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The speaker was Wang Ming, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He was instructed by the Communist International to escort a group of Communist Party leaders from Asian countries to Baotou before the start of the Battle of Moscow.And he now has a new identity - Deputy Director of the Eastern Bureau of the Communist International.So I was able to attend the Politburo meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.Although the attendees have no right to speak, this one is not so knowledgeable. At today's meeting, he was the only one talking endlessly.

"Comrade Wang Ming! Now is not the time to discuss these issues." Mao Zedong waved his hand and interrupted Wang Ming's speech impatiently.He glanced at the people in the conference room with his cold eyes, and most of the comrades now looked sad.After the news of the fascist army's invasion of downtown Moscow reached Baotou, the leaders of the CCP were very sad... except for Zhang Xueliang!This Young Master Zhang now looks excited, as if it was the CCP's border guards who broke into Moscow.

"Vice Chairman Mao! So what should we discuss now? Discuss sending congratulatory messages to the Kuomintang reactionaries, congratulating them on entering Moscow?" Wang Ming sneered. "The defense of Moscow has only just begun, and the final victory must belong to the Soviet military and civilians!"

"Hey! The strong position outside Moscow was broken in three days. If this city can be held, it really is the sun coming out from the west." Zhang Xueliang shook his head disdainfully, and said, "I think the Soviet Union fell in just two days." So our most important job now is to sum up the lessons of the Soviet Union's failure! See if we have made similar mistakes, and if we have, we must correct them quickly! So as not to repeat the mistakes of the Soviet Union."

"Yes! Comrade Zhang Xueliang's suggestion is very correct. What we are going to discuss now is the wrong line of the Soviet Union and the Comintern!" Mao Zedong took Zhang Xueliang's words and talked eloquently: "A powerful socialist country, in just a few years The country was on the verge of national subjugation within a month. Why is this? It is because the Soviet Union and the Communist International have implemented another wrong general line these days. It is not just a wrong military line, but a wrong general line. It is precisely because of the wrong general line, Only then will there be a wrong military line!" At this point, Mao Zedong stood up suddenly, waving his arms vigorously, and said loudly: "And the maker of this wrong general line is Comrade Stalin, the leader of the Bolshevik Party of the Soviet Union! It is precisely because of him mistakes, the Soviet Union will come to the brink of extinction! Therefore, for the future and destiny of the entire communist cause, we should criticize Stalin's revisionist line now!"

"What!?" Wang Ming's mind buzzed and he was a little dazed.In the vocabulary of the International Communist Movement, revisionism is no different than left-leaning putschism, left-leaning adventurism, right-leaning opportunism, and so on.Those are still contradictions among the people, but revisionism is a contradiction between ourselves and the enemy!

"Yes!" CCP leader Zhou Enlai stood up to speak at this time. "According to the analysis of the Central Committee, Stalin's mistake was indeed revisionism! Not only Stalin and the Bolshevik Party of the Soviet Union, but also the Comintern and many Communist Parties affiliated to the Comintern have more or less revisionist mistakes." Zhou Enlai gave Wang Ming a cold look, "There are Stalinist revisionists even within our party! Fortunately, most comrades in our party are good and can consciously resist Stalinist revisionism, so our party They did not follow the wrong path of revisionism, they were able to develop and grow, and finally became the mainstay of the entire communist movement!"

With a bang, Wang Ming slammed the table, jumped up, and shouted: "Zhou Enlai! Mao Zedong! I think you are the real revisionists! The temporary difficulties of the Soviet Union are due to you revisionists not implementing the Comintern. What's more, you are still collaborating with Chinese imperialism..."

"Shut up!" Gu Shunzhang yelled at this moment, interrupting Wang Ming's speech. He also stood up, slapped the table heavily, and roared: "I suggest that the central government conduct quarantine inspections on Wang Ming! At the same time, an exposing and criticizing The Stalinist revisionist movement must completely eliminate the Stalinist revisionists in the party!"

"I agree!" Zhou Enlai raised his right hand high.

"I agree too!" Mao Zedong raised his left hand in agreement.

"I agree." "Agree." "Agree."...

Leaders of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee raised their hands in agreement.

Members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China present voted in favour.Seeing that the general situation was gone, Wang Ming thumped and sat down on the chair. Beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, and he just kept saying, "This is impossible! This is impossible! This must be a nightmare , is a nightmare..."

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"Rumble..."

After a loud bang, a solid building left over from the Tsarist era collapsed.There are dozens of brave Red Army soldiers buried under the ruins!This was originally the office building of the Moscow Municipal Party Committee. After the start of the Moscow Defense War, it was transformed into a strong fortress, which blocked the attacking Chinese 18th Army for a full 24 hours, until a B-4 203mm howitzer captured from the Soviet Union Slowly climbed to the front line.This kind of cannon has a gun mount that looks like a crawler tractor, so it has a certain self-propelled ability. Although this ability seems a bit weak in the wild, it shines brilliantly in urban street battles.

Because any solid building that the Chinese and German troops have encountered at present cannot resist the close-range bombardment of this 203mm caliber cannon!Therefore, when the street fighting was hindered, Fang Tian, ​​the chief of staff of the 18th Army, suggested that the B-4s assigned to the artillery regiment of the general be sent to the front line to take charge of the important task of forced demolition!

Glancing at the ruins of the building, Hao Boxiong knocked on a German Panzer II tank covered in bullets, and shouted at the Wehrmacht officers and soldiers crawling around: "Go ahead! Aim for the Moskva River." Then Those German tanks covered in wounds rumbled and rolled forward again, and more than 300 Wehrmacht soldiers who smelled like gunpowder also dispersed into a battle formation, followed behind the tanks and continued towards the Red Army. direction of the field.

At this time, the battle in Moscow has become intense. Perhaps Budyonny placed the most loyal and most effective troops in the annex of the Kremlin.Therefore, the closer to the former core of the Soviet Union, the more tenacious the resistance of the Soviet army.Almost every burning building, every building that has been destroyed by ruins has to go through repeated battles before the blue sky and white sun flag or the swastika flag can be planted on it!The number of casualties of the German and Chinese troops also began to rise sharply. In the first four days of the Battle of Moscow, the loss of the 18th Army of the Chinese National Defense Forces was less than 2500 people, but on the fifth day alone, 1500 people were killed, seriously injured or missing!The situation of the Chinese 17th Army and the 5th Army is similar. They suffered losses of 1300 and 1400 respectively on the fifth day of the Battle of Moscow. The total number of dead, seriously injured, and missing in the first five days of the three armies has reached 10000. !The fascist German army that attacked the city lost more than 50000 people after five days of fierce fighting!

Of course, such heavy casualties were not paid in vain. The Chinese and German armies that invaded downtown Moscow are approaching the Kremlin, the power center of the Soviet Union, step by step!And in the process of advancing on the Kremlin, they also repelled dozens of counter-assaults organized by Budyonny.According to the battle report of the German Eastern Front Command, on July 7 alone, more than 16 Soviet troops (not including the Red Guards of various names) were killed by the Chinese and German armies, and as many as 15000 were captured!The entire front line has advanced another 23264 meters. On July 3000, the Belarusian troops who had finished their rest and reorganization finally arrived at the Moscow battlefield one after another. Thanks to their participation, the situation on the battlefield became clearer.Starting from this afternoon, the reinforced fascist army (Chinese, German and Russian allied forces) once again launched an onslaught across the board.The two sides fought fiercely in the city of Moscow, which was almost in ruins, to the west of the Moscow River. Until the early morning of July 7, the defense line of the Soviet Red Army collapsed again. The defeated Soviet army either fled to the east bank of the Moscow River in embarrassment or surrendered to the fascist enemy...

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On the night of July 7, Budyonny, the commander of Moscow, requested to abandon the telegram of Moscow's eastward breakout, and sent it to the desk of Stalin, who had just arrived in Tbilisi secretly.In the telegram, Budyonny told Stalin in an almost lamenting tone: "The Moscow Front has been fighting hard for 18 days and nights with an enemy several times stronger than mine! As of 10 pm on July 7, the Moscow Front has lost more than 18 people (by captured, killed, seriously injured, and escaped!), and the loss of heavy weapons and equipment, and the ammunition of light weapons have also been exhausted! At present, the front army has asked the troops to save bullets and grenades. The morale of the troops is also close to collapse. There have been reports of a large number of fleeing, and there have even been cases of fleeing from the entire system! Therefore, the Party Committee of the Front Army believes that the defense of Moscow is unsustainable, and the entire army should choose to withdraw from the battlefield after massacring fascist bandits in order to maintain vitality and persist in the long-term struggle ..."

At the same time that Budyonny's report was received, the "small report" of Mehlis, the king of small reports, was also sent to Stalin.This report also described to him the tragic battle of Moscow, the ferocity of the fascist bandits and the heroism of the Red Army soldiers. Of course, low morale is also common, and the collapse of the troops seems to be in sight. The fall of Moscow is inevitable. .And the king of small reports also begged to abandon Moscow as soon as possible...that might preserve a little strength.

Since the content of the two reports was consistent, Stalin did not dare to take it lightly, and quickly instructed his assistant Boskrebyshev to invite Molotov, Voroshilov, Kalinin, Zhukov, Yagoda and others to the meeting. His office came for an emergency meeting.

"Comrades, Moscow will fall in a few days!" Stalin frowned tightly, his face was gloomy and tired, and an atmosphere of uneasiness shrouded the conference room.Although the few people who came to the meeting had known the result for a long time, but on this day, everyone still felt as if they had been hit by a sap. Everyone lowered their heads and was speechless for a long time.

Stalin glanced at several people in the office, sighed, and continued: "It is expected that after the loss of Moscow, the main forces of German and Chinese fascists will withdraw from Russian soil one after another, because they will soon invade Britain and France...but they There will still be some troops left to cooperate with the Belarusian army to attack the Urals and Transcaucasus revolutionary bases, and we must be ready to deal with the enemy's attack." He turned his attention to Zhukov: "Comrade Zhukov, how is the preparation of the Caucasus Front? Confidence to defeat the enemy's attack?"

Zhukov has now been promoted to the commander of the Caucasus Front, and Voroshilov has returned to the Central Committee as his People's Commissar of National Defense.

"The Caucasus Front is currently in good combat readiness, and its morale has picked up. It is ready for a battle." Zhukov took a map and spread it out on the long table.He said: "Now the entire front has five armies, they are the First Guards Army, the Guards Assault Army, the Second Guards Army, the Caucasus Mountain Army, and the Caucasus Army. The ratio of each army group is 6. There are 30 divisions with a total strength of 40. Among them, the Guards Assault Army has a tank division with more than 26 T-300 tanks, and the Caucasus Mountain Army has 6 adapted from the Caucasus Border Guards The mountain division is relatively strong in mountain warfare. The first and second guard armies are also expanded from troops with rich combat experience, which are much stronger than ordinary newly formed troops."

Stalin nodded slightly, and his face looked better. Until today, he actually didn't have much confidence in defending the Transcaucasus.He breathed a sigh of relief and asked Zhukov: "Do you think we can make a comeback in the Caucasus Mountains?"

"No, I don't think so." Zhukov replied, looking less confident, "because the enemy's forces are stronger and they have more weapons and equipment. At least the situation will be quite difficult until the German and Chinese troops leave the battlefield."

"Then what should we do? Shall we abandon Transcaucasia again? And then? Retire abroad?" Stalin was puzzled and asked somewhat sarcastically.

"No, of course it is impossible." Zhukov replied: "We must fight to the end, but the remaining months of 1938 will be very difficult, and the Red Army may have to face a fierce attack by hundreds of my forces. In short, we should be prepared to face the fastest and worst situation!"

"Worst plan..." Stalin's face darkened.Of course he knew what that meant, "So what should we do?"

Zhukov went on to say: "The Caucasus Front should be ready to withdraw to Iran."

"Exile overseas?!" Stalin asked coldly. He looked at Zhukov with a hesitant look, thinking that Transcaucasia was the last foothold of the party on the Soviet territory. Once it was lost, the Bolshevik party would become A bunch of exiles.Will Western countries such as Britain, France and the United States still support the Soviet Union's resistance?Will the Soviet people forget the Bolsheviks and side with the enemy?

"It can't be regarded as exile." Zhukov thought for a while, and replied: "We can help the Iranian people to overthrow the reactionaries in Iran-the Pahlavi dynasty, and establish a Soviet regime there."

"Then have you considered the attitudes of Britain and France?" Stalin knew that the other party's proposal was the only way out, but the attitudes of Britain and France were not very clear. Oh no.

Zhukov had obviously considered this issue a long time ago. He smiled confidently and said, "We can wait for the outbreak of war between Britain, France and Germany before retreating to Iran. Then Britain and France can only acquiesce in our actions."

There was an oppressive silence in the room, with no one speaking, and Zhukov's proposal was clearly the only viable option.

At this moment, the door of the office was suddenly pushed open, and Stalin's assistant Boskrebyshev appeared in front of everyone with a panicked expression.

"Comrade Stalin!" He handed Stalin a yellow copy of the newspaper. "This is news from Baotou, they, they...arrested Comrade Wang Ming, and announced that they would oppose the so-called..." He looked at the great leader in horror, and said in a deep voice: "They want to oppose the Stalinist revisionist line! And blamed the difficulties facing the Soviet Union on the errors of the general line..."

"What!" "This is a split!" "These Chinese are revisionists themselves!" "Comrade Stalin! Please issue an order to denounce them..."

The meeting room was filled with shouts and beatings, and the Soviet revolutionary leaders seemed to be filled with righteous indignation, wishing to send troops to attack the CCP immediately.

Stalin calmed down at this time.This situation did not surprise him, because the balance of power between the Bolsheviks and the CCP had been reversed because of the defeat of the Soviet Union.It is no surprise that the CCP is unwilling to be inferior to the Communist Party of China.

"Order Budyonny to give up Moscow!" Stalin spewed out almost word by word, he said: "Send Bukharin to Baotou again to negotiate with the leaders of the CCP and tell them: the Soviet Union and the CCP can work together They share the leadership of the Comintern, and the world revolution is only possible if the Communists of the Soviet Union and China are united!" After saying these words, the communist dictator seemed to have aged a few years and limp Sitting on the chair, he raised his hand and waved it with difficulty: "Let's end the meeting, I'm a little tired, I need to take a good rest."

On the third day after Stalin issued the order to abandon Moscow, that is, on July 1938, 7, Moscow was occupied by the Allied Forces of China, Germany and Russia, and the era of the Soviet Union finally came to an end!At the same time, the CCP has officially become the leading force of the international communist movement...

Chapter 0779 A New War ([-]) Japan's Choice

On the night of July 1938, 7, Tokyo, Japan.

After nightfall, another large piece of dark cloud drifted over from the Pacific Ocean, hanging low over Tokyo, and thunder rolled across the sky from time to time.

It's the rainy season in Japan, and it's an incredibly frustrating season.

It has been raining intermittently for many days, and people's mood seems to have become cloudy with the continuous rain.In a tavern in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, at this moment, it was brightly lit and crowded with people.The elite officers of the Japanese Ministry of Army, General Staff Headquarters, Ministry of the Navy, and the Navy Command did not go home after work, so they gathered here in a lively manner, drinking and drinking.

In the past few days, the heads of the Japanese army and navy, the bigwigs in the political circles, and the confidantes of Emperor Hirohito are gathering together to hold a national policy meeting, which is said to discuss the future development direction of the Japanese Empire... This time The background of the meeting was the war between China and the Soviet Union that broke out again on May 1938, 5. With the end of the Moscow battle, the curtain seemed to have come to an end.Once again China and Germany have won brilliant victories!From the west of the Bering Strait all the way to the east of the Maginot Line, two allied world empires seem to dominate the entire Eurasian continent!Maybe it will dominate the world in the future!In this case, what should Japan do?So there was this so-called national policy meeting.

However, the national policy meeting has been held for a long time, but no new national policy has been formulated.Because the leaders of the various factions in the Japanese army have too many different opinions!What the Huangdao faction never forget is to achieve continental hegemony. They seem to have not seen how the millions of Soviet Red Army crumbled in front of the armored corps of China and Germany!I want to reproduce the glory of the 300 million army...

Nagata Tieshan, Okamura Neiji, Ishihara Wanji and others of the ruling faction are more realistic, but their proposition of uniting Germany and the United Branch is not very convincing. The reason is that after China and Germany defeated the Soviet Union, it seems that Gradually began to get carried away.Turn a blind eye to the frequent winks from Japan!Even because of the "British-Japanese Alliance Treaty" signed not long ago, Japan is regarded as a running dog of Britain and an enemy of China and Germany.Under such circumstances, even if Nagata can persuade the heads of the various factions of the army and navy, it is estimated that it is impossible to get a satisfactory joining condition from China and Germany.

The core figure of the Japanese Navy, Vice-Minister of the Naval Military Command Yamamoto 56 expressed his opinions on behalf of the Navy at this meeting.The Navy believes that if Japan wants to expand to Southeast Asia and occupy the British and French colonies, it must form an alliance with China.Conversely, if Japan wants to stick to its mainland policy and develop into the Asian continent, it must form an alliance with Britain and France.Under the current circumstances, Japan must choose one of the two, and must not swing between the two.Moreover, Yamamoto also hinted at this meeting that if Japan chooses to ally with Britain and France against China and Germany, then China's powerful Nanyang Fleet will be the most dangerous enemy of the Japanese Empire.It is necessary to use Japan's powerful aircraft carrier fleet to give an annihilating blow at the beginning of the war!If possible, it would be best to strike unexpectedly at Zhanjiang Naval Port, the home port of the Nanyang Fleet!Otherwise, relying on China's heavy industrial strength far surpassing Japan's several times and Germany's advanced technology... Japan will soon be beaten by China without any power to fight back.

Although Yamamoto's plan of using an aircraft carrier to deal a devastating blow to China's Nanyang Fleet attracted the attention of the army's emperor and the ruling faction, they did not dare to make a decision immediately, agreeing that the navy would provoke the big tiger of Chinese imperialism.After all, the army still has two large territories in the Far East and North Korea under the threat of the powerful Chinese army. If the Chinese suffer a loss at sea, they will definitely want to get it back on land. At that time, the Japanese Far East Army and North Korea will If the army is not done well, it will be wiped out.

Of course, the group of "animals" in the army did not never support Yamamoto's adventure plan. The emperor's wishful thinking is to wait until the Far East Army and the Korean Army have established a solid defense system before implementing the navy's surprise attack plan, so as to win the victory of the navy and army. Great victory at the same time!However, Nagata Tieshan, the leader of the ruling faction, still wants to strive to reach an alliance treaty with China that is beneficial to Japan, and lock Japan's expansion in the rich Southeast Asia and Australia.

When the lobbying was fruitless, and the two factions of the army were quarreling endlessly and unable to reach an agreement, Yamamoto 56 simply acted as a peacemaker between the army control faction and the Kodo faction, and borrowed a certain tavern in Shinjuku , and invited Generals Nagata Tieshan and Masaki Jinsaburo to have a drink and chat together.

After drinking for three rounds, Yamamoto 56 first cut into the theme, he said: "Your Excellency Nagata, Your Excellency Masaki. If the Empire wants to make a difference in this war, then the two must reach an agreement as soon as possible. Make a decision. If the army agrees to unite with the British to fight back, then please support the navy’s plan to take the initiative! Conversely, we should reach an agreement with China as soon as possible to divide their respective attack targets to avoid misunderstandings in the future.”