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"Enlai, of course we are internationalists, but we also hope that China will be strong. The purpose of our revolution is to build a prosperous and strong new China!"

Zhou Enlai glanced at Mao Zedong, who had a natural look on his face, and said with a wry smile: "Then if there is a conflict between China's strength and internationalism, how should we choose?"

Mao Zedong raised his eyebrows, wondering if it was because of the differences between the Chinese and Soviet parties during this period of time?He smiled slightly: "Well, of course we must first consider China's interests. We are the Communist Party of China! We must first liberate the Chinese people and build China into a prosperous and strong socialist country before we can help other oppressed people in the world. The people of China should get rid of the reactionary rule of imperialism... Isn't the Soviet Union doing the same thing? This is called 'socialism in one country', and Stalin also meant it."

"Oh! Is that so?" Zhou Enlai gave Mao Zedong a meaningful look, handed over the two copies of the telegram in his hand, and said quietly: "This is from Comrade Li Shuning and another comrade lurking in the core of the Youth Army. Secret telegrams, both secret telegrams mentioned that the Kuomintang has a sinful plan to unite with the imperialists to destroy the Soviet Union! And the planner and creator of this plan is our old friend Marshal Luo Yaoguo!"

"What!" Mao Zedong's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly picked up two copied newspapers and read them carefully.The content copied from the newspaper is what Zhou Enlai said, and the Kuomintang is planning a terrifying conspiracy-destroy the Soviet Union!No, it's not just planning, it's already being implemented!The Soviet civil war that is currently taking place in the Soviet Far East is part of this conspiracy!Moreover, the Northwest warlord Wang Self-examination is also obviously a participant in this conspiracy. The Kuomintang handed over the Northwest to him in order to use his iron fist to turn the Northwest, where ethnic issues are very complicated, into a stable rear for invading the Soviet Union... Now this goal should have been It has been achieved, so the second step of the plan to build the logistics base has already started.

Zhou Enlai glanced at the ashen-faced Mao Zedong, and said in a low voice: "In view of all aspects of the situation, the Kuomintang's plan to destroy the Soviet Union should be divided into two parts: the exhaustion of the Soviet Union and the destruction of the Soviet Union. By supporting the Trotskyites, they provoked the Soviet Union's civil war. It should be part of the exhausted Soviet Union. Its purpose is to disrupt the Soviet Union's domestic heavy industry development plan and create the possibility for China to catch up with the Soviet Union in heavy industry. Many, I only know that the Kuomintang is united with Poland, and it seems to be in collusion with Germany. It may want to use the three-nation alliance between China, Poland and Germany to attack... Germany is still restricted by the "Treaty of Versailles", and there is no way to revive its military power. It seems that relying on Poland alone There is no way to complete the task of attacking the European part of the Soviet Union from the west. However, Germany is a country with a strong military tradition. Once the British and American imperialists tacitly allow him to expand its military power, it should be able to arm it quickly. Since the past few years, they have helped the Kuomintang armed forces The effect can be deduced..."

After listening to Zhou Enlai's analysis and looking at the two copied newspapers in his hand, Mao Zedong was also a little skeptical about the so-called plan to destroy the Soviet Union.Judging from the current international situation, it is entirely possible for the imperialists to launch a joint attack on the Soviet Union.As the largest neighbor of the Soviet Union and an emerging imperialist power, it was only natural for China to participate in the war to destroy the Soviet Union.Moreover, judging from Germany's record of defeating Tsarist Russia with only a small part of its own power in the last World War, if the three countries of China, Poland and Germany can really work together to fight together, they will perish. The USSR also seems possible!

But the question is, once China participates in the war to destroy and carve up the Soviet Union, how should the CCP stand in line?Is it to help the Soviet Union resist the millions of troops from China, Poland and Germany?With the 20 more troops of the CCP, can the Soviet Union win the war?If the Soviet Union still loses the war, will the CCP face the joint encirclement and suppression of the entire imperialist world after that? !But if we don't help the Soviet Union...the Chinese imperialists will still be polite to the CCP after they settle the Soviet Union!Even... Before the Soviet Union is dealt with, there will be an outcry against the outside world, and the CCP must be settled first.

Mao Zedong exhaled lightly, his eyebrows were tightly knit into a ball, and now he felt the seriousness of the situation.The international communist movement is about to face an unprecedented crisis, and it is Chinese imperialism that caused this crisis!It is the motherland of the Chinese Communists themselves!

"Well, if the Kuomintang fails in this war against the Soviet Union, do you think that China after the war will be like Tsarist Russia at that time?" Mao Zedong asked suddenly.Didn't Tsarist Russia collapse after encountering setbacks in the World War?Will Chinese imperialism follow in the footsteps of Tsarist Russia?

These words sounded like a thunderbolt in Zhou Enlai's mind, and he suddenly felt his eyes light up, and his expression relaxed a little, he nodded slightly: "If the Kuomintang fails...of course it will be impossible to maintain the rule, and our party can certainly replace it. This...maybe an opportunity?" At this point, he shook his head again: "But what if the Kuomintang wins? If they really destroy the Soviet Union, then what should we do?"

"We still have to unite with Wu to resist Cao. If this Wu can win, then take advantage of the situation to take Jingzhou. If Cao wins... then take advantage of the situation and take Jiangdong!" Mao Zedong's answer seemed to be wrong.But Zhou Enlai's face changed drastically when he heard the words, and he said slowly after a while: "But how can that Cao Cao allow us to take Jiangdong?"

Mao Zedong was silent for a while, and finally lowered his voice and said: "Enlai, what if we also become 'Cao Jun'? Isn't the Kuomintang always advocating democratic constitutional government and peaceful reunification? I see that there is also a chance here... the Kuomintang China's democratic constitutionalism is not achieved in one step, and there is a 16-year 'political training period'. If we agree to peaceful reunification, then naturally there should be such a 'political training period', and our own territory should have its own political training period , don’t want them to come for training. Our army... is retained just like the youth army, controlled by ourselves, and can’t be handed over until the end of the training period! In this way, our party won the 16-year buffer period, and it will still be in the future Are we in a favorable position to advance or retreat in the world war of the Kuomintang? And now that we have obtained the right to operate legally in the Kuomintang training area, we can completely fight against them with a gun and a ticket box!"

"Then shall we report this situation to the Soviet Union?" Zhou Enlai asked.

"To report...but not now." Mao Zedong smiled wryly: "If we tell Stalin now, can we still become 'Cao Jun'? Stalin only has the interests of the Soviet Union in his heart!"

Having said that, he turned his head to look at Zhou Enlai, and said solemnly: "We Chinese Communists cannot learn from Stalin. We sincerely want to help the Soviet people preserve the spark of revolution, and we also sincerely want to help them realize communism as soon as possible. In case... ...The Soviet Union will perish in the next world war, so we, the Communist Party of China, will take over the banner of the world revolution! At that time, Comrade Enlai must inherit the behest of Comrades Lenin and Stalin!"

Zhou Enlai glanced at Mao Zedong, who was talking nonsense in a serious manner, slightly shook his head, and sighed: "Let's not talk about inheriting Stalin's behest... The most urgent task now is to send someone to negotiate with the Kuomintang for peaceful reunification. Oh, yes, Shouldn’t this matter be reported to the Soviet Union?”

"No need to report." Mao Zedong thought for a moment and smiled: "The Communist International sent us relevant instructions...it was during the 'Suto War', and it is just a matter of using it now. As for the negotiators...I think we should Please, Enlai, take a trip to Peiping yourself."

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A dilapidated cargo ship flying the flag of the rising sun of Japan arrived at the pier of the port of Vladivostok, where there is already a sea of ​​bleak winter.The pier is bustling with coolies who have crossed the border from China or North Korea to work here, busy unloading cargo from the freighter.Horse-drawn carriages and rickshaws carrying passengers crowded together at the entrance of the pier.The greetings and shouts of Chinese, Russian, Korean and Japanese rang together.It looks like this is an international port city mixed with immigrants from China, Russia, Japan and North Korea!

Looking at this busy scene, who would have imagined that just a few months ago, this was a Soviet frontier fortress city dominated by white Russians?As the 20 Trotskyite Red Army from China became the masters here, a large number of family members of military officers, Chinese businessmen, and laborers were quickly pulled here by trains of the Middle East Railway.

Not long after, under Trotsky's personal nod and agreement, almost the same number of Koreans and Japanese were transported to the first fortress in the Far East on this dilapidated bulk carrier. .Along with them, there were thousands of former Japanese army officers who were called "Japanese People's Volunteers" by Trotsky.These officers are the elites of the Imperial Japanese Army who have just been "eliminated". Most of them have participated in the Manchurian War that just ended and have rich combat experience. " and "wages" came to help the Soviet people fight the civil war!And the various departments of the Trotskyist Red Army, including Wang Zhongyi's Far East Front Army, are now assigned a large number of Japanese friends to serve as military advisers!Who made Luo Yaoguo refuse to send a large number of Kuomintang army officers to the Far East?

A black car with the license plate of the Vladivostok Internal Affairs Department was parked in a remote corner of the pier.There are several middle-aged people with oriental faces standing around the car. Although they are all dressed in Chinese casual clothes, they can be seen as soldiers from the well-trained posture, and they should be Japanese military officers based on their age!Few of the current Union Army officers are elderly and middle-aged.

All of them had very serious and nervous faces, and their eyes were nervously watching the people rushing past them.Some people still have pouches in their waists, and you can tell that they are carrying something like a pistol.If Luo Yaoguo were here now, he would be surprised to find that the number one strategist of the Japanese army, Ishihara Waner, was among them!

Two officers who were picking up people in front of the arriving freighter escorted a thin man with a big top hat deeply covering his head and face, and walked quickly to the front of the car.An officer opened the car door, and the mysterious visitor and Ishihara Wan'er both got into the back seat of the car.The driver who had been waiting for a long time started the car immediately, and drove out in no time.Only then did Ishihara Waner happily smile at the mysterious guest: "Your Excellency Yongtian, I have waited for you! Our "Volunteer Army" has been waiting for your arrival, and it has not been a day!"

The mystery guest took off his top hat and looked around with a smile.Under the top hat was the face of the thin and slightly gloomy middle-aged man.He is indeed the new Chief of the Second Department of the General Staff of the Imperial Japanese Army, who has been promoted to Lieutenant General Nagata Tieshan!This time he was ordered by Ugaki Kazunari to secretly leave Tokyo and rush to Vladivostok to meet Trotsky in secret, and at the same time he also had the task of investigating the situation of the Soviet Far East Civil War.

"Why is this Vladivostok now like the Kanto Prefecture?" As soon as Nagata's words came out, Ishihara's eyes dimmed, and his face was full of grief and indignation: "Your Excellency Nagata! This will never be the second Kanto Prefecture, we must be able to……"

Yongtian Tieshan hurriedly waved his hand, interrupted Ishihara and said with a smile: "That's not what I meant... By the way, let's talk about the battle situation. Can those Chinese people hold Khabarovsk now and keep the Soviet Red Army from the north of the Amur River? "

Ishihara smiled sneeringly: "If you can't hold it, as soon as the Amur River freezes, they will retreat back to Vladivostok and be trapped. In the past two months, they have been rushing to repair the city's fortifications. By the way, the Chinese Nationalist Party secretly gave Vladivostok Eight 240mm cannons were brought in. I really don’t know what those Chinese people think so, did they spend a long time just to come to Vladivostok to defend the city?”

"The Russian bear is too big, so before killing it, we must find a way to exhaust its strength. Those Chinese people are doing this now, and they want to exhaust Russia." Nagata Tieshan smiled slightly , Said: "This is also your mission now."

"Destroy...the Soviet Union!" Nagata Tieshan's words made Ishihara slightly frowned: "How to do it? The Soviet Union is so huge, and its core is almost [-] kilometers to the west. How could the Chinese attack the Soviet Union?" To such a distant place?"

"They may be able to destroy this country without hitting Moscow and Leningrad." Seeing Ishihara's question, Nagata smiled and explained patiently: "If someone launches an attack from the west and takes down Moscow and Leningrad, China will never An attack from the east sweeping through Central Asia and Siberia ... an exhausted Soviet Union would be irresistible."

"The attack from the west will be..."

"Germany and Poland!" Nagata lowered his glasses, looked at the bustling crowd on both sides of the street, and showed a cold smile: "Ishihara-kun, how do you think the empire should stand in this war?"

"Is it enough to stand in a team?" Ishihara asked with a smile.

Nagata Tieshan nodded, and said with a wry smile: "It's just a team. Does Ishihara-kun think that the army of the empire is still qualified to participate in the mainland hegemony?"

Ishihara gritted his teeth, shook his head slowly, and spit out a few words: "No more... The army has no chance... The mainland belongs to the Chinese! The empire can only share the leftovers."

"It's the leftovers that we have to fight for ourselves! The goal of the empire is the south of the Amur River and the east of the Ussuri River, plus the northern Sakhalin Island, a total of more than 20 square kilometers of land. This is the most fertile essence of the Soviet Far East ... even compared to Manchuria!" Yongtian Tieshan sighed, and said: "But the Chinese people don't intend to give us this land for free! They provoked this war in the Far East. They want us to join in. If we can't take advantage of these years to take root in the Far East, then they will give us nothing. This is exactly the purpose of my coming to Vladivostok to meet Trotsky, to help us now He is the only one who has gained a firm foothold in the Far East."

"What do you mean?"

Nagata Tieshan smiled heavily, but did not answer Ishihara Wanji's question.To be honest, right now he has no idea.There are now four contenders for a Far East, Stalin, Wang Zhongyi, Japan, and Trotsky, and Japan is precisely the most disadvantaged among them.The only way seems to be through cooperation with Trotsky, slowly extending its tentacles...

Chapter 0642 Anti-Comintern Agreement ([-]) The CCP wants to "surrender"! ?

On the shore of Kunming Lake, weeping willows are lingering, and the mist is refreshing. Walking in it makes people feel refreshed.

Of course, it was not the first time for Zhou Enlai to visit this garden full of royal style, but it was the first time for him to visit here as a guest accompanied by Luo Yaoguo, head of the Kuomintang negotiating delegation.The scenery of the Summer Palace remained the same, but his state of mind was very different at this time.

After a brief tour of the city that had been renamed Beiping, he found with some regret that the red capital, once full of ideals and passion, had returned to its pre-revolutionary appearance after only a few months.The teahouses in Sijiu City began to be full of guests again, and the temple fairs in winter were as lively as before the revolution. Tianqiaokou, Dashilan, and newly opened theaters everywhere were full of lively and prosperous scenes.It's as if that vigorous revolution never happened at all!Well, it can’t be said that it didn’t happen at all. It should be said that Beiping and Tianjin are still a little different from the cities in the south that have not experienced the baptism of revolutionary storms.

In these two cities, since the Kuomintang came in, there has never been a demonstration or protest. There is no labor movement, no student movement, and no voice against the Kuomintang dictatorship!There is no such thing as an ideal here!

What made him even more frustrated was that, according to the secret report of the Beiping Municipal Party Committee that had been exposed long ago, the day after the CCP officially withdrew, there was a long line of surrenders and whistleblowers at the gate of the newly established Kuomintang Beiping Military Control Committee. team!Almost all the underground party organizations in Beiping City that had been lurking had also become "ground parties" on the first day of lurking because of the betrayal of the traitors.However, the Kuomintang military and police did not arrest and shoot people as they imagined. They just registered all the CCP members who surrendered or "exposed", and then sent away the CCP members who were willing to go outside the CCP's ruled area. There are almost no such comrades.

Zhou Enlai shook his head. He couldn't imagine why comrades who had been baptized and tested by several years of revolutionary storms would be so unstable and fragile?Is it really because the rise of Chinese imperialism over the years has made them lose confidence?But in the Kuomintang-controlled areas, there are still tens of thousands of excellent sons and daughters of the party who insist on fighting against imperialism!

Luo Yaoguo looked at Zhou Enlai's slightly absent-minded look, and asked with a smile, "Mr. Zhou...Mr. Zhou? Does the current situation in the Soviet Union affect our negotiations this time?"

Zhou Enlai finally broke free from his own thoughts, smiled politely at Luo Yaoguo, and said leisurely: "Oh, in the Soviet Union, Stalin should have no time to take care of our CCP's affairs, right? The battle between him and Trotsky still It's struggling..."

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The latest battle reports and information about Trotsky's contact with various parties sent from the General Staff of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, the Far Eastern Front of the Red Army, the State Political Security Bureau, and the Communist International are now placed on Stalin's desk.Most of the content of these reports is bad news, bad news that is a bit too bad.After reading these reports, Stalin couldn't help but wonder whether his Soviet motherland could survive this crisis safely.From all aspects of the situation, Trotsky still has quite a few supporters within the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.I am afraid that Trotsky can accurately grasp all the decisions Budyonny made... Otherwise, how could the defeat in the Far East be fought to such an extent?

Moreover, the imperialist countries have also begun to actively participate in this rebellion attempting to overthrow the Soviet Union.Although the large-scale military intervention of the Chinese imperialists that he was most worried about has not yet happened, Britain, the United States and Japan have begun to join the team to support Trotsky, either openly or secretly.In the past two months, ships carrying weapons and supplies have arrived in Vladivostok almost every day. In addition, thousands of Japanese military advisers have also joined the Far East Trotskyite rebels.Japan's ambition seems to be the territory of the Far East of the Soviet Union, but China has remained silent on Japan's intervention. Could it be that they did not support Trotsky to seize the territory of the Far East?Or do China and Japan have greater ambitions for Soviet territory, and have now reached an agreement?So has the international community reached any secret understanding on the actions of the two countries?And what can Trotsky gain from it?

All kinds of problems came one after another, which made this great leader of the international communist movement feel extremely troubled and worried.He had already sensed the imperialist hatred of the Soviet Union, so he had to disregard the life and death of Soviet farmers and forcibly implement agricultural collectivization in order to squeeze the Soviet countryside to the maximum to raise funds for industrialization.But then the threat of imperialism seemed so far away that it might not even happen!But now, Stalin has become more and more aware of the imperialist ambitions for the Soviet Union... He is almost certain that a huge conspiracy against the Soviet Union is brewing, and Trotsky's rebellion is probably only a part of this conspiracy, and The entire conspiracy is likely to be a joint imperialist attack on the Soviet Union!An imperialist alliance with the goal of destroying the Soviet Union seems to be forming. China, Poland, and Japan must have already participated in it. Britain, the United States, and France may be considering and hesitating.In addition, there should be... the German Empire!

Of course Stalin was a wise and wise leader, otherwise the historical Soviet Union would not have become a superpower under his leadership.Even when China and Japan in the Far East have faintly joined forces to tentatively extend their claws to the rich eastern territories of the Soviet Union, he still knows very well that the real deadly threat to the Soviet Union will definitely come from the West!And that threat should be Germany!Although the situation in the Far East is tense right now, the intelligence and analysis reports on Germany's domestic political trends will still be delivered on time, and he will read every word carefully... That lunatic named Adolf Hitler seems to be dying soon. He is about to become the political leader of Germany, and his coming to power will probably mean the rearmament of Germany!Maybe five years later, a powerful Germany that has taken up arms again will appear in the west of the Soviet Union. If they unite with Poland to attack from the west and China and Japan come from the east, what awaits the Soviet Union is likely to be doomed!So now, in addition to dealing with Trotsky, the sinner of the Soviet Union, we are trying our best to prevent the emergence of this alliance that will destroy the Soviet Union.We must organize the three countries of China, Germany, and Poland to join hands.Or is it time to cause more trouble for China?

Footsteps were heard at the door of Stalin's office, and Stalin raised his head.He cleverly concealed his deep worries and fears, and tried his best to maintain the majesty of the great leader of the world revolution.The door opened, and Molotov and Voroshilov followed the secretary.These two guys also had a sad look on their faces, and it was obvious at a glance that there was nothing good going on.Stalin sat on the seat and waved his hand.Let the secretary retreat, and asked in a deep voice: "What's going on today? How is the situation in the Far East? Voroshilov, do you and Budyonny still insist on waiting until the Amur River freezes before launching another attack? "

Before Voroshilov and Molotov could open their mouths, Stalin questioned them. Voroshilov didn't dare to distinguish a word, and listened respectfully to Stalin's reprimand.

"Don't you know that Vladivostok's defenses are being strengthened every day? If you don't want to shed more blood to cross the Amur River, you will pay even heavier sacrifices for the Vladivostok Fortress in the future!" Stalin looked very stern, and he accused Volo when he opened his mouth Mistakes Shirov and Budyonny made in commanding the Far East campaign: "You are unwilling to break through the defenses of the rebels from the front, and hope to detour from the lower reaches of the Amur River, but you do not consider the Trots lurking inside us. The radicals will leak military secrets, and as a result, every surrender becomes a failed forced transition. You must fight steadily, suppress Khabarovsk's rebels with superior firepower, and then organize a breakthrough from the front."

Voroshilov waited until Stalin finished firing before opening his mouth cautiously: "Yes, Comrade Stalin, we are summing up our lessons. I suggest sending Comrade Tukhachevsky to replace Comrade Budyonny as the commander of the Far Eastern Front personnel, and at the same time mobilize more planes and artillery to the Far East."

Stalin lit his pipe and smoked it. Tukhachevsky must be better at fighting than Budyonny, everyone knows this.But the problem is that Tukhachevsky has a close relationship with Trotsky. Can he let him beat his old boss?Will there be something funky and defecting?

"Comrade Molotov, what do you have to report?" Stalin ignored Voroshilov's suggestion to change generals, and asked Molotov instead.