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Matsuoka smiled wryly and said, "But I think this is a good opportunity. If the empire wants to expand its territory, the best choice is Manchuria! And recently, the Chinese discovered a super-large oil field in Manchuria! It's really eye-catching. ! Your Excellency Lieutenant General, if the empire unites with the Soviet Union, is it possible..."

"What?" Yongtian Tieshan was startled when he heard the words, he glanced out of the corner of his eye at the sitting still, expressionless Prime Minister Ugaki Kazushige, and said lightly: "Forget it... the mainland dream of the empire has long been shattered , China's army and navy are now above the empire, and its heavy industry is also surpassing the empire. When fighting against a big country like China, the strength of the country is the key. How much steel, how much coal, how many ships, how many warships, How many planes, how much heavy industry production capacity... These are real things, the empire is now inferior to China in all aspects, so it can no longer fight, and it cannot be fooled by Stalin as soon as it is lured!"

Ugaki Kasunari smacked his lips unwillingly.He has been sitting in the prime minister's chair for more than two years. Although he has racked his brains to revive the country, the effect has been minimal.However, China, Japan's close neighbor, has relied on abundant resources, a huge domestic market, and abundant foreign exchange reserves to support rapid economic development in the past two years, especially the heavy industry, which has leapt forward and surpassed Japan, which has been standing still.Everyone knows that if Japan doesn't want to do something, the gap between China and Japan will further widen in the next few years, and Japan will inevitably weaken and become a third-rate country in the end.

Moreover, Ugaki is not the only one who holds this view. It is quite common among the Japanese army, navy, business circles, nobles, and even civilians to hold this view.As for how to get rid of this situation, there are two opinions in Japan, the alliance with Russia and the alliance with the United Kingdom. The mainstream of the army control faction and the navy advocates the alliance with the United Kingdom, while the Kodo faction at this time advocates the alliance with the Soviet Union.So in the past two years, the combination of the ruling party and the navy has been firmly controlling the political situation in Japan, but now with the protracted war in the Far East and the discovery of the large oil field in Heilongjiang, the voice of the Soviet Union has gradually gained the upper hand.

"The condition of the Soviet Union is to eradicate Empress Anastasia, and they will cede the south of the Amur River and North Huatai Island to the empire! And there is no need for an alliance between Japan and the Soviet Union. Japan only needs to maintain neutrality between the Soviet Union. The conditions are much more favorable than those of the Chinese people." Matsuoka Yosuke said in a low voice.

"Mr. Nagata, it is not advisable to completely fall to the Soviet Union to fight against China, but it is also not conducive to the empire to stand on the side of China and act as cannon fodder for the Chinese! Island, and then maintain neutrality between the Soviet Union and China, and wait for the opportunity. Nagata-kun, what do you think?" Ugaki Kazushige carefully chose his words, and slowly expressed his opinion.

"But what if Zhi that person disagrees with us to monopolize these territories and wants to fight with us?" Nagata Tieshan asked rhetorically.

"This possibility is not too great." Matsuoka Yosuke said lightly: "Unless China defeats the Soviet Union, they will not fight the Empire for the land in the Far East...so the Empire can still sit between China and the Soviet Union. Yuli, this is definitely the most cost-effective deal!"

Nagata murmured: "This is all wishful thinking! What about the attitude of the UK? Are you not thinking about the UK?"

Ugaki Kazushige wrinkled his nose, and said coldly: "Don't think about this decadent old empire, we followed them for two years, but we didn't get any benefits, there is still no market for the products of the empire, and the heavy industry is still stagnant. Now I have figured it out, if the empire wants to develop, it still depends on the colonies!"

"Without the help of Britain, the situation of the empire will only be worse!" Nagata pondered for a while, then lowered his voice: "The empire wants to reap the benefits and expand its territory. between!"

"When will that be?"

"Wait until the Soviet Union is destroyed! As long as the Soviet Union is destroyed, Germany and China will definitely shift their expansion targets to the two world empires, Britain and France. Then is the best time for the empire to seize colonies!"

"Then what year and month will we have to wait?" Ugaki Kazunari snorted, "You think it's too easy to destroy the Soviet Union, but that is the country with the largest territory in the world!"

Nagata Tieshan frowned, he had already heard some clues from the prime minister's tone, it seemed that this puppet that he had manipulated for two years now wanted to act on his own.Maybe there are shadows of Araki Sadao and Maki Jinsaburo behind him, or maybe he is dissatisfied with his "Lianhua" policy?

"Nagata-kun, do you think that if we get rid of Empress Anastasia, will Stalin regret it?" Ugaki Kazushige asked again.

"No! There are many people in this world who can be the Russian tsar, and Anastasia is just one of them." Nagata said: "If Stalin repents, he can only push the empire to the side of the Chinese. But the problem is How is the empire going to get the Chinese and White Russian troops out of the Far East?"

"Let's squeeze them out with strength!" Ugaki Kazunari said coldly, "Nagata-kun, can you get rid of that empress quietly?"

Nagata pondered for a moment, then nodded: "Empress Anastasia is now inspecting military affairs in Nikolayevsk, we can do something on the plane. Because Trotsky was eliminated by Wang Zhongyi, the Russians I don’t trust the Chinese very much, and now their planes are all in charge of Japanese pilots. But...” He stood up abruptly, snapped to attention, and said loudly, “Your Excellency, Prime Minister! Negotiate."

Ugaki looked up at Nagata who seemed a little excited, and said: "Well, let's enter the palace and ask His Majesty the Emperor to make a holy judgment."

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In front of the Moscow National Hotel stood a row of clumsy black cars, which was not often the case.Since the beginning of the Soviet Civil War, very few important foreign guests have visited the city, and the Moscow National Hotel used to receive foreign guests is even more deserted, with few guests.In the evening, Muscovites came out for a walk in groups as usual, and looked at the car curiously, but they didn't dare to look too much.A large group of security guards in blue hats stood beside the car.They were the secret police of the NKVD. During this period, with the murder of Trotsky, they began to arrest people again.But when Zhou Enlai, Li Dazhao, Wang Ming, Zhang Wentian, Cai Hesen and other members of the CCP delegation squeezed out the narrow door of the Minzu Hotel to get into the car, these internal affairs personnel still opened the car door for them with the most graciousness.

"Enlai, how do you think about the proposal of the Communist International?" Li Dazhao sat in the back seat and asked Zhou Enlai beside him.He is now the representative of the Communist Party of China to the Communist International, member of the Executive Committee of the Communist International, and minister of the Oriental Department.There were even rumors that he was a favorite to be the next Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Comintern!

"I have to think about it again." Zhou Enlai said, "Helping the Soviet Union defeat the restored Romanov Dynasty is the top priority."

"Really, why think about it? Isn't that why we helped the Soviet Union?"

"No, it is the Chinese Communist Party's obligation to help the Soviet Union resist the Chinese imperialist invasion, and we don't need to repay it." Zhou En looked at the driver who was driving. That guy must understand Chinese, but he just didn't say anything.

"But the Soviet Union is willing to help us, why don't we?" Li Dazhao shook his head.

"It's all for the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union is about to face a joint attack from imperialism all over the world." Zhou Enlai said: "So they should focus on self-defense instead of helping us! As long as they can defeat imperialism, it is the greatest benefit to us." help."

"Then what are you doing in Moscow?" Li Dazhao asked.

"Come to help the Soviet Union." Zhou Enlai smiled: "We have prepared [-] troops, and now they are entering the Soviet Union one after another. They will help the Soviet Union defeat the imperialist invasion."

"Then wouldn't it be better for us to defeat Chinese imperialism with the help of the Soviet Union?"

"No, no, no. That's too selfish. We Chinese Communists are all selfless, so we can't do this." Zhou Enlai acted as selfless.

"What do you mean?" Li Dazhao was stunned again and again: "Aren't we helping the Soviet Union by defeating Chinese imperialism with the help of the Soviet Union?"

"That's different." Zhou En said.

"What's the difference?"

"One is that we help the Soviet Union fight against Chinese imperialism. The Soviet Union is the main force, and we just provide assistance; the other is that we fight against Chinese imperialism. We are the main force, and the Soviet Union will help. Comrade D Zhao, do you understand?"

Li Dazhao shook his head blankly and said, "I don't understand, but I hope Stalin can understand."

The car made a long circle around the streets around the Kremlin and stopped in front of the gate of the Red Stone Tower with a red star on top.One by one, they were inspected by tall, terrifying-looking guards with guns in neat uniforms. They drove to a castle, stopped and passed another inspection, and then passed several strange-looking churches before arriving at a magnificent in front of Russian-style buildings.

The guests from the East got out of the car together with the officials of the Comintern among them, walked up the steps, and walked into the tall and magnificent palace talking and laughing.Stepping on the vermilion plush carpet, I walked into a very long hall.Accompanied by Soviet officials, I walked through one room after another. It still looks like it was in the Tsarist era, filled with all kinds of French, Italian or British furniture, piled up with paintings and statues.Finally, I walked into a very spacious and tall room.

Several doors with mirrors opened, and a group of people in civilian clothes came in. Li Dazhao recognized a few of them immediately, Molotov, Kalinin, Voroshilov, Kuibyshev... and of course Joseph Stalin!

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"Welcome to Moscow, Comrade Zhou Enlai, and you are also welcome, Comrade Li Dazhao."

In the luxurious hall of the Kremlin, with a pipe in his mouth, the Communist dictator who looked a little tired shook hands with Zhou Enlai, Li Dazhao and others who came to visit.

Holding Zhou Enlai's hand, Stalin raised his thick eyebrows and said in a pleasant low voice: "Thank you Chinese comrades for lending a helping hand in the most difficult moment of the Soviet Union. You are the true friends of the Soviet Union. I promise that as long as the Soviet Union survives Overcoming difficulties, we will definitely do our best to help the Chinese people to be liberated. And this day is not far away."

"Is there any good news from the Far East Front?" Zhou Enlai's tone was mixed with some very complicated emotions, including excitement, suspicion, and even slight disappointment.

"Good news will come soon."

"Can you reveal it in advance?"

Through the smoke of burning tobacco, Stalin seemed to look at Zhou Enlai with a little emotion: "Our enemies have no common beliefs. They are united for interests, so when interests change, their alliance will collapse. Therefore, the Soviet Union only needs to pay a small price to destroy their "Anti-Comintern Pact". In this way, the external environment of the Soviet Union can be greatly improved. Perhaps it will not be long before we can end the civil war and focus on It was used to help the CCP liberate the Chinese people.”

"Really! That's great!" There was a burst of exclamation in Chinese in the room, and Li Dazhao, Wang Ming, Zhang Wentian and others all cheered at the same time.

Zhou Enlai was extremely calm: "Our enemies are not only cruel, but also cunning. No one can guarantee success until the last moment, so we should still prepare for the worst."

"Well, that's good, I want to know what the CCP's worst plan is?" Stalin asked.

"We are going to mobilize another 12 soldiers. Once the Soviet side needs them, they can enter the Soviet Union to fight! But their weapons and equipment need to be provided by the Soviet side."

Stalin smiled from the bottom of his heart, showing his smoky and yellowed teeth, and said with a smile: "Well, very good, on behalf of the Soviet people, I thank the CCP for its selfless assistance. But the Soviet Civil War may end soon, I think these forces It can be used to liberate the Chinese people, right?"

"Then I'm going to ask the wishes of the Chinese people first." Zhou Enlai shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile.

Stalin smiled and snorted and said, "Haha! It is enough for the Chinese people to have you representing them. Aren't we communists exercising rights on behalf of the people?" He patted Zhou Enlai on the shoulder lightly and moved forward together. go.

"What does Enlai mean? Why do you refuse to accept the Soviet Union's help and keep trying to help the Soviet Union?" Li Dazhao, who was listening at a loss, quietly pulled Wang Ming over and asked in a low voice.

"That's different. To help the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union is the main force to fight against the Kuomintang. We are fishermen. In turn, we are the main force. The Soviet Union reaps the benefits of the fisherman." Wang Ming leaned into Li Dazhao's ear and whispered: "This is why they sent troops. The real purpose of aiding the Soviet Union."

"How could this be? How could this be?" Li Dazhao sighed softly.

"Comrade Zhou Enlai, have you ever heard of an element called uranium?" Stalin mentioned uranium at this time.

"I know." Zhou Enlai nodded: "During this time, all Chinese people know that a few Jewish scientists came to the Zhongshan Research Institute of the Kuomintang, and they separated uranium-235 and uranium-238 from uranium. It is said that What kind of Nobel Prize can I get? In my opinion, the Kuomintang is just whitewashing the peace.”