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"The Soviets built a Stalin line of defense there, and I visited there in May this year." Zhang Xueliang sighed: "It's hard to say, the western border of the Soviet Union is full of large plains, unlike the Far East where there are mountains and rivers to rely on... …The so-called Stalin’s line of defense is to build seven or eight hundred reinforced concrete fortifications on the border line of more than 2000 kilometers. After all, their opponent is the Germans! The Germans are very difficult to deal with! They almost defeated the whole world in the last world war, but this time they defeated the Soviet Union with the help of the whole world."

"What's your suggestion?" Zhou Enlai asked.

Zhang Xueliang smiled bitterly, and sighed: "Of course the safest thing is to stand on the side of the Kuomintang and attack the Soviet Union! In this way, the northern front army should not be used to attack us. But in that case, the time to liberate the whole of China will be greatly delayed... ...and the Soviet Union will perish as a result!"

What he said could not be said at the Politburo meeting just now, but could only be said at this small meeting of three people. Even so, he dared not say publicly that the revolution was hopeless.

"Runzhi, what do you think?" Zhou Enlai asked Mao Zedong again.

Mao Zedong waved his hand: "Things have not yet reached that point. Don't be intimidated by the 50 KMT army! With such a small number of troops, it is impossible to occupy the six northern provinces, which cover nearly 300 million square kilometers! Their 50 people came here, less than one person per square kilometer. We are afraid that we will not be able to deal with it? The key is that we have to change our thinking and not cling to the big cities of Baotou, Zhongyibao, Datong, and Guihuacheng. , to engage in positional warfare with the enemy. In that case, the enemy's aircraft and cannons will be useful, and our firepower is insufficient, so we can only be beaten. In addition, we can't just be beaten and not fight back. We can fight against the Taihang Mountains and Taiyue Mountains , Lvliang Mountain and other mountainous areas located in the Kuomintang-controlled areas to develop, open up base areas, and establish an anti-imperialist and patriotic regime.”

"Attack to the Kuomintang-controlled area?" Zhou Enlai gasped, and subconsciously wanted to shake his head, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that Mao Zedong's analysis was still reasonable.If it just blindly defends and does not take the initiative to attack, then the Kuomintang can calmly mobilize troops from all over the country to attack. If this continues, the CCP will fail sooner or later.

"Is it also giving up the big cities, the plains, or even the Mongolian grasslands, and retreating to the mountains to develop?" Zhou Enlai thought for a while, and then asked: "The heavy industry base in Baotou also give up? Those people in Fort Zhongyi..."

"Give up all of them." Mao Zedong said: "As long as the revolutionary fire is preserved and revolutionary bases are established in the mountains of Shanxi and Hebei, the Changbai Mountains in the northeast, and the mountainous areas of northern Shaanxi, we will be able to persevere until the world fights against fascism." The day the war is won!"

"What if fascism wins?" Zhang Xueliang asked.

Mao Zedong shrugged his shoulders and said with a wry smile: "Then we have to judge who will win before the anti-fascist war breaks out, and then stand in line... I guess the Kuomintang's appearance of going to war with us is to force us to express our position." .As long as we stand with them to attack the Soviet Union, they will definitely not attack us."

Chapter 0705 on the military campaign (four) Tukhachevsky plan

Moscow, Kremlin, May 1936, 5.

This large, high-ceilinged, dimly lit room is now the war room of the Soviet Revolutionary Military Council. The former staff staff on the walls are constantly marking red and blue arrows and dots on the tactical map, no matter who sees these points at first glance. Both lines will be dizzy.

But as time passed, the strategic situation facing the Soviet Union on this map became clearer.

Marshal Tukhachevsky, People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR, holding a baton, for Stalin, Kalinin, Voroshilov, Molotov, Kirov (Stalin let him go), Kaganovich, etc. The leaders of the Soviet Bolshevik Party explain the current situation.

Molotov stared at the baton carefully. As the chairman of the People's Committee, this military situation map was like a bible for him. He only knew that the Soviet Union was surrounded by two fascist countries, Germany and Poland, and the east was China. The situation of the Belarusian army of the two major imperialists, Japan and the reactionary Anastasia I is always in a bad situation!

But with Marshal Tukhachevsky's explanation, he gradually understood.

In his eyes, the Soviet Union, which was attacked on both sides and seemed to have a dead end, turned out to have such a glimmer of hope!And this line of life is to concentrate its forces, defeat Poland before the enemy launches an attack, and then retreat to hold the Stalin line of defense, the Amur River line of defense, and the Central Asian line of defense.At the same time, diplomatic efforts were made to win countries such as Britain, France, and Japan to join the anti-fascist camp.

The three lines of defense guarded the Soviet Union's west, Far East, and Central Asian borders, keeping Chinese and German troops out.Of course, if necessary, you can also abandon the Amur line of defense in the Far East, burn down the railways and towns east of Novosibirsk, and shrink your troops to the line from Central Asia to Novosibirsk.The Stalin line of defense in the west must be firmly defended. We must use this well-built line of defense, as well as the Soviet Red Army with millions of heroes, thousands of advanced T-26 and T-28 tanks, and thousands of superior-performance tanks. The I-15, I-16, Tb-3 and other aircraft, combined with all forces that can be united (Britain, France, Japan and other countries), fought to the end with the millions of German fascist troops armed to the teeth!After defeating the German fascists, the Soviet Red Army marched eastward again, and launched the final decisive battle with the Chinese fascists in Siberia!After defeating China and regaining the lost ground, support the CCP to seize the Chinese regime...to completely consolidate the rear of the Soviet Union.

Marshal Tukhachevsky, People's Commissar of National Defense, put forward this combat plan based on his belief that there are actually many contradictions between the four fascist countries of China, Germany, Boz and Japan.There are also irreconcilable contradictions between Germany, China and the two world empires of Britain and France!

China and Japan are old enemies. In the past 40 years, three large-scale wars broke out between the two countries. China lost one of them. After being bullied by Japan for decades, it took revenge and defeated Japan twice, and then began to bully Japan!Therefore, there is no way for these two countries to cooperate. As long as the Soviet Union makes a small plan, Japan can come out to hold China back. Even without the Soviet Union's plan, China would not dare to abandon Japan and attack the distant In West Siberia, it is even more unrealistic to hit the Ural Mountains.Therefore, the Soviet Union can temporarily ignore the East and concentrate on dealing with the West.

Like the bad relationship between China and Japan, Germany and Poland are also feuds, even now there are territorial disputes between Germany and Poland!Even more fortunately, Polish dictator Piłsudski died last year.In Poland right now, there is a presidential faction headed by President Ignacy Mościcki; a military faction headed by Defense Minister and Director of the Armed Forces Edward Rez Szymigvi; a faction headed by Foreign Minister Joseph Baker. The government faction; the chaos of the three factions fighting each other.Moreover, Himigvi, who is in control of the army, is arrogant, claiming to be the second person in the contemporary era, and trying to compete with Hitler for the position of the leader of fascism, so the relationship between Pod and Germany tends to deteriorate.Under such circumstances, if the Soviet Red Army launches a surprise attack on Poland, Germany will most likely die.It is even possible to participate in the war to destroy Poland and divide Poland with the Soviet Union for the fourth time!

After Poland was defeated by the Soviet Union, the only enemy of the Soviet Union on the Western Front was Germany!At present, Germany is constantly challenging the bottom line of Britain and France.First, it took back the Rhine Demilitarized Zone. Not long ago, it annexed Austria, which is also a Germanic country, and now it has put forward a territorial claim on the Sudeten region of the Czech Republic. It does not even rule out the annexation of the entire Czechoslovakia!If Hitler succeeded in Czechoslovakia, the next target would be the three Baltic countries... Tukhachevsky judged that Germany's annexation of these three Baltic countries would be the bottom line of their tolerance.If Germany does not attack the Soviet Union after annexing these three countries, but joins the Soviet Union to carve up Poland, Britain and France are very likely to declare war on Germany!Because they absolutely cannot tolerate the emergence of a Greater German Empire that ruled the entire Eastern and Central Europe!

At that time, the Soviet Union can take the initiative to throw an olive branch to Britain and France, and even form an alliance with Britain, France and Japan against Germany and China at the cost of disbanding the Communist International...

Tukhachevsky's plan is undoubtedly strategically brilliant.In terms of campaign organization, he summed up the experience and lessons of the Middle East Road War, the Sino-Japanese Shandong War, and the Sino-Japanese 9.18 War, and proposed a brand-new large-depth offensive tactic and large-depth defense!

To put it simply, the large-depth attack is to concentrate as many people and artillery as possible on the weak link of the Polish army on the Soviet-Polish border, and then tear one or several openings with an overwhelming attack, followed by rapid armored group cuts, infantry divisions Completely occupying and expanding to both sides to tear a bigger hole, the fast armored group has been advancing in depth and completely destroying the logistics and defense depth of the Polish army.Strive to completely eliminate Poland's military power in the shortest possible time.

The large-depth defense strategy is actually a variant of the country's flexible defense. It does not pursue the frontier defense of the enemy outside the country's gate. It establishes a multi-echelon and multi-line defense depth, and uses the cannon fodder to absorb and consume the enemy's offensive power, and then concentrate as much as possible. More reserves, as many fast armored groups as possible, and defensive counterattacks... Such tactics will be used in the decisive battle with Germany after the elimination of Poland. For this reason, the defense depth of Stalin's defense line will be greatly increased, and at the same time Reserve enough reserves behind the line of defense, especially fast armored units such as the tank army.

At the same time, Tukhachevsky also asked the Soviet Red Army to prepare for the worst.If the campaign against Poland fails, or Britain and France do not join the war against China and Germany, and the defense based on Stalin's line of defense fails to defeat Germany, then the Soviet Union will concentrate all its forces on a decisive battle against German fascism under the city of Moscow!Even if you can't defeat them, you must try your best to delay the war until winter, and use the harshness of nature to repel the invaders!To this end, Tukhachevsky even asked Stalin to approve the immediate construction of fortifications outside Moscow, hoarding supplies, weapons and ammunition, and making necessary evacuation plans.

Of course, no matter how perfect a battle plan is, it cannot do without a military force that can realize it!And a strong military force is inseparable from sufficient logistical supplies and advanced weapons and equipment... and these two aspects are what Tukhachevsky is most worried about.Although the Soviet Union has already entered the wartime ahead of schedule, all industrial and agricultural production revolves around preparations for war. However, due to the impact of the civil war and the investment decisions made in the first five-year plan, the construction of heavy industry in the Soviet Union is very unsatisfactory.Major industrial projects such as steel, electric power, and coal have now been surpassed by China!It is far behind Germany.In terms of weapons and equipment, although the Soviet Union has such excellent weapons as the T-28 and T-28 tanks, and the I-15 and I-16 fighter jets, their excellent performance is compared to the similar weapons and equipment in China and Germany a few years ago. As far as!But it is impossible for China and Germany, whose industrial strength far exceeds that of the Soviet Union, to not progress at all, right?What's more, there are industrial giants like Germany in the opponent's hands!

According to the information collected by the Red Army Intelligence Bureau and the Communist International, the aircraft engine technology currently mastered by China and Germany has been able to mass produce radial engines with 14 cylinders and 1200 horsepower, and in-line engines with 1000 horsepower. engine; and the more powerful 1400-horsepower radial engine and 1200-horsepower in-line engine have also entered the final testing stage... Similarly, several aircraft and tanks with excellent performance have also been designed. It is estimated that it will be finalized and produced soon!In addition to being far behind in technology, the production of Soviet aircraft and tanks is far smaller than that of China and Germany. In particular, the production of aircraft is limited by bottlenecks such as poor engine technology and insufficient aluminum alloy production. It has always remained at about [-] per year. Satisfy the huge consumption after the outbreak of the all-out war.

"Comrade Stalin." After explaining the current situation and the Red Army's combat plan, Tukhachevsky put down his baton, walked up to Stalin, and saluted: "According to the current situation, the Chinese, German, and Polish War preparations will be completed by the end of January 1938, and several advanced aircraft and tanks will also be put into production in the second quarter of 1, and a part of the troops will be equipped by early 1937. At that time, the existing Soviet aircraft and The performance of the tank will be completely behind! And we have no strength to develop equipment with better performance before then. Therefore, I hope that the battle to attack Poland will be completed by the end of June 1938 at the latest! In July, the Soviet Red Army should start attacking the fascist bandits!"

"Of course, we must act quickly and act first!" Stalin held Tukhachevsky's right hand and said loudly: "Believe in the great Red Army of Workers and Peasants, they will definitely defeat the fascist bandits! Victory will belong to the Soviet people! "

Stalin's confident words made the leaders of the Bolsheviks present shake slightly, as if a big stone had fallen from their hearts.The dictator turned to Molotov and smiled confidently again. "Comrade Molotov, what more can our People's Commissar do for the Red Army?"

"Yes, Comrade Stalin, the People's Commissar will do everything possible to strengthen its combat readiness." Molotov stood up, his thin lips trembling slightly. "500 million reserve soldiers, and the required Army infantry equipment, as well as 5000 artillery pieces, 2000 T-26 tanks, 1000 T-28 tanks, and 3000 aircraft, will be ready by July next year!"

Hearing Molotov's statement, Stalin was also secretly relieved. The total strength of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army has reached nearly 500 million. Adding the 500 million promised by Molotov, the total will reach 1000 million!With so many cannon fodder, it should be able to meet the huge consumption after the outbreak of war, right?He said to Molotov with a friendly smile: "On behalf of the Soviet people and the proletarians of the world, I thank the People's Committee and you for everything you have done."

"Comrade People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs." Stalin turned his head again to look at Maxim Litvinov, who had a fat, round face, wearing rimless glasses, and a gentle face. Cherin became the third foreign minister of the USSR.Stalin paused and looked around the spacious hall. The audience was very quiet, and everyone waited for Stalin's instructions with bated breath. The dictator nodded in satisfaction and said, "Continue to send special envoys to Berlin and tell Hitler that the Soviet Union is willing to help." He wiped out Poland, the enemy of the German people, without asking for anything in return.

Also send a special envoy to Japan... to suggest to them that the Soviet Union will consider giving up the entire Eastern Siberia. All Siberian territory will be ceded to Japan!Moreover, the land that Japan seized from China can also be recognized by the Chinese Communist regime after the war!

Also, France should send someone to tell them that the Soviet Union is willing to admit every penny owed by the Tsar to France, and at the same time not pursue the property of the Tsarist Russian government and nobles in France!Moreover, the Soviet Union can also form an alliance with France to jointly curb the rise of fascist Germany!Just like the Russian-French alliance in history. "

"Yes, Comrade Stalin, I understand what you mean. The People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs will do everything possible to divide the enemy's alliance." Litvinov tried his best to restrain the surprise in his heart, making himself look calmer.The terms Stalin offered this time are really sensational, especially for Japan, who ceded 680 million square kilometers at once!And it also promised to let the CCP recognize the ownership of the Chinese territory that Japan seized in the war... Of course, the premise is that Japan will defeat 8000 million people and 200 million tons of steel with 6 million people and 1200 million tons of steel.

"Comrade Dimitrov." Stalin called out the name of the Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Communist International. Dimitrov officially assumed this position last year and became the head of the Communist International.However, he was not from the Soviet Union, but the leader of the Bulgarian Communist Party. Normally, he could not attend the enlarged Politburo meeting of the CPSU, but he made an exception to appear here today. Obviously, Stalin had an important task to entrust to the Communist International.

"How is the Chinese Communist Party's preparations going? Do you need any help from the Soviet Union?" When mentioning the CCP, the communist dictator's tone was very disdainful, as if he was pinching his nose to admit that they were Communists.

Dimitrov took out a document from his briefcase, walked up to Stalin, handed it over with both hands, and said, "Comrade Stalin, this is a request letter from the CCP to the Comintern..."

Stalin interrupted him impatiently. "What do those social patriots want from me? Arms and ammunition or financial aid? These guys know what to ask for from the Soviet Union! They don't want to do anything for the Soviet Union, and they can't even do small things like investigating China's secret weapon research. , It’s really useless. By the way, Dimitrov, did the CCP mention the progress of Project U in this letter?”

Dimitrov put the document in front of Stalin and said: "The CCP will report to the Comintern every month the latest progress of the U project they have, but the information they have is still very limited, although they are already working for the U project. Among the young Chinese scientists working in engineering, several underground party members have been developed, but none of those people can get in touch with the real core department..."

"Let them continue to pay attention to this U project." Stalin interrupted Dimitrov, "Let's talk about their request."

"The Chinese Communist Party wants us to provide design drawings and samples of the Yi-15 and Yi-16 fighter jets so that their Red Star Aircraft Factory can copy them. In addition, they also want the equipment of ten light infantry divisions."

"The equipment of ten light infantry divisions can be given." Stalin flipped through the documents on the table and asked the director of the Red Air Force General Directorate: "Comrade Baranov, can you give them I-15 and I-16? They Can these two aircraft be imitated after obtaining them?"

"If the CCP's secrecy work is good enough, we can give them the design drawings and samples of these two types of aircraft, and we can also send technicians to help them imitate them." Speaking of this, Baranov sighed with a wry smile and said : "In fact, they can easily imitate these two types of aircraft. I visited their Baotou aircraft factory last year. The equipment and technology there can meet the needs of assembling aircraft. Moreover...the Chinese Communist Party can also learn from the Chinese Kuomintang. The ruling area purchases key raw materials and components such as aluminum alloys, special steels, and aircraft engines needed to manufacture aircraft. Personally, in my opinion, those things are much better than those made by ourselves, so they made them out of our drawings The plane is also better than the original stock..."

Stalin sighed helplessly. The industrial design capabilities of the Soviet Union were not weak, and they could design good aircraft and tanks, but their manufacturing capabilities and technology were far behind.Just as he was about to say a few words of encouragement to Baranov, secretary Pavlov's footsteps came from outside the door.

"Report." Pavlov's pale face turned rosy. He raised his head and said excitedly, "The Chinese Communist Party sent an urgent call. Chinese President Hu Hanmin suffered a stroke on the evening of May 5, Wuhan time, China!"

Chapter 0706 Conquest of the Army ([-]) The Era of Luo Yaoguo

Hu Hanmin woke up from his drowsiness.He is dying.Although his mind is still very clear, his whole body is already unable to move.He knew that he had a stroke, just like Sun Yat-sen seven years ago and Tan Yankai five years ago. This is a terminal illness and there is no cure!It's really funny to say that he, the president of the Republic of China, the commander-in-chief of the world's second largest army, actually suffered a stroke because of a damn Chinese chess game!Wasn't it just losing a game of wooden chess... That Luo Yiqun had lost ten games in a row and still looked cheerful, why was he so persistent?

He is now on his couch, sometimes confused and sometimes clear.My life is about to come to a curtain call.This life should be said to be contented, and I can report to the former Prime Minister Sun Yat-sen with peace of mind.His ideals when he followed Sun Yat-sen to participate in the Paiman revolution have now been overfulfilled. The Manchu Qing was overthrown, and although there have been more than ten years of war, fortunately, he has finally unified China and established the Kuomintang training system. Now it is gradually on the way. The road to constitutional democracy.In his hands, China has leapt from a semi-feudal and semi-colonial country to a powerful imperialist country!In this regard, although the Communists in the six northern provinces are heartbroken, they are clamoring all day long about not seeking hegemony or being a superpower!He also said that the Kuomintang now wants to turn China into an imperialist country, which violates Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary ideas!Uh, when I get to the top later, I will ask the Prime Minister, is it good to dominate and be an imperialist?This matter depends on one's own will, as long as you can ensure victory and open up territories, there is nothing wrong with being an imperialist!But is this world war so easy to fight?If there is anything that worries me, it should be this one.

He struggled to open his eyes on the pillow, and saw Luo Yiqun sitting on a chair and staring at him in a daze, completely at a loss...Can this guy be the president?Standing next to Luo Yiqun were Chiang Kai-shek and Luo Yaoguo. Xu Chongzhi was not in Wuhan, so there was no way to arrive immediately.Chiang Kai-shek looked depressed and couldn't help sighing there.That's right, once he died, Luo Yiqun would succeed as the President of the Republic of China in a legitimate manner. He was not expected to be a president if he abused a good person, and most of the power fell into the hands of his old and cunning nephew Luo Yaoguo.Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek has no chance to monopolize power in his life!And that Luo Yaoguo didn't even break his face with Chiang Kai-shek, just like playing magic to gain power!This old Jiang really lost a bit wronged.When he cast his eyes on Luo Yaoguo, the other party had already seen him wake up, and the look of joy flickered in his eyes: "President, are you awake? Dr. Bazel from the Central Hospital is next door, you How do you feel? I'll ask him to come over and diagnose you right away!"

Hu Hanmin could see a bit of sincerity from the other person's expression, this is Luo Yaoguo...a scheming and kind person!But Hu Hanmin knew that he was hopeless, so his sobriety should be the so-called flashback, right?He smiled wryly and shook his head on the pillow: "No need, the Prime Minister is still waiting for me in the sky! At this time, let's explain the funeral... Brother Yichen."

"President, don't say such things, your body is still strong, you just need to rest well..." Luo Yiqun didn't know what comforting words to say at this time.To be honest, he doesn't want to be president, because this president is just a puppet of his nephew, and his nephew is trying to lead the country to the world war!

"Brother Yichen." Hu Hanmin interrupted Luo Yiqun, tried to raise his voice, and said, "From now on, you will begin to perform the duties of the President of the Republic of China! And you will also be a wartime president."

Hu Hanmin really has a lot to say to Luo Yiqun.He wanted to tell his successor that although he had sat on the presidential throne for two years and had been the chairman of the national government for almost ten years, he had never held real power.Because neither the National Revolutionary Army nor the National Defense Army is the real national army. Although they have established the form and system of the national army, Hu Hanmin still knows that the warlord system has not really been eliminated, but has been hidden better and deeper. !From a group of big warlords supporting the separatist regime, it became Luo Yaoguo and Chiang Kai-shek, two big warlords cooperating to maintain the situation... Maybe it will become an oligarchy ruled by the big warlord Luo Yaoguo in the future, right?

In the current situation, if the country's leaders follow the wishes of the military and strive to maintain a balance between the various militaries and the government, this form of nationalization can be maintained.After a few decades, when military strongmen like Chiang Kai-shek and Luo Yaoguo have passed away, the army may be truly controlled by the government!Only then can China become a truly democratic country.