I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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At this time, there are no real warlords in China anymore. Even Li Zongren’s Guangxi Clique has faded away and is completely controlled. Time flies, the waves wash away the sand, and the warlords have fought for so many years. Chiang Kai-shek has truly unified China. If there are still warlords in China , that is Jiang Weiguo, and the last laugh is Jiang's father and son.

Feng Yuxiang is one of the losers in this game of survival of the fittest.

There are many losers. Yan Xishan can make a comeback if he fails, Li Zongren can keep his money if he fails, but Feng Yuxiang loses and loses his fortune.

Feng Yuxiang's failure is inevitable. His Northwest Army is a large military group developed from a mixed brigade. In this group, he has a high prestige, but the basis for him to maintain this group is only some empty slogans to save the country and the people And his personal relationship with the generals, and his personality is very self-willed, and he adopts a rough paternalistic style when managing the generals under his command. Even if some generals he single-handedly become army commanders, commanders, and provincial chairmen, Feng Yuxiang still treats them like nephews The juniors generally did not give due respect and courtesy, did not allow them to smoke in front of them, and even made them kneel. When the subordinate generals asked Feng Yuxiang for advice, Feng Yuxiang would say "children don't talk too much" when they are not happy. Such words.

Once, Ji Hongchang angered Feng Yuxiang. Feng Yuxiang called and said "kneel down", so Ji Hongchang honestly knelt down holding the phone and said "report to the commander-in-chief, Kneeled."

During the Central Plains War, Han Fuju's rebellion against Feng Yuxiang was one of the important reasons for the failure of the Northwest Army. One of the reasons for Han Fuju's rebellion was that he did not get Feng Yuxiang's respect for his personality. Xishan, so Yan Xishan’s strength is much smaller than that of Chiang Kai-shek.” Feng Yuxiang was not happy to hear that, and ordered Han Fuju to kneel down in the courtyard in full view. In anger, he defected to Chiang Kai-shek in the ensuing war.

Feng Yuxiang's approach made some generals of the Northwest Army feel restrained and aggrieved. They wanted to get rid of Feng Yuxiang's paternalistic shackles. past.

In addition, Feng Yuxiang is indeed a very simple leader. Even if he becomes the "King of the Northwest" with hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, he is still diligent and frugal, and opposes luxury. wait.

Feng Yuxiang set an example by himself. He usually wears a soldier's uniform, sleeps on straw beds at night, and eats one dish and one soup for each meal.

Feng Yuxiang's actions certainly allowed the Northwest Army to maintain a simple atmosphere, won the support of the vast number of grassroots soldiers of the Northwest Army, and allowed the Northwest Army to have the advantages of hardship and perseverance and the spirit of perseverance, but for those senior generals of the Northwest Army, It's unbearable.

Feng Yuxiang's own simple food is fine, but he also pulls the generals under his command who have become brigade commanders, division commanders, army commanders, and commanders to have simple food together. The generals of the Northwest Army were dissatisfied.

The most important thing is that Feng Yuxiang was politically "following the rudder and capricious".

Although he has reluctantly withdrew from the competition stage, Feng Yuxiang is still "a veteran with a long-term ambition".

After the Far East War ended, the national army re-divided the military regions. Among them, the four provinces of Suiyuan, Gansu, Ningxia, and Xinjiang were designated as the second military region. Feng Yuxiang had a strong interest in this, because these four provinces did not belong to the Chiang Kai-shek regime in the past. The traditional control areas in China are all the territory of local warlords. They have just been taken back, and there are still many leftovers from the original. Chiang Kai-shek is busy digesting the southwest and fighting the "Qinghai-Tibet War". He has no time to take care of these four provinces for a while. In the name of "hoping to reclaim the northwest, develop the frontier, and make use of the remaining heat", Feng Yuxiang, who was born, asked for the post of commander-in-chief of the Second Military Region. Chiang Kai-shek originally did not agree, but Jiang Weiguo agreed, which made Feng Yuxiang overjoyed and full of ambition.

"Vice Chairman, here we come!" A follower beside Feng Yuxiang excitedly pointed to a place in the distance.

Feng Yuxiang hurriedly raised his eyes to look around, and saw a dozen cars raising a roaring dust yellow dragon on the Gobi in the distance.

The convoy quickly moved from far to near, and Feng Yuxiang hurried down the mountain to meet him. He saw several Chinese and foreigners getting off the convoy.

"Old General Feng!" A man came up to greet him with a smile after getting out of the car.

"Commander Li, you are really here!" Feng Yuxiang smiled heartily.

"What about the commander-in-chief is a thing of the past, and it is disgraceful, why mention it!"

"It seems that you are still the same as before, you have both ways and prosperity! This kind of ability really makes me, Feng Yuxiang, feel inferior!"

"Old General Feng is joking, I'm just fooling around now!"

The "Commander Li" who was talking to Feng Yuxiang was none other than Li Shouxin, the former commander-in-chief of the Puppet Mongolian Army (Inner Mongolian Puppet Army).

Feng Yuxiang and Li Shouxin can be said to be "enemies and friends". The two had dealt with each other seven years ago. Chahar Anti-Japanese Allied Army" fought with the Japanese and puppet troops in Chahar Province. In fact, there were not many Japanese troops in Chahar Province at that time, and they were basically puppet troops. Because Chahar Province belongs to Inner Mongolia, so The puppet army in Chahar Province is the puppet Mongolian army (Inner Mongolian puppet army), and the commander-in-chief is Li Shouxin.

The most famous battle fought by the Chahar Anti-Japanese Allied Army in Chahar Province was the "Battle of Duolun". It regained Duolun, an important town in Chahar Province, and was attacked by Feng Yuxiang's Chahar Anti-Japanese Allied Army. It was Li Shouxin's puppet Mongolian army.

The Battle of Duolun is of great significance. It was the first time after the September [-]th Incident that the Chinese army regained lost ground from the Japanese and puppet troops. "Shuanghuang" was sung after secretly reaching an agreement. Li Shouxin had the strength to defend Duolun at the time, but he didn't want to lose his money, so he deliberately gave up Duolun. Feng Yuxiang "recovered" Duolun and gained huge political capital. A month later, according to the "gentleman's agreement" between the two parties, Li Shouxin "attacked" Duolun again, and Feng Yuxiang deliberately abandoned Duolun, allowing Li Shouxin to win without a fight, so that Li Shouxin could hand over business to the Japanese, and both sides "got what they needed." ", this is called "Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou", Feng Yuxiang "borrowed" Duolun from Li Shouxin, and "returned" Duolun to Li Shouxin after achieving his goal.

Because of this past event, Feng Yuxiang and Li Shouxin became "friends".

"Old General Feng, what you asked me to do has been done!" After finishing his polite words, Li Shouxin got back to business, and he motioned to Feng Yuxiang for a few foreigners with yellowish-brown hair and gray-blue eyes. people.

Feng Yuxiang looked at the foreigners eagerly.

The leading foreigner looked at Feng Yuxiang coldly: "General Feng, we are actually acquaintances with you.

As early as 14 years ago, we started a close cooperation with you. At that time, you were in poverty, internal and external troubles, not only your status was in jeopardy, but your troops were also defeated in the civil war in China. It was us who provided you with 450 million rubles Huge amount of money and arms worth more than 1000 million rubles. We first sent a special envoy to meet you in Baotou, and then invited you to visit Moscow. When you came to Moscow, our chief of staff of the Red Army and the commander of the Moscow garrison greeted you personally. The specifications are not low, right?During the Northern Expedition, you held an oath in Wuyuan, and we increased our assistance to you. There were more than 3 rifles, more than 140 machine guns, and 2800 million rounds of bullets. Adding up, our assistance to you can make you Arming 40 troops, what weapons did your troops use at that time?They are all old-fashioned weapons from the late Qing Dynasty, and the barrels are all rusted.

Our enthusiasm and huge assistance to you cannot but be said to be as heavy as a mountain, but how do you repay us?The reason why we aid you is because we think you are a real revolutionary, but unexpectedly, your essence is still a warlord.

You just used us to help you out, grow your wings, and then sold us out without mercy.

Chiang Kai-shek launched the "Qing Communist Party" in southeast China, and you also massacred the Bolsheviks in northwest China, and you finally betrayed us, the revolution, and the Bolsheviks, and you took refuge in Chiang Kai-shek and capitalism!"

Feng Yuxiang remained silent with an extremely embarrassing expression. He could not refute the accusations and sarcasm of the "old friend" the Soviets in front of him, because he had indeed used the Soviets and turned his back on the Soviets.

The leader of the Soviet Union paused for a moment, then calmed down: "However, the past is over. Now, because of the new situation, we can put aside the past with you. Of course, this is also the last chance we give you. A chance to prove yourself and make up for your past mistakes.

General Feng, today's China has been completely controlled by the Chiang Kai-shek regime, and the facts have quickly proved that the Chiang Kai-shek regime is just like the inevitable route of capitalist development, from capitalism to the highest stage of capitalism: imperialism.

Suppressing revolutions at home, extorting money, and launching expansionary and unjust wars of aggression abroad are the manifestations of naked imperialism. Even Chinese imperialism has colluded with Japanese militarism and German and Italian fascism. , It has increasingly become the source of great disasters destined to bring great disasters to the people of the world and the Chinese people.

Therefore, we need a real revolutionist, and the Chinese people also need a real revolutionist, to turn the tide and save China, it is you!"

Feng Yuxiang nodded slightly, his expression was complicated and his state of mind was subtle.

"We will provide you with financial and arms assistance, which will arrive soon, and at the same time, we sincerely hope that you will not disappoint our trust and expectations again.

We hope that the spark of revolution that has been extinguished in China will be rekindled by you, General Feng, to illuminate China and the East.

At the very least, it is to counter the Chiang Kai-shek clique's dark rule over China until the liberation of China!"

Feng Yuxiang took a deep breath: "Yes!"

"Okay, that's it, let's wait and see what happens in the future!" The leading Soviets were about to get back in the car.

"Wait!" Feng Yuxiang remembered an important matter, "How should I contact you? Also, what's your name?"

"Just wait for our news!" The Soviet leader seemed very impatient and alert, "Just call me Andrei, I'm from Moscow, that's all, I can't tell you anything else, Don't pry behind your back, otherwise, we won't be able to trust you anymore.

Right now, the Soviet Union is experiencing a catastrophe, and we cannot afford any betrayal, so we will not give any possible betrayers another chance to betray.

You know, the Chinese white government is coercing us, and we don’t want to give them an excuse to do something. The cooperation between you and us must be kept absolutely confidential, and you should not know anything extra.

You don't need to take the initiative to contact me, I will take the initiative to contact you, if there is anything important or urgent, you can just contact him!"

Andre pointed to Li Shouxin.

Feng Yuxiang nodded: "I see!" The other party guarded himself like a thief, which made him very uncomfortable, but he knew he was wrong because he had betrayed him before.

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Andrei waited for the Soviets to get into two cars and quickly left in dust.

Feng Yuxiang paused, and walked to the side of the dozen or so cars that hadn't driven away. The cars were full of the Soviet-made weapons he needed most.

Chapter 460 World War (3)

The German-Soviet battlefield was full of blood and flames, and the Sino-Soviet negotiation table was also so fierce that it could be called swords and swords.

Stalin was extremely furious and took tough countermeasures against China's blatant looting at the critical moment when the Soviet Union was aggressively attacked by Germany. He instructed Molotov, who was in charge of the matter, "not to give an inch of territory, only to fight with them." Hypocrisy and obscenity, using perfunctory means to delay, gain precious time, until the Soviet Red Army smashed the German army on the Kiev battlefield.”

Molotov was deeply disturbed by this, but he had no choice but to cheer up and rack his brains to carry out this task.

Both sides negotiated with tough attitudes, and the result can be imagined. Although Molotov tried his best to "perfuse" the Chinese negotiators, the Chinese negotiators were not easy to fool, which led to three consecutive negotiations.

At the third meeting, Yang Jie said to Molotov in a cold tone: "You have been avoiding the truth during the negotiations, and you have kept silent on key issues. We deeply feel that your side is not sincere, and we Fang has also lost his patience with this. In this case, your side and our side should not continue to waste precious time.

We immediately set off to return to our country and report to the leaders of our country this trip to Moscow that has yielded nothing for us, and let it go!" He sneered, "I believe that the high-level officials of your country, including your Excellency, must be very busy right now, so we also Don't bother Your Excellency to send it away!" After finishing speaking, he and Jiang Tingfu got up and walked together.

Seeing that the other party was about to walk away, Molotov became anxious. If the negotiation failed like this, although he managed to "not give up an inch", he did not complete the task of "delaying time" assigned by Stalin, so he hurriedly came up with a backup plan : "General Yang, Ambassador Jiang, please wait a moment, in fact...our side is sincere!" He said with difficulty the procedural official document language that even he himself felt despised, "The relationship between the Soviet Union and China The dispute has gone through more than 250 years of ups and downs, and both countries have experienced a series of major political changes during this period. For example, in our country, the Russian Empire has been destroyed and replaced by the Soviet Union. For example, in your country, the Qing Dynasty has also ceased to exist. It was replaced by the Republic of China, and the National Government of the Republic of China was the Beiyang Government of the Republic of China before. After such a long time and so many changes, the dispute between the Soviet Union and China has become extremely complicated. It is by no means a simple matter to completely solve it. In the words of your country, haste makes waste! Therefore, your country must give our country enough time, and our country will take sufficient sincerity and practical and effective measures to unite your country. Let's solve the problem together!"

Yang Jie snorted coldly: "Haste makes waste? No, you should cut the mess quickly! Your attitude is procrastinating and slow, and you have been wasting our precious time. I'm sorry. I can’t see your so-called sincerity and actions!”

Molotov bit the bullet and said: "China is the largest country in the East and the second largest country in the world. The Soviet Union is the largest country in the world. Although the Soviet Union belongs to Europe politically and culturally, the territory of the Soviet Union spans two continents, Asia and Europe. , so it can be regarded as "half an eastern country". The peace between the Soviet Union and China is related to the peace of the East, and more directly related to the peace of the world. Hot tofu!"

Jiang Tingfu sneered and said: "It seems that Mr. Molotov has done a lot of homework on Chinese culture recently, one after another Chinese proverbs, but unfortunately, Mr. Molotov, we will not fall into your plan to slow down the army Yes, if you are sincere, you should come up with practical and effective measures that we can recognize, instead of playing word games with us here!"

"Yes! Yes!" Molotov repeated, he gritted his teeth, and took out the backup plan he had prepared in advance, "There are three main territorial disputes between the Soviet Union and China, one is the outer northeast, and the other is the Outer Mongolia and Tangnu Wulianghai area, and the third is Outer Xinjiang.

The first two have been satisfactorily resolved through the last "Soviet-China Treaty of Nerchinsk", so our next focus should be on outer Xinjiang. First, everything must have a beginning. Second, our side We can also prove our sincerity to you by peacefully resolving territorial disputes in outer Xinjiang!"

Yang Jie and Jiang Tingfu looked at each other and exchanged glances.

Molotov smiled on the surface, but looked nervously at Yang Jie and Jiang Tingfu in his heart.

"Okay! Since you have a preliminary plan, we might as well listen carefully and wait and see!" Yang Jie and Jiang Tingfu sat down again and looked at Molotov with great interest.

Molotov was immediately relieved and elated. He was very pleased in his heart: "That's great! These Chinese people are really aggressive and bluffing!" At the same time, a strong contempt arose in his heart.

Molotov is not an incompetent person. He is a veteran of diplomacy, with rich experience, sophisticated methods, shrewd eyes, sharp mind, and a deep understanding of psychological tactics in negotiations.

In this negotiation, the Chinese lion blackmailed the Soviet Union with a big mouth, asking for more than 880 million square kilometers of land from the Soviet Union. , China partnered with Germany to attack the Soviet Union.

Molotov was not sure whether the Chinese were serious or bluffing, so he used his backup plan to test it. How did he test it?First of all, the Chinese will ask for more than 880 million when they open their mouths. Molotov took out hundreds of thousands from Xinjiang, and there is a huge difference between hundreds of thousands and more than 880 million. The Soviet Union ceded more than 880 million, so the Chinese must not look down on the hundreds of thousands in Xinjiang, so they must refuse; secondly, if the Chinese are just bluffing, then they will definitely "take as much as they give", even if If it is far less than the hundreds of thousands they asked for, they will be greedy and pocket it.

At this time, Molotov couldn't help but be overjoyed, because he successfully tested the Chinese people's falsehood: Sure enough, the Chinese were bluffing.

"These hateful Chinese are really just blackmailing us! They're not blackmailing us!" Molotov thought in disgust.

Blackmail and extortion, the two words seem to be the same, but in fact there is a certain difference. If there is no strength, it is blackmail, and if there is strength, it is blackmail. It means "cheat", if you have no strength, of course you have to cheat and blackmail.

China's robbing of the Soviet Union has no strength and no confidence, so it asked for 880 million in one breath, but when the Soviet Union offered hundreds of thousands, China couldn't wait to "get it first and then talk", which suddenly exposed its weakness essence.

After grasping the opponent's trump card, Molotov breathed a sigh of relief. He became calm and calm, and began to make false claims without haste: "The territorial dispute between the Soviet Union and China in the outer Xinjiang region is mainly caused by In the "Sino-Russian Beijing Treaty", "Sino-Russian Reconnaissance and Division of the Northwest Boundary", "Tacheng Boundary Treaty", "Ili Treaty", "Kobdo Tarbahatai Boundary Treaty", "Revised Treaty" and after The five demarcation protocols and more than a dozen treaties that your country considers to be unequal treaties have resulted in a total of about [-] square kilometers of land in outer Xinjiang being in disputes..."

"About 100?" Yang Jie smirked unceremoniously, "Mr. Molotov, why pretend to be confused in front of smart people? Are there so few? Outer Xinjiang belongs to Central Asia, and you can find it by focusing on Central Asia. First, your country and your country’s predecessor, the Russian Empire, only forcibly occupied more than 10 square kilometers of Chinese territory. Second, your country and your country’s predecessor, the Russian Empire, were still destroyed and annexed in Central Asia. Several countries with independent sovereignty, and those countries were originally China's vassal states, the area is larger than the former, such as the country of Kazakhstan, with a total area of ​​about 100 million square kilometers, and the country of Brut , with a total area of ​​about 35 square kilometers. Another example is the Buhar Khanate, which has a total area of ​​about [-] million square kilometers. Another example is the Kokand Kingdom, which has a total area of ​​about [-] square kilometers. In addition, the Pamirs in western Xinjiang There are also about [-] square kilometers of our territory divided between your country and the United Kingdom!" He squinted his eyes and looked at Molotov, his voice was not high but his attitude was strong, "Your country wants to resolve the issue of outer Xinjiang with our country. Return only the territory that originally belonged to our country, or return it together with the territory that originally belonged to our country and the vassal states and dependent countries that originally belonged to our country?"

"This..." Molotov, who was hit back, was speechless for a moment. He considered his words and said with difficulty, "Aren't these problems exactly what we are going to solve right now?" Of course he didn't plan to return them. Giving an inch of land to China is just a backup plan he made without telling Stalin, with the purpose of paralyzing and deceiving the Chinese side, but the Chinese side was unceremonious and expanded it all at once.

"That's good!" Yang Jie looked at Molotov with a smile, "Let's solve it properly!" In fact, he did not fail to see through Molotov's temptation, so he did everything he could to make even if he only planned to take out Xinjiang. As a smoke bomb, the Soviet Union still let out blood once and fell into a situation where it was hard to get out of the tiger.

In this robbery, is China "blackmailing" the Soviet Union or is it "blackmailing" the Soviet Union?In fact, even Chiang Kai-shek is not very sure. As for Jiang Weiguo, his attitude is basically "blackmail", but he does not rule out the possibility of "blackmail".

Right now, the German-Soviet War has broken out. The United States, Britain, France, Italy, Japan, and medium-sized powers are all paying close attention. The mentality of each country is different. In particular, the Kiev battle, which is in full swing, seems to be the key to the German-Soviet War. The Soviet Union Once lost, although it cannot be said that the country will be destroyed immediately, it will indeed completely lose the possibility of a strategic comeback, and then it will basically be completely suppressed by Germany, and it will be difficult to turn over. Once Germany loses, its strength will be greatly damaged. The spirit is so depressed that it is difficult to win the war.

Therefore, the significance of the Kiev battle is great, and all major countries are paying close attention to it. However, the Kiev battle is in its early stages, and the two sides are fighting inextricably. It is too big to see the leopard, but the blind man can only feel the elephant. Therefore, including Chiang Kai-shek, the leaders of major powers are not sure whether Germany can win this battle. This has led to Chiang Kai-shek's mentality: If Germany cannot win, China certainly cannot be buried with Germany, and participating in the war would be the worst policy. Taking advantage of this opportunity to blackmail the Soviet Union is the best policy, so as to make a lot of money without bloodshed.

Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek’s instructions to Yang Jie and Jiang Tingfu were: to extort as much territory as possible, hundreds of thousands or even 10,000+, anyway, don’t do it for nothing, even if it is [-] square kilometers, it is a windfall. See you in the end Just accept it.

Jiang Weiguo is different from Chiang Kai-shek. He firmly believes that Germany can defeat the Soviet Union one-on-one, so he is determined to participate in the war, so his attitude is "blackmail". The instruction given by He Jiang Tingfu is: ask for it ruthlessly, and it’s okay to ask for prices. Anyway, we are not afraid of the Soviet Union, and we will definitely join the war, sooner or later.

The somewhat contradictory attitudes of the father and son caused Yang Jie and Jiang Tingfu to have complicated positions at the negotiating table in Moscow.