Chapter XVII: The Sino-Soviet Alliance

The changes that have taken place in the country are what Zhuo Fei hopes to see, especially when he learns that Chiang Kai-shek has changed his concept, Zhuo Fei is even more ecstatic, once the Kuomintang and the Communist Party sincerely cooperate, the Japanese will no longer be a trouble, on the contrary, if they are added to their own intentional promotion, the Japanese may also become a big help for China to get involved in Southeast Asia. The changes that have taken place in China have not escaped the eyes and ears of Zhuo Fei, nor have they escaped the eyes and ears of the Japanese, and like the Western forces, a united and struggling China is not what the Japanese want to see, and the Japanese cabinet even convened an emergency meeting for this purpose.

Although Japan has ceased fire and peace talks with the Chinese government and has taken the initiative to reduce its forces and give up many occupied territories, there are still many Japanese troops in China, especially in the northern region. Japan's move was originally to guard against a sneak attack by the Chinese army from behind, but after learning the news of the KMT-CCP cooperation again, the Japanese cabinet already had the idea of using these troops to move south again. And the Japanese cabinet did not know that while they were plotting to give the new coalition government a good look, the special envoy of the coalition government was holding a secret meeting with the Soviet envoy in the distant steppe of Outer Mongolia.

The German army suddenly launched an attack on the Independence Army, and in just one week, the fierce German army had already pushed the front to the Kiev region. Not only did the German army in the center increase its attack in Ukraine, but the German army attacking on the southern front took advantage of Turkey to frantically enter Georgia and try to merge with the German army in the center. While the Soviet army was advancing to resist the attacks of the German army on two fronts, the German army on the northern front entered the territory of the Soviet Union from Finland, which made the situation faced by the Soviet army more and more severe.

The Soviets had to brace themselves in the face of the attacking Germans, while the greedy Japanese launched an attack on the Far East, and after Stalin's exasperation, the proud Soviets had to seek help from China. In addition to the temporary diplomats and military representatives of the Coalition Government, there was an additional team of Umbrella Company employees in the Coalition Government's ranks, including Vivian and Zhuo Yan.

Zhuo Fei has been left in Ruili to train special forces, Zhuo Yan has missed many battles of the Independent Army, this time taking advantage of the opportunity of the secret meeting between the coalition government and the Soviets, Zhuo Yan obtained Zhuo Fei's consent and went with two special teams. Zhuo Yan and his party were ostensibly to protect Vivian and his party, but in fact, they were tasked with a secret mission assigned by Zhuo Fei, and even Vivian did not know the content of the mission.

Manic, greedy, vulgar, this is Vivian's view and impression of the Soviets, and if it weren't for the loneliness and boredom of Western Australia, Vivian would never have chosen to come here to meet the Soviets. "Stone, can you tell me about the content of your mission? Rest assured, I will never tell anyone else to know. In her spare time, Vivien began to try to extract the content of the task from Zhuo Yan's mouth.

"No, my brother said, the content of the task can only be known to me alone, and telling you will hurt you, so you'd better not ask again, I won't tell you." Zhuo Yan, who was already nearly 2 meters tall, shook his head at Vivian, although he was refused, Vivian couldn't lose his temper with the big man in front of him. Vivian's personality is just the opposite of Angela, she is a person who likes challenges and excitement in her bones, and Zhuo Fei strictly ordered Zhuo Yan to keep the content of the mission, because he was afraid that Vivian would also go on adventures.

Vivian had already guessed some of them, so it can be seen that Zhuo Yan's mission this time was by no means as simple as escorting the negotiation team, but Zhuo Yan clearly said that this was Zhuo Fei's order, and Vivian couldn't find out too much useful information from Zhuo Yan for a while. The coalition government's talks with the Soviets were extremely harsh, and after confirming that the Soviets would provide weapons and equipment for the Chinese troops to the north, the coalition government's negotiators tried their best to get more weapons and equipment quotas from the Soviets.

"No, no, no, we don't lack infantry weapons, we want planes, artillery, tanks and trucks, we can solve it ourselves with light weapons, what we lack is heavy weapons and equipment. Without enough heavy weapons and equipment, it will be difficult for us to break through the Japanese defense line, especially since we cannot watch the Chinese soldiers face the Japanese artillery blockade with their flesh and blood. The Chinese representative shook his head vigorously, and the words of airplanes, tanks, and large-caliber artillery appeared from time to time in his words, much to the annoyance of the Soviet representative.

The Soviet Union has a strong heavy industrial base, which I am afraid even the Americans cannot match, and the CCP's intelligence agents in the Soviet Union once sent back a piece of information, saying that once the Soviets produce heavy weapons and equipment at full capacity, every 5 minutes, the Soviets' factories can produce a medium tank. Although the heavy weapons and equipment produced by the Soviets look stupid and rude, they are stronger than the Japanese equipment in terms of defense and firepower output, especially the large-caliber artillery of the Soviet army, which makes the Chinese officers even more prolonged.

At the meeting, the two sides were at a stalemate over the share of aid for weapons and equipment, and the Chinese representative was uncharacteristically and unusually stubborn, pointing out on the spot: "If you do not plan to provide us with enough weapons and equipment, then we have no choice but to suspend our plan to go north, because we cannot send our soldiers to death in vain." Seeing that the Chinese delegates were so stubborn, the Soviet deputies had no choice but to make a few perfunctory remarks, and then extended the topic to the fact that there were not enough technical arms in the Chinese army, saying that the Soviet Union did not fail to provide China with enough heavy weapons and equipment, but was worried that there would not be enough technical arms in the Chinese army to use these weapons and equipment.

"You don't have to worry about this, we have reached an agreement with the Umbrella Company and the US-Australian coalition forces, as long as you provide enough heavy weapons and equipment, the Umbrella Company and the US-Australian military will secondment a group of technical arms to us, I believe that it should not be difficult to operate the heavy weapons and equipment you provide with their capabilities." The Chinese re-allied themselves with the umbrella company, and incidentally pulled in the US-Australian coalition forces, which was something that the Soviet representatives absolutely did not expect.

The matter was so important that the Soviet delegates immediately interrupted the meeting and sent back to Moscow the news they had just learned, and Stalin, who was far away in Moscow, immediately telegraphed back to the Soviet delegates and instructed the Soviet delegates to accede to the Chinese delegates' demands on the basis of a 30 percent reduction in their share. Knowing that the Soviets were in dire need of allies in the face of a flank attack, the Chinese representatives, when they learned that the other side intended to reduce the share of aid, did not give an inch to stick to the original share of aid.

Vivian, who has always been a bystander, didn't care much about the Soviet representative's backtracking, and only followed Zhuo Yan and others out hunting or horseback riding all day, and when the meeting between the two sides turned into a confrontation and dispute, Vivian showed the name of the umbrella company and forcibly joined the meeting. "Our Umbrella Company will provide 200,000 servant ground troops to participate in the northward combat operations on the Eastern Front, and we will also urge the Jewish Independence Army to take the Philippines directly through Indonesia, at least we will help you to divert the attention of some Japanese troops."

Vivian's words made the Soviet representatives ecstatic, once the Jewish independence army took the Philippines directly or took the Philippines, it would pose a real threat to the Japanese mainland, and even if the Japanese were arrogant, they could not sit idly by and watch the threat of war on the mainland. "However, we cannot help you in vain, we want Mongolia to return to the Chinese territory, and you must give up instigating those princes and lamas in Mongolia." Vivian's second half of the sentence instantly knocked the Soviet representatives back to their original shape, and the daring umbrella was to help the Chinese get back to Mongolia.

"When the heavy weapons and equipment that come to aid us arrive, and when your troops withdraw from Mongolia, the Chinese army will go north to flank the Japanese army, otherwise everything will not be discussed." After secretly looking at the Chinese representatives, Vivien had taken control of the pace and initiative of the negotiations. The Chinese delegates who had been advised before coming would not dismantle Vivian's platform at this time, and they would be able to take Mongolia back without much effort, which would be a grand event for China.

The angry Soviet representatives thought that they could not make the decision at this time to interrupt the meeting again, but Vivian and the Chinese representatives did not care, a tank regiment under the command of Dai Anlan was dozens of kilometers away, and they were not afraid of any tricks played by the Soviets. Stalin again received a telegram from the Quantity Meter, and Stalin was even more annoyed by Vivian's question of Mongolia, claiming that the Chinese were taking advantage of the fire to rob and rob the bandits.

Stalin was even more irritated by the fact that the coalition government in Chongqing ignored the telegrams sent by the Soviet government, but the situation before him forced him to make a decision, otherwise the Soviet Union would really be in great danger. Finally got Stalin's decision order, and the Soviet representative secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the Chinese are willing to send troops now, it is a good thing, and it is a big deal to wait for the Japanese to repel the Japanese and then take Mongolia back.

"If you want to settle accounts after the autumn and then snatch Mongolia back, it's a big deal, we can cooperate with the Japanese army to attack your eastern front together, anyway, the Japanese are now also negotiating with us for an armistice." Before leaving the meeting place, Vivian kindly reminded the other party, and the horrified Soviet representative assured him that he had no such intentions.

On the way back to China after the meeting, Zhuo Yan and the two special forces under his command suddenly turned to the east, and Vivian, who was asked the reason, said with a smile, "We plan to give the Japanese a generous gift, once the army goes north to exchange fire with the Japanese army, it is the time for this gift to be unveiled, and now is not the best time to open the gift." It wasn't until Zhuo Yan and the others parted ways with the negotiation team that Vivian knew the content of Zhuo Yan and the others' mission, and Vivian had to admit that Zhuo Fei's careful deployment was perfect.