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Zhou Enlai nodded, and said with a smile: "That's good, then I would like to ask Brother Fuwen to recommend some valuable equipment for us." At this point, his thick eyebrows frowned slightly, and asked: "By the way, What did you mean when you said you were going to mediate the conflict between the Communist Party of India and the Congress Party?"

"Of course it's for the sake of you and the Communist Party of India." Luo Yaoguo replied with a smile on his hands, "Now that the Indian National Congress army is approaching your base area, a big war is imminent. As far as I know, your South Asian Army But I’m not fully prepared! And the agrarian revolution doesn’t seem to be going well, right? Wouldn’t it be more beneficial if the war could be postponed for a month? By then, the weapons we sold to the Communist Party of India will probably be able to be shipped to India. "

"Then, on behalf of the Indian comrades, I would like to thank brother Fuwen for his kindness." Zhou Enlai said calmly, "In addition to purchasing arms for the Communist Party of India, I have one more thing I would like to ask brother Fuwen for help in coming to Wuhan." Speaking of which, Zhou Enlai He turned his attention to the driver in the driver's seat.

Luo Yaoguo understood what he meant, so he said to Natalie, "Give the pen and paper to Brother Enlai." Zhou Enlai took the notebook and pen from Natalie, wrote a few words on it with his left hand, and handed it to Luo Yaoguo.

Luo Yaoguo took the notebook and looked at it, and there were big characters "Stalin, Reunion, India" written crookedly on it.He smiled slightly, tore off the page, and handed it back to Zhou Enlai. "I understand. Don't worry. I'm leaving for Persia tomorrow. I will arrange everything and let them go to India to join you."

……

Persia, southwest of Tehran, the small town of Qom on the Qom River.

This small city with a population of just over 20 seems to have completely become the world of the yellow-green Soviet Red Army.Soldiers from the brigade swarmed from the road outside the city, and set up green military tents inside and outside the small town that could not be seen at a glance.The officers and soldiers of the Internal Guard wearing blue hats with big brims patrolled the streets and alleys of the city with a straight face. The Persians in the city were ordered to stay at home and not to go out!Except for a few wearing red armbands, the gloomy-faced Persian Communist Party cadres are knocking on doors to collect food and recruit young men... Comrade Stalin has issued an order that all food in the city of Qom must be gathered to supply the Red Army. Men and women aged 16 and under 35 must also join the Red Army (Persia) to defend the red regime and resist the aggression of Chinese and Russian fascists!

After arriving in Persia, Stalin seemed to have suddenly discovered that Russian lives are precious!It cannot be used casually for sacrifice, especially the 30 to 10,000 Soviet Red Army he brought out, as well as [-]+ family members and cadres accompanying the army.If these people are extinct, he, the great leader of the Soviet people, will be left alone!

Therefore, in the combat operations against the Sino-Russian coalition forces commanded by Chiang Kai-shek and Blyuchel, he always put the poorly equipped and untrained Persian Red Army on the front line as cannon fodder, and put the Soviet Red Army behind the front line to supervise the battle.Therefore, although his army has been defeated repeatedly, the Red Army who followed him all the way from the Soviet Union suffered little loss.

Although the Soviet Red Army did not have to charge forward when fighting, their supply has increased several times compared to when they were in the country... Three meals a day have wine and meat, and white bread is eaten with the belly open, and recently Even military discipline gradually relaxed.Those serious internal affairs personnel of the political committees in the country now ignore the complaints and strange words from below. The officers and soldiers slipped out of the barracks to drink and find women, and they turned a blind eye. There were even several rape cases, and they just treated it as nothing. Happened, as long as they did not go to the White Russian army of Empress Anastasia.

But can such an army still be called the Red Army?Can it still save the tens of millions of Soviet people under the brutal rule of Empress Anastasia?Such problems have troubled Khrushchev for a long time. The former first secretary of the Moscow State Party Committee is currently serving as a political commissar of the First Front of the Soviet Red Army, with the rank of lieutenant general.The commander of his First Front was Lieutenant General Cuikov who came to Georgia before the Ural Front was wiped out.And this so-called front army is actually only the size of an infantry army of the Soviet Red Army in the past, with more than 4 officers and soldiers, and more than 1 family members and cadres accompanying the army.The weapons and equipment are only light weapons and a small number of 17-pound field guns aided by the British. Those heavy guns brought out from the Soviet Union were either damaged in combat or abandoned because of exhausted ammunition.Even the Iranian artillery fire was consumed (and fled) in the previous Tehran battle, and the Soviet Red Army that lost Tehran was once again forced to embark on the road to escape.

The troops of Khrushchev and Chuikov received an order after they withdrew from Tehran, but the Chinese and Russian coalition forces did not chase after them. Instead, they stayed near Tehran for a few days, as if they were preparing for some kind of Persian Queen Anastasia. The military parade of King Ya I's enthronement ceremony is coming... This queen is so whimsical, she actually wants to be king for a group of Muslims!However, this also gave the Red Army a chance to breathe. If the Sino-Russian coalition forces restore the Pahlavi Dynasty, it is estimated that the whole of Persia will already be a "sea of ​​people's war" at this moment.

Early this morning, Khrushchev and Chuikov received orders to attend a meeting at the Red Army headquarters in Qom to discuss the next development direction of the Soviet Red Army.Uh, or an escape route.Right now, there are three ways out before the Soviet Red Army.

One is to cross the Kavir Salt Desert to Khorasan Province, which is close to the Central Asian region of the former Soviet Union. Now it belongs to the Russian Empire and the Central Asian Autonomous Territory of China. Attacking from Khorasan may be able to counterattack the Soviet Union, but... the Soviet Union The current strength of the Red Army does not seem to have any certainty of victory.

The second is to advance south to occupy Iraq.Iraq is currently Germany's sphere of influence, but the Germans do not have many troops stationed in Iraq.The 20 Soviet Red Army will definitely not be able to stop, but once Iraq is captured, it will be regarded as touching Hitler's tiger's ass!This consequence is currently not something these remnants of defeated generals can bear.

Since both Iraq and Khorasan are impossible to go to, it seems that there is only a third way to retreat to the southwest, go to Isfahan first, search and then flee to the border between Persia and India, which is close to Tehran. 2000 kilometers, another barren land.It is estimated that the queen and the Chinese reactionary Chiang Kai-shek will not have much interest in encircling and suppressing them again, right?If it doesn't work, then you can only flee to India!

It’s just that the CCP has already preemptively controlled the Communist Party of India, and has also laid a base in eastern India!Now that the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is defeated and goes to join them, I'm afraid it will not end well, right?

When Khrushchev and Cong Chuikov walked into the Red Army headquarters, they found that the atmosphere was a little tense, and the soldiers were busy withdrawing the telephone lines.Communication soldiers kept coming on horseback, and then rushed out to deliver orders.Everyone looked serious, as if they were about to leave again soon!

Khrushchev and Cuikov looked at each other, and thought, "Why haven't we started yet? Is the direction of the road determined?"

An officer hurried out of the compound of the Red Army headquarters. Khrushchev recognized at a glance that it was the former Georgian party secretary named Beria. Now he was a political commissar of the Internal Guard and belonged to Stalin's head and confidant.

"Comrade Khrushchev, Comrade Chuikov, come with me. Comrade Stalin is waiting for you in the office." Before Khrushchev and Chuikov could speak, Beria hurriedly greeted them to Stalin's office.

"Comrade Beria, what's going on? Is it going to start soon? Didn't you say you can rest for two days?" Khrushchev asked in a low voice as he and Beria walked inside.

Beria nodded helplessly, and said with a wry smile, "It's about to start. I wanted to rest for a few more days, but now it doesn't seem to be possible."

"What's the matter? Is the enemy ready to attack?" Cuikov asked hurriedly, frowning slightly.

"I'm afraid it's more troublesome than this!" Beria shook his head and sighed: "It is China's chief of staff, Luo Yaoguo, who has arrived in Tehran! And he told reporters at the airport that he is here to command the Sino-Russian The army annihilated us!"

Cuikov was also surprised when he heard his words.It's not because Luo Yaoguo is really godlike in using troops, but because the Chinese and Russian armies have been at odds during this period.Neither Chiang Kai-shek nor Blyuchel sold the other's account, and both wanted to preserve their own country's army when they started a war, and let the other party go to the front line!Especially Chiang Kai-shek, after learning that the Queen of Russia is going to be the Queen of Persia, he has no motivation... Blyukher's army is poorly equipped and has low morale. The last flesh and blood always have some unspeakable feelings, which is why Stalin's team has survived until now.

But this time Luo Yaoguo came to Tehran himself, the situation is different!His prestige in the Chinese army is extremely high, and those Chinese military officers naturally dare not work abroad when they see him in person to supervise the battle in Tehran.Moreover, the Russian empress has a special relationship with him, so she will definitely obey him and order the Russian army to attack!

Chapter 0889 anti-encirclement and long march (four) rear-end and interception

In June, India's scorching heat has arrived. Although it is close to the Bay of Bengal, Bhubaneswar, the capital of the Socialist Union of India, does not have any cool sea breeze.There are only gusts of hot wind blowing from the center of the South Asian subcontinent in the west. The crowds on the street are all wearing thin gauze clothing with Indian characteristics or simply shirtless, probably because of the venomous sunshine in South Asia. Most of them were dark-skinned and very short and thin.

This city is now the capital of socialist India. Under the personal leadership of Comrade Lu Yi, the general secretary of the Communist Party of India, the socialist transformation of the city has been completed, and all shops have been nationalized and become state-owned shops or travel agencies.The usually crowded market is now deserted, and there are no street vendors selling various snacks and small items on the side of the road.The whole city looked neat and orderly, and with the red flags flying everywhere, it really looked like a revolutionary center.

It was during this hot early summer in India that Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai arrived in Bhubaneshwar.Mao Zedong came to India to supervise the war as a special commissioner of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Eastern Bureau of the Communist International. Zhou Enlai, after negotiating the arms purchase plan with the Armament Department of the Nationalist Government in Wuhan, took the Communist Party of China with Comrade Mao Zedong who took the train to Wuhan. Central owned a Junkers Ju-52 flown to India.As soon as the plane landed, the two leaders of the Communist Party of China, who had lived in northern China for many years, felt an unbearable heat. Under the scorching sun of South Asia, the ground of the airport was already scorching hot, and the temperature was always as high as 40 degrees. !

Xiang Ying, Ye Ting, and Lu Yi, the leader of the Communist Party of India, personally brought a group of senior generals of the South Asian Army to the airport to welcome them.Seeing that Zhou Enlai also came to India, Ye Ting was a little surprised. He smiled and said, "Chairman, I didn't expect you to come to India in person. With you guiding us, the Indian puppet army will definitely be defeated."

"Brother Xiyi is making fun of me," Zhou Enlai said with a wry smile, "How can I fight a war? I just manage the logistics for you. The war still depends on Vice Chairman Mao and the two of you working together."

"How dare, how dare." Mao Zedong shook his palms and laughed, and Xiang Ying also said with a smile on his face: "Well, war and logistics, as long as the logistics are in place, how can those Indian puppet troops be our opponents? If we win this battle Well, you, the chairman of the Central Committee, are still the first to do it.”

"Has the Chinese National Government agreed to sell weapons? How many weapons have been sold to us? When will they arrive?" Lu Yi interjected and asked.

Zhou Enlai quickly brought a list translated into English from the secretary and handed it to Lu Yi.Although Zhou Enlai personally organized this arms purchase, it was nominally purchased from China by the Republic of the Socialist Union of India.So Zhou Enlai introduced to Lu Yi with a smile: "Infantry equipment can arm about 18 to 20 light infantry divisions, and there are three artillery regiments with 3mm cannons and 105mm cannons. In addition, the Nationalist government also agreed to sell armored vehicles and aircraft to us, including 150 of their newly developed Min 120 wheeled armored vehicles. This armored vehicle with 28 wheels has a 8-caliber 60mm cannon that can be used against Indian army tanks.”

"Chairman Zhou, how thick is the armor of this 28-year-old armored vehicle? What is the total combat weight? Is it equipped with tungsten steel armor-piercing projectiles?" Zhou Enlai just finished speaking, and a tall man with a raised nose bridge followed Ye Ting. , the officer wearing a pair of large round glasses asked suddenly.

"Oh, it turned out to be Comrade Xu Guangda, the commander of our armored forces." Zhou Enlai reached out his hand and shook Xu Guangda who asked the question, and said with a smile: "Comrade Guangda's questions are very professional! Fortunately, I picked up this model on the way to India." I have memorized the performance data of the 28-year-old armored vehicle, otherwise I would have been overwhelmed by your question."

Xu Guangda blushed slightly, and smiled embarrassedly: "Chairman Zhou, I'm also happy, to tell you that our armored forces now only have some old FT-17 Renault tanks, and they were all passed by Comrade Zhang Xueliang." They got it through special channels... Besides, there are some armored vehicles, which are really hard to get!"

Zhou Enlai nodded and said with a smile: "It's all right now, our armored soldiers also have a sharp weapon. The armor thickness of this 28-year-old wheeled armored vehicle is 5mm to 21mm, and the combat weight is 11.7 tons. The main gun is from Germany. The Pak38 50mm anti-tank gun currently in service in the army is equipped with the best tungsten steel armor-piercing projectile, which can penetrate 500mm thick armor at a right angle at a distance of 78 meters, which is enough to deal with the No. [-] tank sold by the KMT to the Gandhi authorities. This armored vehicle But the ones that just rolled off the assembly line didn’t even have the equipment for the armored divisions of the Chinese National Defense Forces, so they were sold to us first.”

Seeing the joyful expression on Xu Guangda's face, Zhou Enlai knew that Luo Yaoguo had not deceived him this time, and really sold him a good weapon.

"Comrade Guangda, how long will it take for the armored units of the South Asian Army of the Communist International to master this armored vehicle? Can we use them to deal with the armored divisions of Gandhi's army?" Mao Zedong asked indifferently.

Xu Guangda thought for a while, and replied: "Vice Chairman Mao, I can't give an exact answer to your question. After all, I haven't seen this kind of armored vehicle. Armored vehicles are easier to operate and maintain than tanks. Our existing armored forces are also mainly equipped with wheeled armored vehicles. If we are guided by professional and technical personnel sent by the National Defense Forces, we should be able to master this equipment within a month. As for whether they can deal with Gandhi's armored division... I'm not sure right now, after all, this is just an armored vehicle, not a tank. Its 50mm cannon can destroy the 40mm frontal armor of the No. 75 tank, but the 28mm cannon of the No. [-] tank can also destroy It can also break the [-]-year armored vehicle into pieces. Of course, it is hard to say whether the armored soldiers of the Indian puppet army have this kind of accuracy."

In response to this ambiguous answer, Mao Zedong nodded with satisfaction: "Well said, we Communists should seek truth from facts. However, weapons and equipment are dead after all, and it depends on people to exert their power, so talents are the key! You armored soldiers must Master this equipment as soon as possible, and explore the best tactics against the No. [-] tank."

"Please rest assured, Vice Chairman Mao, our South Asian Army of the Communist International will definitely master all kinds of new weapons and equipment as soon as possible, and will definitely let Gandhi's puppet army learn how powerful we are." At this time, Xiang Ying, the political commissar of the South Asian Army of the Communist International, smiled and accepted off topic.Afterwards, he exchanged pleasantries with Zhou Enlai and Mao Zedong, and took them to Bhubaneshwar, where they settled down in the dormitory of the headquarters of the South Asian Army of the Communist International.It used to be the palace of an Indian maharajah, which was luxuriously and comfortably decorated. The maharaja and his family members had already received what they deserved during the land revolution in May—was wiped out!

After sending Zhou Enlai and Mao Zedong to the headquarters of the South Asian Army, Lu Yi of the Communist Party of India bid farewell and left. He also had to host a commendation meeting for activists of the land revolution in Orissa, and at the same time arrange the work of the land revolution in the next stage.

After Lu Yi left, Zhou Enlai and Mao Zedong did not rest, and immediately held a meeting to learn about the recent situation of the Indian Revolutionary War. Ye Ting reported to them the latest military deployment of the Indian puppet army.

"The Indian puppet army is now confronting our army along the thousand-kilometer front line of Balasore-Jamshedpur-Ranchi-Raipur." Liu Bocheng, chief of staff of the South Asian Army, stood in a huge military uniform. In front of the map, he pointed to a red and black dotted line on the map with a baton and introduced: "The Indian puppet army has mobilized a total force of about 100 million people to dig trenches and build fortifications along thousands of kilometers of front lines. A formation was set up to squeeze us from the northeast, northwest and west, but no heavy troops were arranged in the direction from the southwest to Andhra Pradesh. It seemed to want to squeeze us out of the base area and drive us all the way south, It has been driving us to the jurisdiction of Madras, the southernmost tip of the South Asian subcontinent."

"Madras jurisdiction...how is the situation there?" Mao Zedong asked with a frown.

"India is relatively developed in the north, relatively backward in the south, and the Madras jurisdiction in the southwest corner is inhabited by Tamils. Perhaps it is not an important area in the eyes of the New Delhi government? And once you reach the South Asian subcontinent The southernmost point of our army will be greatly reduced, and the Indian puppet army can rely on their superiority in numbers to oppress us from north to south, and push us all the way into the Indian Ocean."

In fact, the New Delhi authorities did not have the idea of ​​driving the South Asian Army of the Comintern into the sea to feed the fish. They also knew that there was a shadow of Chinese imperialism behind the South Asian Army... Therefore, Gandhi and Nehru just wanted to drive the South Asian Army away from the sea. The heart of India is a little farther away.

However, the CCP cannot guess the intention of the other party. After all, they do not understand the national conditions of India, nor do they know these spokespersons of the Indian bourgeoisie.Zhou Enlai crossed his arms, stared at the map and asked, "How are you going to deal with this situation?"

"I would like to do a trick." Ye Ting said: "Since the Indian puppet army forced us to withdraw from the base area, we might as well move to Andhra Pradesh. Then we will turn west to threaten Mumbai, India's largest commercial city. If Mumbai is in danger, The New Delhi government cannot ignore it, and will definitely order Singh and Mountbatten to divide their troops to rescue, so that we will have the opportunity to find fighters in the movement of the enemy and eliminate the main force of the Indian puppet army."

"Once we leave the base area, it will be the enemy's territory. We don't have any mass base there! Moreover, Gandhi has a very high prestige in India, and many people who don't know the truth are deceived by him and regard us and the Indian Communist Party as invaders. When the time comes, you Even the deaf and blind, are they still sure to fight a mobile war in which they seek opportunities in sports?" Zhou Enlai asked again.

From the reports sent by the South Asian Army and the Communist Party of India, Zhou Enlai had known for a long time that the poor and lower-middle peasants in India were still blinded by Brahmin religion and Gandhi, and did not support the Communist Party of India led by Comrade Lu Yi.Moreover, the feudal power in the rural areas of India is extremely strong, which is not comparable to that of the wealthy landowners in China.

"Then we should simply retreat to the south, retreat to the Madras jurisdiction, and establish a base there." Ye Ting smiled bitterly: "At present, we only have 20 available soldiers, which is not enough to maintain a thousand-kilometer front. ...If the enemy continues to squeeze us step by step, if we don't want to give up our base areas, we will have to fight the enemy decisively, and heavy casualties will be unavoidable."

Ye Ting also felt that things were a bit tricky. Leaving the base area and entering an area without a mass base to fight is indeed very risky!But to defend the base area, you have to fight a decisive battle with the opponent, and the casualties will be very alarming, which will be quite detrimental to the future development of the CCP.

"Comrade Ye Ting, if you have another month to expand and train your army. And one month later, the Soviet Red Army led by Stalin will enter northwest India to contain some Indian puppet troops. Do you still have any plans to defend the base at a relatively low cost? Confidence?" Zhou Enlai asked again.

"Yes." Ye Ting gave an affirmative answer after thinking for a while. "If there is another month, our revolutionary base should be consolidated, and the South Asian Army can expand another 10 people. The 5 Indian soldiers who enlisted in May can also complete the most basic training and can be incorporated into the army. Participated in the battle." At this point, Ye Ting asked again: "By then, the weapons and equipment we purchased from the Nationalist government will be in place, right?"