I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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Molotov smiled wryly and shook his head: "It doesn't matter whether it is divided or returned, as long as the disputes between the Soviet Union and China can be resolved once and for all, what difference does it make?"

"Of course there is a difference!" Yang Jie calmed down, "'Division' means ceding the territory of the Soviet Union to China, while 'returning' means that the Soviet Union returns the Chinese territory that originally belonged to China but was occupied by the Soviet Union to its original owner.

Mr. Molotov, your move has indeed initially proved your sincerity, but it is not enough!" He was not satisfied, but instead struck while the iron was hot and pursued the victory, "Your country just returned the territory of our country that was occupied by your country to the China, this is what your country should have done. The late leader of your country, Mr. Lenin, made this promise long ago.

Therefore, your country should further prove its sincerity in friendship with China and compensate China!"

Molotov was already mentally prepared for Yang Jie's demands, and he swallowed his anger: "Of course I will make up for it!"

Yang Jie smiled slightly: "Then, I don't know which piece of land your country will cede to China as compensation? Central Asia? Or North Asia? In addition, how many million square kilometers does your country plan to cede?"

Molotov was almost angry, because when Yang Jie asked how much land the Soviet Union planned to cede to China, the unit he used was "million square kilometers". This kind of naked greed made him feel unbearable.

In fact, it is not without precedent for the Soviet authorities to rely on "land cession and compensation" in exchange for breathing time. At the end of the First World War, the Bolsheviks seized the ruling power of the Tsarist Russian Empire, but at that time Soviet Russia was still a participating country in the war and Germany Soviet Russia, which is in civil war and in chaos, is naturally not Germany's opponent. Therefore, the Soviet Russian authorities signed the "Brest-Letovsk Peace Treaty" with Germany, promising to pay Germany 60 billion marks in war reparations, and Ceded 100 million square kilometers of land, 5000 million people, 90% of Soviet Russia's coal mines, 73% of iron ore, 54% of industry, and 33% of railways to Germany, thus preventing the nascent Soviet regime from being wiped out by Germany. war.

After the war, Germany failed, but the Soviet Russian regime stabilized its position, and immediately turned its face and refused to accept the contract. It did not recognize the contract at all. Of course, Germany, which became a defeated country, was unable to settle accounts with Soviet Russia.

Right now, the same situation forced the Soviet authorities to make the same decision. To return the territory that belonged to China, for the Soviet Union, it was no less than drinking poison to quench thirst and cutting flesh to heal wounds, but the Soviet Union had no choice at this time.

"The territory is sacred!" Molotov said carefully and carefully, "It is extremely unacceptable for our country to cede territory for compensation under unavoidable circumstances. However, our country has other plans to compensate your country and pay your respects. The country proves the sincerity of our country!"

"Don't cede land?" Yang Jie said with a smile, "What? You want to pay compensation? It's just that you are probably in a tight financial situation right now?" Jiang Weiguo naturally couldn't ask for money, but the Soviet Union was being attacked by Germany in an all-round way, and the war cost countless However, the Soviet government must be financially stretched and unable to make ends meet, and I am afraid that it will not be able to pay huge sums of money to compensate China.

Molotov's next sentence caught Yang Jie and Jiang Tingfu by surprise: "Our government is willing to donate the Soviet Navy's Pacific Fleet to the Chinese Navy as compensation!"

The matter was of great importance, and Yang Jie and Jiang Tingfu, who came back to their senses, hurriedly asked Jiang Weiguo and Chiang Kai-shek for instructions.

"What?" Jiang Weiguo was taken aback. "The old man wants to give us their Pacific Fleet as a gift? Did I hear you right? Stalin was joking, right?"

"I'm not kidding!" Xiao Zhenying looked both happy and worried, "It's absolutely true.

Second son, it is indeed more cost-effective for our country to get a batch of ships than to get a large piece of wilderness land!It's just..." His expression was alert, "I think the Soviets' move seems to be to compensate us and stabilize us, but it can't be ruled out that there are other purposes!"

Jiang Weiguo held back the excitement in his heart, lit a cigarette and thought while smoking. There was obviously a difference between extorting a large piece of land from the Soviet Union or obtaining a batch of ships. From a long-term perspective, land is naturally a better choice. Land It is the foundation of everything, but it takes time to develop slowly after getting the land. What China lacks most now is time. From the current point of view, ships are better. The two are "teaching a man to fish" and "teaching a man to fish". difference.

If a person is very poor, he must "teach a man to fish", but if a person is about to starve to death, he must "teach a man to fish" instead of "teach a man to fish". Slow harvest, but warships have neither the time nor the conditions to build.

The Soviet Navy has four major fleets, namely the Northern Fleet (the combat area is the Arctic Ocean and the northern Atlantic Ocean), the Black Sea Fleet, the Baltic Sea Fleet, the Pacific Fleet, and in fact the Fifth Fleet, the Caspian Sea Fleet, but the strength and status of the Caspian Sea Fleet are far away Not as good as the first four.

For the Soviet Union, the Navy, like China, is at the bottom of the three major military services. Its importance and the country’s dependence on it are much lower than that of the Army and Air Force. Naturally, the Soviet Navy’s Pacific Fleet and the US Navy on the other side of the Pacific The fleet is definitely not the same, but it also has considerable strength, especially in the past two years, in order to guard against Japan, which has been plotting against the Soviet Union, and China, which is increasingly rising and "turning enemies into friends" with Japan, the Soviet Navy has opposed Its Pacific Fleet has been strengthened to some extent.

During the Far East War, the Soviet Pacific Fleet fell into an embarrassing situation. According to the original plan of the high-level Soviet Army, the Far Eastern Forces of the Soviet Army entered the Japanese-occupied Northeast first, and the Pacific Fleet of the Soviet Navy assisted in operations in the middle and late stages of the war. The landing on the Japanese-occupied Korean Peninsula is ruled out, but the premise is that the army has gained dominance on land (the Soviet Army has no plan to use its Pacific Fleet to land on the Japanese mainland. First, its strength is limited and the chances of winning are relatively low. Things "came into trouble", the Soviet authorities only wanted to repel Japan, and did not want to formally declare war with Japan. When the Chinese and Japanese allied forces attacked from head to toe, the Soviet Pacific Fleet watched helplessly as its own army suffered a crushing defeat, but could do nothing to help them. During the entire Far East War, the Soviet Pacific Fleet had almost no chance to attack. In addition, during the Far East War, A high-ranking Soviet army once proposed to use submarines from the Soviet Pacific Fleet to attack Chinese and Japanese warships and civilian ships, but Stalin, who did not want to make things "big", vetoed the proposal rationally.

After the end of the Far East War, the Soviet Pacific Fleet was reduced to a "homeless" ending. For the placement of this fleet, the Soviet high-level views mainly have two views. One is to sail away from the Far East and supplement it with the Northern Fleet or the Baltic Sea. Fleet or Black Sea Fleet, the second is to stand still.

Stalin considered again and again and chose the second measure. He chose based on three aspects. First, he did not intend to give up the Far East, and was planning to make a comeback in the future, so that the Pacific Fleet would remain in the Pacific, which would lay the foundation for the Soviet counterattack against the Far East in the future; If the Soviet Pacific Fleet traveled thousands of miles from the Far East to Eastern Europe, it would have to travel more than half of the world. The important waterways such as the Strait of Malacca, the Indian Ocean, the Suez Canal, and the Strait of Gibraltar along the way were all in the hands of the British. Stalin was very annoyed by the high "buying tolls"; third, the main Soviet shipyards were basically in Eastern Europe, and it was time-consuming and laborious to withdraw the Pacific Fleet from the Far East to Eastern Europe. Eastern European shipyards could be built into more Warships, so the Northern Fleet, Black Sea Fleet, and Baltic Fleet are not in urgent need of ships from the Pacific Fleet.

Although the status of the Soviet Navy is not as good as that of the Soviet Army and the Soviet Air Force, Stalin also likes large warships, so the Soviet Union is also intensively building warships, such as the "Soviet-class" battleships that have started construction in early 1938 (this type of battleship has a displacement of up to six The main weapon is nine 9mm main naval guns. It is estimated that the first batch of four ships will be built, but none of them will be built in the end. In addition, many cruisers, destroyers, and submarines are also under construction.

If all goes well, in five years the Soviet Navy will have a formidable fleet.

However, Stalin never expected that Germany would launch a war, and his deployment was disrupted at once. The Soviet Navy as a whole was in a bad situation, and the Pacific Fleet was also hanging in the Far East alone, unable to return to Eastern Europe.

The general base of the Soviet Navy’s Pacific Fleet is located in Vladivostok. After the Far East War, the Soviet Union was forced to return the entire Northeast China, including Vladivostok, to China, which made the Soviet Pacific Fleet homeless. Because Vladivostok was returned, it was not Therefore, Vladivostok was not damaged by the war, and the Soviet Pacific Fleet in the port of Vladivostok was not damaged.

After Vladivostok raised the blue sky, white sun and red flag, the Soviet Pacific Fleet was driven out by the original owner. Feeling unwilling, powerless, desolate, and painful", he drove to Petropavlovsk on the Kamchatka Peninsula, the second base of the Soviet Navy in the Far East after Vladivostok.

After waiting for more than a month, Lieutenant General Yumashev waited for Stalin's instruction: to stay in place and wait for the Soviet Red Army to counterattack the Far East before participating in the battle.

Although Petropavlovsk is the largest city on the Kamchatka Peninsula, its population is only [-] to [-]. The local climate is harsh, freezing, and extremely desolate. The Soviet Pacific Fleet here "is like being abandoned, "It's like being exiled", "It's completely in a place forgotten by God", the most troublesome thing is that because the Far East fell into the hands of China and Japan, the Siberian railway line was completely cut off, and the Soviet Pacific Fleet was completely cut off from Moscow and the local Eastern European region Contact, food, ammunition, fuel, clothes, spare parts and other supplies have become serious problems. China and Japan will certainly not allow the Soviets to deliver supplies to the Soviet Pacific Fleet through the Northeast or Outer Northeast, making the Soviet Pacific Fleet completely called The sky does not respond, the earth does not work, and it falls into "self-destruction".

Because of the lack of food, the Soviet officers and soldiers and the local residents suffered from hunger. Because of the lack of fuel, the ships were parked in the port and basically did not go out. As time dragged on, these ships would die due to lack of fuel, aging equipment, and parts that could not be updated. become scrap metal.

One of the main reasons why Stalin agreed to "give" the Soviet Pacific Fleet to China is that this fleet is completely useless. It is impossible for the Soviet Army and Air Force to counterattack the Far East at the moment, and let it circle half of the world back to Eastern Europe Participating in the war is even more difficult. Therefore, Stalin listened to Shaposhnikov's proposal to "turn waste into treasure" and "use waste".

For this "gift", the Soviet authorities believe that it is difficult for China to be indifferent, because the strength of the Soviet Pacific Fleet is something that the Chinese Navy can't wait for. Right now, this fleet has 1 heavy cruiser, 2 light cruisers, 6 destroyers, 20 Several patrol boats, more than 20 minesweepers, more than 50 torpedo boats, and more than 50 submarines.

Among them, there are a large number of submarines, which is the result of the Soviet Navy's emphasis on submarines (excluding Jiang Weiguo's interference in history, before the outbreak of World War II in the original history, the world's major powers had more than 900 submarines, the largest is the Soviet Union, 218, and the United Kingdom 212 ships, 115 ships in Italy, 111 ships in the United States, 77 ships in France, 60 ships in Japan, and 57 ships in Germany.

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Jiang Weiguo couldn't help but feel suspicious and vigilant at the same time: "It's impossible for the old man to be so generous, and he won't be so conscientious to find out. What is Stalin planning?"

Chapter 463 Intrigue (2)

After the military parade in Beiping, the Soviet authorities seemed to be really "feared", so they spared no expense to "feed" China locally in exchange for China not participating in the German-Soviet war.

First, the Soviet Union agreed to immediately return the territory of more than [-] square kilometers of outer Xinjiang to China unconditionally; All the officers and soldiers of the Pacific Fleet were safely sent to the territory of the Soviet Union through China). These two points alone have made the Chinese high-level leaders overjoyed. Not only that, the Soviet Union also promised to donate another batch of army heavy weapons to the Chinese army in order to prove its sincerity (The Soviet Union was short of finances at this time and had no money to compensate China, so it replaced them with weapons and equipment. The same is true for naval ships, and the same is true for army heavy weapons. The army's heavy weapons are mainly large-caliber heavy artillery. The Soviet Union has a lot of artillery. large caliber artillery).

For a while, Peiping and Wuhan were both pleasantly surprised and uncertain. After all, the Soviet Union was really "too generous."

The most incredible thing is that when Yang Jie and Jiang Tingfu put forward more claims for territorial compensation at the negotiating table in Moscow, the Soviet Union actually put forward a very tempting and suggestive proposal: National boundaries can be "bounded by the Lena River".

The Lena River is one of the three major rivers in Siberia, with a total length of about 4400 kilometers. The northernmost end flows into the Arctic Ocean at about 130° east longitude, and the southernmost end flows to the northern part of Lake Baikal. The east of the river is East Siberia, and the west of the river is Central Siberia. When Qing and Russia signed the Treaty of Nerchinsk, the Qing government proposed that the Lena River should be the boundary between the two countries, with the west of the river belonging to Russia and the east of the river belonging to China.

If the east of the Lena River belonged to China, Soviet Russia would not border on the Pacific Ocean, and completely abandoned the eastern region of Siberia. The total area west of Ling Strait, excluding the outer northeast) is about 350 million square kilometers.

When Qing Russia signed the "Treaty of Nerchinsk", because the Qing government believed that Siberia was just a "worthless bitter cold and barren land", it was dispensable, and there was no pity to give up, so it did not fight for it. In fact, Russia at that time It only occupied a small area in southern Siberia, and did not control the whole of Siberia. The signing of the "Treaty of Nerchinsk" meant that the Qing government gave up the division with Russia and competed for the unowned Siberia, which made China miss a game that could have been lost in vain. It takes a lot of effort to rapidly increase the chances of millions of square kilometers of territory.

"Damn it! Without firing a single shot, you can bring back 50 lost land in Xinjiang, and you might even force the Soviet Union to cede East Siberia, which has an area of ​​350 million, which is a full 400 million!" Jiang Weiguo couldn't help being excited, he secretly calculated "How much is China's current total territory? Before the Far East War, it was 1140 million (including Outer Mongolia, the Republic of China has never recognized the independence of Outer Mongolia), and 120 million was recovered during the Far East War, adding up to 1260 million , if you add the 400 million, it will be 1660 million (including the Japanese-occupied area still in the hands of Japan)! My God! 660 million square kilometers! It’s a big profit!"

Jiang Weiguo was very excited, and Chiang Kai-shek was even more ecstatic. After the ecstasy, he was satisfied, that is, "passivity that does not want to fight." The logic is ready-made: if you don't fight, you can get back so many benefits. Insatiable greed, participating in wars, if you lose, not only will you lose the huge benefits you have already obtained, but you may even lose money by stealing chickens.

That being the case, what is the fight?The Germans and the Soviets can fight as they like, and it has nothing to do with the Chinese anyway.

China then only needs to wholeheartedly deal with the only old enemy: Japan.

It is certain that without Jiang Weiguo's "interference", Chiang Kai-shek would have accepted the Soviet Union's peace treaty [-]%, but without Chiang Weiguo's "interference", China would not be in such an excellent international environment.

Compared with Chiang Kai-shek's excitement, excitement and even intoxication, Jiang Weiguo remained rational despite his joy.

"Anomaly is a monster!" Jiang Weiguo instructed Yang Jie, "Don't be fooled by their empty promises! It may be a tactic to delay the attack! Let them fulfill their promise within a time limit!"

The facts exceeded Jiang Weiguo’s expectations, and the Soviets actually did what they said. On the night of July 7, several military trains belonging to the Eastern Military Region of the Soviet Army departed from Novosibirsk and arrived in Anbei (Irkutsk, Irkutsk), China, which is located on the Sino-Soviet border. ), the train was loaded with more than 10 howitzers, dozens of Soviet tanks and a large number of shells.

Wang Yaowu, who was in charge of receiving these weapons, could hardly believe it. He checked repeatedly and found that they were indeed genuine Soviet heavy artillery and tanks. The shells were genuine and had not been manipulated by the Soviets.

The overjoyed Wang Yaowu warmly entertained a dozen Soviet officers who were escorted, and got drunk together.

"No way?" Looking at the on-site photos sent to him, Jiang Weiguo was puzzled, "Have you really found out your conscience? Or are you scared?" As we all know, Soviet Russia has always been greedy and insatiable for other countries. It looks very tough and fierce, but in fact it is not. In the early days of the Soviet-German War in history, Stalin, who was defeated by Hitler, sent people to beg for peace with Hitler three times, willing to "cede land and pay compensation", and paid a very large amount. Hitler refused Stalin's peace proposal because he was determined to fight and Germany would win. There was no need to "lose too much." To exclude him is to emulate Lenin at the end of World War I.

Jiang Weiguo felt that although the Soviet Union also had "times of fear", it would not be possible to use such a large bargaining chip to satisfy China before China entered the war and the Chinese army had not severely damaged the Soviet army on the battlefield.

When the Eastern Military Region of the Soviet Army transferred the first batch of heavy artillery tanks to the Nanjing Army, the Soviet Pacific Fleet also officially set sail from Petropavlovsk and headed for Vladivostok. The army "collectively surrendered".

According to the request of the Soviet Union, more than [-] officers and soldiers of the Soviet Pacific Fleet will completely lay down their weapons when they arrive in Vladivostok. Anton (Irkutsk), the Soviet army will pick up these Soviet Pacific Fleet officers and soldiers across the Anton border.

"It's so strange!" Jiang Weiguo was puzzled, "The dead Zhuge scares away the living Sima? Subduing others without fighting?"

Just when Jiang Weiguo was confused by this incident, three senior navy generals came to him at the same time with a tacit understanding, with the same purpose: hope that they can receive the ships of the Soviet Pacific Fleet.

The most important thing is that these three people are not all Chinese navy generals, two are, and one is not. lieutenant general.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became awkward.

Ouyang Ge, who rushed over excitedly, saw that Chen Shaokuan had already arrived one step ahead, and immediately glared, furious.

Chen Shaokuan looked at Ouyangge with a cold face.

"Brother Houfu, you walk very fast!" Ouyang Ge sneered, "Brother, I can't even keep up with you!"

Chen Shaokuan snorted coldly: "Senior Ouyang is also quite well informed! He flew from Fuzhou to Beiping and didn't say hello to me.

For the development of the Navy, Deputy Ouyang really did his best and worked tirelessly! "

"Where is it, I just don't want to be in a high position but have a vegetarian meal, and misuse the country and the army!"

"Not bad, such a good general in the army, the position of the commander-in-chief of the navy, sooner or later, you must belong to him!"

"Mr. Chen, what do you mean by this? As long as I can be loyal to the party and the country, I, Ouyang, will be happy in any position. Unlike some people, who monopolize power and rely on cronyism, treat gentlemen with the heart of a villain all day long." Belly!"

"I judge the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain? Do you really think I don't know about the things you did without telling me?"

The two sneered at each other as usual.

It has long been an open secret that the Chinese Navy is divided into the "Dianlei Department" and the "Fujian Department". Troops, mine-laying troops, Ouyang Ge is in charge of the torpedo boat troops, submarine troops, and half of the marines.

This balance was severely disrupted after the Sino-Japanese War.

After the Sino-Japanese War, the navy’s surface fleet was almost wiped out, barely retaining a few seed warships. Originally, Ouyang Ge took pleasure in this, but during the Battle of Nanjing, Jiang Weiguo helped Chen Shaokuan extort a batch of warships from the Japanese , which greatly increased Chen Shaokuan's strength, and Ouyang Ge didn't care about the surface fleet, so he couldn't intervene. In addition, the torpedo boat unit of the Chinese Navy shined brilliantly during the war and made great achievements. The submarine unit that was agreed to be under his command did not listen to him at all. Wei Zihao, the commander of the submarine unit, was actually a member of Chen Shaokuan, and he was immediately annoyed.

After fighting and fighting, Ouyang Ge found that he had completely lost the wind. Among the six major arms of the navy, the torpedo boat unit did obey him, but a strong navy could not be supported by torpedo boats alone. He and Chen Shaokuan divided the Marine Corps equally. As for Chen Shaokuan, he not only owns half of the Marine Corps, but also secretly controls the submarine force, the aviation force and the mine-laying force. The surface fleet, which is considered to be purely "chicken ribs", also shows signs of rebirth.

Undoubtedly, Chen Shaokuan's real power has obviously overwhelmed Ouyang Ge, which made Ouyang Ge very unwilling. Therefore, after learning that the Soviet Union was starting to transfer the Soviet Pacific Fleet to the Chinese Navy, he was very excited and hurried to find Jiang Weiguo. He planned to "take down" these ships before Chen Shaokuan, but Chen Shaokuan was faster than him.

Jiang Weiguo watched helplessly as Chen Shaokuan and Ouyang Ge quarreled in front of him.

"Senior Ouyang, what are you doing here? I am the commander-in-chief of the Navy, and it is my business to receive these ships!"

"What's your business? Since you are doing everything, why do you want me, the deputy commander-in-chief of the navy, to do? Don't forget, we said that the submarines are under my control! There are dozens of submarines in the Soviet fleet Of course I have to ask myself, just in case!"

"Submarines belong to the navy and the country! They are not your Ouyang family's private property! What are you guarding against? As the commander-in-chief of the navy, will I still detain the submarine privately?"

"Why not? Don't you regard the navy as your Chen family's and your Fujianese's? During the Far East War, I mobilized ten submarines to Vladivostok for blockade and reconnaissance. Wei Zihao actually said that he wanted your approval. What is this? What do you mean? Mr. Chen, I said that you have the power to monopolize, and I was wrong? It’s under your control, and you hold on to it, but it’s under my control, and you meddle everywhere, so it’s unreasonable!"

"Joke! As the commander-in-chief of the navy, why can't I intervene in departments and agencies belonging to the navy?"

"Look, what is this if it's not a monopoly of power? It is precisely because there are too many selfish people like you in the navy that the navy has been sluggish and standing still!"

"I'm too selfish? Which thing I do is not for the construction and development of the navy? Give me an example!"

"Example? Okay! The aircraft carrier is built for the construction and development of the navy? Ridiculous! Is China capable of building an aircraft carrier now? Aren't you a typical example of making great achievements and wasting money? Aren't you just leading the navy on a wrong path? Are you different from those old antiques in the Japanese navy who want to build battleships every day? Misleading the country and the army!"

"I advocate the construction of a navy. Is it a great achievement and a waste of money? Deputy Ouyang, you are pretending to be confused! Aircraft carriers have replaced battleships! If China does not develop aircraft carriers, why should it develop battleships? A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." Do you want me to teach you this truth? Isn’t our lease of the aircraft carrier Ryūjō from the Japanese just the beginning?”

The two faced each other tit-for-tat, the quarrel was red-faced, and the quarrel became more intense, and then they asked Jiang Weiguo to judge.

Jiang Weiguo was extremely helpless. He was about to speak when Lan Muzhu pushed the door open and said, "General Yamamoto of the Japanese Navy is here!"

"Damn!" Jiang Weiguo was speechless.

Yamamoto knocked on the door politely and walked into the room. When he saw Chen Shaokuan and Ouyang Ge, his face suddenly became embarrassed. Chen Shaokuan and Ouyang Ge, who were originally refusing to give in to each other, immediately showed the expression of "same hatred and hatred" after seeing Yamamoto.

Naturally, the reason goes without saying. Although Chen Shaokuan and Ouyang Ge had conflicts, they both belonged to the Chinese Navy, while Yamamoto belonged to the Japanese Navy. Facing the Japanese Navy, Chen Shaokuan and Ouyang Ge, who were at odds with each other, must "abandon their past suspicions and stand side by side." fight".

Looking at Yamamoto, Jiang Weiguo showed a polite smile, and Chen Shaokuan and Ouyang Ge had hostile eyes together.

In fact, speaking from a larger perspective, Chen Shaokuan, Ouyang Ge and Yamamoto are also "family", because the Chinese navy and the Japanese navy are both naval forces of the Allied countries.