Glorious Mission 1937

In fact, the biggest reliance of these opponents is the support of the United States and Britain.It is inevitable that the United States and Britain support the Soviet Union. After all, they have a common enemy.As early as April 4, the night the Soviet Union was attacked, Churchill made a radio speech in London. He foresaw that launching a war against the Soviet Union would be a prelude to an attempted invasion of the British Isles, and said that Britain and the Soviet Union shared a common goal, The Soviet Union offered an olive branch.

Parts of this speech were subsequently published in Pravda.Although the Kremlin had not responded to Churchill at the time, his speech had been satisfactorily accepted by the Soviet government and people.Overnight, Cripps became popular.According to the proposal of the Soviet Union, the Anglo-Soviet joint statement was signed on May 5, promising to support each other in the future and not to make peace with the common enemy alone.

Meanwhile, in the United States, Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull largely shared Churchill's views and were eager to aid the Soviet Union. On May 5, Somerwells announced that the Neutrality Act would not exclude the Soviet Union.The Soviet Union reacted immediately, and the Soviet ambassador in Washington, Omansky, presented the United States State Department with a manifest requesting supplies, a staggering amount worth nearly $26 billion, including three thousand fighter jets and three thousand bombers alone .

But Washington was reluctant to let the United States undertake such a huge aid program. It feared that the Soviet Union would soon be defeated and the supplies would fall into German hands.There was a feeling that the political and military situation in the Soviet Union needed to be investigated because the US Secretary of War and Navy believed that the Soviet Union could hold itself invincible for no more than three months.The intelligence judgments and reports received in Washington were contradictory and inconsistent.

Major Ivan Yerton, the American military attache in Moscow, liked to find fault with the Soviet army and was pessimistic about the possibility of the Soviet Union surviving.The British chiefs of staff in London believed that within six weeks the Germans would be in Moscow.So now the Kremlin is tangled.Although the United States and Britain agreed to support the Soviet Union, they did not have a specific and detailed plan. Now that the Germans are pressing every step of the way, many senior Soviet officials, including Stalin, are really worried about whether the Soviet Union can wait for the assistance of the United States and Britain.

The unexpected exposure of the typhoon plan seemed to be the last straw that broke the camel's back. When Stalin took this telegram and other information collected by the intelligence personnel to all the high-level officials present at the meeting, everyone was silent. The current situation in the Soviet Union They all knew that if they were given time, they firmly believed that the Soviet Union could hold on.After all, the Slavic nation is a nation with a long history.It has formed its own national character and national culture, and it cannot be conquered so casually.

But if the German army continues to maintain this sharp offensive and stop attack, then the Soviet Union will not have the time, energy and money to continue to form new troops, which will mean that the Soviet Union's defense forces will be less and less.If there are other forces intervening at this time.That problem is very serious.

Besides, the Soviet Union was only established for 20 years. 20 years is still very young compared to a country. Being young means that it has not experienced much wind and rain and cannot withstand wind and rain.This war is a test for the Soviet Union, an unprecedented test.The test of life and death must be dealt with carefully.

The Kremlin meeting lasted for three hours. Compared with the previous meetings, this one was not only longer, but also relatively more formal. At the request of Stalin, this meeting also made special minutes and minutes , Every sentence said by every high-level person is recorded. [

Everyone knows that this is for future investigation. After all, this involves the ownership of millions of square kilometers of land, and any decision must comply with the regulations, otherwise Hu will be infamous for thousands of years.

On the morning of July 7th, at the invitation of Stalin, Chen Feng went to the Kremlin to have an interview with him again. Compared with the previous meeting, this meeting was much more harmonious, and the smell of gunpowder was very weak. Although the two were not necessarily friendly, on the surface they were Peaceful.

After a long talk, Stalin, on behalf of the Soviet Union, agreed in principle to Chen Feng’s request to return all the inherent territories that belonged to China. In addition, the two sides negotiated to determine the ownership of all the territories that belonged to China.

However, Chen Feng's department must provide the Soviet Union with the weapons and equipment needed by 3 infantry divisions within three months. In addition, the 70 tanks produced by the tank factory that the two sides cooperated on the Soviet-Mongolian border must all be supplemented by the Soviet Red Army. Of course. , the Soviet Union will compensate Chen Feng's subordinates according to the market price.

In addition, there are two places that the Soviet Union hopes not to return to China for the time being. They are regarded as leased by the Soviet Union to China. One is Sakhalin Island, and the other is Vladivostok, that is, Sakhalin Island and Vladivostok.

The Soviet Union also explained the reason. Sakhalin Island is the largest oil-producing area of ​​the Soviet Union in the Far East. If Sakhalin Island is returned to China now, the Soviet Red Army in the Far East must transport oil from Siberia.Moreover, it is now in the period of the north-south division of Sakhalin Island. According to the "Portsmouth Peace Treaty" after the Russo-Japanese War, Tsarist Russia ceded the area south of 50 degrees north latitude of Sakhalin Island to Japan, so Japan also has general discourse on the island. Right, even if the Soviet Union returned Sakhalin Island to China, China would not be able to hold on to it with its current strength, but it would have made the Japanese cheaper in vain.

There is also Vladivostok, which is actually Vladivostok in China.The Soviet Union called Vladivostok, the most important city of the Soviet Union in the Far East, and the most important port of the Soviet Union in the Far East. It is a deep-water harbor that is not frozen all year round and is also the location of the Soviet Pacific Fleet base.

According to the agreement between the Soviet Union and the U.S. government, the two sides will open a sea route from the west coast of the United States to Vladivostok to transport weapons, equipment and supplies aided by the United States.If the Soviet Union returned Vladivostok to China, it would have a great impact on this plan, so the Soviet Union requested to temporarily retain these two places.

Considering the actual difficulties, Chen Feng agreed to Stalin's request.After the two of them reached an agreement, the general direction was determined, and the specific matters were handed over to the people below.

When Chen Feng sent someone to inform Wang Chonghui that he would start negotiations with the representatives sent by the Soviet Union tomorrow, he, the foreign minister, would be the chief negotiator and handle the negotiation matters with full authority.

Upon receiving this notice, Wang Chonghui and the others were stunned. They could never have imagined that the Soviets would accept Chen Feng's request. This is incredible.You must know that this is cutting off millions of square kilometers of land from the Soviet Union, which is no less than directly invading the Soviet Union.

Although it is said that these lands were obtained by the tsarist government through improper means, from the perspective of the Soviet Union, they were all living places that their predecessors and ancestors worked hard to plan for future generations, and they were returned all at once. No one wants to put it aside.

In the past few days, news has been spreading among the high-level Soviet Union, and they also have a certain understanding of the results of the negotiations, knowing that most of the high-level leaders do not agree to return the Chinese territory.But I didn't expect Chen Feng to change the Soviet Union's mind. This method is really amazing.

In fact, the surrender of the Soviets was already expected by Chen Feng.It is true that there are indeed people in the Kremlin, and more than one person disagrees with the return of the part of the territory that was occupied by China. If this kind of thing is placed on the premise of three months, it is likely that the Soviet Union will continue to increase troops to the Far East, and even break out of war.

But when the Soviet Union was attacked by Germany, the situation was different. Stalin had every reason to worry that Chen Feng and the Japanese would also intervene.Not long ago, the Soviet ambassador in Tokyo asked the Japanese foreign minister whether Japan wanted to abide by the neutrality agreement. The answer he received was vague, which meant that Japan was likely to enter the war. [

On the other hand, Chen Feng's troops assembled 10,000+ troops in Ulaanbaatar. Although they were apparently used to deal with the Kwantung Army, and indeed fought a battle with the Kwantung Army, as long as there are troops there, they can attack Japan and Japan. Attacking the Soviet Union only depends on Chen Feng's mood, and it has already formed a huge threat to the Soviet Union in essence.

Therefore, Chen Feng had long expected that before the United States entered the war, the Soviet Union would not really feel at ease. They would always be worried that they would be threatened by the Kwantung Army and China, and would not dare to reduce their troops there.

It was right for the Soviet Union to have such worries. Chen Feng's subordinates could say that, after all, with the bastard Japan around, even if they really sent troops to the Soviet Union, they wouldn't be able to defeat Moscow.But Japan is different. Japan is a first-rate military power.The quality of the Japanese Army and Navy aircraft is far superior to that of the Soviet Air Force. If Japan does something, the Soviet Air Force in the Far East may be quickly destroyed.

On the other hand, the Japanese tank force was relatively weak, and sixteen infantry divisions could hardly be a force strong enough to penetrate deep into Siberia.But it can make the Soviet Union lose Vladivostok and Sakhalin, the coastal industrial areas in the Far East, which will affect half of the West's import aid.

On the other hand, had Japan gone all out against the Soviet Union instead of the United States and Great Britain, and if Japan, a close ally of Germany, had joined the war in the summer, the entire Soviet Union might have been taken by someone else very quickly.

Now Chen Feng came here with cheese and a machete, let alone Stalin, anyone would choose cheese, even though Chen Feng's cheese was a bit salty and sour, it was better than being hacked to death with a knife.

When the matter came to this point, Chen Feng also breathed a sigh of relief. As long as they reach a consensus on the general direction of Stalin, then the rest of the matter will be easy to handle, and China will be considered a success in recovering the lost territory.

Looking at the territories that China lost over the past few hundred years, they were mainly occupied by Tsarist Russia. Now that this problem is solved, Chen Feng's mission is more than half completed. Little rascal. (to be continued...)