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Zhou Enlai nodded and said solemnly: "Yes, all the weapons and equipment purchased this time can be in place before the end of June. Moreover, I will also order the Communist Party of India to propose a peace to the Gandhi authorities, and the Kuomintang will come forward to mediate. You can always get it." His voice suddenly became more serious: "Besides, Stalin will soon come to India!"

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The capital of Persia, Tehran, the Rose Palace.

Located in the center of Tehran, this ancient palace that once belonged to the Pahlavi Dynasty is now the royal palace of Anastasia I, Queen of Russia and Queen of Persia in Persia.In the most luxuriously decorated Diamond Hall of the Rose Palace, several cups of green tea from China exude a burst of fragrance.Empress Anastasinia wore a red velvet court dress with bare shoulders and back, and she didn't wear any Islamic women's headscarf. With beautiful blond hair, she leaned on her throne leisurely.Her coronation has just ended, and at the coronation, the charming Russian empress also wore such an "un-Islamic" dress.A large number of bearded imams from all over Persia who came to pay tribute almost lost their eyes!I don't know if they will call on the Persian people to rebel when they go back?

Luo Yaoguo glanced at the queen beside him who seemed to be a bit willful, and was really dumbfounded.He is now sitting on a chair that is side by side with the queen's throne. This is also a "throne" with exquisite carvings, but it is a bit tight when sitting on it.Sitting like this, no matter how you look at them, they look like a king and a queen...Of course, the empress personally arranged this seat, and Luo Yaoguo just bit the bullet, under the watchful eyes of Chiang Kai-shek and Song Meiling sat on it.As for the Russian ministers of the empress, they have long been accustomed to this, and they did not show any surprised expressions. They all looked mature and prudent.

"Fuwen." The queen called Luo Yaoguo in fluent Chinese, and then smiled at him: "Now I have another crown on my head, although the subjects of Persia may not support me as their monarch. But I am still the queen of this country, so it is my duty to liberate my subjects from the tyrant Stalin. And you are here to help me, are you?"

Luo Yaoguo smiled, and nodded solemnly: "Yes, Anas, the purpose of my coming to Persia is not only to attend your coronation, but also to drive Stalin and his Red Army out of Persia!"

Luo Yaoguo and Anastasinia had discussed this set of rhetoric last night, and then the queen said without thinking: "Then I will give you the command of the Russian army stationed in Persia, I hope you can unify the command The Russian and Russian armies will complete this mission as soon as possible." She looked at Duke Blyuchel again, and said in a deep voice, "Duke, I think you are willing to obey Marshal Luo's order?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will obey any of your will." Blucher frowned slightly, took a breath, stood up and bowed to the Queen, paused and said: "Your Majesty, from what we have been doing so far Judging from the situation we have, Stalin's Red Army is likely to flee to the southeast of Persia, and the final target is likely to be India. However, if we follow and pursue, it will be difficult to catch up with Stalin's Red Army fleeing lightly. Therefore, I suggest The Chinese army can be invited to land in Bandar Abbas in the southeast of Persia, and then go north into Kerman Province to cut off the eastward advance of Stalin's Red Army."

"Fuwen, what do you think?" The Empress asked Luo Yaoguo with a smile.

Luo Yaoguo frowned and thought for a while, then nodded: "Okay, let's do this, I will immediately give an order to the Persian Gulf Squadron of the Western Fleet to send marines to seize Bandar Abbas." Having said that, he He turned to look at Chiang Kai-shek again. "Brother Jie, the 18th Army that took Huang Wuwo (Huang Wei) from the expeditionary force immediately rushed to Abadan, preparing to take a boat to Bandar Abbas. In addition, the 17th Army and the 25th Army immediately set off in the direction of Isfahan Chase!"

"Okay." Chiang Kai-shek nodded slightly towards Luo Yaoguo, as he accepted the order.Luo Yaoguo smiled, and said again: "Brother Jie, please ask Huang Wu (Huang Wei) to come to the Rose Palace before departure, I want to see him." As he said that, he glanced at the Russian Marshal's uniform and chest Blucher with a large gold medal hanging in front of him. "Your Excellency, I also ask your Russian Persian Front to attack immediately. Use at least two infantry corps to pursue Stalin, and use one infantry corps to enter the Kuhrud Mountains with light equipment, occupy the main mountain passes, and prevent Stalin from escaping into the mountains. The cavalry army is going to seize Khorasan province."

After saying this, he turned to the Queen again, "Anas, in the name of the Queen of Persia, please request the Army of the Republic of India to cooperate in the pursuit and suppression operation, blockade the border between India and Persia, and prevent Stalin's troops from entering India."

Chapter 0890 anti-encirclement and long march (five) Stalin's million Red Army!

It was the driest time of the year in Persia, and the vast Kavier salt desert was dotted with large and small gray-white saline-alkali compactions, and beneath these compactions were salt marsh depressions that were impassable for humans and animals.On the edge of this endless saline-alkaline wasteland, a yellow-green marching team with red flags stretching more than ten kilometers is rolling forward.Nearly 20 infantry, cavalry, heavy soldiers, 17-pound artillery dragged by mules and horses, and family members who also wore yellow-green Red Army uniforms carried only a little belongings on their backs, and led the children who had not grown up all the way. Go east and move slowly.

In the middle of this marching team, there are only a few cars, and the person sitting in the back seat of one of the four-wheeled light armored vehicles produced in the United States is the owner of this seemingly large army. Dictator of the former Soviet Union, great leader of the communist world, Comrade Joseph Stalin.Although he has now turned into a runaway dog, there is no trace of depression or worry in his expression.What emerges from the brows is still the temperament of a great leader who stands on the top of the clouds and looks down on all living beings.However, Marshal Voroshilov, the chairman of the Soviet Revolutionary Military Council sitting beside him at this time, looked completely collapsed, his body slumped on the backrest, his half-closed eyes were devoid of any spirit, and he did not look at the car. The marching team outside the window just stared at their feet, not knowing what they were thinking.

At this time, there was a rush of hoofbeats coming from behind. Voroshilov seemed to be awakened from a nightmare suddenly. He turned his head, his eyes widened, and he stared at the fast approaching horse and its back. that person.All that is revealed in the eyes is deep fear... Such a rapid sound of horseshoes has been heard many times in the past few days, and every time it will bring the latest bad news to this desperate army!

First, Bandar Abbas was captured by the Chinese imperialists!Then hundreds of thousands of Chinese and Russian coalition forces began to catch up with all their strength!

Later, the Persian Red Army stationed in Isfahan rebelled and swore allegiance to the whore queen of Tehran!As a result, the 20 Soviet Red Army and 10,000+ family members had to abandon the main road and enter the inaccessible Kavir salt desert so that they could bypass Isfahan far away.

I don't know what is the shocking bad news this time?

"Bukharin? Why is it him? Could it be that something happened to the Comintern?" When the horse approached, Voroshilov suddenly discovered that the man on the horse was actually Bukharin, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Comintern. .It was after Dimitrov's "rebellion" that Bukharin became the leader of the Comintern again.However, at this time, the Communist International in exile had long since lost its authority to command and lead the world revolution, and it was nothing more than a group of bureaucrats in exile with the army.

Probably trying to boost the low morale of the Red Army, Bukharin, who was riding on a horse, started shouting loudly from a long distance away. "Comrade Stalin! Good news! Good news! It's from the Eastern Bureau of the Communist International..."

The armored car in which Stalin was sitting stopped, and Bukharin galloped to the side of the car, jumped off the horse, and stood outside the rolled-down car window.Stalin looked up at Bukharin, who was blushing, and asked lightly: "Nikolai (Bukharin), what happened? What kind of deceit did those Chinese come up with?" Here comes the trick?"

Bukharin smiled awkwardly, took out a telegram from his pocket, and handed it to the stern-faced Stalin. "Comrade Stalin, this is a telegram sent by Comrade Dimitrov. He said that the CCP has partially agreed to his plan to unite the forces of the two parties in the Soviet Union and China to seize India as the base of the world revolution." Pausing for a moment, he quietly glanced at Stalin's face, and after noticing anything unusual, he continued: "Comrade Stalin, as you said, those pseudo-communists in the CCP must want to use our power to fight against Gandhi's puppet army. But this is also an opportunity for us. After all, we are not familiar with the place when we arrive in India. The CCP has a good foundation there... Not only is the Communist Party of India firmly controlled by them, but they have also opened up a revolutionary base in eastern India. If If we can unite..."

"Comrade Voroshilov, how far are we from the base of the Communist Party of India?" Stalin interrupted Bukharin, and turned to ask the chairman of the Soviet Revolutionary Military Council beside him.

"Oh." Voroshilov hurriedly responded, and then frowned and thought hard for a while, not knowing whether he was calculating the distance or trying to recall what Stalin's problem was.After a long while, he replied: "We are now in the salt desert northeast of Isfahan, about 6000 kilometers away from Odisha in eastern India... and more than 1000 kilometers away from the border between Persia and India. According to our current It takes a month to reach India, and a few months to join forces with the CCP.”

"Joining forces?" Stalin snorted coldly, gritted his teeth and said, "We have to walk 6000 kilometers, and we still have to break through the siege and interception of the Chinese and Russian imperialists and the Indian puppet army. I'm afraid it's even worse than falling into the hands of that whore!"

Bukharin sighed to himself.But immediately cheered up. "But aren't we going to India now? When we get there, we always have to cooperate with the Eastern Bureau, the CCP, and the Indian Communist Party... The world revolution has reached the point where the CCP will not want us to kill each other, will it? "

There is some truth in what he said. The current Soviet Red Army can be said to be at the end of its rope. What else can it do but go to India?When you arrive in India, you always have to get along with the CCP.Hearing these words, Stalin let out a sigh, and said lightly: "India is a must, and it is not impossible to cooperate with the CCP, but... there is no need to join forces. We will open up base areas in northwest India, the best Just take Karachi as the center and occupy the lower reaches of the Indu River. In this way, we and the CCP are one in the east and one in the west, and echoing each other is the best way to seize the entire territory of India."

Speaking of this, Stalin paused for a moment, and then said to Bukharin: "Go and call back the Eastern Bureau and the CCP, and tell them that our million-strong Soviet Red Army is planning to open up a revolutionary base area in northwestern India in the near future. In name, we also plan to With the flag of the Socialist Union of India, they are asked to send some Indian comrades to Karachi to establish an organization, ready to cooperate with our actions. In addition, the CCP is also asked to launch some diversionary attacks in eastern India.

Also, tell the CCP that we can agree to hold the Eighth World Congress of the Communist International in Beiping, China around August 1939. "

"What!?" Bukharin and Voroshilov exclaimed at the same time. Although Beiping is not the territory of the CCP, it is Chinese territory after all. Holding the Eighth Congress of the Communist International there means that the entire congress will be dominated by the CCP!

Bukharin and Voroshilov wanted to persuade, but they didn't know what to say, but Stalin waved his hand and sneered: "The key now is not the Communist International, but to preserve the power of the revolution, especially It’s military power! If the CCP wants the Comintern brand, give it to them, as long as they can provide convenience for us to open up bases in India!”

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At this time, in New Delhi, the situation of the Republic of India has been struggling to maintain, so that India, a country that has gained independence with great difficulty, will not become a foreign colony again. Gandhi Nehru and the Indian reactionaries.The atmosphere from top to bottom was also tense.During this period, as many refugees from Odisha, Jharkhand, and Chhattisgarh states poured into New Delhi, various rumors about the communist regime in eastern India also spread.What physically eliminates Brahmins and Tishari, what Sudras and Tishali become the masters of the family, and divides all land and property equally, confiscates all foreign capital, abolishes all unequal treaties, etc... let The Brahmins and Dishalis in New Delhi were all in panic all day long, for fear that they might not know when this group of unreasonable "red bandits" would invade New Delhi and kill everyone!

In addition, there is already a Communist Party of India in the city of New Delhi, especially behind various worker groups in India, there is more or less the shadow of the Communist Party of India.Those who destroy the Brahmin capitalists and divide all the property equally may not be very attractive to the Hindu farmers in the Orissa who have never seen the world, but to the proletariat in New Delhi or Mumbai, especially For the proletariat who believe in Muslims or Sikhs, it is very provocative!Seeing those proletarians in Odisha and other places turn their heads, it may be that there is no expectation. Labor movements in major Indian cities such as New Delhi and Mumbai have also become frequent and intense.What made the Gandhi authorities even more troublesome was that a group of Indian intellectuals and students who were confused about their direction followed suit, shouting slogans of "anti-civil war, anti-hunger" and took to the streets every now and then to protest against the Congress Party. dictatorship!

And at this time, another more chilling news came from Persia.The "Million Red Army" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the leader of the Communist International, is marching eastward from Persia, and is preparing to come to India to join forces with the Communist Party of China and the Communist Party of India, and together they will wipe out all the Brahmins, Tishali, bourgeoisie and landlords in India...

Now representatives of the Indian bourgeoisie such as Gandhi, Nehru, and Bose really panicked.The Chinese Communist Party and the Communist Party of India have only 2 to 30 troops, which has already made it difficult for the Indian government forces to deal with them.If Stalin's million-strong army were to invade India again, then the history of the Indian Republic would really come to an end!

"Gentlemen, what shall we do? What shall the Republic of India do?"

The atmosphere in the conference room was a bit dignified. Mahatma Gandhi sat on the top chair in the middle of the conference table, staring at his civil and military "officials" blankly, repeating these words over and over again.Unfortunately, no one can answer him.The Indian independence movement followed a non-violent route, and the enemy it faced was also the British imperialism, which became more affluent and began to speak civilized and reasonable terms. In the past, the struggle was nothing more than sitting in meditation for a few days and going on a hunger strike.Where have you seen the CCP and the Soviet Communist Party eliminate this and that, and play bloody opponents as soon as they come up?Just when none of them opened their mouths and they were all helpless, footsteps came from outside the door.

"It's General Slim." Gandhi looked up at the door of the conference room, and it was Lieutenant General Slim of the United Kingdom, the Chief of Staff of the Indian Army's foreign aid, who came in.Gandhi seemed to see a savior, with a heartfelt smile on his face, he stood up, stepped forward and welcomed Lieutenant General Slim in.

"My lord general, do you know the news from Persia?" Gandhi's face became serious again. "Stalin's 100 million Red Army is heading towards India! They are the elite who have fought hard against the Chinese and German armies for several years. Our Indian army is no match for them at all."

"Mr. President, the matter is not that serious." Lieutenant General Slim gave a respectful military salute to Gandhi, then strode to the military map hanging on the wall of the conference room, picked up the pointer and pointed at it. Dongnan said: "According to intelligence, Stalin's Red Army has just bypassed Isfahan and is now on its way to the east. However, they dare not even attack Isfahan, where only tens of thousands of local Persian troops are stationed. Look, the so-called million is just a name." As he spoke, he took a telegram from a British staff officer beside him and handed it to Gandhi himself.

This telegram was sent to Slim by the British Imperial General Staff. The content of the telegram was to inform the British Imperial General Staff of its analysis of Stalin’s military strength. The strength of the Soviet army is relatively clear.According to the information held by the United Kingdom, when the Soviet Red Army withdrew from Transcaucasus, its total strength was less than 30. After "conquering" Iran, it fostered the so-called "Persian Communist Party" and "Persian Red Army", of which the total strength of the Persian Red Army It is said to be 80, but according to the situation in the UK, it is actually less than 50. The weapons and equipment are very poor, the training level is not high, and there is not much combat effectiveness at all.Moreover, the loyalty of this army to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Stalin himself is extremely low, and at most only tens of thousands of backbones will follow the Soviet Red Army to leave Persia.That is to say, the total number of military forces under Stalin's current control is estimated to be no more than 35. The so-called million is just a nonsense used to scare people.

After reading the telegram, Gandhi looked a little more relaxed. He looked up at Slim and asked, "Well, 35 people are still less than 100 million people, but can we deal with them?"

"Yes, Mr. President, we have 90 central troops and millions of local troops. We have an overwhelming advantage in numbers." When Slim said this, he suddenly stopped, and a trace of hesitation flashed across his face. "Of course, the premise is that the Soviet Red Army and the so-called Comintern South Asian Army controlled by the CCP will not attack us at the same time!"

"Then... will they attack us at the same time?" Gandhi's face turned livid, he sighed, asked himself and replied: "I think it is certain, they will definitely join hands!" Said Then he looked up at Slim again, as if waiting for a negative answer.

Slim glanced back at his adjutant, who immediately took out another telegram from his briefcase and handed it over. Slim took the telegram, glanced at it, sighed again, and handed the telegram to Gandhi. "Mr. President, this is a secret message from the Comintern intercepted and deciphered by the Sixth Bureau of Military Intelligence of our country. Stalin and the CCP agreed in the message that they will take concerted action in India! After Stalin's 35 Red Army arrives in northwestern India, it will head east Launch an attack, aiming at New Delhi, and the 30 troops of the CCP and the CPI will also launch a westward expedition at the same time...East and west attack, eliminate the legitimate government of India, and seize Indian territory as their so-called world revolutionary base!"

"Mr. Chief of Staff, can we preemptively launch an attack on the base areas occupied by the CCP and the CPI! First defeat them, and then go back and deal with Stalin?" Slim just finished speaking, and Indian Prime Minister Nehru immediately issued a statement After expressing his own opinion, he also knows that the Indian government army is a group of goods that can be eaten but not fought. At the same time, the 65 troops from the east and west of the other side must be useless. Naturally, eating one of the enemy troops first is the only choice. Among these two enemies, he instinctively felt that the "alliance" of the CCP and the CPI was the biggest threat!After all, Stalin was a bereaved dog, and Chinese imperialism, which holds hegemony in Asia, certainly could not tolerate him controlling India.The situation of the CCP is much more complicated. They have always been partners with the Kuomintang, which controls the Chinese regime. Sent to India!

"We can only deal with Stalin first!" Slim sighed, and said with a wry smile: "The Queen of Persia, that is, the Russian queen who has a close relationship with Chinese Marshal Luo Yaoguo, has proposed to the Indian government to jointly encircle and suppress Stalin! And the Chinese Nationalist Government At the same time, it also put forward a proposal to mediate the civil war between the 'KMT and the Communist Party' in India."

"That's a way to delay the attack." Nehru looked at Slim suspiciously, annoyed and amused in his heart. This British gentleman must have regarded everyone in the world as a gentleman.Slim shook his head and sighed: "I know they are buying time to expand the army and digest the territory. But we have no choice! If our 60 encirclement and suppression army advances slowly with a step-by-step approach, there will be 6 The so-called South Asian Army of the Comintern can be squeezed into the Indian Ocean in one month to one year! But we don’t have this time now, and Stalin can enter Pakistan in a month at most, and we will be attacked by the enemy at that time. To defeat Stalin The 1 Red Army, we need at least 1 troops!"

Chapter 0891 against encirclement and suppression and the Long March (six) drive away tigers and wolves!

"Then why do we have to deal with Stalin first?" Nehru shook his head, "Stalin has made too many enemies internationally, China will not let him go, the Empress of Russia will not let him go, and even Germany will not tolerate him He won India. If he really breaks into India and gains an advantage, the Chinese National Defense Forces will probably intervene by force, and Stalin's mob will only die!"

Nehru's analysis was very to the point. Several Indians in the conference room nodded in agreement. These people are all good people.Now they have seen through the "India policy" of the Chinese national government. Those Chinese rulers just wanted to treat India like a fat pig, but they had no intention of occupying India and turning her into a colony, let alone directly annexing it. up.From the way the Chinese dealt with the colonies acquired from Britain and France during this period, it can also be seen that the Chinese have a low regard for "population resources". They prefer lands with sparse populations and rich resources, or lands where Chinese are concentrated .For example, Western Australia, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra, northern Vietnam, northern Myanmar, Palawan Island, Karamian Islands, and Kuwait and Abu Dhabi, which expelled the Arabs, were directly annexed.The more populous central Vietnam (the Vietnamese in northern Vietnam were systematically expelled to the central part), southern Myanmar, Ceylon and other places became colonies.And for a big country like India with hundreds of millions of hungry people, the Chinese national government simply acquiesced in its independence...

In fact, if China had defeated the British Indian Ocean Fleet, it would have easily conquered her by sending hundreds of thousands of National Defense Forces to land in India, but the Chinese Nationalist Government did not do so.They just sent the CCP army, which seems to be at odds with them, to India... Although such behavior is puzzling, the national government later recognized the Republic of India, lifted the blockade, and sold arms to the New Delhi authorities, all of which showed that they had no intention of turning India into their own The colonies are not even supporting that communist India.Maybe in the bottom of my heart, I am happy to see the Indian government forces destroying those internationalist fighters who supported the Indian revolution!

"General Slim, do you think Mr. Nehru's opinion is reasonable?" Although Gandhi agreed with Nehru's opinion, he still planned to listen to Slim's opinion.

"Mr. Prime Minister's opinion is of course very reasonable, but it is precisely because the Chinese Nationalist Government, Germany, Russia and other powers are unwilling to see Stalin take over India, so this is the best time for us to eliminate them!"

Slim carefully chose his words and spoke very slowly. In fact, Gandhi and others did not know that he also supported the elimination of the CCP and the CPI first, and then found a solution to Stalin.But just this morning, he suddenly received a secret instruction from the British Imperial General Staff to "prioritize the elimination of Stalin's Red Army"!Obviously, there must be some secret transactions behind this that cannot be made public... Perhaps it is a conspiracy between China and Britain, or between Britain and Russia.

"Mr. President," Slim went on, "if we give priority to the Comintern South Asian Army, it will be India fighting alone, and on two fronts. Because we can't really let Stalin take New Delhi, can we? If we want to To prevent Stalin from entering India, it is necessary to deploy heavy troops on the line from Gwadar to Turbad in western India. At least 30 central troops must be deployed, and some local troops in the northwest must be mobilized. If those Muslim warlords can obey orders... ...Even so, we are not sure that we will be able to block Stalin's 35 troops outside India. Moreover, if so many central troops are mobilized to the northwest, the strength of the East to encircle and suppress the South Asian Army of the Communist International will be insufficient. Once they jump out of the encirclement, we will There wouldn't be enough reserves to stop them."

Gandhi frowned slightly. He, Nehru and others were all "politicians" and knew nothing about military affairs. Being fooled by Slim, he naturally thought that the other party's words were reasonable, but the prospect of the South Asian Army of the Communist International might grow. Make him feel worried.