla warfare in China?"

General Ueda sighed for a long time, he was also confused by what he said just now: "Why did Jiang Weiguo do this?"

Major General Endo smiled wryly again: "Needless to say? Of course it is to put pressure on us, so as to claim Manchuria from us!"

The fact is as Major General Endo speculated.

On January 1, high-level or high-level representatives of China, Japan and Germany held a meeting in Beiping to discuss the finishing work of the Far East War.

The name of this meeting is "discussion on the end", which is actually "dividing spoils". After all, through this Far East War, Germany, China and Japan have all gained a lot. How to "distribute according to work" the huge amount of oil and water scraped from the Soviet Union, the high-level leaders of the three countries are naturally the most responsible. eager.

In fact, Germany is not interested in land and war reparations. What Germany wants has already been obtained, that is, China and Japan have passed the actual test, and China and Japan will naturally divide up land and war reparations.

Lieutenant General Kaoru Iimura, who once again participated in the meeting on behalf of the Japanese military, made a strong protest at the beginning: "General Jiang! Our side strongly protests! At present, no less than 2 people from your country's army have entered the western part of Heilongjiang Province! And they have not left for a long time. Heishi currently belongs to the Japanese occupation area, which is also recognized by your side! The behavior of your country's army is really hard for us to understand and accept!"

Jiang Weiguo argued calmly: "Our army entered the Black West to destroy the Soviet Army, and went deep into the Black West to pursue the Soviet Army.

General Iimura, the Soviet army’s last big breakout was actually launched from the blocking line of your Japanese army. We are very sorry to see that the Japanese army did not fulfill its promise and actually let 74 Soviet troops come from the black area under the responsibility of the Japanese army. Break out from the encirclement in the east of the West Region!General Iimura, you protested to us, and we also protested to you!Protest against your ineffectiveness in combat!Let the remnants of the Soviet army successfully break through! He became emotional all of a sudden, "The main battlefield of this Far East battle is not in Heishi, but in Irkutsk!"In order to cut off the transportation of the Soviet army, all the soldiers of our 74th Division fought bloody battles in Irkutsk, including Qi Xueqi, the deputy division commander, Liu Yaohuan, the commander of the 74th Brigade, and He Guangqian, the commander of the 74th Cavalry Brigade. More than a thousand (Jiang Weiguo exaggerated the number a lot) Chinese soldiers died heroically!The 74th Division never retreated, for what?In order to cooperate with the Chinese and Japanese coalition forces on the Black West battlefield to completely eat the main force of the besieged Far East Soviet army!However, I am very sorry to see that the Japanese friendly army failed the blood and sacrifices of the soldiers of my [-]th Division, and actually allowed the Soviet army to successfully break through in the end!This is a major responsibility that the Japanese army must bear! "He was righteous and full of righteous indignation.

Iimura suddenly became angry, and he cursed in his heart: "If you hadn't encouraged the Northeast Army to attack Liaoning and forced the Japanese army to withdraw a large number of troops from the Black West Front, how could the Soviet Army have taken advantage of the opportunity and entered smoothly? Breaking through? It’s unreasonable to push the responsibility all over the Japanese army now!” He couldn’t express what he said in his heart, because the Japanese army had no evidence to prove that Zhang Xueliang led the Northeast Army’s sneak attack on Liaoning was instigated by Jiang Weiguo.

Suppressing his anger, Iimura apologized: "Yes, it is indeed the responsibility of the Japanese army that the last remnants of the Soviet army broke through the Japanese army's blocking line.

However, the Soviet authorities have negotiated a truce, and your troops who have entered the Black West and penetrated into the hinterland of the Black West can also withdraw from the Black West and withdraw to Outer Mongolia!"

Jiang Weiguo blushed and said: "Of course, it's just that our army has fought fiercely with the Soviet army on the Black West battlefield for so many days, with huge casualties and heavy losses. It also captured 10,000+ Soviet prisoners. On the battlefield, the stragglers of the Soviet army must be wiped out, so the withdrawal will definitely be withdrawn, but it will take time, please be patient, wait patiently, and give me your understanding!"

Iimura was furious: "So, what happened to the Shenyang campaign? Even though the Northeast Army is already a Chinese rebel army, but the Northeast Army disobeyed orders and attacked without authorization, your country must be responsible!"

"Sure, we are definitely responsible!" Jiang Weiguo nodded again and again, "We have mobilized elite troops from several divisions and assembled them at the border of the two provinces of Rehe, Liaoning. As long as the Japanese friends need and allow them, those troops will immediately enter Liaoning to cooperate with the Japanese army. Destroy the Northeast Army!"

Iimura was so angry that his face turned blue and he could hardly speak.

Shigemitsu Aoi, who is also the representative of Japan, hurriedly eased the atmosphere: "These are just extra problems, they can be resolved through negotiation! We are not in a hurry, take our time.

The top priority is that the Chinese and Japanese allied forces won a complete victory in the Far East War, defeated the Soviet Union, and obtained a large area of ​​land. According to the pre-war agreement, the land ceded by the Soviet Union was allocated by China and Japan!"

Jiang Weiguo smiled and said: "Mr. Chongguang, first of all, I want to remind you that the Soviet Union does not 'cede', but 'returns', because the land handed over by the Soviet Union, whether it is the Northeast China or the Lake Baikal area, was originally owned by China. territory.

certainly! He changed the subject, "Although those lands were originally Chinese territory, we must fulfill our promise and distribute them with our Japanese friends."

After all, first, this is an agreement that must be followed, and second, without the assistance of the Japanese allies, it is indeed difficult for the Chinese army to regain the lost ground.

Therefore, although we are not very willing psychologically and nationally, we will strictly abide by the agreement and distribute it with our Japanese allies!"

Shigemitsu Aoi nodded again and again: "It's so good, it's so good!" The face of Iimura Rin who was next to him also softened a lot.

What the Japanese are most afraid of is that after this battle is over, the Chinese side will go back on its word, find various excuses to shirk, and give Japan no benefit.

Jiang Weiguo took a sip of tea, and said with a radiant face: "How to distribute those lands, our principle is 'distribute according to work', that's for sure. Both China and Japan participated in the Far East War. Naturally, you can get more!" He winked at Falkenhausen who was also present at the venue.

Falkenhausen said sternly and selflessly: "Out of the principle of justice, Chinese and Japanese friends, we will not use the enemy annihilation data you provided, we only believe in our own statistics.

According to the summary of our military observers on various battlefields, about 55 Soviet troops were killed, wounded, sick, and captured in this battle (excluding the number of Soviet troops who broke through the encirclement). Among them, in the battle with the Chinese army , the Soviet army lost about 38 troops, and in the battle with the Japanese army, the Soviet army lost about 17 troops. Therefore, the Chinese side accounted for about 69% of the total, and the Japanese accounted for about 31% of the total!" He added Said, "Obviously, the contribution and contribution made by China greatly surpassed that of Japan. The Chinese army captured more than 15 Soviet prisoners alone!"

Jiang Weiguo and Yang Jie, who attended the meeting together, were all in good spirits, while Iimura Yu and Shigemitsu Aoi elongated their faces.

What Falkenhausen described is indeed true. After the outbreak of the Far East War, the Japanese army mainly fought against the Soviet army at the Battle of Nomenhan, Manzhouli, and Qiqihar. They fought no more battles than the Japanese army. They regained Outer Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Tangnu Wulianghai, fought the Battle of Irkutsk, and then participated in the defensive battle of the Black West encirclement. It’s too fair.” Because after the war broke out, the Soviet army concentrated almost all of its elite troops and heavy weapons to actively attack the Japanese army. Therefore, the Japanese army carried the main force of the Soviet army, and the Nanjing army stabbed black knives behind the Soviet army. Naturally, it was much easier. , In addition, the Chinese and Japanese allied forces launched a large siege in Heishi, and the Soviet army mainly launched a breakout to the west of the encirclement where the Nanjing Army was located. Since the Soviet army’s logistics supply had been cut off at that time, the ammunition was insufficient (most of the ammunition was dumped on the Japanese army. ), the firepower was not strong (most of the firepower was borne by the Japanese army), which led to the death of the breakthrough charge, which in turn caused the Nanjing Army to kill and wound a large number of Soviet troops without killing or injuring many people.

At least two-thirds of the hard and vicious battles were fought by the Japanese army, but the results of the Japanese army were not as good as those of the Nanjing army, because the Nanjing army "opportunistically" mostly fought against the weakened Soviet army.

In this battle, the Nanjing Army suffered more than 6 casualties, and the Japanese Army suffered more than 9 casualties. The Japanese Army's casualties were about 1.5 times that of the Nanjing Army, but the number of Soviet troops wiped out was less than half that of the Nanjing Army.

The reason for the result of "the Japanese army paid more and gained less; the Nanjing army paid less and gained more" can actually be figured out after careful consideration.

"We have a very good suggestion!" Jiang Weiguo said with a smile, "According to the ratio of annihilating the enemy, at least two-thirds should be allocated to our side, and only one-third to our Japanese friends.

However, because the Northeast Army of our country is subduing and attacking without authorization, we must give our Japanese friends some compensation.

In addition, according to the previous agreement of the German-Chinese-Japanese Triple Alliance, if a full-scale war is launched against the Soviet Union, the army will be sent by Germany and China, and the Japanese army will not need to send troops. Moreover, in order to expand the Japanese navy, a large amount of funds and resources of the Japanese army will be allocated to the Japanese navy. , so the Japanese Army could not maintain a large size.

To put it bluntly, if the Soviet Union is to be fought, in the Far East, the Chinese Army must be the top. If the Soviet Union makes a comeback, it must be the Chinese Army. This battle in the Far East just proves this point.

As you can see, the Soviet army attacked in a big way, and the Japanese army suffered a lot at the beginning of the war because of its insufficient strength. Next, we must learn from it!"

Iimura looked warily at Jiang Weiguo who was "enthusiastically considering Japan": "General Jiang, what do you mean..."

Jiang Weiguo talked eloquently: "I mean, because the Japanese army is not strong enough... Oh, I am not belittling the Japanese army. Of course the Japanese army is very strong. If there are enough financial resources, the Japanese army will definitely be able to fight in terms of size and combat effectiveness. Both are world-class. However, Germany and China do not have a strong navy and shipbuilding industry. Japan does. The Japanese navy must be greatly expanded. This is the mission given to the Japanese navy by the Allies and history, and it belongs to the Japanese army just like the Japanese navy. Naturally, the Japanese army must be reduced. Because of this unchangeable reason, the Japanese army had to maintain a medium-sized scale and save funds and resources for the Japanese navy. Therefore, objective reasons prevented the Japanese army from having a million-strong army. Naturally, the relationship between Japan and the Soviet Union , not only between Japan and the Soviet Union, but also between the Japanese-occupied areas and the Soviet Union. It is best that the Chinese army stand between Japan and the Soviet Union to protect Japan and the Japanese-occupied areas.

Therefore, we hope that Japan can return Heilongjiang Province to China!"

"What?" Kaoru Iimura was startled at first, and then furious.

"General Iimura, please wait for me to finish!" Jiang Weiguo smiled all over his face, "We will definitely pay compensation, and we are willing to transfer more land to Japan as an equivalent exchange!"

"This is superfluous!" Iimura scolded angrily, "Haven't you already recovered the Outer Northeast? The Outer Northeast is separated from Heilongjiang Province and the territory of the Soviet Union. Heilongjiang Province has no border with the Soviet Union at all!"

"General Iimura..." Jiang Weiguo said with an embarrassed expression, "The climate, geography, environment, and conditions in the Outer Northeast are too harsh, and it is impossible to station heavy troops! Heilongjiang Province is much better than the Outer Northeast!"

"Excuse!" Iimura was furious, and he suddenly realized that this was the real reason why the 77th Division of the Nanjing Army Lai stayed in Heishi for so long: Jiang Weiguo planned to take away Heilongjiang Province.

"General Iimura..." Shigemitsu Aoi comforted, "If Japan can get more, Mr. Jiang's plan is actually not bad!"

"Mr. Shigemitsu, I like your straightforwardness and decisiveness!" Jiang Weiguo laughed, "Actually, you all know well that our country will never give up the three northeastern provinces. Well, we will take them back sooner or later, and you won't There is no way to let go, as far as I know..." He deliberately paused, "There are currently many anti-Japanese guerrillas in the Northeast! It can be seen that the return of the Northeast to China is a historical trend!" He smiled, But there is a knife hidden in the smile.

Kaoru Iimura was completely sure of who the anti-Japanese guerrillas in the Northeast belonged to. He also understood that Jiang Weiguo was behind the Northeast Army and those guerrillas. According to Jiang Weiguo, there will never be peace after the Japanese occupation of the Northeast.

Shigemitsu smiled helplessly: "What Mr. Jiang said is true!"

Jiang Weiguo looked at Chongguangkui, and the more he looked at him, the more he felt that he was like the honest and loyal Lu Su in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

"Actually..." Jiang Weiguo continued unhurriedly, "The Northeast Army rebelled in Liaoning, and your side is very troubled. We are willing to help you solve this problem once and for all.

To wipe out the Northeast Army, whether it is your army or our army, this matter must be done.

If you return Liaoning to us, isn't this troublesome matter our responsibility?The Northeast Army doesn't need you to suppress it, leave it to us to suppress it! "

Kaoru Iimura has calmed down. He fully understands that Jiang Weiguo is leading his side by the nose. Instead of haggling in vain and beating around the bush, it is better to go straight: "General Jiang, just talk about your plan!"

Jiang Weiguo laughed: "It's very simple, return Heilongjiang Province and Liaoning Province to us, and we will transfer to you a total of 100 million square kilometers of land in the outer northeast except for a few areas!" Heilongjiang Province has Daqing Oilfield, and Liaoning Province has huge coal mines , iron ore, and highly developed industries, Jiang Weiguo is going crazy thinking about these two places.

In this war in the Far East, apart from Outer Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Tangnu Wulianghai, the territory returned to China by the Soviet Union mainly has two major areas. South of Xing'an Mountains (including Outer Xing'an Mountains), north of Heilongjiang, east of Ussuri River, including the "Outer Northeast" of more than 100 million square kilometers including Sakhalin Island, and south of Lake Baikal in the north of Outer Mongolia and the southwestern region (including Lake Baikal itself) for a total area of ​​about 20 square kilometers.