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"Great victory in the Far East! General Wang Zhongyi declared: the victory in the third battle of Ussuriysk is decisive..."

Wang Zhongyi's wife Li Shuning and Hou Jingru's wife Li Shuying, the cousins ​​who hadn't seen each other for many years, finally "met" in Wuhan. At the stall, I saw a stack of "Ta Kung Pao" that had just arrived, with a cobblestone pressed on it, which was rattled by the wind.Li Shuying said to her cousin: "Oh, your man has reported to the police again and is giving a speech. By the way, the war in the Far East has become hot again recently." The Soviet Civil War, which seems to never end, has long been Not many people cared about it anymore, but recently the newspapers suddenly began to report one great victory after another at length.

A gust of wind before a July thunderstorm swept across the street, blowing the skirts and hats of two young women.Li Shuning clutched a bag with one hand, and pressed his hat tightly with the other hand, staring at the photo of his man in the newspaper; he stood on the steps of the General Staff Building, facing three loudspeakers speaking. "Look, he's blowing it all over there again," she said.

"How do you say it's bragging? Didn't the Far Eastern Front capture Ussuriysk?" Li Shuying said.

"Well, it was taken away, it happened last month." Li Shuning lowered her voice so as not to be heard by passers-by. "A Belarusian infantry company captured it... It rained continuously for several days, and our planes could not be dispatched. Under the cover of the rain, the Soviet Red Army retreated to the north of Xingkai Lake. We didn't know anything about it until A drunken White Russian company commander took his company into the enemy's position, only to find that there was no one there!"

"How could that be?"

"The positions of the two sides are far apart, and the recent battle is not intense, so..." Li Shuning shrugged and explained.

"No, no, I mean why did the Soviet Red Army retreat?" Li Shuying asked.

"My husband estimates that the Soviet Red Army retreated in a planned way. They may retreat to the defense line north of the Amur River. Will we see such great victories frequently in the future?" Li Shuning frowned. "I want to claim that these great victories are the KMT's means to instigate war?"

"Well, it should be like this."

Li Shuying looked at the sky, it was already covered with dark clouds, and it was going to rain soon. "Sister, let's go to the coffee shop of Xuangong Hotel and sit for a while." She looked around vigilantly and said in a low voice, "Comrade Huang Jing from the Wuhan Municipal Party Committee will be waiting there to meet with us..."

Comrade Huang Jing is a very handsome young man, and he is also very smart. He is currently a top student in the Department of Mathematics of the Sino-German Technical University and is studying for a master's degree.Huang Jing is his pseudonym, and he used his real name Yu Qiwei at the Sino-German Joint University of Technology.Because his family is a well-known prominent family in the Jiangnan area, and one of his uncles is also the deputy minister of the Ministry of Armaments, it is sometimes easier to carry out work with his real identity—his main task is to do united front work in the scientific community , to promote the CCP’s anti-dictatorship and anti-aggression propositions to those scientists and scholars.But what he was waiting for sitting in the coffee shop of the Xuangong Hotel today was not some scientist... From now on, he will undertake even more difficult tasks.

"Excuse me, are you Mr. Huang? I'm Sister Li."

A female voice with a slight Sichuan accent sounded after Huang Jingsheng.But he didn't look back.He just said in a low voice: "My surname is Huang, and I have a single name, Jing, respectful Jing, may I ask Miss if I have anything to do with you?"

The owner of the female voice was Li Shuning, her cousin Li Shuying was sitting side by side with her, and Huang Jing was sitting back to back with them.Li Shuning didn't turn her head to look at each other either, she and her cousin had already seen a magazine and a bouquet of flowers that Huang Jing put on the table, this was actually a secret signal.In addition, there were pre-specified secret signals in their conversations. With the intensification of white fears in the Kuomintang-controlled areas, the CCP's underground party organizations have become more and more cautious.

"Is Duke Zhou still in good health?" Li Shuning asked again.

"Duke Zhou is in good health, but Mr. Jiang and Mr. Luo are not in good health."

"If you are not in good health, you need to take medicine. I happen to have a prescription here. I will dictate it. Please pass it on to Duke Zhou."

"Please tell me." Huang Jing scanned the entire coffee shop with his eyes vigilantly while speaking, watching every customer who came in and out.

"The Kuomintang secretly formed the Northern Front Army, with the goal of launching an attack on the base area. The Northern Front Army may have eight infantry armies and three cavalry armies, with a total strength of more than 50 troops! However, the formation of the front army has not yet been completed, and the troops have not yet been completed. Mobilization and training. According to reliable information, the formation and mobilization of the front army will be completed before 1938, and then it will launch a war against the bases of the six northern provinces while the Kuomintang is attacking the Soviet Union!"

Li Shuning's voice was very soft, almost inaudible, but Huang Jing, who was sitting back to back with her, could hear every word clearly!Beads of sweat immediately oozed from his fair skin...

Chapter 0704 on the military campaign (three) two-handed preparation

It was a day in August 1935, just two and a half years before the scheduled invasion of the Soviet Union.

Lieutenant Colonel Jiang Jingguo was ordered to come to the capital Wuhan to accept an important mission. When he strode into the building of the Ministry of the Navy, all eyes were on the eldest son of the Minister of Defense.Jiang Jingguo, who graduated from the third phase of the Changzhou Island Sea School, did not actually receive any special care, and has always served in the Nanyang Fleet.Although the promotion of the officer is not slow, it is not a great success. After all, the navy is expanding rapidly, but there are always too few naval officers who have received strict training. It is not uncommon to become a lieutenant colonel within a year.What really makes him stand out is that he has just been named chief of staff of a transportation command that is part of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

It was a no-brainer appointment in normal times, and there were many better jobs in the Navy.But the current situation is very special, because everyone knows that this headquarters is responsible for transporting troops to Europe, and it is basically one of the only two combat missions for the navy in the next war!What this means is naturally needless to say.I don't know how many admirals tried to compete for this position, but in the end it fell to this lieutenant colonel whose background was as hard as a steel plate!

Major General Lin Zun, Secretary General of the Ministry of the Navy, had been waiting for him in uniform at the door of the reception room on the second floor. As soon as Jiang Jingguo arrived, he held his hand affectionately and informally, and said with a smile: "Lieutenant Colonel Jiang, can you arrive?" It's really fast! Did you come here from Zhanjiang as soon as you received the order? Have you ever returned home? Minister Jiang hasn't seen you, the eldest son, for a long time, right?"

Jiang Jingguo smiled lightly, gave a military salute to the other party, and said with a smile: "I arrived in Wuhan yesterday afternoon. I have already returned home and met my father and brother Wei Guo." Of course he also met his stepmother Song Meiling, but he did not Mr. Jiang, who had received communist education, was simply unwilling to talk to this noble stepmother.Then he asked again: "Minister Long is waiting for me? Do you know what it is?"

Lin Zun smiled: "Could it be that Minister Jiang didn't tell you? It seems that his old man really distinguishes between public and private... That's what happened. Chief of Staff Luo reached an agreement with the Germans and Poles and decided to send no more than 150 million The National Defense Forces went to Europe to participate in the war! In addition to sending two battleships to the Baltic Sea to assist in the war, the Navy was also responsible for transporting the army to Europe. For this reason, the General Staff instructed the Navy to establish a transport command, which was responsible for organizing the fleet to transport troops and supplies to Europe. Brother Jing Guo is now the Chief of Staff of the Transportation Command. This is an opportunity to make a fortune! Congratulations."

Listening to Secretary-General Lin's obviously flattering tone, Jiang Jingguo really felt the difference between here and the Nanyang Fleet.In the fleet, not many people care about his identity as the eldest son of Jiang, and there will not be a major general who talks to himself, the lieutenant colonel, in such a flattering tone, because there is a real army, and everyone regards the honor of soldiers as important. It is as important as life!And this Admiralty is more like an officialdom, and climbing up is the first priority.He despised the other party in his heart, but his face was full of spring breeze. "Congratulations, congratulations, my younger brother is able to have this position thanks to the support of all the officers. Once the affairs here are over, we will have dinner at the Pacific Hotel and my younger brother will be the host."

While the two were talking, they heard footsteps coming from the stairs.The two looked in that direction, and saw a middle-aged man with a serious expression, wearing the uniform of an army summer officer and the rank of field marshal, walking up, followed by Minister Long of the Ministry of the Navy, smiling all over his face, beside him There is also a 27-year-old rear admiral. Jiang Jingguo recognized him as Long Yuhui, the former captain of the Zhongshan aircraft carrier.Seeing Jiang Jingguo and Lin Zun standing together, Luo Yaoguo smiled and nodded, and walked over. "It's Brother Jing Guo. I didn't expect you to come from Zhanjiang so soon. You are really hardworking. Let's talk together."

When Jiang Jingguo sat down, before he had time to speak, Luo Yaoguo sized him up and said with a smile: "It looks a little darker, but it's also much stronger. The navy is really a good place. It's much better than going to the north... By the way, Do you have a girlfriend? Let me introduce you to a White Russian girl. She is a relative of Empress Anastasia and a member of the Romanov family. She is actually of German descent. She is blond and pretty. "

Jiang Jingguo smiled lightly, but didn't pick up the topic, and just went straight to the point when he opened his mouth. "Assistant Marshal, Minister Long, the staff department wants to start working as soon as possible. What are the new arrangements for my new position?"

Luo Yaoguo smiled, Jiang Jingguo's mentality of impatiently demanding to do things has not changed at all, it would be a pity if he became a playboy.He nodded with a smile, and told Long Tenghui beside him: "Xing Guo, you are the Minister of the Navy, so you can tell."

Long Tenghui took a signed letter of appointment from his son and handed it to Jiang Jingguo.Indifferently said: "Lieutenant Colonel Jiang Jingguo, this is your latest appointment, the chief of staff of the Naval Transport Command. The commander of this command is Major General Long Yuhui. You go to Zhanjiang and establish a transport command there. The German Navy will send a contact soon. Officials will come over, and liaison officers from the Wehrmacht Army will also be sent over. Your first phase of work is to formulate a transportation plan. It is initially estimated that at most 150 million troops will be transported to Europe. Before 1938, one armored division and one aviation division will be transported there. Germany."

Speaking of this, he glanced at Luo Yaoguo, and continued: "There is also a secret mission. Major Hu Dingxin and Major Qiao Guanhua sent to your transportation headquarters are ground workers of the CCP. You have to let them I believe that China is really preparing to transport 150 million troops to Europe...provided that the battlefields in the Far East and Central Asia are progressing smoothly." He said lightly, but Jiang Jingguo's heart skipped a beat, and he almost didn't hold the teacup in his hand. "What! Dingxin and Guanhua are the Communist Party! How is this possible? This is impossible, they are my classmates! They are good people!"

Luo Yaoguo nodded and said with a smile: "They are good people... they just believe in communism, and there is nothing wrong with it, they just have their own way. And we happened to use their secret identities to convey to the Soviet Union and the CCP Some information we want them to know. And the most important task of your transportation command is to mislead the Soviet Union, everything must be true!"

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The train was moving forward with a bang, heading north along the light railway from Zhangjiakou to Kulun.The 1000-kilometer-long railway laid on the Mongolian grassland was officially completed and opened to traffic in early September 1935 after more than three years of construction.It was early autumn at this time, and the grassland was yellow and clear, and the warm autumn wind was blowing. Looking around, you can see many cattle and sheep appearing and disappearing in the grass. It really has the grassland style of cattle and sheep.However, the leaders of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China who were on the train were not in the mood to appreciate the beauty of the grassland at the moment.

The situation in the Northland during this period is very strange. On the one hand, the news that the Nationalist Government in Wuhan is planning to launch a military attack on the six northern provinces is spreading wildly; All agreements reached by the two parties are being implemented normally.In order to show the friendship between the two sides, the leaders of the Communist Party of China even went to Zhangbei, the capital of Chahar, and took the first train to Kulun on the Kuzhang Railway built and operated by China Railway Corporation, expressing that the relationship between the two sides is still friendly... Rumors can be suppressed, but the news of the military preparations of the National Defense Forces in the north is still being sent to the desk of Gu Shunzhang, the head of the Central Special Section, through secret channels!

"Comrades! All kinds of information show that the enemy is serious this time, and we must be vigilant." In a certain carriage of the train, a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was being held, and Gu Shunzhang spoke sullenly. warn.

"Our vigilance has always been high," Xiang Ying said, frowning. "The frontier guards have long been in the highest state of combat readiness. There is no way to raise their vigilance, or the string will be snapped."

"You can say what you want, Chairman Xiang, but the fact is that our current army, including the border guards, local troops, volunteers, and militias, is less than 50, including the children's regiment. Besides, all the troops except the border guards and the volunteers have no artillery. , there are few machine guns, only some old-fashioned rifles, and they are all 7.92 and 6.5 calibers, and there are no bullets at all. And the Kuomintang will have 1938 million armed with tanks, aircraft, artillery, and warships by 600 The regular army, even the Soviet Union, will be wiped out by them! What will we do then! Without the Soviet Union, what should we do!" Gu Shunzhang seemed to be very frightened, and he was frightened by the KMT's bluff.

"Can the Soviet Union withstand it?" Zhou Enlai ignored Gu Shunzhang, who was a bit abnormal, and turned his head to Zhang Xueliang.In the past few years, he and Peng Dehuai have helped the Soviet Union's big brother fight in the Far East, and he has first-hand information.

"The problem here in the Far East is not a big problem. The defense line of the Amur River is very strong. The Soviets used all the things that could be used to build the defense line like crazy. The main ferry crossings on the Heilongjiang River have built fortresses. The defense of these fortresses requires It can withstand two direct hits from 12-inch heavy artillery! More importantly, the Soviet Red Army has more than 100 million troops stationed on the Amur River defense line, and the equipment is also good. Recently, many tanks have been shipped in."

"Tanks! How many are there? Are they big or small?" Mao Zedong leaned forward and asked.The CCP is also very interested in this kind of advanced weapons now, but no one mentions the addition of millet and rifles.

"The T-26 tank weighs 10.5 tons and has a 37mm rapid-fire gun. This tank is stronger than the KMT's No. 30 tank. It was designed by the Soviet Red Army." Zhang Xueliang told him, "The number is about five hundred. It is a configuration of the Soviet tank army. In addition, a 76.2-ton tank appeared in the May 28 Labor Day parade in Moscow this year, with a [-]mm cannon! The code name is T-[-], which is said to be the The most powerful in the world, even more powerful than the KMT's No. [-] tank."

"What about the plane?" Mao Zedong asked again.

"The aviation industry of the Soviet Union has also made great progress in the past two years. This year, two very good aircraft have been produced. One is the biplane Yi-15, which is better than the KMT's F2 series fighters; the other is the The monoplane is the I-16, which is also better than the KMT's F3 series, at least that's what the Soviet Union claims. Both of these planes showed up at the May [-] Labor Day parade this year, and I saw them with my own eyes. It is estimated that it should be ready for service next year."

"It seems that by 1938, the Soviet Union should be able to have aircraft and tanks that can resist imperialism." Mao Zedong sighed softly, took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and smoked, "Finally let People feel relieved, but we still have to plan with both hands."

"Two-handed plans?" Zhu De frowned, "Vice Chairman Mao, what do you mean by two-handed plans?"

Mao Zedong glanced at Zhu De, and said in a deep voice, "Of course it refers to the Kuomintang's attack! What else can happen?"

"But how are we going to resist the enemy's 600 million army?" Zhu De's face was so gloomy that he almost got out of water.

"There is always a way. We must firmly believe that justice will surely defeat evil, truth will surely defeat fallacies, and communism will surely defeat capitalism!" Zhou Enlai stood up and said, "That's all for today."

When Zhou Enlai returned to his box, he said to Zhao Shiyan, Secretary-General of the Central Committee: "Call Comrade Mao Zedong and Comrade Zhang Xueliang over, I have important matters to discuss with them."

"Yes, Chairman Zhou."

The meeting of the Politburo on the train and the news that "the Kuomintang is about to launch an attack" made him impatient. Zhou Enlai walked into his box and found the summary of intelligence sent by the "Central Special Branch" from the pile of documents. Waiting for Mao Zedong and Zhang Xueliang.Gu Shunzhang is right, the situation is really serious, the KMT is turning China into a war machine, and the CCP can't do much, just watch it happen!Even in the face of a possible attack, there is no power to fight back.The only thing we can do is to correctly grasp the direction of the next world war, and we must stand on the side of the victor. This is the two-handed preparation that Mao Zedong said!But who will be the ultimate winner?

A hasty knock on the door announced the arrival of Mao Zedong and Zhang Xueliang.Zhou Enlai closed the intelligence summary and let them in. "Runzhi, Hanqing, sit down, sit down first." Zhou Enlai ordered the orderlies to serve barley tea.He asked Zhang Xueliang: "Hanqing, do you really think that the Soviet Red Army can hold the Amur River defense line?"

"Yes, it should be able to defend." Zhang Xueliang said: "But it is not the Far East that decides the outcome of the war, but the Soviet Union's western defense line."

"How's the situation there? Can you hold it?"